Sunday, September 13, 2020: ~ Message: Be the Church ~ Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 ESV ~ Pastor Philip Miller

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WELCOME

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Message: Be the Church

How to Be The Church during the Pandemic

Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

• Outreach: I prayerfully reach out to those far from Jesus but near to me. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

May God help us to grow in grace and godliness by His Spirit and strength.

You are loved, more than you know!

Pastor Philip

The Safest Shelter

"And a Man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest"

— Isaiah 32:2 KJV

Who this Man is we all know. Who could He be but the Second Man, the LORD from heaven, the man of sorrows, the Son of Man? What a hiding place He has been to His people! He bears the full force of the wind Himself, and so He shelters those who hide themselves in Him. We have thus escaped the wrath of God, and we shall thus escape the anger of men, the cares of this life, and the dread of death. Why do we stand in the wind when we may so readily and so surely get out of it by hiding behind our LORD? Let us this day run to Him and be at peace. Often the common wind of trouble rises in its force and becomes a tempest, sweeping everything before it. Things which looked firm and stable rock in the blast, and many and great are the falls among our carnal confidences. Our LORD Jesus, the glorious man, is a covert which is never blown down. In Him we mark the tempest sweeping by, but we ourselves rest in delightful serenity. This day let us just stow ourselves away in our hiding place and sit and sing under the protection of our Covert. Blessed Jesus! Blessed Jesus! How we love Thee! Well we may, for Thou art to us a shelter in the time of storm. DAILY DEVOTIONAL: Daily Checkbook By Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Audio: The Safest Shelter

• Service: I gladly serve and sacrifice for those God dearly loves. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• Power: I am experiencing the transforming power of God in my life. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• Worship: I have meaningful times of worship, prayer, and communion. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• Fellowship: I enjoy glad and generous relationships with God’s people. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• Teaching: I have a nourishing diet of teaching from God’s Word. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2. Which direction am I moving in this Covid-19 season? (increasing, decreasing)

1. Where am I in terms of really living out these values? (10 being high)

For each of these questions, I want us to identify two things:

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For this Sunday, I’m going to use this space in a different way. Toward the end of my sermon I’ll reference these diagnostic questions and ask each of us to spend some time reflecting on them.

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Message: Be the Church

How to Be The Church during the Pandemic

Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

Message: Be the Church

How to Be The Church during the Pandemic

Sunday, September 13, 2020

SERMON NOTES

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Message: Be the Church

How to Be The Church during the Pandemic

Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

The Church: Defined

The Church: Designed

The Church: Described

The Church: Decentered

Diagnostic Questions

• Teaching: I have a nourishing diet of teaching from God’s Word.

• Fellowship: I enjoy glad and generous relationships with God’s people.

• Worship: I have meaningful times of worship, prayer and communion.

• Power: I am experiencing the transforming power of God in my life.

• Service: I gladly serve and sacrifice for those God dearly loves.

• Outreach: I prayerfully reach out to those far from Jesus but near to me.

Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 ESV

Audio: Acts 2 ESV

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.