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A text – Acts 10:44-48 10:44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.10:45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,10:46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and extollingContinue reading “Excluding and Including – Acts 10”

A tect – John 15:9-17 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.15:11 I have said these things to you so that myContinue reading “Chosen to Bear Fruit – John 15:9-17”

A text – Psalm 22:25-31 22:25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.22:26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD. May your hearts live forever!22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turnContinue reading “So All the Earth Can Praise God – Psalm 22”

A text – Acts 8:26-40 8:26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.)8:27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace,Continue reading “Philip’s Fruit – Acts 8:26-40”

A text – John 15:1-8 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.15:2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.15:3 You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.15:4Continue reading “Connection and Fruit – John 15”

A text – Psalm 23 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;Continue reading “I Need a Shepherd – Psalm 23”

A text – Acts 4:5-12 4:5 The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,4:6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.4:7 When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did youContinue reading “Some Ordinary People – Acts 4:5-12”

A text – John 10:11-18 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.10:12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away–and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.10:13 The hiredContinue reading “Good Shepherd, Grateful Sheep – John 10”

A text – Psalm 4 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.4:2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah4:3 ButContinue reading “Trust in the Lord – Psalm 4”

A text – Acts 3:12-19 3:12 When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?3:13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,Continue reading “Part of God’s Mission – Acts 3:12-19”