who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?   so teach us to number our days     that we may get a heart of wisdom. return, o Lord! how long?     have pity on your servants! satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast...

i am the LORD; that is my name; my glory i give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. [isaiah 42:8]   God, the LORD, YHWH deserves all blessing, honor and glory, and our real sin is when we fail to honor him as glorious. even if we were to spend our entire...

and barnabas and saul returned from jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them john, whose other name was mark. [acts 12:25]   serving the Lord—together if it’s been a while since you’ve read in acts, it’s probably easy to look back on it,...

but the word of God increased and multiplied. [acts 12:24]   sometimes God moves while we flourish with him; sometimes he moves while we suffer; sometimes he moves while we’re unaware; and sometimes he moves and strikes down his enemies on this earth. seasons change,...

on an appointed day herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. and the people were shouting, “the voice of a god, and not of a man!”  immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the...

now herod was angry with the people of tyre and sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.  [acts 12:20]   the people of...

now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of peter. and after herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. then he went down from judea to caesarea...

when he realized this, he went to the house of mary, the mother of john whose other name was mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. and when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named rhoda came to answer. recognizing peter's voice,...

now when herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. and behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. he...

so peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. [acts 12:5]   earnest prayer   earnest in the language of the new testament is a thick, rich word. it literally means "stretched out." it is the idea of one being...