Tag archive: future
Breaking Bones
I found myself to be totally reliant on my mother. Acts 14:1-7 Reference: where they continued to preach the gospel. (Acts 14:7 NIV) Explore: When I was 13 I broke my finger playing mixed netball. In my first year of secondary school I found myself to be totally reliant on my mother. Because I only…
Apple vs Chocolate
While they are in different aisles, it is easy for me to walk up to either shelf and choose the item of my desire. Acts 5:17-32 Reference: Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! (Acts 5:29 NIV) Explore: When I go to the supermarket it is just as…
What’s In Your Shadow?
I was surprised to hear that I was still highly regarded Acts 5:12-16 Reference: As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. (Acts 5:15 NIV) Explore: I was recently talking…
The West Wing
“You’ll do fine, people have phenomenal capacity.” Acts 1:1-11 Reference: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 TNIV) Explore: I have recently started watching the series,”The West…
The Glorified Past
The problem with glorifying the past is that we don’t appreciate the present or see the possibilities for the future. Psalm 137:1-9 Reference: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. (Psalm 137:1 TNIV) Explore: History can have a powerful pull on our lives. We can often look back with…