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Saturday Prayer: Philip's Obedience
Father, Philip left revival in Samaria for one person in the desert. You redirected him from visible success to obscure obedience. He explained Scripture to an Ethiopian eunuch who couldn't understand it alone. He crossed ethnic barriers, cultural divisions, and religious exclusions to bri
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
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
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