Acts

Reason enough to praise God!

God’s name, God’s reputation – mean everything!  Absolutely everything!  And that is reason enough to praise Him! Followers of Christ, we are God’s witness to a watching world. Peter and John were going to prayer and a beggar asked for alms.  Peter didn’t have any money but what he did have, he gave.  God, the […]

Joy-filled Praise

  When God works mightily on your behalf, how do you respond?  Consider a lame beggar who was lame from birth.  He had to be carried everywhere.  He supported himself by begging in the temple precincts.   One day he saw two men going in to pray…and he called out to them for money.  Peter […]

Potentials, Possibilities

  Peter and John were going to the temple to pray.  A man sitting on the street called out to them for money.  How did Peter respond?  “Watch” and “listen” as you read the following Scripture. (NASB) Acts 3:6-7 “But Peter said, ‘I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I […]

What has God given you to meet other’s needs?

  Peter and John were on the way to pray in the temple when a beggar asked them for money. What was Peter’s response?(NASB) Acts 3:6 “But Peter said, ‘I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene – walk!’” […]

Doing God’s work, God’s way…do that!

  Peter and John were on their way into the temple to pray and a beggar did what beggar’s do, he asked for money.  He was lame, he had been from birth…he had no other way to earn the necessities of life.  This beggar was important to God. (NASB) Acts 3:3-6 “When he saw Peter […]

The Beggar’s Attitude of Confidence

  A lame beggar asked Peter and John for money as they were going to the temple in Jerusalem to pray. Seeing an opportunity, the lame beggar acted!(NASB) Acts 3:3 “When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.” Peter and John responded to this beggar…(NASB) […]

“Alms…alms for the poor…”

  Peter and John went to the temple to pray when they heard a man begging for their charity… (NASB) Acts 3:2 “And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, […]

Peter and John: Accountability Partners

  Peter and John were partners in a fishing business along with John’s brother (James) and their father (Zebedee) and Peter’s brother (Andrew).   Peter and John were called by Jesus to be two of His twelve disciples.  They were close friends as they traveled with Jesus and as they were eyewitnesses to His trials, […]

Sharing Among Believers

NASB Acts 2:44 “And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;45 and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.”   How was this practice different from some forms of government that require all property to be controlled and […]

“a sense of awe…”

The followers of Christ in those days and weeks following the giving of the Holy Spirit, met together to worship.  To praise their God!  Our God! (NASB) Acts 2:43 “Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.”   Where is your focus when you enter a […]