DA Brown - Associate Pastor's teaching references for 05/23/2021

Acts 6:1-15 - Embrace the Grace

Life Lesson (verse Acts 6:1)

God will add, subtract and multiply in many different ways and with different things in our lives. Trust Him each step of the way.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 6:4)

God has called, gifted and equipped you to do mighty things on this earth for Him.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 6:7)

When we submit and yield to God’s calling, we can expect our lives to be radically blessed, and many, many lives to be impacted around us.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 6:10)

God will give you everything you need to serve Him. Have faith and trust Him.

Life Lesson (verse Acts 6:15)

God has called you, chosen you, and gifted you. He will bless you and use you. Will you EMBRACE the GRACE?

Ephesians 4:11-13 NASB

11 And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

1 Timothy 3:1-7 NASB

1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do 2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching, 3 not overindulging in wine, not a bully, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money. 4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), 6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into condemnation incurred by the devil. 7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 3:8-13 NASB

8 Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not insincere, not prone to drink much wine, not greedy for money, 9 but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 These men must also first be tested; then have them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. 11 Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. 13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

John 15:16 NKJV

"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

Ephesians 1:3-6 NKJV

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NKJV

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 6:43-44 NKJV

43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Progress Reports

  1. Acts 2:47 NKJV - 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
  2. Acts 6:7 NKJV - 7 Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  3. Acts 9:31 NKJV - 31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
  4. Acts 12:24 NKJV - 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
  5. Acts 16:5 NKJV - 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
  6. Acts 19:20 NKJV - 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
  7. Acts 28:30-31 NKJV - 30 Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.

James 1:5-8

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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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