God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. Acts 11:24 He is described as a good man. He is said to be full of the Holy Spirit. He has faith. Are these the things people use to describe us? ... Continue Reading →
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. Acts 10:42 (NIV) Christians believe we are asked to commit ourselves personally to Christ. Few modern denominations will dispute this. Whether or not they make much of... Continue Reading →
Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right. Acts 10: 34-35 We lower our impression of God when we start thinking that He is like us. Even a man who... Continue Reading →
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Acts 8:39 (NIV) It is a special moment of devotion to the Lord. A new soul wants to be baptized into faith in... Continue Reading →
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Acts 8: 4 (NIV) Persecution breaks out against those who set their hope in Jesus. They are driven off and dispersed. These are desperate times! But the faith of Christ´s real followers is not diminished. Their testimony is not snuffed out. The persecution... Continue Reading →
That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and held a celebration in honor of what their hands had made. Acts 7:41 (NIV) With perfect clarity of hindsight we see how mankind has always been and how we are today. We cannot expect... Continue Reading →
"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. Acts 7:30 (NIV) Forty years is a long time to wait. Should it take that long for Lord to make a servant ready to serve Him? Angels do not appear every... Continue Reading →
but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. Acts 6:10 (NIV) The educated and studied just can´t seem to override the simple man´s faith. He speaks out in the name of Jesus. There is a Spirit, wisdom and a power behind his words. This Spirit leads... Continue Reading →
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: " 'Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? Acts 4:25 (NIV) God uses His servant to speak with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Long years ago He speaks of people raging along... Continue Reading →
When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. Acts 4:24 (NIV) Peter and John return to the earliest Christians to report all that has happened to them and what was said. ... Continue Reading →
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