Acts 20:23-24: Joyful Endurance Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of these lines as a declaration of consciousness. The Holy Ghost is your inner awareness, witness in every 'city' of the mind that there are bonds and afflictions waiting to claim you. But you are not your circumstances; the I AM within, your sustained state of awareness, remains unmoved by them. Do not count your life dear to your old self-image; your true work is to finish your course with joy, to fulfill the ministry given by the Lord Jesus—namely, to testify the gospel of grace. When you align with the I AM, outward affliction becomes a signal to revise, not a verdict to fear. The 'ministry' is simply the ongoing act of declaring grace as your constant state; the gospel of grace is the truth you already inhabit. The journey is completed not by avoiding hardship but by perceiving hardship as transient mental formations dissolving under conscious recognition. Your mission is to practice this identification until it feels natural, until the inner state of grace becomes your automatic reality.