Devotionals Dec 8 – Jan 7, 2026: Acts 11–20: The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Early NT Church

This section of Acts covers the main events of Paul’s labors as missionary in Asia Minor. On the first of his three missionary journeys, he spent much time and effort establishing new churches. After the first journey, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do” (Acts 15:36). Much of the second and third missionary journeys were spent “confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to...