Job 34—35, Acts 15:1—21 Key Verse: Acts 15:9 Old habits die hard, but it seems at times as if old habits hardly die. Habits are called such for good reason—they are so ingrained that we do them without thinking. Sometimes a habit is not a matter of what we do...

Job 32—33, Acts 14 • Key Verses: Acts 14:21-23 A recent business trend has been that of writing a mission statement—a concise paragraph stating in a memorable way the purpose of a business or organization. Added to it might be some objectives and an explanation of how those objectives will...

Job 30-31, Acts 13:26-52 • Key Verse: Job 31:1 You have heard the old saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Perhaps an appropriate updated version would be, “Beauty is too often ill the eye of the beholder.” We live in a visually stimulating age. Gone the way...

Job 28-29, Acts 13:1-25 •Key Verse: Job 29:28 I heard about a road in Africa that had a very difficult curve in it. What made the curve so challenging was the fact that you really didn’t see how hard it was until you were right on it. A series of...

Job 25-27, Acts 12 • Key Verses: Job 27:2-4 Three of the easiest words to utter are, “I give up.” Often they are said when expectations are not met; you expected something, didn’t get it, tried, but finally gave up. That happens with thingslike service at a restaurant, or information...

Job 22—24, Acts 11 • Key Verse: Acts 11:17 Reaching across the barriers of prejudice will probably be noticed—and questioned. Staying with the familiar is comfortable; changing is not. If the barriers are long-standing ones, then change is that much harder and that much more resisted. Peter stepped across the...

Job 20-21, Acts 10:24—48 • Key Verse: Acts 10:28 Often people are divided. At sporting events, fans root for opposing teams. When there is an election, voters choose candidates from opposing political parties. Even at the airport, travelers approaching the ticket counter find a line for first-class passengers arid a...

Job 17-19, Acts 10:1—23 • Key Verse: Acts 10:15 Opinions vary as to what is right and what is wrong. We all have our ideas on the subject. The only problem is what we say is right may be wrong, and our wrongs may be right. That’s not too reassuring,...

Job 14—16, Acts 9:22-43 • Key Verses: Acts 9:26-27 Friendship is a wonderful gift that we can give to one another, a gift that can build up if given but destroy if withheld. One can only wonder how many people have been lost to the cause of Christ because others...

Job 11-13, Acts 9:1-21 • Key Verses: Job 13:20-22 I've often heard people ask, “Is it all right to ask God why?” People ask that question because they want to do just that, to ask God why. What is the answer? Well, we know that Job did. Not just in...