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3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This is one of the early political polls take by a ruler. Herod the political leader of that area of the world has just killed one of the leaders of the churchContinue reading “22Sep2009 Acts 12:3”

29 The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea. This is faith in action. One group of believers saw the need of another group and gave out of their own substance to help. What a wonderful testimony. A famine was coming and those with some wealthContinue reading “21Sep2009 Acts 11:29”

24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. Barnabas was a person who could be trusted to carry out a very important task. Great things were happening among the non-Jews. The believers in headquarters, Jerusalem, wanted to send aContinue reading “20Sep2009 Acts 11:24”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”