Topic:Off Witchcraft! Many also of those who had believed 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 everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 13- Halfway Christians
Topic:Halfway Christians Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. He said to them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? Acts 19:1b-2a When Paul came to Ephesus he found men and women who had been told about Jesus, at least to …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 12- Encouragement from the Lord
Topic:Encouragement from the Lord And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 11- Confronting Idolatry
Topic:Confronting Idolatry The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 10- More Noble
Topic:More Noble The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 9- Rejoicing in Suffering
Topic:Rejoicing in Suffering When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 8- A Heart is Opened
Topic:A Heart is Opened And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. A woman named Lydia, from the city of …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 7- The Underlying Principle
Topic:The Underlying Principle Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 6- A Sharp Disagreement
Topic:A Sharp Disagreement Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing. Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not …
Read More »Devotional by Ray Stedman for July 5- Betraying the Gospel
Topic:Betraying the Gospel Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved. Acts 15:1 In the fifteenth chapter of Acts is the story of a betrayal of the gospel. Here we …
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