Category: Empowered

United for the Gospel

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith. –Acts 6:7 I love the Word of God and how nothing can stop it from spreading, for it is the power of God unto salvation. Everywhere

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Shine in the Un-Fine

Lately, when I open Instagram, I see an ad for one specific shirt, a sweatshirt with the phrase “Everything is fine” repeating in rainbow colors across the front. It’s as though saying the words over and over again will eventually make me believe it to be true. It’s something I’ve

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The Calling and Gifts of the Gospel

One of the purposes of the Book of Acts is to give a defense of the spread of the Christian faith, while serving as a testimony of the work of God. This book, like every book of the Bible, calls readers to repent and believe in Jesus.  In Chapter 3

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Trusting His Provision (Empowered Translations)

Last year, things were a mess. We had to shut down our office for an entire month. Then, my husband had an operation that left me at home caring for him full time for two months. Immediately following this, my state (Kerala, in southwest India), was hit with the worst

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Witnesses

In Acts 1 we find the last words and actions of Jesus before He ascended into heaven. After His resurrection, Jesus spent forty days with His disciples. They were convinced He had been raised from the dead, convinced He was the Son of God, and convinced He was the Messiah.

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Empowered Introduction

Jesus commanded His followers to be His witnesses in “Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth” (Acts 1:8). The book of Acts is the record of all the things Jesus’ disciples did as witnesses to His life, death, and resurrection. The Book

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Empowered Today – Stephie’s Story

During the summer of 2004, I attended a Bible study about double-mindedness. We talked about how we could do something we knew wasn’t good for us, such as smoking. I had smoked most of my life. I had grown up as an often unsupervised child and had experimented with smoking

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