Paul's missionary journey didn't start or continue how we'd expect a legitimate work of God to go. Yet regardless of their expectations or the opposition they faced, God accomplished more through the salvation of Lydia than the crowds many of us would expect.

1. Don't hold God to promises He's never made.

2. Salvation is a greater miracle than we give it credit for.

3. Spiritual warfare is won in the realm of truth, not rituals.