Acts

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Acts 1

Acts 1

Acts 1 – Over 2000 years ago a match was struck in Jerusalem.  Initially, just a few were ignited, but the fire spread.  The disciples were first…

Acts 2

Acts 2

Acts 2 – “We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives…

Acts 3

Acts 3

Acts 3 – Chuck Swindoll tells a story about a man who went to see a psychiatrist because he was extremely depressed and the psychiatrist just could…

Acts 4

Acts 4

Acts 4 – What is God asking of you?  What is He personally calling you to do?  Where is He working and asking you to join? Depending…

Acts 5

Acts 5

Acts 5 – Never underestimate the tactics or lengths to which the enemy will go to derail the work God is doing.  Never.  When one thing doesn’t…

Acts 6

Acts 6

Acts 6 – Have you ever had someone that comes across your path that makes you want to know God better?  Someone who simply lives their life,…

Acts 7

Acts 7

Acts 7 – “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” – Tertullian As the 7 men were chosen by the disciples to meet…

Acts 8

Acts 8

Acts 8 – There are so many times that life takes a turn or a twist and it leaves us wondering what in the world God is…

Acts 9

Acts 9

Acts 9 – Arrest – the action by which a person is stopped from his normal activities by virtue of a legal authority or sanction; to take…

Acts 10

Acts 10

Acts 10 – God is the great interrupter. Just when we are content with life the way it is.  Just when we think we have all things…

Acts 11

Acts 11

Acts 11 – The movement of God often requires adjustment not only physically but within our own mindsets and behavior.  Much easier said than done, when God…

Acts 12

Acts 12

Acts 12 – It’s 44 AD.  11 years have passed since Jesus had been crucified and rose from the grave.  Herod had begun a full frontal attack…

Acts 13

Acts 13

Acts 13 – The church in Antioch was in the middle of worshiping God and fasting when the Holy Spirit spoke.  It was a direct commission of…

Acts 14

Acts 14

Acts 14 – Soren Kierkegaard tells a story, almost a parable of sorts about the geese who used to make their home on his childhood Danish farm. …

Acts 15

Acts 15

Acts 15 – The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Conflict.  We would rather run as far away as we could rather…

Acts 16

Acts 16

Acts 16 – If there ever was a story showing God’s perfect will, His ultimate plan, His bigger picture it is found in verses 6-10.  Paul had…

Acts 17

Acts 17

Acts 17 – What we need in this church are some troublemakers.  What?  Seriously.  Just hear me out.  We need some troublemakers.  For this is what the…

Acts 18

Acts 18

Acts 18 – Fast food is an interesting thing.  We pull up to these establishments because, well, they’re fast.  It’s definitely not as good as a home…

Acts 19

Acts 19

Acts 19 – There is a growing longing within me for a powerful movement of God among us.  It’s something I cannot escape as I desire so…

Acts 20

Acts 20

Acts 20 – If you knew you had only 12 hours to live, who would you see?  What would you say?  What lasting remark would you want…

Acts 21

Acts 21

Acts 21 – Perhaps one of the greatest difficulties we face is deciding what God’s will is. In the quietness of our day finally coming to an…

Acts 22

Acts 22

Acts 22 – Little did Paul know that day on the Damascus Road of the twists and turns his life would take as he took the message…

Acts 23

Acts 23

Acts 23 – “I will bless the Lord forever.  I will trust Him at all times.  He has delivered me from all fear.  He has set my…

Acts 24

Acts 24

Acts 24 – They traveled some 60 miles to the seat of the Roman government to bring their accusations against Paul.  Their plot to murder him had…

Acts 25

Acts 25

Acts 25 – Paul has been in chains for 2 years.  The hatred of the Jewish hierarchy had not cooled. Their plan was simple – request for…

Acts 26

Acts 26

Acts 26 – His innocence stated many times, Paul remains a prisoner.  Repeatedly facing unfair charges, Festus doesn’t know what to do with him as the political…

Acts 27

Acts 27

Acts 27 – A Nor’easter is a storm mixed with the collision of several weaker storms.  As a parent storm, the polar jet stream mixes with the…

Acts 28

Acts 28

Acts 28 – For 3 months Paul and his companions stayed on the island of Malta after the shipwreck before they were able to complete the journey…