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Sunday Service with Evangelist Simeon Costa

Acts chapter focuses on the boldness of the Apostles when faced with the Sadducee's persecution of their faith and their dismissal of the miracle that had taken place before their eyes. Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, pokes holes in their arguments to dismiss this event as false.

There's a special type of "forgetting" that the Bible encourages us to put into practice. Remembering something doesn't just mean calling to memory something that happened. It also means living inside those events and letting them shape you. The church is about forward motion. Letting yourself marinate in past hurts from others, or grievances with your brother or sister will do nothing but slow you to the point of a standstill.

Pastor Brown continues our study of the book of Acts with Chapter 3, following Peter and John as they go about their daily routine at the Gate Beautiful. The only difference between this day and all the others was they were filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost, and when it whispered instructions to minister, they listened.

Memorials and remembrances are a key part of Jewish culture that date back to creation. These memorials are for the very specific purposes of reminding the people of an important event, either a promise from God or a miraculous deliverance. Without them, the miraculous is easily forgotten.

There is no task, no position, no ability that is greater than another when it comes to serving in the kingdom of God. Nor is it the responsibility of one person to perform every task, every position, and have every ability. Our responsibility to the kingdom, and our greatest joy, is to perform our task to the best of our ability as the Spirit gives us the talent. Its our differences working together that move the kingdom forever forward in unity.

At the heart, at the center of the family is the mother, there for a specific purpose. She is the nurturer, the educator, and the protector of her children. She places seeds of character in her child, watches those seeds sprout, and anchors that sapling to the shape it must grow. She is the wall the enemy runs into, seeking to draw them away from their home.

The powerful are at the top of the food chain, the weak or down on their luck are at the bottom. We look out for number 1.That's how the world works, and that's the system we've always known. The kingdom of God is the exact opposite. Blessings come only when we reach out and serve others.

The process of sanctification is a long one, our whole lives in fact. Our spiritual journey is full of ups and downs. It's in those down times we must remember the journey isn't over yet. We may have been cut down, but we never stop growing. You will get back to who you were meant to be.

In order to get on mission, we must align our view of us with God’s view of us. When you look in the mirror, do you see Jesus or do you see your failures? The enemy knows if he can can get you to focus on your past, he can knock you out of alignment with God's purpose and plan for your life. Shame comes from the enemy, not from God. When you are redeemed, Jesus sees only a reflection of himself.