The Morning Portion

Philip's revival in Samaria grew out of one conversation Jesus had at a well years before. The seed you plant keeps working long after you quit watching for it.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-16-the-seed-you-forgot-you-plantedListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Persecution drove the church out of Jerusalem, and the gospel traveled in their luggage. The thing that broke the church open is what carried it the rest of the way.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-15-the-scattering-was-the-sendingListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Peter's promise reached beyond the adults who heard him preach. Acts 2 names children, distant people, and everyone the Lord our God shall call.For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. -- Acts 2:39 (KJV)Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-12-the-promise-names-your-childrenListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The Spirit-filled church did not leave Pentecost as a memory. They kept learning, praying, sharing meals, opening their hands, and watching the Lord add to His church.And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. -- Acts 2:42 (KJV)Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-11-what-filled-people-keep-doingListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Peter did not leave the pierced crowd with a vague feeling of conviction. He gave them a clear answer: repent, be baptized in Jesus' name, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- Acts 2:38 (KJV)Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-10-the-door-peter-openedListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The first public sign of Pentecost carried the works of God into languages people could understand. The Spirit filled the church, and the street heard.And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? -- Acts 2:8 (KJV)Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-09-the-gospel-in-their-own-tongueListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

Pentecost did not fall on a select few in the upper room. The promise filled every waiting believer, and that still matters for anyone who feels easy to overlook.And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -- Acts 2:4 (KJV)Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-08-when-all-were-filledListen or subscribe: https://morningportion.com/listen

The risen Jesus had given His disciples a message for all nations, then told them to wait. Some work cannot begin until God gives power from on high.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-06-01-stay-until-the-promise-comes

Paul writes one verb at the end of First Corinthians 15 that changes the timeline of every fear you carry. He says giveth. Not will give. Now.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-29-giveth-is-present-tense

The Great Commission ends with a promise that changes everything: lo, I am with you alway. The mandate would crush a person sent solo. Jesus does not send anyone solo.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-28-not-sent-to-go-alone

Some of the disciples on the mountain worshipped, some doubted. Jesus stepped into the middle and claimed all authority in heaven and in earth.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-27-he-did-not-scold-the-doubters

Two witnesses were required by Jewish law, and they had to be men. On the first morning of the new creation, Jesus picked two women.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-26-he-chose-the-women-first

The two Marys came carrying spices for a corpse. They left carrying the news that broke open every grave that would ever be dug.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-25-what-the-marys-found-in-the-dark

John writes in the present tense because the blood of Jesus meets confessed sin today. Clean is a promise the believer can stand on.Read along: https://morningportion.com/posts/2026-05-22-the-blood-cleanseth-now