Oct 8 | Encourage Endurance
DATE: October 8, 2023
THEME: Encourage Endurance
SCRIPTURE: Acts 14:20-28
Paul is healed COMPLETELY at the end of his time in Lystra after being stoned and makes the 60 mile journey to Derbe. His ministry is very peaceful and fruitful here. They then decide to return back to the churches that were planted in Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch (of Pisidia) to encourage them to remain faithful to Jesus and endure the hardships Jesus forewarned would come to those who are His followers. The point this morning was the same as Paul and Barnabas's : Encourage Endurance through persecutions and disappointments; remain in God’s love & the joy of the Spirit.