Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. (Acts 18:5b). To be occupied with something is to pay attention to, apply oneself to or be engrossed with what one is occupied with. This means devotion and concentration. We live in a busy world, occupied with numerous things; some necessary, others unnecessary. Among all other things a believer may …

And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13 A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If we were what we profess to be, and what we should be, we …

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. Perhaps, one of the oft spoken about disciplines of Christianity, yet barely practiced by many believers is prayer. …