Then I said, ‘See, I have come to do your will, O God’ (in the scroll of the book it is written of me).” 9hebrews 10:7, NRSV)
Acts Wednesday: Chapter 11, From Peter to Paul
Peter’s simple, straightforward logic, and God’s obvious affirmation, rendered them speechless. There was no tenable argument, no counterpoint could be made, God had made His desire and will abundantly clear. But this issue was going to crop again and again. Prejudice is hard to get rid of.
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Epistle to the Hebrews: An Introduction
Jesus is the hope for all people, the one in whom are all the hopes of the world.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 15, Solutions
Anytime you or I try to relate to God through performance, we have forgotten the Gospel. But you and I are to do everything out of love, out of compassion, out of a humble desire to sacrifice our own comforts in order to build each other up. If you and I believe in Jesus Christ and love the brethren, we will try not do things that offend.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 14, Disaster at Lystra
Imagine the hairs pricking up on their arms and necks as Paul’s impossibly broken and bloodied body began to stir, his arms and legs now shifting in shape until they were true and straight again.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 14, Prelude to Disaster
As the saying goes, anyone can start strong ... but the victory is not to those who start. It is to those who finish.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 13, Paul and Barnabas Commissioned
Expect trouble," I would say to them, "Once you make a commitment to lead in the cause of Christ, you will be opposed. Now that you have taken up God’s call you have put yourself into the sights of God’s enemy. Do not resent it. The Bible teaches that successful work for God may involve suffering and hardships.
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Acts Wednesday, Chapter 5, Ananias and Sapphira
Having integrity means living what you truly believe, even if what you believe isn’t very popular.
