Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?” (Galatians 3:4-5) Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church, came from a family of great […]
SOAP Devotion Galatians 2:14-16 – Do we let Jesus save us? – Free online Bible study – Commentary in easy English – Day 719
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? We who are […]
Acts 12:19b-23 – Why should we glorify God?
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country […]
Daily Devotional Acts 12:19b-23 – Why should we glorify God? – Free online Bible study – Commentary in easy English – Day 558
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country […]
Acts 12:16-19a – Can God use you to answer prayer?
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for […]
Daily Devotional Acts 12:16-19a – Can God use you to answer prayer? – Free online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 557
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for […]
Acts 12:12-15 – Why should we expect the unexpected? Are you praying big prayers?
When this (that the Lord had rescued him) had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter’s voice, […]
Acts 12:8-11 – Is it okay to ask for a miracle?
Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a […]