The Word of God is spreading. 6/22/15

Day 171 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Acts.6

Acts 6

The Choosing of the Seven
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews[a] among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 3 Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6 They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Stephen Seized
8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. 10 But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.

11 Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. 13 They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”

15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

June 22nd Two sources 

“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” JOHN 3:6
When we are born again, a new source is established within our being. The verse above reveals that there are two sources for our being, two places we can “come from” in the way we interact with things. We can come from the flesh, or we can come from the spirit. The flesh is the living out of our fallen self. In fact, if you drop the “h” in the word “flesh” and reverse the order of the letters, you have the word SELF. Both of these words, the flesh and the self, refer to another source for man’ s being other than the spirit. The two sources that man can live by are revealed at the beginning of the Bible. In Genesis 2:8-9 God put man in a garden in front of two trees: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. These two trees show that man can live by one of two sources. The tree of life represents dependence upon God in the realm of the spirit. To live by the tree of life is to live by God as our source. It is to take God Himself as our life, living in fellowship with Him and relying upon Him moment by moment. It is a life of believing and trusting in the Lord. It is a life of learning to draw from God as our supply and then following the impulses of that supply. It is a life that can be described as “living out of God.” It is a life of not making our own decisions anymore or leaning on our own understanding (Prov. 3:5-6). It is a life of filtering everything through the divine life. It is a life of not making a move or doing anything apart from compatibility with our inner sense of abiding in the Lord. It is a life in which we can do nothing apart from Him (John 15:5).

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Anna, Ariana,Ariel, Rene, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
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National
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International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
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