Through prayer, Saul received the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:17), regained his sight, and was baptized (Acts 9:18). Saul immediately went into the synagogues and proclaimed Jesus as the Son of God (Acts 9:20). The people were amazed and skeptical, as Saul’s reputation was well known. The...
He said, “Lord, let me receive my sight.” 42 And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” 43 And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. (Luke 18:35-43)...
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.1 Samuel 8:5-7“Look,” they said, ...
I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. / Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him ...
“Brother Saul, the Lord sent me—that is Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he ...
gave us the power to resist the evil one…that is, the devil, who was a liar and murderer from the beginning. It is he who is planting his murderous lies in vulnerable people. Jesus assured His disciples and us if the Son sets us free, we shall be free indeed. The constricted room...
(This is what King Saul and his soldiers did when they looked at Goliath.) Or will we look to God for strength and by faith let Him fight the giants for us? God fought the giants for us and provided exactly what we needed that night: *A doctor in our group who understood the ...
With no sign of a hit in sight, Frank Allen took the opportunity to join the Searchers who needed a replacement for Tony Jackson. However, Allen's place was soon filled by Bobby Thompson who abandoned his Liverpool group 'The Dominoes' shortly after their break from their lead singer 'King...
“was a ready scribe in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given,” and “he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” He it was, no doubt, who gave to these laws their last revision, and...
Solomon was given so much more than his father before him, but while in many ways he followed his father’s footsteps, he ultimately failed to live up to his father’s example of obedience. Wisdom is a valuable gift, and God gave Solomon an abundance of it. But with that wisdom came ...