Acts 23:1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.”//
May I be blameless and upright, having the courage to look my false accusers straight in the eye.

Psalm 50:20 You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.//
Forgive me for being critical of family members. 

Acts 21:11-14 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’” When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”//
May I do the Lord’s will and not the will of men.

Psalm 41:2 The Lord protects and preserves them—they are counted among the blessed in the land—he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.//
God will keep me and my family safe from the ultimate desire of Satan to spiritually destroy us. 

Acts 20:22-24 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.//
There will be times in my life when I will feel the Spirit move me to a place I know nothing about. I can expect hardship, but God will use me for His glory.

Acts 18:3-5 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.//
We don’t have to be full-time preachers to spread the Word of God.

Acts 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.//
Those who refuse to believe will create dissent, doubt, anger, and grief. May the Lord give me patience to endure these times.

Acts 12:24 But the word of God continued to spread and flourish.//
No man or principality can stop the Word of the Lord from being spread. Lord, strengthen those who seek to spread Your Word in the face of adversity.

Acts 11:17 So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”//
Who is anyone, including myself, Satan, demons, angels, and people to stand in God’s way? What a mighty God we serve!!!

Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.//
Understanding how God operates is something we must learn.