God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. Acts 4:32 (NIV) The very first Christians who gathered in the name of Jesus Christ were different than we are today. Many of them had seen first-hand the... Continue Reading →
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 →
Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Acts 4:29 (NIV) The prayer is that we can stand in the face of threat and danger and speak boldly the Word of God. This is the call of Christians. Many a crusade has been mounted up and... 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 →
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 →
If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed, Acts 4:9 Does it seem strange that the world hates followers of God? God has called all men but only a few see the love and beauty in Who He... 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 →
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