Born Again 7/16/15

Day195 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

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Acts 20: 1-21

Through Macedonia and Greece

20 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. 2 He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, 3 where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia. 4 He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. 5 These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. 6 But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. 9 Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!” 11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12 The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.

Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. 15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus. 16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. 18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. 20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. 21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

July 16 
A fresh consciousness

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Romans 8:18
You may be in the throes of a situation where you find yourself perplexed, confused, and depressed. You do not know what is going on in your life. You are not clear about what the Lord is doing. You find yourself in the grip of anxiety. At that specific juncture, you need your vision renewed. You need a fresh realization that you are a child of God, an heir of God, and a joint heir of Christ. The Spirit needs to redraw on the screen of your heart that your destiny is to suffer with Christ and be glorified together with Him. You need a present life- consciousness that you are on the pathway of the cross, which leads all the way to the throne, to sit with Him on the throne (Rev. 3:21). For this realization to be your experience, you need to stimulate your spirit.
You do not need to live feeling that everything is wrong and that all hope has vanished. You simply need to exercise your spirit to cry "Abba, Father!" When you do, a fresh consciousness will begin to arise in you. A fresh realization of your destiny as a child of God will begin to take hold of you. Fresh vision will emerge, and you will be able to sort out things from God's viewpoint. This is the meaning of Romans 8:13- 19. To stimulate our spirit is to usher ourselves into inwardly applying the cross. This is the genuine leading of the Spirit mentioned in Romans 8:14. It is being led by the Spirit to put to death the practices of our body

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