Category: Life

• Acts 28:11-16 (CEB)

  

  Throughout the books of Acts, we see the early church coming together to support and care for each other. The encouragement and sustenance found in the early church is not just a relic of the past. We can encourage each other in similar ways today.

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  August 5, 2022

  Church, Diversity, Life, Saul/Paul

  Acts 28:11-16, Community, encouragement, fellowship, Where the Crawdads Sing

• Acts 27:1-26

  

  Friends, God is always with us! Always!

  vancecrains

  August 2, 2022

  Daily Devotion, Life, Saul/Paul

  Acts 27:1-26, faith, God's faithfulness, God's presence, hope, Trust

• Acts 26:19-32

  

  I believe that God wants us to learn, to explore new ideas, and use our minds.  But what are we to do when the things we learn challenge our deeply held beliefs?

  vancecrains

  August 1, 2022

  Calling, Change, Daily Devotion, Holy Spirit, Life, Renewal, Saul/Paul

  Acts 26:19-32, Growth, Knowledge, Learning

• Acts 26:2-18

  

  If there is one thing that we all understand about patience, it is this:  we all want patience – and we all want it right now!  It just doesn’t come that way.

  vancecrains

  July 31, 2022

  Christian example, Daily Devotion, Gifts of the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Life

  Acts 26:2-18, faith, Growth, Patience, testing

• Acts 24:1-9

  

  We as Christians live our faith in the world. Do we leave it at the church door on Sundays? How are we perceived in our daily lives in our communities? Does our faith show in all we do?

  vancecrains

  July 26, 2022

  Action, Christian example, Daily Devotion, Holy Spirit, Life, Persecution, Service, Witness

  Acts 24:1-9, Felix, John Lewis, Terrullus

• Acts 21:27-40

  

  Ever feel like there are too many voices shouting too many different things, too much commotion to discern the truth? Too many half-truths. Too much mis-information. Too many accusations. Too many false-claims. Too many lies. Too much exaggerated reporting. Too many voiced opinions. Too much shouting, and not nearly enough listening. Too much noise.

  vancecrains

  July 20, 2022

  Change, Christian example, Daily Devotion, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Life, Persecution, Saul/Paul

  Acts 21:27-40, Daily Devotion, lies, mistruth, Truth, worship

• Acts 10:13-38

  

  Being an apostle in the early days of the Christian church was a dangerous profession. In preaching the good news about Jesus, many of the apostles were mocked, beaten, jailed, and killed.

  vancecrains

  July 17, 2022

  Action, Calling, Christian example, Church, Daily Devotion, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Life, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Service, Vision, Witness

  Acts 10:13-38, martyrdom, mission

• Acts 19:18-41

  

  As Christ followers, what are our shrines? Our idols? Of course we all have them, these physical “things” we covet, purchase, drive,wear, etc. Do they keep us from living fully what we say we believe?

  vancecrains

  July 15, 2022

  Daily Devotion, Holy Spirit, Life, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 19:18-41, Artemis, Ephesus, Idols

• Acts 11:19-30

  

  When we as believers are filled with the Holy Spirit and we actively share our love and faith with others who are different than us, then God’s amazing grace and the growth of the church will have no limits.  This limitless reach can be visualized by the endless horizon of the ocean.

  vancecrains

  June 28, 2022

  Change, Christian example, Church, Diversity, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Life, Witness

  Cyprus, Cyrene, Difference, Diversity, Gentiles, Growth

• Acts 10:23b-48

  

  God does not favor individuals because of their station in life, their nationality or their material possessions. He does, however, respect their character and judge their work.

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  June 26, 2022

  Baptism, Diversity, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Life, Peter, Unity

  acceptance, Baptism, favoristism, United Methodist, welcome