❓What do you value most? 💭
Advancement? 📈 
Image? 👤
Relationships? 🤝
Security? 🔐
This Sunday, we’ll step into Acts 5 where the apostles face prison again but this time, they also get beaten for their faith in Jesus … shockingly, they leave this whole experience rejoicing. 
Why? 
Because they valued Jesus more than anything else they once held tightly. 
More than reputation. 
More than safety. 
More than comfort. 
More than life itself.
Leading us to honestly assess this question: When following Jesus costs you something—your image, your opportunities, your relationships, your comfort—how do you respond?
This text forces us to ask a tough but freeing question:
Do I treasure Jesus more than everything else I cling to?
Two things to think about before listening::
1️⃣ What competes for my highest affection?
Where do advancement, image, security, or relationships subtly outrank Jesus in my heart? 
2️⃣ What would it look like to value Jesus above that thing? In my decisions, courage, conversations, or willingness to obey?
🙏🏿 Two ways to pray:
1) “Lord, reorder my values.”
Ask God to expose places where old loves have crept back onto the throne and to help you treasure Christ above all. 
2) “Give me boldness.”
Pray for the same Spirit-wrought courage the apostles had—courage to obey God rather than men, even when it costs.