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Welcome
Welcome to Renew!
Stand Firm
Over the last couple weeks we have been talking about our values here at renew
Who we are
We started out with Passionate Pursuit
… for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
This persecution came a mere 6 or 8 weeks from their empowering from Jesus.
Their numbers were few.
They had few leaders and the leaders that were there had little to no experience with leading.
When measured against the maturity and experience of the Sanhedrin, they seemed weak and powerless, but their mindset was to stand firm in the midst of being questioned and threatened.
Then we moved into Selfless Service
This was a problem
But they were strong in their deisre to stand for what they knew to be the truth
What is our prayer?
We are kicking off our Serve and Love Month
On our own, we are powerless to withstand the troubles that may come our way, but with God we are empowered to change the world!
We have some things that you can do during the week to help serve those around us
We will be going out next Sunday to pass out cards to let Lora Drive know we are coming to serve them!
I hope that you have been praying for them this week too!
If not put a reminder on your phone to pray for open hearts and opportunities to share the love of Jesus
Let’s pray for them now and for Midtowne Church as we get started today!
PRAY
The next value that we are covering is Fearless Follower
In we see Peter and John heal the lame beggar
Then as they went through the temple the people there were astounded that they had helped this beggar who had been lame for years!
This filled them with wonder and amazement
This also opened up an opportunity to speak to them
He ripped into them!
These men, who had, only a fe weeks earlier, had been running in fear now stood before these people FEARLESS
They were not worried about what was going to happen to them
They were going to seize the opportunity to tell about Jesus!
Renew Bryant wants to produce Fearless Followers of Jesus.
But how do we do that?
Seek Boldness
What a bold statement to make to some of the most powerful men of that time
When they heard of what had been said, they instinctively began to worship and pray.
They worshipped God for rescuing them
Their immediate future was in peril
Then came the prayer for boldness to stand!
When they left the council, they had an impromptu worship service.
They chose to stand firm despite the impending persecution
This was the beginning of what Jesus had told them
They have been threatened and yet they stood firm in what they believed
The time had come
This persecution came a mere 6 or 8 weeks from their empowering from Jesus.
Their numbers were few.
They had few leaders and the leaders that were there had little to no experience with leading.
When measured against the maturity and experience of the Sanhedrin, they seemed weak and powerless, but their prayer was for God to give BOLDNESS through the Spirit.
What is our prayer?
On our own, we are powerless to withstand the troubles that may come our way, but with God we are empowered to change the world!
A command to cease created a conviction to share even more with even more boldness!!
But they knew that this boldness would only come from one place
A command to cease created a conviction to share even more with even more boldness!!
They began to seek God for that boldness that they needed
Their numbers were few.
What is our first instinct when we encounter persecution?
This persecution came a mere 6 or 8 weeks from their empowering from Jesus.
Their numbers were few.
They had few leaders and the leaders that were there had little to no experience with leading.
When measured against the maturity and experience of the Sanhedrin, they seemed weak and powerless, but their prayer was for God to give BOLDNESS through the Spirit.
What is our prayer?
On our own, we are powerless to withstand the troubles that may come our way, but with God we are empowered to change the world!
They had few leaders and the leaders that were there had little to no experience with leading.
When measured against the maturity and experience of the Sanhedrin, they seemed weak and powerless, but their prayer was for God to give BOLDNESS through the Spirit.
What is our prayer?
On our own, we are powerless to withstand the troubles that may come our way, but with God we are empowered to change the world!
You may look at your own life and say what can I do?
YOU can do NOTHING.
With God you can do EVERYTHING!
They did not look at the problems that were in front of them.
They did not look at the problems that were in front of them.
Instead they prayed about the possibilities that lie ahead!
PROBLEMS CREATE POSSIBILITIES!!
Instead they prayed about the possibilities that lie ahead!
PROBLEMS CREATE POSSIBILITIES!!
As followers of Jesus we were not promised an easy path
The disciples were told that they were going to be persecuted.
They knew this would lead to their death
But they were
Speak the Truth
They took time to thank God for the outcome of their first real encounter with what Jesus had promised them.
But then it quickly turned to a prayer for boldness to proclaim the message that they have become passionate about.
A command to cease created a CONVICTION to share even more with even more boldness!!
A command to cease created a conviction to share even more with even more boldness!!
As followers of Jesus our convictions MUST be strong!
Their first instinct was to worship and pray.
They knew that they alone would not be able to fulfill the commission
So they sought God for the ability to speak openly and freely about Jesus!
Seeking the boldness to be fearless means that we have to seek to Discover God.
Discovering God is not just for new Christians
We must grow in our knowledge of him.
Part of their prayer presented
Where do we find that?
Prayer and Scripture
When God’s people worship God, they always do two things: (1) they pray, and (2) they reflect on the Scriptures.
Prayer is our talking to God; the Scriptures are God’s talking to us, and the two always go together.
You pray in a right way when you pray scripturally.
You study the Scriptures in a right way when you study prayerfully.
This is what the church was doing.
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