307. Safe at Malta

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307.


Safe at Malta

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Today's Passage: Acts 28:1-10

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Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the
New Living Testament (NLT).

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Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

1. Once we were safe on shore, we learned that we were on the island of Malta.
2. The people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us.

3. As Paul gathered an armful of sticks and was laying them on the fire, a poisonous snake,  driven out by the heat, bit him on the hand.
4. The people of the island saw it hanging from his hand and said to each other, "A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live."
5. But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and as unharmed.
6 The people waited for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw that he wasn't harmed,

7. Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. Publius's father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him.

8. As it happened, Publius's father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and lying his hands on him, he healed him.
9. Then all the other sick people on the island came and were healed.
10. As a result we were showered with honors, and when the time came to sail, people supplied us with everything we would need for the trip.
Acts 28:1-10 NLT

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15th strategy.
Imagine

• Prepare your heart - that means ask Him to open you to be able to listen well.
• Ask Jesus to bring you into the very presence of God Himself as you read instructions
• Imagine the characters in this passage.
• Are they facing a large enemy? or a challenge?
• Have they followed God? or have they fled from His guidance?
• Are they trusting God?
• Are they experiencing pain, or loss?
• Imagine them as friends.
• What would you do if you were there beside them?
• Would you be willing to encourage them?
• What would you do if you were experiencing their story?
• Who would you turn to for guidance? God? A mentor? Satan?
• Ask God to show you how to lean on Him in times of attack, or challenge.
• Thank God for His presence with you right now.
  

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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
~Robyn

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