May 2009 Scriptures

May 3 ... 4th Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:5-12 A sick man is miraculously healed. Peter preaches the power of the risen Christ.

Psalm 23 The shepherd Psalm

1 John 3:16-24 We know love because Jesus has loved us and has commanded us to love one another.

John 10:11-18 "I am the good shepherd," says Jesus, who lays down his life for the sheep.

May 10 ... 5th Sunday of Easter

Acts 8:26-40 Philip's encounter with an Ethiopian.

Psalm 22: 25-31 Praise God who has heard our call.

1 John 4:7-21 "Love one another, because love is from God."

John 15:1-8 John's Gospel speaks of the relationship of the believer to Christ, a relationship as close as branches have to the vine.

May 17 ... 6th Sunday of Easter

Acts 10:44-48 Peter proclaims the gospel of Christ before the Roman centurion Cornelius.

Psalm 98 Sing to God a new song.

1 John 5:1-6 Loving God means obedience to God's commandments.

John 15:9-17 Jesus speaks to the disciples of the loving obedience that he expects of them, and of his high hopes for their faithfulness to him.

May 24 ... 7th Sunday of Easter

Acts 1:5-17 The risen Christ gathers with his disciples and commissions them to be his "witnesses."

Psalm 1 Blessed are those who delight in the law of God.

1 John 5:9-13 Jesus is the "testimony of God.

John 17:6-19 Jesus prays to his Father before he prepares to leave his disciples.

May 31 ... Pentecost Sunday (Confirmation Sunday)

Acts 2:1-21 Gathered together in Jerusalem on the Jewish festival of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes upon the followers of Christ.

Psalm 104: 24-34, 35b Wisdom was creating at God's side.

Romans 8:22-27 Paul speaks of the believers' hope in things unseen, their patience in achieving that hope, and the Holy Spirit's intercession to help believers in their weakness.

John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Jesus assures his disciples and promises that God will send a Counselor to bear witness to Jesus and to guide them in speaking the truth about him.