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BibleProject designed Upside-Down Kingdom Part 2 to inspire individuals, small groups, and families to read through Acts in 20 days. This plan incorporates animated videos, insightful summaries, and reflective questions to help participants encounter Jesus and engage with the author’s brilliant literary design and flow of thought.

An exciting look at the birth of the early church, through the eyes of Luke, the author of the gospel of Luke. This series combines video clips from the movie, The Book of Acts, with thought-provoking questions for reflection, discussion and practical life application.

Jesus said that the church would be his witnesses to the end of the earth. The second half of Acts witnesses the transformation of Jesus’s message from being about a Jewish Messiah to an invitation from a global savior! Learn how to share your faith as Paul spreads the message of Jesus with all walks of life, from businesswomen to prison workers, soldiers, kings, and politicians. Join Peyton Jones as he leads us through Acts chapters 15-28.

Principles and practical guidelines on how we can share the gospel story, and grow spiritually as a church, based on the example of the 1st church that started in Jerusalem.

Have you ever wanted to grow in your relationship with God, better understand the Bible, and learn how to faithfully follow Jesus in our world today? If so, this Plan is for you! With the biblical story as our guide, we will discover truths and develop skills to help us become fully devoted followers of Christ. This is Part 5 of the 9-part Fully Devoted journey.

Acts is all about Jesus! This 16-day plan will walk you through the book of Acts by reading 1-2 chapters a day. Each day is accompanied by a short devotional and video that explains what’s happening and shows you how each part of the story points to Jesus and his Gospel.

Chapter 1 of Acts sets the stage as it were for the events that occurred on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. It highlights how the Apostles were equipped and empowered to spread the word of God, starting from Jerusalem and eventually to the ends of the earth.

The book of Acts is a record of the early church that built a community of people around His presence. It all started with one encounter in the upper room in Acts 2, which led to this early church multiplying. Walk through the book of Acts for the next 28 days. Read one chapter each day and spend time with God reflecting on His Word.

"All In" comes from Acts 2:42-47, where the Holy Spirit fell on Jesus's disciples and transformed the hearts and lives of everyone present on the Day of Pentecost. Over the next month, these devotions and verses by Faith Promise pastors and staff will lay out God’s plan to mobilize us to bring about the next great move of God.

This series focuses on building three types of community: between you and God, between you and self, and you and others. We will focus initially on the first Christian community found in Acts 2:42-47 which showcases the purity of devotion each believer had to God and each other. As their community grew stronger, so did their faith as God added to their number day by day.

Establish the rhythm of a daily connection with God. A daily connection with God centers around 3 key areas: 1) Prayer, 2) Bible Reading & 3) Hearing & Obeying God. Daily will lead you through approx. 30 mins of reading from Psalms, the Old Testament, Proverbs, the Gospels, the Epistles & Acts... every day!

In the beginning was the Word … but what came next? This plan is for anyone who wants a better understanding of the Bible. It provides a chronological reading program that endeavors to place all biblical passages in their date order. Part Two of this twelve-part one-year reading plan is titled 'Forty Years in the Wilderness, 1491 BC–1452 BC'.

Psalms is all about Jesus! This 41-day plan will walk you through the book of Psalms by reading just a chapter or two a day. Each day is accompanied by a short devotional and video that explains what’s happening and shows you how each part of the story points to Jesus and his Gospel.

Mark uses the Greek word euthus, often translated to “immediately,” 41 times to emphasize Jesus taking prompt actions to rescue anyone who believes in Him. The book is beautifully composed of two main sessions, summarised in this key verse in Mark 10:45, “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

This Lent, let us reflect on God’s outrageous love and his generosity to us - and respond. For forty days, we invite you to engage in 40 acts of kindness, each act inspired by Scripture. Let us reach out to our communities with kindness and through our display of love, care and generosity, may we make the goodness of our God known. One small, significant act at a time.

This week we continue our journey through Micah 6:8 as we learn how to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. This plan is part 2 of 4 from the Feed God and Justice series.

The Merciful Master is a two-week journey of grace through the epistle to Philemon. It is a verse-by-verse study of the letter that explores the generous mercy of God in Christ Jesus and what it means to live a life of love manifesting itself in acts of holy mercy.

Four years ago, a student from Ghana arrived at a small college with two large steamer trunks and even bigger hopes. Now, as he heads home for the last time, an act of kindness changes everything.

(Part two of a four part journey through the Books of Acts.) Even in (and especially in?) hard times, God is present and is working to build His Church. We can find encouragement in this. When circumstances force us to pivot, we don’t have to lose heart - God is with us.

A study on the Dominion of Christ by John L. Cooper of Skillet.

Brethern of the Optina Monastery enter into a daily read scripture discipline: one chapter from the Gospel and two chapters from the Epistle, proceeding in order, beginning with the Book of Acts and ending with the last chapter of Revelation. In this way, the last Gospel chapter is read on exactly the same day as the last chapter of Revelation.

As we are currently living in days of uncertainty, God, through His Holy Spirit continues to impress upon His Church to seek Him. We do this through both prayer and fasting. This seven-day devotional was written to assist you in developing a healthy spiritual habit of seeking the Lord through prayer and fasting. These two go hand-in-hand. Prayer and fasting are not rituals or acts to impress God; these are the two most powerful things we can do to connect with the Lord on a more intimate level. This devotional can either be another source for reading or can be the avenue to help you develop a deeper and stronger prayer life.

In this Advent Infinitum Series, we will be using the themes of Tragedy, Comedy and Fairytale. They will act as doorways into a deeper understanding of surrender, generosity, and mission. Each theme lasts 7 days. The first day will be an introduction. Days 2 to 6 will give you a reading, an experience, a practice, a question, and a prayer. Day 7 is Sabbath, consolidation, review, and recollection.

This gospel-friendly, reader-friendly plan is designed to be read on weekdays and walks you through the first two acts of the Genesis story (chapters 1-11 and 12-25), Paul's letter to the Philippians and selected readings from the Psalms and the New Testament. It's paired with a devotional for meditation to guide you through enjoying the Gospel everyday.

This plan emphasizes the essential mountain peaks of Scripture through two narrative paths. The first traces the pivotal chapters revealing God's redemptive work from Genesis through the New Testament epistles. The second focuses on the life of Christ and its continuing impact in Acts and Revelation as we zoom in on the central figure of Scripture.