Post by Woody Williams on Mar 7, 2008 8:27:05 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Acts 9:1-8
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Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for
letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who
belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to
Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus,
suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the
ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you
persecute me?’ He asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The reply came, ‘I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and
you will be told what you are to do.’ The men who were travelling
with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no
one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he
could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into
Damascus.
Devotional
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"I'm beginning to see the light," was a song lyric that would apply
to the Apostle Paul's life at the moment Jesus showed up and
confronted him. Paul lived in the darkness of a closed mind when it
came to recognizing the work of God in Jesus. In his misguided zeal
for God he fought against Jesus, hunting down and imprisoning
Christians. But, on the way to Damascus, he was struck blind by the
light of Christ. Later God would restore his sight as well as open
his heart to faith and apostleship. Where did the light of God really
begin to shine for you?
Prayer
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Restore the brilliance of your presences to me, Lord, and fill my
life with your light. Amen
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Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for
letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who
belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to
Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus,
suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the
ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you
persecute me?’ He asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The reply came, ‘I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and
you will be told what you are to do.’ The men who were travelling
with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no
one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he
could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into
Damascus.
Devotional
----------
"I'm beginning to see the light," was a song lyric that would apply
to the Apostle Paul's life at the moment Jesus showed up and
confronted him. Paul lived in the darkness of a closed mind when it
came to recognizing the work of God in Jesus. In his misguided zeal
for God he fought against Jesus, hunting down and imprisoning
Christians. But, on the way to Damascus, he was struck blind by the
light of Christ. Later God would restore his sight as well as open
his heart to faith and apostleship. Where did the light of God really
begin to shine for you?
Prayer
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Restore the brilliance of your presences to me, Lord, and fill my
life with your light. Amen