July 14 :: Psalms 10-12; Acts 19:1-20

"So the word of the Lord was growing 

mightily and prevailing." 

- Acts 19:20

Events pointed out to show the cause 
& effect of the growth of the Word...
The What's and How's:

HOW: Paul speaks with reason and persuades

"And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God." - Acts 19:8 

WHAT: Paul performs miracles

"God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out." - Acts 19:11-12

WHAT: Magicians try to use the name of Jesus in exorcism, but are ineffective because they are not devoted to Him.

"And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified."- Acts 19:15-16

HOW: Destruction of 138 years' worth of pay in magical spell books

"And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver."