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Peter Shows How to Make Good Decisions
2022-12-15 12:12 Acts 1:15-26. Peter stands up among the approximately 120 people who are waiting in Jerusalem with the apostles and says that they must replace Judas Iscariot, Jesus' betrayer, so that there will ...
Waiting for the Holy Spirit
2022-12-14 11:02 Acts 1:12-14. The eleven remaining disciples return to Jerusalem from the place where the Ascension had taken place, a mount called Olivet near Jerusalem. They go back to the upper room where they had...
Staring into Heaven
2022-12-13 10:49 Acts 1:10-11. As the disciples are gazing up after the ascended Jesus, two men in white robes appear standing by them. These men ask "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus w...
The Times and Seasons
2022-12-12 07:03 I have decided to read Acts of the Apostles all the way through, so the readings of my blog will come from there for the foreseeable future.   Acts 1:1-9. After His resurrection, Jesus came back to ...
The Time of the Beasts Is Limited
2022-12-11 10:19 Daniel 7:15-18. After describing his vision of four great beasts doing terrible things to the world and their eventual downfall at the hands of the one who was "ancient of days," Daniel expresses his ...
Just Who Did Jesus Think He Was?
2022-12-10 11:38 John 8:48-53. The Jews ask Jesus if they are right in thinking he is a Samaritan with a demon in him. Jesus says He has no demon, but He honors His father, and these Jews dishonor Him, Jesus. He does ...
In Spite of Everything, Give Thanks to the Lord
2022-12-09 09:01 Judith 8:24-27. Judith exhorts Uzziah and the rulers to stand firm in the face of the blockade of the city. She says they must set an example, for the people's lives are depending on them, as is t...
Jesus Knows When and How to Heal Us
2022-12-08 06:56 Mark 1:29-31. Jesus leaves the synagogue and goes to Simon and Andrew's house, along with James and John. They immediately tell Jesus about Simon's mother-in-law who is sick with a fever, "[a]...
Considering Things in Adversity
2022-12-07 09:39 Ecclesiastes 7:14. "In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that is after him."   T...
God's Judgments are True
2022-12-05 08:41 Daniel 3:23:1-9. The opening lines of the prayer Azariah, also known as Abignego, chants after being thrown in the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Meshach by King Nebuchadnezzar. He blesses God and pr...