Pastor Matt Lewandowski
November 6th, 2022
ACTS 16:11-15 “11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. 14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 15 And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.”
FAITHFUL MINISTRY PRIORITIZES PRAYER
ACTS 16:13 “13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.”
ACTS 16:16 “16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.”
ACTS 16:25 “25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,”
- THEY REPEATEDLY
- THEY PRAYED AND WORSHIPPED IN
- PRAYER IS
FAITHFUL MINISTRY RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SEEMINGLY SMALL WORK
- WE NEED TO REDEFINE WHAT
- SEEMINGLY
- PAUL’S WORK THAT DAY LED HIM TO THE PLACE OF PRAYER (A PRAYER MEETING) WHERE HE SHARED THE GOSPEL WITH A FEW WOMEN.