Monday, April 1, 2024
Daily Scripture & Questions
Acts 6:8-8:40 Today we read of the accounts of two of the deacons, Stephen and Philip. Contrast the way that Stephen is described in this passage with the way he describes those he confronts at the end of his message. The persecution pushes the early church out into Judea and Samaria with the gospel. Philip ministers among the half-breeds of the Samaritans, who were despised by the Jews. Why do you think God waited to have the Samaritan Christians receive the Holy Spirit until Peter and John came? Contrast Simon the Magician with the Ethiopian eunuch. Both heard and were baptized, but their longer-term responses were very different.
Family Devotions—Scripture & Questions
Read Acts 8:26-40. Who was directing the ministry of Philip? How did he help the Ethiopian eunuch? How did this treasurer express his new faith in Jesus to whom the Scriptures he was reading pointed?
Biblical Prayer Focus
Psalm 59:1-2 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
Jesus taught us to pray, "deliver us from evil (evil one)." We are in a spiritual battle every day. Ask for God's protection for yourself and your loved ones. Pray that justice would be done for those who are being wronged.
Acts 6:8-8:40 Today we read of the accounts of two of the deacons, Stephen and Philip. Contrast the way that Stephen is described in this passage with the way he describes those he confronts at the end of his message. The persecution pushes the early church out into Judea and Samaria with the gospel. Philip ministers among the half-breeds of the Samaritans, who were despised by the Jews. Why do you think God waited to have the Samaritan Christians receive the Holy Spirit until Peter and John came? Contrast Simon the Magician with the Ethiopian eunuch. Both heard and were baptized, but their longer-term responses were very different.
Family Devotions—Scripture & Questions
Read Acts 8:26-40. Who was directing the ministry of Philip? How did he help the Ethiopian eunuch? How did this treasurer express his new faith in Jesus to whom the Scriptures he was reading pointed?
Biblical Prayer Focus
Psalm 59:1-2 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
Jesus taught us to pray, "deliver us from evil (evil one)." We are in a spiritual battle every day. Ask for God's protection for yourself and your loved ones. Pray that justice would be done for those who are being wronged.
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