2 Timothy 1:8-11 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His… Read More »
Abiding
John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He 1takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” While Jesus leads His disciples from the Upper Room to the Garden of Gethsemane, He continues… Read More »
The Thorn
Acts 15:1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” When Paul was ministering in Galatia, he was followed by legalists who desired to tear down that which God accomplished through his mission. After Paul’s first missionary journey… Read More »
Vow of Separation
Acts 18:18 (NKJV) So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. When it says that Paul had his hair cut because he had taken… Read More »
We Need Each Other
We don’t hear about “Hot-Rivet Syndrome” today. But in the 1870’s, in the early days of Levi’s Jeans, metal rivets were not for decoration, they were added to hold weak seams together. One of the weakest seams in jeans was at the crotch. A strategically placed rivet helped to secure that seam. In the late… Read More »
Companionship
Acts 20:4-7 (NKJV) And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia—also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. These men, going ahead, waited for us at Troas. But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined… Read More »
Comfort
Acts 20:11-12 Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted. There are five important elements of Christian Growth that we find in Acts 20. Those are Accountability,… Read More »
Center
Acts 9:15-16 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.” In Acts 22, Paul was taken into custody by a Roman… Read More »
Just not fair
Acts 25:9 (NKJV) But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?” A father was telling his son that he should be more like his playmate who consistently received high grades at school. The… Read More »
Personal Ambition
Acts 26:29-32 (NKJV) And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.” When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who… Read More »
