Desert Springs Community Church
Acts 28:1-31 NASB1995
The Journey of Following Jesus is Not Always Easy
· When we live on mission for Jesus, that does not mean everything is going to go well for us (Matthew 16:24-25)
· We live in a fallen world that brings a lot of pain and suffering
· When we live on mission we are living against the stream of our culture and that brings conflict
· When we live on mission we have an enemy trying to stop us
God is Always Faithful to His Promises
· God had promised Paul that he would get to Rome to preach the gospel
· Jesus promised that He will always be with us
· God promised that as we follow Jesus He would take all that comes into our life and use it to make us more like Jesus
· God promised He would bring us safely into His presence
Our Goal is to Live on Mission, No Matter How Hard the Journey
· To follow Jesus means we must be about communicating the gospel message
· Like Paul, we need to be about living on mission regardless of the circumstances that we face
· The gospel was born through a difficult journey of God’s providence
· Sometimes in God’s providence, people are best able to see and hear the gospel through our difficult times in the journey