Spirit-Filled Shepherds Look Out for the Overlooked
March 27, 2022
One of the first internal problems the church faced was ethnic tension between Hebrew-speaking and Greek-speaking Christians. The...
Spirit-Filled Shepherds Speak with Courage
March 20, 2022
Peter, as all elders must be, was a teacher. He taught about Jesus “in season and out of season,” when people wanted to hear and when...
Spirit-Filled Shepherds Care for the Hurting
March 13, 2022
Peter was an apostle and at some point he was also an elder in a church (see 1 Peter 5:1). It’s easy to read about the miracles Peter...
An Unstoppable Church Deals with Sin
March 6, 2022
The story of Ananias and Sapphira is one many of us would rather skip over, but we must not ignore the parts of Scripture that make us...
Pray for Boldness to Speak the Name of Jesus
February 27, 2022
After their first arrest and being threatened by the Jewish authorities, the early church did not try to seize political power or rally...
Refuse to Stop Speaking the Name of Jesus
February 20, 2022
The Jewish council of rulers, elders, and scribes arrested Peter and John and eventually told them to stop speaking and teaching in the...
The Prayer of Faith
February 16, 2022
Scripture: James 5:13-20
Do Good and Speak the Name of Jesus
February 13, 2022
Peter and John were asked by a lame beggar for money. But rather than money, Peter healed him in the name of Jesus. This act of doing good...
Patience in Suffering
February 9, 2022
Scripture: James 5:7-12