May 20 - Chapter 20

I had a good laugh reading Chapter 20, well at least from verses 7-12 :))

Paul and his friends travelled from city to city, careful to avoid the angry Jews. They continued preaching to the people and encouraging the brethren in Macedonia, Greece, Troas, Miletus and Ephesus (where his words were recorded in verses 17 up to 38) and other small cities. 

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Now, verses 7-12.. hehe.

We have a brother at church who works at a hotel as a chef doing early mornings from 6am to 2 in the afternoon. He lives quite far from his work so he has to wake up around 4am to get the night bus to Central London from the South East at around 5. I think he has had this job for more than a year now and since then I saw how he worked really hard and lost so much weight! I call him "Itay" =) He used to attend Streatham Sunday services before but because of the demands of his job, he could only come to Barking. This is why I dont see him that often any more because I only come to Streatham when uni is giving me too much work (which is practically every single week). Namimis nga ako nyan lagi ni Itay (and vice versa of course) =p 

Anyway, I think you know where this story is going. Yes, he falls asleep in church and every time I tease him about it, he would only say, "Anu ka ba anak, wag mo nga akong ginaganyan, NAGPPRAY AKO!!" hehe kakamis si Itay. Every time we get to see him like this, Bro. Alan would just laugh and say, "there is no better place in this world to sleep than to sleep in the presence of the Lord". Safe si Itay! haha. 

Eutychus probably had a very tiring and long day that made him sink into a deep sleep and was overcome by sleep (v9) that he fell from the 3rd floor. That was no laughing matter at all! But Luke, being a doctor knew that he was okay. The commentary said that he DID die but his life was restored in him. See, the Lord does not hold it against us if we fail to say "amen" from a prayer last night because we... well, fell asleep. We can say it in the morning when we wake up I guess. ;)

Amazing how He takes into account the effort/s we make to live as true Christians. God does not ignore the little sacrifices that we make for Him, He blesses us in return - we are all living testimonies to that. <3

*taken from my Facebook notes