Paul and Silas were on their way to pray... Sometimes, we find ourselves in bad situations when we are doing what is right and good. We look at how our perspective changes everything for us and even people around us that we don't know.
PERCEPTION is the EMOTION of the wrong being done to you, PERSPECTIVE is the DECISION you make while being wronged! Your PERSPECTIVE is swayed and kept by your FOCUS...
Most people will have a "Wilderness Experience" at least once in their life... often it is part of the Spirit leading... We see that Jesus had a great "launch" to His ministry, and then was led into the wilderness where He faced challenges to His ministry and Sonship. We see that the principles apply still today... when we experience the wilderness...
Elijah found himself in the wilderness - once by God's leading the other by running in fear, depression and giving up. God has a plan for our life and "NEXT STEPS" for walking in His will, or a "way out" from our failures.
At some point on our JOURNEY of LIFE, all of us want something to be different! Often, there are barriers to us taking the NEXT STEPS, we look at three areas that can keep us from taking the NEXT STEP with God.
We are all on a JOURNEY... People who want things to CHANGE, HAVE TO take NEXT STEPS! We often reject the path that God has for us because it DOESN'T LOOK LIKE what we think it should!
We all have things that are not as we would wish, but we see that when Jesus asked the man who was ill if he wanted to be "well" there is a deeper meaning, one that translates to today!
We all "make a difference" in the lives of those around us, sometimes good, or times not so much! We spill out WHAT is on the inside, as if we carried a bucket around...
The days following the death, burial and resurrection brought uncertainty for the disciples and Jesus showed up and gave them instructions - Ultimately, the same thing as when He originally called them... "Follow Me!"