Acts Bible Study: Day 22 Today’s passage: Acts 12:25 to Acts 13:52 Focus verse: While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” (Acts 13:2) Our narrative of the early church now returns to Barnabas and Saul, […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 18 Today’s passage: Acts 11:1–18 Focus verse: “Who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?” (Acts 11:17) God has just shown Peter that Jesus is for everyone, both Jew and Gentile. First, God revealed this to him supernaturally through a vision. Then God revealed it to him tangibly […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 17 Today’s passage: Acts 10 Focus verse: “God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.” (Acts 10:28) Cornelius, who is both a Roman centurion (which makes him a Gentile) and a God-fearing man, helps people in need and prays each day. One afternoon he has a vision. […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 14 Today’s passage: Acts 8:26–40 Focus verse: Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road.” (Acts 8:26) Though God’s doing amazing work in Samaria through Philip, God doesn’t have him stick around to help the people grow in their new faith. Instead, God sends […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 13 Today’s passage: Acts 8:4–25 Focus verse: You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. (Acts 8:21) Remember how Jesus’s followers scatter after the Jews kill Stephen? Philip goes to Samaria. In Jesus’s name, he does amazing supernatural things. He heals people who […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 12 Today’s passage: Acts 7:51 to Acts 8:4 Focus verse: On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. (Acts 8:1) Everyone listens, without rancor, to what Stephen says in his sermon. Then he starts meddling. He […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 11 Today’s passage: Acts 6:8 to Acts 7:50 Focus verse: Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” (Acts 7:1) The requirements for the seven deacons are that they should be full of God’s Spirit and of wisdom. Of the seven deacons, Stephen stands out. Luke writes that Stephen is […]
“Be Still and Know that I Am God” In the Bible, God says, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). In our busy world that never stops and seldom lets us rest, the idea to be still is a challenging one. To be still is an instruction to stop all activity, remove […]
Celebrating Holy Spirit Power We’ve talked about the four main Christian holidays. These celebrate that Jesus came to earth (Christmas), died so we could live (Good Friday), overcame death to prove his mastery of it (Easter), and having completed his mission, he gave us a gift (Pentecost). Pentecost is the conclusion of the Easter story. […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 8 Today’s passage: Acts 4:32 to Acts 5:11 Focus verse: Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?” (Acts 5:9) In Acts 2:42–47, we read about a biblical model for church. Remember that this is a description of what happened and not a command for […]