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Acts chapter 22 verses 1 through 3. Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before

you. And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more

quiet. And he said, I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Solisia, but brought up in this city, educated at

the feet of Gamalil, according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for

God as all of you are this day. And I could keep reading at this point, but this is Paul standing

up in front of a crowd of people who is not happy with him. And he begins to tell his story about

how he met Jesus or better put Jesus pursued him. And even as he starts, it's so interesting how

Luke emphasizes he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, language they could understand. And

so they got really quiet. And then he begins to identify himself with them. I'm a Jew brought up

in this city, educated here, according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous

for God as all of you are this day. And the reason I point these things out is because you and I have

opportunities every day to tell our story. We don't have to stand up in front of a crowd of people

angry at us, but we do have opportunities in our lives and our relationships over lunch, over coffee,

interactions with people. I think about one brother who told me not long ago, he was giving a

corporate presentation and he decided he was going to go for it and he incorporated his testimony

to how he met Jesus into this corporate presentation that he was doing. And I just want to

encourage each of us today to think about opportunities we have to tell our story, the unique

story of how Jesus pursued us. And as we do to look for opportunities to identify with the people

we're talking with, like we will have all kinds of different conversations with all kinds of

different people. But we have a lot of things in common with all the people who are around us,

all longing for satisfaction, allowing for joy, for purpose, for meaning, like start there with

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