Where does God’s grace shine brightest in your life? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our DARE TO DREAM series with a message about the power of community.

Acts 2:46-47

They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity—all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

The experience of the early church is a pattern for the church today. What can we learn from the events of Acts 2?

1) Gospel blessing is for your household and for the nations.

Because we live from an abundance mentality, Christians don’t have to choose between blessing our own people and blessing others.

2) Generosity is the prize, not the price. 

There is no membership fee to the kingdom of God. The ability to be generous is part of the blessing that we receive freely from God.

3) Blessed is not a status, it is a story. 

Every one of us is ordinary. Religion is what I am trying to do for God. The Gospel is the story of what God has done for me in Christ.

4) Broken becomes beautiful in the hands of Jesus.

The places in our lives where we have experienced brokenness are the places where the grace and love of Jesus are most visible.

5) Bread that isn’t broken can’t be shared.

From the place of your deepest wound will often come your greatest gift to those around you. God blesses us, and He transforms our brokenness to be a gift given to others, for their blessing and for God’s glory!