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Let’s be honest, we are living at a time in our nation that’s not as friendly or safe or healthy as it once was.
People in America are met with all sorts of international conflict or health challenges, the only thing consistent is the inconsistency of the messages. Many are filled with fear - minimally they make us weary.
Surveys tell us three of four Americans feel less safe than a year ago. Major cities are overrun with lawless-ness, international tensions have returned to some historical lows. In the US, people have left certain states in droves for all kinds of reasons - many attached to crime, politics, taxes or pandemic mandates.
Here we are launching into 2022 together and I suggest there’s no better time to go out and show people there is a living God in charge, that when we walk with Him, there is calm and serenity and peace attached.
All of us should be able to help create a platform in our circles, in this city, that tells people what makes us different.
Jesus runs our lives and if we are in obedience to Him, nothing brings us fear. We cannot let fear and uncertainty steal our joy or compromise our faith.
The life of the Apostle Paul - what a great example and teacher for us to grasp this whole concept of having a place of refuge in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We have to look at these times not as Americans, but as followers of Jesus. What does the Bible say to us, what does the Lord say to us about our personal safety as followers of Jesus?
If you find yourself uneasy these days or a little frightened, you have come to the right place.
Background for Acts
Paul has been to Philippi, to Thessalonica, to Berea - he’s preached in each one of these places - led thou-sands to Christ, started churches - then went south to the city of Athens, where he preached to the intellectual elite of the ancient Roman world, now he’s in Corinth where you see that he goes to the Synagogue in town every sabbath - sharing the truth that Jesus was the Messiah.
Acts 18:6-11
I. “Do Not Be Afraid”
• These unbelievers want to do battle with Paul - the unbelieving Jews - a powder keg topic - Paul’s safety is in serious jeopardy but his refuge is firmly planted in the Lord.
• God comes to him in a vision and says do not be afraid - stay and preach - Do we not face these same choices Paul did?
1) Follow God’s will for our life.
2) Worry about conflict for the sake of the Gospel?
• And he then stayed another 1.5 years
A. Develop a Godly mindset
Apostle Paul had a mindset on how he lived his life - not about personal comfort or safety - Priority was on being where God wanted him to be and doing what God wanted him to do.
Question was not where are the threats to avoid, but what is the will of God so I can walk in it. He considered personal threats as trivial, as long as he was where God wanted him to be and doing what God wanted him to do.
He talks about this later in Acts 20, talking to the Elders at the church of Ephesus;
Acts 20:24, But I do not consider my life of any ac-count as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of God’s grace.

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