WHEN GOD WORKS
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WHEN GOD
WORKSActs 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
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
The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into
Three PartsChapters 1-7 deal with the ministry in the Jerusalem
area
The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into
Three PartsChapters 8-12 deal with the
ministry in Judea and Samaria
The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into
Three PartsChapters 13-28 deal with the
ministry to the Gentiles
Three Types Of Churches1. The
Floundering Church
Three Types Of Churches
2. The Lost Church
Three Types Of Churches3. The
Established Church
WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR
CHURCHI. GOD WILL
CHANGE OUR LIVES
Racially IntegratedJews, Gentiles,
Africans, Romans, Greeks
Variety Of BackgroundsReligious,
Political, Social, Economic
A. We Will Console Those
Hurting
B. We Will Have A
Change In Our
Character
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
Salute Rufus chosen in the lord,
and his mother and mine.
Romans 16:13 KJV
C. When We Have Been A
Long Way Off
D. When We Have Been Redeemed
From A Horrible Life
NOTE:You cannot change
circumstances and you can't change other
people, but God can change you Evelyn A.
Thiessen
E. When We Have Been
Against God
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
WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR
CHURCHII. GOD WILL
CALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO MINISTER
A. Those Who Already Are Serving
Godvs. 2
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
faithfulnessWallace Friday
NOTE:It is crucial to
understand that God is the main audience for all
spiritual ministry
Proving what is acceptable unto
the Lord.Ephesians 5:10 NKJV
B. Those Who Are Already
Sacrificing For Godvs. 2
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
Two Types Of ‘Set Apart’
a. From within the congregation to go to
another placeb. From within the
congregation to do another special ministry (possibly
within the local ministry of the congregation)
NOTE:God has no larger
field for the man or woman who is not faithfully doing his work where he is
anonymous
WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR
CHURCHIII. GOD WILL USE OUR CHURCH TO
CONFIRM HIS WILL
A. There Has To Be Sacrifice On The Part Of The Church
1. The Sacrifice Of Power – Fasted
2. The Sacrifice Of Priorities - Prayed
A. There Has To Be The Willingness To Give Our
People To God1. Realizing that some will represent all of us2. Realizing we send
them forth
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
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