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[Peter, to Cornelius and his relatives and friends:] "This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel — that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of...

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? —Romans 6:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Grace doesn't mean that we are sloppy with sin. We have died to sin when we surrendered our lives to...

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. —Isaiah 40:30-31 (KJV) Thoughts on...

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Christianity is all about dying to...

When [Paul's] friends learned of the plot [to kill him], they got him out of [Jerusalem], took him to Caesarea, and then shipped him off to Tarsus. Things calmed down after that and the church had smooth sailing for a while. All over the country — Judea, Samaria, Galilee — the church grew. They...

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. —Galatians 5:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It is one thing to talk about being filled with the Spirit; it is quite another to live under the Spirit's control and direction in our life. Paul is reminding us that we must do more...

Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the...

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. —Proverbs 31:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Christians in every era are called to defend the rights of the weak, speak up for the disenfranchised, and protect the life of those who are vulnerable. This...

The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot [carrying an Ethiopian official] and stay near it." —Acts 8:29 NIV Key Thought As in a previous Key Thought section, we are reminded again that reaching the ends of the earth with the good news of Jesus is the Holy Spirit's work. Throughout the book...

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. —Isaiah 40:28-29...

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy...

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. —Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This was originally spoken to Jeremiah about the fate of Jerusalem. However, this promise is true in special ways for us as well. God wants us...

When the apostles in Jerusalem received the report that Samaria had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John down to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. Up to this point they had only been baptized in the name of the Master Jesus; the Holy Spirit hadn't yet fallen on them. Then the...

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. —Jeremiah 29:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God wants us to seek him. In fact, he made us to seek him! Unfortunately, however, we often seek God along with the other things that draw our eye for a...

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. —Acts 16:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Falsely imprisoned, Paul and Silas had been beaten "with many blows," placed in prison, and locked down in stocks. Under such horrible circumstances...

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. —Jude 24-25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Two things...

[Stephen, in his defense before the Sanhedrin:] "You stubborn people! You are heathens at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That's what your ancestors did, and so do you!" —Acts 7:51 NLT Key Thought Stephen was empowered by the Holy Spirit and spoke with...

None of [the people arguing with Stephen] could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke. —Acts 6:10 NLT Key Thought Stephen had been selected as one of the seven special servants of the church in Jerusalem to help make sure the widows were given the proper care. He...

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. —Ephesians 2:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We are not just saved by grace from death, we are saved by grace for God's glory. He has remade us. We are his...

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. —1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So often our worries are so heavy because we refuse to put them down. Let's cast our burdens on the Lord. Let's consciously put our future in his hands. Let's trust our worrisome fears to...