Read Acts 8:1‐3 slowly and prayerfully. What words or phrases stand out for you?
And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria. 2Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. 3But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.
Reflect
When has God taken something negative in your life and used it for good?
What will be the effect of the scattering of the early followers of Jesus?
What prison do you find yourself in today?
Respond
Identify how your prison experience might prepare you to be a better witness for Christ.
Pray for those who carry the torch of Christ and who find themselves in some sort of prison as a result. Pray that they may find ways to keep their flame lit even in the dark times and for their persecutors be forgiven and transformed.
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