Jul2018
Times and purposes
There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralysed and had not been able to get out of bed for eight years. ‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ makes you well. Get up and make your bed.’ At once Aeneas got up. All the people living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and… Read more
Jul2018
Jul2018
Days of darkness
So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘the Lord has sent me – Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’… Read more
Jul2018
Blind
As Saul was approaching the city of Damascus, suddenly a light from the sky flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ he asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you persecute,’ the voice said. ‘But get up and… Read more
Jul2018
Signed and sealed
The official asked Philip, ‘Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?’ Then Philip began to speak; starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus. As they travelled down the road, they came to a place where there was some water, and… Read more
Jul2018
God’s choice: you
Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world. Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that… Read more
Jul2018
Jul2018
Included
Simon saw that the Spirit had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them. So he offered money to Peter and John, and said, ‘Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.’ But Peter answered him, ‘May you and… Read more
Jul2018
A big help
The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message. Philip went to the main city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to the people there. The crowds paid close attention to what Philip said, as they listened to him and saw the miracles that he performed. Evil spirits came out from many people with a… Read more
Jul2018
A tale of two men
With a loud cry the members of the Council covered their ears with their hands. Then they all rushed at him at once, threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul. They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out… Read more
