Exodus 21,22; Psalms 12; Acts 4
God’s Great Blessing Was Upon Them …
God’s Great Blessing Can Be On Us Too!
Scripture
32 All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. 33 The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. 34 There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them 35 and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.
Observation
This is the very First church, 5,000 men strong operating like a church should operate. We don’t know how long First church was able to enjoy that special moment. We don’t know if it lasted for several weeks or maybe even for several months but we do know that by Acts chapter 5 people began to mess it up. But we don’t read about that until tomorrow!
Prayer Rallies like our church had this past Wednesday help unite believers in heart and mind.
I would love to be part of any church that comes close to modeling what we find described in Acts 4! Our church is getting there … how about yours?
Application
I will pray for our church asking God to move it to be more and more like First church, the church we read about in Acts 4.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I pray that Your great blessing would be on our church. I pray that our people would be united in one heart and mind. Help us to be as generous as those folks that made up this very First church. Amen.
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