Daily. Bible. Reading.

April 20-24

On Sunday, April 26, we will have our worship service at 9:30 am before going to the park to join others for a second worship experience and lunch. In our service, we will study Luke, the historian of the early church.

Monday – Acts 20:1-6

Students of the Bible often point to the ‘we’ passages of Acts, which indicate points in the journey where Luke apparently joined the missionaries. Verses 5 and 6 are such a passage, switching from ‘he’ to ‘us’ and ‘we.’ What is Luke telling us about in this section? What names can you identify? What cities?

Pray for someone who is traveling right now. 

Tuesday – Acts 20:7-13

Luke was there when Paul famously preached a boy to death. The curious thing about this telling is how it seems to Luke’s pen to be not that abnormal at all, as if he saw things like this all the time. Do you get the same feeling from it, or some other impression?

Talk to God about a child you see often at church and ask the Lord to use great things through him or her. 

Wednesday – Acts 20:14-38

It is one of the more touching scenes in Paul’s life, and Luke is an eyewitness. He hears it, sees it, and has his own notes for the event when he writes it down. Can you see in the text how it has the feeling of an eyewitness account? Have you ever had a moment where you saw someone else give an emotional ‘goodbye’ for the last time? How do you remember it?

Pray for those who are separated from people they are about because of work or calling.

Thursday – Acts 21:1-16

Again, we see a lot of names mentioned here. Can you write some of them down? Why would Luke include so many people, specifically when at other times he doesn’t even tell us names? Which one of these people stand out to you the most? Why do you think Paul would not be deterred from his goal of going to Jerusalem? Has anyone tried to talk you out of doing something?

Pray for the last seven people you have talked to. 

Friday – Acts 21:17-26

It is during this section of scripture where the text shifts again, and Luke seems to fade into the background, not present with Paul after his imprisonment. Did you notice the change?

Open up the church prayer list you received earlier this week in an email and pray through it.