Acts 16:12-15

Act 16:12-15 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. Paul was always looking for a place to talk about Jesus. He looked for people who were interested in spiritual things or people who were Jewish, like himself. Here in Philippi it was the women who were searching for God. And that is just the kind of people that Paul was looking for. When Paul shared the gospel of Jesus Christ, Lydia was glad to be saved and baptized. You remember at Iconium some were saved and some got mad. They got so mad that they were ready to stone Paul and Silas and Timothy and Dr. Luke. Isn’t that interesting! What a difference! That reminds me of the song, “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.”