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Witnessing: God's Part and Ours

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Date : May 31, 2024 (Fri) Scripture : Acts 14:1-18 Ac 14:1-18 [NIV] [3] So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.   [8] In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. [9] He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed [10] and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. [11] When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" [12] Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 

Possess Your Inheritance

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  Date : May 29, 2024 (Wed) Scripture : Acts 13:13-31 Ac 13:13-31 [NIV] [17] The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt, with mighty power he led them out of that country, [18] he endured their conduct for about forty years in the desert, [19] he overthrew seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to his people as their inheritance .  [28] Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed . [29] When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb . [30] But God raised him from the dead, [31] and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.

Answered Prayer and Sprprise

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Date : May 27, 2024 (Mon) Scripture : Acts 12:1-25 Ac 12:1-25 [NIV] [4] After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. [5] So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.   [12] When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. [13] Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. [14] When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!" [15] "You're out of your mind," they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, "It must be his angel." [16] But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.   [21] On the appoi

Do You Know the Gospel?

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  Date : May 24, 2024 (Fri)  Scripture : Acts 10:34-48 Ac 10:34-48 [NIV] [38] how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. [39] "We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, [40] but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.  [41] He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen--by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. [42] He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. [43] All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name ." [44] While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. [45] T

Cultivating An Attitude of Listening

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Date : May 22, 2024 (Wed) Scripture : Ac 10:1-16 Ac 10:1-16 [NIV] [1] At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. [2] He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly . [3] One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius!" [5] Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.  [9] About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray .  [12] It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. [13] Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." [14] "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." [15] The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything im

Hidden Treasures Needful For People

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Date : May 20, 2024 (Mon) Scripture : Acts 9:19b-31 Ac 9:19-31 [NIV] [20] At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. [22] Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. [23] After many days had gone by, the Jews conspired to kill him.  [26] When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. [27] But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.  [29] He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him. [30] When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. [31] Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by th

Don't Call It Persecution When It's Not

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  Date : May 17, 2024 (Fri) Scripture : Acts 8:9-25 Ac 7:56-60 [NIV] "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." [57] At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, [58] dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. [59] While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." [60] Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep. Ac 8:25 When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages .                                                                        Ac 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the hi