April 2023

Daily Devotional for Friday, April 21 The Order is Countermanded “And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was […]

Daily Devotional for Thursday, April 20 Paul in Danger of a Beating “The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him,” Acts 22:24.   We humans tend to be very tribal. We have political

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, April 19 The Anarchy of the Crowd “And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, April 18 Paul’s Post Conversion “And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy

Daily Devotional for Monday, April 17 Paul Talks About Ananias “And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and

Daily Devotional for Sunday, April 16 Results of a Godly Life “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution,” 2 Timothy 3:12.   Persecution, until recently, has been a distant concept in western churches. As western believers, we hear of persecution and tend to think it happens over there, somewhere

Daily Devotional for Saturday, April 15 Paul Makes a Request “And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?” Acts 21:37   “Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly

Daily Devotional for Friday, April 14 Paul is Rescued from Certain Death “And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him,” Acts 21:35, 36.   I remember to this

Daily Devotional for Thursday, April 13 Paul Gives a Report in Jerusalem “And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry,” Acts 21:19.   Paul finally made it to Jerusalem. There was certain to be a foreboding mood and probably some anxiety among the