Passage of the Day - December 8, 2010

Acts 11:25-30

²⁵And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;

 ²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

 ²⁷Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

 ²⁸One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

 ²⁹And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.

 ³⁰And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders.

The grace that was shown to those in Antioch was returned to those in Judea.  We are all one Church as the Body of Christ.  We help one another.  We are not designed to be islands.  Neither is it God’s design for any church.  Let us all find a way to help out another church or ministry outside of our current church in need.