1. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner?

2. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? aith to ace the uture What’s Around The Corner?

3. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole She enjoyed much early success 3,000 initial respondents Acts 2:41 Additions day by day Acts 2:47 Men eventually number 5,000 Acts 4:4 Believers, multitudes of both men & women, were increasing Acts 5:14

4. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole She enjoyed much early success Disciples were multiplying greatly…even many of the priests obeyed the gospel Acts 6:1, 7 An Observation … - We are thrilled when one obeys the gospel - What would it feel like to have shared in this?

5. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole Conventional human wisdom would have said, “We’ve done well in Jerusalem. It is time to expand beyond the city.” cp. Acts 1:8 However, this would not be the reason why the gospel would venture beyond Jerusalem

6. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole Eventually, the church came face to face with formidable opposition Acts 7:58b 8:1-3 Those previously “riding high with optimism” over their success and anticipating equal success outside Jerusalem must have been extremely worried about what was happening

7. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole Conventional human wisdom now would say… “It appears to be over. We aren’t even safe in our own homes. We cannot overcome this threat from Jerusalem, the very center of Judaism.” What was “around the corner?” Extermination? Success?

8. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: The Church As A Whole Divine wisdom showed itself superior to “Conventional human wisdom” God was able to use this threat to actually help the young church to continue growing Acts 8:4-6, 9-13 God knew what was “around the corner”

9. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16

10. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? HELP !!

11. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16 After the first two “choices” were forbidden, and after receiving “The Macedonian Call” … what must Paul have thought?? Let’s consult “Conventional Human Wisdom” again

12. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16 “I wonder what is waiting for us in Macedonia? It must be something really important, since we’ve been forbidden twice here in Asia.” What was “around the corner” for Paul? Initially, a small group of women vv. 13-15

13. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16 What was “around the corner” for Paul? Eventually, beatings & a prison cell vv. 19-23 Let’s consult “Conventional Human Wisdom” one more time…

14. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16 “We had freedom in Asia, twice forbidden to go elsewhere, and finally brought here. We come to Philippi and are now in prison. What good can we do while in these stocks?”

15. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ê On his second journey Acts 16 What did Paul & Silas do? v. 25 What did God do? vv. 26-34

16. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ë On his journey to Rome He is in Jerusalem custody because of the Jews He receives a Divine vision Acts 23:11 He had previously written from Corinth about coming to Rome Rom 15:24, 28, 30-32 What was “around the corner” for Paul?

17. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ë On his journey to Rome What was “around the corner” for Paul? He did not enter Rome as a “free evangelist” He was marched in as a prisoner, no doubt viewed by all as guilty, guarded Acts 28:16

18. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Re: Individual Disciples Two examples from 1 disciple Ù Paul Ë On his journey to Rome How poor his prospects for the gospel must have looked! Yet, what was God able to do? Phil 1:12-14 God, His word is not limited!! 2 Tim 2:8-9

19. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Some Closing Thoughts… Re: our work for the kingdom of God, we sometimes ask… “Given the present circumstances, what good can possibly come from this?” “If we do this, how will this be received? What if it makes others mad?”

20. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Some Closing Thoughts… All we can do is the Lord’s work…no matter where that path leads us We know the Lord’s wisdom is greater than our own Isa 55:8-9 God causes success to happen from that we would think only brings failure 1 Cor 1:18-25

21. What’s Around Faith To Face The Future The Corner? Some Closing Thoughts… For whatever unknown things that are “around the corner”… …our prayer is that Divine providence will lead us to the next step …our faith is that we’ll believe and accept whatever good that results Rom 8:28

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