English Sermon: To Africa And Beyond - "To The End of The Earth"

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To Africa And Beyond - "To The End of The Earth"

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
— Acts 1:8
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
— Matthew 28:19-20

English Sermon: Stephen’s Spirit-filled Sermon

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Stephen’s Spirit-filled Sermon

Acts 7:1-60 - Stephen Addresses the Sanhedrin

“But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.”
— Acts 7:55

Three Themes in Stephen’s Sermon

  1. God’s servants who faced loss and rejection

  2. Stubborn-hearted people who resist the Holy Spirit

  3. The God of glory who redeems His people

English Sermon: Who Will Go For Us?

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Who Will Go For Us?

“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
— Matthew 9:35-38

What is Compassion?

Splagchnizomai: to be moved in the inward parts, i.e. to feel compassion

Isaiah 6:5-8

“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King,the Lord Almighty.”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

English Sermon: Is Dependency Your Posture?

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Is Dependency Your Posture?

“When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.”
— Daniel 6:10 (ESV)

Three Types of Posture:

  1. Posture of Prayer

    • Daniel 6:6-13

    • Mark 6:45-51

    • Mark 6:46-48

    • Psalm 34:1

  2. Posture of Praise

    • Psalm 34:1

    • 1 Samuel 30:1-10

    • 2 Samuel 6:12-18, 20-22

    • 2 Samuel 6:13-15

  3. Posture of Obedience

    • Genesis 39-41

    • Genesis 12:1-4

    • Hebrews 11:8-10

    • Daniel 3:12-18

    • Hebrews 11:8

    • Daniel 3:17-18

What is a Posture of Dependency?

A posture of dependency is an action done consistently regardless of what's going on currently.

English Sermon: Exponential Growth: On the Brink of Global Evangelization

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Exponential Growth: On the Brink of Global Evangelization

“Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.”
— Acts 6:1-7