Pastor Brent opens by recalling the tumultuous yet perspective-shifting year of 1968. He challenges us through this passage in Acts to reshape our perspective and re-ground our priorities, setting a Kingdom-focus, centered in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and inspired to move toward God’s plans for us. This long passage reveals some of Paul’s priorities for gospel fruitfulness: 1) Paul invested in others (20:1-6); 2) Paul preached the gospel (20:7-12); 3) Paul trained godly elders (20:13-38); and 4) Paul was willing to suffer (21:1-16). We at New Life EFC (with 329 people on our August Prayer Calendar!) want to be a church where we take what God has entrusted to us and make it fruitful for His Kingdom and for His glory!