February 5 | Acts 5:40-41 “Then after summoning the apostles and beating them, they ordered them not to speak in Jesus’s Name and they released them. Then they went away rejoicing from the Sanhedrin’s presence because they were considered worthy to be disgraced for the Name” (Acts 5:40-41) In America,…
Although I’ve talked about when Jesus progressively heals someone before, I wanted to talk about immediate healing and compare it with progressive healing in the Gospels. In my last post, I talked about why Jesus liked to heal on the Sabbath. In this post, I want to take another look…
January 6 | Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power after the Holy Spirit comes upon 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) Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will come upon you…
Many modern readers of the Bible do not understand how Jesus healed people with Demons. The word for healing does not seem to fit the same idea of casting demons out of people. I will to take a closer look at this phenomenon in the Gospels and Acts. In my…
We know Jesus changed the lives of everyone He healed, but He especially changed the lives of paralyzed people through healing. I will take a closer look at how He changed their lives. In my last post, I gave the first part of this post on Jesus changing the lives…
Jesus healed many sick people at one time throughout the Gospels. We will look at the times and places Jesus did this and even see the apostles doing the same. In my last post, I talked about God’s healing miracles for New Testament women. In this post, we will look…
Day 4: Prayer Focus: Pouring Out Of the Spirit | Acts 2:17 ““‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17) What would it…
Summary: Many people today are baffled by the initial evidence of Spirit baptism, speaking in tongues. Throughout this post, I hope to demystify this precious baptism for believers and help you understand why we speak in tongues when Jesus baptizes us in the Holy Spirit. Introduction In my last post,…
What is the New Testament referring to, when it tells us about the "paths of life" in Acts 2:28? Peter quotes this small passage from Psalm 16:8-11. Peter was declaring the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. He then connected this passage in David’s Psalm prophesying about the resurrection of…
Are modern day missionaries the equivalent of what the Apostle Paul was at one time? The twelve apostles and other apostles mentioned in the New Testament, like Paul, where a special type of apostle for the first century only. These apostles had the ability and authority to write Scripture for…
