Tag archive: action
Do You Understand?
I will never forget how committed she was to teaching me about whatever I would ask. Acts 8:26-40 Reference: Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. (Acts 8:30 NIV) Explore: As a child there were many words I…
Living On the Street At the Sanctuary
Before the Sunday morning service began he sat out the front of the church building Acts 3:1-10 Reference: They recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. (Acts 3:10 NIV) Explore: A…
Stand Up To Be Counted
That means that three quarters of those attending do not to show their commitment Acts 2:37-47 Reference: Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. (Acts 2:41 TNIV) Explore: I recently visited a church that had about 300 people in attendance. The service was pleasant…
Rosa Parks
Mrs. Parks quietly refused to give up her seat. Mark 11:27-33 Reference: “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?” (Mark 11:28 NIV) Explore: ‘On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus…
Prayer In Action
I was having a bad day the other weekend. I sent a message to my mother and sisters that went like this: “Can you please pray for us? We’re really struggling. Cam is sick, I have a chesty cough, I’m stressed about the amount of work I have to do and Mitch is refusing to…