Post by Woody Williams on Apr 30, 2008 8:13:52 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Acts 18:1-11
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After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew
named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy
with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to
leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and, because he was of the same
trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together — by trade they
were tentmakers. Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and
would try to convince Jews and Greeks.
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with
proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was
Jesus. When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the
dust from his clothes and said to them, ‘Your blood be on your own
heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’ Then he
left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius
Justus, a worshipper of God; his house was next door to the
synagogue. Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer
in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the
Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized. One
night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, but speak
and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand
on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my
people.’ He stayed there for a year and six months, teaching the word
of God among them.
Devotional
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God directed the movements of Paul in his missionary ventures. Time
and again Paul recounts how the Lord spoke to him in a dream or
vision, directing his activities or encouraging him in his mission as
this text portrays it. We all need that encouraging word to continue
in our witness and confession of Jesus as Lord. There are still those
who seek to hinder that proclamation. Trust that God walks with you
in your mission of proclamation.
Prayer
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May your Spirit give me ears to hear your direction, Lord. Amen
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After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew
named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy
with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to
leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and, because he was of the same
trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together — by trade they
were tentmakers. Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and
would try to convince Jews and Greeks.
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with
proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was
Jesus. When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the
dust from his clothes and said to them, ‘Your blood be on your own
heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’ Then he
left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius
Justus, a worshipper of God; his house was next door to the
synagogue. Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer
in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the
Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized. One
night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, but speak
and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand
on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my
people.’ He stayed there for a year and six months, teaching the word
of God among them.
Devotional
----------
God directed the movements of Paul in his missionary ventures. Time
and again Paul recounts how the Lord spoke to him in a dream or
vision, directing his activities or encouraging him in his mission as
this text portrays it. We all need that encouraging word to continue
in our witness and confession of Jesus as Lord. There are still those
who seek to hinder that proclamation. Trust that God walks with you
in your mission of proclamation.
Prayer
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May your Spirit give me ears to hear your direction, Lord. Amen