by Haley Reed | May 6, 2023 | Daily Grace
“ ‘King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.’ ‘Then Agrippa said to Paul, ‘Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?’ ” (Acts 26:27-28). Paul was an amazing man. Even though he was on trial for his life he was only...
by Haley Reed | May 4, 2023 | Daily Grace
“I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified...
by Haley Reed | May 3, 2023 | Daily Grace
“I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome” (Acts 25:25). This is how Festus, the governor from Rome, introduced Paul to King Agrippa. Paul was under constant threat from his enemies...
by Haley Reed | May 1, 2023 | Daily Grace
“When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive” (Acts 25:18-19). Festus, the...
by Haley Reed | Apr 28, 2023 | Daily Grace
“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles’ ” (Acts 22:21). I’m like most of us. I like to stay in my comfort zone. There are places in which I am relaxed because I am familiar with that culture. There are people with whom I am...
by Haley Reed | Apr 27, 2023 | Daily Grace
“My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me. A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there. He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul,...