• GROWTH

    The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers. —Acts 9:31 The church in the United States has experience peace for a long time. It is possible according to the verse above for the church to grow during a time of peace. How does that happen? Well we are told that the church grew stronger because it lived in the “fear of the Lord” and it also grew in numbers “with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.” What is the fear of…

  • STUBBORN, DEAF AND RESISTANT TO THE TRUTH!

    You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! —Acts 7:51 I am sure you have heard parents say proudly, “I am not going to force my child to go to church; I will let him make that choice for himself when he gets older.” But they have no problem sending their child daily to a godless public school where he will learn nothing about God and be encouraged away from God. Parents who say this do so because they themselves are not faithfully following God and in most cases…

  • YOU HAVE BEEN SENT BY GOD!

    God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior. —Acts 7:35 Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. —Acts 7:37 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. —John 17:18 The teacher sent the student to the office with the class attendance for that day. The trucking employer sent a driver to pick up merchandise that was to be delivered elsewhere. The king sent his herald to make a declaration to the people. All these were sent in the authority of the sender to accomplish what the sender…

  • KNOW HISTORY (HIS STORY)

    But then a new king came to the throne of Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph. —Acts 7:18 Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done. —Exodus 1:8 Those who do not know, understand or remember what has happened in the past are bound to make massive mistakes in the future. America came into existence so the people could come out from being under the rule of a tyrannical leader and worship according to God’s desires and not the king’s. We are well into the process of becoming an administrative state where religious liberties will be taken away and…

  • SERVE ACCORDING TO GOD’S GRACE TO YOU

    So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program. And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility. Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word… So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too. —Acts 6:2-4 Can you imagine a heavy equipment operator performing brain surgery? Or, how would you like to sit in the dentist…

  • WE MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN!

    We must obey God rather than any human authority. —Acts 5:29 Obedience to God will put the followers of Jesus at odds with the worldly culture around them. Here in the U.S. if was been “relatively comfortable” to follow Jesus, but those days could be coming to an end. “Experience and history have shown us that if the government redefines marriage to grant a legal equivalency to same-sex couples, that same government will then enforce such an action with the police power of the State. This will bring about an inevitable collision with religious freedom and conscience rights. The precedent established will leave no room for any limitation on what…

  • ONLY ONE WAY!

    There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. —Acts 4:12 We are traveling today to visit our daughter, son-in-law and their girls. It is about a seven hour trip and we are so looking forward to seeing them. Little 9 months old Jordyn is back home after heart surgery. We are grateful the Lord brought her through such a traumatic surgery. There are 3 ways or routes that we can take to get to their NY home from NH and they are all about the same distance and time. We just need to decide which way we…

  • REPENT!

    Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. —Acts 3:19 Sin is a breaking of God’s Law. It is a trespassing of His Law by thoughts, words or actions. We have all broken His Law, the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17). Repenting of sin for salvation is to realize what sin is and to have a change of mind about it, turning from my own sinful ways and turning to follow God’s ways. Salvation is an accepting of Jesus’ finished work at the cross— He died on that cross, taking the penalty and punishment for our sin. I call on His Name…

  • DEVOTION IS TO BE INTENSELY COMMITTED!

    All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer… And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. —Acts 2:42, 47 What are you devoted to? People are devoted to various people or things. There is devotion to spouses and there is devotion to sports. There is devotion to a job and devotion to jogging. Some are devoted to God’s Word and many are devoted to the world’s ungodly ideas. Hang around a person long enough and you will know what they are devoted to. In the above verses the…

  • CALL ON JESUS AND BE SAVED FROM YOUR SIN!

    But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. —Acts 2:21 OKLAHOMA CITY- It’s an incredible story of survival following severe storms in Oklahoma. A mobile home in the Forest Park mobile home community was tossed on top of a woman’s home and left her trapped for hours on May 6, 2015. Her rescue was all thanks to a technician working for Oklahoma Natural Gas. He was making sure gas meters were off after the tornado hit, and that’s when he heard a faint cry for help. “When I got to about here, I could hear her faintly asking for help,” Cory Scalf, an ONG worker…