Devotional
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Christian Devotional – April 11, 2016
Read Acts chapter 11 VERSE: Acts 11:24–He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. TRUTH: This was said to describe Barnabas and the work that he was doing as he reached out to the Gentiles who were coming to faith. If someone were to describe us and the work that we were doing for the Lord, what would that look like? Would people say we are full of the Holy Spirit and of faith? If they wouldn’t say that, then what do we do about that? We must completely surrender every area of our life…
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Christian Devotional – April 10, 2016
We’re starting a new series today as we take a look at what it means to be “Blessed” by studying the Beatitudes. Are we willing to make ourselves poor in spirit in order to gain the kingdom of heaven? What are we holding on to? Also, thanks to Andrew for sneaking in to say hi at the end 🙂
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Christian Devotional – April 9, 2016
Read Acts chapter 10 VERSE: Acts 10:34– Then Peter began to speak, “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism.” TRUTH: Peter was confronted with a situation that had no other explanation than that God had done it. He knew that his prior beliefs and prejudices were being stripped away in light of what God was doing. God desires all people to come to Him and the prejudices that we have need to be stripped away in the light of the love of Jesus Christ. As He has loved the world, so we should love the world! RESPONSE: Father, Let me love everyone today as…
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Christian Devotional – April 8, 2016
Read Acts chapter 9 VERSE: Acts 9:15–But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. TRUTH: God had chosen a purpose for Saul and God knew exactly how He was going to use Saul to proclaim His name throughout the world. God has planned a purpose for each one of us as well. God knows how each of us can best influence and promote the gospel of Jesus Christ. Are we each willing to go and do as God has led so that we can fulfill our purpose? RESPONSE: Father,…
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Christian Devotional – April 7, 2016
Read Acts chapter 8 VERSE: Acts 8:4–Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. TRUTH: Do we preach the word wherever we go? What’s more, if we had been forced to flee because of the Word, would we continue to preach it everywhere we went? These disciples could have gotten angry about their circumstance and determined to not do anything more with this Gospel that had resulted in running for their lives. Instead they chose to continue to preach it. Will we continue to preach the gospel wherever we go. RESPONSE: Father, Give me courage and boldness to preach the Gospel wherever I go. I want everyone…
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Christian Devotional – April 6, 2016
Read Acts chapter 7 VERSE: Acts 7:53–you have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it. TRUTH: Stephen is sharing the story of salvation with the religious leaders. He is explaining exactly how all the things that they have grown up knowing tie into the salvation message through Jesus Christ. However, these men are not happy at all with the conclusions that Stephen comes to and they really don’t like being confronted with their sin, as Stephen does in this verse above. When we are confronted with our sin, how do we respond? We all know that we are not perfect, yet when we are…
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Christian Devotional – April 5, 2016
Read Acts chapter 6 VERSE: Acts 6:10–But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke. TRUTH: Stephen was sharing the gospel message and the religious leaders of the day didn’t like it at all. However, every time they started to debate with him, Stephen was able to explain everything and make them look foolish. How was he able to do this? We see here that the Spirit gave Stephen wisdom in what he poke. God will be there with us to defend us and to give us the words to say when we need them. We don’t have to try to be overly…
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Christian Devotional – April 4, 2016
Read Acts chapter 5 VERSE: Acts 5:9–Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door and, they will carry you out also.” TRUTH: Ananias and Sapphira had seen others who were selling land and giving it to the church. They saw them get praised and thanked by the church, so they decided that they wanted that praise as well. Unfortunately, they also wanted to keep the money a the same time, so they decided to sell the land, tell the church they were giving the whole amount, but then keep…
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Christian Devotional – April 3, 2016
Here’s this week’s video Christian devotional. This is the last in the Life Lessons series and today we look at the area of balance from the Proverbs 31 woman. God wants us to be balanced in what we do every day. If we are seeking Him first, then all the other things that we are involved in will fall into their rightful place. Are we balancing our lives so that what we accomplish is the most important or are we allowing ourselves to be pulled in every direction? Seek God first, like the Proverbs 31 woman, and everything else will fall into place. Then we’ll find ourselves getting even more…
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Christian Devotional – April 2, 2016
Read Acts chapter 4 VERSE: Acts 4:19–But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judge. TRUTH: I think many of us would answer that question easily with the words that we say, but how would our actions answer that question? Would people who come alongside of us and look at our life be able to answer that question based on what they observed about our actions? We can say the right things all day long, but if our words and actions don’t demonstrate that we are following God, then people will believe our actions, not our words.…