Yesterday we were reading about how the eagle teaches its young to fly. Last night we watched "Spartacus" on TV, which showed Roman cruelty in St. Paul's time. Today we read how God used the apostle Paul's imprisonment in Rome. It is in Philippians chapter 1 verses 12 to 26. Paul says "what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel". He emphasises the unlikely truth of this by using the word "really". Paul's imprisonment in Rome was costly, it was the last step before execution. Eusebius of Caesarea, who wrote in the fourth century, states that Paul was beheaded in the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero.
However had not Paul been imprisoned he would probably not have written Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon.
We pray that God will use this suffering of Jan to increase our usefulness to Jesus.
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