Future Glory Outweighs Present Suffering

I consider that your present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in you. What you're going through is real and hard, but it's temporary. The glory coming is eternal and overwhelming. This isn't minimizing your pain - it's promising that something better is coming that will make the pain worth it. – Romans 8:18

Saturday Read: Philip - The Evangelist to Outcasts

After Stephen's martyrdom triggered persecution, believers scattered from Jerusalem throughout Judea and Samaria. Philip - another of the seven deacons - went to a city in Samaria and "proclaimed the Messiah there" (Acts 8:5). This was revolutionary. Jews and Samaritans hated each other. J

Friday Prayer: Stephen's Courage

Father, Stephen served tables and then gave his life. He performed miracles and was killed for it. He spoke truth and died for it. As stones struck him, he prayed for forgiveness. As life left him, he asked you to receive his spirit. He died like Jesus - full of grace, speaking truth, forg

Friday Read: Stephen - The First Martyr

Stephen was one of the seven deacons chosen to serve tables and care for widows. But Acts 6:8 reveals he did much more: "Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people." Serving widows didn't limit his ministry - it launched it. Faithfu

My Help Comes From You

I lift up my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from? My help comes from You, the Maker of heaven and earth. Not from circumstances changing, not from people coming through, not from problems disappearing. My help comes from You - the Creator, the Sustainer, the One who never

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Saturday Read: Philip - The Evangelist to Outcasts

Friday Prayer: Stephen's Courage

Friday Read: Stephen - The First Martyr

My Help Comes From You