Trading with Jesus

Before we look at the charts today, Acts chapter 8 gives us a powerful reminder that what feels like disruption is not always destruction. Sometimes God uses the very thing that scattered you to move you into the place where He wants to use you.

Before we look at the charts today, Acts chapter 7 gives us a hard but necessary reminder: sometimes the biggest obstacle to growth is not what is happening around us, but what we refuse to change within us. Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin and walks them through generations of God’s faithfulness, while also exposing a repeated pattern of people resisting what God was trying to do.

Before we get into the charts today, Acts chapter 6 gives us a lesson that applies to far more than church leadership. It teaches us about focus, delegation, service, and protecting what God has actually called us to do. Because sometimes the biggest threat to your purpose is not something bad. Sometimes it is simply too many good things competing for your attention.

Before we look at the charts today, I want us to think about something that matters far more than whether we finish green or red: who are we becoming when nobody else is watching? Acts chapter 5 reminds us that God is not only concerned with what people see on the outside. He cares about the condition of our hearts.

It’s Monday, a fresh trading week is in front of us, and before we think about entries, targets, or what the market might do, Acts chapter 4 gives us something even more important to carry into today: boldness that comes from being with Jesus.

It’s Sunday, which means today is a chance to slow down, reset, and prepare our hearts before another week begins. Before we think about charts, setups, or what we want from the market, Acts chapter 3 gives us a powerful reminder: sometimes we come to God asking for one thing, while He is preparing to give us something far greater.

Acts 2 is where the waiting from Acts 1 turns into movement. In Acts 2:1-4, the disciples are together on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit fills the room like a rushing wind and rests on them like tongues of fire. The promise Jesus gave them had arrived.

Today we’re beginning the book of Acts, and Acts 1 starts with something many of us struggle with: waiting. Jesus has risen from the dead. The disciples know He is alive and that He has a mission for them. But in Acts 1:4-5, Jesus tells them not to leave Jerusalem yet. They are to wait for the promise of the Father, the Holy Spirit. They had the assignment, but they didn't yet have permission to execute it.

Today we’re closing out the Gospel of Luke with Chapter 24, and there could not be a better way to finish. Jesus is alive.

Today we’re in Luke Chapter 23, and we’ve reached the cross.

Today we’re in Luke Chapter 22, and this chapter brings us into one of the most intense moments of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Betrayal is unfolding. The cross is approaching. The disciples are struggling to understand what’s happening. Yet through all of it, Jesus remains faithful to the Father.

Today we’re in Luke Chapter 21, and one of the strongest messages Jesus gives us is this: stay watchful, stay faithful, and don't allow the uncertainty around you to move your trust away from God.

Today we're camping out in Luke 20, where Jesus is confronted again and again by people trying to challenge His authority, trap Him with questions, and undermine His identity. Yet through every confrontation, Jesus remains completely composed because He knows exactly who He is and whose authority He carries.

Today we're camping out in Luke 19, a chapter that reminds us Jesus isn't just interested in changing our circumstances—He's interested in transforming our hearts.

Today we're camping out in Luke 18, where Jesus reminds us that His kingdom isn't built on pride, performance, or self-reliance. It's built on humble faith.

Today we're camping out in Luke chapter 17, where Jesus teaches us what enduring faith looks like.

Today we're camping out in Luke chapter 16, where Jesus teaches us what it means to be faithful stewards of God's Kingdom.

Today we're camping out in Luke chapter 15, and it answers one of the most important questions anyone can ask: Does God really want me back?

Today we're camping out in Luke chapter 14, where Jesus teaches us about the narrow path of a disciple..

Today we're camping out in Luke chapter 13, and it answers an important question: Why does Jesus call everyone to repent?