Unlikely time and place.



Acts 16:25–34

At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.

From enemy to fellow believer — this Jailer was an unexpected convert to the faith at an unlikely time: the middle of the night.

Often, it can feel like only the right people in the right place can come to faith. But that isn't how the Holy Spirit works. The Spirit works faith wherever and whenever the word is present.

Even your faith is a miracle.

Trust the Spirit will do it again.

Why do you feel some people are "more likely" to come to faith? Why is it better to rely on God's word rather than yourself to create faith?

 

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