Sermon Text: Acts 16:9-15 NRSV 9During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." 10Then he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
11We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, 12and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she prevailed upon us.
Sermon: "Open Doors"
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
When we last left Paul, had regained his sight after a receiving a blinding vision of Jesus Christ while traveling on the road to Damascus. After experiencing God’s Amazing Grace himself, he sets out to share that good news with the known world. Other disciples join him at different points along his journey: Barnabas, Silas, Timothy. Paul and his companions travel through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia. They continue traveling until they come opposite Mysia and JUST as are about to go into Bithynia….
