A Study of the Book of Acts with Paul's Writings - Lesson 116 - Chapter 19 - The Tower Clerk - Videos

A clear, direct study of Acts 19, the Great Awakening, and the power of a transformed life.

In this lesson, the focus moves through Paul's work in Ephesus, the conflict around idol worship, and the role of the town clerk in calming the crowd. Along the way, the message turns to Gilbert Tennant, the First Great Awakening, and the urgent call for real conversion, not just religious knowledge.

This teaching presses on a simple point: if a person has been born again, their life should keep changing. The sermon draws a sharp line between old habits and a Spirit-led life, then brings that truth into everyday living. Focus matters. Repentance matters. What you keep your eyes on will shape where your life goes next.

You'll also hear strong emphasis on the difference between knowing about God and walking with Him. The message connects Acts, revival history, and practical Christian living in a way that keeps the text front and center. If you want a Bible study that is plainspoken, urgent, and grounded in Scripture, this one gives you a lot to think about.

Watch as The Smith and Rowland Show continues Lesson 116 in Acts 19, with teaching that challenges believers to stay awake, stay focused, and keep moving toward who God has called them to be.

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What is unique in this discussion is how Father God design our brains to function in our enviroment and how we are designed to feed our brains the information that it needs to function with what is seen and unseen. This is why Paul emphasized the importants to study the Word of God. Romans 12:2, "And be not comformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Our brains function is to search out what it has in it. This is unique to each individual as it relates to our gifts and our callings as they pertain to God's purpose for our lives. As we feed on the Word of God it is the Holy Spirits presence that leads and guides us into all truth. It is in this process that we find our idenity in Christ. It is also in this process that we find our gifts.

Through the process of renewing our minds in the Word of God, we find ourselves rewriting our brains to line up with God's word for our lives, confirmed by the Holy Spirit. We can understand this process because our brains are wired to follow our beliefs. When God transforms our minds, He also changes our reality. Our brains have a gatekeeper called, Retecular Activating System (RAS). This system filters through millions of bits of information, and it only lets in what matches what our brains believes to be true.

If your brain believes it is not good enough, it will subconsciously look for evidence of that everywhere, in conversations and outcomes and even in ways people respond to you. If you believe you are loved, capable and chosen, then you will align yourself with what God says about you causing you to start scanning for evidence of God's goodness instead.

This is not manisfestation, but it is how God designed our brains to work and to follow faith. The Word of God says, "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." Our thoughts create the pathways that our lives walk on. Paul brings this to light in Philippians 4:8-9, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

What we meditate on we magnify. The brain does't know the difference between what is vividly imagined and what is real. This is how faith bridges the unseen and the seen. Your not pretending something into existance, your parterning with how God wired your mind to bring heavens reality into our daily lives. When we stop striving our brains enters into a state of rest changing our mode to quiet down, making our mind more subjestable and open to renewal. That's why prayer, worship, and listening to scripture can rewrite our thought patterns without resistance.

This is retraining our brains to recognize peace and safety again. Faith in the word of God changes our brains when we choose trust over control, gratitude over fear or belief over doubt, and this causes our nervous system to shift. When this happens our Parasympathic nervous is activated, calming our heart, slowing our breath while reminding our body its O.K. to rest in God's hands. Faith was never designed to be blind, it is how our creator designed our brain to work best. When we fix our focus on the Father our minds will begin to follow. Where our focus goes, our reality is comes to light.

The point here is based on a truth that we as believers need to grab hold of in our daily lives. If we want to see the goodness of God in our surroundings then we have to focus on who God is and what he is doing and that can only happen when we put our full trust in Him and believe who he says that we are in Christ.

The analogy of the white ford truck is so true, because where your focus is there is where reality will be also. We tend to notice God the most when we focus on what He has to say in His word.

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Mike Reitzel June 9, 2026 at 11:43am

What is unique in this discussion is how Father God design our brains to function in our enviroment and how we are designed to feed our brains the information that it needs to function with what is seen and unseen. This is why Paul emphasized the importants to study the Word of God. Romans 12:2, "And be not comformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Our brains function is to search out what it has in it. This is unique to each individual as it relates to our gifts and our callings as they pertain to God's purpose for our lives. As we feed on the Word of God it is the Holy Spirits presence that leads and guides us into all truth. It is in this process that we find our idenity in Christ. It is also in this process that we find our gifts.

Through the process of renewing our minds in the Word of God, we find ourselves rewriting our brains to line up with God's word for our lives, confirmed by the Holy Spirit. We can understand this process because our brains are wired to follow our beliefs. When God transforms our minds, He also changes our reality. Our brains have a gatekeeper called, Retecular Activating System (RAS). This system filters through millions of bits of information, and it only lets in what matches what our brains believes to be true.

If your brain believes it is not good enough, it will subconsciously look for evidence of that everywhere, in conversations and outcomes and even in ways people respond to you. If you believe you are loved, capable and chosen, then you will align yourself with what God says about you causing you to start scanning for evidence of God's goodness instead.

This is not manisfestation, but it is how God designed our brains to work and to follow faith. The Word of God says, "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." Our thoughts create the pathways that our lives walk on. Paul brings this to light in Philippians 4:8-9, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

What we meditate on we magnify. The brain does't know the difference between what is vividly imagined and what is real. This is how faith bridges the unseen and the seen. Your not pretending something into existance, your parterning with how God wired your mind to bring heavens reality into our daily lives. When we stop striving our brains enters into a state of rest changing our mode to quiet down, making our mind more subjestable and open to renewal. That's why prayer, worship, and listening to scripture can rewrite our thought patterns without resistance.

This is retraining our brains to recognize peace and safety again. Faith in the word of God changes our brains when we choose trust over control, gratitude over fear or belief over doubt, and this causes our nervous system to shift. When this happens our Parasympathic nervous is activated, calming our heart, slowing our breath while reminding our body its O.K. to rest in God's hands. Faith was never designed to be blind, it is how our creator designed our brain to work best. When we fix our focus on the Father our minds will begin to follow. Where our focus goes, our reality is comes to light.

The point here is based on a truth that we as believers need to grab hold of in our daily lives. If we want to see the goodness of God in our surroundings then we have to focus on who God is and what he is doing and that can only happen when we put our full trust in Him and believe who he says that we are in Christ.

The analogy of the white ford truck is so true, because where your focus is there is where reality will be also. We tend to notice God the most when we focus on what He has to say in His word.

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