Rob Still

Just As He Told You: Easter to Pentecost Devotional #31

May 1, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 15172 Comments2013-05-01+12%3A35%3A50Rob+Still

Light of the world you stepped down into darkness, opened my eyes, made me see. Here I am to worship! [Sunrise May 1 2013]

Happy May Day! I’m so blessed by all God is revealing in this devotional series, hope you are too!

Day 31 Just as He Told You

⁶but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. ⁷Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.” Mark 16:6-7 (NLT)

During this 40 day period when Jesus was sharing life with his friends and followers, they had to be processing all they learned from him before he died.

This was the paradigm shift of paradigm shifts. Now all of his words, all of his teaching had a new perspective – one of absolute authority.

Jesus was not only absolutely right, he was absolutely trustworthy. His word was better than money in the bank.

Power From On High: Easter to Pentecost Devotional #30

April 30, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 15150 Comments2013-04-30+12%3A51%3A04Rob+Still

In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. John1:4 [Sunrise April 30 2013]

Hurray! We’re 30 days into the series! I’m loving this project, hope it’s a blessing to you too!

Day 30 Power From On High

“And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49 (AMP)

^“And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” Luke 24:49 (MSG)

Power from heaven is ALL POWERFUL!

What Did He Promise? Easter to Pentecost Devotional #29

April 29, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 15131 Comment2013-04-29+13%3A04%3A29Rob+Still

All of Gods promises have been fulfilled in Christ. Yes and Amen! 2 Corinthians 1:20 [Sunrise photo April 29 2013}

What Did He Promise?

I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49

Jesus is referring to the coming power of the Spirit prophesied in Joel 2:28-29 fulfilled and Acts 2:4. (NIV concordance)

“The promise was, that they should be aided by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Barnes commentary)

Note these three promises Jesus had made about the gift of the Holy Spirit:

Worship Recap April 28

April 28, 2013 in Worship Set Lists with 15110 CommentsWorship+Recap+April+282013-04-29+03%3A38%3A10Rob+Still

Sunday’s Setlists Contemporary Service (10:45am)

10,000 Reasons
One Thing Remains
Holy Is The Lord

We Gather Together: Easter to Pentecost Devotional #28

April 28, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 15080 Comments2013-04-28+11%3A10%3A51Rob+Still

And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God. Luke 24:53 [Sunrise photo Jan 5 2013, today was another cloudy day.]

And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God. Luke 24:53 [Sunrise photo from January 5 2013, today April 28, was a cloudy day.]

Day 28 We Gather Together

⁵³And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.
⁵³And they were continually in the temple celebrating with praises and blessing and extolling God. Amen (so be it). Luke 24:53 (NIV , AMP)

Today marks the the 4th Sunday of Easter. Believers in the resurrection will gather in places of worship all over the globe, as they have for over two thousand years. They will do this in remembrance of Him.

We will tell the story, God’s story. Followers will share testimonies of God’s grace in their lives.

What Are You Waiting For? Easter to Pentecost Devotional #27

April 27, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 15041 Comment2013-04-27+13%3A12%3A42Rob+Still

Those who hope in The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall run and not grow weary Isaiah 40:31 [A rainy sunrise photo April 27 2013]

Day 27 What Are You Waiting For?

“What comes next is very important: I am sending what my Father promised to you, so stay here in the city until he arrives, until you’re equipped with power from on high.” Luke 24:49

In this resurrection appearance, Jesus has encouraged the disciples and given them an audacious mission. Then he tells them their next step is not to “get out there and go for it”.

No, they are to wait.

Timing is important. Maybe timing is everything. Doing the right thing at the wrong time never works.

The Power of Witness: Easter to Pentecost Devotional #26

April 26, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 14871 Comment2013-04-26+12%3A44%3A17Rob+Still

Your love O Lord reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Psalm 36:5 [Sunrise photo April 26 2013]

Day 26 The Power of Witness

You’re the first to hear and see it. You’re the witnesses. Luke 24:48

A witness. according to Webster’s dictionary is “one that gives evidence; specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal; one who has personal knowledge of something”.

Why Jerusalem? Easter to Pentecost Devotional #25

April 25, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 14912 Comments2013-04-25+12%3A43%3A38Rob+Still

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile. Romans 1:16 [Sunrise photo April 25 2013]

Day 25 Start With Jerusalem

Scripture also says that by the authority of Jesus people would be told to turn to God and change the way they think and act so that their sins will be forgiven. This would be told to people from all nations, beginning in the city of Jerusalem. Luke 24:47 GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)

Why Jerusalem? Why did Jesus say begin here?

To All Nations: Easter to Pentecost Devotional #24

April 24, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 14890 Comments2013-04-24+11%3A40%3A31Rob+Still

Let your light shine! Matthew 5:16 [Sunrise photo April 24 2013]

Day 24 Preach this among all nations

⁴⁷It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ Luke 24:47

Jesus gave his followers their mission in S.M.A.R.T. goal format.

It was Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. This mission would require many generations of commitment, and is still on-going.

Proclaim Repentance and Forgiveness: Easter – Pentecost #23

April 23, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 14860 Comments2013-04-23+12%3A55%3A30Rob+Still

Repentance and forgiveness will totally change your life. Tell somebody the good news. Luke24:47 [Sunrise photo April 23 2013]

Day 23 Proclaim Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, ⁴⁷and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things. Luke 24:45-48

Jesus explained to the disciples, from the scriptures, why he had to suffer and die as the fulfillment of God’s promise. He showed how all humanity could now be brought into right relationship with the Holy One.

His resurrection was irrefutable proof. He knew what He was talking about. He was the ultimate authority.

In the same sentence Jesus commissioned his followers to proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins to all nations.

Love follows through.

Love keeps a promise. Love takes action.

The Power of An Opened Mind: Easter Pentecost Devotional #22

April 22, 2013 in Devotional, Spirituality with 14751 Comment2013-04-22+13%3A07%3A49Rob+Still

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 [Sunrise photo April 22]

Day 22 He Opened Their Minds

Then he said, “Everything I told you while I was with you comes to this: All the things written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the Psalms have to be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44 MSG )

Then He [thoroughly] opened up their minds to understand the Scriptures (Luke 24:45 AMP)

According to the Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy there are a total of 1,817 Biblical prophecies; 1,239 are in the Old Testament, and 578 are in the New Testament. These 1,817 prophecies involve 8,352 of the Bible’s verses. Since there are 31,124 verses altogether in the Bible, the number of prophetic verses amounts to about 27 percent, or one-fourth of the total number of verses in the Bible.

Scholars report over 300 Messianic prophecies about Jesus. These include several dozen major, direct prophecies along with scores and scores of Messianic scriptures that include allusions, hints, types, foreshadowings, and Messianic clues in the Old Testament.

That’s a lot of data.