June 3, 2024
Scripture Reference: Acts 5:1-16 (CEB) However, a man named Ananias, along with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property. With his wife’s knowledge, he withheld some of the proceeds from the sale. He brought the rest and placed it in the care and under the authority of the apostles. Peter asked, “Ananias, how is it that […]
Read MoreMay 28, 2024
Scripture Reference: Acts 4:32-35 (CEB) Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon […]
Read MoreMay 21, 2024
Scripture Reference: Acts 2:42-47 (CEB) The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles. All the believers were united and shared everything. They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute […]
Read MoreMay 14, 2024
Scripture Reference: Acts 1:6-14 (CEB) As a result, those who had gathered together asked Jesus, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now?” Jesus replied, “It isn’t for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit […]
Read MoreMay 6, 2024
Scripture Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (CEB) There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted, a time for killing and a time for healing, a time for tearing down and a time for building […]
Read MoreApril 29, 2024
Scripture Reference: Ephesians 3:16-19 (CEB) I ask that he will strengthen you in your inner selves from the riches of his glory through the Spirit. I ask that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. As a result of having strong roots in love, I ask that you’ll have the power to grasp love’s width and […]
Read MoreApril 29, 2024
Scripture Reference: Colossians 3:12-17 (CEB) Therefore, as God’s choice, holy and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive each other. And over all these things put on love, which is the […]
Read MoreApril 15, 2024
Scripture Reference: Jeremiah 17:5-8 (CEB) The Lord proclaims:Cursed are those who trust in mere humans, who depend on human strength and turn their hearts from the Lord.They will be like a desert shrub that doesn’t know when relief comes.They will live in the parched places of the wilderness, in a barren land where no one survives.Happy are those who trust in the Lord, who […]
Read MoreApril 7, 2024
Scripture Reference: Matthew 13:3–23 (CEB) He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed. As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path, and birds came and ate it. Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn’t deep. But when the sun […]
Read MoreMarch 31, 2024
Scripture Reference: John 20:1-18 (CEB) Early in the morning of the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. She ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said, “They […]
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