Tag: Saul/Paul

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 16:23-34 TO CHEW ON: "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them." Acts 16:25 "Earthquake in the prison" - Sir James ThornhillWhat things would fill you with joy? 1. Getting a new pet.2. Winning a contest....

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Romans 3:19-28 TO CHEW ON: "But now God has shown us another way to heaven. It is not by 'being good enough' and trying to keep his laws.... Now God says he will accept us and declare us 'not guilty.' He will do this if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. We all can be save...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: I Timothy 6:6-10TO CHEW ON: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil." I Timothy 6:10a How do you feel about money? Do you have any? How much? Do you earn money regularly? When you get it, what do you do with it? Spend it all? Save it all? Spend and save both? It’s hard...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 13:6-12 TO CHEW ON: "But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith." Acts 13:8 What happens on mission trips but problems? Barnabas and Saul (from now on called Paul - Acts 13:8), were invited by one of Cyp...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 9:10-19 TO CHEW ON: "But the Lord said to Ananias, 'Go.'” Acts 9:15 Saul had a reputation. Followers of Jesus (Christians) knew him as someone who showed no mercy. Imagine Ananias’s (not the same Ananias as “Ananias and Sapphira”) surprise when God told him, in a vision, to go ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Corinthians 4:6-12 TO CHEW ON: "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." 2 Corinthians 4:7Perfume in a plastic spray bottle or crystal glass?Which would you choose?- a book with a torn paper cover or one with a ...

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: 3 John 1-14 TO CHEW ON: "Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well." 3 John 2 When you hear the word “blessing” what do you think of? Saying a prayer over food before you eat? The pastor praying a be...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ephesians 2:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10 Think back through the last 24 hours. What things have you used in that time which someone once had to invent, design and...

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: 2 Timothy 2:1-7, 15 TO CHEW ON: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 Would it be possible to be a bank teller without knowing how to do math and use a computer...