The trials of life don't just test us, they reveal us. In this portion of Acts we look at Stephen and how the work of God can sometimes hurt in the moment.
Jesus was relatable to the people he encountered and discipled his followers to be the same. We look at the turn of persecution in the early church and how it was now, more that ever, important to stick together.
In those times when we've waited so long for something that we begin to believe it's never going to happen, Jesus reminds us he's present and dead isn't always dead.
In this week's story, a lame man simply wanted to be supported in the condition that he was in; God wanted to completely change his condition. And so it is with us.