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“For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” ~Acts 28:30-31 NIV

Paul made his appeal to Caesar and after an adventurous journey to Rome he arrived and was allowed to rent a house and await his opportunity to make his plea to the emperor.  Staying there he welcomed all who would come to see him.  He shared Christ boldly and without hindrance. The book of Acts closes with this scene.  If you look you can almost see the white picket fence and dog running around in the front yard.

We know that wasn’t the case he was under house arrest and in his last days we know he was in chains in a Roman prison and was executed.  But for this brief time Paul was able to share Christ with whoever would listen and I can only imagine what that was like.  We also have a short time to open our homes and our lives to invite people in and share Christ.  Share His love and compassion, share His forgiveness.  Share Christ today with someone, practice the gift of hospitality and share what God has provided for you.  

Lord open our hearts up to others.  Help us to build relationship with other and most of all help us to share Christ with others.  Put people in our paths that need to hear about Christ and need to know about His love.