Closer To Heaven
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After Pentecost, Luke shifts the narrative to a general description of the inner life of the church in Jerusalem. “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers” ( Acts 2:42, NKJV ) .
Read more at the source: Sunday: Teaching and Fellowship
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Image © Pacific Press from GoodSalt.com Read for This Week’s Study: Acts 2:42-46 ; Acts 4:34-35 ; Acts 3:1-26 ; Acts 4:1-18 ; Acts 5:1-11 ; Acts 5:34-39 . Memory Text: “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people” ( Acts 2:46-47 , NIV) .
Read more at the source: Sabbath: Life in the Early Church
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In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the life of the party!” Sophie said, “He lit up the room. Everyone felt like his best friend.” Clearly this Tommy’s relational life thrived. “But he didn’t know what to do with his life. Everyone else was choosing careers and he just didn’t have a direction
Read more at the source: Dear Tommy: You Didn’t Leave Us, We Left You
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Pentecost. Let’s start with a puzzle. How is the word, “Pentecost,” related to the number, 50, and the term, “Feast of Weeks”? How did the observance of Pentecost change from a Jewish festival to an exuberant celebration of the Christian church? What thrilling event took place on the first observation of Pentecost by Christians
Read more at the source: 2: Pentecost – Discussion Starters
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In Acts 2:4 , the gift of the Spirit was manifested through speaking in tongues. Yet, this gift was only one of many different manifestations of the Spirit ( Acts 10:45-46 ; Acts 19:6 ) . Others include foretelling the future ( Acts 11:28 ) , visions ( Acts 7:55 ) , inspired speech ( Acts 2:8 , Acts 28:25 ) , healing ( Acts 3:6 , Acts 3:12 ; Acts 5:12 , Acts 5:16 ) , and qualification for service ( Acts 6:3 , Acts 6:5 )
Read more at the source: Monday: The Gift of Tongues
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