4th Sunday of Easter

Our readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter are:

1. Acts 4:8-12
2. Psalms 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29
3. 1 John 3: 1-2
4. John 10: 11-18

• Saved from what, to what?
• Peter and John had healed a man born lame (I feel pretty lame at times, I can relate) and the local authorities had rounded them up for questioning.
• In the translation, the word that Peter used for this act was save, rather than healed.
• What has Jesus saved you from in your life?
• What have you done with that life that He has given you?

• Enduring kindness
• Where/when has God been especially kind to you?
• How did you become aware of that kindness?
• How is it that God does not lose patience with us?
• How can we become more God like in that regard?

• I can only imagine
• We are told that in heaven we will be like God.  What does that mean to you?
• What about that transformation/resurrection do you look forward to the most?
• What can you and the rest of us do now to best prepare for that new existence that you will have?

• Doing God's work:
• Jesus distances Himself from those who are merely hirelings, whose only interest in the sheep comes from they pay that they receive.  Sounds a little harsh towards wage-earners.
• Is it possible to be doing "God's work", and yet get paid for it?
• How can each of us contribute towards making sure that those who do get paid for doing God's work get a just wage?
• Are volunteers in God's work holier, less talented, than the "professionals"?  Or did they just have better agents working for them?

Preparation for Reconciliation:

1. Where/how am I celebrating God's mission in my life today?
2. Where is God calling me to be His salvation in other's lives?
3. How can I prepare for eternity in my daily life?
4. Is my career a vocation?

Shalom!