by Shannon Popp | May 7, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:15 “In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,” In the waiting for the Holy Spirit, Peter stands up and takes the leadership role in this, the first church gathering. We see that this is not just the...
by Shannon Popp | May 6, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:14 “All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.” These disciples were told to keep on keeping on. They were together in one mind, devoted, steadfast, continuing with...
by Shannon Popp | May 5, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:13-14 “And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with...
by Shannon Popp | May 4, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:12 “Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.” The Jewish people were not to work on the sabbath, so this walk would have been short, less than a mile. Not that this day was a sabbath...
by Shannon Popp | May 3, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:11 “and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”” These disciples are called to focus. They are gazing up into heaven, and these...
by Shannon Popp | May 2, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:10 “And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,” This must have been crazy to witness! They follow this God-man for three years, everything He does and says lines up with what the Old Testament said about the...
