DA Brown - Associate Pastor's teaching references for 02/14/2021

Acts 2:13-21 - More than a Valentine

Life Lesson (verse Acts 2:13)

Some may mock and not understand what God is doing in your life. Be encouraged...God is working in you and likely them too!

Life Lesson (verse Acts 2:)

There will be times the Holy Spirit will have you stand up and be bold. Being bold and led by the Spirit is good. Being bold and led of the flesh is not good. Discern the difference.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 2:14)

It’s OK to stand up for God when the world is telling you to sit down.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 2:14)

Invest your time, talent, and treasure in the Kingdom of God and His calling, and you will start reaping extraordinary fruit.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 2:14)

God is way more than your valentine. He is your Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. Direct your affection to Him and watch the blessings flow from now into eternity.

Acts 1:15-16 NKJV

15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16 "Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

Acts 2:14 NKJV

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.

John 20:19-22 KJV

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Acts 2:4 NKJV

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Ezekiel 33:1-6 NASB

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, 3 and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. 5 ‘He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. 6 ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman’s hand.’

QUOTE

“May we forget about ourselves. When we are intoxicated by His presence, we will feel that we can do miracles, that we can pass through fire and water, and that we can remain unafraid of 1000s of swords joined against us. By his grace we won’t fear anymore neither life nor death, joy nor sorrow. We will be drunk with faith.” -St John of the Cross

Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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