Passage
Acts 20:1-12 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
Don’t Be Alarmed… He’s Alive!
Date: Oct. 1, 2014
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 20:10
First, speaking words of encouragement (1-6). After the uproar at Ephesus, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. He said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. Along the way, he spoke many words of encouragement to the people. Paul could be discouraged because of events that happened but he continued to encourage others in the faith. He is an exemplary servant of Christ. Then because of a plot against him he went back through Macedonia. He was accompanied by Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus and Trophimus. Paul had many wonderful coworkers.
Second, Paul raises a young man from the dead (7-12). Paul was a great Bible speaker. He spoke on and on until a young man fell asleep and fell from the window dead. Paul prayed over him stretching himself upon the boy’s body and he was revived. Then he went back to preaching again. Paul was compassionate to care for one young man.
Prayer: Lord, help me to encourage others and please raise many young men and women alive in Christ.
One Word: Speak words of encouragement and life
