Teachable

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Teachable
• Moments
• Acts 311-26

When the going gets tough go to God
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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31
Acts 423-31 (NLT) 23As soon as they were freed,
Peter and John found the other believers and told
them what the leading priests and elders had
said. 24Then all the believers were united as
they lifted their voices in prayer "O Sovereign
Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and
everything in them-- 25you spoke long ago by the
Holy Spirit through our ancestor King David, your
servant, saying, Why did the nations rage? Why
did the people waste their time with futile
plans?
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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31
Acts 423-31 (NLT) 26 The kings of the earth
prepared for battlethe rulers gathered together
against the Lord and against his Messiah.'
27"That is what has happened here in this city!
For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor,
the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all
united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you
anointed. 28In fact, everything they did occurred
according to your eternal will and plan. 29And
now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give your
servants great boldness in their preaching.
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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31
Acts 423-31 (NLT) 30Send your healing power may
miraculous signs and wonders be done through the
name of your holy servant Jesus.31After this
prayer, the building where they were meeting
shook, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit. And they preached God's message with
boldness.
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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Share Them With Brothers Sisters in Christ
• Dont fall victim to the worlds way of going
  it alone
• 1Peter 58
• Ecclesiastes 412

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Bring Them to God in Prayer
• As a group corporate prayer
• The body lifting their voices in prayer
• Praying Gods truth
• As an affirmation
• Applying His truth to our life / situation

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Bring Them to God in Prayer
• Pray for empowerment
• Not to escape, be rescued or delivered
• Instead, to persevere and mature
• James 12-4
• To minister

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• God Answers Those Prayers
• Quickly
• With evidence
• Respond in faith

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Gods Truth Applied
• Share lifes challenges, threats and difficulties
  with brothers and sisters in Christ.
• Dont be food for the roaring lion (1Peter 35)
• There is victory in numbers (Ecc. 412)

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Gods Truth Applied
• When faced with difficulties challenges or
  threats Gods people should pray.
• Pray Corporately Lifting up their voices
  together
• Pray for perseverance so God may complete His
  work and make us more mature
• Pray for empowerment, to continue to proclaim His
  truth boldly and to be provided with
  opportunities to display His power in ministry.

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Responding to ChallengesActs 423-31

• Gods Truth Applied
• Expect God to answer our prayers
• These prayers are consistent with Gods will for
  His children.
• Expect Him to answer quickly and clearly
• Be ready to step out in faith when He answers