Post by Woody Williams on Jan 25, 2008 8:54:53 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Acts 8:26-33, 34-38
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Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the
south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a
wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian
eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in
charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the
prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this
chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading
the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are
reading?’ He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he
invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the
scripture that he was reading was this:
‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his
mouth.
In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from
the earth.’
The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet
say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip began to
speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the
good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came
to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to
prevent me from being baptized?’ He commanded the chariot to stop,
and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water,
and Philip baptized him.
Devotional
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The early disciples seemed so in touch with discerning what and when
God wanted them to do something. Philip gets the message and promptly
intercepts the Ethiopian. He opens the teaching of God to him. The
Ethiopian immediately responds in faith and is baptized. When God
calls us to act he usually has prepared things for us so that we can
easily carry out our part of the mission. Quieting your prayer life
and developing a listening stance toward God will help you discern
more clearly God's call to action for you.
Prayer
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Help me to be still and listen to your voice, O God. Amen
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Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the
south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a
wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian
eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in
charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the
prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this
chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading
the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are
reading?’ He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he
invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the
scripture that he was reading was this:
‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his
mouth.
In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from
the earth.’
The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet
say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip began to
speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the
good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came
to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to
prevent me from being baptized?’ He commanded the chariot to stop,
and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water,
and Philip baptized him.
Devotional
----------
The early disciples seemed so in touch with discerning what and when
God wanted them to do something. Philip gets the message and promptly
intercepts the Ethiopian. He opens the teaching of God to him. The
Ethiopian immediately responds in faith and is baptized. When God
calls us to act he usually has prepared things for us so that we can
easily carry out our part of the mission. Quieting your prayer life
and developing a listening stance toward God will help you discern
more clearly God's call to action for you.
Prayer
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Help me to be still and listen to your voice, O God. Amen