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God’s Word for You – Acts 28:7-10 the generosity of strangers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 28:7-10 7 There was an estate nearby that belonged the chief man of the island, who was called Publius. He welcomed us to his home and entertained us hospitably for three days. “Chief man” was an official title. It has been found in an inscription on the island. This man […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 28:3-6 The snake on the beach
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 28:3-6 3 Paul gathered a big pile of dry wood. When he set it on the fire, a viper was driven out by the heat and fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “Surely this man […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 2:13-14 Love and marriage
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 2:13-14 13 And this is another thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards your offerings or accepts them with favor from your hands. 14 But you say, “Why doesn’t he?” In this verse, the wicked priests and people […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 28:1-2 Barbarian and Christian
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 28:1-2 28 Once we were safe, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The native people showed us unusual kindness. Because of the rain that had set in, and the cold, they built a fire and they welcomed us all. Malta is about 60 miles southwest of […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:42-44 Prayer, planks and flotsam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:42-44 42 The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them could swim away and escape. 43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:39-41 The shipwreck
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:39-41 39 When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they made out some bay with a beach where they resolved, if they could, to run the ship aground. 40 So they cut loose the anchors and left them in the sea, and at the same time they […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:33-38, 276 souls
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:33-38 33 As dawn was about to break, Paul urged them all to eat some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been on watch continuously without food, eating nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to eat some food. It will give you strength… Why did Paul […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:30-32 Anchors and lies
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:30-32 30 Now the sailors wanted to escape from the ship. They had lowered the ship’s boat into the sea as if they meant to lay out anchors from the bow, 31 but Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 2:11-12 mortal and venial sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 2:11-12 11 Judah has been unfaithful. An abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. In this verse, Malachi plunges into the figure of speech known as synecdoche, in which […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:27-29 twenty fathoms, fifteen fathoms…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:27-29 27 But on the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Sea of Hadria when about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land. The Sea of Hadria was the name for the entire central third of the Mediterranean, not just the water between […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:21-26 The angel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:21-26 21 And also the men had gone a long time without food. So Paul stood up among them and said: “Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed from Crete. You wouldn’t have had this damage and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:19-20 No hope of rescue
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:19-20 19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s equipment overboard with their own hands. 20 Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days. The storm raged without letting up. Finally we gave up all hope of being rescued. They had been battered by this storm for three days […]