Acts 27:1-12 – When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with…
Continue ReadingActs 26:24-32 – At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.” 25 “I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none…
Continue ReadingActs 26:24-32 – At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.” 25 “I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none…
Continue ReadingActs 26:19-23 – “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. 21 That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried…
Continue ReadingActs 26:15-18 – “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and…
Continue ReadingJohn 14:6 – “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” In olden days, when the enemy attacked, those outside of the walls of the fortress were killed. In Egypt, at the time of the Passover, there were two places to be. Either inside the homes with…
Continue Reading1 John 4:4 – You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. After accepting Jesus as our Savior and Lord we attended a church in a very cool building. Not modern, but very cool, lots of hidden passages and rooms. Afterward…
Continue ReadingPsalm 27:4-5 – One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple. For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in his dwelling; He will…
Continue ReadingActs 26:12-14 – “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying…
Continue ReadingPsalm 113:3– From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised. This morning I rise! I rise from the victory of yesterday, To the victory of today. I rise with no pressure. I rise without concern for The needs of life. My heart is well. At ease…
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