COURAGE
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Daily Readings: Philippians 1-2 and Psalm 144 In about 62AD, while imprisoned in Rome, Paul wrote his letter to the Philippian Christians to encourage them, reassure them and thank them for their support. Chapters 1 and 2 are filled with beautiful and powerful statements about the faithful Christian life, and the ancient hymn recorded in
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 6 and Psalm 143 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Ephesians 6:10-20 portrays the Christian life as a spiritual battle in which our spiritual enemy, the ‘Adversary’, ‘Satan’, comes against the Kingdom Family of God on multiple fronts. He attacked the Ephesians through false teaching, temptation to
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Daily Readings: Romans 16 and Psalm 112 Paul had not yet visited Rome when he wrote this letter, and yet he was able to greet quite a number of Roman Christians and their households by name. That’s because many of the people he had led to Christ during his missionary journeys had ended up in
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Daily Readings: Acts 28 and Psalm 96 Finally, in Acts 28, God delivered the apostle Paul safely to Rome. And his arrival was certainly a testimony to God’s sovereign protection and care. The Lord’s miraculous protection caused every person aboard that ship to be washed safely ashore on the island of Malta. Even being shipwrecked
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Daily Readings: Acts 27 and Psalm 95 After the drudgery and boredom of more than two years of imprisonment in Caesarea, the apostle Paul was suddenly thrust into a high-paced adventure at sea. Under the sovereign hand of the Lord, the Roman authorities set out to transport him to Rome to stand trial before Caesar.
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Daily Readings: Acts 26 and Psalm 94 Paul may have been appearing before a king, but he was far from overawed. He served the One True King of the Universe, before Whom Agrippa paled into insignificance despite all his pomposity, as we saw yesterday. In Paul’s testimony, there were at least two key moments when
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Daily Readings: Acts 25 and Psalm 93 By the time Felix was replaced as Governor by Festus, Paul had still not offered him a bribe for his release, so he remained imprisoned in Caesarea. Festus, a man of justice and action, immediately got the ball rolling. He investigated Paul’s case and convened the court to
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Daily Readings: Acts 22 and Psalm 90 At first glance it might seem as though everything got completely out of control for Paul in Jerusalem in Acts 22. But the sovereign hand of the Lord was at work behind the scenes. Despite his best efforts to clearly honour his Jewish responsibilities to the rules of
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Daily Readings: Acts 20 and Psalm 88 ” I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (v.24) As Paul bade farewell to the elders of the Ephesian
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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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