This Sunday we are returning to our journey through the book of Acts. We will pick up where we left off, in Acts 13:1-12. This is a fitting place to begin in a new year, anticipating new opportunities for ministry to people around us. Acts 13 begins a transition for the gospel from Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, to the gospel’s extension to the ends of the earth. The only way this can happen is if God does it through us, and these verses have much to say to us about following the Lord by his Spirit. We’ll look at how to know the Holy Spirit’s leading, the filling of the Spirit for unexpected opportunities, and the power of the Spirit for answering spiritual opposition.

Let’s start the new year being better equipped to share new life in Christ with new people around us.