MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Pastor Bryan – Summer at RockCreek – MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.

Acts 3:1-2

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE: God often places opportunities inside moments.

THREE THINGS THAT CAUSE US TO MISS THE GOD MOMENTS

– I don’t have time.

Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!”

Acts 3:4

TRUTH TO LIVE BY: A life with no leaves little room for divine .

– I don’t have enough.

But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

Acts 3:6

TRUTH TO LIVE BY: Scarcity asks, “What am I ?” Faith asks, “What has God already put in my ?”

– what will people think?

So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

Acts 4:18

 But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?”

Acts 4:19

TRUTH TO LIVE BY: We can’t live for people’s and God’s at the same time.

WHAT MADE PETER AND JOHN DIFFERENT?

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:13

REMEMBER THIS: God does things through people who have been with .

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE’VE BEEN WITH JESUS?

1. We become .

Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!”

Acts 3:4

         2. We become .

But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

Acts 3:6

         3. We become .

Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?”

Acts 3:12

         4. We become .

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John

Acts 4:13

We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”

Acts 4:20

         5. We become .

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them…

Acts 4:8

After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:31

: Jesus, make your visible through .