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WHEN GOD WORKS

WHEN GOD WORKS. Acts 13:1-3. Three Classes Of People In Every Church. 1. Those who make things happen. Three Classes Of People In Every Church. 2 . Those who watch things happen. Three Classes Of People In Every Church. 1. Those who are left wondering what happened.

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WHEN GOD WORKS

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  1. WHEN GOD WORKS Acts 13:1-3

  2. Three Classes Of People In Every Church 1. Those who make things happen

  3. Three Classes Of People In Every Church 2. Those who watch things happen

  4. Three Classes Of People In Every Church 1. Those who are left wondering what happened

  5. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 NLT

  6. The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into Three Parts Chapters 1-7 deal with the ministry in the Jerusalem area

  7. The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into Three Parts Chapters 8-12 deal with the ministry in Judea and Samaria

  8. The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into Three Parts Chapters 13-28 deal with the ministry to the Gentiles

  9. Three Types Of Churches 1. The Floundering Church

  10. Three Types Of Churches 2. The Lost Church

  11. Three Types Of Churches 3. The Established Church

  12. WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR CHURCH I. GOD WILL CHANGE OUR LIVES

  13. Racially Integrated Jews, Gentiles, Africans, Romans, Greeks

  14. Variety Of Backgrounds Religious, Political, Social, Economic

  15. A. We Will Console Those Hurting

  16. B. We Will Have A Change In Our Character

  17. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. Mark 15:21 KJV

  18. Salute Rufus chosen in the lord, and his mother and mine. Romans 16:13 KJV

  19. C. When We Have Been A Long Way Off

  20. D. When We Have Been Redeemed From A Horrible Life

  21. NOTE: You cannot change circumstances and you can't change other people, but God can change you Evelyn A. Thiessen

  22. E. When We Have Been Against God

  23. NOTE: And the opposite of these giants are little men and women who "with little minds and little imagination jog through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes that would jar their little worlds" Marie Fraser

  24. WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR CHURCH II. GOD WILL CALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO MINISTER

  25. A. Those Who Already Are Serving God vs. 2

  26. NOTE: Nothing in life can take the place of faithfulness and dependability. It is one of the greatest virtues. Brilliance, genius, competence - all are subservient to the quality of faithfulness Wallace Friday

  27. NOTE: It is crucial to understand that God is the main audience for all spiritual ministry

  28. Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Ephesians 5:10 NKJV

  29. B. Those Who Are Already Sacrificing For God vs. 2

  30. Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. John 4:34 NKJV

  31. Two Types Of ‘Set Apart’ a. From within the congregation to go to another place b. From within the congregation to do another special ministry (possibly within the local ministry of the congregation)

  32. NOTE: God has no larger field for the man or woman who is not faithfully doing his work where he is anonymous

  33. WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR CHURCH III. GOD WILL USE OUR CHURCH TO CONFIRM HIS WILL

  34. A. There Has To Be Sacrifice On The Part Of The Church 1. The Sacrifice Of Power – Fasted 2. The Sacrifice Of Priorities - Prayed

  35. A. There Has To Be The Willingness To Give Our People To God 1. Realizing that some will represent all of us 2. Realizing we send them forth

  36. Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. Acts 4:32 ESV

  37. WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR CHURCH: I. GOD WILL CHANGE OUR LIVES II. GOD WILL CALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO MINISTER III. GOD WILL USE OUR CHURCH TO CONFIRM HIS WILL

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