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Daily Readings: Acts 14 and Psalm 82 ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said. (v.22) Having been sent out by the Church of Antioch on a mission to take the Gospel of Jesus further afield, Barnabas and Saul did so with great determination. It was a very tough assignment,
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Daily Readings: Acts 13 and Psalm 81 So much happened in Acts 13, but it all happened from the home-base of this wonderful fledgling Church in Antioch. Here, for the very first time in history, followers of the Jesus-Way were called “Christians” (11:26). And here, by an amazing work of God’s grace, people from different
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Daily Readings: Acts 12 and Psalm 80 “Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.” (v5) There’s that wonderful word, “but”, again. Herod was trying to win some popularity with the Jewish religious authorities. Seeing how enthused they were when he executed the apostle James, he seized Peter,
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Daily Readings: Acts 11 and Psalm 79 Just as it had been for Peter, it was very hard for the first Jewish believers to understand that Jesus had broken down the dividing wall between God and all humanity. It was not only Jews (the chosen people of the First Covenant) who could come home to
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Daily Readings: Acts 10 and Psalm 78 God told Ananias that Saul was His chosen ambassador to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15) but in Acts 10 He laid the foundation for Saul’s extensive missionary work through Simon Peter. Knowing how difficult it was going to be for the Jewish apostles and all the Jewish followers to
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Daily Readings: Acts 9 and Psalm 77 The main focus of Acts 9 is clearly Saul’s radical conversion from being a persecutor of Christians to being an outspoken preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ who “baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah” . However, the man who caught
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Daily Readings: Acts 8 and Psalm 76 Acts 8 bears testimony to the fruitfulness of the simple Gospel message. Having been scattered by Saul’s persecution, the early believers couldn’t help sharing the good news of Jesus wherever they went, and the Kingdom-Family of God continued to grow. One highly effective Christian was the deacon Philip
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Daily Readings: Acts 7 and Psalm 75 Jesus warned His disciples in John 16:2-3, “The time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.” Stephen was the first disciple for whom this came to
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Daily Readings: Acts 6 and Psalm 74 The lesson of Acts 6 is very clear. When every disciple of Jesus responds faithfully to the call of the Lord and serves the Kingdom’s cause in the power of the Holy Spirit with his or her particular gifts and abilities, the Lord uses that to extend His
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Daily Readings: Acts 5 and Psalm 73 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. What a wonderfully confusing statement: No one dared join them, nevertheless, more and more believed in the
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