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Bringing Back a Good Report “And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.” (Act_14:26) Paul and his companions had set out on a missionary journey from Antioch, empowered by grace; and now, at the end of their tour, it was only fitting that they return and give a report of all that happened. Luke writes the account for us – “In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers; while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Paul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.” (Act_13:1-3) There is always a great deal of fanfare at the outset of some noble campaign; but especially when the cause is directed by God. Thus we may well imagine the high excitement that attended the Christians at Antioch when they heard the Spirit of God tell them to send Paul and B...

Josh McDowells Youth Devotions from youversion.com YOUR INVISIBLE FENCE. Let's say that one day you noticed that your friend's gigantic dog is not kept on a chain or inside a fenced area. "You let your dog run around loose?" you ask your friend. "Naw," your friend answers. "We've got an invisible fence." You roll your eyes. "Yeah, right. "Your imaginary friend installed it, right?" "No, I'm serious," your friend says. "There's an electric wire buried under the ground. Brutus wears a collar that gives him a little shock if he gets too close to the wire." "Really?" you say. Your friend nods. "He hasn't gone anywhere near the wire since the first time he got shocked." "Wow," you say. "That's a pretty smart dog." "He just stays away from stuff he knows is going to hurt him, that's all." Actually, you've probably heard of invisible fences....

Extracted from Josh Mcdowell Devotions on www.youversion.com BINTI SAVES THE DAY. While visiting Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois, with his family, a three-year-old boy climbed a railing and lost his balance. He fell eighteen feet into a rocky pit containing several gorillas. The impact of his fall knocked the boy unconscious, and he lay there, at the mercy of the apes. Now, gorillas can be pretty rough customers-they don't exactly have a reputation for being particularly gentle. So everyone in the place screamed and ran around, trying to figure out how to prevent the boy from being attacked and mangled, perhaps killed, by the great apes. Then an amazing thing happened. An eight-year-old female gorilla named Binti Jua, apparently sensing the boy was hurt, went over to the child and gently picked him up. Waving off the other animals, she toted him to the door of the enclosure, where eventually a zookeeper came and retrieved the boy, unharmed. Binti's gentle heroism made...