Day 624: The Wind of the Spirit
The men and women who were headed for the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost (see Acts 1 and 2) loved Jesus dearly. They had been taught in the school of Christ by the Lord himself. Some had performed miracles, healed the sick and cast out demons. They were...
Day 623: An Otherworldly Compassion
Paul faced a choice when he found himself in the midst of a storm. He was most likely chained in the bottom of the ship, as was the common practice for transporting prisoners. When he warned the people not to undertake this journey, he was scoffed at and scorned. The...
Day 622: The Foundation of Faith
The only time God’s patience with us runs out is when we refuse again and again to accept how much he loves us. Many Christians today have been turned back into a wilderness of their own making. They have no joy, no victory. Looking at them, you’d think God had...
Day 621: The Synagogue Church
The church and the synagogue are two separate and opposed things. There is a barrier between the church, the synagogue, the Gospel and Jewish people. The first of what we call "church" was in Jerusalem. The leader was James. He wrote one of the earliest epistles....
Day 620: You Are Precious To God
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV). If you lived to be 500 years old, you would not live long enough to please God by your own works. It...