Acts 21 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Acts 21.

Meditate on verse 29.

For they had previously seen Trophimus

 the Ephesian in the city with him,

and they supposed that Paul

 had brought him into the temple.

Paul told James and the other elders of the Jerusalem church about the Gentiles being saved; James told Paul about the thousands of Jews who believed. God was glorified, and His church was growing.

But where good things happened, suppositions abounded. People supposed Paul had taken Greeks into the temple. They supposed he was an Egyptian who stirred up a revolt. These rumors provoked the entire city of Jerusalem.

What about you? Do you ever presume and suppose something to be true? Do you allow suppositions to swirl around in your head all day until they become truth to you then you tell it to another as if it were truth, and your suppositions provoke many?

2 Corinthians 10:5 is the antidote to that kind of poisonous thinking:

We are destroying speculations

and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God,

and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Pray Acts 21:20, 29, and 2 Corinthians 10:5 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, please let _______ and me glorify You by what we say.

Let us handle suppositions carefully.

Let us destroy speculations and every lofty thing

raised up against the knowledge of You, God.

 May we take every thought captive to the obedience of You.

In Your name, Jesus~”