Research shows we share bad news faster than good. This devotional points believers back to Acts 8, urging us to spread God's good news instead and start a positivity bias of our own.
Adam fell only once in 930 years, yet that single sin plunged all creation into ruin. This devotional marvels at how much greater God's grace is than our sin.
Statistics show men and women are, on average, very different. Yet Acts 8:12 shows the gospel makes no distinction. Discover how God's grace covers the gap between the sexes.
A game show dilemma and a first-century crowd's fatal choice both reveal the same temptation: settling for the familiar over the right and better path God has set in plain view.
Acts 8:9 introduces a magician chasing wonder through illusion. This devotional turns our gaze to the far greater astonishment of a Savior who defeated death and delights in our fellowship with Him.
Pilate had already decided to release Jesus - until pressure changed his mind. This devotional asks what happens when your convictions are tested by opposition.
When teams win championships, whole cities celebrate for a moment. Acts 8:8 points us to a deeper joy - one rooted in salvation and lasting because it comes from God, not from earthly triumphs.
Like a child who refuses to let go of his cart, we grip old, unseen habits far too tightly. This devotional calls us to actively cling to Jesus and release everything else.
It is always the unclean spirits that cry out with a loud voice. When your spirit is calm, do the real work of examination and confession, and deepen your relationship with Jesus.
Philip drew crowds in Samaria with genuine signs while Simon the magician dazzled them with tricks. When our own prayers for healing go unanswered, can we still pay attention to what God is saying?
Philip carried the gospel into Samaria, the region Jews avoided. What looked like the short end of the stick was actually the center of Christ's plan. Sometimes drawing the short straw is the best thing you could do.
Every generation has its 'on that day' moment. When persecution scattered the early church, God used what was evil to spread the message of salvation. Wherever He sends you, change your piece of the world.
Make-A-Wish grants the impossible dreams of dying children, but the truest wish is a spiritually dead sinner raised to new life. Like the lame man who leapt into the temple, the redeemed can now know, please, and praise God.
Some English soldiers saw the Scots kneel and thought they begged for mercy. But they knelt to God alone. So did Stephen, echoing his Savior's plea even as the stones fell.
As the stones rained down, Stephen looked up past the angry scowls and beckoned the risen Christ to receive him. His final seconds held the very peace we all long for. It doesn't require dying by stones, but it does require dying to self.
At Stephen's stoning, Luke pauses to name a young onlooker named Saul. Isn't it great that our full story, with all its furious moments and failings, has been rewritten by the Author of life and rebirth?
Adonijah claimed David's throne while the king slept, and subtle compromise can do the same to our hearts. Now is the time to examine where we are heading and whether it still fits His plan.
Acts 7 shows men who stopped their ears against the truth. Scripture honors those who listened and heeded. Our entire walk with God rests on our willingness to keep quiet and hear His Word.
We pass the needy at stop lights and storefronts, but rarely at our church doors. Acts 3:3 turns the question inward: what would you give, and what have you already been given?
When the pressure was crushing, God opened heaven and showed Stephen the risen Messiah. Stephen told what he saw and paid for it. That same Savior sees you, so tell the secret too.