Acts 1: 1-11
Before Jesus is taken up to heaven he instructs the apostles about the kingdom and their mission to bear witness to him.

Ephesians 1: 17-23

Paul prays that God may fill us with a deeper understanding of all the rich glories that he has promised we will inherit through the victory of Christ.

Mark 16: 15-20
Before Jesus ascends to the right hand of God he commissions the apostles to take the Gospel to the whole of creation.

Acts 10:25-26. 34-35. 44-48

Peter goes to the house of Cornelius, and barriers of race and religion fall down.

 

1 John 4: 7-10

The love of God is the most powerful thing in the world.

 

John 15: 9-17

The force and the power of God’s love came down to us through Jesus Christ.

Acts 3: 13-15

Peter tells the leaders of Israel that although they rejected Jesus, he is their way to salvation.

 

1 John 3: 1-2

When Christ appears, we will recognise him because we have been made the children of God.

 

John 10: 11-18

Jesus is the Good Shepherd, loved by the Father and freely offering up his life on our behalf.

Acts 9: 26-31

The newly converted Saul has been preaching in the name of Jesus, and is accepted by the apostolic church in Jerusalem.

 

1 John 3: 18-24

God’s commandments can be summed up in two imperatives: to believe in Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he taught us.

 

John 15: 1-8

The grace of Christ, which he gives to us, is the source of all our belief and good works.  We are called to be his disciples and to be fruitful.

 

Acts 3: 13-15
We are witnesses to the resurrection and the forgiveness of sins.

1 John 2: 1-5
God’s love comes to perfection within us if we turn back to the Father.

Luke 24: 35-48
Jesus has been raised from the dead so that the forgiveness of sins can be preached to all peoples.