The Book of Acts — fire spreading from one city across the horizon toward Rome

Matendo 27–28 — Kuvunjikiwa na meli, na RumiMatendo ya Mitume 27Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. Fungu hili linanifundisha nini kuhusu Mungu?

    • Mungu anamletaje Paulo Rumi kupitia dhoruba, kuvunjika kwa meli, na Malta — na kitabu kinaishiaje, Paulo akiwa chini ya ulinzi?
  2. Linanifundisha nini kuhusu watu — na kunihusu mimi?

    • Ndani ya dhoruba Paulo alisema, "Namwamini Mungu ya kwamba itakuwa vile vile kama nilivyoambiwa." Ni ahadi gani ya Mungu unayohitaji kusimama juu yake katika dhoruba yako ya sasa?
  3. Nitatii nini wiki hii? (hatua moja halisi, na siku yake)

    • Matendo yanaishia kwa injili ikihubiriwa "kwa ujasiri wote bila kizuizi" — na habari haijamalizika. Ukiwa umetembea kitabu kizima, ni "Nitafanya…" gani moja unaloliendeleza mbele?
  4. Nitamwambia nani?

    • Ujumbe ulifika Rumi kupitia waamini wa kawaida waliotawanywa na kutumwa. "Rumi" yako iko wapi — mahali pa mbali kuliko pote ushuhuda wako ungefika — na ni hatua gani ya kwanza utakayoipiga kuelekea huko wiki hii?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Bwana wa dhoruba, uliitimiza ahadi yako katikati ya kuvunjikiwa na meli, kuumwa na nyoka, na minyororo, hadi Paulo alipokuwa akihubiri Rumi kwa ujasiri wote bila kizuizi. Kamilisha ulichokianza ndani yangu — na kupitia mimi.