Our Church Part II | Week 2

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How to Study

Daily Rhythm Questions

  1. Express Gratitude – What am I thankful for?
  2. Take Time to Pray – for challenges in my life, family, community, and world.
  3. Be Accountable – How did I obey? Who did I share it with?

Read and Reflect on Today’s Scripture

  1. God – What do I learn about God?
  2. People – What do I learn about people?
  3. Obey – What has the Holy Spirit revealed to me, and how will I obey it today?
  4. Share – Who can I share this with today?

Everyone Shares Briefly

  1. Express Gratitude – What am I thankful for?
  2. Take Time to Pray – for challenges in my life, family, community, and world.
  3. Be Accountable – How did I obey? Who did I share it with?

Read and Reflect on Today’s Scripture

One person reads the passage. One person re-tells the passage in their own words.

Everyone Shares Briefly:

  1. God – What do I learn about God?
  2. People – What do I learn about people?
  3. Obey – What has the Holy Spirit revealed to me, and how will I obey it this week?
  4. Share – Who can I share this with this week?

Five Daily Devotions

Acts 11:10-30 (NIV)

10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.

11 “Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. 12 The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 13 He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. 14 He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. 20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

22 News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. 24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

27 During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) 29 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. 30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.