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Today, Lloyd will again be sharing a message based on the eleventh chapter of Acts. Do you experience joy in your life? I guess a better question might be, what things in your life bring you the most joy? Our kids certainly can bring those feelings. Also, perhaps, financial prosperity, or a good marriage, or ripping an especially loud fart. But the joy pastor Lloyd will be talking about today is the ultimate and incredible joy only to be found when the Holy Spirit is guiding and directing your life! Can anyone experience that joy? Yes!

Today Lloyd will take us to the eleventh chapter of Acts. This is another very important chapter for us to study because here we get a great explanation from Peter about the Holy Spirit. Remember, the Holy Spirit was something new to these people, and what we don’t understand, we tend to disparage. It’s really still true today - people don’t understand the Holy Spirit and His role in their lives, so they either make up their own definition, or reject the idea entirely. So who is the Holy Spirit?

Lloyd has titled this study “Bringing the Gospel to The World”, and that’s exactly what we see going, as Peter embarks on a journey to share the good news of salvation through Christ. God is our friend - in fact He’s the best friend we’ll ever have. Yet many people don’t see Him that way, and they’re missing out on a wonderful relationship.

Today we’re going to talk a bit about God’s way of doing things. Mankind has tried to figure God out for about as long as we’ve existed. Perhaps a better way of dealing with the task would be to just accept God’s plans, and worship Him! Our text today is Acts chapter ten, and a vision God gave to Cornelius.

One of the greatest travelogues ever written is the book of Acts in the New Testament. This account of the early Christian church, written by Luke, is interesting to study and inspiring to understand. Today we’ll return to chapter nine, as we look at the ministry of the apostle Peter. It’s important to remember that the events we read about today took place during a sea change in the post resurrection church.

We’ll be concentrating on chapter nine, verses thirty-one through forty-three today, and the events that followed the conversion of Saul. Our focus shifts to Peter, who was tasked with a great responsibility - to share the gospel message throughout the land - and to make disciples.

In Acts chapter nine we witness the conversion of Saul, who, after his encounter with the Lord on the road to Damascus, became the great Apostle Paul. It’s a wonderful reminder to us that we may have committed some terrible sins in our lives, but there’s nothing that God won’t forgive - if we go to Him in repentance and faith.

There are many landmark events described in the Bible. In the ninth chapter of Acts, the conversion of Saul takes place. It’s because of this one event that a significant portion of the New Testament was written. And it’s abundantly clear when we read the account of Saul’s conversion that it is indeed the power of the Holy Spirit and our faith Jesus Christ that saves us.

Lloyd is currently teaching out of the book of Acts, and today we’ll be in chapter eight. The story of the Ethiopian Eunuch is a great story of surrender, and the great blessings available to us when we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ. Surrender is a negative word for many people. Our ego tells us that surrender is a sign of weakness, but actually, just the opposite is true.

Today we’ll return to pastor Lloyd’s series in the book of Acts called “The World Upside Down”. The message today is titled “Divine Guidance in Our Salvation”, based on the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch. This wonderful story is found in Acts chapter eight, verses twenty six through forty.