A Church full of Troublemakers
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Culture is about the heart and the head, and then it shapes what we do with our hands.
Culture is about the heart and the head, and then it shapes what we do with our hands.
6 When they didn’t find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and some other believers in front of the city officials. They shouted, “Those men who have made trouble all over the world are now here in Thessalonica,
Great Churches have great intangibles the culture is created and Guarded by the leader
Healthy Cultures never happen by accident
Our Culture is a combination of what I create and what you allow
The number 1 force that shape our culture is our values
What you value determines what we do
A strong effective growing organization I will show you a group of people unified around a clearly stated set of values
Show me a struggling and ineffective organization I will show you an organization with some unclear and some unhealthy values
Your Culture is a result to what we value , If you want a different culture change what you value
What do your actions say you value ?
There may be a big difference from what we claim to value and how we actually behave
Identify the values in me and key leaders
What do we truly value ?
What breaks your heart ?
What makes you Angry?
I love Connecting with people
I love Connecting with people who don’t like going to church
Narrow down values
If everything is important then nothing is important
They were Committed to Pleasing The Lord
They were Committed to Pleasing The Lord
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Pleasing God is the heartbeat of our local church: Whatever God is saying that’s what we will be doing.
10 And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Through Divine Direction God gives Paul instructions to go forward caring the gospel
They were Committed to Evangelism
They were Committed to Evangelism
Heartbeat; We will do anything short of sin to reach people who don’t know Jesus= To reach the people no ones reaching we have to do what no one else is doing
Cause Trouble in the Business World
Cause Trouble in the Business World
13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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They were Committed to Holistic Living
15 And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Occupy means to barter, to trade and to do the work of a banker. To get increase, to make money. To add value to what’s existing.
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
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31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
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Cause Trouble those who are Bound
Cause Trouble those who are Bound
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16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
17 She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”
18 And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.
19 But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
20 In front of the Roman officials, they said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They’re Jews,
Trouble: To Agitate throw into confusion, to perturb (upset) v. — to throw into great confusion or disorder.
21 They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”
22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.
24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
*In the original to listen with Joy
Your Confinement is no excuse for you to abandon your assignment
26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.
27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
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29 And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.
HE TURNED PAULS WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
THEY TURNED LYDIES WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
THEY TURNED DEMOMED POSSED GIRL WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
NOW IT’S THE JAILERS TURN
30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.
34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
6 And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
Turned upside down : Disturb trouble upset= to upset v. — to disturb the balance or stability of.
Synonyms DISCOMPOSE 1, agitate, bother, discombobulate, disquiet, flurry, fluster, perturb, unhinge, upset
Words alarm, frighten, scare, terrify; bewilder, distract, perplex, puzzle; discommode, incommode, inconvenience, trouble