If by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you."…If by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you." Hear the ache in that. Paul had prayed this for years, and still was waiting. He did reach Rome eventually, in chains, as a prisoner. God said yes, just not the way Paul pictured it. What prayer are you still carrying? Sometimes the answer comes wearing clothes you never expected.
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Why did staying silent about guilt feel like wasting away bones to David?
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