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Acts Chapter 18: Verses 24-27 (NIV) Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.  He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.  He…

Acts Chapter 18: Verses 1-4 (NIV) After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a…

Psalm 78: Verses 7-8 (NLT) So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God. As it grows, each new generation sets its sights on the future…

Acts Chapter 16: Verse 25 (NLT) Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. It’s easier to pray and to praise God when things are going well. It’s a test of faith to be able to do so when times are difficult. Paul and Silas…

Acts Chapter 16: Verse 13-14 (NLT) On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.  One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who…

Acts Chapter 15: Verses 28-29 (NLT) “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements: You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will…

1 Kings Chapter 11: Verses 1-4 (NLT) Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving…

Proverbs Chapter 15: Verses 11-12 (NIV) Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord—    how much more do human hearts! Mockers resent correction,    so they avoid the wise. Acts Chapter 14: Verses 8-9 (NIV) In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.  He listened to Paul as he was…

Acts Chapter 13: Verses 43-45 Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God. The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.  But when some of the Jews saw…

Psalm 75: Verses 2-3 (NIV) You say, “I choose the appointed time;    it is I who judge with equity. When the earth and all its people quake,    it is I who hold its pillars firm. David lived in uncertain times with plenty of trials and temptations along the road. But he held on to the one certain fact he…