Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; and he took food and was strengthened.
Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
In what ways has the enemy tried to make you do wrong, or stop you from doing what is right? What are some of the ways that God has helped you when you were having a fight with the devil. Don’t be afraid to say if you have sometimes failed. We can learn a lot from our mistakes.
Take the time to tell God you are sorry for the wrongs you have done, or anything that you have not done which you should have done. You do not have to say these things out loud. You can do it quietly in your mind if you wish.
Think about the bad spirits that have power over people’s lives where you live. [Here are some things that are at work in the world: alcohol, drugs, immorality (sexual sin), hatred for another gender or race, traditional religion, idol worship, desire for money or power, witchcraft.] Ask God to fill you again with the Holy Spirit. Then spend time praying for people to be set free from these things.
Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
In what ways has the enemy tried to make you do wrong, or stop you from doing what is right? What are some of the ways that God has helped you when you were having a fight with the devil. Don’t be afraid to say if you have sometimes failed. We can learn a lot from our mistakes.
Take the time to tell God you are sorry for the wrongs you have done, or anything that you have not done which you should have done. You do not have to say these things out loud. You can do it quietly in your mind if you wish.
Think about the bad spirits that have power over people’s lives where you live. [Here are some things that are at work in the world: alcohol, drugs, immorality (sexual sin), hatred for another gender or race, traditional religion, idol worship, desire for money or power, witchcraft.] Ask God to fill you again with the Holy Spirit. Then spend time praying for people to be set free from these things.
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