Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 79-80; Acts 27-28 Devotional Thought: Well, we left Paul an innocent man, but with two cowards who were afraid to stand up to the Jewish leadership, and so they keep Paul in bonds. Paul always wanted to preach in Rome, but I am sure he never thought he would get…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 72-73; Acts 26 Devotional Thought: When God called the apostle Paul after his conversion on the road to Damascus, He told him that he would be a witness unto the Gentiles and kings. Paul may have never dreamed they would be in these circumstances, but nonetheless he is faithfully giving…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 70-71; Acts 25 Devotional Thought: The Jewish leadership had no patience with the likes of Paul. He was preaching that the Jesus they had put to death was alive and would one day come to rule and reign. These Jewish rulers had falsely accused Jesus and persuaded the Romans to…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 68-69; Acts 24 Devotional Thought: Have you ever been falsely accused? Jesus was falsely accused and gave us an example of how to handle that in 1 Peter 2, and here in Acts 24 the apostle Paul is being falsely accused. The most dangerous accusations have some truth to them,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 66-67; Acts 23 Devotional Thought: Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handywork.” Creation itself praises the awesomeness and greatness of God. Romans 1:19-20 convicts all mankind by announcing that nature itself doth reveal that there is God, leaving man without excuse.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 63-65 Devotional Thought: Psalm 63 is most likely written while David is in the wilderness of Judah hiding from Absalom who is trying to take over the kingdom. It certainly would have been easy for him to look back on his failures as a father, but David is not dwelling…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 54-56 Devotional Thought: Has there ever been a time when your heart was broken and you just ran to the Lord for comfort? Here in Psalm 55 David pours out his heart to the Lord. In this Psalm, God reveals several different ways that we can handle difficult and painful…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 51-53 Devotional Thought: In 2 Samuel 11, we find it was a time when kings went forth to battle, but David tarried at Jerusalem. That decision to not do what he was called to do proved to be a very destructive decision in David’s life. Oh how the Devil works…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 49-50; Acts 20 Devotional Thought: After the uproar in chapter 19, Paul left Ephesus and headed toward Macedonia and Achaia. He wanted to meet Titus at Troas and get a report on the myriad of problems addressed in Corinth, but Titus was not able to meet him. When the men…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 46-49; Acts 19 Devotional Thought: The way a person comes into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is clearly presented in Acts 10:43-48: (1) sinners hear the gospel presented from the word of God, (2) they believe the gospel, realizing their sinful condition and the solution that is found in…