Acts
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Running from the Buzz
Acts 28:5 “However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.” I remember being super afraid of wasps. As a kid, I was stung by them while swinging on my backyard swing set. After that, I could notice that distinctive buzz of their wings from a long way off. I would…
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God’s GPS System
Acts 27:15 “The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along.” The other day I was going to my men’s group and got caught in traffic. Looking ahead, all I could see were taillights. We came to a standstill, and…
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Put Me in Coach!
Acts 22:22 “The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!” I am proud I was born in Texas. Why? Because Texas is one of the only states that was once its own country, and being a Texan…
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The Right Tools for the Job
Acts 21:4,9,10 (NLT) 4, “These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem” 9, “He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.” 10, “Several days later a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea.” I am a do-it-yourself kind of…
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Saying “Yes”
Acts 20:22-24 22 And now, compelled by the Spirit and obligated by my convictions, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit solemnly [and emphatically] affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me. 24 But I do not consider my life as something of value or dear to…
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Evidence
Acts 19:18-19 “Many of those who had believed also kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of all; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.” If you have…
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Taking the Jet Instead of Walking
Acts 19:1-7 “While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then…
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Seeking Signs?
Acts 18:9-11 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the…
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Singing Out Loud!
Acts 16:25 “About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” I had a mediation in a lawsuit one time. They put us in separate rooms while we were being asked a series of questions. The mediator would go from room to room asking questions…
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Pressure-Proof Faith
Acts 14:19 “Then some Jews came over from Anticoch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.” The other day, I was followed by an angry driver. It all started when he stopped in the middle of the street, and I went around…
Let It Go 