God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "He's alive!" Acts 20:10 (NIV) Much of our frustration today comes from our not understanding the nature of our world. We see the rocks and mountains and we think of them as we see... Continue Reading →
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25 (NIV) Locked away! Behind bars! The world has its way again! Good people with only the hope of sharing the good news of salvation in Jesus to others are treated cruelly and... Continue Reading →
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." Acts 16:17 (NIV) Not all spirits are good spirits. But by their nature they can see things that humans cannot normally see. So with a curious... Continue Reading →
So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?" Acts 11:17 (NIV) Here we have a gathering of believers. They have sold everything to step out in faith in Jesus Christ. They have professed... Continue Reading →
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them." Acts 11:2-3 (NIV) Does it pain us to hear of people from within the body of believers looking down on others or criticizing them on their actions? Is... Continue Reading →
The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. Acts 10:45 (NIV) It is an error that has always been present in religious circles. Some feel privileged or right with God, but cannot imagine their less-righteous brothers or... Continue Reading →
He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen--by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. Acts 10:41 NIV Some things change with time. Other things don´t. The risen Savior was seen by some. Nowadays there are some who come to... Continue Reading →
But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel. Acts9:15 (NIV) God asks Ananias to respond to a specific call. He wants him to go and touch a man of ill repute. This seems... Continue Reading →
because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 8: 16 (NIV) Does the description fit fairly well our Christian scene today? Fancy new teaching would have us all believe that we already have one foot in the... Continue Reading →
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 →
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