Not Excluded Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 Readings: Acts 8 | Psalm 55:12-23 Acts 8 tells what the church has long known: that persecution can’t contain the Gospel; it only spreads it faster. Believers scattered by the crackdown “went about preaching the word” wherever they landed, and Philip lands in Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Forgive Like Jesus Did Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026 Readings: Acts 7 | Psalm 55:1-11 Stephen’s speech in Acts 7 is a crash course in the entire Old Testament: Abraham, Joseph, Moses, the wilderness, the prophets. His point sharpens with every example: God has always been present outside the temple walls, and Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Babel in Reverse Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Yesterday I forgot to include the Bible Project's short video overview of the Book of Acts. It's broken into two parts. Here's Part 1, which may add insight as we walk our way through this powerful part of Scripture. Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Don't Just Stand There Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Readings: Acts 1 | Psalm 53 Acts 1 opens the second volume of Luke’s epic with a sequel to his gospel, chronicling the ongoing mission of the risen and ascended Christ through His Spirit-filled disciples. It begins with the Ascension, where Jesus takes His Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Third Time’s a Charm Date: Monday, August 31, 2026 Readings: John 21 | Psalm 52 Peter goes fishing. Not exactly a metaphor for spiritual crisis, except it totally is. After denying Jesus three times in the courtyard, and getting restless in waiting, Peter does what a lot of us do: he goes back to what Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Empty Tomb, New Heart Date: Sunday, August 30, 2026 Readings: John 20 | Psalm 51 John 20 opens in darkness, literally: “while it was still dark” (20:1)… but ends with a formerly doubting disciple falling to his knees crying “My Lord and my God!” (20:28). Between those two moments is the axis on Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
