Day 48 — Peter Raises Dorcas (Acts 9:36-43) | June 12

Day 51 — The Messengers Arrive (Acts 10:17-23) | June 15

While Peter stood on the rooftop trying to make sense of the vision, three men knocked at the gate below. Cornelius's messengers had been delayed, stopping to ask directions through the streets of Joppa. Had they arrived a few minutes earlier, Peter would have had no framework for why Gentile strangers were on his porch. Providence doesn't always look like a miracle. Sometimes it looks like getting a little lost on the way. In this episode, we watch God coordinate two men in two cities thirty miles apart, threading every piece together with precision. Peter went downstairs, welcomed the strangers, and took one more step toward a door he'd never planned to open.

Day 50 — Peter's Vision (Acts 10:9-16) | June 14

Peter was hungry, praying on a rooftop in Joppa, when a sheet descended from heaven filled with animals no devout Jew would ever touch. A voice commanded: "Kill and eat." Peter refused. Three times the vision repeated. Three times God replied: "What I have made clean, do not call impure." But this was never really about food. In this episode, we discover that God was dismantling something Peter had carried his whole life: the assumption that some people are beyond the reach of grace. The last time Joppa appeared in Scripture, another reluctant prophet named Jonah tried to run from God's call to the outsiders. History was repeating itself. Only this time, the Spirit wasn't letting go.

Day 49 — Cornelius' Vision (Acts 10:1-8) | June 13

Thirty miles up the coast from Joppa, a Roman centurion named Cornelius was praying when an angel appeared with specific instructions: send for a man named Peter. Cornelius was devout, generous, and God-fearing, but he wasn't yet a follower of Jesus. His conversion would open the floodgates of the gospel to the entire Gentile world. In this episode, we see God orchestrating events in two cities simultaneously, preparing both the messenger and the audience for a collision that will reshape the church forever. God is always ahead of his people. Our job isn't to make things happen. It's to show up where God is already moving.

Day 48 — Peter Raises Dorcas (Acts 9:36-43) | June 12

Dorcas never preached a sermon, but her funeral became one. She was known for one thing: making clothes for widows. When she died, a room full of grieving women held up the robes she had stitched for them, displaying evidence of love. Peter knelt, prayed, and spoke two words: "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes. In this episode, we encounter a woman whose quiet faithfulness shook a city and a miracle that echoes Jesus' own ministry. And tucked into the final verse is a detail that seems insignificant but changes everything: Peter stayed with Simon, a leather tanner. God was already stretching Peter's categories for what comes next.

Day 47 — Peter Heals Aeneas (Acts 9:32-35) | June 11

A man named Aeneas had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years. 2,920 days of waking up unable to move. Then Peter walked in and said six words: "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you." Not "I heal you." Jesus Christ. The source of the power was never in question. In this episode, we watch one healing turn into a regional awakening as the entire Sharon plain turned to the Lord. God often works through small beginnings to achieve large outcomes. One divine appointment became a tipping point. The person you pray for, the neighbor you serve, you have no idea what God might do through that single encounter.