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Acts 9:31 – “Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.” The church had just come through a time of severe persecution. Stephen became the first Christian martyr and …
1 Kings 11:28 – “The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph.” This verse teaches us a very simple principle: those who work hard will be promoted. Years ago before I …
Psalm 130 “Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3 If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. 5 I …
1 Kings 8:56 – “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.” Failure is a human trait, which cannot be ascribed to God. His inability to fail is …
Proverbs 16:32 – “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” Solomon extols the virtue of self-control in this proverb. The phrase “slow to anger” means patience. To be patient is better than to be a warrior. Better to be …
1 Kings 6:11-13 — “Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying: “Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David. And I will …
Psalm 126:5,6 – “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Verse 5 is the condensed version of verse 6. According to Jesus’ marvelous parable of the sower and the seed (Luke 8:4-15), …
Acts 5:12 – “And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.” Our text today is a commentary on the activity of the early church. The ESV adds the word “regularly” so that verse 12 reads, “Now many signs …
Acts 4:12,13 – “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been …
Acts 3:19 – “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” One of the most prolific miracles had just occurred in the book of Acts (and there are some pretty amazing ones!). A lame man from his mother’s …