Category: Witness

• Acts 28:23-31

  

  Then as now, people can see with their eyes and hear with their ears, but if their heart is not open to the Good News, it’s as if their eyes are closed and their ears are plugged.  To be open to the Holy Spirit, your heart has to be open too.

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  August 7, 2022

  Change, Christian example, Daily Devotion, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 28:23-31, Closed minds, Gentiles, Good News, Rome

• Acts 28:17-22

  

  Paul was telling everyone who would listen that: (a) salvation is in Jesus Christ, (b) that through Jesus, God’s promised covenant and Kingdom is expanded to all nations, and (c) that Gentiles shouldn’t be required to observe certain Jewish customs in order to be included as members in the newly forming Christocentric community of believers.

  vancecrains

  August 6, 2022

  Christian example, Daily Devotion, Diversity, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Diana Eck, Diversity, Gentiles, Phil Cook, pluralism, salvation, worldview

• Acts 28:1-10

  

  I don’t know why hard times come and I don’t know why we go through hard times! Paul went through many hard times and we certainly are living through difficult times right now. As John Wesley says “The best of it all is, God is with us.”

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  August 4, 2022

  Daily Devotion, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 28:1-10, endurance, faith, hard times, hope, Romans 8

• Acts 27:27-44

  

  Is God involved in our journeys? I believe so. Does God care about our safety and well-being? Absolutely! Does God speak messages of warning, or hope? Yes – and if we listen, we might hear.

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  August 3, 2022

  Daily Devotion, Miracles, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Angels, doubt, Miracle, Providence, Shipwreck

• Acts 25:23-26:1

  

  Here is an invitation. Live into a life of integrity. Have courage in the person God has created you to be.

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  July 30, 2022

  Christian example, Daily Devotion, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 25, Acts 26, Agrippa, Character, Festus, integrity, Wisdom

• Acts 25:1-12

  

  How do we have peace in a world of injustice?

  vancecrains

  July 28, 2022

  Christian example, Daily Devotion, Justice, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Action, Acts 25:1-12, Camp 3-4-5, Compassion, Empathy, Huimility, Justice, Mercy, Romans 8:33-34

• Acts 24:10-27

  

  Paul understood the implications for resurrection, both for this life and the next. Christ’s victory over death makes resurrection and eternal life possible for all. But, resurrection is both a present and future reality.

  vancecrains

  July 27, 2022

  Calling, Change, Christian example, Daily Devotion, Evangelism, Jesus Christ, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 24:10-27, Felix, Resurrection

• 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?

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  July 26, 2022

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

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

• Acts 22:30-23:11

  

  As God’s people, we are encouraged, knowing that he will stand beside us in times of trouble.  In spite of our failures, God will be pleased when we share the gospel of Jesus in difficult circumstances.

  vancecrains

  July 23, 2022

  Calling, Christian example, Church, Daily Devotion, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Persecution, Saul/Paul, Witness

  Acts 22:30-23:11, God's plans, Rome, Story

• Acts 22:1-16

  

  After his conversion experience temporarily blinded him, Paul was taken by the hand and led to Damascus. Our dependence upon each other is no weakness, no indication of unimportant inferiority. Our dependencies, our limitations, our numerous needs for each other – all of it is grace. To allow ourselves to be led in the direction…

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  July 21, 2022

  Calling, Christian example, Church, Daily Devotion, Healing, Holy Spirit, Saul/Paul, Service, Unity, Witness

  Acts 22:1-16, damascus, daniel Johnston, mental illness, neuroatypicality