James is full of short memorable sayings 2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, -------------------- 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. --------------------…

1 Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from…

We are ending the book of Acts today, we are nearing the end of Paul’s ministry and he is headed to Jerusalem knowing that he will die very similar to the way that Jesus had determined to head to Jerusalem knowing that He would die. After he had traveled through several towns we pick up in Caesarea Ac…

26 An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury.…

Pray — SIS 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. -------------------- Acts 3 — Peter and John went up to the temple and healed a man who waw lame from birth. The man began walking, leaping and praising God and so many people who recognized…

Pray — SIS 1 I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing…

What is the most commonly recognized Christian symbol? The Cross. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -------------------- Jesus’ coming to die for us shows us His love for us! 12 “This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. 13 No…

Prayer — SIS Why are we here? Why do we exist? What is our purpose? You haven’t just thought about that question, you’ve felt that question? That’s one of those questions that you don’t just think about, you feel it. You feel its weight bearing down on you. Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing?…

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some…

Intro Prayer 1 Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”…