GET UP AND TELL THEM Now get to your feet! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and witness. Tell people that you have seen me, and tell them what I will show you in the future. Acts of Apostles 26:16 NLT Arise in the city you live in, because…
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord. Acts of the Apostles 22:16 NLT Many of us have pending projects and decisions we know we have to make, yet we have postponed them. Sometimes, we…
WHEN LIFE STONES YOU, YOUR SPIRITUAL FAMILY GATHERS AROUND YOU … They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead. But as the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. Acts of the Apostles 14:19-20 NLT…
THE DEMORALIZERS AND THE ENCOURAGERS Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’ Deuteronomy 1:28 NLT Two groups of…
DON’T WAIT ON A DONKEY TO SPEAK TO YOU Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road. Numbers 22:23 NLT Don’t wait on a donkey to…
KEY FACTORS THAT HELP YOUR CONSCIENCE Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people. Acts 24:16 NLT Paul talks about several factors in regards to having a clear conscience. It is very crucial and important that you learn how to maintain a pure conscience. There are many…
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE … but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister… 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:26-28 KJV I accepted Jesus in my life in 1999….
OVERCOME SELFISHNESS Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest. But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side. Then he said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me also welcomes my Father…
HUMAN “PRIDE” IS EQUIVALENT TO WORMS When the day arrived, Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!” Acts 12:21-22 NLT King Herod was unable to control his ego,…
TAKE SOMETHING GOOD FROM IT Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God… Acts 11:19 NLT In those times, Christians were persecuted for saying that Jesus Christ was God and the Savior of the…