COME TO ME, I WILL GIVE YOU REST Matthew 11:28-30

 I WILL GIVE YOU REST

Matthew  11:28-29

Matt 11:28-29

28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.  29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.  30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

There are times in life when we can be overwhelmed. We have busy schedules, we are dealing with various problems, family, health, jobs all at one time.  There seem not to be enough hours in the day. Sometime we may not have the strength to handle it all. Each day brings something new to add to the list. We may at times say it is just too much.

We know the Lord, we know His Word but the REST seems be beyond our

reach. When we are restless, we may think we can get it on our own. We may tackle the problem by rearranging somethings, delay somethings or

Maybe delete some things. This may be temporary, because other things

Pop up.

There are three kinds rest we need help  with daily

     Physical Rest     The body is tried 

     Mental Rest        Thinking, logic, problem solving

     Emotional Rest   The ability to recognize , express and manage feeling

     Spiritual Rest       Resting  in the Lord and his will for your life

Physical rest seems easy to handle. All we need is a few hours of sleep

When you work all day you can become physically worn  only to start over again the next day with additional chores added. We can take a vacation but still come back to the same worn out situation after awhile.

Our physical condition also affects our mental state. We can become

Anxious, worried and lose sight of the good around us. Satan has a way of

Causing us to spiral down to a place of guilt, shame and hopelessness. 

It is a place where one can feel chained and bound with no hope of recovery. 

Thankfully, God gives us a way to a brighter reality.  A relationship with Jesus through the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit prepares us to place all our wants, desires, and hopes  in the Lord's hands. 

SOUL REST

Matt 11:28-30

28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

THE FIRST STEP  to Spiritual Rest is to come to the Lord. God wants a deep One on one relationship with us. A relationship where He takes us with all Our worries, sins and brokenness to be with Him. We want find any other place or person to invite us to unload on them. It is a universal invitation To all, not just some. The Greek word for rest is to take ease or refresh

The invitation is to those who are tired, burden down no matter how heavy

The load.  Jesus will refresh you. His tender love makes Him fully

Aware of your situation and needs. But you must have faith to come to Him and lay down beside Him, Don’t bring your load to Him then pick it back up again.  

God's promise is one of renewal, restoration and fellowship, You are a select group. God does not make this promise of rest to everyone, only those who Have faith in Him.

Matt 11:27

27 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal (him.)

Notice the text, Jesus decides who He will reveal the Father to. Jesus has selected you to reveal REST to. Only those who come to Him.  It is Jesus that gives rest. You will not have rest in yourself or by yourself. You and I do not have the ability to shut out the world while living in the midst of the world. 

To live in God’s Rest we have to not see our burdens and worries as problems but as blessings from God. Notice Jesus blesses those who have

The worries and  heavy load who come to HIm. You wouldn’t know the value of Jesus REST unless you had the problem.

The second step to REST is yoking yourself to Jesus

Matt 11:29

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;

The Greek word for yoke is zugos which means a coupling, servitude, obligation, pair of balances.

Can you imagine coupling yourself to Jesus? Can you imaging obligating

Yourself to Jesus ?  Can you imagine being on balance with Jesus? What is this yoke?

     1. The yoke of His profession    Savior, redeemer, keeper, 

     2. The yoke of His precepts      His commands, rules, behavior

     3. The yoke of His dispensations    His divine plan for mankind

If you couple yourself to Jesus, guest who is carrying the load.? You and I must trust Jesus with whatever we got. He got you. We must obligate ourselves to Jesus. Whatever He desires must be our desires. We serve

Jesus who is carrying our load.

It all sounds good, but how do you put yoking yourself to Jesus in practice?

First you got to love Him. If you love me keep my commandments. If you love Jesus do what He does. That means it no longer I but Jesus.

Second you must imitate Jesus

 

Matt 11:29

 for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Jesus is mild and cast down in heart,  He is humble, puts others first 

We have to let go and let God. To let go means to trust God, be patient in his timing , let Him guide you through the situation.   

Letting go does not mean doing nothing,  It means doing all you can do, praying always, studying the Word for direction and answers. 

Letting go means realizing that God has worked the solution and will reveal all to you in His timing. God may have someone in your circle or out of your

Circle working for you. 

My wife has the gift of helps.  If she hears your problem, she is moved to find information to help. She has friends that need medical help. She will 

Investigate their situation and help them navigate the health care system. 

While you are doing all you can do, God gives you rest in your soul. 

You stop fighting the do’s and don’t, the ifs and ands. You realized you are not equipped to handle all the problems you face. But God is. 

Sometimes helps come from talking to someone you trust, maybe a stranger doing a doctors visit. I have a friend whose baby a had severe

Itching problem. The doctors had no clue what to do. But in the doctors

Office was a patient who made a suggestion that solved the problem.

Third, you must learn about Jesus.  

Study the Word of God daily.  There are over 1100 human stories in the Bible. They are about ordinary people like you and me. One of them will probably fit your situation.

Ask yourself, How did Jesus handle my situation? Look for examples.

How did Jesus handle rest?  Jesus was sleep in the boat as the disciples

Battle the wave in the sea of Galilee (Mark 4:38-39). Jesus prayed before

Major decisions (Luke 6:12). What did Jesus say about your faith (Mark 10:52), your faith has healed you)?

What did Jesus say about your trouble (John 14:1)?

Matt 11:29  and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Rest is in the Lord, not you. He can give you a peace that surpasses all understanding. The more you trust and rely on God the more you will rest.

Your problems may not go away, but you will rest in your problems.

Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

When we truly serve Christ our minds are transformed to act in the spirit and not the flesh

1. Christ yoke is easy because of the divine instruction teaches us how to act and respond

2. Christ yoke is easy because we no longer act under compulsion but love and affection

3. Christ yoke is easy because of God's help in maintaining a discipline life

4. Christ yoke is easy as we enjoy our connection with Him

5. Christ yoke is easy because of the hope of eternal life is in view at all times.

The burdens of Christ are obedience, love and service

The burdens of Christ are light compared the unpardoned sin 

The burdens  of Christ are light  because He gives us the strength to bear them

The burdens are light because He come along side us to help us carry them

An example of boy having a heavy bag of groceries to carry into the house,

Christ comes along side pick up the bag and give the boy a loaf of bread to carry. That is what Jesus does for us, He carries our burden along side of us.

To Rest in Jesus is a lifestyle change. Jesus has to be first in our decision making. Talking to Jesus should be the first thing we do when we awake, 

We should seek Jesus first before we look for a solution  We should think Jesus before we speak. 

REST IN JESUS

CHANGING APPETITES FOR THE BEST LIFE Isaiah 55:1-9

CHANGING APPETITES FOR THE BEST LIFE

                                              Isa 55:1-9

THE TEXT

55 "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.

 2 "Why do you spend money for what is not bread ,And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.

 3 "Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David. 

4 "Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples. 

5 "Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you." 

6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord ,And He will have compassion on him;  And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 

8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways," declares the Lord. 

9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts are higher than your thoughts

WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE

What is it that you seek for your life and how do you plan to get it?  I know very few people that want or expect nothing out of life. We all are looking for a better way to live in peace, happiness and joy. The problem is that world changes everyday. What we relied on yesterday may not be what we can rely on today. We are fighting a constant battle to be secure in this world. 

There is one who never changes and offers us a way of life that is secure.

His name is Jesus Christ. His plan for wealth and security is not based on this world but the Holy Fathers divine plan for our lives. In order to live and

Prosper in God’s divine plan requires a change in our appetites, 

WHAT DO YOU THIRST FOR?

Isa 55:1-3

 "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

And you who have no money come, buy and eat.

Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost. 

2 "Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

And delight yourself in abundance. 

3 "Incline your ear and come to Me.

The question is what do we thirst for? Is it money, cars, houses, clothes

Position or power?  This satisfies our flesh for a time but is not lasting, The thirst here is spiritual. It is a relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Matt 6:33-34

33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself.

This is a command and a promise made by our Lord and Savior over 2000 years ago. We cannot understand this concept because it is not taught in school or pushed in our churches because we live in the flesh and not the spirit. We hear the scriptures on Sunday, but we live in the flesh on Monday. We tend to bring God in after we have made a decision. 

CHANGING YOUR APPETITE

How do we change our appetites to be in line with God’s plan. Isaiah 55:1 is an open invitation for all who thirst to come. Why should we thirst for the 

The spirit? Before we change our appetite to spiritual, I believe we must

Understand the importance of the Holy Spirit in our lives

1. The Holy Spirit is our divine guide   John 14:17 

2. The Holy Spirit teaches us how to love God more

3. He intercedes for us Roman 8:26

4. The Holy Spirit helps us to fulfill the will of God 

5. The Holy Spirit is our teacher of God's Word

6. He empowers us for God’s ministry   1 Cor 12:14

7. He empowers us to live above sin  

8. The Holy Spirit is our source of wisdom  1Cor 2:10

9. He enables us to hope for an eternal life  Rom 8:10-11

10. He enables us to have a personal intimate relationship with God.

God is the only one who knows us inside and out and has our best interest.

We are commanded to come to the water. Water symbolizes purification. Jesus is the living water explained in scripture  John 4:14. It is his shed blood that purifies us of all sin .  we have fellowship with God with wilful sin in our lives. Our best life is fellowship with God.

You don’t need money for purification. Its the free grace of God. You

Can’t Buy it, you can’t earn it.  If some come with a boat load of money as

A  payment, they will go away empty handed. If some comes with a list of

Good deeds as deserving the life giving water, they will go away disappointed. We must empty ourselves of any pride to receive the life changing water . The drinking of Jesus water satisfies our thirst completely.

The buying is the empty, humble, nondeserving self claiming nothing but a need for grace. God accepts us at our worst to make us His best. The eat is God righteousness through the Word of God.  Jesus is the bread of life,

“Come buy wine and milk without money without money and without cost. “

Wine is associated with joy and celebration.  Milk symbolizes the spiritual substance of growth. We  have an open invitation to celebration of joy and spiritual growth in the Word.  The world gives pain and frustrations daily.

INAPPROPRIATE USE OF MONEY

“Why spend money on that which is not bread and your labor on that which does not satisfy”

Isaiah moves quickly to the choices we make. Why put your fleshly desires before God? Why is your focus on the earth rather than heaven? At some point in our lives we have to come to the conclusion that the world and the

Things of this world can never  bring lasting satisfaction. This thought goes against everything we live for. We sit in our houses, drive our cars and put

On our clothes and are comfortable until something happens, something breaks down or we see something else we want.  

God is not telling us not to buy a house, a car, clothes or food to eat. God is saying don’t put those things before me. He did say if you put me first, those things will be added to you. 

The prophet ask, why spend money on that which is not bread.  Jesus said

I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.  MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT EVERY WORD OF GOD.

Why spend money on bread that goes in the mouth come out the other end.  How do I reconcile my need to satisfy the flesh with God’s desire to feed my soul? It cannot be done. The flesh just houses the soul for a short period of time. 

SATISFING THE SOUL

Out of all God’s creation, He only made two who are free; angels and men.

Only one was made in His likeness and image. God gave man the freedom to make decisions. Man has purpose for his decisions. To please God or to please himself.

Eph 5:8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

Here is the problem. We were born in darkness, now in the light, we have

Not made the decision to please God.  It is true bread of the soul that brings satisfaction. Our work, our time has to be focused on Jesus,’the BREAD OF LIFE that satisfies.

MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE

Isa 55:2 Listen carefully to me and eat  what is good and your soul will delight in the richest of food

To know what to eat we must study, take it seriously and put the Word into practice. This requires a change in attitude. We have to change our appetites. Not only appetites, but first change our focus from the World to the Lord. Our purpose in life must be to please God. God has food that the greatest cooks of the world don’t have a recipe for.

Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing (unto him); for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and (that) he is a rewarder of them that seek after him

Faith is not coming to church, but being the living church. When we study the Word our souls are dining on the richest food. We should invite everyone we know to join in this feast.  We must pay attention and apply the Word of God to our lives.

FOOD FOR THE SOUL

God gives us directions and then the reward of following His directions. A wise loving father wants what is best for his children. There is food and there is food for the soul. The food from God brings joy to the soul. God’s food prepares you psychologically and emotionally for the work He has for you. That which you buy from the grocery store feeds the body but does nothing for the soul. 

Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

God repeats the same direction several times. Listen, hear and come. All

Require a decision on our part. All require the believer to react to God’ directions.

Incline your ear. We all must listen for a word from God. He has something new to reveal to us. We don’t have a problem listening for a new song from our favorite artist which gets old pretty quick and has no real value. A word

From the Lord is new everyday and has lasting value. 

In order to hear the Lord we must come close to Him.  Stop what you are doing. Pick up your Bible and meditate on the Word. Spend time in prayer not asking but listening. 

Listening to the Word is one thing, but hearing with intent on an understanding to act is another thing.  It is not good to listen and not act.  To act on the Word we must have faith that God is leading us to a place

Of blessing. It is our obedience that precedes blessing. God’s intention for the call is that our souls will live. Not the body, it will go back to dust from which it came.  

The promised blessing is the everlasting covenant ratified in the blood of Jesus Christ. Isaish was living under the Law, a covenant ratified with blood of animals. The old covenant came to an end with the death of Jesus on the Cross. No One was saved by the Law, but by obedience to God’s Word

The sure mercies of David continue forever. Mercy is God forgiving the sinner. It is undeserved but given freely to all who come. God is faithful and just to forgive if we  come. 

THE TIME TO MAKE A DECISION IS NOW

Isa 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near. 

The clock is ticking. Time is running out. There will come a time when you

Want be able to call on the Lord.  The text is referring to the second coming of Jesus. When he comes all believers will be taken up to heaven. The door will be shut for all nonbelievers

Matt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

Luke 17:34-35

 I say unto you, in that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 

35 There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Does Luke mean that only 50 percent of the world population will be save?

We certainly don’t know.  If we put our uninformed ignorant cap on we say that only another 58 percent of the world population need saving before Jesus comes back.   

According to Benjamin Reinke and the Pew Research, 42 percent of the world’s population have not heard the Gospel

Certainly this no proof , but it does say that much work has been done and

Jesus can come back anytime

THE TIME TO COME TO CHRIST IS TODAY

Shake The Devil Off Acts 28:1-11

                                              SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

Acts 28:1-6

Acts 28:1-6

 And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.

2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 

4 And when the barbarians saw the (venomous) creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live. 

5 Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm. 

6 But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT

Suppose I promised you that you are going to heaven. 

Suppose I promised you, you are going to have some trouble in your life.

This is what Jesus has done,  Heaven is your destination  John 3:16

He promise you that life of a man is but a few years but full of trouble              Job 14:1 

How will you respond when trouble shows ?

Will you complain to God or give up the promise?

Will you shake off the devil and move forward in hope?

There are times when God sets up your misery so through faith you can share your testimony with others. 

BACKGROUND

On his final missionary journey, Paul against the advice of his friends

Decided to go back to Jerusalem (Acts 19:21). He was tried and convicted under Jewish Law,  because he preached Jesus as the Messiah whom they crucified. The Jewish hierarchy planned to kill Paul secretly because they could not kill a Roman citizen. Paul's sister's son heard of Jewish leaders plot to kill him as he was transported from one prison to another. Paul appealed to Agrippa, The Roman official to be tried by Caesar in Rome.  

GOD DESIGNED YOUR JOURNEY TO INCLUDE TRIALS

All believers are on a journey to heaven. God didn’t tell you how long your journey would take or what problems you would encounter on this journey.

He did promise you the end of the journey and some difficulties. 

Paul had word from the Lord that he was to take the Gospel to Rome

Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

During Paul's trip to Rome around November of the year, the  ship encountered some rough weather and was broken up near a coast of the island of Melita where the entire crew of 276 men escaped. Paul was given the chance to preach the Gospel to the Natives of this remote Island. 

GOD PREPARES HEARTS TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL

You should never worry about what you will say to people about Jesus, because He sets up the encounter and circumstances  for you to share your testimony.  Recorded In Acts 19, Paul desired to see Rome. He went to Jerusalem where he was jailed then put on a ship to Rome. 

The natives on the Island where the ship was wrecked show great kindness to Paul and the crew. They stayed on the Island for 3 months.

Upon swimming to the Island it was cold and raining. The natives of the Island perhaps witnessed the wrecked ship and the crew swimming to shore. They welcomed the crew and lit  a fire to warm them. 

GOD DRAWS KINDNESS FROM UNEXPECTED PLACES

The first thing we see is the kindness of the natives who could have easily killed them and taken all they had from the ship. It is my belief that God

Arranged the ship wreck at the island when the hearts of the men were prepared to meet Jesus and make life changing decisions. 

Luke referred to the Islanders as barbarians because they could not speak Greek.  While they didn’t speak Greek they did speak the language of kindness, pity, compassion with their show of hospitality.

YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO THE LORD INCLUDES TRIALS

The second thing we see is God keeping the promise for Paul to arrive in

Rome safety.  The ship was broken into pieces, the sea was rough, it was raining and it was cold, but everyone on the ship was able to get to shore. 

An angel of the Lord promised Paul that none would be lost Acts 27:22-23

God set up an incident to show His power and Paul’s faith. Paul gathered wood to keep the fire going. As he did, a poisonous snake hiding in wood leaped out and fasten itself on Pau’s hand. Paul without hesitation or fear shook the snake off into the fire. The natives on the Island thought the worst. He survived the ship wreck only to be killed by a snake.

He must be murder. The natives watched waiting for Paul to swell up and die. When nothing happened they called him a god.

GHOSSIP IN THE MISSION

The next thing we see is how human emotions change opinions based on what we see but not understand. We need to be careful before judging people without  knowledge of the full story. He was a stranger to the islanders, but their opinions flip flopped by what they saw.    

There is no mention of Paul preaching the Gospel, but I suggest he used this opportunity to preach Jesus.  Based on what we know of Paul it was His history to establish communities of believers wherever he traveled.

No better time to teach the love and power  of God among witnesses to a miracle. This was an excellent example of the salvation of Jesus. Saved by grace through faith.

Notice the details of the incidents, the shipwreck, the fire, the snake, fasten to Pauls hand, Paul shaking the snake off, the swelling, the watching and waiting, the miracle, the changing opinions of the barbarians.

I  mention this because this story is symbolic of the life of every believer in Jesus Christ.  God can shipwreck us in places where the Gospel need to be preached.

Take a look at all the elements involved in the shipwreck

YOUR TROUBLES ARE DESIGNED TO CHANGE LIVES

      1.  The Fire   we build a fire for ourselves, all headed to the lake of 

           Hell described in Revelation 

      2. The viper, the snake  represents Satan hiding for an opportunity to  

           strike

      3. Paul, a believer, servants hands valuable to God, a threat to Satan

      4. Out of the fire the viper bit the believers hand. He is already 

          Doomed and desires to pull the believer down. Notice it was the  

          natives who lit the fire.  Why did the viper wait for Paul ?

      5. When Satan strikes we have to shake him off by faith

      6. Islanders,  nonbelievers observe how we handle adversity

      7. They wait to see if we will fall or stand and be puffed up with pride

      8. Opinions change when the world see you standing for Jesus

      9. Barbarians, living in darkness  become believers, brought to the light.

     10. There was healing throughout the island in the name of Jesus

What did Paul say to the islanders about the miracle?

How did he thank them for their hospitality?

THERE IS HEALING WHEN YOU SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

Because of his faith, God gave Paul another opportunity to showcase the power of God to the natives. The Island chief, invited Paul and the group

To his home where he entertained them for three days. Publius the island chief’s father was sick with a bloody bowel, Paul prayed then laid hands on him and he was healed. The islanders brought all their sick to Paul and he

Healed them all.  Prayer before work is an example throughout the Bible.

We are channels of God’s power

The Islanders were called barbarians because they didn’t speak Greek

Paul had the gift of tongues (languages) so he communicated with them in

Their language. While he healed their bodies, I am certain He prayed for their sin sick souls. This was Paul's first priority. Paul used his gifts to bless

Those in his midst. By doing so he gained an audience for Christ.

When we bless others. God will bless us.  The Islanders provided for Paul and the ship's crew for three months until the next ship came and took them on their journey to Rome. 

THE TURN AROUND BLESSING WHEN SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

Acts 28:10-11

 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary. ¶ 11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria,

KJV

Paul had the promise of arrival in Rome before he left Jerusalem. He was familiar with the trip, but not the circumstances that would occur during the trip. 

Paul went into Jerusalem a free man but was immediately put in chains

And on trial because the religious leaders hated Jesus 

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

The religious leaders hatch a plot to kill Paul by night 

His sister’s son informed him

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

To prevent his  murder in Jerusalem, He requested a trial in Rome before Caesar 

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

Ship wrecked on the journey to Rome. Paul encouraged the 276 men

On board that no life would be lost

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

He had to swim on the boards of the broken ship to shore

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

SHAKE

Cold, wet, tired and hungry while warming himself by a fire he got bit by a 

Poisonous snake 

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

Paul’s eyes were focused  on the promise, not the circumstances

He trusted God in his circumstances to get to the promise.

As a result of Paul’s trials on the journey to Rome, 276 sailers and the people on the Island of Melita  were introduced to the Jesus and perhaps received their salvation

In Rome  placed in prison

HE HAD TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

IN SUMMARY

YOU HAVE TO TRUST GO IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE TO GET TO HEAVEN

YOU GOT TO SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING WITH NATIVE THOUGHTS

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

WHEN YOU ARE HURT

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

WHEN YOU ARE WRONGED BY OTHERS

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

WHEN YOU ARE LIED ON 

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

WHEN YOU ARE LONELY 

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

WHEN GOD ALLOWS TRIALS IN YOUR LIFE

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF’

We must keep in mind that the Devil came to steal, kill and to destroy you.

If he can get you focused on the world, he can keep you from being focused on Jesus. The Devil’s purpose is to prevent you from going to heaven.

YOUR LIFE IS IN THE HAND OF THE MAN  WHO CONTROLS THE DEVIL

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF