THE GREATEST SUMMER EVER – MAKING THE MOST OF THE MOMENT

THE GREATEST SUMMER EVER – MAKING THE MOST OF THE MOMENT

¹³ Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” ¹⁴ How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. ¹⁵ What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:13-15

TYPES OF PIVOTAL MOMENTS

• Things are going well.
• I was prepared for this.
• I’m sure what to do?
• I’m in church.

HOW TO STEP INTO A “GOD MOMENT”

“…A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.”

Acts 8:1b, 4

1. Decide in to say “ to God

“As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia… The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”

Acts 8:26-29

        2. Become a spiritual .

“Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.”

Acts 8:30-31

        3. Let the Gospel do the .

“The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. He was humiliated and received no justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.”

Acts 8:32-35

        4. Live with a sense of .

“As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized? He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.”

Acts 8:36-38

        5. Remember .

³⁹ When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.⁴⁰ Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.”

Acts 8:39-40