2. Life Graph Sinner Disciple Advisor Converger Leader Worker God working in you God working in you God working through you

3. Preview of Paul’s Life Preliminaries Preparation Passing Pastoring Prison Pioneering Converted CommissionedCaptured ClearedCondemned

4. Preliminaries Ancestry A. God used his Ancestry Background B. God used his Background Citizenship C. God used his Citizenship Dialects D. God used his Dialects Education E. God used his Education

5. Acts 9:3-4 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

6. Acts 9:5-6 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

7. Acts 9:15-16 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

8. Preparation testimony A. He shared his testimony theology B. He studied theology tent-maker C. He served as a tent-maker teacher D. He supported as a teacher

9. Acts 13:2-3 Now separate I have called them. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

10. Pioneering Three missionary journeys:  Mission 1: AD 48-49, Acts 13-14  Mission 2: AD 50-52, Acts 16-18  Mission 3: AD 53-57, Acts 19-21

11. Pioneering preached A. He preached Christ planted B. He planted churches parented C. He parented congregations penned D. He penned correspondence

12. Prison worshipped A. He worshipped the Lord witnessed B. He witnessed to the lost wrote C. He wrote letters worked D. He worked with leaders

13. Pastoring & Passing Released A. Released from prison Revisited B. Revisited his churches Rearrested C. Rearrested in Rome Received D. Received into glory

14. 2 Timothy 4:6-7 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

15. 2 Timothy 4:8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

16. Discussion 1. What issues that are out of your control do you resent because you believe they are a handicap to your life’s purpose? How can God use them? How can you change the way you view them?

17. Discussion content 2. The word Paul uses to describe his emotions while in jail for years is “joy.” Why was he so content while his life was wasting away in prison? What would your dominant emotion have been? What is the reason for the difference between yours and his?

18. Discussion 3. Which of those six stages do you think you are in? Do you think you are “on schedule” to achieve your life calling? What must you do at this stage to allow the Holy Spirit to move you forward?

19. Discussion 4. Convergence is available to all believers, but few experience it. What are the biggest threats to you reaching that stage in your life calling?