“When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: ‘Release those men.’ The jailer told Paul, ‘The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.’” Acts 16:35&36 (NIV84) Paul and Silas had experienced an Earth-quaking, chains-falling, prison-doors-opening miracle of God, and then […]
05/25/23 Daily Devotion – The attitude of the heart is key!
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” (Acts 16:25 NIV84) To say that Paul and Silas had a rough day would be an understatement. Their day began with a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit that allowed her to prophesy. […]
05/20/23 Daily Devotion – What a homecoming!
“From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:26-27 […]
05/19/23 Daily Devotion – Shouldn’t this be happening today?
“And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number.” (Acts 5:14, NASB) I know that I am being myopic at this moment. I know that as I write this devotion thousands of people are being added to the Church in South America and Africa on a […]
05/17/23 Daily Devotion – Remain true to the faith!
“They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said.” (Acts 14:21–22, NIV84) It isn’t easy! The […]
05/08/23 Daily Devotion – Be mindful of the enemy!
“It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.” (Acts 12:1–3, […]
03/17/23 Daily Devotion – They saw everything but understood nothing!
“He asked them, ‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’ They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, ‘Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?’” (Luke 24:17–18, NIV84) These two disciples who were on their […]
03/12/23 Daily devotion – The wrong Messiah!
“The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’” (Luke 23:35 NIV84) “If He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” Just the fact that they would put that in the form of […]
02/23/23 Daily Devotion – Stand Firm!
“By standing firm you will gain life.” (Luke 21:19, NIV84) It was nearing the end of the final week of Jesus’ life and He was talking with His disciples about end times. To be clear, Jesus knew the world would not always be the way we see it today. He knew things would get very, very bad, and then […]
02/22/23 Daily Devotion – Make up your mind!
“But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.” (Luke 21:14–15, NIV84) We all remember the verse that tells us not to worry about what we are going to say […]
