12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. 13 "This man," they charged, "is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law."
14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, "If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. 15 But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things." 16 So he drove them off. 17 Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.
18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the believers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. 19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. 21 But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus. 22 When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the believers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. 28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
Questions to consider:
• Of what do the Jews accuse Paul? What is Gallio’s response?
• What conditions does Paul place on his promise to return to Ephesus? What does this
reveal about Paul’s concept of God?
• What gifts does Apollos have? How is he using them?
• What ministry do Priscilla and Aquila have to Apollos? What does this interaction reveal
about the early Christians?
• In what situations are you open and teachable from the Lord?
• What does Apollos do with his new knowledge? What do you do with the enlarged
understanding you receive about God?
Possibilities for prayer:
Apollos was a new Christian, but had a lot of excitement for the good news of Jesus and was able to use that excitement to share that news effectively. After some mentorship from Priscilla and Aquila, he was able to be even more effective in his sharing. There seems to be value to learning from those who have spiritual wisdom greater than our own, and accepting that wisdom humbly. Today, ask God to provide you with a spiritual mentor, and maybe even someone that you can mentor yourself!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Acts 18:1-11
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met 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, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. 8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
Questions to consider:
• How does God lead Paul in Corinth with regard to housing, activity, and length of stay?
• What does this teach you about God? About Paul? Do you seek God’s guidance in these
areas?
• What significant change in strategy does Paul make when the Jews of the synagogue
oppose his message?
• Have you experienced God’s protection from opposition? In what ways?
Possibilities for prayer:
It is inevitably discouraging when something you are really excited about is rejected by the people around you. Paul definitely experienced this a lot in his sharing the Gospel in various places. But God has a way of encouraging Paul in his work--after being rejected, and entire household comes to God, and God even spoke to Paul in a vision about this specific issue. Today, let’s pray that God would be encouraging us in very tangible ways about the good things we’re doing for the kingdom. We can also pray that God might use you to be an encouragement to someone else.
5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. 8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
Questions to consider:
• How does God lead Paul in Corinth with regard to housing, activity, and length of stay?
• What does this teach you about God? About Paul? Do you seek God’s guidance in these
areas?
• What significant change in strategy does Paul make when the Jews of the synagogue
oppose his message?
• Have you experienced God’s protection from opposition? In what ways?
Possibilities for prayer:
It is inevitably discouraging when something you are really excited about is rejected by the people around you. Paul definitely experienced this a lot in his sharing the Gospel in various places. But God has a way of encouraging Paul in his work--after being rejected, and entire household comes to God, and God even spoke to Paul in a vision about this specific issue. Today, let’s pray that God would be encouraging us in very tangible ways about the good things we’re doing for the kingdom. We can also pray that God might use you to be an encouragement to someone else.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Acts 17:16-34
16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean." 21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject." 33At that, Paul left the Council. 34A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
Questions to consider:
• What different kinds of people does Paul meet in Athens? What are their interests and
beliefs?
• How does Paul begin his work in the city?
• At what point and in what ways does Paul’s message conflict with Epicurean and Stoic
beliefs?
• What are some common philosophies of life around you? In what ways does the Christian
message differ from these?
• What is the result of the message of Christ in Athens?
Possibilities for prayer:
As seems to be characteristic of Paul, he proclaims boldly the good news of Christ. To have that same kind of boldness is definitely something to which we can all aspire. Let’s ask God to increase our boldness so that we can speak confidently the good things that we know of God.
22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject." 33At that, Paul left the Council. 34A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
Questions to consider:
• What different kinds of people does Paul meet in Athens? What are their interests and
beliefs?
• How does Paul begin his work in the city?
• At what point and in what ways does Paul’s message conflict with Epicurean and Stoic
beliefs?
• What are some common philosophies of life around you? In what ways does the Christian
message differ from these?
• What is the result of the message of Christ in Athens?
Possibilities for prayer:
As seems to be characteristic of Paul, he proclaims boldly the good news of Christ. To have that same kind of boldness is definitely something to which we can all aspire. Let’s ask God to increase our boldness so that we can speak confidently the good things that we know of God.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Acts 17:1-15
1When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ," he said. 4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.
5But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. 6But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus." 8When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
10As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15The men who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Questions to consider:
• Contrast the attitudes of the Jews in Thessalonica and Berea toward Paul’s teaching.
• What is his method of teaching? What is the result in both places?
• Will the example of the Jews in Berea affect the frequency and method of your personal
Bible study? How?
• What is the basis of your sharing about Jesus with others?
Possibilities for prayer:
I like how this passage describes the Thessalonians as examining the Scriptures carefully and being very eager. This kind of eagerness is something that we seek for ourselves as well. Today, ask God to give you a real desire for the Bible, and for a greater understanding of the things that God is doing in your life and community.
5But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. 6But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus." 8When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
10As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13When the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, they went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15The men who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Questions to consider:
• Contrast the attitudes of the Jews in Thessalonica and Berea toward Paul’s teaching.
• What is his method of teaching? What is the result in both places?
• Will the example of the Jews in Berea affect the frequency and method of your personal
Bible study? How?
• What is the basis of your sharing about Jesus with others?
Possibilities for prayer:
I like how this passage describes the Thessalonians as examining the Scriptures carefully and being very eager. This kind of eagerness is something that we seek for ourselves as well. Today, ask God to give you a real desire for the Bible, and for a greater understanding of the things that God is doing in your life and community.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Acts 16:25-40
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." 32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family.
35When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." 36The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."
37But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."
38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. 39They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. 40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.
Questions to consider:
• How do Paul and Silas respond to the discouraging circumstances of of verses 22-24?
• When you think that God clearly leads you into a situation and then everything goes wrong,
how do you feel?
• How important, do you think, is their conduct in the jailer’s conversation?
• What do these circumstances and results teach you about the ways of God?
• Has God ever worked in your life similarly to his work in Paul and Silas’s experience? What
happened?
• Can you find encouragement in today’s passage concerning God’s purposes for those
friends and family who aren’t followers (yet) of Jesus?
Possibilities for prayer:
It strikes me that Paul and Silas were praying and singing when God provided such a mighty demonstration of power. Sometimes I think we can forget how powerful the simple things are that we do all the time...praying and worshiping. Today, let’s thank God for the power that exists in prayer and worship, and ask for manifestations of that power in our lives as well.
29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." 32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family.
35When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." 36The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."
37But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."
38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. 39They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. 40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.
Questions to consider:
• How do Paul and Silas respond to the discouraging circumstances of of verses 22-24?
• When you think that God clearly leads you into a situation and then everything goes wrong,
how do you feel?
• How important, do you think, is their conduct in the jailer’s conversation?
• What do these circumstances and results teach you about the ways of God?
• Has God ever worked in your life similarly to his work in Paul and Silas’s experience? What
happened?
• Can you find encouragement in today’s passage concerning God’s purposes for those
friends and family who aren’t followers (yet) of Jesus?
Possibilities for prayer:
It strikes me that Paul and Silas were praying and singing when God provided such a mighty demonstration of power. Sometimes I think we can forget how powerful the simple things are that we do all the time...praying and worshiping. Today, let’s thank God for the power that exists in prayer and worship, and ask for manifestations of that power in our lives as well.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Acts 16:11-24
11From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on to Neapolis. 12From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. 15When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
16Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." 18She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
19When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Questions to consider:
• What kind of place is Pilippi? Does this give light to Paul’s strategies here?
• Contrast the various people the apostle encounters in this city.
• Why does Lydia believe Paul’s message?
• Why do the owners of the slave girl oppose Paul? What charges do they bring against Paul
and Silas?
• In looking at this passage, does doing the will of God necessarily exclude trouble? What
might that mean in your own life?
Possibilities for prayer:
One of the things that strikes me about this passage is the way that Luke writes that God “opened” Lydia’s heart to accept Paul’s message. It seems to me that without that little nudge from God, Paul’s words would not have been enough. Let’s think about some of the people in our own lives that we want to see coming into relationship with Jesus. Today, ask God to soften those hearts, to give them that little extra nudge so that Jesus’s truth can settle in.
13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. 15When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
16Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." 18She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
19When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Questions to consider:
• What kind of place is Pilippi? Does this give light to Paul’s strategies here?
• Contrast the various people the apostle encounters in this city.
• Why does Lydia believe Paul’s message?
• Why do the owners of the slave girl oppose Paul? What charges do they bring against Paul
and Silas?
• In looking at this passage, does doing the will of God necessarily exclude trouble? What
might that mean in your own life?
Possibilities for prayer:
One of the things that strikes me about this passage is the way that Luke writes that God “opened” Lydia’s heart to accept Paul’s message. It seems to me that without that little nudge from God, Paul’s words would not have been enough. Let’s think about some of the people in our own lives that we want to see coming into relationship with Jesus. Today, ask God to soften those hearts, to give them that little extra nudge so that Jesus’s truth can settle in.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Acts 16:6-10
6Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. 9During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." 10After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Questions to consider:
• What indicates that Luke probably joins Paul at this time?
• How is Paul guided to cross over from Asia into Europe with the Gospel?
• Do you feel like God guides you into the right places? In what ways?
Possibilities for prayer:
Paul seems to have gotten quite a few visions and/or dreams so far in the Acts of the Apostles. One thing that’s pretty cool is that dreams and visions are still real today! Today, try asking God to speak to you through words, images, dreams, or visions. The things that you can learn from the Spirit in this way can be enlightening and inspiring.
Questions to consider:
• What indicates that Luke probably joins Paul at this time?
• How is Paul guided to cross over from Asia into Europe with the Gospel?
• Do you feel like God guides you into the right places? In what ways?
Possibilities for prayer:
Paul seems to have gotten quite a few visions and/or dreams so far in the Acts of the Apostles. One thing that’s pretty cool is that dreams and visions are still real today! Today, try asking God to speak to you through words, images, dreams, or visions. The things that you can learn from the Spirit in this way can be enlightening and inspiring.
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