Hello my friends, welcome back.

It is time for you and me to get our minds aligned with the truth of God.

I am excited because today we are in Acts chapter 16 looking at verses 11 through 15.

And what we are going to read about today, kind of parallels my life and it is kind of

fun to see that in scripture at times.

So I want to read the passage and then I'll explain to you how I see a parallel and hopefully

be able to apply it to your life as well.

This is Acts chapter 16 verses 11 through 15.

It says, so setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samathras and the following

day to Neapolis and from there to Philippine which is a leading city in the district of Macedonia

and a Roman colony.

We remained in this city some days and on this Sabbath day we went outside the gate to

the river side where we supposed there was a place of prayer and we sat down and spoke

to the women who had come together.

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thayah Tyra, a seller of purple

goods who was a worshipper of God.

The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul and after she was baptized

and her household as well she urged us saying, if you have judged me to be faithful to the

Lord, come to my house and stay and she prevailed upon us.

Now this is a very interesting situation.

Paul and his group are moving from city to city preaching the gospel message and that's

the part that feels similar to my life.

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