Some of you have been praying and reading for thirty-nine days! Way to go - only two more days left!
That is both a congrats and an encouragement to keep going... keep going in your pursuit of God, your efforts in prayer, your willingness to read God's word.
I wonder what life would be like if every Christ-follower you know would follow through and passionately pursue God. What would it look like if your church, your group of friends, or even just your family really took God seriously.
What if every man, woman and child not only opened their hearts and minds to the greatness of God and the love of Jesus Christ - but they actually made HIM their top priority?
Can you imagine the kind of impact a group of people like that could have in their neighborhood? In their families? In their school district? In their facebook network?
Well, there was once such a group of people... today's reading is about them... take a moment to read Acts 2:42-47 (below), and see what a contagious passion for God can do...
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
There you have it.
A group of people so sold out to God, so committed to prayer and denying selfish living...
And the world took notice.
They "enjoyed the favor of all the people." Can we say that about Christians today?
The Lord "added to their number daily." Can we say that about Christians today?
What do you think made these people, and their way of life, so attractive?
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