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Acts 8 Scattered to be a blessing. - DA Brown - Associate Pastor

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DA Brown - Associate Pastor

Date Taught: June 6, 2021

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Acts 8:)

God is still at work, even in the greatest storms of your life. Trust Him, He loves you.

Life Lesson (Acts 8:)

Let God hold you close through the storms of this life, not only will you be blessed on the other side, but He will bless many others through it too.

Life Lesson (Acts 8:)

Talking about what Jesus has done and is doing blesses both you and those who hear you.

Life Lesson (Acts 8:)

Consistent examination of your motives will help keep you focused on God’s plan for your life.

Life Lesson (Acts 8:)

Respond to the direction of the Holy Spirit, tell others about Jesus, and keep growing. Your life will be impactful, and you will have a blessed life.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Acts 7:1-2 NKJV

1 Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?" 2 And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

Acts 22:1 NKJV

1 "Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now."

Matthew 5:10 NKJV

Blessed [are ]those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 1:8 NKJV

8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Genesis 50:20 NKJV

20 "But as for you, you meant evil against me; [but] God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as [it is] this day, to save many people alive.

1 Corinthians 15:35-38 NASB

35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?" 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 NKJV

10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on [it] endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

1 Corinthians 10:24 NKJV

Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s [well-being].

Acts 6:5-6 NKJV

5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6 whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.

Acts 8:35 NKJV

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.

Acts 21:7-9 NKJV

7 And when we had finished [our] voyage from Tyre, we came to
Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day. 8 On the next [day] we who were Paul’s companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was [one] of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV

18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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