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Tag: Barnabas

Thursday, July 14

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Psalm: 37:1-18 Meditation: Acts Paul and Barnabas were set aside for ministry by the Holy Spirit. As they traveled together, they witnessed and taught the gospel even to the great and powerful in the cultures that they visited. Being countered and ridiculed by a sorcerer, Paul called upon the Lord to blind the false prophet …

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Monday, September 20

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Psalms: 120, 129 Meditation Acts: Several things are at play here. Barnabas and Paul separate; Paul is making a circuit with Silas to visit the churches Paul and Barnabas had earlier established or encouraged. Barnabas takes John Mark with him to Cyprus. Timothy joins Paul in Lystra. A man’s Jewishness is determined by his mother …

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Friday, September 17

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Psalms:130,131, 133 Meditation Acts: Barnabas and Paul have returned to Jerusalem just in time for the Church’s first Council. They spoke of all the wonders God had performed among the Gentiles; this served as a confirmation of their calling to go to the Gentiles. Still, Jewish Christians had intimated that Church membership depended upon the …

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Tuesday, September 14

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Psalms: 141, 142 Meditation Acts: Paul and Barnabas are smack-dab in the middle of Asia Minor. That is important because of the overwhelming Hellenistic influence on the people. Paul and Barnabas are proclaiming the gospel to the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles (Greeks). Many converted since these people could grasp all that the prophets had announced …

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Saturday, September 11

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Psalms: 62, 64 Meditation Acts: Paul and Barnabas are in a place called Antioch of Pisidia (a region in central Asia Minor – not to be confused with Antioch in Syria where the term Christian was first coined). Paul and Barnabas, whenever they went to a new city, first went to the local synagogue. That …

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Monday, August 30

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Psalms: 99, 101  Meditation Acts: Very recently in our narrative, Paul had had his conversion experience on the Damascus Road. Is it any wonder why Jewish Christians were skeptical? Saul, as he was known then, had built up a marvelous reputation probably because of his fervor and mouth. Like me, Paul was prone to speak …

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Thursday, July 16

On July 13, 2020 By Liz RipleyIn Daily Reading GuidesLeave a comment

Psalm: 135 Meditation Acts: Barnabas and Saul venture forth on what will become known as Paul’s First Missionary Journey. They go from Antioch (Syria) to Cypress where they meet up with John Mark (Mark of gospel fame). Having preached through all of Cypress, they wind up their time witnessing to Sergius Paulus, the proconsul. Attending …

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Monday, July 13

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Psalm: 84 Meditation Acts: Barnabas first shows up in Acts chapter 4. He had sold a field and gave the proceeds to the Apostles. He next went to Tarsus to draw out Saul (Paul) to the evangelizing ministry. From there Barnabas brought Saul (Paul) from Antioch (in Syria) to Jerusalem to introduce him to the …

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