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Paul kept his goal in mind, in spite of resistance, hardship & detours. What about our road? Do we keep our goal in mind? Do we know what it is?

Felix was convicted by Paul's dissertation, but did not convert/repent/respond. Conviction is not the same as conversion. Many people have a conviction experience and stay the same. That just produces guilt. Conviction plus conversion produces freedom.

The Purpose & Person of Paul His purpose: To complete his God-given task His Task: Testifying to the Good News of God's grace What is our Purpose/Task? What is Faith in Christ's Purpose/Task?

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector, The Rich Young Ruler and the woman with the issue of bleeding all have something in common. An Authentic Encounter with Jesus.

#NOFILTER is a very popular hashtag on social media, especially Instagram. #NOFILTER reveals a desire for a more accurate representation of reality. The Holy Spirit wants to replace #NOFILTER approaches with some #JESUSFILTER approaches. The #JESUSFILTER is required in order to have a more accurate representation of a Kingdom reality.

Changes in Acts; Name changes. Relationships can be stressed. To become effective, we must become more than a collection of familiar strangers.

Proverbs advises us to guard our hearts, for everything comes from there. Just like our physical hearts that we must guard if we want good health, we must guard our spiritual hearts.

New Beginnings; End of the account of Peter's ministry and beginning of Paul's ministry, mostly to Gentiles. He gets open doors, followed by opposition. When Kingdom of God gets an open door, someone, usually Jewish rulers, are displaced and become the opposition

Ananias was afraid to obey the Lord because he was afraid of Saul. He had to surrender his fear, his will and obey in order for the Kingdom of God to advance. We must do the same.