PHILLIP Ordinary Servant Extraordinary Impact SETTING THE STAGE

PHILLIP Ordinary Servant. Extraordinary Impact

SETTING THE STAGE “PART II” OF ACTS: Judea and Samaria STEPHEN’S SERVICE & MARTYRDOM THE RESULT: Persecution, Scattering, Sorrow, Ravaging THE RESPONSE: Bold sharing as they (and PHILLIP) scattered

SURRENDERED START HIS CHARACTER: Good reputation, Spirit filled, wise, “whom we may put in charge” HIS CULTURE Hellenistic, multi-cultural, lower status HE LIVED UP TO HIS ‘ORDINATION’ AS DEACON

SURRENDERED START SPIRIT-FILLED: Dependent SERVANT-HEARTED: Active SELF-SURRENDERED: Willing and Ready ORDINARY! Not a priest or scholar, His credentials were CHRIST

SURRENDERED STRATEGY …TO THE GOD OVER CIRCUMSTANCES …TO GODLY AUTHORITY

SURRENDERED STRATEGY …TO THE WORK OF THE (TRUE) SPIRIT THE SIMON SIDE-SHOW SENT SOUTH! Available Responsive/Obedient Prepared Flexible TELEPORTED!

STILL SURRENDERED… “found himself…” “passed through…” “keeps going (and going)…” The Energizer Bunny of Acts

STILL SURRENDERED… MORE ABOUT AGNES… MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA …Mother Teresa committed her life to working with the poor throughout the world. She lived among impoverished people so that she could better serve them. She created a new order…the Missionaries of Charity. She established orphanages, schools, and homes for the elderly and terminally ill. Her work attracted the attention of the world and earned her the Nobel Peace Prize. She eventually established organizations to help people on every continent. 100 Leaders. org

STILL SURRENDERED… MORE ABOUT NICK… COUNT NICHOLAUS LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF The Moravian Brethren…took the Great Commission to heart, paving the way for the great era of modern missions. During the 18 th Century alone, they planted mission stations across a vast portion of the globe. A prayer vigil was begun that continued around the clock, seven days a week, without interruption for more than one hundred years. Ruth Tucker – From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya

STILL SURRENDERED… MORE ABOUT NICK… COUNT NICHOLAUS LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF Zinzendorf’s contribution to missions is best seen in the lives of the men and women who accepted his challenge to forsake all for the sake of the gospel. Their sole motivation was Christ’s sacrificial love for the world, and it was with that message that they went to the ends of the earth. Ruth Tucker – From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya

STILL SURRENDERED… …WHAT ABOUT ME? WRESTLING WITH GOD’S WILL? GETTING/STAYING EQUIPPED? AWARE OF WHAT GRACE IS DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE GREAT COMMISSION? Three Steps: start today, get informed, get going!

STILL SURRENDERED… …WHAT ABOUT ME? GET INFORMED AND TRAINED… Launch Groups Perspectives on the World Christian Movement

STILL SURRENDERED… …WHAT ABOUT ME? GET GOING… International Students here…now… globaloutreach@grace-bible. org GO on a Short Term Trip grace-bible. org/serve/global-outreach/short-term-trips

Grace Summer Trips 2016 Houston Project (Youth 7 th-12 th) Germany (Youth 11 th-12 th) Kansas City, East Asia, Greece (College) El Salvador (Family Anderson) Honduras (Family Southwood) Refugee Relief (TBD)

STILL SURRENDERED… …WHAT ABOUT ME? GET GOING… International Students here…now… globaloutreach@grace-bible. org GO on a Short Term Trip grace-bible. org/serve/global-outreach/short-term-trips Connect with a GBC missionary – THIS WEEK! • Your Small Group • This Wednesday at 7 pm –meet one in person!

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