Strength at Rock Bottom

 READ

Passage: Acts 8:25-40

 THINK

Main Point: God is actively at working around us to make disciples of all nations and He invites us to join Him in His work.

 APPLY

Personal Application: We must be sensitive and submissive to the Holy Spirit’s leadership, committed to the mission of God, proclaiming and explaining Jesus as Lord and Savior.

• We must be sensitive and submissive to the Holy Spirit:
  • What steps can you take to listen to the Holy Spirit?
    • With the Word? In prayer? Trusting?
  • Is the Spirit burdening your heart for someone?
  • What steps can you take to be obedient?
  • How are you praying for sensitivity to the Spirit?
• We must be committed to God’s mission:
  • What is God actively working for?
  • Based on what you talk about and think about, how committed is your heart to God’s mission?
• We must proclaim and explain the Good News of Jesus:
  • What parts of the Gospel are challenging for you to understand?
  • How can you grow in your understanding of the Gospel?
  • How can you grow in your ability to share the Gospel?

 PRAY

• Praise God for who He is: Glorious, Good, and Great!
• Pray that our trust will grow stronger.
• Pray that we will be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leadership and direction.
• Confess any unbelief or weakness of faith.
• Confess any delay in obedience to the Spirit’s leadership.
• Pray for God to open doors before us to share the Gospel.
• Pray that the Holy Spirit’s unity and fellowship would reign mightily among us.
• Pray and lay your requests and petitions before the LORD with confidence that He knows, He sees, and He acts.
• Pray that for each other, that we would live full of the Spirit.
• Pray that the eyes of our heart and faith would be set above, where Jesus is at the right hand of God.
• Praise the Lord that He is sovereign, and His rule is secure.
• Pray that God would open doors for us to proclaim the gospel and that He would add to our number.