Good morning. Remember
from yesterday – perfect love, God's love, casts out fear. As hard as it seems
decisions do not have to be made right this instant. In fact the more insistent
that we are in making a quick decision, the more likely it is that we will make
a mistake. Trust in yourself – and trust in God. I guess it is a
"coincidence" what we going to talk about today. From first John
chapter 5: and this is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in
whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from
Him. When our car is giving us trouble and we know that we need a new one, it's
"easy" to believe that He will answer our request for a new car. When
we see that beautiful new Mercedes though, it's a lot harder to believe that He
will give us that one - that that car is the one that He will give us. You know
that it is God's will to meet your innermost need. It's a lot harder to believe
that a particular person is the one that will meet that need. In the end
though, it's not the person but God through that person that meets your needs.
We humans can't meet your needs only God can. Is your request God's will? Then
you can know for certain that He hears you and that He will grant you whatever
you ask. Settle it in your heart for certain today. Remember from Mark chapter
11: believe that you have received them and they shall be granted you. Father
help the reader to have confidence in You that You will hear his/her requests
and that You will answer them. Take the fear out of decision-making. Help him/her
to know that he/she knows that he/she knows that You will answer his/her
requests.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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