Wednesday, April 3, 2019

New Testament Bible Meditation- April 3 - Text & Audio

Acts Chapter 16 verses 1 to 15  

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.
Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis; and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.

Insight- Paul and Timothy, a young recent convert to Christianity, were forbidden by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in Asia, but were guided through a vision that Paul saw to go to Macedonia. They went to Phillipi, a city in Macedonia, where on the Sabbath they spoke ‘the word’ to some women who had gathered together at a place of prayer by the riverside. God touched their hearts and Lydia and her family were baptized.

Do you experience the guiding hand of God in your life as Paul and Timothy were guided?


Let’s Pray. Dear Father in heaven, guide me by your Holy Spirit in choosing the right paths in my life. In Jesus name. Amen.

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