To know that my spiritual family here at the church was able to help me get through arguably my greatest personal challenge [and] public personal challenge means a lot. It allows you to redefine family and I'm at a point now where I'm so far delivered and removed that I strive to make sure that I can be that type of vessel or asset for anybody else.
June 2, 2024

May 12, 2024

Paul was busy all the time telling people about Jesus. This made some people angry. They did not like Jesus. Many times when Paul talked about Jesus, Paul got in trouble. One day Paul went to the temple. Some people saw him and grabbed him. “Look,” they shouted. “This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere to be against our law.” People in the city were angry. They rushed together and ran toward Paul. They grabbed him and took him to the temple. The angry people wanted to hurt Paul, but some soldiers stopped them. Paul said, “May I say something?” The soldier leader said yes. Paul stood on the steps and waited for the people to get quiet. Then Paul began to tell the people about the things he had done. He told about the days when he hurt people because they loved Jesus. Then Paul told how he stopped hurting people and began to love them because he began to love Jesus, too. “God has chosen me to tell you and others about His Son, Jesus,” Paul said. The people listened to Paul, but they still did not like what he said. They wanted to stop Paul from talking about Jesus. But even though the people were angry, Paul kept on teaching about Jesus.