Lydia and Household Baptized

Discipleship and Mission

Call and Commissioning

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Acts 16:11-15 The Message
11-12 Putting out from the harbor at Troas, we made a straight run for Samothrace. The next day we tied up at New City and walked from there to Philippi, the main city in that part of Macedonia and, even more importantly, a Roman colony. We lingered there for several days.
13-14 On the Sabbath, we left the city and went down along the river where we had heard there was to be a prayer meeting. We took our place with the women who had gathered there and talked with them. One woman, Lydia, was from Thyatira and a dealer in expensive textiles, known to be a God-fearing woman. As she listened with intensity to what was being said, the Master gave her a trusting heart—and she believed!
15 After she was baptized, along with everyone in her household, she said in a surge of hospitality, “If you’re confident that I’m in this with you and believe in the Master truly, come home with me and be my guests.” We hesitated, but she wouldn’t take no for an answer.

For Reflection

One of the most visible signs of the transforming power of following Christ is sharing the good news and revolutionary hospitality.  Lydia demonstrates both.  Hospitality is the ultimate expression of dynamic Christian love.

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Pray so that you will practice Christian hospitality.

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