Text: Acts 4:23-31 Theme: God honors bold faith from his people. Key verses: “On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this they raised their voices together in prayer to God” (v. 23-24). “‘Why do ...
Text: Acts 4:1-22 Theme: Peter & John stayed strong despite threats and opposition. Key verses: “So they arrested Peter, John, and the man who was healed and kept them in jail overnight…Peter and John already had convinced about 5000 more people to believe their message about Jesus” (v. 3-4). “The next morning, the Jewish leaders…called ...
Text: Acts 3:17-26 Theme: Before God judges He always extends mercy. Key verses: “Listen, friends, I know you didn’t fully realize what you were doing when you rejected and betrayed Jesus” (v. 17a). “God was at work in all this..that His Liberating King would suffer. So now you need to rethink everything and trun to ...
Text: Acts 3:12-16 Theme: God sees and honors our faith and obedience. Key verses: “Why are you so amazed, my fellow Israelites? Why are you staring at my friend and me as though we did this miracle through our own power or made this fellow walk by our own holiness? We didn’t do this–God did!” ...
Text: Acts 3:1-11 Theme: When good habits and strong faith are present, miracles follow. Key verses: “One day at three o’clock in the afternoon, a customary time for daily prayer, Peter and John walked to the temple. Some people were carrying in a man who had been paralyzed since birth. Every day they brought him ...
Text: Acts 2:42-47 Theme: When my Holy Spirit is welcome and present, my people experience the best life has to offer. Key verses: “The community continually committed themselves to learning what the apostles taught them, gathering for fellowship, breaking bread, and praying. Everyone felt a sense of awe because the apostles were doing many signs ...
Text: Acts 2:22-41 Theme: Peter reasoned and pleaded, but God called to salvation. Key verses: “Men of Israel,listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs…” (v. 22). “Brothers, I tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried…But he was a prophet ...
Text: Acts 2:1-21 Theme: The saints spoke everyone’s language and praised God supernaturally–as it will be in God’s Kingdom. Key verses: “A sound roars from the sky without warning, the roar of a violent wind…Then a flame appears, dividing into smaller flames and spreading from one person to the next. All of the people present ...
Text: Acts 1:20-26 Theme: God will show us his will and make the final choice. Key verses: “Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us…” (v. 21). “So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas…and Matthias. ...
Text: Acts 1:12-19 Theme: The disciples were left in a lurch once Jesus ascended. Key verses: “Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives…” (V. 12). “They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. In those days ...
