“‘I [Paul] coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself […]
View More“‘And now I [Paul] commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified’” (Acts 20:32 ESV). Holy Father, we understand that our spiritual lives will continue on. We inherit eternal life with You forever. In Jesus’ […]
View More“‘. . . and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I [Paul] did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears’” (Acts 20:30, 31 ESV). Father, emotion like Paul experienced is more than okay. […]
View More“‘Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock’” (Acts 20:28, 29 ESV); Father, so early […]
View More“‘And now, behold, I [Paul] know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God’” (Acts 20:25-27 ESV). Yes, […]
View More“But I [Paul] do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God’” (Acts 20:24 ESV). Father, Paul understood his purpose as given to him by […]
View More“And now, behold, I [Paul] am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may […]
View More“‘. . . how I [Paul] did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ’” (Acts 20:20, 21 ESV). Father, the bold behavior of Paul […]
View More“Now from Miletus he [Paul] sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them: ‘You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and […]
View More“And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth [who had fallen off the loft] away alive, and were not a little comforted” (Acts 20:11, 12 ESV). Father, You once again showed Your power and mercy through […]
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