The Morning Portion

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

When Luke meets Philip again in Caesarea, he is called the evangelist and still one of the seven. His house is open to Paul, the man whose persecution once scattered him. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-25-philip-the-evangelist Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Simon offers the apostles money for what he has just watched God give. Peter calls it a gift, tells him it cannot be bought, and commands him to repent. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-24-give-me-also-this-power Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

A eunuch the law kept out of the congregation asks what hinders his baptism. Philip names one condition, and it has nothing to do with what the man cannot change. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-23-what-doth-hinder-me Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Acts 8 opens with great lamentation over Stephen and reaches great joy in Samaria within eight verses. Luke records the grief and the gladness as equally real. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-22-great-joy-in-that-city Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The church in Jerusalem wanted Spirit-filled men to hand out the widows' food. The apostles kept to prayer and the word, and neither work was dropped. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-21-full-of-the-holy-ghost-and-wisdom Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Christ sends His witnesses beyond familiar people and places. His commission includes baptism and the patient teaching of obedience. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-18-unto-the-uttermost-part-of-the-earthListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus leaves the times and seasons in the Father’s authority while promising His disciples power to bear witness. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-17-it-is-not-for-you-to-knowListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The risen Jesus helps His disciples understand the Scriptures concerning Him. We can study carefully while asking Him to teach us. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-16-then-opened-he-their-understandingListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus names Jerusalem as the starting place for repentance and remission. His disciples must wait there for the promised power. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-15-beginning-at-jerusalemListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus sends disciples He has corrected. Their preaching depends on His authority and His continuing work. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-14-the-lord-working-with-themListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus sends His disciples with His authority, His name, His teaching, and His presence. A visible life may commend the message, but it cannot replace it. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-11-lo-i-am-with-you-alway Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Salt can keep its appearance after its usefulness is gone. Jesus' warning presses past a Christian label and asks what His life is producing in us now. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-10-wherewith-shall-it-be-salted Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Jesus tells His disciples to let their good works be seen, then settles who receives the praise. The light is public, but the glory belongs to the Father. Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-09-08-glorify-your-father-which-is-in-heaven Listen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen