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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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When God Ruins Your Plans Matthew 1:18-25
Let’s look at Joseph’s dilemma (he was between the ages of 18-20), how God ruins his plan and what his response was to what He intended to do in his life. This will help us respond to God’s leading our lives even when we don’t think it is the path we want to go. […]
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Advice from a Spiritual Father – Acts 20:17-38
Paul had just travelled four days as he arrives in Miletus. Here the boat will probably unload and pick more passengers. Due to time constrains, Paul decides to call the Ephesian elders to Miletus (a 30 mile journey). He will give them his “farewell” address and encourage them to lead the church well as he […]
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Encouraging & Strengthening Others, Worshipping on the Lord’s Day! Acts 20:1-17
From the apostle Paul, the pastor and church planter we learn the value of encouraging one another to keep growing in the faith as we live in the world sharing the Good News of Jesus. We use the Word of God along with our times of gathering where we also share the Lord’s Supper and […]
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The threat of the Way, the foolishness of idolatry and God’s mission – Acts 19:21-20:1
As we saw in our last section, people who were in bondage to the occult are freed and made whole. They leave these practices and idolatry to follow the living God. The Gospel transforms the way we live and those things that we thought were worthwhile become meaningless in light of the cross. When this […]
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How God Uses His Servants – Acts 19:1-20
Here we see Paul used by the Lord in various ways. These serve as an example for us today. How can we who are also called servants of God serve Him? We may not do exactly like Paul did but we all can learn from him to do in our own context. These relate more […]
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Affirming others in the Faith – Acts 18:18-28
Affirming (strengthening, supporting) others in faith is just as important as making sure our faith is steadfast. We have been called to encourage and build one another up in the Lord. Why is it important? Because our faith is lived in the community of believers, that is, the church. We were not called to be […]
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Keep talking, Don’t Stay Silent – Acts 18:1-17
Is there such a thing as silent believers? It is easy for us believers to be silent about our faith. We don’t want to offend people. We want to live quiet lives. But our calling is to proclaim the gospel in good times and bad. God is with us. It always will. We must not […]
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The God who is Close – Acts 17:16-34
In the passage we will study today, Paul shares the gospel with a totally different group than those he has shared at this time. Unlike those in Thessalonica, Berea, where he shared Scripture with them, these men are polytheists, religious philosophers who have no background to religious Jewry. Similar to Joseph in the story where […]
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Presenting the Gospel to an Upside Down World – Acts 17:1-15
The world is upside down. Our world in which we live is spiritually (as well as morally and in many other respects) upside down. What does this mean? Since the fall into sin by our ancestor Adam and Eve, the result of mankind’s actions is the opposite of what God desires. The world does […]
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Living and Sharing the Gospel Even in Difficulties – Acts 16:16-34
We are not saved just to live our lives before the world by showing Christ. We must also preach, teach, share, talk about Christ in multiple ways and forms. That is the topic of this morning. We want to see Paul’s example as an example, a model of what it is to live, to […]
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