Hello Everyone,

Read with me:1 Corinthians 16:5-9

⁵After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia. ⁶Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. ⁷I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. ⁸But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, ⁹because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. (Emphasis added)

God was opening up a great door for Paul in Ephesus.

Paul ends up staying 3 years there, more than twice as long as he ever stayed any place else on his journeys.

God not only used Paul to start a great church in Ephesus, but while he was there, many more churches were started in the towns & cities around Ephesus.

It became a center from which the gospel flowed throughout all the area around them.

Now the point I want to make is this: When Paul saw that great door opening for him, he saw that it was a door of opportunity, a door of obligation, & a door of opposition.

I know without a shadow of doubt that for the Freedom Center “a great door for effective work has opened”.

Let’s GO THROUGH IT!

Oh How HE Loves US!

Pastor Phil