Welcome to the Zoe Church podcast. We are a church based out of Los Angeles, California,

and we just want to say thank you to all of those who listen in weekly, download, like,

subscribe, and engage with our content. We are super excited today as we have a guest with us,

Pastor Bianca Olta from the Father's House, Orange County. Check this out.

Turn with me in your Bible to Acts 27 as we open up the word of God. Bianca Oltoff from the Father's House, Orange County. Check this out.

Turn with me in your Bible to Acts 27 as we open up the Word of God. If you brought your Bibles, that's where we're going to be. If you didn't bring your Bibles, it's all good. You

have a space in place here. The verses are on the screen. But as you turn there and put your

notebooks, your pins, your highlighters, what I want to do is give a little bit of context before we

dive in, because we're going to literally walk into the middle of a storm, but you need to know

what we're walking into before the storm. Our boy, Paul the Apostle, was put on trial. He was

falsely accused, and the people wanted to shut him down. So they put him on trial, but they didn't

know that they were messing with the wrong man because Paul the apostle was a Roman citizen.

And as a Roman citizen, if you go on trial, you could actually appeal to Caesar, our version of

like the Supreme Court. So he appealed to Caesar and they said, oh, you want to go to Caesar?

Then Rome, you shall go. They are about to board to Caesar and they said, oh, you want to go to Caesar? Then Rome, you shall go.

They are about to board a ship and Paul talks to the captain and says, there's a storm coming.

We should not go on this ship. Paul warned the captain. And the captain was like,

buck up, buttercup, get on the ship. So 276 inmates, prisoners and Paul, in addition to the captain of the crew, got onto the ship.

And they are going through treacherous waters.

The nights are long.

The days are dark.

The storm is raging.

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