Becoming the Church: A Community that Follows God – Part 2
The decisions we make shape the outcome of our lives. So how can we know if we are making choices that are following where Jesus is leading? Often He leads us through a process of discernment — and in Acts 15 we find the church doing four things to discern …
Becoming the Church: A Community that Follows God – Part 1
If the church is nothing else, it must be a community that follows after God! But how does Jesus lead us? How do we know it’s God who is calling us to take a certain path? In this first of a two-part message, we’re looking at two distinct ways God led the …
Becoming the Church: A Praying Community
The story in Acts 12 is about a church coming together in prayer during a time of crisis. It’s about persecution and death — faith and breakthrough — and has some hilarious, very human moments sprinkled in. It shows both the natural and supernatural ways that prayer works together in our …
Becoming the Church: A Ministering Community – Part 3
The church is a community that both receives and gives ministry. And in Acts 10:36, Peter — in one powerful statement — gives us a deep understanding of what we’re giving when we minister. He stated, “This is the message of Good News … that there is peace with God …
Becoming the Church: A Ministering Community – Part 2
When Peter and Cornelius meet up in Acts 10, they engage in an amazing conversation — one that helps us learn how to both receive ministry and give it away to others. Today we’re focusing on three ways to prepare our lives to receive ministry (clue: they have to do …
Becoming the Church: A Ministering Community – Part 1
What do flying carpets and exploding dams have to do with becoming a ministering community? That’s what Peter finds out in Acts 10. This is where he is confronted with the reality that life in Jesus would be radically different from the life in which he grew up — one …
Becoming the Church: A Called-Out Community
You have been chosen by God — uniquely called out to be part of His family! In Acts 9 we find the story of two men (one bad, one good) who were called out by God. Find out how their responses changed history forever and teach us about how we …
Becoming the Church: A Resilient Community
CLICK HERE to watch a video presentation of this message. We all go through hardship. Jesus said it would be that way, and our life experience has proved it over and over. So resiliency is critical! While we do get knocked around, getting knocked out doesn’t have to be our …
Becoming the Church: A Generous Community
CLICK HERE to watch a video presentation of this message. At the end of Acts 4 and the start of Chapter 5, we find three important truths about generosity and how it marked the early church — as well as two things that went terribly wrong! But through all this, …
Becoming the Church: A Miracle-Working Community
CLICK HERE to watch a video presentation of this message. Jesus is a miracle-working God. His miracles display God’s breakthrough grace, and point to His limitless and unrivaled power. And the church is to carry the expectation that God will pour out His miraculous power on them, so they can share …