God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed. Acts 5:16 (NIV) “Here he comes!” The whisper is heard. “Perhaps even his shadow will pass over us!” The sick and suffering try to place themselves where the man of God... Continue Reading →
The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. Acts 5:12 (NIV) Believers gather in the name of the Lord. They come together to worship Him. But the ones who had walked this earth with the Saviour Jesus Christ are looked... Continue Reading →
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Acts 5:3 Ananias and his wife stepped over the line. They thought that they could keep something secret... 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 →
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 →
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