Devotional
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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 24 and Psalm 92 In Luke 21:12 Jesus warned His disciples: “They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.” Acts 24 presented Paul with his first opportunity to witness to a Roman…
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Daily Readings: Acts 23 and Psalm 91 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, ‘Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.’ If you have ever had a very, very tough day, you’ll understand how difficult that night would have been for Paul. Paul…
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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 21 and Psalm 89 Determined to fulfil the Lord’s calling, Paul travelled to Jerusalem. In Acts 20:22-23, he stated plainly that he was going there ‘compelled by the Holy Spirit’ and knowing that in every city he visited the Spirit warned him that hardships awaited. Now, as he travelled, he was warned…
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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 19 and Psalm 87 (Paul) took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. (v.9-10) How did the Gospel spread throughout…
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Daily Readings: Acts 18 and Psalm 86 Personally, it seems to me that when Paul met Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth, they were not yet believers in the Lord Jesus. Had they been, I’m sure Luke would have been described them as “a believer named Aquila and his wife, Priscilla”, rather than “a Jew named…
