Turn Curse into Blessing

Act 28:4-6  The people of the island saw it hanging there and said to each other, "A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live." But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed. The people waited for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and decided he was a god.  When you are honoring...

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Perseverance In Winning

Act 26:28-29  Agrippa interrupted him. "Do you think you can make me a Christian so quickly?" Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains."  Wherever Paul went, he was there to testify. Not for himself, not JUST to defend his cause and himself from the accusations of all the others… he was there to testify ABOUT...

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Say NO To Confusion

Act 19:32  Inside, the people were all shouting, some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion. In fact, most of them didn't even know why they were there.  The Ephesians had their own God, Artemis. But when Jesus was introduced to them, some believed but some kept their faith. Why? Because of practicality. Not because they really understood what Jesus really did, but because they will lose their BUSINESS. They were...

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