A New, Big Plan

Follow Along with the Message

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."--Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Discipleship=change   The Fixer Upper is you.

"Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to all."--1 Timothy 4:15

"We've never done it that way before."

11:21--"Large numbers believed and turned to the Lord."

11:24--"Considerable numbers were brought to the Lord."

11:26--"They met with the church and taught considerable numbers."

--The Prayers and Alms of Men

     Devout (eusebia, "well-worshipped")

--The Grace and Activity of God

--The Faith and Obedience of Believers

     "So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews alone.  But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.  And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.  The news about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.  Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord."--11:19-23

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     "'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope." "--Jeremiah 29:11