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WEEK ONE: FRIDAY

If your parents made a promise to you, do you think they would be unhappy if you did not believe their promise? Of course they would.

So what happens when we do not believe God’s promises.

• We are unhappy
• God is unhappy

Let’s see what happens  in Luke 1:18-22, when Zechariah does not believe God’s promise of a son in his old age.

1. God’s promises are big (18-19a)

• God sends a big angel
• God promises the impossible

2. God’s promises are good news (19b)

• Good news for the family
• Good news for the church

3. God’s promises are to be believed (20-22)

• Zechariah doubted God’s Word
• God silenced Zechariah’s words

This story tells us we must believe God’s promises, especially the big ones.

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Introduce kids to the Savior of sinners. This is a series of audio podcasts for kids who want to meet with Jesus by using Meeting with Jesus: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids (RHB) Listen to previous episodes here.

WEEK 1: THURSDAY

Have you ever had the experience of not being prepared for an important visitor? Somebody important rings the doorbell, but we were not expecting them.

• We can miss the visitor: We’re not there or paying attention.
• We can be embarrassed: We look through window and are too ashamed to ask them in.
• We can put off the visitor: We open the door but the visitor sees the mess and doesn’t want to come in.

God was about to send a very important visitor to the earth and wanted people to be ready. That’s why he sent John the Baptist. He was to prepare the world for Jesus as we read about in Luke 1:13-18.

1. God prepares with joy (13-14)

• Joy for Elizabeth and Zechariah: They will have a son.
• Joy for the people: The people will rejoice over the birth too.

2. God prepares with his Spirit (15)

• John will be great before the Lord.
• John will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

3. God prepares with revival (16-18)

• John will turn many to the Lord.
• John will turn parents to children.
• John will turn the disobedient to wisdom.

John prepared the world for Jesus. Prepare your heart for Jesus by asking God for joy, His Spirit, and soul-revival.

Listen to this episode on Living the Bible podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify.

Introduce kids to the Savior of sinners. This is a series of audio podcasts for kids who want to meet with Jesus by using Meeting with Jesus: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids (RHB) Listen to previous episodes here.

WEEK 1: WEDNESDAY

Have you ever prayed for something for a long time and our prayers have not been answered? Sometimes, when we pray, we don’t think anything is happening and we don’t feel like anything is happening. What happens when that happens?

• Our prayers stop: We go days or even weeks without praying

• Our prayers are just routine: We say our prayers but we’re not really praying.

Zechariah and Elizabeth had prayed for a child for many years. They were very old. But they kept praying. What happened next? We read about it in Luke 1:8-12.

1. Prayer moves angels (8-10)

• The church is praying
• Zechariah is praying

2. Prayer moves us (11-12)

• Zechariah sees the Angel
• Zechariah is in awe of the Angel

When you pray, remember God is moving awesome angels and you will then be awe-full too.

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Introduce kids to the Savior of sinners. This is a series of audio podcasts for kids who want to meet with Jesus by using Meeting with Jesus: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids (RHB). This is week one, day two. Listen to previous episodes here.

WEEK 1: TUESDAY

Do you ever think, “If I’m good enough, bad things won’t happen to me?”

Some people think that if they are good enough no bad things will happen in their life. So what happens when bad things happen?

• When bad things happen, they blame themselves: “I thought I was good, but this means I must have committed a terrible sin.

• When bad things happen they blame God: “I thought God would reward me for being good. God’s not fair.”

Today in Luke 1:5-7, we read about John the Baptist’s parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth. They were good people, but they were going through bad times.

1. They were good people (5-6)

• They were from religious families
• They were righteous before God
• They were obedient to God

2. They were suffering people (7)

• They were very old
• They had no children
• This was very hard in that culture

Next time bad things happen, remind yourself that it’s not that we are bad or that God is bad. As we’ll see God’s plan is good and wise, regardless of whether we are good or bad.

Listen to this episode on Living the Bible podcast. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify.

Introduce kids to the Savior of sinners. This is a series of audio podcasts for kids who want to meet with Jesus by using Meeting with Jesus: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids (RHB). Listen to previous episodes here.

WEEK 1: MONDAY

When we start a new class at school, we hope that our new teacher will be a good teacher, someone who makes things easy and simple rather than hard and difficult.

• A bad teacher mixes things up: I remember I had a young teacher who was very hard to understand. He would start in the middle of a story, then go to beginning, then to the end. It was all mixed up.

• A bad teacher is hard to trust: He was also hard to trust because at times it was clear even to me that he didn’t know much about what he was talking about.

We are going to be reading through Luke. Luke is going to be our teacher. So let’s find out what kind of teacher Luke will be in Luke 1:1-4.

1. Luke read careful writers (1-2)

• They saw Christ’s great acts
• They wrote about Christ’s great acts

2. Luke wrote carefully (3)

• He followed events closely
• He wrote an orderly account

3. Luke can be read confidently (4)

• Luke was confident
• We can be confident.

Luke wrote in this way “That you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught” (4).

When you open the Gospel of Luke, you can have confidence that you’ll learn a lot because Luke was a careful writer.  

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If Christianity offers the best way to happiness, how come there are unhappy Christians?

If God promises to satisfy our desire for happiness, how come there are unhappy Christians?

These are important questions, because if God cannot satisfy our desire for happiness, then we want to know that and try something else. We don’t want to be pursuing happiness via Christianity if it’s all a scam.

On the other hand, if Christianity is the best way to happiness, we don’t want unhappy Christians to put us and others off. How can we defend the claim that God satisfies our desire for happiness despite the existence of unhappy Christians?

For more, see my sermon notes and infographic. Index to Wisdom University series here.