Daily Grace
Seeing Things the Way They Are
“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he...
A Message Worth Dying For
“The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of...
Courage
“Then Paul answered, ‘Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.’ When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, ‘The Lord’s will be done’ ” (Acts 21:13-14)....
No Hesitation
“I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house” (Acts...
Encouraging Words
“He [Paul] traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece” (Acts 20:2). I grew up singing, “Home on the Range” with its renowned line, “Where seldom is heard a discouraging word….” That doesn’t describe...
Formulas Alone Don’t Work
“One day the evil spirit answered them, ‘Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?’ Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding” (Acts...
King Jesus
“Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God” (Acts 19:8). The essence of the Christian message strikes at the heart of every other world system. Jesus is King and He has come to take charge of His...
We’re Part of a Team
“Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures” (Acts 18:24). Jealousy and insecurity are destructive enemies of our service to God. Luke, who wrote the book of Acts, was...
He is With You
“One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.’ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching...