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Acts chapter 23 verse 16.

Now the Son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush.

So he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

So let me give a little context around this.

There is a group at this point in the Book of Acts who has conspired to kill Paul,

to set an ambush when he is traveling from one place to the next and to kill him.

They've strictly bound themselves.

Verse 14 says, buy an oath to taste no food until they had killed Paul.

So they're not going to eat.

They're going to fast from all food until they have taken Paul's life.

And you get to verse 16 and it says that this nephew of Paul's son of Paul's sister

heard about this ambush.

So he goes and he tells Paul Paul.

He calls one of the centurians and says,

Hey, take this young man to the tribune for he has something to tell them.

And so he goes to the tribune, this nephew and shares this news and the tribune responds

accordingly and make sure Paul is protected and makes it safely from one place to the next.

And you might think, well, how do we pray according to that verse?

Acts 23 16.

Well, this verse is a really good reminder that our God is sovereign over the details of our lives.

And our God is working amidst the details of our lives.

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