God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God Romans 1:1 (NIV) The call comes. It is the reaction to hearing that determines how far the budding Christian will go. We start with mere notions. We can have the most superficial knowledge of... Continue Reading →
Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 28:31 Blessed are the ones who share Jesus with others! Of all the things a human could share with someone else, Christ is the greatest Treasure! This last text in Acts is a beautiful description of... Continue Reading →
For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Acts 28:30 There is a giant difference between the way we view things and the way God sees them. We see Paul under arrest and waiting for his trial in Rome. God sees his... Continue Reading →
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' Acts 28:27 (NIV) We have come to a moment where all eternity hinges. ... Continue Reading →
" 'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." Acts 28:26 (NIV) History repeats itself. Paul uses words the prophet Isaiah needed to use before. In a different point in time the Holy Spirit gives these same words again. They... Continue Reading →
Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. Acts 28:24 (NIV) Some realize their need for a Savior, and others refuse to believe that they need help with their eternal fate. Being stubborn and self-centered stand on one end while honest and hopeful stand on the other. One could think... Continue Reading →
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain." Acts 28:20 (NIV) Christ is the Hope of Israel. He is the only hope for mankind. Without a Savior, without pardon, we could never truly approach... Continue Reading →
His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. Acts 28:8 (NIV) Time and time again we read in the Bible of a person suffering and then through the power of prayer and with the... Continue Reading →
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. Acts 28:5 (NIV) Can we remember any time in our past where God´s hand and His involvement were clearly shone? Surely we can think of a time when something that should have happened to us did not happen in the... Continue Reading →
When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live." Acts 28:4 (NIV) The world has its ideas about justice. A man of God is bitten by a... Continue Reading →
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