Daily Bible Reading

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 11:19–30: Today’s reading focuses on the expansion of the gospel beyond Palestine. The church in Jerusalem sends Barnabas to Antioch (in Syria), and Barnabas invites Saul to join him. They spend a year in Antioch, meeting with and teaching the people, and in Antioch the believers are called Christians […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 11:1–18: As we saw in the readings from the last two days, chapter 10 in the book of Acts recounts Peter’s meeting with Cornelius, a Gentile, and how the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit and were baptized. In today’s reading, Peter is criticized by Jewish Christians for meeting with […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 10:34–48: Today’s reading continues the story of the meeting between Peter and Cornelius. Peter speaks to those gathered at Cornelius’s home and delivers the message of the gospel to this Gentile audience. The chapter concludes with the Gentiles receiving the Holy Spirit and being baptized.  Scripture Reading 34 Peter began […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 10:1–33: Peter has a vision in which he is shown that nothing is unclean that God has declared clean. Meanwhile, Cornelius, a Gentile and a Roman officer, has a vision of an angel telling him to invite Peter to his house.  Scripture Reading 1 There was a man in Caesarea […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 9:26–43: Saul goes to Jerusalem to meet with the disciples. Peter travels to Lydda where he heals a paralyzed man, and then summoned to Joppa where he restores a woman to life.  Scripture Reading 26 Saul went to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples. But they would not believe […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 9:1–25: Saul was a Pharisee who sought to destroy the church by persecuting those who believed in Jesus. Saul encounters Jesus on the road to Damascus, and Jesus chooses Saul for a special mission. Saul begins his ministry by preaching in Damascus; his life is threatened, but his followers […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 8:26–40: Philip encounters an Ethiopian official who was returning home from Jerusalem and who was reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. Philip explains the meaning of the passage and tells him the Good News about Jesus. They come upon a body of water, and the Ethiopian asks […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Acts 8:4–25: The followers of Jesus begin to preach the Good News outside of Jerusalem. Philip goes to Samaria and preaches to the people there. Peter and John also arrive in Samaria, and the Samaritans receive the Holy Spirit when Peter and John place their hands on them. Simon, a […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Mark 10:35–52: James and John, two of Jesus’s disciples, request to sit on either side of Jesus in heaven. When the other disciples get upset at their request, Jesus reminds them all that anyone who wishes to be great must be a servant (verses 43, 44; cf. Mark 9:35). Jesus […]

God’s Guiding Word: Discipleship Introduction Mark 10:13–34: Children are brought to Jesus and are blessed by him. An encounter with a rich man provides Jesus with an opportunity to teach his followers about the cost of discipleship. The reading concludes with Jesus speaking about his death for the third time.  Scripture Reading 13 Some people brought […]