1 Kings 3:3-4:34, Acts 6:1-15, Psalm 126:1-6, Proverbs 16:26-27
Pray: Lord, help us to read Your Word today with wisdom. When we open the pages of Your Holy Word let us not be reading to learn something new but to adhere to the wise instruction and be changed. Amen.
Read: Probably one of my favorite stories in the New Testament is the life of Stephen. In this section of his story we read that he was full of grace and power and later it says they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. What was it about Stephen that had him full of grace and power and wisdom and the Spirit of God? The only details that we have to understand this comes to us by way of telling us that Stephen was among those who were serving.
Edify: Our Psalm today gives us great encouragement and reminds us that our tears are not always in vain. Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy! We have hope in our tears that God is doing something that will lead to our joy in Him.
Practice: Stephen reminds us that real power and true authority is found in the least likely places for us. May we look for those less likely places in our lives to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.
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