Read: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, Phil 1:1 Examine: For more than two years during his third missionary journey, Paul ministered in Asia Minor among the people of Ephesus. This was a...
Read: who previously was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me. Phil 1:11 Examine: Onesimus was the fugitive slave of Philemon, the apostle Paul’s friend. Onesimus had robbed his master Philemon and fled to Rome. Onesimus encountered Paul in Rome’s...
Read: Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira and a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. Now when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have...
Read: He [Andrew] first *found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ). John 1:41 Examine: In the Bible, Andrew was a disciple of Jesus Christ, a fisherman by trade, and the brother of Simon Peter. He, along...
Read: In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly 1 Sam 1:10 Examine: Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah. The other wife, Peninnah, had given birth to Elkanah’s children, but Hannah was unable to bear children. Hannah was barren, her...