Acts 20.... Day 20

This chapter starts out with Paul out doing the work of the Lord and he discovers a plot to kill him by some Jews in the area.  He goes to his next city by another route.

For an interesting set of biblical illustrations see
 http://www.thebricktestament.com/

Then there is this story about someone in Troas.  I remember finding this story when I was a kid when I thought the service was going too long at church.  Paul was leaving the next day and so he was talking until midnight.  This guy was sitting on the window.  It says that there were lots of lamps in the room, and it was late, so he falls asleep and falls three stories to his death.  Paul goes down and prays for him and they continue when he is revived.

This next section is Paul describing some of the things he has had to endure for the cause of Christ, and how the Holy Spirit often would warn him of what suffereing was coming.  He also felt that he was being drawn to Jerusalem, and he seems to be indicating that he knows that he will be killed for Jesus because he tells them that he will never see them again.

Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with some of the things that are happening to Christians in today's world.  Voice of the Martyrs seems to be the best hub of information.