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Acts chapter 16, verse 14 tells us what happened as a result of Paul sharing the gospel at a Riverside in Philippi.

Verse 14 says one who heard us was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyratira, a

seller of purple goods, who is a worshipper of God.

The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And that is how verse 14 describes Lydia's conversion, Lydia's

coming to faith in Christ. Right after that in verse 15 it says she was

baptized along with her whole household and so the

picture that scripture gives us of Lydia coming to faith in Christ is the

Lord opening her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

This is a glorious picture.

You have the gospel being shared by somebody, Paul, in this case and as the gospel is being shared in that

moment God is doing a supernatural work he's opening Lydia's heart to listen and to believe what Paul is saying as the

gospel is being shared. This is how people come to faith in Christ. This is how every single one of us has come to faith in Christ.

The gospel at some point was shared with us and as the gospel was being shared, God did a supernatural work. He opened our heart to believe, to pay attention and to believe.

And this is how people are going to come to Christ around us in the world.

It's going to happen when we share the gospel,

when we tell the good news of God's love in Christ,

who he is, what he has done for us to save us from our sins and as we share that news

God does a supernatural work that only he can do to open people's hearts to listen

and believe and be saved.

And so we pray for this.

We pray for boldness and clarity in our lives when we come,

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