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Daily Devotions

  • Sunday, May 21: Scripture – Acts 1:12-14


    Sunday, May 21: Scripture – Acts 1:12-14 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew…

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  • Saturday, May 20: Scripture – Acts 1:10-11


    Saturday, May 20: Scripture – Acts 1:10-11 10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come…

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  • Friday, May 19: Scripture – Acts 1:9


    Friday, May 19: Scripture – Acts 1:9 9 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.   Prayer Focus: Jesus was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. Jesus’ ascension has not received a great deal of…

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  • Thursday, May 18: Scripture – Acts 1:7-8


    Thursday, May 18: Scripture – Acts 1:7-8 7 He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea…

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  • Wednesday, May 17: Scripture – Acts 1:6


    Wednesday, May 17: Scripture – Acts 1:6 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”   Prayer Focus: Jesus just told them they had to wait, but the disciples are still impatient. “Lord, is this the time when you will…

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  • Tuesday, May 16: Scripture – Acts 1:3-5


    Tuesday, May 16: Scripture – Acts 1:3-5 3 After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the…

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  • Monday, May 15: Scripture – Acts 1:1-2


    Monday, May 15: Scripture – Acts 1:1-2 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.   Prayer Focus: We have jumped…

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  • Sunday, May 14: Scripture – Acts 17:32-34


    Sunday, May 14: Scripture – Acts 17:32-34 32 When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.” 33 At that point Paul left them. 34 But some of them joined him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris…

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  • Saturday, May 13: Scripture – Acts 17:29-31


    Saturday, May 13: Scripture – Acts 17:29-31 29 “Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. 30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to…

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  • Friday, May 12: Scripture – Acts 17:24-28


    Friday, May 12: Scripture – Acts 17:24-28 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals…

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