Trusting God's plan for your life won't always be comfortable or convenient but it will shape the character you need to sustain every calling He has for your life.
"I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well." - 2 Timothy 1:5
The Holy Spirit will disrupt our plans, but they are not deterrents to our destiny. They are the divine means by which God will get us there.
"And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia." - Acts 16:6
How has worship impacted your relationship with God, and what might change if you approached it with greater expectancy?
'While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."' - Acts 13:2
When we worship, we're breaking ground in the spiritual realm. Worship is when and where spiritual movements begin.
Purpose: Scattered Christians carried God's Word wherever they went. He proclaimed the Messiah and performed signs and wonders (Acts 8:4)
You don't see a person's character just by the adversity they go through. You see a person's character when you give them power.
Human power expresses itself too often through placing unjust burdens on others. God's power is one of inspiration. It lifts us up.
In a city and in a culture where everything is about building monuments to self, we're invited into something different.
It was persecution that scattered the church, the book of Acts. It was a painful moment that was a catalyst to the church spreading the good news of the gospel to other nations.
“They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. ‘Go, stand in the temple courts,’ he said, ‘and tell the people all about this new life.’” - Acts 5:18-20
