And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of …
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The Word For Today – November 21, 2024, Thursday
In Season, and Out of Season And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and …
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The Word For Today – November 20, 2024, Wednesday
Concerning Faith In Christ And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, "When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter." And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he …
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The Word For Today – November 19, 2024, Tuesday
The Word Of God Grew Mightily And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them …
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The Word For Today – November 18, 2024, Monday
The Holy Spirit Guiding The Way Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia came down …
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The Word For Today – November 16, 2024, Saturday
Preaching Christ And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; "Is not this he that destroyed them which …
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The Word For Today – November 15, 2024, Friday
One Made Havoc; God Gave Joy ...And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made …
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The Word For Today – November 14, 2024, Thursday
When The Church Prays And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "Lord, Thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and …
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Reading today in Acts, chapters 25 through 28
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and …
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This Jesus I Preach Unto You
The following is taken from the reading of Acts 17 through 20. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, opening and …
A Light to the Gentiles
From reading Acts chapters 13 through 16. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord …
And the hand of the Lord was with them…
An excerpt taken from the reading of Acts 9 through 12. Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when …
Locked In, and Freed to Teach In the Temple
Excerpt from reading chapter 5 through 8 in the book of Acts. Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. But the angel of the …
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The Stone the Builders Rejected
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By …
When Hope Is Taken Away
Have you ever felt that all hope was gone? Maybe you feel like that is so today, right now. There is a good end to the story of your life too when it is found to be in the way of the Lord. Reading today in Acts chapters 24 through 27. Now when much time …