God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said, "I am only a man myself." Acts 10:26 (NIV) Amazing power is displayed from above. Pure hearts can see and recognize it easily. Direct instruction, vision and hearing from Heaven come to humble souls. In this crucial hour, with the hand of God so... 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 →
When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said. Acts 8: 6 (NIV) Word of Jesus is spreading. Philip is driven to a town in Samaria. The power and Presence of God is evident. People get healed. His message creates a stir. ... 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 →
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. Acts 5:31 (NIV) Some struggle to believe Jesus deserves our prayers and worship. Men have always had this problem. They may give God the right in their minds to sit as... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Searching For Christ 