Category archives: Midweek

Signal to Witness
 

  • Signal to Witness

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 8:32-35  32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken f... [read more]
“Simon Who?”
 

  • “Simon Who?”

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 8:14-25 14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; the... [read more]
Opportunity to Witness
 

  • Opportunity to Witness

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 8:1-8  1 And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Go... [read more]
Where God Dwells
 

  • Where God Dwells

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 7:46-53  46 David enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him. 48 “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: 49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is m... [read more]
Blessing in Disguise
 

  • Blessing in Disguise

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 7:9-16  9 “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his pa... [read more]
Full of God’s Grace
 

  • Full of God’s Grace

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 6:8-15  8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to ... [read more]
Never Stop
 

  • Never Stop

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 5:33-42  33 When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. 34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. 35 Then he addressed the Sanhedr... [read more]
“In & Out of Jail”
 

  • “In & Out of Jail”

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 5:17-21  17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. 20 ... [read more]
Ananias and Sapphira
 

  • Ananias and Sapphira

  • 3 years ago
  • Acts 5:1-11  1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so fil... [read more]