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From Persecutor to Preacher

  Have you ever looked at someone and thought, "There is no way that person will ever come to know the Lord?" Acts Chapter 9 reminds us why we should never give up praying for anyone. Saul was feared by Christians. He persecuted many who followed Jesus. If anyone seemed beyond hope, it was Saul. Yet God saw something different. On the road to Damascus, one encounter with Jesus changed Saul's life forever. The man who once tried to destroy the church became one of its greatest missionaries. His story reminds us that God's grace is greater than our past and His mercy reaches farther than we can imagine. Acts Chapter 9 also introduces us to Ananias. God called him to do something that must have seemed impossible—to visit the very man who had been arresting Christians. Ananias could have allowed fear to control him. He could have questioned God's plan or refused to go. Instead, he obeyed. Sometimes God asks us to love people we don't understand, f...