We need to be very careful with our language.  For example, if you catch someone in a lie, do you say, “That doesn’t seem to be the truth” or “You’re a liar!”  How do you talk to yourself?  For example, if you do not succeed at something you try to do, do you say, “What did I learn from that failure?” or “I am a stinking failure.”  In both cases, one response acknowledges the situation for what it is.  The other response makes the matter an issue of identity.  Calling someone a “liar” is a severe judgment.  Calling yourself a “failure” is overstatement motivated by the enemy—not by our loving and good Father.  I’m bringing this up today in anticipation of the message for Sunday about Saul/Paul’s trip to Jerusalem.  You can read about it in Acts 9.  I’ll just tell you up front, it doesn’t go well for the most part.  He had to leave Damascus because people wanted to kill him and he had to leave Jerusalem for the same reason.  If enough people want to kill you, you might start to ask, “What is wrong with me?  What did I do wrong?  Why am I such a failure?”  These would be rather normal questions for a person in that situation.  But, who really failed in these situations?  Was it Paul or those who were trying to kill him?  What does this study teach us about kingdom life?  What can we learn from Paul’s example?  Is it possible that doing God’s will could make life more complicated?  Lord willing, we’ll see you Sunday.