Ahhhh…Sunday Spend some time listening to music that focuses you on Jesus. Devote some time to thanksgiving. On a separate piece of paper, make a list of things that you are thankful for from yesterday.
Saturday 10/30/21
Read Acts 17: 16-34 I love Paul’s rhythm. Into the synagogue, talking with “anyone who happened to be” in the marketplace, and teaching the good news. This section is made for our Know, Be, Do style of pulling out truth. KNOW (What does the text say about God?) BE (What does the text say about us?) DO (What is the …
Friday 10/29/21
Read Acts 17: 10-15 Because of the uproar in Thessalonica, Paul and Silas leave in the night. They wind up in Berea. Predictably, they head to the synagogue, “as was their custom”. They preach, they see people believe, and they teach. What makes the Bereans ‘of more noble character’ than those from Thessalonica? What are the ways that you connect …
Thursday 10/28/21
Read Acts 17: 1-9 Paul and Silas move on and again within a month have the whole place stirred up! They start sharing with the Jews weekly in the synagogue. They pursue relationships with the god fearing Greeks and some prominent women. I love the wide net that they cast. This past summer, Andrew encouraged us all to develop a …
Wednesday 10/27/21
Read Acts 16:25-40 Three things amaze me about Paul and Silas in this story. First, they have no idea of their outcome and are choosing to pray and sing hymns. Secondly, the care that they show for their captor and guard is staggering. Loving their enemy is real for them. Lastly, though they have been wronged, beaten and painfully imprisoned, …
Tuesday 10/26/21
Read Acts 16:16-24 This is not the first time Paul angers people, and certainly won’t be the last! I keep thinking of how messy life can be. This demon possessed slave girl was surely in a way better place once she had been delivered by the demon. But her owners disagreed. And we actually have no idea what she thinks …
Monday 10/25/21
We will continue on with Paul’s missionary journey as he travels, plants churches, and encourages the believers. Read Acts 16: 1-15 We get a chance to peek into the comings and goings of Paul as he heads onwards. He meets Timothy, from an ethnically mixed family, who soon becomes a traveling companion. We are told that Timothy has a believing, …