Acts Chapter 19

Brothers and Sisters 😊

📖 Acts chapter 19 today takes us to the ancient and idolatrous city of Ephesus, and ushers in a universal and pervasive truth…

Whether in far away Ephesus 2000 years ago, or in our own alluring and enticing culture today, the shiny and attractive things of this world that so often distract us and cause us to put God on the back burner (relationships, entertainment, possessions, money, power, status, approval, pleasure, comfort, control, etc) have no ability to fully satisfy, will not last, and cannot save.

Q. Do you have a nagging idol that you can dispose of today and burn at the altar so that you would have a closer relationship with God?

Q. Is there a good gift that God has given you that you are loving and idolizing more than God (the good giver) Himself?

🙏 Heavenly Father please forgive me for so often having a distorted and misguided view of what (and who) is truly important, and thank you so much that as you give and take away, we can count all lesser things as loss because of the all-surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus our Savior.

🙏 Lord Jesus we praise you today that you have ransomed us from sin, death, judgement, and eternal hell, by shedding your precious blood at the cross – We pray fervently that we can respond to your awesome love and sacrifice by disposing of, and departing from our false idols that so easily entangle us.

🙏 Holy Spirit please empower us to stop settling for mud pies and panning for fools gold, but rather see our true treasure in Christ, for in Him alone is our greatest satisfaction, and fullness of joy…

✝️ “A number of new believers who formerly worshiped idols and indulged in satanic practices came confessing and repenting, bringing their books & scrolls and disposing of them on the fire in the sight of all…Then the name of Jesus was magnified, and the Word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily!”

Acts 19:18-20