The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 18:24 (HCSB)
24 A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 8:4 (HCSB)
4 what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him?
The Word of God for encouragement:
Acts 27:23-26 (HCSB)
23 For this night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me,
24 and said, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And, look! God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.'
25 Therefore, take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.
26 However, we must run aground on a certain island."
My observation:
One of the things that I am most grateful to God for is that my disobedience does not determine my destiny. However, I hasten to add, this is because of the unmerited favor of a loving and forgiving God. This grace gift is not a license to sin. Rather, it is the precious gift of freedom to fulfill the purpose for which he made me.
Romans 6:1-2 (HCSB)
1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?
2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
The men on this ship had not listen to the advice of Paul, and because of this they could have all lost their life on the stormy sea. But God spared them by his grace, and because of the man of God that was on that ship that God was not finished with yet.
Paul had received a word from God that he would arrive in Rome safely. When you have faith in God, and the word of God it gives you hope and assurance. It will be an encouragement to you when you are going through the storms of life. Stay close to God, and stay in the bible.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so thankful that you have placed a burning desire in my heart to read and heed the word of God. Father, I thank you for making me free to live for you.
Father God, I delight to come to the table of bread, and eat extravagantly from the gourmet meals that have been prepared by your hands.
O, Bread of Heaven, feed me until I want no more; Father, fill my cup until it overflows with your amazing love, grace, forgiveness, and mercy. Father, I am a receiver, I hunger and thirst for every promise in the bible that has my name on it. In Jesus name, Amen.
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
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