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 ...
Text: Acts 19:13-20 Theme: Revival can come in unusual and unpredictable ways. Key verses: “A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation…But one time when they tried it…the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, ...
Text: Acts 19:8-15 Theme: Paul was known because he made Jesus known. Key verses: “Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God. But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the ...
Text: Acts 19:1-7 Theme: God loves to move us out of our comfort zones into new realms with Him. Key verses: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? he asked them. “No,” they replied, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” “Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And ...