The prayer of the week is based on Romans 11:33-36   Lord God of the Bible, You are our Encourager.  The depths of the riches of Your wisdom and knowledge – are beyond our understanding!  You are our God!  Thank You!   Your judgments – unsearchable!  Your paths, we cannot trace them out!   No […]

  Peter and John were arrested, held overnight, appeared before the Sanhedrin (Jewish Council) and released.  They were warned not to speak in the name of Jesus…and Peter replied they would obey God’s leading and not men’s decrees.   Peter and John then reported to fellow believers what had occurred.  Then they prayed…   Do […]

  Have you ever said, or heard someone say, that God is too good, too loving, too kind to permit His own to suffer cruelty?  I have from many and even from followers of Christ.   Since God the Father had suffering (the cruel suffering of death on a cross), in mind for His Son, […]

  Peter prayed to the Lord God after his release from prison (he was imprisoned for preaching about the risen Lord Jesus Christ). This prayer began by acknowledging the Creator God who made heaven, the earth and the sea and all that they contain…this God of the Holy Bible is Creator.  (Acts 4:23-24)    Peter […]

  What is the one thing followers of Christ can do, no matter where they are in the world? Pray!  Our faith is dependent on the living God of the Bible.    How can this unity of believers in prayer be applied today as the world is against Christians in many countries? Pray!  Our prayer […]

  Peter and John were arrested for healing a man and preaching the resurrection of Jesus Christ (Acts 3:1-9; 4:1-2).  They were imprisoned overnight, questioned the next day, and released.  Then they went to other believers and reported everything the chief priests and the elders said to them…including the fact they were “not to speak […]

  You and I have a choice, just as Peter and John had a choice: to listen to God and obey His words and please Him. Or listen to men and follow their rules to please them.  (NASB) Acts 4:19-20 “But Peter and John answered and said to them (Council of Jewish authorities), ‘Whether it […]

The prayer of the week is based on Isaiah 53:4-6   Holy God of the Bible…Your words are truth, every one of them.  You have prophesied of Your Son by the great prophet, Isaiah.  You fulfilled that prophecy when Jesus took our weaknesses, our distresses, our sins on Himself when He was crucified.   Yet, […]