God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. Acts 4:31 (NIV) People are gathered to worship and dedicate themselves to the Lord. God´s people pray to Him in earnest. They ask for an outpouring of... Continue Reading →
For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." Acts 4:20 (NIV) People are upset about hearing too much of Christ. They don´t want to hear more about Jesus. They want to stop His followers from speaking of Him. They tell Peter and John to cut it out. But Peter tells... Continue Reading →
But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. Acts 4:19 They have been told not to speak in the name of Jesus. The Apostles state their dilemma. They hear and they would comply if they could. But they can´t, they have... Continue Reading →
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13 How many unschooled, ordinary men and women have been strengthened, enlightened and enabled to do mighty works for the Lord? Is... Continue Reading →
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 (NIV) Churches spring up and flourish. Each are founded upon the doctrines they teach. Most will acknowledge that the source, the authority behind their teaching is the Bible. ... Continue Reading →
They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?" Acts 4:7 (NIV) Curing the incurable is not an easy task. Uneducated men elaborating the word of God before the biggest authorities in the church takes inspiration. People´s lives changed, hearts... Continue Reading →
When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." Acts 3:26 (NIV) Children need parameters within which to live. They start testing their limits right after birth. They need to know how far they can go. They need... Continue Reading →
Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.' Acts 3:23 (NIV) Who are they who do not listen to Jesus? Who are the ones who do not listen to hear from God? Are they the ones that refuse to call themselves Christians? Or could they even... Continue Reading →
He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. Acts 3:21 (NIV) The Bible speaks often about times. There is a time for everything. It makes references between the times in the past and uses them to show of times... Continue Reading →
But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. Acts 3:18 In Peter´s speech to the people can we read important facets of our faith? God promises and God fulfills His promises. Scripture foretells and then those words come to play out in... Continue Reading →
