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God’s Word for You – Acts 27:27-29 twenty fathoms, fifteen fathoms…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:27-29 27 But on the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Sea of Hadria when about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land. The Sea of Hadria was the name for the entire central third of the Mediterranean, not just the water between […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:21-26 The angel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:21-26 21 And also the men had gone a long time without food. So Paul stood up among them and said: “Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed from Crete. You wouldn’t have had this damage and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:19-20 No hope of rescue
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:19-20 19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s equipment overboard with their own hands. 20 Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days. The storm raged without letting up. Finally we gave up all hope of being rescued. They had been battered by this storm for three days […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:19-20 No hope of rescue
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:19-20 19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s equipment overboard with their own hands. 20 Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days. The storm raged without letting up. Finally we gave up all hope of being rescued. They had been battered by this storm for three days […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:16-18 Jettison and Live
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:16-18 16 As we passed under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we just managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s lifeboat. 17 After the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship’s hull to help hold it together. The island of Cauda is about […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:15 When We’re in Trouble
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:15 15 When the ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. In a storm, a sailing ship could do one of three things. They would first of all try to find a safe harbor or […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 2:10 Keeping and breaking fellowship
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 2:10 Up to this point, God has been calling the priests to repentance. Now the prophet turns to the people of Judah. 10 Don’t we all have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another? It […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:12-14 The Storm Begins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:12-14 12 Since the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority were in favor of setting sail from there, hoping to reach Phoenix, a Cretan harbor that faced both southwest and northwest, and winter there. At least one earthquake has changed the shape of Crete’s western shoreline enough […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:8-11 The Gales of November
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:8-11 8 With difficulty, we sailed along the coast and came to some place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. 9 A great deal of time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because it was already after the Fast. So Paul warned them, 10 “Men, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:5-7 Out of our hands
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:5-7 5 We sailed across the open sea down along Cilicia and Pamphylia, and we put in at Myra in Lycia. 6 The centurion found an Alexandrian ship there sailing for Italy, and he sent us on board. 7 For many days we had slow sailing, and we had difficulty […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 27:1-4 The voyage to Rome begins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 27:1-4 This chapter takes place almost entirely at sea. Paul and Luke begin in a small ship, are transferred to a larger one, and end the chapter in the sea with no ship at all, reminding us somewhat of Jonah 1:15-17 and 2:1-10. All the while, the Lord was in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 226:29-32 Law and Gospel in Acts 26
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 26:29-32 29 Paul said: “I pray to God that in a rush and to a great degree, not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these bonds.” Paul knew he was soon to be on his way; he had no […]