Summer Devotional:
​No Other Name - A Devotional on the Book of Acts

Day 3 – June 9th, 2021
Read Acts 1:12-26

Helpful Background
Acts is part 2 of the gospel of Luke. When last we saw our reluctant heroes, they were frightened survivors of a brutal crucifixion, and had abandoned their Lord.  Then, they witnessed an incredible resurrection, and were restored to fellowship with the Risen Christ.  In the book of Acts, we learn “what happened, next.”  We learn how Peter, James, John, and the others, were transformed; from cowardly to courageous, from selfish to selfless, and from ordinary followers, to extraordinary leaders. We watch as God forms the foundation, and begins to build, His Church.

​Question  - Who was added to the eleven apostles? 

Grab your journal or use the notes section on your phone.
Respond to the Scripture reading with your thoughts, questions, and/or prayer response to today’s Bible verses.​

Who was instrumental in your life in helping you to meet and/or follow Jesus? 
Have you ever thought “why am I a Christian?” How did I come to know about Jesus when so many others never hear the Good News?  I wasn’t sitting on the sidewalk as an 8-year-old girl playing jacks when suddenly I had an epiphany. No, that didn’t happen.  As a matter of fact, when I was a young girl, I had very few epiphanies, unless it was the sudden realization that I needed an ice cream cone.

So then, how did I learn about Jesus? Well, it was my mother.  My mother, Mary, was very smart, but she never finished high school.  She was very industrious, but she never worked outside the home.  She got married on her 18th birthday and began raising four children. She considered it her Christian duty to make sure all her children attended Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. 
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My mother passed away in 2015, a devoted follower of Christ.  She never led a Bible study or traveled to the mission fields. However, she does have a legacy.  She has a legacy of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who know about Jesus and what He did for us.  God bless Christian mothers.
-Shared by Carrie S.

For more background information & study questions on the Book of Acts, check out Brian Ralston's handouts here.