Working All Things Together
Jesus, you appeared to Saul on the Damascus road when he was traveling to arrest your followers. He was your enemy, actively working to destroy your church. Yet you confronted him, converted him, and commissioned him. The persecutor became apostle. The destroyer became builder. The enemy b
Saul of Tarsus was Christianity's greatest enemy. Trained under Gamaliel, zealous for Jewish law, convinced followers of "the Way" were dangerous heretics, he obtained permission to arrest Christians in Damascus and bring them bound to Jerusalem (Acts 9:1-2). He wasn't casually opposed to
Jesus, you prepared breakfast for Peter beside a charcoal fire - same setting where he denied you three times. You brought him back to the scene of his failure to restore him there. You asked three painful questions to match his three denials, giving him opportunity to affirm what he'd den
After the resurrection, Peter returned to fishing - back to his old life before Jesus called him. He gathered six other disciples and announced, "I'm going out to fish" (John 21:3). They fished all night and caught nothing. At dawn, they saw someone on the shore who called out, "Friends, h