Acts 3:9-10 When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
May people see me praising God for what He has done for me, so that God can use me to reach others.
Luke 24:51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
Jesus’ blessing continues to rest on us even when we cannot see Him.
John 21:21-22 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”
I need to be careful to focus on what God wants me to do and not what He wants others to do.
Luke 24:49 but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.
Only through His power will we be successful.
John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Lord, remove all doubts from my mind about You.
Luke 24:48 You are witnesses of these things.
May I be a better witness for You, dear Lord.
John 17:20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
It is both amazing and humbling that Jesus prays for me.
John 15:25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
There are not reasons for everything. Some will not accept Jesus, and there is no reason for them not to accept Him. Father, may I always remain in You and You in me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Luke 24:46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day”
Suffering precedes new life. When I suffer God is preparing to do something new in my life.
John 16:2-3 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.
Even today, Christians are murdered in the names of other gods. Father, protect our brothers and sisters in Christ who are being persecuted.