Acts 16:25-30 – About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he…
Continue ReadingJames 1:2 – Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 2 Corinthians 12:7c-10 – I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect…
Continue Reading1 Peter 1:6-7 – In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Job…
Continue ReadingActs 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…
Continue ReadingPsalm 24:8,10 – Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—He is the King of glory. Trusting The Undefeated, Undefeatable Jesus In the fire I will not be afraid In the flood I will trust When wounded I will not doubt I refuse the natural inclination And…
Continue ReadingActs 16:16-18 – Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who…
Continue ReadingActs 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…
Continue ReadingPsalm 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…
Continue ReadingActs 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…
Continue ReadingPsalm 96:3 – Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. Oh Lord please keep me remembering that You have not sent me to give my opinion but to present Your Gospel of love and holiness. Proverbs 18:2 – Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Oh Lord I confess…
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