Purity Foundation Daily Devotional Thursday 23rd April 2026Topic: Change From The Inside Out - A Change Man Text: Acts 9:1-2

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Purity Foundation Daily Devotional 
Thursday 23rd April 2026
Topic: Change From The Inside Out - A Change Man 
Text: Acts 9:1-2  
"And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem."

Reflection: 
The gospel is about transformation from the inside out through the power of the risen Jesus.

First we must have:
Personal Encounter With Jesus Act 9:1-6
Saul, Saul Why Are You Persecuting Me. 
Saul was a pretty nasty guy when it came to Christians. He wasn't satisfied with attacking the church in Jerusalem, no, he wanted to destroy the church all over the world. 
Luke tells us, "Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. 2 He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them both men and women back to Jerusalem in chains."
"Uttering threats" here is literally "breathing in." It is a Greek participle (empneōn) indicating it had become characteristic and continuous.

In other words, Saul created an atmosphere around him of threats and murder so that he was constantly breathing it in.
As oxygen enables an athlete to keep going, so this atmosphere kept Saul going.
He put many in prison and voted to put them to death.

Now, however, most of the believers had left Jerusalem. So Saul went of his own accord to the high priest, probably Caiaphas, and asked for official letters to the synagogues at Damascus, giving him authority to arrest any of "the Way," men or women, and to bring them bound as prisoners to Jerusalem (Acts 26:11-12).

Prayer: 
Father, please transform me totally for your glory in Jesus Name 

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