Click here to read Acts 26. When was the last time you tried to convince another person (not family or friend) about coming around to your way of thinking? How did it go? I love talking with sales people. They really know their stuff, and you can tell the ones who are passionate about theirContinue reading “Convincing Arguments”
Category Archives: revival
God Working Through Our Lives
Click here to read Acts 22. Have you ever been in a place where you have to defend what you’re doing? Of course you have. We all have. My kids love to give me the reasons why they’re playing the way they are or why the other person is upset. We all love to findContinue reading “God Working Through Our Lives”
Knowing the Road Ahead
Click here to read Acts 21. Would you want to know everything that will happen to you before it occurs? If you knew, good or bad, would you still want to go down that path? I’m not sure I would. Paul has just left the Ephesians and is on his way to Jerusalem to meetContinue reading “Knowing the Road Ahead”
Connecting Points
Click here to read Acts 17. “All you need to do is to teach that person how to…” This sounds simple enough; but is it really that easy to get people to learn new things? Just teach them? When we teach, we are actually connecting the person to what they have seen, what they haveContinue reading “Connecting Points”
United in Grace
Click here to read Acts 15:1-35. Unless you… Believe, belong, accept, perform, think, dress like, etc. We have all been part of this kind of thinking at some point in our lives. Maybe we have said this to another person to make sure they were the “right material” for the group, the club, the organization.Continue reading “United in Grace”
Encouraged & Strengthened
Click here to read Acts 14:21-28. Paul and Barnabas are on a mission. They have travelled many miles. They have endured hardships and harassment like not many other Christians at the time. What is amazing is how the joy of Christ has kept them moving and doing what they were called to do! Think backContinue reading “Encouraged & Strengthened”
It Is Clean!
Read Acts 10 here. “Are these dishes clean or dirty?” This is a common question in our house. Most of the time I can answer with confidence the dishes are clean. But there are sometimes I am not sure because I don’t remember running the dishwasher. My kids are usually the ones who ask thatContinue reading “It Is Clean!”
People Can Change
Read Acts 9:21:31 here. We all, I’m sure, have known people who say they are going to change. And then they relapse into whatever they needed to stop. It breaks our heart and we lose trust. We begin to learn that the person “cannot” change. The reality is people change when the desire for ChristContinue reading “People Can Change”
Holy Interruptions
Click here to read Acts 9:1-20. We have all had those days. Days when we are so focused on completing our job that we do not pay much attention to anything else around us. It can be very easy for “workaholics” to be so engrossed in the day to day tasks and work that weContinue reading “Holy Interruptions”
Hey, Why Not?
Click here to read Acts 8:26-40. I know you have been in this position. Suddenly you feel like you should go to a certain place, or go down a certain trail (road, path, aisle, etc.). You’re not sure why, it’s just a feeling. You go about your business to finish what you came to doContinue reading “Hey, Why Not?”
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