The great thing about following God's plan is that He always knows where we are going. That doesn't mean we know all the details - it just means we can trust that He does. Paul and Silas have followed the leading of God and found themselves in new city. In this city, they find a woman of faith and a civil servant who needs the Gospel. Take your Bibles and open again to Acts 16 as Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, The Miracle after Midnight.

God uses all kinds of circumstances to reach all kinds of people with the Gospel. Sometimes, God reaches people through a conversation; sometimes it is through a sermon or Bible Study; sometimes it is through the Reading of God's Word. In Acts 16, God used a miracle. We're going to see in this passage, that God did something impossible to reach one man and his family with the Gospel.

Today Dr. Biles is concluding a message from Acts 14. This is a story of commitment and courage by these early missionaries, Paul and Barnabas. Everywhere they went in this chapter, someone was opposing them. But they were faithful and God used them in a great a way. Open your Bibles again to Acts 14, as Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, Good for What Ails you.

The message of Christ is a message that all the world needs to hear. But it is not always a message that all the world wants to hear. Dr. Biles is continuing a series through the book of Acts, looking at the early church. In this message, we will see how serving the Lord brought suffering for Barnabas and Paul. And we will see how the Lord used their suffering for His glory.

Today, Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, A Church on Mission. He is arguing that you cannot define church without missions. So, our challenge is to share the message and to send the message to a world who needs to hear it. This message is a challenge to believers and churches to capture the heart of God for the world, to obey our Lord's command, to continue the work of the early church to be on Mission for Christ.

There are many great things we do in the church. The kingdom is blessed by the faithful work of so many faithful servants and obedient churches. But, at the heart of our Lord's final instructions to His Disciples and His heart for missions, we are called to take the Gospel to all the world. That is a burden no one shared more than the Apostle Paul. Today Dr. Biles challenges all of us to be on Mission.

There is a great promise of God in Scripture that when we pray - God hears. It's the picture of God that we find consistent throughout Scripture and the pattern of the early church. Today, as Dr. Biles continues a series about the early church, we are looking at a passage where the people of God prayed and saw the power of God. This is a pattern we can all follow. Take your Bibles and turn again to Acts 12 and let's listen to the conclusion of a message entitled, "The Power of a Praying Church".

Sometimes there are things we believe to be true intellectually, that we don't really do in reality. One example is prayer. All genuine believers know the power of prayer. We also know the admonitions in Scripture to pray. But, we still don't always pray. Today, as we continue a sermon series through the book of Acts, Dr. Biles is preaching about the power that is available to the church through prayer.

The Bible tells us that a Christian is a servant and follower of Christ. We bear His name. It is both a picture from where we came and a pattern of what we are to look like. We are to look like Christ. The picture of the early church in Acts 11 is a picture of believers who were committed to Christ and His Word. As Dr. Biles concludes this message, we're also going to see that they were passionate about accomplishing His purpose. Take your Bibles and turn again with us to Acts 11 as Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, "The First Christian Church".

Happy New Year! Dr. Biles is beginning this New Year with a new sermon series from the book of Acts. This series is about the beginning of the Church. It's a story of how God used the persecution of believers to spread the message of the Gospel. We want every believer to be encouraged that whatever the circumstances are that we face, the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ will endure, His church will prevail, and His will WILL be accomplished. Turn in your Bibles to Acts 11 and let's look at the story of The First Christian church.