Don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. [Read more…]
As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died. [Read more…]
You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? [Read more…]
“Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush.” [Read more…]
This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, ‘Leave your native land and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’ So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live. [Read more…]
They persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council. [Read more…]
Morning Prayer + In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen! Opening Prayer Gracious God, as I turn to your Word for me, may the Spirit of God rest upon me. Help me to… Read More ›
Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you….” [Read more…]
