October 17, 2016

Acts 4:19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

When we get to face people who are working against God we have to make a decision as to whether we follow their instruction or follow God’s instructions.

It may not seem like a difficult choice when we are just talking about it, but when you are faced with real life choices you may well think again.

Don’t be afraid to admit you are scared. Don’t think you are alone. Even Christ was faced by temptations from the evil one; but He kept His faith in God and in the bible.

We need to draw of God’s strength during times of temptation and not try to go it alone – we may just not be strong enough to face the temptations alone!

October 16, 2016

Acts 4:14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

No matter how much people work against you or try to disprove God’s existence; when they are faced with something only God can do, they have to accept it!

We need to trust in Christ totally so He can work through us and in us; then people around us can see just how real God is.

Accepting God is real is one thing, but trusting in Him for everything and with everything does take faith and strength – simply because we are living in a faithless world of unbelief. Stand firm!

October 15, 2016

Acts 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you done this?”

When we trust Christ to work through us we are able to do so much more than we can by ourselves; we can even get to heal and teach others!

When the disciples went forward and began working miracles, it was because of God working through them and not them themselves. They were under no illusion about this.

The Scribes and Pharisees around them wanted to know how they were doing this because they couldn’t!

When we work with Christ and He is able to change things, people will ask us how – we can then tell them the truth about God!

October 14, 2016

Acts 4:4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Jesus is the one who died for us. God had the right plan all set for us and He carried out that plan for us – because He loves us!

We are going to get many people who object to our beliefs, many people who try to quash the things we say about Christ and even some who get violent against us…

But if we are still willing to continue talking about Christ, He will be able to use us to reach out to more people and allow them to come forward and receive the free gift of eternal life He has promised us.

Stand up for those who are still undecided!