Author: John Rowland

Hello everybody! Here you will find the daily readings for 5 weeks, but no links so you will have to use your own bibles this month! Keep this mailing as you will need it for these next few weeks. The daily

Read Acts 1:1-11 Reflect on how far the story takes you from Acts 1 to Acts 28. Acts 1:8.   But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about

Read Acts chapter 28 v 20  Paul said to the Jews in Rome,  ‘I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.’ The Old and New Testaments form a coherent story of the purposes of God revealed in history.                                                                            

Read Acts chapter 27 v 24.  The angel said to Paul  ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar!’ No trial or storm will frustrate the purposes of God. This may have seemed a simple decision

Read Acts chapter 26 v 28. King Agrippa said “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?” To what extent is persuasion part of telling the Good News? One of the things that stood out

Read Acts chapter 25 v  22.  King Agrippa said “I’d like to hear the man myself,” There are surprising people who are ready to listen to Good News! Stories of Jesus, and what the disciples did, get around to some

Read Acts chapter 24 v 16. Paul said  ‘I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.’ Speaking out for Jesus is to be accompanied by a life of integrity. A life that bears the hallmarks

Read Acts chapter 23 v 11. God said to Paul ‘Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.’ God sometimes calls us to

Read Acts chapter 22 v 15. (Ananias said to Paul) ‘For you are to be his witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard.’ Is this an invitation or a command for you? Right from the beginning of his

Read Acts chapter 21 The importance of using language that people understand. Nobody really expected that! The Roman centurion was surprised that Paul could address him in Greek (v 37), and later the crowd was amazed that he could speak