Join me for our first good morning talk of 2024, as we discuss future events and how to cope in it. What is most important? Facing the realities of life in love and grace, no matter how things play out. We are in Acts 20 and find the Apostle Paul an…
Join me for our first good morning talk of 2024, as we discuss future events and how to cope in it. What is most important? Facing the realities of life in love and grace, no matter how things play out. We are in Acts 20 and find the Apostle Paul and his team bringing encouragement in word and deed, as they travel towards Jerusalem. We see that timing and location are key as they travel from port to port along the Aegean into the Mediterranean Sea towards Israel. We will also discuss the dramatic current events in 2024, even though we are only in the new year two days!
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The Hoy Scriptures shared today ...
Acts 20:17-38
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. "And now, behold, bound in spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will see my face no more. "Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am innocent of the blood of all men. "For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ov..
