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ROOT OF PRAYER God’s sovereignty is his right and power to do all that he decides to do. “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. God’s providence is his seeing to everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes happens. declaring the end from the…

12345 Outline: Today’s story is about Paul and Barnabas, do you remember them from the last couple weeks? Paul and Barnabas are still traveling from town to town teaching people about Jesus When they get to this place called Antioch, they decide to go to the Synagogue and teach the people When Paul has…

Author: Luke Scholars agree. Writing style Attentiveness to early church history. I have dealt with all Jesus began to do and teach. One of the gospels. Luke was written to Theophilus. What do we know about Luke? Gentile Doctor Close companion and fellow missionary of Paul. Luke was responsible for most…

Acts 13: 1-5 As we begin this morning I would like to consider a challenging verse: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; As was often the case, Paul and those who traveled…

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1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 11. We are taking a break from our long journey through the gospel of Mark and we are progressing through a mini-series on the mission of our church: We are spending four weeks in this mini-series because…

Acts 13: 6-16 ; 26-39 As we continue our study this morning, I want to remind us of our theme verse: Acts 17:6 – ...These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Paul, Barnabas, and the others who traveled with them were literally turning the world upside down for the cause of Christ.…

Intro Kids Portion Today’s story is about a church that sends out missionaries Do you remember when we sent Sam Peterson to Colorado? We laid hands on him and prayed for him The missionaries are named Paul and Barnabas God gives them a special mission to go out and preach the gospel When they are out…

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

Do any of you ever wonder if God is paying attention to you when you pray? A 5-year-old said grace at family dinner one night. “Dear God, thank you for these pancakes.” When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having…

Today we will be in Acts 11 , and then Acts 13 . Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began…

A. Rapport for the time The power of Christ’s church… Do you think we realize the power that God has entrusted with us in His Church? Definitely Christ’s Church 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by…

reign missions is not easy, but it is essential!

Numbers 7-11 Last week in our marathon introduction to the book of Numbers, we left off in a significant spot at the end of chapter 6, so lets look at that again, chapter 6:24... 24 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up…

Natures examples Ants, lilies, birds, God has no shortage of examples that we can learn from. This morning we are going to look at some lessons we can learn from a skein, a gaggle of geese. (Insert honk if you love Jesus picture here) Do you remember the bumper sticker honk if you love Jesus. It was…

Acts 29 We spent the last 37 weeks traveling through the book of Acts. It has been a joy and a journey for me and I’m sure for you as well. What I want to do this morning is highlight some key insights into the book and then I want to give you all the opportunity to speak up and out about how we can…

On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” But you will receive power when…

AD 48 around six years after Barnabas brought Paul to Antioch. At least forty different cites listed in Acts. We see a major shift in Acts 13 a change from Jerusalem as the center of ministry to Antioch in Syria. Also a sift from Peter as the leader to the apostle Paul as the new leader. The Work of…

Missional Church Model Whenever we want to chase a goal, start something new, or just change direction we usually look at someone or something to be the model for that change. As a church, we want to do good work for the kingdom of God and the Glory of Christ. We want to be a church on mission so that…

Commissioning As we start tonight we find our selves among some elite leaders; Now you maybe asking why are they elite, what a great question - because they all are prophets and teachers; On a side note we see one named Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch - why single him out because…

Fasting is not an end in itself Fasting as empty ritual is condemned Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely, that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

God’s plan in action God’s grand plan has been given, empowered, sent, now it will expand as we continue our look in “Witness to the world: Book of Acts.” God’s plan delivered and empowered to apostles (Act1:8) 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses…

Purpose and Practice The parts of a body. Each is essential but has to do what it was made for in order for the body to benefit. Today’s message sees the expansion of the church as the focus turns from Jerusalem to Antioch. Antioch will be the home base for Paul’s missionary journey’s. Mission One will…