{"id":32545,"date":"2024-09-20T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/acts-25_13-27-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T04:02:10","slug":"acts-27_1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/acts-27_1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Need a Shelter in the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acts 27:1-12 \u00a0(CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Acts 27:1-12.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

Acts 27:1-12 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Fast. So Paul warned them,
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.
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\nOn verses 1-12:\u00a0 Paul and other prisoners are heading for Rome and these verses detail the first stages of their voyage.\u00a0 Notice that when the winds were especially strong, Paul\u2019s ship would head toward the \u201clee\u201d of a nearby island, in one case the \u201clee\u201d of Cyprus (v4), in another case the \u201clee\u201d of Crete (v7).\u00a0 What is a \u201clee\u201d?\u00a0 A \u201clee\u201d is the sheltered side of something, the side that is away from the wind.\u00a0 When the winds were strong, Paul\u2019s shipmates would look for a lee and go to it for shelter from the storm.\u00a0 In fact, we see a contrast here between the lees that provided shelter for Paul\u2019s ship (v4, 7) and a harbor in Crete that was not suitable for Paul\u2019s ship to stay in (v12).<\/p>\n

Just as Paul\u2019s ship was looking for a sheltering lee, when you\u2019re in the middle of a storm, you need a shelter.\u00a0 God provides the safest lee you can turn to and find shelter in: Himself.\u00a0 Under the cross where Jesus died, we find the safest lee, where our sins are forgiven and where the storm of God\u2019s wrath \u2013 while still raging strong \u2013 does not come near us.\u00a0 Praise God that when we were in the middle of a storm, God provided us with a lee in which to find shelter.<\/p>\n

Are you going through a storm right now?\u00a0 Run to Jesus.\u00a0 He is your shelter in the storm.\u00a0 Spend time in the presence of God.\u00a0 Give Him your burdens.\u00a0 Ask for His perspective.\u00a0 There in the lee of God\u2019s presence, find rest, peace, strength and hope to live again.<\/p>\n

Father, thank You that in Your Son Jesus and His cross, I find the safest and most secure shelter, such that I don\u2019t need to fear when storms come.\u00a0 Thank You that You are with me, You will protect me and I have everything I need in You for this season.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Acts 25:13-27.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!\u00a0
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\nActs 25:13-27 (NIV)
\n13\u00a0\u00a0A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
\n14\u00a0\u00a0Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews brought charges against him and asked that he be condemned.<\/p>\n

On verses 13-27:\u00a0 King Agrippa II was a Jewish ruler who came from a long line of kings (including his great grandfather King Herod the Great and his father Herod Agrippa I).\u00a0 Under Roman supervision, King Agrippa ruled over various territories in the region.\u00a0 Here we see King Agrippa accompanied by Bernice, who was King Agrippa\u2019s sister and with whom King Agrippa was rumoured to be carrying on an incestuous relationship.\u00a0 King Agrippa appears here in a visit to Caesarea most likely because he wished to build diplomatic ties with the newly appointed Governor Festus.\u00a0 Festus had to give Caesar a report on Paul\u2019s case before sending Paul to Caesar.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32548,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32545\/revisions\/32548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}