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SATURDAY JUNE 6


START FROM HERE!

READ:
Acts 9:6
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Lord, what do You
want me to do?
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On June 6, 1944, three American officers huddled in a bombshell crater on Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Realizing the tide had carried them to the wrong place on the beach, the trio made an impromptu decision: "We'll start the battle from right here." They needed to move forward from a difficult starting point.

Saul found himself in a difficult place, needing to make a decision after meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus (ACTS 9:1-20). Suddenly, the location and direction of his life was revealed to him as a mistake, his prior life perhaps even feeling like a waste. Moving forward would be difficult and would require hard and uncomfortable work, perhaps even facing the Christian families whose lives he had torn apart. But he responded, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" (v.6).

We often find ourselves in unexpected places, places we never planned nor wanted to be. We may be drowning in debt, inhibited by physical barriers, or suffering under the weight of sin's consequences. Whether Christ finds us this day in a prison cell or a palace, whether He finds us broken and broke or absorbed by our own selfish desires, Scripture tells us to heed Paul's advice to forget what lies behind and to press forward toward Christ (PHIL. 3:13-14). The past is no barrier to moving forward with Him. __ Randy kilgore

**Are you paralyzed by your past? Have you drifted away from Christ?
Or perhaps never even met Him? Today is the day to begin anew
with Christ, even if you've tried and failed before.
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It's not too late for a fresh start.

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Acts (:1-9*****************************
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against
the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and
asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus,
so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether
men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As
he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light
shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground
and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you
persecuting Me?"

5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?"
Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting...."
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You
want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "arise and go into
the city, and you will be told what you must do...."

8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were
opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and
brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without
sight, and neither ate nor drank.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
When we read the dialogue between Saul and
Jesus on the road to Damascus, we sometimes overlook the fact that
Saul exercised a choice. When he realized it was Jesus talking to him,
he asked a deliberate question: "[W]hat do you want me to do?"
(v.6). When walking our own Damascus road, we may need to ask the
Lord the same question.