Acts 16 tells the story of 7 Unlikely Conversions. Paul and Silas (2 of the unlikely ones themselves!) traveled out on the second missionary journey. Along the way God led them to share the Gospel with an amazingly diverse group of individuals who all turned to faith in Christ. Join Pastor Jim as he reminds us that God works in mysterious ways, even through difficult times, and pours His glory through their lives in all kinds of circumstances.
“Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete”
2 John 12
“God has appointed us a captain of our salvation, and made him responsible for seeing us through this world home to glory. Thank God we can count on his faithfulness and know that he will never fail, never once loose his patience or his temper with any of us, but will fulfill his appointed task to the very end. He will save to the uttermost all who come to God by him.”
David Gooding, An Unshakeable Kingdom
“God is up to something. If anything, He’s rerouting our dependence and adjusting our expectations and He’s doing it communally.”
Jackie Hill Perry
“The lament-form of the Bible assumes that our grief is deep and ongoing, and it invites us to enter the discipline of expressing that grief in words that convey our anguish, in images that picture our despair, and written prayers that verbalize despondency.”
Dale Ralph Davis, 2 Samuel: Out of Every Adversity
What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I…
“Sovereign Ruler of the skies!
Ever gracious, ever wise!
All my times are in Thy hand,
All events at Thy command.
Plagues and deaths around me fly,
Till He bids I cannot die:
Not a single shaft can hit
Till the God of love thinks fit.”
John Ryland
