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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:16 Idols
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:16 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he became very upset when he saw that the city was full of idols. It’s no understatement to say that Athens was “full of idols.” Ancient reports of the city from before and after Paul’s time say that practically every […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:13-15 Athens
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:13-15 13 When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The brothers sent Paul immediately to the seacoast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. Just as had happened in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:10-12 Bereans
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:10-12 10 Right away that night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Bereans were more noble than the Thessalonians. They received the message with great eagerness, and they examined the Scriptures every day to see: […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:5-9 Christ our King
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:5-9 5 But the Jews were jealous. They grabbed some marketplace loafers, wicked men. Having formed a mob, they started a riot in the city. They attacked the house of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. 6 And when they couldn’t […]
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 […]
