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The Apostolic Lighthouse/United Pentecostal Church, Hereford, Arizona, Uptown Theater Plaza, 4341 S. Highway 92, Suite A, Hereford, AZ (2026)

09/13/2026

Buy the Truth

Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to treasure hidden in a field. When a man discovered it, he understood that what he had found was worth more than everything he already possessed. Matthew 13:44 says that “for joy thereof” he went and sold everything he had and bought the field. That sounds extreme until you understand the value of the treasure.

Truth costs something. It may cost us our pride. It may cost traditions we have always believed. It may cost relationships, opportunities, comfort, or the approval of others. Sometimes it requires admitting that what we once believed was wrong. But once we know the truth, Scripture tells us, “Buy the truth, and sell it not.”

There is also a danger in knowing truth without developing a love for it. Paul warned in 2 Thessalonians 2:10 about those who “received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” It wasn’t simply that truth had never been available to them. They did not love it enough to hold onto it. That makes my prayer, “God, give me a love for truth.” Not merely enough knowledge to recognize it. Not merely enough familiarity to quote it. Give me enough love for truth that nothing can persuade me to trade it away.

Pilate once stood face-to-face with Jesus and asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:38). The tragedy is that Truth was standing directly in front of him. Jesus had already said, “Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice” (John 18:37). Then in John 14:6, Jesus gave the answer plainly: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

Truth is ultimately not merely information. Truth is found in Jesus Christ. And once we understand that, the question becomes: What is the truth worth? Everything.

Paul said in Philippians 3:8 that he counted everything else as loss “for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” The man in Matthew 13 sold everything for the treasure because he knew what he had found. When we truly understand what we have found in Jesus, our response should be the same. Everything I am, everything I have, and everything I will ever be belongs to Him.

The world will always offer us something in exchange for truth. It may be acceptance, comfort, popularity, money, position, convenience, or simply an easier road. Judas sold the Truth for thirty pieces of silver. Others throughout history have traded the Truth for safety or personal gain. But some things are simply too valuable to sell.

My prayer today is, “Lord, help me recognize the truth. Give me a love for the truth. Give me wisdom to guard what You have placed in my heart. And no matter what this world offers me in exchange, help me never sell it.”

“Buy the truth, and sell it not.” — Proverbs 23:23

09/07/2026

The Barren Womb

Today’s message was about the barren womb—not simply physical barrenness, but what barrenness can represent spiritually in the church. Throughout Scripture, we see faithful women such as Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Hannah who experienced seasons of barrenness. Their situations seemed impossible, yet God was not limited by what seemed impossible to man.

Sarah was 90 years old and Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born. What doctors, age, circumstances, or human understanding may call impossible does not limit God. He is still God, and He does not always owe us an explanation for why He allows certain seasons in our lives.

Hannah’s story especially stood out to me. She was loved by her husband, yet she carried a deep sorrow because she had no child. Her barrenness created a burden so heavy that she poured out her soul before the Lord. First Samuel 1:10 says that Hannah “was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.” She did not simply accept her condition. She prayed. She travailed. She brought her need before God until something changed.

That is where the message became very personal for the church. We can look around and see empty chairs and become accustomed to them, or we can allow those empty chairs to create a burden in us. The church was never meant to be spiritually barren. We were called to see people born again, lives changed, families restored, backsliders return, and new believers grow in God. We can appreciate every faithful person who is present and still feel deeply that there should be more souls being reached.

One of the most powerful parts of Hannah’s story is that her attitude changed before her circumstances changed. Eli told her, “Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him” (1 Samuel 1:17). She did not yet have Samuel. She was still physically barren. Yet verse 18 says she went her way, ate, and “her countenance was no more sad.” She had received a promise, and faith allowed her to rejoice before she ever saw the answer.

Then came the words, “the LORD remembered her” (1 Samuel 1:19). God had never actually forgotten Hannah. There simply came a moment when her prayer, God’s timing, and God’s purpose came together. Hannah had prayed for a child, but God was preparing Samuel—a prophet who would influence an entire nation. Hannah saw her need; God saw generations. Sometimes we may only see an empty chair, but God may see a future testimony, a restored family, a teacher, a preacher, a prayer warrior, or someone whose life will influence many others.

When Samuel was finally born, Hannah kept the promise she had made to God. She said, “For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him” (1 Samuel 1:27). She had asked God for a son, but she was willing to give that son back to Him. That should also be the heart of the church. We are not simply asking God to fill seats so we can say we have a larger congregation. We are asking Him to give us souls who will belong completely to Him.

Isaiah 54:1 says, “Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud.” What an unusual command—to sing while still barren. Yet that is faith. Faith does not deny what we see; it refuses to believe that what we see today has to be the final story.

Second Peter 1:5–8 also reminds us that fruitfulness requires something from us. We are told to add to our faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. Peter says that when these things are in us and abound, we will not be “barren nor unfruitful.” So perhaps part of our prayer should not only be, “God, fill these empty chairs,” but also, “God, prepare those of us who are already sitting in them.”

My prayer after today’s message is simple: Lord, heal the barren places. Give us a burden for souls again. Help us not become comfortable with empty chairs. Give us compassion, faith, patience, brotherly kindness, and love. Reach our children. Restore families. Draw back those who have wandered. Bring people into Your house who are hungry for You. And let us someday look around and say, like Hannah, “For this child I prayed.”

08/30/2026

Today’s Sunday School was brought to us by Sister Whiting (this is her birthday). Her lesson was from Ezekiel, and one truth kept rising above everything else: The Lord is there.

Ezekiel was both a priest and a prophet, but he was also an exile. He lived during one of the darkest periods in Israel’s history. Jerusalem was falling apart. Eventually the temple would be destroyed. The people had lost their homes, their security, their country, and much of what they believed life with God was supposed to look like. Yet hundreds of miles away in Babylon, Ezekiel saw the glory of God.

The Babylonians could move God’s people, but they could not move them outside of God’s reach.

Sometimes our circumstances change so dramatically that we begin to interpret the change as God’s absence. A relationship breaks. A family struggles. A dream dies. A door closes. A prayer seems unanswered for so long that we quietly stop expecting anything to happen. We begin asking, “Where is God in this?”

Ezekiel answers us: The Lord is there.

But Ezekiel is not simply a comforting book. God also challenged His people because they had become very good at hearing His Word without allowing it to change them. They listened to Ezekiel almost like people enjoying a beautiful song, but then walked away unchanged. There is a difference between hearing God’s Word and responding to it. There is a difference between enjoying a sermon and obeying what God says.

Ezekiel also confronted their excuses. The people blamed previous generations for where they were, but God brought the responsibility back to them. The pattern throughout Ezekiel is powerful: responsibility, repentance, restoration. Yes, other people can hurt us. Yes, circumstances can shape us. But eventually every one of us has to ask, “What am I going to do with God today?”

Then Ezekiel takes us even deeper. Israel’s greatest problem was not Babylon. Their greatest problem was their heart. If God changed their circumstances without changing their hearts, they would eventually recreate the same problems somewhere else. So God promised, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you” (Ezekiel 36:26).

Sometimes our prayer is, “God, change what is happening around me.” Maybe another prayer needs to be, “God, change me in the middle of what is happening around me.”

Then comes the valley of dry bones. They were not simply dry. Scripture says they were very dry. Humanly speaking, there was nothing left to work with—no strength, no life, no possibility, no hope. Yet God breathed life into what looked completely finished.

Maybe some of us have a “very dry bones” place in our lives—a relationship, a family, a child, a dream, a ministry, our faith, or something we once prayed about constantly but have quietly decided is probably over.

Ezekiel reminds us: Never confuse “impossible for me” with “impossible for God.” The bones could not put themselves back together. They could not breathe life into themselves. God supplied what they could never produce.

And that message runs through the entire book. Jerusalem falls—the Lord is there. The people are carried into exile—the Lord is there. God confronts their sin—the Lord is there. He promises a new heart—the Lord is there. Ezekiel stands in a valley filled with dead bones—the Lord is there. God’s glory returns—the Lord is there.

Then Ezekiel ends with one of the most beautiful statements in the entire book. The restored city is given a name: “The Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35).

Maybe that is the word somebody needs today.

The Lord is there in the uncertainty. There in the disappointment. There when life looks nothing like you expected. There when you cannot see what He is doing. There when the answer has not come. There when something feels beyond repair.

His presence does not mean everything is painless or that every loss will be reversed exactly the way we want. It means this: You have never been carried beyond His reach.

So maybe the question is not only, “God, where are You?” Maybe the deeper question is, “God, what are You doing here, and what do You want to change in me while I am here?”

Because exile is not beyond His reach. Hard hearts are not beyond His power. And even very dry bones are not beyond His ability to breathe life into again.

The Lord is there.

08/23/2026

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 107; Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 7:17

Praise the Lord! Psalm 107 says it again and again: “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” God has been good to us. He has saved us, delivered us, carried us through storms, brought us out of darkness, and given us a reason to praise Him. We don’t praise Him only when everything is going well. We praise Him because He is worthy. Psalm 107 begins with people wandering in the wilderness. They were hungry and thirsty, and their souls fainted within them. But then the Bible says, “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.” Not only did He deliver them, but He led them “forth by the right way.” I want to walk in the right way. I don’t want to wander through life without knowing where I am going. I want God to lead me.

I remember when I was wandering. I can tell you exactly where I was when I finally made up my mind to live for God. I was working at a Chevron station, standing beside the gas pumps. A man I worked with had been talking to me about God, but I kept putting off making up my mind. Then one day I thought, “I don’t want to be lost.” Right there beside those gas pumps I prayed, “Lord, I give my life to You.” That gas station became an altar for me. A couple of weeks later I heard about baptism in Jesus’ name and receiving the Holy Ghost, and I said, “Sign me up!” I went to a little Apostolic church and was baptized. When I walked through the doors of that church, there was something there—a love and a presence of God that I could feel. It took me a little while to get my heart and mind lined up, but God filled me with the Holy Ghost, and I spoke in tongues. All these years later, I can still say that I have never regretted giving my life to God. Sometimes we need to remember where God found us. Remember the darkness He brought you out of, the sins He washed away, and the day He filled you with His Spirit. When I remember what God has done for me, I have a reason to praise the Lord.

Psalm 107 describes people sitting “in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron.” Sin will burden you. Sin will weigh you down and bind you. But once again, “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.” He brought them out of darkness and broke their bands in sunder. Sin doesn’t have to have the last word. Your past doesn’t have to have the last word. Jesus can still break chains. Then comes that cry again: “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness!” When God’s people become discouraged, sometimes the very thing we stop doing is the thing we most need to do. Praise Him. Thank Him for what He has already done. Praise reminds us that our trouble may be great, but our God is greater. Psalm 107:20 says, “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” His Word still has power. God still heals, delivers, restores, and reaches into situations that seem impossible. When God does something for us, we ought to declare His works with rejoicing and tell somebody, “God has been good to me.”

Then Psalm 107 takes us onto the sea. The wind blows, the waves rise, and the people reach their wits’ end. Have you ever been there? Everything seems peaceful, and suddenly a storm comes into your life that you cannot control. Again they cry unto the Lord, and “he maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.” I love to hear the Lord say, “Peace, be still.” But sometimes we need to praise Him before the storm becomes calm. Praise Him while the wind is blowing. Praise Him while the waves are high. Praise Him while you’re waiting for the answer because you know who is with you in the storm. Oh that men would praise the Lord! He delivered the wanderer, He broke the chains, He sent His Word and healed, and He calmed the storm. Every time God moves, the Psalmist comes back to praise.

Psalm 107 also says that God “turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.” Sometimes we become spiritually dry. We pray, “God, refill me. Renew me. Let me feel Your presence again.” God knows how to send rain into a dry place. Jesus told the woman at the well that He could give her living water that would become a well springing up into everlasting life. We need that living water flowing in us. The Holy Ghost should not be only something that happened many years ago. Paul said, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all.” We need a daily altar and a fresh relationship with God. Refill me, Lord. Renew me, Lord. Let Your Spirit flow through me again.

I heard a preacher tell a story about blessings that had gone unclaimed after a service, and the thought stayed with me: I don’t want to come into the house of God and leave without reaching for what He has for me. If God has refreshing for me, I want it. If He has peace, healing, restoration, joy, or a fresh touch of the Holy Ghost, I want it. I don’t want to leave my blessing unclaimed. When Moses came to the burning bush, God told him, “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” God’s presence makes the difference. When God meets with His people, we ought to recognize that we are in His presence. We are standing on holy ground.

Psalm 146 says, “Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live will I praise the LORD.” As long as God gives me breath, I have something with which to praise Him. Psalm 7:17 says, “I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness.” Somebody may say, “I just don’t feel like praising Him.” But we don’t praise Him because we are righteous; we praise Him because He is righteous. We don’t praise Him only because we feel good; we praise Him because He is good. He is worthy on the mountain and worthy in the valley. He is worthy when the prayer has been answered and worthy while we’re waiting. He is worthy when the sun is shining and worthy when the storm is raging. Our circumstances change. God does not.

Maybe you’re wandering this morning. Cry unto the Lord. Maybe you’re sitting in darkness. Cry unto the Lord. Maybe something has you bound. Cry unto the Lord. Maybe you’re in a storm or your soul has become dry. Cry unto the Lord. Psalm 107 tells us what happens again and again: He delivers them out of their distresses. And when He delivers you, praise Him. When He breaks the chains, praise Him. When He speaks peace to the storm, praise Him. When He sends rain into the wilderness, praise Him. And while you’re still waiting for the answer, praise Him anyway. I can remember the gas pumps where I surrendered my life to God. I can remember being baptized in Jesus’ name. I can remember when He filled me with the Holy Ghost. And after all these years, I still have a reason to praise Him. “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” Praise Him because He found you. Praise Him because He saved you. Praise Him because He broke your chains. Praise Him because He has carried you through every storm. Praise Him because His mercy endures forever. While I live, I will praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord!

If you live in the Hereford, Arizona area, we would love to meet you. Please consider a visit. I believe you'll be glad you did.

08/17/2026

Sunday, August 16, 2026

No Sword

The enemy would love nothing more than to find us on the day of battle with no sword in our hand. In 1 Samuel 13, the Philistines had systematically disarmed Israel until, when battle came, there was scarcely a sword to be found. What a picture for us today. Ephesians tells us that our sword is “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” We cannot afford to face the battles of life without it.

I love the account of Eleazar, one of David’s mighty men. He stood against the Philistines and fought until his hand was weary and his hand clung to the sword. What a testimony—to hold so tightly to the weapon God has given you that it becomes almost inseparable from you. That is how we need to hold to the Word of God. Read it. Study it. Treasure it. Love it. When we are weary, confused, discouraged, or surrounded by voices pulling us in different directions, we need truth firmly in our hands and deeply in our hearts.

Paul, nearing the end of his life and ministry, still asked Timothy to bring his books, “but especially the parchments.” He still hungered for the Word. May we never lose that hunger. May we develop such a love for God’s Word that we not only cling to it ourselves, but cannot help sharing it with others.

The battle will come. Make sure you have your sword.

08/10/2026

Amen, Brother!

08/10/2026

The Voice of God — August 9, 2026

Today’s message was about the power of the voice of God—and the importance of learning to hear it and obey it. Looking back over the years, we can see times when God directed our steps in ways we did not fully understand at the time. Leaving California and coming to Arizona certainly did not mean life would always be easy. There have been hard times, very hard times, and times when we lost things we thought would always be ours. Yet through it all, God gave us grace to keep going. Sometimes we cannot say that everything that happens is God’s plan, but we can look back and recognize that God knew exactly where we were, and He never abandoned us.

From the very beginning of Scripture, we see what happens when God speaks. Genesis 1 repeatedly says, “And God said…” and creation responded. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (Genesis 1:3). Chaos became order. Darkness gave way to light. The earth brought forth vegetation, the heavens were filled with lights, and living creatures appeared. When God speaks, things happen. His Word has authority over creation because the voice of God is not empty speech—it carries the power and authority of the One who speaks it.

John takes us even deeper: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Then, “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Jesus did not merely speak with God’s authority; He demonstrated it. In Mark 4, when the disciples were terrified by the storm, Jesus arose and said, “Peace, be still.” The wind ceased and the sea became calm. The disciples asked, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (Mark 4:39–41). The same voice that spoke creation into order spoke peace to the storm.

That voice also speaks life where there appears to be no hope left. Lazarus had been dead four days when Jesus stood outside his tomb and cried, “Lazarus, come forth.” The man who had been dead came out of the grave (John 11:41–44). There are times when we may feel spiritually exhausted, discouraged, or almost lifeless inside. Yet God is still able to speak life into dead places. His voice can strengthen us, redirect us, and call us forward again.

But hearing God’s voice also requires obedience. Jesus told Peter and Andrew, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men,” and they immediately left their nets and followed Him (Matthew 4:18–20). Saul was traveling toward Damascus believing he was doing God’s work when the Lord stopped him and said, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” Saul asked, “Who art thou, Lord?” and the answer came: “I am Jesus.” Saul’s life changed because he finally recognized the voice he needed to follow (Acts 9:3–7). Sincerity alone is not enough—we must be willing to listen when God corrects our direction.

Sometimes God’s leading comes in the ordinary decisions of life: Go there. Don’t go there. Talk to that person. Don’t make that purchase. Make that phone call. Take this opportunity. We may not understand why at the moment, but obedience can affect far more than we realize. Looking back, we sometimes discover that one seemingly small decision opened a door that changed the direction of someone’s life. The challenge is not whether God is able to speak; the challenge is whether our hearts and minds are quiet enough to hear Him.

And when life becomes frightening, we must remember that God has not stopped caring simply because the storm has not stopped yet. The disciples cried, “Master, carest thou not that we perish?” Yet Jesus was right there in the boat with them. Romans 8 reminds us that neither tribulation, distress, persecution, danger, life, nor death can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:35–39). Sometimes God stills the storm. Sometimes He gives us grace to walk through it. Either way, we are not walking through it alone.

The prayer for today is simple: Lord, help us hear Your voice. Keep our minds from becoming so crowded and busy that we stop listening. Give us the courage to obey when You speak—even when we do not yet understand where You are leading. Your voice still brings light into darkness, peace into storms, life into dead places, and direction to those who will follow.

“He that serveth me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be.” — John 12:26

Listen for His voice. Recognize His voice. Obey His voice.

08/02/2026

“Strange Wives” — Guarding the Heart

Solomon had wisdom, wealth, power, and every opportunity to remain faithful to God. Yet he ignored God’s warning and joined himself to women who worshiped other gods. Over time, those relationships turned his heart away from the Lord.

That is the real warning behind the phrase “strange wives.” It is not about nationality or outward differences. It is about entering a relationship with someone whose beliefs, values, and direction oppose your commitment to God.

Marriage is never spiritually neutral. The person closest to you will either strengthen your walk with God or continually pull against it. This is why Scripture teaches believers to marry “only in the Lord.” Physical attraction alone is not enough. Feelings are not enough. A lasting relationship requires shared faith, shared convictions, and a shared desire to live for God.

Solomon’s divided relationships produced a divided heart—and a double-minded person becomes unstable. Before making one of life’s most important decisions, pray for wisdom, listen to God’s Word, and do not ignore the warning signs.

Choose someone who will pray with you, worship with you, stand beside you, and help your home remain centered on God.

We have been purchased by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Our lives—and our choices—belong to Him.

07/26/2026

The Holy Spirit Is Poured Out on the Church

Acts 2 — Sunday, July 26, 2026

Acts chapter 2 records the birth of the New Testament church and shows what happens when God’s people are united, obedient, and waiting upon Him. Ten days after Jesus ascended, approximately 120 believers were gathered “with one accord in one place.” Suddenly, a sound came from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, tongues like fire rested upon them, and “they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:1–4). God had fulfilled His promise and had come by His Spirit to live within His people. Because believers become the temple of God, the Holy Ghost should shape where we go, what we say, how we live, and how freely we worship.

Pentecost had been observed under the Old Testament law as the Day of Firstfruits, fifty days after Passover (Numbers 28:26; Leviticus 23:15–22). Israel presented the beginning of the wheat harvest to God in thanksgiving and expectation of the greater harvest to come. On the Old Testament Pentecost, Israel received the law; on the New Testament Pentecost, the church received the Spirit of grace. When people from many nations heard the disciples speaking “the wonderful works of God” in their own languages, Peter declared, “This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel” (Acts 2:11, 16). God was pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh—sons and daughters, young and old, servants and handmaids—and opening the door of salvation to Jews and Gentiles alike.

Peter’s message centered upon Jesus Christ. Although Jesus had been crucified by wicked hands, death could not hold Him. God raised Him from the dead and exalted Him as both Lord and Christ. When the people were “pricked in their heart” and asked, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Peter answered plainly: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:37–38). This promise was not limited to those present in Jerusalem; it was for them, their children, and “all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call” (Acts 2:39). About three thousand people gladly received the Word and were baptized that day—the firstfruits of a great spiritual harvest.

The Spirit then formed those believers into a united, worshipping church. They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. They cared for one another, worshipped with gladness and singleness of heart, and praised God together. Their joy did not depend upon the world’s approval; they rejoiced because Jesus had taken their place at Calvary and their names were written in heaven. The message of Acts 2 remains the message of the church today: repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, receive the Holy Ghost, live according to the apostles’ doctrine, and carry the gospel into the harvest. The same Spirit that filled the church at Pentecost is still available today, and “the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved” (Acts 2:47).

07/19/2026

📖Sunday Morning Message – The Book of Acts: The Acts of the Holy Ghost

Today Pastor Whiting introduced his study series on the Book of Acts, reminding us that this remarkable book is much more than the history of the early church. It is the continuation of the ministry of Jesus Christ through believers who were filled with the Holy Ghost. Luke opens Acts by referring back to his Gospel: “The former treatise have I made… of all that Jesus began both to do and teach” (Acts 1:1). The key word is began. Jesus’ earthly ministry did not end with His ascension—it continued through His Church and still continues today.

The theme of Acts is found in Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me…” Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised His followers they would be empowered by His Spirit. That promise was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost, when the believers were filled with the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:1-4). Throughout the book we see ordinary men and women transformed into bold witnesses, not because of their own ability, but because God was working through them. As Pastor reminded us, this is why many refer to Acts as the Acts of the Holy Ghost rather than simply the Acts of the Apostles.

The Book of Acts serves as the bridge between the Gospels, which reveal who Jesus is and what He accomplished, and the Epistles, which teach believers how to live for Him. Without Acts, we would not know how the New Testament church was born, how the Gospel spread from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, or how the apostles obeyed Christ’s command to preach, baptize, and make disciples.

Perhaps the most encouraging thought from today’s lesson is that the Book of Acts has no real ending. Although the Bible concludes with chapter 28, the story of God’s work through His Church continues today. We are still called to be His witnesses. We still need the power of the Holy Ghost. We still have the privilege of building His Kingdom, encouraging one another, and sharing the Gospel with a world that desperately needs hope.

May we never view the Book of Acts as ancient history alone, but as an invitation to participate in God’s continuing work. The same Lord who strengthened Peter, Paul, and the early believers is still at work today, calling His people to live boldly, walk faithfully, and trust completely in His power.

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me…” — Acts 1:8

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