{"id":529,"date":"2011-08-07T11:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T16:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:21:42","slug":"come-over-and-help-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Come over and Help Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The steps of a righteous man are ordered by God.&#8221; Acts 16:1-10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> I: Closed Doors Disciplines the Man of God.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. &#8220;Be still and know that I am God.&#8221; Psa. 46:10<br \/>\n2. Paul wanted to go to Northern Asia Minor.<br \/>\n3. Gods does not discipline his Servants.<br \/>\n4. The journey began under a cloud and new God said NO!!!<br \/>\n5. At the borders of Bethina, God said no.<br \/>\n6. Sickness drove him to a different field of service.<br \/>\n7. In his restlessness, Paul turned in humble obedience.<br \/>\n8. Paul learned that disappointment can reveal the Will of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong> II: Closed Doors Promotes the Plan of God.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. God had brought him to Troas, Timothy, Silas and Luke.<br \/>\n2. Before Him was Athens, the Citadel of Pagan Culture. Rome the seat of Imperial Power, Spain the limit of the Mediterranean World.<br \/>\n3. Before Paul was the heart beat of his world.<\/p>\n<p><strong> III: Closed Doors Unfolds the Call of God.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Troas was the end of his confusion and the beginning of a wider Ministry.<br \/>\n2. Troas was a busy Seaport, on the Western Verge of the Orient. In her streets were Merchants from the West. Especially noticeable was the Macedonians with their Greek Mantles and broad hats.<br \/>\n3. Paul&#8217;s mind was stirred with thoughts of Rome, the Imperial City, Greece the home of Art, Poetry and Philosophy.<br \/>\n4. Could it be God was calling him to these centers of leadership?<br \/>\n5. A man stood before him attired in Macedonian clothes.<br \/>\n&#8220;Come over and into Macedonia and help us!&#8221;<br \/>\n6. Every child of God may find the Will of God for his life.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Multitudes need our help. We need to see the outstretched head. New worlds of Service may open to us.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Dr. Tom Lambie &#8220;Home on Furlough from Ethiopia was faced with a lucrative practice in Philadelphia.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The steps of a righteous man are ordered by God.&#8221; Acts 16:1-10 I: Closed Doors Disciplines the Man of God. 1. &#8220;Be still and know that I am God.&#8221; Psa. 46:10 2. Paul wanted to go to Northern Asia Minor. 3. Gods does not discipline his Servants. 4. The journey began under a cloud and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}