Bible Text: Acts 13: 13-52 | Speaker: Blake Nichols | Grace-Fed Life
Acts 13:13-52
Context makes decision-making easier.

Definition of context:

 The parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning.
The interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs: environment, setting the historical context of the war.

What should be our context (perspective)?

God loves me! (Gospel message)
God has a plan and wants me to be part of it.
Seek God for marching orders.
Look for God throughout each day.

Paul shows us what our context should be.

Proclaim your priorities.  (Every day we should proclaim God loves me and has a plan for my life.)  Verse 24 tells us the first thing Paul did when he came to the city was go to the synagogue.
Get into the Word. (Paul gave a history lesson regarding God’s powerful work for Israel throughout the years.)  Romans 10:17: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Negate the negative.  (We are in constant danger of having our irritations, negative encounters, issues, and problems become our context.)  Albert Einstein:  Stay away from negative people.  They have a problem for every solution.