But
get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to
appoint you as a servant and a witness of things you have seen, and of things in
which I will appear to you.—Acts 26:16
God was working in your life long before you began working with Him. The Lord
knew you before time began, and He knew what He wanted to do with your life (... Read more »
Don’t
worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.—Philippians
4:6
Don't be anxious! Paul said there is nothing that should cause a child
of God to worry. He was well aware of things that cause anxiety. His nation was
occupied by a foreign army and ruled by corrupt leaders. He was writing from
prison, where he was being held as a result of false accusations.
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But
whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from
faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.—Romans 14:23
The writer of Hebrews reminds us that without faith it is impossible to
please God (Heb.
11:6). Whenever God reveals something, He expects us to believe Him and
adjust our lives accordingly. What does this mean? It means we trust Hi
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Therefore
since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay
aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with
endurance the race that lies before us.—Hebrews 12:1
Sin is our most persistent, determined, and pernicious enemy. Sin seeks to
rob us of every good thing God has designed for us. Paul tells us that sin
brings death (... Read more »
Simon
and his companions went searching for Him.—Mark 1:36
Simon Peter is well known to us for his foolish, extemporaneous statements
throughout the Gospels (Matt. 16:22; 17:4; 26:33). But Peter
was always seeking after Jesus. Peter followe
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So
they said to each other, "Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was
talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”—Luke 24:32
Jesus joins those who are earnestly seeking Him. Two men walked along the
road to Emmaus discussing the confusing events that had just occurred in
Jerusalem. They thought they had understood the happenin
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So
Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. [That
disciple] was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked,
"Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?” When Peter saw him, he said
to Jesus, "Lord—what about him?”—John
21:20–21
The first thing you do after God speaks to you is critical. Jesus was telling
Peter what type of ministry he would have and what type of death he would suffer
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"Therefore,
King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”—Acts 26:19
God does everything for a reason. God met Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road
for a purpose (Acts
9:1–9). Saul had planned to persecute Christians, but his encounter with
Christ changed him forever. God did more in that encounter than sav
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