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Acts Chapter 13: Verse 1 (NIV)  Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. Jeremiah Chapter 29: Verse 11 (NIV) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans…

Acts Chapter 12: Verses 5-7 (NIV) So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a…

Acts Chapter 10: Verse 24 (NIV -UK) The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.  Acts Chapter 10: Verse 27 (NIV-UK) While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.  Acts Chapter 10: Verse 27 (NIV -UK) Cornelius answered:…

Acts Chapter 10: Verses 11-15 (NIV)He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.  It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”  “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or…

Psalm 73: 15-17 (NIV-UK) If I had spoken out like that,    I would have betrayed your children.When I tried to understand all this,    it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God;    then I understood their final destiny. Psalm 73: 21 -24 (NIV-UK) When my heart was grieved    and my spirit embittered,I was senseless and ignorant;    I was a brute beast before you.…

Acts Chapter 8: Verses 4-5 (NIV-UK)  Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. Following the martyrdom of Stephen, there was…

2 Samuel 19: 18-23 (NIV) They crossed at the ford to take the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell prostrate before the king and said to him, “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong…

10 June 2024 – What have I learned today? Acts Chapter 7: Verses 23-25 (NIV-UK) “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.  He saw one of them being ill-treated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defence and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.  Moses thought that his…

Acts Chapter 6: Verses 2-8 (NIV-UK) So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit…

Acts Chapter 5: Verses 38-39 (NIV-UK) Therefore, in the present case I advise you: leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against…