Stephen became the first martyr when his inflammatory speech incited anger and violence. But he also planted seeds of wisdom, forgiveness and love that lit the world with love through the life of the Apostle Paul.

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The Early Believers prayed for great boldness, even though they knew that their great boldness would probably lead to greater persecution.

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Peter and John healed a crippled man in the Temple, and then preached that Jesus was the Messiah. As a result, the rulers and elders who had condemned Jesus to death for claiming to be the Messiah ordered Peter and John not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. Nevertheless, Peter and John defied the ruling elite and kept preaching.

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Peter and John healed a crippled man at the Temple. They didn’t give him what he wanted and mistakenly thought he needed—money! Instead, they gave him what he truly needed—healing in the name of Jesus and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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The early believers showed that they loved the LORD their God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and loved other people, by devoting themselves to teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

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On the Day of Pentecost, the first believers are filled with the Holy Spirit. Peter preaches. About 3,000 people repent, receive forgiveness for their sins, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, are baptized, and add their number to the believers.

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The early believers wait, pray and prepare after the ascension as they wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to come upon them.

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Jesus is taken up into heaven after promising to be with us to the end of the age, and after promising that the Father would send us the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus.

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Jesus restores hope and purpose to Peter by giving him the chance to declare three times that he loved Jesus, carrying Peter over oceans of denials and failures until he reached the Promised Land.

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In God’s good time and in God’s good way, Jesus overcomes the doubts of Doubting Thomas and of many others, carrying them across oceans of doubts until they reach the Promised Land.

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