Acts 18:1-11 Paul at Corinth

After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,  and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.  And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.  But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”  Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.  And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;  for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”  And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

What is the main message here?  It is those words spoken by Father-God who tells us not to fear, but be bold in proclaiming Christ's gospel, because God has concern for the many people here in the same way that God empowered Jonah is the days past to preach the word in Nineveh when the people heard the word of God and repented and caused revival.  In the same way, God has concern for the many who need to hear from Him today.  Therefore do not hesitate, but open your mouth in God's service, because faith comes from hearing.

Daily Prayer:  Lord, loosen our tongues and still the fear that hampers our testimony.  Let us testify Your name before others as we have been called to do.  In Jesus name and for His sake I pray Amen and Amen.