Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: Acts 28:31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Observation: My prayer is that I could preach the gospel of Jesus boldly and without hindrance. Why is it so hard for me to stand strong when telling others what I believe and know?

Application: I need to put the Kingdom of God first in my life. That there’s nothing more important than what I’m doing for God. Realize I’m only here for a short time, for one purpose and to focus my energies on that purpose. God watches over me and doesn’t matter what happens as long as I’m doing the will of God, for he is with me.

Prayer: Dear Lord give me strength to speak out and give me wisdom to know what to say.

Scripture: Acts 27:23 Last night an angel of God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me.

Observation: Paul says he belongs to and serves God. Paul led a life that shows that statement is true. I lead my life with some days it’s true and other days those around me would never guess I’m a Christian.

Application: I continue to believe I’m my own instead of knowing I’m God’s. I need to know each moment that I belong to God and to seek the things he wants for me. I should look for opportunities to serve others in God’s name.

Prayer: My Lord, I freely give you this life as a living sacrifice use it in glory and honor to you.

Scripture: Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”

Observation: I was thinking how long it took me to become a Christian. All the ways God guided me and I refused to turn to him. God spared my life when I tried to take it and I still wasn’t persuaded. It took other people to open my eyes and to even get me into a church. Each person, book and sermon lead the way to that special day when I committed my life to Christ.

Application: To be able to speak out for Christ no matter what the reaction is. Knowing my encounter with that person may only be a stepping stone to salvation.

Prayer: My Lord if you can use anything use me to speak out and share with others what you have done for me.

Scripture: Acts 25:19 Instead they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive.

Observation: I wonder after people talk to me how I represent my Lord. Do people even notice the difference in me from others, do I act or say anything that makes them wonder about God. Paul planted the seed about Jesus wherever he went and reaped a harvest in his life. What will I reap?

Application: I need to make people aware of my God whenever I have an opportunity, I need to be planting seeds in this world. I don’t need to explain the entire gospel but make people want what I have in Christ.

Prayer: My Lord make me a farmer for you. May I sow your Word into everyone I meet.

Scripture: Acts 24:25 As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave, when I find it convenient, I will send for you.”

Observation: When we share God’s word and people reject it there are consequences of eternal proportions. People may listen to our testimony and feel good that we are doing better, but until it affects them, they are not going to change. It’s important to tell them where we would have been or what direction we were heading until God got control of our life.

Application: To thank God each day for saving me from Hell, where I was heading. Then to tell others where I would be now if it wasn’t for God’s grace.

Prayer: Dear Lord thank you for pulling my spirit from the direction I was heading and bringing me close to you.

Scripture: Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

Observation: The Lord stood near and touched my heart the day I was saved. I’m constantly going through situations alone, but I don’t have to, the Lord is standing next to me. My mind is constantly going and I don’t listen. I wonder what my Lord might be saying to me? He is probably saying the same thing as he said to Paul, take courage. I’m such a coward by the way I live my life I should be testifying about Jesus to the people He surrounds me with each day.

Application: I need to live my life with Jesus standing nearby. Knowing He can see my actions and hear my words. I know I would live my life differently.

Prayer: My Lord stand near me always and speak the words you desire me to hear. I will obey.

Scripture: Acts 22:21 Then the Lord said to me, “Go I will send you far away to the Gentiles.”

Observation: I wonder why I don’t hear God? Is it because I just don’t listen or I talk too much. I know God has a purpose for me, but is He waiting to tell me or is he trying to talk to me now. I wonder how Paul heard the word of God? Was it as if a person talking to another or was it very quiet and hard to make out?

Application: Knowing God wants to speak to me I need to make more time to meditate and listen to God. My mind seems to be constantly going non-stop, preventing me to hear him.

Prayer: My Lord quiet this servant so that I may hear you. Speak to me and direct this servant’s path towards you.