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LIVING FOR WHAT REALLY MATTERS
WEEK 1 Day 2
READ ACTS 16:6-40
I love seeing women of God making a difference for the Kingdom of
God. And our heavenly Father does too. That’s why I was delighted
when I realized that the Philippian church existed in part because of
several women who fell in love with Jesus. They hadn’t met Jesus, and
they hadn’t yet met Paul, but the Good News about Jesus had spread
to their city—and their hearts responded.
Even before he met the women of Philippi, Paul saw women as
valuable partners in the gospel. Did you know that the first convert
in Europe was a woman who founded the first European Christian
church with Paul?7 (We’ll hear more about Lydia in a bit.) Women
weren’t included within the twelve disciples because these twelve were
to signify the twelve tribes of Israel, but on the day of Pentecost
(when the Holy Spirit was poured out), God showed the world that
He was doing something even bigger, empowering both men and
women to spread the name of Jesus Christ:
I will pour out my Spirit
on every kind of people:
Your sons will prophesy,
also your daughters;
Your young men will see visions,
your old men dream dreams.
When the time comes,
I’ll pour out my Spirit
On those who serve me, men and women both,
and they’ll prophesy.
A C T S 2 :16 -17,
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