Tree of Life Church - New Braunfels

I Was Born For This James 1:2-5, 12 MSG Acts 27:21-38, 42-44 MSG Point #1: See it coming, so you never end up running. Point #2: You’ve got to see it through. Because you have no idea what God is going to do. Point #3: You’ve got to shake it off so you can keep on yelling, “Bring it on!” Acts 28:1-9 MSG Once everyone was accounted for and we realized we had all made it, we learned that we were on the island of Malta. The natives went out of their way to be friendly to us. The day was rainy and cold and we were already soaked to the bone, but they built a huge bonfire and gathered us around it. Paul pitched in and helped. He had gathered up a bundle of sticks, but when he put it on the fire, a venomous snake, roused from its torpor by the heat, struck his hand and held on. Seeing the snake hanging from Paul’s hand like that, the natives jumped to the conclusion that he was a murderer getting his just deserts. Paul shook the snake off into the fire, none the worse for wear. They kept expecting him to drop dead, but when it was obvious he wasn’t going to, they jumped to the conclusion that he was a god! … Word of the healing got around fast, and soon everyone on the island who was sick came and got healed.