Is prayer really making a difference in your church? In this Words From The Word devotion, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Acts chapter 4 (KJV) to remind us that the early church was a praying church — and that prayer is still what makes all the difference today.

You might be asking: Why does it feel like our church gatherings are shrinking? Why do some sermons land and others seem to fall flat? Why should I wait on God when others around me could help? Can God really be trusted to take care of my family?

Pastor Webster speaks honestly from his own life and ministry to show us that prayer is not just a ritual — it is the place where we turn our eyes away from our problems and fix them on the only One who can truly solve them.

Key points from this devotion:

- A prayerful church expects God to hear and answer

- Psalm 62:5 calls us to wait on God alone for our expectation

- God is sovereign — He is Creator, Sustainer, and He knows the end before it begins

- Recognizing who God is changes how we pray

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening and hymn on prayer

1:15 Why churches need corporate prayer

2:00 Prayer makes the real difference

2:30 The early church prayed together

3:10 Wait on God alone for your expectation

4:00 God cares for your family always

5:40 Recognizing God's sovereignty in prayer

7:17 Closing and next devotion preview

Are you willing to go home and share your story with the people who know you best? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks us through Acts 9:26-30 (KJV) and the powerful account of Paul's rejection in Jerusalem — and how one man, Barnabas, changed everything by simply being willing to vouch for a changed life.

You might be asking... Why didn't the disciples trust Paul even after he became a Christian? What made Barnabas different from everyone else? Does God really want me to witness to my own family and friends? What if I don't know what to say?

Key points from this devotion:

- Rejection from the inside can hurt more than opposition from the outside

- Barnabas was trusted because he had already proven his heart through sacrifice

- God calls us into fellowship with His Son and with His people (1 Corinthians 1:9)

- Witnessing begins at home — your Jerusalem comes first (Luke 24:47)

- Your testimony is a tool God is already preparing someone to hear

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening and Welcome

0:24 He Must Be Born Again Hymn

1:01 Paul Rejected in Jerusalem

2:10 Barnabas Steps Up for Paul

2:49 Why Barnabas Was Trusted

4:33 Called Into Fellowship

4:57 Go Home and Witness

7:00 Start at Your Jerusalem

7:17 Share Your Testimony

7:55 Practical Ways to Share

8:20 Closing Blessing and Hymn

Are you baptized? Is your faith visible to those around you? In this devotion from Words From The Word with Pastor Roderick Webster of Good News Baptist Church, Sint Maarten, we explore one of the clearest evidences of genuine salvation — believer's baptism.

Drawing from Acts 9:18, Acts 10:47-48, Acts 16, Acts 18:8, and Acts 19:5 in the KJV, Pastor Webster walks us through story after story of men and women who, upon trusting Christ, were immediately baptized — Saul, Lydia, the Philippian jailer, and Crispus among them.

You might be asking:

- Does baptism save me?

- Why is baptism so important if I am already saved?

- What if I believe but have never been baptized?

- Is baptism a denominational thing or a biblical command?

Key points covered in this devotion:

- Baptism is not what saves you — it is evidence that you are saved

- Every New Testament believer who trusted Christ followed Him in baptism

- Baptism is a command rooted in love and obedience, not denomination

- You can trust Christ today — salvation has already been fully paid for

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening hymn and devotion intro

0:49 Baptism as evidence of salvation

1:57 Pastor Webster's personal baptism story

2:34 Lydia baptized and opens her home

3:39 The Philippian jailer saved and baptized

5:04 Believe then be baptized — repeated pattern

5:46 Baptism is a New Testament command

6:44 How to be saved today

8:01 Next step — joining the church fellowship

9:27 Closing blessing