Full Description
There is a story, one that runs from the beginning of creation itself, through thousands of years of human history. It is a story of triumph and disaster, miraculous deeds and terrible betrayals, divine justice and ultimate sacrifice, and of steadfast faith continuing down through generations and across continents to the present day. This is a story that is still being told, and will be finished only at the end of time. One remarkable chapter in that bigger story is the story of IFES, now 75 years long, with many incredible adventures along the way, just as there are in the books of Luke and Acts.
In these 30 days of devotions, we can zoom in on a very important part of the Christian story, and take the lessons it teaches to strengthen our faith and enhance our witness today. Each day there is an opportunity to dig deeper into the themes that Luke uses to build his narrative of Christ and the church; to pray into the issues that Jesus, his disciples and the early church faced, and relate them to the changing times we live in now; to reflect on the passage and consider how we can respond; to explore the context of 'the wider story' in which these important events took place; and take a few minutes to meditate on an 'Evening Psalm' to recentre and bring us back to God after the activity of our day.
Contents
PART 1: LUKE
DAY 1: The Promise - Luke 1:1-4, 26-56
DAY 2: Good News for Everyone - Luke 2:1-21
DAY 3: Rejected at Home - Luke 4:14-30
DAY 4: Surprising Faith - Luke 7:1-17
DAY 5: Doubting - Luke 7:18-35
DAY 6: Who's Feeding You? - Luke 9:10-27
DAY 7: Pride & Prejudice - Luke 9:43-56; 10:25-37
DAY 8: Mission Impossible? - Luke 10:1-24
DAY 9: Counting the Cost - Luke 14:7-35
DAY 10: Lost & Found - Luke 15:1-32
DAY 11: Too Proud? Too Rich? - Luke 18:9-30
DAY 12: A Strange Kind of King - Luke 19:28-44
DAY 13: 'I Don't Know Him' - Luke 22:39-62
DAY 14: Dying Well - Luke 23:26-56
DAY 15: A New Day - Luke 24:1-35
PART 2: ACTS
DAY 16: Go! - Acts 1:1-11
DAY 17: A New Power - Acts 2:1-47
DAY 18: We Can't Keep it to Ourselves -
Acts 4:1-31
DAY 19: Reality Check! - Acts 5:1-11
DAY 20: Mission & Martyrdom -
Acts 6:8 - 7:8, 44-60
DAY 21: In the Revival and in the Desert -
Acts 8:1-8, 26-40
DAY 22: People Can Change! - Acts 9:1-19
DAY 23: No one is Unclean - Acts 10:1 - 11:4
DAY 24: No Barriers - Acts 15:1-29
DAY 25: Extreme Worship - Acts 16:11-40
DAY 26: In the Marketplace - Acts 17:16-34
DAY 27: Take Courage - Acts 18:1-17
DAY 28: An Emotional Goodbye - Acts 20:17-38
DAY 29: A Clear Testimony - Acts 26:1-32
DAY 30: The Gospel is Not Chained! -
Acts 28:11-31
The IFES Story So Far
