Message Translation and Dictation God is the of joy Joy is this abiding that your eternity is even when your today is Acts 16:14-19 – One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” Be before you get Acts 16:22-24 – As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. This can become your future Acts 16:22-25 – The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. The Philippian church began with a , a , & a James 1:2 – Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, Acts 16:37-38 – But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison…the officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. Acts 16:30 - He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”