One more day of the challenge of reading the entire Bible in under one year: ✅
Today's (and yesterday's) reading:
Acts 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Previously: #1458878
Day 1 (August 25, 2025): #1193991
Call to Arms: #1222712
Old Testament 39 / 39
New Testament 4 / 27
Acts 14:19-23 ESV
[19] But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. [20] But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. [21] When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, [22] strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. [23] And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Appreciate you sharing this. That verse carries a lot of weight, especially in times when things feel uncertain.
Conviction is always tested by fire. In the digital age, we call this 'Proof of Work.' Building a sovereign system—whether spiritual or financial—requires enduring the 'stones' of the status quo. This passage reminds us that the hardest paths lead to the most enduring kingdoms. Resilience is the ultimate protocol.