Are You Facing the Right Direction?
See how the enemy does it? He has no original thoughts. He just plays off of My ideas and he understands what will move man. He knows that man is built to love and to stand up for justice. So, he gets people turned around in his direction (the opposite direction) and gets them "loving" and fighting in the wrong direction!
So be careful! Be sure that you are facing the right direction! Or you will only find yourself fighting with Me.
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Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen.
A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)
But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison.
Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.
As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.
And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting! Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Acts of the Apostles 8:1-3 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/act.8.1-2.NLT
Acts of the Apostles 9:1-6 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/act.9.1-6.NLT
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