Author: Jill Kemp

Paul is
Shipwrecked!
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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Paul is
Shipwrecked!
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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Paul the apostle was sent by ship,
under the guard of Julius, a kind Centurion,
to be tried in the Court at Rome.
Paul warned the sailors that a storm was coming.
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Paul the apostle was sent by ship,
under the guard of Julius, a kind Centurion,
to be tried in the Court at Rome.
Paul warned the sailors that a storm was coming.
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They didn’t take any notice of him.
Soon a storm, with ferocious winds
and huge seas, battered the ship for 14 days
and the sailors thought that they would die.
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They didn’t take any notice of him.
Soon a storm, with ferocious winds
and huge seas, battered the ship for 14 days
and the sailors thought that they would die.
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But, while Paul was praying, an angel told him
that everyone would be saved.
“We have been in this storm for two weeks
and you haven’t eaten any food,” he said.
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But, while Paul was praying, an angel told him
that everyone would be saved.
“We have been in this storm for two weeks
and you haven’t eaten any food,” he said.
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“Have something to eat,
because tomorrow we will all be saved.”
Paul took some bread and gave
thanks to God for His love and care.
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“Have something to eat,
because tomorrow we will all be saved.”
Paul took some bread and gave
thanks to God for His love and care.
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To make the ship lighter, they threw
everything they could overboard,
including all the bags of wheat and food.
In the morning they were near land.
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To make the ship lighter, they threw
everything they could overboard,
including all the bags of wheat and food.
In the morning they were near land.
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They headed into the shore, but the
front of the ship stuck in the sand, while
the back was smashed in the huge waves.
They abandoned the ship and made for land.
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They headed into the shore, but the
front of the ship stuck in the sand, while
the back was smashed in the huge waves.
They abandoned the ship and made for land.
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Swimming or floating on boards,
everyone of them got safely to the beach,
just as God had told Paul.
All 276 of them were saved that day!
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Swimming or floating on boards,
everyone of them got safely to the beach,
just as God had told Paul.
All 276 of them were saved that day!
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