by Haley Reed | Feb 23, 2023 | Daily Grace
“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus” (Acts 4:29-30). God’s plans have met with threats and human... 
by Haley Reed | Feb 22, 2023 | Daily Grace
“If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised... 
by Haley Reed | Feb 21, 2023 | Daily Grace
“One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts”... 
by Haley Reed | Feb 20, 2023 | Daily Grace
“But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him” (Acts 2:24). In this excerpt from Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost, the Resurrection is presented as God’s final victory over our... 
by Haley Reed | Feb 19, 2023 | Daily Grace
“And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:21). This was the Church’s first sermon, preached by Peter on the Day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit had just been poured out on the followers of Jesus and Peter stood up to preach this first...