18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.” One of the signs of the inward work of the Spirit is repentance. When someone truly turns from their sins, that is the work of the Spirit. Some people inContinue reading “19Sep2009 Acts 11:18”
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18Sep2009 Acts 11:4
4 Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: Sometimes you need to give all the details. Like when you are giving a police report. They want to know everything you remember. Who knows what small detail might be important as the investigation continues. That is one of the key elementsContinue reading “18Sep2009 Acts 11:4”
17Sep2009 Hebrews 11:4
4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. Even after death our lives can speak, and do speak a message to future generations. JustContinue reading “17Sep2009 Hebrews 11:4”
16Sep2009 Genesis 35:29
29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. As with everyone else in life, Isaac dies. What is amazing is that he accomplished something in his death that rarely happened during his lifetime. His two sonsContinue reading “16Sep2009 Genesis 35:29”
15Sep2009 Acts 10:41
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. When I was in Elementary School, and even into High School, I hated those times when teams were chosen. I inevitably was chosen near theContinue reading “15Sep2009 Acts 10:41”
14Sep2009 Acts 10:15
15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Are there things in our lives that God has called pure that we continue to call dirty? Do we make something dirty again that God has already cleaned up? Do we return to a sin afterContinue reading “14Sep2009 Acts 10:15”
13Sep2009 Acts 10:9
9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. This verse seems fairly ordinary, doesn’t it? While people are traveling to meet Peter for the first time and Peter being totally unaware of their coming, Peter wanted to spend someContinue reading “13Sep2009 Acts 10:9”
12Sep2009 Acts 10:8
8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa. Sometimes as an employee, as a servant, as a very close friend, you end up doing things that might not make a lot of sense. I think this was one of those times for these three men who were with Saul. AContinue reading “12Sep2009 Acts 10:8”
11Sep2009 Acts 10:2
2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. Cornelius is like many religious people of all ages. He put his religion into practice in very practical ways. He did everything he thought he was supposed to in order to please God.Continue reading “11Sep2009 Acts 10:2”
10Sep2009 Acts 9:37
37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. No one likes funerals, no one who loves life, that is. Funerals signal to us our own mortality. It is just a matter of time before we too are laid out in a box. VariousContinue reading “10Sep2009 Acts 9:37”
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