TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 28:11-16;30-31
TO CHEW ON: "Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ." Acts 28:31
Three months after the shipwreck Paul, his guards and companions set sail again. Soon they arrived in Rome. When they got there, the soldiers took Paul to a house.
For two years he had to stay in that house with someone guarding him all the time.
Even though he was a prisoner, Paul didn’t whine, sulk or feel sorry for himself. What did he do? (Find the words for the blanks in the word bank below - Acts 28:31)
He __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ of __ __ __ and __ __ __ __ __ __ about __ __ __ __ __
God Jesus preached kingdom taught
You are probably not in a physical prison. But some things can make you feel as trapped as if you were. Things like being sick, being bullied, and failing at school can have you hoping and praying to be set free.
What is your prison? Pray that God will be with you, that you will feel Him beside you and that you will be set free!
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, please be with me even when I’m in a place where I’d rather not be. Amen.
MORE: Bible Jailbirds
Paul was not the first person from the Bible to spend time in jail. Unscramble the names of these Bible characters and match them with their crime.
A. Caught and jailed after his hair was cut. __ __ __ __ __ __
B. Put in prison to silence them from talking about Jesus. __ __ __ __ __ & __ __ __ __
C. Jailed because his master’s wife lied about him. __ __ __ __ __ __
D. Accused of being a deserter and put in a dungeon. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
E. Jailed because he condemned King Herod for living with his brother’s wife. __ __ __ __
NOJH the Baptist (Matthew 14:3-4)
HEOJSP (Genesis 39:17-20)
HMRIEJEA (Jeremiah 37:11-16)
NSMOAS (Judges 16:20-21)
REEPT & HOJN (Acts 4:1-3)