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          How can we maintain that unity?

          - I want to do more than diagnose the problem, I want to talk about what we can do to make sure it doesn’t happen to us.

          - I got to thinking about the unity that the early church enjoyed and how we can have that.

          - There is a Greek word - “homothumadon” - that pretty much only shows up in the book of Acts (11 of 12 NT uses). It means “with one mind, unanimous, in one accord.” I want to briefly look at what the early church was doing that kept their unity. (We’re just going to handle it briefly; I may come back and unpack this some other time.)

          
          Maintaining The Unity Of The Church:

          1. Acts 1:14 - It all starts with PRAYER.

          2. Acts 2:46 - Stay focused on the PURPOSES.

          3. Acts 4:24 - Be quick to lift up PRAISE.

          4. Acts 5:12 - Be channels of God’s POWER.

          5. Acts 8:4-6 - Boldly PREACH the Word.

          6. Acts 15:25 - Maintain biblical PEACE.

          7. Acts 19:29 (and 7:57 and 18:12) - Don’t be surprised by PERSECUTION. ...

          "Ican do all things through Christ which strengtheth me" phil.4:13
          

    Sun, Apr 15th - 12:19AM

    What is your choice today?



    Choices

     Daily we are being invited by God to make wise choices... choices that will lead to life, and not to death. We are free to choose our eternal destiny, the most important choice we will ever make. But many other choices confront us each day. And we need to pray for God to give us wisdom and enlightenment to make choices that lead to life!
    Each day we face the choice to walk in obedience... in joy... in faith... in hope... in kindness... and in truth.
    W e need to choose our words... the way we spend our money... and our time.
    To pray... or not to pray. To believe in the Lordship of Jesus... or to reject Him.
    Choices are ever before us. Choices are the hinges on which our destiny turns.
    And each one of us has a role to play... to make a choice.
    We are definitely living in times every hour counts toward our destiny. No one knows the day and the hour when the end will come... Jesus teaches us to be ready and watching. Matthew 24:42-44 (NIV)

    42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.



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    Location: fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
    Denomination: Spirit filled New Testment Christian
    About Me: I'm a servant of Jesus Christ,I'm on a journey sharing the Good News,I loved singing & sharing The Good News. I'm sharing"Good New" (WORD) on all my Blogs.Please tell a friend I pray they will be bless & check Out "You tube.com/sueshipp2" -My Space s... more

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