'SUDDENLY'

Acts 1:8 (NLT)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 9:3-5 (NLT)
3 As he was approaching Damascus on this 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!

John 15:4-5 (NLT)
4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

Acts 9:6 (NLT)
6 Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Acts 9:7-9 (NLT)
7 The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one!
8 Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus.
9 He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.

Acts 9:11-12 (NLT)
11 The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.
12 I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”

Acts 9:15 (NLT)
15 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.

2 Timothy 4:7 (NLT)
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.

Acts 9:17 (NLT)
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.”

John 13:34-35 (NLT)
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

Acts 9:18 (NLT)
18  Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Galatians 2:20 (NLT)
20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

TAKE AWAYS FROM TODAY'S MESSAGE:

1. God is able to soften the hardest of hearts with a “SUDDENLY”
2. Be willing to “SUDDENLY” to step out of your comfort zone when God asks you.
3. God is “SUDDENLY” able to do exceedingly more than we could ever imagine using the most unlikeliest of people.
4. And because of Jesus, “SUDDENLY” the old is gone and the new has come