Sometimes our plans are good, but God’s mission is bigger. In Acts 16, the gospel moves beyond Paul’s expectations and reaches people in completely different places: a seeking woman, a trapped servant girl, a shaken jailer, and a city that does not know what to do with the kingdom of God. God is still calling us to hold our plans loosely, watch for people he is reaching, press into worship when resistance comes, and love the people Jesus brings into his family.

SUMMARY - Do you ever wonder what God is doing? Has it ever felt like God is unaware of your situation or the problems in our world? In today’s passage, we will see that God is always at His work. In fact, He was at work in our world and in our lives long before we arrived in our current situation. Remembering this will enable us to keep going when we face uncertainty or difficulties in life.

Do you ever wonder what God is doing? Has it ever felt like God is unaware of your situation or the problems in our world? In today’s passage, we will see that God is always at His work. In fact, He was at work in our world and in our lives long before we arrived in our current situation. Remembering this will enable us to keep going when we face uncertainty or difficulties in life.

Acts 14 shows Paul and Barnabas living on mission with open hands. As the gospel moves into new places, God works powerfully through the Holy Spirit, but the response is mixed: some people are amazed, some misunderstand, and some become hostile. Through it all, Paul and Barnabas refuse to take the glory for themselves, point people back to the living God, and keep strengthening disciples even after suffering. This passage challenges us to ask what we are holding onto, where we need humility, and whether we are willing to follow Jesus with courage, perseverance, and trust.

Jonah 4 invites us to look beneath the surface of our anger, frustration, and comfort-seeking. It asks a question most of us would rather avoid: are we more concerned about what makes life easier for us, or about the people God loves? This final chapter of Jonah draws us toward the heart of God’s mission — and toward the kind of heart God wants to form in us.

Some places feel too broken to change. Some people seem too far gone. In Jonah 3, we’re invited to see what happens when God sends his word into the places we’ve almost given up on.

What if the hardest moments in your life aren’t random—or even just setbacks? What if God is actually at work in them? When you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or in over your head, it’s easy to assume you’ve gone too far or waited too long. But what if those “deep waters” are where God meets you, hears you, and begins to bring you back to life?