Revelation of the Word:

THEME: NEW NAMES

Acts 13:9 NIV

 “Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,”

INSIGHT

-Saul the man who persecuted disciples was feared and dreaded. He worked in cahoots with the high priest as he sort for letters to the synagogue in Damascus that would enable his seize the men and women of God as prisoners in Jerusalem. When he approached the city of Damascus, Jesus appeared to him in a bright light and asked, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts 9:4). We find later Saul changing his name to Paul, after his conversion. It was customary to have a given name like for Saul who had a Jewish background, and later as Paul having a Roman, Hellenistic background. Therefore, from Saul to Paul, he succeeded to preach to Paulus or to the fact that he was able to enter the Gentile phase of his ministry and reach the unreached.

PRAYER

Lord we need You in our lives. We are nothing without You dear Lord Jesus. We surrender our fears, anxieties, limitations and burdens unto You Jesus for You care for us and You give us rest. We cast all our cares unto You dear Lord and You will sustain us and You not let the righteous be shaken. Lord Jesus You have made us righteous by Your grace through faith and it is not by our works lest anyone should boast. Your grace is sufficient for us and Your power is made perfect in weakness. We then boast all the more gladly about our weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on us. For Your sake Christ we delight in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and difficulties. When we are weak then we are strong in You dear Lord Jesus. May You deliver us dear Lord Jesus and heal us, our families, communities and nation. Deliver our youth and all people from drug abuse and addiction, sexual immorality and adultery, corruption and misappropriation of funds, idolatry and evil addictions. May You transform us and deliver us like You changed Saul to Paul dear Lord Jesus and fill us afresh with Your Holy Spirit. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and forevermore. Amen

Further reading: Psalm 55:22, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Blessed Thursday

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