What’s going to help you and me make it through life? What will help us navigate the highs and lows? The successes and failures? The joys and sorrows? As Christians, we need help navigating all of it. In Acts 28:1-16, the final few details of the shipwreck on the island of Malta are provided, and we see Paul finally delivered to the city he had so longed to visit. God had brought him safely through it all. Paul has consistently shaken off the bad things (including his sin), put his hands to work, and never forgotten to thank God for it all, no matter the circumstances. It was a display of God’s presence and providence in his life. I want that too. I want God’s work in me, and evidence of it in my life, for others to see. I’ll see you in person or online this Sunday morning as we unpack this together.

Series: The Book of Acts

Message: 69 – Brought Safely Through

Text: Acts 28:1-16

Todd Dugard

Harvest Bible Chapel

February 15, 2026

As Christ brings me safely through this life…

...I shake off the bad (v. 1-6)

Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.

- Charles Spurgeon

The gospel does not make bad men good but makes dead men alive.

- Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Luke 19:10

Romans 5:8

1 John 1:9

...put my hands to work (v. 7-10)

...and thank God for it all. (v. 11-16)

40+ times that Paul expresses gratitude:

• Acts 27:35; 28:15

• Romans 1:8, 21; 6:17; 7:25; 14:6; 16:4

• 1 Corinthians 1:4, 14; 10:30; 11:24; 14:16–18; 15:57

• 2 Corinthians 1:11; 2:14; 4:15; 8:16; 9:11, 15; 10:30

• Ephesians 1:16; 5:4, 20

• Philippians 1:3; 4:6

• Colossians 1:3, 12; 2:7; 3:15–17; 4:2

• 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2:13; 3:9; 5:18

• 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2:13

• 1 Timothy 1:12; 2:1; 4:3

• 2 Timothy 1:3; 3:2

• Philemon 4

It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

As Christ brings me safely through this life, I shake off the bad, put my hands to work, and thank God for it all.

Additional Resources:

This Day in History: The Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

https://www.crossway.org/articles/this-day-in-history-the-execution-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer/