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 ...
Text: Acts 18:24-28 Theme: Apollos was poured into by others so he could pour into others. Key verses: “Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos, an eloquent speaker who knew the Scriptures well, had arrived in Ephesus…He had been taught the way of the Lord, and he taught others about Jesus with an enthusiastic spirit and with ...
Text: Acts 18:1-23 Theme: Mission work includes lots of goodbyes. Key Verses: “Then Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila…Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was. Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and ...
Text: Acts 17:2-33 Theme: Paul’s custom worked well for him for his mission Key verses: “As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people” (v. 2). “That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When ...
Acts 17:1-18 Theme: Those who listened to Paul were often changed. Key verses: “As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with people. He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead. He ...