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Paul’s name would never make a list of weaklings … As Saul, he was an unrepentant executor of Christians. After his dramatic conversion, which included temporary blindness, the tent-maker’s life was filled with trials and sufferings—enough to make the most stout-hearted man turn back from serving God. Paul himself admitted ...

When God’s people found themselves helpless in the face of two armies coming against them, their king, Jehoshaphat, called for a fast to seek the Lord. The Holy Spirit gave this word: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow ...

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. And the keeper of ...