Acts 18:1 - After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” 11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15 But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” 16 And he drove them from the tribunal. 17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this. —ESV
Success is walking from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. —Winston S. Churchill
I never quit, because God’s people shouldn’t succumb to
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Acts 18:9
I never quit, because I refuse to let my enemies
me.
Acts 18:9
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. —Zig Ziglar
are unhelpful assumptions about ourselves or the situation made without knowing all the facts.
I never quit, because we
than meets the eye.
Acts 18:9
2 Kings 6
The Christian worldview includes an
that the world cannot calculate.
God’s promises include miracles you can’t calculate in advance.
Our toughness is not in our muscles or our numbers … but
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I never quit, because I’ve got true
that
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Acts 18:9
I never quit, because
is with me.
Acts 18:9
Romans 8:31 - What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? …35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? …37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. …38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:1-2
I never quit, because God never stops
me.
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1) Share prayer requests and answered prayers with one another and pray for one another.
2) What was the one big thing that blessed you in last Sunday’s worship service? What did the Holy Spirit speak to your heart about through the sermon?
3) What is the one big thing that the Apostle Paul is teaching us in Romans 8:31-39?
4) What does Philippians 4:19 teach us about the provisions of God?
5) What does Psalm 84:10-12 teach about God’s provisions?
6) What do we learn about Jesus Christ from the following verses?
Ephesians 3:8
Ephesians 3:11
Ephesians 3:12
Ephesians 3:17
Ephesians 3:20
7) Ephesians 3:20-21 are some of the most memorable verses in the Bible because they describe God’s abilities while praising Him. Read those verses again carefully and answer this question: “How do we fit into the equation?”
8) List at least 3 things Paul prays for in Ephesians 3:14-19?
9) Put the prayer from question #9 into your own words and pray that prayer for you and your Life Group.