Revcort's Ramblings

Scripture Focus “I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert.”— Acts 20:29–31 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul’s farewell to the…

Scripture Focus “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”— Acts 20:24 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul…

Scripture Focus “How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house… for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”— Acts 20:20, 27 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul was a courageous teacher.…

Scripture Focus “Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.”— Acts 20:19 (ESV) Devotional Thought When Paul described his ministry to the Ephesian elders, he didn’t boast about miracles, churches planted, or crowds reached. Instead, he…

Scripture Focus “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia.”— Acts 20:18 (ESV) Devotional Thought When Paul gathered the Ephesian elders for a final farewell, he didn’t point to his sermons or his miracles. He reminded them…

Scripture Focus “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink…

Scripture Focus “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites… be wise as to what is good and…

Scripture Focus “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.” — Romans 15:1–2 (ESV) Devotional Thought In Romans 15, Paul challenges our assumptions about…

Scripture Focus “Peter answered him, ‘Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.’ Peter said to him, ‘Even if I must die with you,…

Scripture Focus “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” — Matthew 23:37 (ESV) Devotional Thought These words…