We live in a fast-paced, ever-moving world where everyone seems to be rushing in every direction.

And yet, in scripture, God desires to teach us that walking with him is our greatest and most important adventure.

Join Scott Pauli along this journey as we rediscover the joy of our walk with Christ.

For the last several studies, we've been looking at the great journeys of the Bible,

and all of them are significant.

All of them are special because they're found in the Word of God.

So if the Lord emphasizes them, there's some great lesson in each of them for our life.

But today we've come to one of the great journeys of the Bible, that is a significant shift.

Not only for one individual, but I would say for all of God's work in this world.

In fact, all of history, all of eternity has been affected because of this journey.

This journey would change one man's eternal destiny, but it would change the direction of the New Testament church in the book of Acts.

It would change so many things in my life and in your life.

I'm referring to the journey in Acts chapter 9 where a man named Saul met Jesus.

The Bible says in Acts 9, verse 1,

and Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter

against the disciples of the Lord, went into the high priest.

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues

that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women,

he might bring them bound into Jerusalem.

Here's the phrase, and as he journeyed.

As he journeyed, he came near Damascus,

and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven,

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