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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 6:8-10 The Synagogue of the Freedmen
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 6:8-10 8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. How long after the choosing of the seven did Stephen begin to perform miracles? We don’t know. Every now and then in the Bible, a group is set aside for a special […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 6:6-7 Laying on hands
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 6:6-7 6 They brought these men before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. This seems to be a kind of commissioning or rite of installation. It is not really ordination into the ministry, since these men were not called to preach the gospel but to “wait […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 6:5 Full of faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 6:5 5 This proposal pleased the whole gathering. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. They also chose Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. Before we look at the names of these men, let’s notice Luke’s phrase, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 6:3-4 Full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 6:3-4 3 Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this duty over to them, 4 and we will continue with prayer and the ministry of the word.” For some people, these verses drift past with […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 4:12-14 Always wrestling in prayer
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 4:12-14 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, sends greetings. This servant of Christ Jesus is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand and those who are made perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 I vouch for him that he is working […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 6:1-2 Their widows were being overlooked
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 6:1-2 Choosing the Seven In the early 1960s, a few American test pilots became world-famous as the Mercury Seven, the first humans to be shot into space and return safely in their vehicles. When another group of pilots was selected to follow them in the Gemini program, publicity agents struggled […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:41-42 The Name
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:41-42 41 The apostles rejoiced as they left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonored for the Name. 42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the gospel that Jesus is the Christ. The apostles were […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:33-40 Fighting against God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:33-40 33 When they heard this, they were furious and began planning to put them to death. 34 But a certain Pharisee, one in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was highly respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be put […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:30-32 God exalted him to his right hand
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:30-32 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you arrested and killed by hanging him on a cross. 31 God exalted him to his right hand as Prince and Savior, to give to Israel repentance and the forgiveness of sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 5:29 We must obey God rather than men
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 5:29 For personal reasons I left off our series on Acts more than a month ago. Thank you to all those who have sent my wife and me your encouragement in these weeks. Circumstances may cause another such departure sometime in the future, but for the time being, we return […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 4:9-11 A comfort to me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 4:9-11 9 He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here. 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, along with Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have received instructions about him: If he comes to […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 7:33-37 Everything he has done is ‘very good.’
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 7:33-37 33 Jesus took him aside, away from the crowd, in private. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven, sighed, and said, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”) 35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened, his […]
