November 2, 2016

Acts 8:3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

Here is a man who is doing everything he can to get Christians put into prison. Why? Because it was against the laws he was trying to impose on people.

Which laws? You may ask… People had got so tied up with laws man had created they were actually fighting against God!

We do tend to get so tied up with ourselves and our own ways that we turn away from God as well.

Don’t let the world wear you down; hold fast to God and His ways!

November 1, 2016

Acts 7:49 ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest?

How big is God? A simple question which we cannot answer when we understand part of God, but one a young child may be delighted to try and explain.

There is no limit for God which He cannot extend or surpass. There is nothing too small or too big for Him.

We may struggle to imagine just how fantastic the temple Solomon built for God actually was, but still that was not enough for God.

Don’t try to limit God – you cannot!

October 31, 2016

Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

When you don’t hear God speaking to you, what do you do? Do you run off to try and make something which makes sense to you, or do you wait?

Sometimes in our lives we have to wait beyond our comfort zones; God is not constrained by the same time limits we are…

Trusting God means going out further than we are comfortable with, going out into deeper waters, going out where He says!

Don’t get carried away with your own thoughts, do what God has said has to be done.

October 30, 2016

Acts 7:25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

Moses had been kept safe through all the dangers faced by his family because God wanted him to be kept safe!

When God purposes something in your own life, you can bet you will see it come about one way or another!

Trying to run the other direction like Jonah is not going to help anyone; trusting God and obeying Him gives others the chance of seeing God in action!

Live with God. Live for God.