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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:3-4 Jesus is the Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:3-4 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead. He said, “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 4 Some of them were persuaded. They joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:1-2 Paul and the Thessalonians
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:1-2 Chapter 17 sees Paul travel south from Macedonia into Achaia or southern Greece. Following persecution in Thessalonica and Berea, Paul arrives in Athens, the center of Greek culture. While there, Paul will preach the second great missionary sermon we have from him (the first was in Pisidian Antioch, Acts […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:37-40 Farewell Philippi
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:37-40 37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, with no trial, even though we are Roman citizens. They threw us into prison! Now they want to throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” With a neat turn on the same […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:35-36 Our civic leaders
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:35-36 35 But when it was day, the chief magistrates sent their bodyguards, saying, “Let those men go.” 36 Then the jailer told Paul, “The chief magistrates have given orders to set you free. Come out, now, and go in peace.” The bodyguards of the chief magistrates of Philippi were […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:34 Up to the house
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:34 34 The jailer brought them up into his house and set food before them. He rejoiced along with his entire household about believing in God. When we read that the jailer brought them “up” into his house, we do a little wondering. Was there a cave or a cistern? […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:32-33 Washed and baptized
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:32-33 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone who was in his house. 33 He took them right at that hour of the night and washed their wounds. Immediately he was baptized along with his whole family. The response of a true pastor […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:30-31 What must I do to be saved
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:30-31 30 Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. You and your household.” We know the jailer’s story. He had just been through an earthquake. Thinking his prisoners had […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:25-29 Don’t try suicide
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:25-29 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and sang hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Beaten and bloody, and only perhaps bound with bandages, the Christians in the prison began to pray. Luke doesn’t record their prayer, but there are many Psalm verses that […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:22-24 A beating
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:22-24 22 The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped them. They gave the order and kept ordering to beat them with rods. 23 And when they had given them many wounds, they threw them into prison. They ordered the jailer to keep them under […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:19-21 stirring up trouble
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:19-21 19 When her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them to the chief magistrates and said, “These men are stirring up trouble in our city. They are […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:16-18 The Demon of Philippi
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:16-18 16 Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had an evil spirit through which she predicted the future. She earned a lot of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 16:14-15 Lydia’s baptism and yours
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 16:14-15 14 A certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple cloth, and she worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 15 She and her household were baptized, and then she urged […]
