WITNESSING
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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
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Daily Readings: Acts 17 and Psalm 85 The mission to Thessalonica was very successful. Having preached the Gospel of Jesus convincingly to the members of the local synagogue on three Sabbath days, we read: ” 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite
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Daily Readings: Acts 16 and Psalm 84 Acts 16 includes the fascinating account of the Holy Spirit’s very hands-on guidance of Paul, Silas and Timothy’s mission. First the Spirit kept them from preaching in the Roman province of Asia (modern-day Turkey). Then He would not allow them to enter Bithynia. It’s not that the Lord
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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 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 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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Daily Readings: Acts 4 and Psalm 72 We saw yesterday how courageous Peter became once filled with the Holy Spirit, and how willing he was to risk everything for Jesus. That theme continues today. Hauled before the same religious authorities who had so recently put Jesus to death, Peter and John refused to be silenced.
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Our daily reading plan now enters the Book of Acts in earnest and we’ll spend a few weeks reading and reflecting on the Spirit-empowered mission of the early Church. Daily Readings: Acts 3 and Psalm 71 I wonder which action demanded more courage from Peter: In Jesus’ name commanding a man who had been lame
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