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Acts 19 & 20: Spirit Led Obedience | Daily Devotion Series · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

• 0:04
  Pastor Robert Young: Today's meditation is coming from the book of Acts, chapter nineteen and twenty.
• 0:11
  Pastor Robert Young: Acts nineteen and twenty show the gospel's power to transform individuals, disrupt entire cities, strengthen churches, and propel Paul toward his final spirit-led journey to Jerusalem.
• 0:31
  Pastor Robert Young: Acts nineteen.
• 0:34
  Pastor Robert Young: Paul arrives in Ephesus and meets disciples who know only John's baptism.
• 0:41
  Pastor Robert Young: He explains the fullness of the gospel.
• 0:44
  Pastor Robert Young: He baptizes them in Jesus' name and they receive the Holy Spirit.
• 0:50
  Pastor Robert Young: Paul teaches for two years in the hall of Tyrannis, and God performs extraordinary miracles, so much that even cloths touched by Paul bring healing.
• 1:06
  Pastor Robert Young: The seven sons of Skeva attempt to use Jesus' name without true faith and are overpowered by a demon, leading many people in the city to repent and burn their occult books.
• 1:24
  Pastor Robert Young: The word of the Lord grows mightily.
• 1:27
  Pastor Robert Young: A major riot erupts when Demetrius, the silversmith, fears Christianity will destroy the idol making business.
• 1:38
  Pastor Robert Young: The crowd shouts for hours until the town clerk calms them.
• 1:45
  Pastor Robert Young: Acts twenty.
• 1:47
  Pastor Robert Young: Paul travels through Macedonia and Greece, strengthening the believers.
• 1:54
  Pastor Robert Young: In Troaz, he preaches late into the night, and a young man named Eutychus falls from a window and dies.
• 2:05
  Pastor Robert Young: Paul embraces him and God restores the young man to life, comforting the believers.
• 2:14
  Pastor Robert Young: Paul sells to Miletus and calls for the Ephesian elders.
• 2:21
  Pastor Robert Young: His farewell speech is one of the most emotional and pastoral moments in the book of Acts.
• 2:28
  Pastor Robert Young: He reminds them of his humble, tearful service.
• 2:32
  Pastor Robert Young: He warns of future false teachers.
• 2:36
  Pastor Robert Young: He declares his readiness to suffer for Christ.
• 2:40
  Pastor Robert Young: He also entrusts them to God's grace.
• 2:44
  Pastor Robert Young: They weep, pray, and embrace him, knowing they will not see him again.
• 3:02
  Pastor Robert Young: Where is God inviting you to burn old patterns?
• 3:07
  Pastor Robert Young: Trust his power more deeply, or embrace a new season of spirit-led obedience, just as the believers in Ephesus and the elders in Miletus didn't.
• 6:28
  Pastor Robert Young: God's Word grows mightily in me.
• 6:32
  Pastor Robert Young: His Spirit empowers me.
• 6:35
  Pastor Robert Young: His grace sustains me, and His calling leads me forward with courage and compassion.
• 6:54
  Pastor Robert Young: Our closing prayer.
• 6:56
  Pastor Robert Young: Dear Lord, thank you for the transforming power you displayed in Ephesus and the tender strength you gave Paul and Miletus.
• 7:08
  Pastor Robert Young: Burn away anything in my life that competes with your truth.
• 7:15
  Pastor Robert Young: Fill me with courage to follow your spirit, humility to serve your people, and perseverance to finish the race you set before me.
• 7:28
  Pastor Robert Young: Lord, strengthen me to lead, to love, and to live with integrity.
• 7:35
  Pastor Robert Young: Let your word grow mightily in me and through me.
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  Pastor Robert Young: For Christ's sake and in his name.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Amen