Day 120, April 30 - Acts 6

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2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit,

8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

Stephen was in a position of service, yet he was full of grace and power and we know that his words pierced the religious leaders to the point that he was stoned. You don't have to be the pastor or a teacher you just need to be full of faith and the Holy Spirit. 

Day 119, April 29 - Acts 5

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17-20 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."

23-25 "We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside. "Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to. And someone came and told them, "Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."

29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

Day 118, April 28 - Psalm 55

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5 Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

6 And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

7 yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

8 I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

No words can express what these verses mean to me right now.

Day 117, April 27 - Psalm 53 & 54

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4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good. 

7 For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Friday's Worship Break - Michael W. Smith leading Open the Eyes of My Heart

Day 116, April 26 - Acts 4

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8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,

31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

What happens when we are filled with the Holy Spirit...

Thursday's Worship Break - Michael W. Smith - Majest