1. Glory in the midst of grief
Acts 27-28

3. The extensive detail from luke
Luke 1:3, Colossians 4:14, Philemon 1:24
First person plural participle (We, us, our)
Details of the locations where they were
“The Fast” – The Feast of Atonement (Late September) – Common reference for seasons to/to not journey
Detailed recording of the trip
When they weighed or dropped anchor
Northeasterner/Euroclydon = Adriatic Typhoon Winds
Throwing cargo overboard
Lowering the lifeboats
“a ship of Alexandria, with the “twin gods” as figureheads

4. Grief vs Glory Grief Must go to Rome (26:32)
Loooong Journey (more than one year, Autumn AD63 to Winter AD64)
No one listened to his advice at first (27:10)
Stuck in a storm for two weeks (27:33)
Sanded and stuck in an unknown land for three months (28:11)
Bitten by a viper (28:3)
House arrest for two years (28:30)

5. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. 2 Corinthians 11:24-28

6. Grief vs Glory Grief Glory Must go to Rome (26:32)
Loooong Journey (more than one year, Autumn AD63 to Winter AD64)
No one listened to his advice at first (27:10)
Stuck in a storm for two weeks (27:33)
Sanded and stuck in an unknown land for three months (28:11)
Bitten by a viper (28:3)
House arrest for two years (28:30)
Encouraged the sailors in the Lord (27:21-26)
Gave witness to the sailors and prisoners (27:35)
Centurion’s spare him and the prisoners (27:43)
Viper’s bite didn’t kill him (28:6)
Healed many on Malta (28:9)
Encouraged by the brothers-in-Christ at Rome (28:15)
Preached the gospel to both Jews and Gentiles in Rome (28:30-31)
Wrote some of the most important Epistles in our New Testament (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon)

7. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10

8. Two application questions:
What areas in our lives, especially our grievances, could we give God glory and be strengthened by him?
How does a Christian measure a successful life?

11. "Sometimes I've wondered if the sole purpose of my coming into this world was to bring you that Bible in your hospital room." "Fred," I said, "You did a lot more than that.“ Ravi Zacharias