Tag: Jesus
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🌍 Peter Meets Cornelius 🕊️
Acts 10:23-33 (NKJV) 23 On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him. Peter Meets Cornelius 24 And the following day they entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him…
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✨ Peter’s Visitors Arrive
đź“– NKJV Scripture Reading Acts 10:17-23 17 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate. 18 And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there. 19 While…
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🌷 “What God Has Cleansed, You Must Not Call Common”
đź“– NKJV Scripture Reading Acts 10:9–16 (NKJV) 9 The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. 10 Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance 11 and saw heaven…
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🌷 “A Gentile Seeks God”
đź“– Scripture Reading — Acts 10:1–8 (NKJV) 1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. 3 About the ninth hour of the day…
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Power in the Name of Jesus
When Christ speaks through His servant, even the paralyzed and the dead respond đź“– Scripture Reading Acts 9:32–43 (NKJV) 32 Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda. 33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas,…
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✨ A Chosen Vessel 🕊️
🌷 The Lord transforms Saul’s fury into faith for His name’s sake. đź“– Scripture Reading — Acts 9:1–19 (NKJV) The Damascus Road: Saul Converted 1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that…
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✨ “The Gift Beyond Price” 🕊️
🌷 Simon learns that the Spirit’s power is given, not bought. đź“– Acts 8:9–25 — NKJV The Sorcerer’s Profession of Faith 9 But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10 to whom they all gave…
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✨ When Seeds Are Sown in Tears 🌾
🌷 Stephen’s burial marks the beginning of a wider mission. 🌷 đź“– Acts 8:1–8 — NKJV Saul Persecutes the Church 1 Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except…
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History on Trial
đź“š Study Breakdown: Acts 7 — Stephen’s Speech Before the Sanhedrin and his Death by Stoning đź“– Acts 7:1–8 — God’s Call to Abraham “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham…”(v. 2) Stephen starts gently — not with accusation, but respect and remembrance. He speaks as one of them, telling the story…
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✨ Stephen: Full of Faith and Power
🌷 God’s servant, falsely accused but Spirit-filled Acts 6:8–15 (NKJV) đź“– Scripture Reading 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not…