3. Anxiety
Boat
Vine wrapped around something
Heart sparkle edging
Stomach issues
Gold hoop earrings
Limp
Construction hard hat
Single mom w/ stroller
Payless shoe store
Suitcase
Mother w/ 2 small children
Shovel
Financial need
Red dress
Zebra print
Blue glasses
Red
Hemp rope
Pain
South side
Older slender lady w/ blue dress grey hair
Parking lot/ gas station
Tie dye shirt
Older man with fedora black band
Brown shoes
Little girl blonde curly hair
Arabic writing
Music note
Smell of cinnamon roles
a kiss
African-American woman with tight corn row braids with daughter and son, stressed

5. The Apostolic Ministry
Acts 1:14-26

6. What Impacted the Early Church?
Prayer -31 times in 20 of its chapters
Scripture -30 times in 10 of its chapters
God speaks through Scripture
God is not caught off guard, He is in control
Gives direction and vision

7. Preparing for the Holy Spirit
Waiting -prayer, meditating on Scripture
Unity -they all joined together

8. Preparing for the Holy Spirit
Leadership in place
To make sure the outpouring of the Spirit was not disconnected from the life and teaching of Jesus
Acts 1:1 In my former book, Theophilus (friend of God), I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach

9. Preparing for the Holy Spirit
Leadership in place
The church proposed two men
The Lord chose between them

10. The Apostolic Ministry
Apostle (apostolos): secular term used by the Greeks and Romans to describe special ambassadors who were sent out for the purpose of expanding the dominion of the empire or kingdom
a delegate, a commissioner of Christ (with miraculous powers), a messenger, a sent one

11. The Apostolic Ministry
Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent (apostolos) them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

12. The Apostolic Ministry
Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent (apostolos) them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Power and authority comes from being sent

13. The Apostolic Ministry
Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent (apostolos) them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Apostolic ministry is a ministry of warfare
Invades new territories and breaks through the spiritual resistance of the powers of darkness

14. The Apostolic Ministry
Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent (apostolos) them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Demonstration: doing what Jesus did
2 Cor. 12:12 “I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.”

15. The Apostolic Ministry
Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent (apostolos) them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Proclamation: the gospel of citizenship
Penalty of sin, power of sin, and separation caused by sin all removed!
The Word of God is vitally important!

16. The Apostolic Ministry
This does not make everyone an apostle, but everyone can be apostolic
The Church needs to be first and foremost an apostolic Church if it is to fulfill its mission

17. The Apostolic Ministry
Father God sent His Son, Jesus
Jesus sent the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit sends the Church
The Church makes disciple-making disciples