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Appointment In Jerusalem by Lydia Prince

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In December summarize 1926 Lydia Christensen was a in effect 36-year-old Family Arts educator in rendering city virtuous Korsor Danmark. However, fair before Yuletide when supplementary longtime intimate and fellowworker Soren asked her run alongside marry him, she couldn’t answer “yes.” She was fond racket him ok. But was the yet life grasp Denmark “it”? Somehow she wanted more.

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Appointment in Jerusalem

January 16, 2017

Gripping and awe-inspiring read that I did not want to end!

Here is the true account of Lydia Christensen Prince, a Danish schoolteacher (and eventually the wife of famous Bible teacher Derek Prince) whom God awoke from a comfortable material existence into a dazzling revelation of Himself that forever wrecked her idea of normal. Even as her spirit became sensible to Christ as a knowable, awesome Person, Lydia wanted to find her true life's work -- something that "no one else could do." Leaving her career, her family, her colleagues and friends, and a salary and pension in Denmark, Lydia set out for Jerusalem, without income or missionary society or any formal backing, nor even knowing what she would be doing once she arrived.

While I'd heard Lydia's testimony before (Mother in Israel), there are details provided here that captivated me and caused me to worship even as I read. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Denmark, Lydia's bravery and obedience as she respectfully but firmly faced possible job loss in light of her viable faith, and her journey and adventures in Jerusalem blew me away. I found myself praising God aloud as Lydia recounted how those who had persecuted her the most back home later got saved, filled with the Holy

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In the Acts of the Apostles chapter 16, we have the story of how the Apostle Paul came to start a church in Philippi, the most important city of Macedonia, centuries before Christ.  

Macedonia is now part of Greece (or, officially known, The Hellenic Republic), but it was under Roman occupation and rule then.  

The city, founded by King Philip of Macedonia (father to Alexander the Great), had become, under Roman rule, a metropolis filled with loyalists to the Empire.  

The Romans granted land rights to retired soldiers, so there was no shortage of the cult of the Emperor---meaning Caesar was worshipped like a god there with great enthusiasm. 

There was also no synagogue in Philippi, which made Paul's mission there even more challenging.  In every city where Paul would visit to share the Good News of Jesus, he would always start at the local synagogues.

So when he and his companions arrived in Philippi, they decided to go to the river near the city to worship.  Jewish custom required that they worship near water, either in a mikvah in a synagogue or a river.  

When Paul approached the wide, muddy waters of the Krenides River, he discovered a gathering of women already there, worshipping in the Jewish tradition, eve