Text: Acts 21:26-36 Theme: Paul was both unsecured and secure as he went forward in God’s plan for him. Key verses: “So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would ...
Text: Acts 21:15-26 Theme: Paul was unusually quiet and accepting of the Jewish leaders’ plans for him. Key verses: “When we arrived, the brothers and sisters in Jerusalem welcomed us warmly. The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present. After greeting them, Paul ...
Text: Acts 21:1-14 Theme: The Spirit gets blamed (and misinterpreted) for a lot of things. Key verses: “We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem. When we returned to the shop at the end of ...
Text: Acts 20:28-38 Theme: Paul worked hard to care for those appointed to him. Key verses: “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock–his church, purchased with his own blood–over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders (v. 28). “Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you–my constant ...
Text: Acts 20:18-27 Theme: Paul had the confidence and respect to declare some amazing things. Key verses: “When they arrived he [Paul] declared, ‘You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials ...
Text: Acts 20:13-17 Theme: Paul was a planner who didn’t leave things to chance. Key verses: “Paul went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, while we traveled by ship” (v. 13). “Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn’t want to spend any more time ...
Text: Acts 20:7-12 Theme: Paul was a master communicator, confident in both his Lord and in his teaching. Key verses: “On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking ...
Text: Acts 20:1-6 Theme: Being a missionary can include lots of traveling and passing through. Key verses: “When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia. While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down ...
Text: Acts 19:23-41 Theme: The god they worshiped wasn’t their goddess. Key verses: “About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way. It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Artemis. He kept many craftsmen busy. He called them together…and addressed them…’Gentlemen, you ...