Jesus is so loving. 7/11/15

Day190 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

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Acts 17:1-15
In Thessalonica
17 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[a] 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.” 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

In Berea
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

“The what” July 11th
“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know the what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” ROMANS 8:26
God has unique designs with every one of us — to so arrange our environment and circumstances that we would be brought on to conformity to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:29). Thus, there is the intercession of the Spirit with groanings which cannot be uttered. Due to our weakness, we do not know how to pray as we ought. Verse 26 says, “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what . . .” In the original Greek, the definite article “the” is before the word “what.” Thus it would read “We do not know the what we should pray for as we ought.”
Now,whatisthewhat? Accordingtothecontextofthispassage, the what refers to the specific things that are divinely arranged to take place in our environment. Whatever these things turn out to be, they are working together for good — to cause us to be more conformed to the image of God’s Son. They may include what we would consider negative. They may be specific things and situations that are contrary to what we would choose or prefer. Hebrews 12 tells us that these environmental things are our discipline under the Lord’s hand. The discipline may come in the form of a physical problem. It may be a family problem. It may be a job problem. It may be some pressure in your marriage relationship. It may be pressure in other relationships. The Lord knows exactly what every one of us needs.

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