Surviving a Shipwreck (33 of 34)
Series: Acts
Robert Dawson
Acts 27
One children's Sunday School teacher taught her very young elementary students one of her favorite old hymns, ''Oh, The Consecrated Cross I Bear.'' One Sunday morning after service a mother approached the teacher with a question. She was curious about the new song her daughter had learned in Sunday School and been singing all-week long. The teacher said, ''You mean 'Oh, The Consecrated Cross I Bear.'' At that point the mother burst out laughing. The teacher looked a little perplexed until the mother explained that her daughter had been singing about a ''The Constipated, Cross-eyed Bear'' at the top of her lungs all week long.
We all get a little confused from time to time and struggle to make sense of what we are seeing, hearing and experiencing in life.
-This is especially true when we find ourselves in one of life's many storms and are forced to walk through life's unexpected bouts with suffering.
-When we find ourselves in one of those storms we get the feeling that we should be learning something because of them but we are not always sure what that something is.
-We know we are supposed to face and weather the storm but we are not always sure we want to or even know how.
Paul was very familiar with life's storms. He was well acquainted with suffering. Today we find Paul in the midst of an actual storm. As we look at Chapter 27 and the first part of Chapter 28 we are going to see Paul storm-tossed, ship-wrecked and snake-bit. I'm not sure things get much worse.
As we look at this passage and consider how Paul endured his storm, shipwreck and snakebite we will discover some lessons for us as we face life's storms and feel we have been shipwrecked and abandoned.
In the course of his arrest and court proceedings in Jerusalem Paul appealed to Rome. He wanted to take his case before Caesar himself. In chapter 27 we see the start of Paul's journey to Rome as a prisoner. H ...
Series: Acts
Robert Dawson
Acts 27
One children's Sunday School teacher taught her very young elementary students one of her favorite old hymns, ''Oh, The Consecrated Cross I Bear.'' One Sunday morning after service a mother approached the teacher with a question. She was curious about the new song her daughter had learned in Sunday School and been singing all-week long. The teacher said, ''You mean 'Oh, The Consecrated Cross I Bear.'' At that point the mother burst out laughing. The teacher looked a little perplexed until the mother explained that her daughter had been singing about a ''The Constipated, Cross-eyed Bear'' at the top of her lungs all week long.
We all get a little confused from time to time and struggle to make sense of what we are seeing, hearing and experiencing in life.
-This is especially true when we find ourselves in one of life's many storms and are forced to walk through life's unexpected bouts with suffering.
-When we find ourselves in one of those storms we get the feeling that we should be learning something because of them but we are not always sure what that something is.
-We know we are supposed to face and weather the storm but we are not always sure we want to or even know how.
Paul was very familiar with life's storms. He was well acquainted with suffering. Today we find Paul in the midst of an actual storm. As we look at Chapter 27 and the first part of Chapter 28 we are going to see Paul storm-tossed, ship-wrecked and snake-bit. I'm not sure things get much worse.
As we look at this passage and consider how Paul endured his storm, shipwreck and snakebite we will discover some lessons for us as we face life's storms and feel we have been shipwrecked and abandoned.
In the course of his arrest and court proceedings in Jerusalem Paul appealed to Rome. He wanted to take his case before Caesar himself. In chapter 27 we see the start of Paul's journey to Rome as a prisoner. H ...
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