Wednesday 10th June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 71:19-24 Acts 6, Acts 7:1-19 2 Samuel 15:13-37, 2 Samuel 16:1-14 ACTS 6 and 7 Martyrdom is the greatest gift you can give God – although ‘daily martyrdom’ (see Luke 9:23) is a requirement of all disciples. It seems that, as far as the Lord is concerned, we can ‘die’ a little bit…
Tuesday 9th June 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 14:15-24 Acts 5:12-42 2 Samuel 14, 2 Samuel 15:1-12 2 SAMUEL 13, 14 and 15 Nathan’s prophecy of the punishment imposed by God on King David started to be fulfilled in the next three chapters. First, Amnon, David’s eldest son, became obsessed with his half-sister, Tamar who was stunningly beautiful. We see later…
Monday 8th June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 71:9-18 Acts 4:23-37, Acts 5:1-11 2 Samuel 13 ACTS 5 God clearly cannot stomach hypocrisy. The account of Ananias and Sapphira is not about ‘giving’, but about ‘lying’. There is indeed something worse than a lack of generosity: a false generosity! The previous chapter ends with descriptions of almost miraculous financial giving, of…
Sunday 7th June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 71:1-8 Acts 4:1-22 2 Samuel 11, 2 Samuel 12 ACTS 4 Three ‘P’s today: ‘Persecution’, ‘Prayer’, and ‘Possessions’. The religious authorities deeply resented Peter’s miracle for several reasons: (1) They couldn’t do any, so they were very jealous; (2) Peter and John were uneducated country folk, who had followed up their miracle…
Saturday 6th June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 70:1-5 Acts 3 2 Samuel 9, 2 Samuel 10 ACTS 3 It was an ordinary afternoon – nearly impossible, really, after Pentecost! – and Peter and John went as usual to the temple for a special time of prayer. They still followed the Jewish rhythms to some extent at that time and…
Friday 5th June 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 14:4-14 Acts 2:22-47 2 Samuel 7, 2 Samuel 8 2 SAMUEL 7 and 8 The next chapter in 2 Samuel is simple, yet profound! The Ark had been safely returned to Jerusalem without anyone else dying and David was now established fully as king over all Israel. He had had a cedar palace…
Thursday 4th June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 69:29-36 Acts 1:23-26, Acts 2:1-21 2 Samuel 5:6-25, 2 Samuel 6 ACTS 2 This chapter describes “The Birth of the Church” – God’s new human temple. The Day of Pentecost was, of course, the Jewish festival that celebrated the firstfruits of harvest. How appropriate that the seeds of discipleship that Jesus had ‘planted’…
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 69:13-28 Acts 1:1-22 2 Samuel 3:22-39, 2 Samuel 4, 2 Samuel 5:1-5 ACTS 1 The Book of Acts could be subtitled: “Jesus – Part Two”. Written again by Luke, it begins: “In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all the Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions…
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 69:1-12 John 21:1-25 2 Samuel 2:8-32, 2 Samuel 3:1-21 JOHN 21 After a completely stressful, totally exhilarating, life-changing experience, the usual human response is to do something very ordinary. Peter and his friends went fishing. Unsuccessfully, as it happened! This chapter fills in the time gap between the appearances of Jesus to his…
Monday 1st June 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 13:20-25, Proverbs 14:1-4 John 20:10-31 2 Samuel 1, 2 Samuel 2:1-7 JOHN 20 It was fitting that the first person to meet the Lord after his resurrection was Mary Magdalene, who had shown him so much devotion previously, and who had risked arrest and death by sticking so close to him during his trials,…
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