Sunday October 14, 2007

Do you like to receive gifts? Why do we give a gift to someone? We might give someone a present for their birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Father's day, Mother's Day, a new baby, graduation, and so on. In the Bible, we can find a lot of verses that talk about God giving gifts to His people. In Acts 1:4, just before Jesus was taken up to heaven in a cloud, we read that Jesus told His disciples to "wait for the gift my Father promised..." I bet the disciples were very excited and impatient to receive their gift. What could it be? The disciples all waited together and prayed continually. Then, ten days after Jesus went to heaven, they received their gift. Do you think they received it from a mailman? No!

This Weeks Memory Verse:

"Repent and be baptized...and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38