Devotionals about Paul

Encouragement

Talking to Your Neighbor

Read: Acts 18:1-17 And [Paul] left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

Encouragement

Courageous and Vocal

Read: Acts 17:16-32 Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.” (v. 22) As I read

Encouragement

Persecuted for the Sake of the Gospel

Read: Acts 17:1-15 These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also. (v. 6) Jesus had made a foreboding promise to his disciples: “I have said

Encouragement

Believe in the Lord Jesus

Read: Acts 16:25-40 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. (v. 25) A book I prize greatly is

Transformation

Painful Divisions

Read: Acts 15:36-40 The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company. (v. 39 NRSV) One of the saddest stories in the history of the church is our tendency to

Encouragement

Encouraged Together

Read: Acts 14:21-28 They remained no little time with the disciples. (v. 28) In her poem “Alone,” Maya Angelou uses this haunting refrain: “Alone, all alone / Nobody, but nobody

Paul

Forgiven

Read: Acts 13:26-43 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. (v. 38) My wife, Nancy, and I have

Encouragement

Follow Me

Read: Acts 12:1-11 He said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. (vv. 8-9) This isn’t the first time that

Encouragement

Called Christians

Read: Acts 11:19-29 In Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. (v. 26) It’s astounding to me that there was an actual moment in time with precise geographical coordinates when