1Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia. 2 On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. 3 When I come, I will write letters of recommendation for the messengers you choose to deliver your gift to Jerusalem. 4 And if it seems appropriate for me to go along, they can travel with me.
5 I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia, for I am planning to travel through Macedonia. 6 Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination. 7 This time I don’t want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me. 8 In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost. 9 There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.
Tori's Comments:
"if the Lord will let me" I love this sign of submission, and walking step by step by the Spirit. I often feel the need to have a five year plan rather than listening to the Holy Spirit in a day-by-day mindset.
"if the Lord will let me" I love this sign of submission, and walking step by step by the Spirit. I often feel the need to have a five year plan rather than listening to the Holy Spirit in a day-by-day mindset.
Terrie's Comments:
A couple of things stand out to me today. One is to plan our giving. Don't wait put aside a little at a time so when the opportunity arises to give you have money to do something about it.
Also Verse 9 stands out... It amuses me that Paul writes that there is a wide-open door for a great work even though many oppose him. Many times we stop when opposition arises to what we are doing. If we are convinced that we are doing what God has called us to do perhaps we should expect opposition and also expect a great work to be accomplished as God works through us despite opposition.
A couple of things stand out to me today. One is to plan our giving. Don't wait put aside a little at a time so when the opportunity arises to give you have money to do something about it.
Also Verse 9 stands out... It amuses me that Paul writes that there is a wide-open door for a great work even though many oppose him. Many times we stop when opposition arises to what we are doing. If we are convinced that we are doing what God has called us to do perhaps we should expect opposition and also expect a great work to be accomplished as God works through us despite opposition.
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