“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 (NIV) Something shifts when God’s people pray together. The early church gathered after the threat, prayed, and the building shook. Nobody planned that or…
“For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:20 (NIV) Some things simply cannot be contained. Peter and John did not walk out of that council meeting having decided to be bold. They walked out…
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” Acts 4:31 (NIV) Nobody planned what happened next. The early church had just…
“With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all.” Acts 4:33 (NIV) What fills you will eventually come out. The apostles had just…
“Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You…
“And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV) Resurrection life was never only about you. That is where…
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) You are answering to a name that isn’t yours anymore. Not the name on your birth certificate,…
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.” 2 Corinthians 5:16 (NIV) You are looking at people the wrong way. Not…
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.” 2 Corinthians 5:16 (NIV) How you see Jesus determines everything else you see.…
“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” 2 Corinthians 5:14 (NIV) You are tired, and the fuel is the problem. It is not a lack of faith or a…