Acts 2:42-47

• The way they lived is our way to live
• A life of conviction is stronger than a life of faith
• A hunger to know His ways
• Moving from believing that it works to knowing that it works

4 Felt Needs

1. To know God's ways (hunger)

• You cannot live a christian life on a borrowed revelation
• Seduction and pressure are two things that will reveal who you really are in Christ

2. To do life deep together (encourage, fellowship)

• We want to connect vertically but fail to connect horizontally
• Sharing of ideas and attitude. Proverbs 27:17
• The purpose of coming together is to sharpen attitude which will affect altitude (how far you will go in life)
• The way you think daily is what you are
• The outcome of your life is a product of your inner space
• 2 Samuel 10:6-11
• It's impossible for the drvil to attack all of us at the same time. When people live together we cannot be weak at the same time
• Never neglect to promote fellowship

3. To Praise and Pray

• Praise and prayer is part and parcel of a christian lifr
• Prayer is not a struggle, rather a dependency on God
• Prayer should be reduced to a normal conversation with God

4. Focus on Christ's death "Refocus"

4 Convictions of the church in Acts 2

1. They were convinced that they were called by God

• Mark and form of privilege - He picked you out of many
• He called you - If He called you,  it is His responsibility to take care of you
• There is responsibility that comes with being called
• Ask God to sanctify you

2. They were convinced that they were called out of the world

• World = system that governs
• John 17:15-16
• Faith always overrided money

3. They were called above the world into fellowship with God

• Out of something into something
• John 15:1-5. No fruit, more fruit, much fruit!
• "Much fruit" is done through fellowship with God
• When your life bears no fruit it is discrediting God

4. They were called for the world

• John 17:4-18

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