Tag: acts

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 23:12-22 TO CHEW ON: “Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, ‘Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.’” Acts 23:17 Have you ever thought you have to be grown up to be used by God? Perhaps Paul’s nephew felt that way. Then came the day he ov...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 12:1-12 TO CHEW ON: "So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him." Acts 12:5 Peter was in big trouble. After King Herod killed James, he arrested Peter. For days Peter had been in a cramped, uncomfortable jail, chained and guarded by sixteen...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 19:23-41 TO CHEW ON: "About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way." Acts 19:23"Paul preaching before the Temple of Diana at Ephesus" - by Adolf Pirsch, 1885It didn’t take long for the people in Ephesus to notice the enthusiastic Christians. Demetrius, a man wh...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 24:22-27 TO CHEW ON: "As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, 'That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.'” Acts 24:25 The soldiers took Paul to the city of Caesarea to app...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 9:1-9 TO CHEW ON: “'Who are you, Lord?' Saul asked." Acts 9:5 Saul thought he was pleasing God by killing the followers of Jesus."Saul was breathing murderous threats" - Artist unknownGod saw that Saul was sincere. But he was also wrong. In one amazing moment God turned Saul ar...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 13:1-5 TO CHEW ON: "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'” Acts 13:2. While Herod was persecuting the believers in Jerusalem, Barnabas and Saul were teaching in Antio...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 28:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured." (Acts 28:8,9) Paul had just c...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 27:27-44 TO CHEW ON: "Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” (Acts 27:34) Have you ever been seriously scared or nervous? Perhaps it was the time your team had to play the championship game, or you had t...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 3:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money." Acts 3:3 The man who sat at the temple entrance to beg had always been crippled. As a boy he had never climbed trees, played tag or walked to a friend’s home to play. By now he was used to ...