“And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks” (Acts 18:4 ESV). Father, as Paul is our example, please help us to toss away our pride and our fears and to teach others about Your Gospel. In Jesus’ holy name, we ask. AmenBlessed day~
View More“After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and […]
View More“‘Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, ‘We will hear you again about this.’ So Paul went out from their midst. But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them’” (Acts 17:32-34 ESV). Father, Paul planted […]
View More“‘. . . because he (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man (Jesus) whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead’” (Acts 17:31 ESV). Father, as Scripture teaches, You gave up Your only begotten Son […]
View More“Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent . . .’” (Acts 17:29, 30 ESV) Father, help us to […]
View More“‘In him [God] we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your [Athens] own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring’” (Acts 17:28 ESV). Holy Lord, You are Father of the creation of heaven and earth. We long to bow before You in humble service. Please help us in our […]
View More“And he [God] made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of […]
View More“‘The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything’” (Acts 17:24, 25 ESV). Father in heaven, Paul speaks […]
View More“So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim […]
View More“And they [philosophers] took him [Paul] and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, ‘May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean’” (Acts 17:19, 20 ESV). Father, this is such a wonderful example of people seeking […]
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