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Acts 9:1-91 Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with

every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s

followers. So he went to the high priest.2

Herequested letters addressed to the

synagogues in Damascus, asking for their

cooperation in the arrest of any followers ofthe Way he found there. He wanted to bring

them—both men and women—back to

Jerusalem in chains.


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Acts 9:3-5

3 As he was approaching Damascus onthis mission, a light from heaven

suddenly shone down around

him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard

a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul!

Why are you persecuting me?”5 “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked.

And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the

one you are persecuting!


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Acts 9:6-76 Now get up and go into the

city, and you will be told what

you must do.” 7 The men with

Saul stood speechless, for they

heard the sound of someone’svoice but saw no one!


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Acts 9:8-9

8 Saul picked himself up off the

ground, but when he opened his

eyes he was blind. So hiscompanions led him by the hand

to Damascus. 9

He remained thereblind for three days and did not

eat or drink.


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Acts 9:15-2215 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen

instrument to take my message to the Gentiles

and to kings, as well as to the people of

Israel. 16 And I will show him how much he must

suffer for my name’s sake.” 17 So Ananias went

and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and

said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared

to you on the road, has sent me so that you might

regain your sight and be filled with the Holy

Spirit.”


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Acts 9:18-20

18 Instantly something like scales fell from

Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight.

Then he got up and wasbaptized. 19 Afterward he ate some food

and regained his strength. Saul stayed

with the believers in Damascus for a fewdays. 20 And immediately he began

preaching about Jesus in the synagogues,

saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!


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Acts 9:21-22

21 All who heard him were amazed. “Isn’t this

the same man who caused such devastation

among Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem?” theyasked. “And didn’t he come here to arrest

them and take them in chains to the leading

priests?”22

Saul’s preaching became moreand more powerful, and the Jews in

Damascus couldn’t refute his proofs that

Jesus was indeed the Messiah.


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The Meaning of Best Life

• It is a life you have neverexperienced before.

• It is a life wherein you increasethe level of expectancy.

• It is a life wherein you enlargeyour vision and living in a new

mindset.


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The Meaning of Best Life

• It is a life wherein you learn to

let go of emotional wounds and

past situations in life.

• It is a life of above normal, no

struggles, no defeat and

overflowing of blessings.


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I. Understand that the darkest hour of

your life is your biggest stepping

stone to your Best Life (Acts 9:8-9)

a. At the end of every trials, lies what God has

in store for you. (v.15)

b. In just one day, God can give you your

biggest victory. (v.18)

c. Your name will be remembered because of

God’s parade of victories in your life.


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Acts 9:8-9

8 Saul picked himself up off the

ground, but when he opened his

eyes he was blind. So hiscompanions led him by the hand

to Damascus.9

He remained thereblind for three days and did not

eat or drink.


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Acts 9:11

The Lord said, “Go over to

Straight Street, to the houseof Judas. When you get

there, ask for a man fromTarsus named Saul. He is

praying to me right now.


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II. Understand that what you

experience is an incomparablemove of God in answering

your own prayer. (v.11)

a. What you received is directly

connected to what you believe.

b. Believe for the impossible because

your Best Life is now.


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III. Understand that God has

radically changed your life toBest Life.

a. He has erased your weaknesses andmistakes. Our sins are forgiven.

b. Don’t focus on your negative past

experiences, instead focus on what liesahead that God can still do to you.

(Philippians 3:13-14)

III U d t d th t G d h


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III. Understand that God has

radically changed your life to

Best Life.c. He has given you power, wisdom and

the best breakthrough in life:1) Best job and promotion

2) Best house and car

3) Best business and workers

4) Best partner in life, families and friends

5) Best relationship with God


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Philippians 3:13-14

13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I havenot achieved it, but I focus on this

one thing: Forgetting the past andlooking forward to what liesahead, 14 I press on to reach the end

of the race and receive the heavenlyprize for which God, through ChristJesus, is calling us.


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IV. Understand that the Lord has made

the complete turn around of your whole

life from a battlefield to a greatest

harvest field.

a. He made us qualified to share in His inheritance (2Corinthians 5:21)

b. He rescued us from Satan’s dominion of darkness and

made us His children.c. He redeemed us – bought our freedom from sin and

judgement and brought us into His eternal kingdom.

(Hebrew 9:12; Ephesians 1:5-6)

d. He forgave all our sins. (Ephesians 1:7)


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2 Corinthians 5:21

21 For God made Christ, who

never sinned, to be the

offering for our sin, so that

we could be made rightwith God through Christ.


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Hebrews 9:12

With his own blood—not

the blood of goats and

calves—he entered the

Most Holy Place once for alltime and secured our

redemption forever.


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Ephesians 1:5-65 God decided in advance to adopt

us into his own family by bringing

us to himself through Jesus Christ.This is what he wanted to do, and it

gave him great pleasure. 6 So we

praise God for the glorious grace he

has poured out on us who belong

to his dear Son.


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Ephesians 1:7

He is so rich in kindness

and grace that hepurchased our freedom

with the blood of his Sonand forgave our sins.


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Conclusion:

Remain pure and live

a righteous life

manifesting the BestLife ever.

the fastest way to the best days of your life - rev. esther 12062015

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