The Morning Portion

A hidden talent came back safe, and its keeper was still called wicked. Paul gives every gift a purpose beyond the one who carries it. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-11-06-to-profit-withalListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Near the end of his life, Paul tells Timothy to stir up a gift he already has, and his next sentence is about fear. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-11-05-which-is-in-theeListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Three lines, three plurals, and the word "same" every time. If one God works every gift, you cannot rank a believer by the gift God gave him. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-11-04-all-in-allListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Paul names nine gifts and keeps repeating who gives them. Nobody in Corinth chose a gift, and nobody could boast of having one. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-11-03-as-he-willListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Corinth's idols could not speak, and they still moved people. Before Paul teaches a word about spiritual gifts, he gives the church a test. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-11-02-carried-awayListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

King Agrippa said Paul had almost persuaded him. Paul, in chains, wished the king and the whole hall could be altogether what he was. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-23-almost-and-altogether Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Luke covers two years of Paul's custody in four words. Psalm 66 shows what God can bring out of a long stretch with no visible fruit. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-22-after-two-years Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Standing in chains before King Agrippa, Paul repeated the commission Jesus gave him on the Damascus road. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-21-from-darkness-to-light Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Felix trembled while Paul spoke of righteousness, temperance and judgment to come. Then he sent Paul away and waited for a better time. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-20-a-convenient-season Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The night after a riot, Jesus told Paul he would testify at Rome. He named no road, and Paul walked into a courtroom with a clear conscience. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-19-be-of-good-cheer Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Peter spoke of a promise for all that are afar off. John saw where it ends: a multitude no man could number, from every nation and tongue. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-16-a-great-multitude Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Antioch fasted, prayed and sent Barnabas and Saul away. The commission has no spectators: some go, and those who stay do the sending. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-15-go-ye-therefore Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

At Babel, God confounded the language of builders making themselves a name. At Pentecost, many languages heard the wonderful works of God. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-14-let-us-go-down Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Conviction reached the crowd before they knew what to ask. Peter answered with obedience they could carry out that day, and they received his word gladly. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-13-pricked-in-their-heart Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Pentecost drew a crowd from every nation under heaven, and the same wonder drew two answers. Some asked what it meant. Others laughed it off. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-12-out-of-every-nation-under-heaven Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The apostles witness to Jesus' resurrection while believers share what they own. Luke records a united church providing for people according to need. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-09-of-one-heart-and-of-one-soul Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The believers ask for boldness to speak God's word and for healing in Jesus' name. Their prayer entrusts the threats and their continued service to Him. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-08-grant-unto-thy-servants Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The threatened church prays to the Creator and remembers Psalm 2. The rulers who opposed Jesus could not defeat God's purpose concerning Him. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-07-lord-thou-art-god Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Peter and John answer a command to stop speaking of Jesus. Their witness rests on what they saw and heard, even when the council threatens them. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-06-we-cannot-but-speak Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The council notices Peter and John's boldness and recognizes their connection to Jesus. Beside them stands the man He healed. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-05-they-had-been-with-jesus Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus once told His disciples to tell no man He was the Christ. At Pentecost, Peter tells all Israel, because God has raised Him up. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-02-both-lord-and-christ Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ, then tries to talk Him out of the suffering He has foretold. Jesus calls the objection an offence. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-10-01-be-it-far-from-thee-lord Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus calls the church His own and promises to build it. Death will not prevail against it, and you can do your part without carrying His. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-30-i-will-build-my-church Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The disciples can repeat what everyone else says about Jesus. Then He asks for their own answer, and Peter's comes from the Father. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-29-but-whom-say-ye-that-i-am Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Andrew has spent one day with Jesus. He goes first to his own brother, tells him whom he has found, and brings him to Jesus. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-28-he-first-findeth-his-own-brother Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen