Words have power. Most of us have heard this since we were young children. But how much power does a single word actually have? Today in Acts 22, we see Paul speaking a simple, everyday word… and yet it is powerful enough to seal his fate. Yet this isn’t outside of God’s plan that been […]
Paul is going to Jerusalem… but he knows that it is not going to be an all-together positive experience. So why does he go? Because he has properly discerned the call of the Holy Spirit. As we journey through Acts 21 today, we experience Paul’s wrestling with hearing God’s voice and learn how we too […]
Have you ever fallen asleep in church? Of course you have… we all have! But thankfully none of us have fallen asleep like Eutychus in Acts 20. He not only fell asleep in church (during perhaps the longest recorded sermon of all time!) but he also fell out a three story window to his (short-lived) […]
Acts 17 was a hard season for Paul. City after city of trouble and persecution. So when Paul arrives in Corinth and chapter 18, things are looking unsure for him. Yet God always knows what we need when we need it. As God blesses Paul with gift after gift, grace after grace, we too can […]
If you’re up to speed on financial language, you will be familiar with the term ROI – Return on Investment. When we put money into our 401Ks, we expect (hope for) a good ROI so we can retire one day. When we go to work each day, we expect a good ROI on our time […]
Life is easy when God and I agree on things. I do what I want because it is what God wants. But what happens when what I think is best is not what the Spirit of God says is best? What do you do when suddenly you want to do one thing while God is […]
Acts 14 brings us to an over-the-top kind of story where Paul and Barnabas are assumed to be gods. It’s easy to kind of laugh the story off as an extreme event in the 1st century based on misunderstandings of myths and legends. But what if there was more to it than that? What if, […]
Do you know how sometimes you wait and wait for some thing to happen… you know it is coming… it is a sure thing… but when it comes, you’re still somewhat surprised the big moment has finally arrived! That is Acts 13! Everything has been leading to this moment where Saul becomes Paul and begins […]
You know where you are right now… but where is God calling you to go from there? Many times, we want to pursue God’s calling but we struggle to know where He’s calling us or how to get there. As we turn to Acts 11 today, we discover some guiding tips on how to discern […]
Peter is praying. Peter gets hungry. God tells Peter to have a snack. It all seems pretty simple but the implication of this snack are staggering, even for us today! Dive into Acts 10 and discover how the call to enjoy a bacon cheeseburger changed the world we know and our own connection with God!