Five Words Rather than Ten Thousand

Spiritual Emphasis Month Guide Spiritual Emphasis Month Prayer Opportunities   Live Prayer on Facebook (facebook.com/Ed.the.Pastor) and YouTube (youtube.com/EdThePastor) Tuesday at 6 pm   Prayer Walk on Thursdays (see Daily Challenges)   Sanctuary open 30 mins before Sunday services   Discipleship Opportunities  Wednesdays at 6:30  Daily Bible Challenges The Bible reading challenges are from books of the Bible that start with the letter “J.” The Gospel of John, The Epistle of James, 1st,2nd & 3rd John, Jude, Joshua, Judges, Job, Jeremiah, Joel, and Jonah.   5 mins listening or reading daily   5 Chapters a day reading or listening   5 Books of the Bible   Fasting   Please fast one meal on Friday and pray for your church  Daily Guide January 2021  January 1 Fast one meal and pray for your church  January 2 Spend 10 minutes thinking about what you can do for the Kingdom  January 3 Come early to church and pray  January 4 Call, text or visit someone to encourage them  J

The Will of the Lord Acts 21 & 22 Key Concept …be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. The Will of the Lord Acts 21 & 22 Will of God Positions in the Church.…………………………1 Cor 1:1 Submission to authority…………………………2 Cor 8:5 Doing your best work……………………………….Eph 6:6 Sanctification & avoidance of sin……….1 Thes. 4:3 Suffering……………………………..................Heb 10:36 Will of God Cease from sinning………………………………..1 Pe 4:1 Shepherd the flock………………………………….1 Pe 5:2 Careful walk…………………………………….…….Eph 5:17 Seeking God direction……………………………Jam 4:15 Submit to government…………………………..1 Pe 2:15 What is God’s will? Perfect Permissive Perfect and Permissive Marriage and divorce Meat offered to idols King for Israel The Garden Salvation Two-part idea God’s sovereignty Man’s freewill God’s Sovereignty For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether t

1. Tying Up Loose Ends Acts 20 2. Key concept …let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds…encouraging one another…Hebrews 10:24-25 3. Tying Up Loose Ends Closing the coffeehouse story 4. Fixing to get ready After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia. When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. 5. Great story! 7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and fell upon

1. Counter Move Acts 17:1–15 2. Key Concepts Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Timothy 2:15 (KJV) 3. Key Concepts …always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you… 1 Peter 3:15b 4. Counter Move Wrestling History 5. Working the plan Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths 6. Working the plan (continued) reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 7. Have a plan, Work the plan Synagogue Scriptures Conclusions 8. UNAMBIGUOUS This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ 9. Win the meet And some of them were p

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Cessationist claim that the gift of apostleship ceased with the passing of the Apostles. If we are going to rely solely on scriptures then there is no place where even hints that the apostles were a temporary gift. I will say that the original Apostles were unique in the history of the church. There will never be any like them ever again. There are the Apostles and those who serve as apostles. The Apostles is a title like the Twelve. The office of apostle is a position of leadership. In two places in the New Testament Paul refers to the apostles as one of the gifts Christ gave his church. Ephesians 4:11 (NASB95) And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 1 Corinthians 12:28 (NASB95) And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. Although not all spiritual gifts are offices, all offices

1. Chosen to Serve Acts 6:1-7 Timothy 3:8-15 2. Key Concept whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; 3. Opening Servant leadership 4. There are problems with success Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, 5. There are problems with success (continued) because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. 6. Foodbank Hellenistic Jews-from other countries Day of Pentecost effect Growth causes tension 7. Word Wealth Complaint-Greek “to speak privately in a low voice” Same word used for grumbled/murmured LXX 8. Don’t let problems stew So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.” 9. Solution Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in

Green eyed monster Acts 5-12-42

Cash register Acts 4:32; 5:1-16

1. Cash Register Acts 4:32–37; 5:1–16 2. Core Concept Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart 3. College days Kmart Stockroom Sporting Goods Register 4. Common theme of unity And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. 5. One Heart and One Soul Heart-seat of inner self Soul-seat of thinking will and feelings 6. Unity Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 7. Unity …make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 8. Love whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart…, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with wor

The Anvil Acts 4:1-31

1. The Anvil Acts 4:1-31 2. Our concept Please stand And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 3. History Channel has a show called “Forged in Fire.” Make weapons from scrap metal. Three rounds. Judged until only two. Go home to their shop and make an exotic weapon. 4. It’s a process Clip Review last week 5. No good deed goes unpunished As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people 6. No good deed goes unpunished (continued) and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening. 7. What were they mad about? Unauthorized teachers-control Resurrection-Sadducees didn’t believe 8. Prophesied by Jesus When they bring you before the synagogues

Timing is everything Acts 3

Patterns Acts 2

1. Patterns Following success Acts 2 2. Patterns See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain. 3. Patterns (continued) Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and the room for the mercy seat; 4. Patterns (continued) The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. 5. Patterns (continued) O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. 6. Pattern pray 7. Power When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place…And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. 8. The pattern  Unity  Prayer  Spiritual 9. First church service Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his v

The Day of Pentecost Acts 2

1. The Day of Pentecost Acts 2 2. Acts 2 video 3. Pray We need to understand what happened 4. The three most important days in history 1. Death of Jesus-Passover-sins atoned 2. Resurrection-First fruit-first fruits of the grave 3. Day of Pentecost-Feast of Weeks-the abundance of the Spirit 5. Important 1. Obedient to Christ’s command 2. Corporate prayer 3. Unity 6. That day 1. Sound of wind from heaven (ruach) 2. Tongues of fire (Baptize with fire, power) 3. Spirit utterance (Tongues) 7. The promise of the Father And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high. 8. What’s the promise? Power for witnessing, life of holiness, edification 9. Gift for you But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 10. A promised gift If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father g

1. Business Meeting Acts 1:12-26 2. Review Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 3. What did Jesus say? Wait, remember what I’ve told you, new baptism coming 4. So far so good Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, 5. The gang’s all here Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. 6. VERY GOOD These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. 7. Let’s pray All caught up, Fre