Sunday August 9, 2026
The God of the Unexpected and the God of the Long Game
And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 9:30
And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 9:30
Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying…” Acts 9:10-11
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Acts 9:4-5
For freedom Christ has set us free… Galatians 5:1
Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.” Acts 21:39
He removes kings and sets up kings… Daniel 2:21
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. Acts 8:26
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. Acts 8:5
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cicilia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. Acts 6:9