Tag: Matthew

Devotion Acts 16:31 Instantaneous and Forever

Acts 16:31-40 –  They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought…

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Devotion Acts 16:19-24 Falsely Accused, Beaten, Flogged And Imprisoned

Acts 16:19-24 –  When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”  22 The crowd joined…

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Devotion Acts 16:11-15 God Calls, He Prepares, And We Come

Acts 16:11-15 – From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.  13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to…

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Devotion Psalm 34:18 God Is Good And He Loves Us

Psalm 34:18 – Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! 1 Chronicles 16:34 – Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever. Mark 10:18 – No one is good but One, that is, God. Psalm 27:13 – I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see…

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Devotion Acts 16:6-10 The Leading Of God

Acts 16:6-10 – Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down…

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Devotion Acts 16:1-5 Faith Lived Out Part 2

Acts 16:1-5 – Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they…

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Devotion Acts 16:1-5 Faith Lived Out Part 1

Acts 16:1-5 – Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they…

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Devotion John 14:1-3 A Perfect Groom

John 14:1-3 – “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be…

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Devotion Acts 15:19-21 Free To Be Second

Acts 15:19-21 –     “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the Law of Moses has been preached in every city…

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Devotion Acts 15:12-18 The Spirit, The Word And Signs

Acts 15:12-18 –     The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me.14 Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of…

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