WHEN GOD

WORKSActs 13:1-3

Three Classes Of People In Every Church

1. Those who make things

happen

Three Classes Of People In Every Church

2. Those who watch things

happen

Three Classes Of People In Every Church

1. Those who are left wondering what happened

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes

upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Acts 1:8 NLT

The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into

Three PartsChapters 1-7 deal with the ministry in the Jerusalem

area

The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into

Three PartsChapters 8-12 deal with the

ministry in Judea and Samaria

The Book Of Acts Is Divided Into

Three PartsChapters 13-28 deal with the

ministry to the Gentiles

Three Types Of Churches1. The

Floundering Church

Three Types Of Churches

2. The Lost Church

Three Types Of Churches3. The

Established Church

WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR

CHURCHI. GOD WILL

CHANGE OUR LIVES

Racially IntegratedJews, Gentiles,

Africans, Romans, Greeks

Variety Of BackgroundsReligious,

Political, Social, Economic

A. We Will Console Those

Hurting

B. We Will Have A

Change In Our

Character

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who

passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to

bear his cross.Mark 15:21 KJV

Salute Rufus chosen in the lord,

and his mother and mine.

Romans 16:13 KJV

C. When We Have Been A

Long Way Off

D. When We Have Been Redeemed

From A Horrible Life

NOTE:You cannot change

circumstances and you can't change other

people, but God can change you Evelyn A.

Thiessen

E. When We Have Been

Against God

NOTE:And the opposite of these giants are little men and women who "with little

minds and little imagination jog through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes

that would jar their little worlds" Marie Fraser

WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR

CHURCHII. GOD WILL

CALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO MINISTER

A. Those Who Already Are Serving

Godvs. 2

NOTE:Nothing in life can take the

place of faithfulness and dependability. It is one of

the greatest virtues. Brilliance, genius,

competence - all are subservient to the quality of

faithfulnessWallace Friday

NOTE:It is crucial to

understand that God is the main audience for all

spiritual ministry

Proving what is acceptable unto

the Lord.Ephesians 5:10 NKJV

B. Those Who Are Already

Sacrificing For Godvs. 2

Jesus said to them, My food is to do the

will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

John 4:34 NKJV

Two Types Of ‘Set Apart’

a. From within the congregation to go to

another placeb. From within the

congregation to do another special ministry (possibly

within the local ministry of the congregation)

NOTE:God has no larger

field for the man or woman who is not faithfully doing his work where he is

anonymous

WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR

CHURCHIII. GOD WILL USE OUR CHURCH TO

CONFIRM HIS WILL

A. There Has To Be Sacrifice On The Part Of The Church

1. The Sacrifice Of Power – Fasted

2. The Sacrifice Of Priorities - Prayed

A. There Has To Be The Willingness To Give Our

People To God1. Realizing that some will represent all of us2. Realizing we send

them forth

Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things

that belonged to him was his own, but they had

everything in common.Acts 4:32 ESV

WHEN GOD IS WORKING IN OUR CHURCH:

I. GOD WILL CHANGE OUR LIVES

II. GOD WILL CALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO MINISTER

III. GOD WILL USE OUR CHURCH TO CONFIRM HIS

WILL