Patience and Witness: Paul's Two Year Mission in Rome

Devotion 2025 Nov 21

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 28:21-22 “21. They replied, ‘We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22. But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.’”

Paul is living as a free man in Rome since the government there could not find grounds to convict him of any crime. However, the Jewish leaders wa

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"When the Storm Leads to Salvation"

Devotion 2025 Nov 14

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 27:25-26 “ 25.So, keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as He told me. 26. Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.”

Paul is on a prison ship, along with 275 others, in route to Rome for his trial. God sent an angel to Paul instructing him to keep the others from abandoning ship with the promise that they would all survive. They were caught up in a terrible storm and, consequently, ship

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"The Unknown God Made Known: Standing Firm in Truth"

Devotion 2025 Nov 6

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 17: 20 “ You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”

Paul was waiting at Athens to meet Silas and Timothy. He noticed the city was full of idols and the population was a mix of God-Fearing Greeks and Jews so he started talking to people and sharing the story of Jesus. A group of Epicureans and Stoic philosophers began to debate him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus where the

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“Don’t Trust in Man – Follow the Risen King.”

Devotion November 1, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 13: 22 “After removing Saul, He made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after My own heart; He will do everything I want him to do.’”

Paul is preaching to the Jews in the temple at Antioch and sharing the history of their Church from the days of Moses to the coming of Jesus and they are all ears. He emphasized the mortality of the leaders throughout history as each fulfilled

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- Spiritually Asleep: Missing the Miracle

Devotion October 24, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 12:6-7 “6. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial,  Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains,  and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7.  Suddenly an angel  of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter  on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick get up !’ he said, and the         chains fell off Peter’s wrists.’”

Peter is fast asleep and physically unaware of what is going on

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Remembered by God: Becoming the Remnant That Honors Him

Devotion  October 17, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Malachi 2:17 “You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied Him, you ask.” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and He is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

God is speaking to the descendants of Jacob who have  turned away from their faith to self- centered pursuits. They have ceased to honor God in favor of their own prosperity. Chapt.3 vs. 15 says “But now we call the

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"Jacob's Vow, Our Legacy: Honoring God Through Giving"

Devotion October 10, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Malachi 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house.”

God is speaking here to the descendants of Jacob who have lost sight of the responsibility of their heritage. God came to Jacob in a dream in Genesis 28 and Jacob not only dedicated that place to God but he also vowed to give God a tenth of everything He gave him. Moses also declared that the Israelites would set aside a tithe in support of

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"Tithing"

Devotion October 3, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Genesis 14:20 “….then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

The concept of tithing began with Abram’s commitment to Melchizedek. When Abram learned of the defeat of Sodom and Gomorrah and that his nephew (Lot) had been captured, he set out to rescue him. Abraham recovered all of the goods which were taken from the cities and rescued Lot as well. When Melchizedek, who was king of Salem, learned of Abrams’s victory, he held a celebrati

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God’s Plan Unfolds: Welcoming the Samaritans and Gentiles

Devotion September 25, 2025

By Pastor Dennis

Acts 10:34-35 “34 Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right.’”

In Matthew 10:6 Jesus called together His disciples and instructed them not to witness to the Samaritans or the Gentiles but to focus on the Jews. We  find later on that God had a special plan in mind for the Samaritans and Gentiles in the per

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What If You Were The Messenger?

Devotion September 19, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 9:15 “but the Lord said to Ananias, ‘Go! This man is My chosen instrument to proclaim My name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.”

The Lord called on Ananias to intercept Saul in the house of Judas. Ananias was hesitant because he had heard of the dreaded Saul and his mission to arrest the Christians. God insisted that Ananias meet with Saul because of the importance of his (Saul’s) mission to the Gen

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The Cost of Standing for Christ

Devotion September 12, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 7:57-58 “57. At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58. dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.”

Stephen had just delivered an incredible speech, and the members of the Sanhedrin were deeply offended; so much so that they literally dragged him out of the city to stone him. Vers

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Building Ministry Through Teamwork

Devotion September 5, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 6:2-4 “2. So the twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God to wait on tables. 3. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4. And will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word.

The rapid growth within the early Church r

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Empowered to Comfort -- Using What God Has Given Us

Devotion Aug 29, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 3:6 “Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’”

Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for worship when they encountered the crippled beggar at the gate. Peter had no money, but he did have the power of the Holy Spirit and he used it as he ordered the beggar to get up and walk.

What We Should Know

Peter was aware of his spiritual gift, (empow

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“Empowered to Act: The Holy Spirit’s First Move”

Devotion August 22, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 2:44 “All believers were together and had everything in common.”

The Day of Pentecost had come, and the Holy Spirit had come down upon the people like tongues of fire and filled the hearts of all who were there. Peter begins preaching and all were moved by his words as the Holy Spirit touched them. Peter has been empowered, and he has the attention and the interest of the people who want to know what is next.

What We Should Know

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Faith to Wait For The Answers Jesus Promised Would Come

Devotion August 15, 2025

By: Pastor Dennis

Acts 1:4-5 “4. On one occasion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this command: ‘Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard Me speak about. 5. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’”

Luke is continuing to write about the beginning of Jesus’ ministry with the command to “wait” as their baptism and the coming of the Holy Spirit wa

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