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John Koedyker

Rev. John Koedyker has been a pastor in the Reformed Church in America for more than forty years. His ministry began in Japan where he served as a missionary for ten years. After that he has served churches in Iowa and Michigan. He has served as the Stated Clerk of Muskegon Classis, RCA, for the past sixteen years and also presently serves as pastor of congregational care at First Reformed Church of Grand Haven, Michigan. John has written a number of times previously for Words of Hope and he has a bi-monthly religion column in the Grand Haven Tribune. He is married to Marilyn, and they have four grown children and seven grandchildren.
Devotionals

And So We Came to Rome

Read: Acts 28:11-31 And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who guarded him. (v. 16) Paul’s fourth missionary journey was a

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Blessed Assurance

Read: Acts 27:1-11; 14-18; 21-25 An angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship . . . said, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand

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Paul Appeals to Caesar

Read: Acts 25:1-12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.” (v. 12) What a gift to the

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Testifying before Felix

Read: Acts 24:1-27 And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed. (v. 25) It seems amazing to me that Paul wrote most of

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The Family of God

Read: Acts 21:1-16 And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. (v. 4) Paul was on his way back to Jerusalem. But he had a ways

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Falling Asleep during the Sermon

Read: Acts 20:7-12 And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. (v. 9) It wasn’t the first time.

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Willing Hands for God’s Work

Read: Acts 19:8-12; 23-41 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul. (v. 11) One of the overriding themes that we see regarding Paul in the book

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