Come Over and Help Us

At Lystra Paul met Timothy, a disciple well spoken of, and took him along. The Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in Asia, and the Spirit did not allow them into Bithynia. At Troas Paul saw a vision of a man of Macedonia begging, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."

At Philippi, on the Sabbath, they went by a riverside where prayer was made. Lydia, a seller of purple who worshiped God, heard them. "The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul." She and her household were baptized.

A slave girl with a spirit of fortune-telling brought her masters much gain. After many days Paul commanded the spirit to come out of her in the name of Jesus Christ. Her masters dragged Paul and Silas to the magistrates. They were beaten and thrown into the inner prison with their feet in the stocks.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening. A great earthquake shook the prison, and every door opened. The jailer asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." He washed their stripes, was baptized with all his household, and rejoiced.