Passage of the Day - December 27, 2010

Acts 16:7-15

 ⁷and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

 ⁸and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

 ⁹A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

 ¹⁰When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

 ¹¹So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

 ¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.

 ¹³And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

 ¹⁴A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

 ¹⁵And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

Here is a site that I found interesting on Lydia:  http://www.alabaster-jars.com/biblewomen-l.html Just scroll down to the section on Lydia.