“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14 [KJV]   I was recently reading a list of prayer points, and one stood out: “pray the Lord would open hearts to the Gospel message”. This thought comes from Acts 16:14, which says, “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which wo

“And when [Bartimaeus] heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me....