Acts 3 demonstrates the power of God by confirming the words spoken by Peter and John with miraculous healing that they later describe in Acts 4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of…
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Prayer to Invite the Holy Spirit Day 2
God’s promise is being fulfilled in Acts 2:17 “And in the last days, God says, ‘I will pour out my spirit on all people.” Peter’s message in Acts 2 is called by some apostolic preaching and is something we could…
Prayer to Invite the Holy Spirit Day 1
As we begin praying we are seeking the manifestation of God’s kingdom on earth as Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:10 “May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” And,…
The Holy Spirit Spoke Rightly
Paul and all of his shipmates are safely delivered to Malta and they are greeted kindly by the local inhabitants. We learn something about local beliefs as Paul is bitten by a viper in Acts 28:4 they began saying to…
Are You Persuading Me to Become a Christian
Paul has been held in prison for two years and now, finally, he comes before the new governor Festus and King Agrippa, and they include all of the chief men of the city. Paul gives an account of his own…
He Listened Concerning the Faith in Christ Jesus
Paul’s trial continues, now at the seat of the Roman government of the region, in Caesarea. Felix the governor hears from the high priests’ lawyer and then from Paul. Paul simply lays out the facts and calls for the men…
Who Are You Lord
Paul is accused and because of the outcry of the crowd in the city, the military tribune takes Paul into custody. Paul asks to speak to the crowd and gives testimony of his life beginning with his persecution of Christians…
This Is What The Holy Spirit Says
The Lord says that he will show us things to come and Paul has heard from the Holy Spirit as he says that he is in Acts 20:22–23 “bound by the Spirit I am traveling to Jerusalem”. Yet along the…
In Generations That Are Past
Speaking Boldly For the Lord Acts 14:1–7 He Leaped Up and Began Walking Acts 14:8–13 In Generations That Are Past Acts 14:14–20 They Reported All That God Had Done Acts 14:21–28 He Made No Distinction Between Us…
Proclaim To The People All The Words Of This Life
Peter and John were commissioned to preach this gospel of the kingdom and to be witnesses of what they had experienced in their relationship with Jesus Christ. But this was threatening to the religious authority who questioned them in Acts…
I Saw The Lord
This is the day of Pentecost and as the Holy Spirit has come, a crowd has gathered and Peter begins to speak. Peter quotes from the Psalms of David, who the Jewish people respected as a great king and that…
Everyone Who Calls Upon The Name of The Lord Will Be Saved
After the crucifixion of Jesus, there had been some stir about his empty tomb but it was now fifty days later, the day of Pentecost. This was the day that Israel celebrated the firstfruits of the harvest. This was a…
Hear the Words of This Covenant
and Do Them
Again and again the Lord brings the word of the covenant to the people by the prophet. The words are specific about their sin in Jeremiah 7:9 “Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will…
He is the Maker of the Earth by His Power
The Lord is the creator of heaven and earth and yet people boast about many things, their wisdom, their wealth, their strength. The Lord is looking for one who knows the Lord and demonstrates it by, in Jeremiah 9:24 “showing…