OUR DAILY BREAD : TO BE CONTINUED
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:38 pmMay 19
Sunday
TO BE
CONTINUED
READ:
acts 1:1-11
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You shall be witnesses
to Me in Jerusalem,,
and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.
__Acts 1:8
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The fifth book of the New Testament, the Acts of the Apostles, records the beginnings of the Christian church under the leadership of the people Jesus had appointed. Some scholars have sugested that this book could also be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit's power supplied courage for the apostles in the face of every hardship.
Just before Jesus was taken up into heaven, He told the ones He had chosen: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 18). With those words, one chapter in the story of God's work on earth ended, and a new one began. We are a part of that ongoing story.
The book of Acts describes the faithful witness of Peter, John, Barnabas, Paul, Dorcas, Lydia, and many others during the early days of the church. These ordinary people depended on God to give them strength as they spread His Word and demonstrated His love.
That story continues through us. As we trust God and obey His direction to make Jesus known, He writes through us new pages in His story of redemption. __David McCasland
```````````````````Gracious Spirit, use my words to help and heal,````````````````````
``````````````````Use my actions, bold and meek, to speak for You.``````````````````
``````````````````````````May You be pleased to reveal````````````````````````````
`````````````````````````Your life to others through mine.`````````````````````````
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People know true faith stories when they see them.
*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 1:1-11*******************************
1 The former account I
made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do
and teach, 2 until the day in
which He was taken up,
after He through the Holy
Spirit had given
commandments to the
apostles whom He had
chosen, 3 to whom He also
presented Himself alive
after His suffering by many
infallible proofs, being seen
by them during forty days
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God.
4 And being assembled
together with them, He
commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but
to wait for the Promise of
the Father, "which," He
said, "you have heard from
Me; 5 for John truly
baptized with water, but
you shall be baptized with
the Holy Spirit not many
days from now."
Therefore, when they had
come together, they asked
Him, saying, "Lord, will
You at this time restore the
kingdom to Israel?" 7 And
He said to them, "It is not
for you to know times or
seasons which the Father
has put in His own
authority. 8 But you shall
recieve power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end
of the earth."
9 Now when He had
spoken these things, while
they watched, He was taken
up, and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
as He went up, behold, two
men stood by them in white
apparel, 11 who also said,
"Men of Galilee, why do
you stand gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus,
who was taken up from you
into heaven, will so come in
like manner as you saw
Him go into heaven."
Sunday
TO BE
CONTINUED
READ:
acts 1:1-11
______________________________________________________________________________
You shall be witnesses
to Me in Jerusalem,,
and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.
__Acts 1:8
________________________________________________________________________________
The fifth book of the New Testament, the Acts of the Apostles, records the beginnings of the Christian church under the leadership of the people Jesus had appointed. Some scholars have sugested that this book could also be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit's power supplied courage for the apostles in the face of every hardship.
Just before Jesus was taken up into heaven, He told the ones He had chosen: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 18). With those words, one chapter in the story of God's work on earth ended, and a new one began. We are a part of that ongoing story.
The book of Acts describes the faithful witness of Peter, John, Barnabas, Paul, Dorcas, Lydia, and many others during the early days of the church. These ordinary people depended on God to give them strength as they spread His Word and demonstrated His love.
That story continues through us. As we trust God and obey His direction to make Jesus known, He writes through us new pages in His story of redemption. __David McCasland
```````````````````Gracious Spirit, use my words to help and heal,````````````````````
``````````````````Use my actions, bold and meek, to speak for You.``````````````````
``````````````````````````May You be pleased to reveal````````````````````````````
`````````````````````````Your life to others through mine.`````````````````````````
_________________________________________________________________________________________
People know true faith stories when they see them.
*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 1:1-11*******************************
1 The former account I
made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do
and teach, 2 until the day in
which He was taken up,
after He through the Holy
Spirit had given
commandments to the
apostles whom He had
chosen, 3 to whom He also
presented Himself alive
after His suffering by many
infallible proofs, being seen
by them during forty days
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God.
4 And being assembled
together with them, He
commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but
to wait for the Promise of
the Father, "which," He
said, "you have heard from
Me; 5 for John truly
baptized with water, but
you shall be baptized with
the Holy Spirit not many
days from now."
Therefore, when they had
come together, they asked
Him, saying, "Lord, will
You at this time restore the
kingdom to Israel?" 7 And
He said to them, "It is not
for you to know times or
seasons which the Father
has put in His own
authority. 8 But you shall
recieve power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end
of the earth."
9 Now when He had
spoken these things, while
they watched, He was taken
up, and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
as He went up, behold, two
men stood by them in white
apparel, 11 who also said,
"Men of Galilee, why do
you stand gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus,
who was taken up from you
into heaven, will so come in
like manner as you saw
Him go into heaven."