Read Acts 26:12-18 Focus Verse: Acts 26:12-14 On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, "Saul, Saul, why do your persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” Paul never stopped telling his story! When

Thursday, September 29 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 26:1-11 Focus Verses: Acts 26:6-8 “And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?” Paul grew up in the Jewish faith and became a devou

Wednesday, September 28 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 25:13-27 *Before I begin this post, I want to ask us collectively to lift up our Soul Sisters in Florida today, asking for the Lord's protection and provision for all those who are being affected by Ian. Focus Verse: Acts 25:23 So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the ci

Tuesday, September 27 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 25:1-12 Focus Verses: Acts 25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.” Although time moved on, the Jews fervor to put Paul to death had not. A new procurator of Judea, Festus, was brought in to clean up Felix’s mess. The Jews wanted Paul to be tried in Jerusalem so that they could attack and kill him

September 26 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 24:22-27 Focus Verses: Acts 24:24-25 After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity, I will summon you.” In Friday’s post, we read about th

Thursday, September 22 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 23:23-35 Focus Verses: Acts 23:23-24 Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. And provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.” When Paul arrived in Jerusalem, he fully expected to be arrested on sight, imp

ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 23:1-22 Focus Verse: Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.” To set the stage for our rather disturbing passage today, here are a few phrases: “strike him (Paul) on the mouth” v. 2 “a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadduccess” v.6 “there was a great uproa

Tuesday, September 20 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 22: 22-30 Focus Verse: Acts 22:22-23 Up to this word they listened to (Paul). Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.” And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by f

Monday, September 19 ACTS of the Apostles, Part 2 Learning How to be Daring and Dynamic Read Acts 22:1-21 Focus Verse: Acts 22:1-2 “Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.” And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said… Paul, speaking in Hebrew, captivates his audience by telling his story. He broke it down highlighting three different aspects of his life and ministry. He told of his

Read Acts 21:27-40 Focus Verses: Acts 21:30-31 Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. Like us, the Early Church seems to face the same accusation, frustration, and later confusion that we face today. Once again, a follower of Jesus (Paul) is being falsely a