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Theo Tigno•
5/25/2006 2:48 pm
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Thursday in the Sixth Week of Easter |
Acts 18:1-8
Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to visit them and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. Every sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue, attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks.
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." So he left there and went to a house belonging to a man named Titus Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next to a synagogue. Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for government leaders to listen to the promptings of The Holy Spirit to guide their nations in union with God.
I love reading about the early years of Christianity through Acts. It always amazes me that the Jews reject Christ and the Gentiles accept the Gospel message.
The Gospel message is for more than those who we know in our Christian circles. Let us pray today for the strength to invite others that we love with the loving act of spreading the Gospel to them. Take care and God Bless.
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