We are called to be people who forsake our own kingdoms for God’s Kingdom as we joyfully lay aside our own lives for the sake of Christ our King.

Like for Saul, anyone who has a personal confrontation with Jesus is chosen by Him, changed by Him and continues to see changes the longer we know Him.

We have been given the Spirit of God so that we can be people who actively and habitually listen to God and for God in absolutely everything we do.

God often allows old things to die in order for the new life of the gospel to be born.

God’s primary objective is to establish a relationship with people.

The church must balance its calling to both spread the gospel as witnesses and care for each other as family. To do that we must be servants who lay down our lives for each other because we're gripped by the gospel.

The apostles were enabled to be powerful witnesses even amidst increasing persecution because they believed that the gospel was true, that it was both a message and a life, and that it was good news regardless of the personal consequences of proclaiming it.

Satan opposes the work of the church and tries to undermine it through sin. God is vigilant about sin in order to protect the purity of His people. If God is vigilant, we need to be attentive to sin in our own lives and in the life of our community.

Acts 4:31 After they prayed, the place they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Acts 2:43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.