Ananias of Damascus received a commission from the Lord himself to go and give Saul of

Tarsus a blessing. He understandably questioned the Lord about Saul because of his reputation of doing

the saint's harm wherever he went. The Lord said to Ananias, go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel

unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. In this week's

lesson, we find this prophecy of bearing witness of the Lord before kings already being fulfilled.

Paul's testimony would reverberate throughout the world.

Hello, we're Scott and Maureen Proctor of Meridian magazine and this week's lesson is called

A Minister and a Witness and includes Acts, chapters 22 through 28. Thank you for sharing the

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our form of ministering. Please spread the word. Speaking of spreading the word, aren't you just

so impressed with Paul the Apostle? And to think of the Lord telling Ananias that Paul was a chosen

vessel unto him, it makes me wonder what he thinks of each of us, the potential he sees in us,

the context he sees with us, having known us for all time. A good prayer we could offer

is to help each of us to see ourselves as he sees us. That's a prayer I really do like to ask

Scott. I'm so curious about that because I'm sure he sees us so much better than we see ourselves.

And I have to say at the outset, there's so much material in these lessons each week and we just

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