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Acts 5:20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”
What are you going to do if God asks you to step forward into the spotlight?
I used to be shy with telling people I trust and believe in Christ but soon found out how much more enjoyment I get out of telling people rather than keeping quiet!
Peter went to many lengths to get others to listen and hear about Christ. We need to step forward with the knowledge we have, no matter how small, and share it with those around us.
God has put us here for a reason.
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Acts 5:18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
How far are you willing to go when questioned about God? Are you willing to stand firm in your faith and your beliefs and uphold the truth or are you going to cave under pressure?
I’m sure we all answer “I will stand firm” until the going does get tough; then many of us cave in just as Peter did and blend into the background.
Don’t be a shadow, be a light, a bright light shining in the darkness for all to see and all to share!
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Acts 5:13 Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.
Have you got a small group of people in your church who seem to do all the work and keep it going? I know there are many churches around the world who are simply hanging in there because of a small dedicated team of people.
God does not want a “small band of merry men” who are willing to do everything; He wants a whole church who do things together and for His glory!
Don’t be scared of stepping forward to help others – rather take a positive approach and join in taking care of God’s children with all who are willing. Be a team. Be a church!
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Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
How many times have you told a lie this week? I’m not talking about a earth-shattering whopper of a lie, just a little “extension” of the truth…
Isn’t it funny how we categorise lies and give levels of how big a lie one actually is – well, that is not what our bibles teach us.
Ananias and Sapphira did their deed in secret thinking it would still make them look good to the rest of the disciples – but God declared otherwise!
Think before you stretch the truth…
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Acts 4:32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
This verse shows us how the believers in Christ had changed their life styles, no longer were they focused on things for themselves but were now opening up their lives to each other in a new way.
As Christians we need to follow Christ’s example and not just say we care but actually mean it and show it.
When Jesus said we should love one another, it was not to be done in our minds or in our hearts but with our whole beings!
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Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
When you want strength, guidance, wisdom or just a bit of support, lift up your prayers to God. He is listening and He hears them all!
The disciples found out just how great God can be because they were freed from the oppression of the elders just because of their faith in Christ.
Stand by your faith, lift up your prayers and trust in our all seeing, all powerful God who lived amongst us through Jesus Christ.
He is here with us!
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Acts 4:19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
When we get to face people who are working against God we have to make a decision as to whether we follow their instruction or follow God’s instructions.
It may not seem like a difficult choice when we are just talking about it, but when you are faced with real life choices you may well think again.
Don’t be afraid to admit you are scared. Don’t think you are alone. Even Christ was faced by temptations from the evil one; but He kept His faith in God and in the bible.
We need to draw of God’s strength during times of temptation and not try to go it alone – we may just not be strong enough to face the temptations alone!
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Acts 4:14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
No matter how much people work against you or try to disprove God’s existence; when they are faced with something only God can do, they have to accept it!
We need to trust in Christ totally so He can work through us and in us; then people around us can see just how real God is.
Accepting God is real is one thing, but trusting in Him for everything and with everything does take faith and strength – simply because we are living in a faithless world of unbelief. Stand firm!
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Acts 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you done this?”
When we trust Christ to work through us we are able to do so much more than we can by ourselves; we can even get to heal and teach others!
When the disciples went forward and began working miracles, it was because of God working through them and not them themselves. They were under no illusion about this.
The Scribes and Pharisees around them wanted to know how they were doing this because they couldn’t!
When we work with Christ and He is able to change things, people will ask us how – we can then tell them the truth about God!
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Acts 4:4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Jesus is the one who died for us. God had the right plan all set for us and He carried out that plan for us – because He loves us!
We are going to get many people who object to our beliefs, many people who try to quash the things we say about Christ and even some who get violent against us…
But if we are still willing to continue talking about Christ, He will be able to use us to reach out to more people and allow them to come forward and receive the free gift of eternal life He has promised us.
Stand up for those who are still undecided!
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Acts 3:17 Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Just because you have done something wrong does not mean it is going to be a black mark against you for the rest of your life.
God is always willing to forgive you when you are willing to admit to your faults and to genuinely ask for that forgiveness!
What do you do when you find out something you have always done is actually wrong? I hope you try to give up doing whatever it is!
Trust in your holy, merciful God who is able and willing to forgive you for anything and everything.
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Acts 3:14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you
Be careful for what you ask, you may just get exactly what you ask for!
We do not always see things in the proper light and we may well ask for something we assume will never happen just because you want to show someone up.
God listens to all of our prayers and He does answer us; whether we are listening to those answers of just blindly continuing on in our own strength is our choice.
Israel was given a choice – admit Jesus was the Messiah or bring a murderer back into society. Their pride or ignorance made them chose what turned out to be the greater evil. Stop and think.
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Acts 3:5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
Be honest; how many times do you go to church and almost fall asleep whilst listening (or not) to the person up front ramble on about something?
I know it is very hard to listen to someone who makes everything sound uninteresting, but without listening to God’s Word we will fall short of the mark on learning what God wants in our lives.
Peter and John wanted to stop and make a difference. If the lame man had ignored them he would not have received healing. I’m sure this would have spurned him on to find out more about Christ too!
Make a difference today and stop to talk.
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Acts 3:4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
If you wanted to tell someone about Christ, what is the first thing you are going to do?
The first thing is going to be to engage in conversation with them or to gain their attention. It is easy enough standing up in front of a church and speaking out because people already expect you to do that…
But standing up and speaking to people outside of church takes courage, courage which the Holy Spirit gives you.
Be bold today and take a step forward to gain someone’s attention and show them how much Christ means to you!
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Acts 2:46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
When the disciples began to realise just what Christ meant by us loving each other, they put aside their own lives, desires and expectations to live with and for each other.
There is something special to be said about living in a commune of any kind because you are living as Christ wanted us to live.
But if we all live apart from the world we may not get to reach out to the world as He also intended.
Be careful when you venture out into the temptations and live with gladness and simplicity of heart – as Christ wanted.
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Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
When you first heard someone say it was as simple as telling someone you were sorry and asking for their forgiveness, what did you think?
I didn’t think much of it because I could not see God or this Holy Spirit people were talking about; all I saw was the religious acts people were performing.
But when God knew the time was right, He allowed me to see the truth from His Word and allowed me to know Him properly for the first time.
Take time and allow God to work in your heart today.
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Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
It is the Holy Spirit who will convict people when they hear the word of God; but how will they hear the word of God unless we are willing to tell them?
Jesus gave us the command to go out into the world and tell people about God and about salvation; He did it for a reason.
Jesus continued to tell people about God all the time, even though He was and is Christ. If He was willing to put His own importance aside and tell people about God, we should be willing too.
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Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’
These are not the words of Peter who was speaking but the words of Joel the prophet actually written many years before Christ came to earth in human form.
Although Joel was giving prophecy of the judgement of the people, the locusts and the caterpillars, there was hope being portrayed when the Messiah was coming to earth.
We have written testimony of those times now so we can look forward to the further promises God has given us of the future times we have in store.
But there is still a promise of sad times for those who do not call on Christ.
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Acts 2:8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
When God sent the Holy Spirit to give the disciples something to speak about, it was not in half measures!
The Holy Spirit gave the disciples a whole new way of speaking, a way in which the people hearing all heard in their own dialect!
Nothing is impossible with Christ – as long as you are willing to give Him control and allow the Holy Spirit to really work with you and for you.
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Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
If you are willing to learn during your school life you will come out of school knowing a whole lot more than when you went in.
If you are willing to learn during your church life, then you too will come out knowing a whole lot more; you will learn more about God love, mercy and holiness.
When you apply that knowledge and have faith in what you have learned you will begin to see just how much God gives us through the Holy Spirit.
Allow the Spirit to work in your life daily!