Living in the Miraculous / The Power of Proclamation

If Moses was not the first to place his foot and staff in the Red Sea, he would have never split open the sea for the escaping Israelites. The Holy Spirit waits for us to take the first steps. Then the miraculous happens. You must act. You must get “out of the boat” and trust Him.

To see God in action, we must be
in action ourselves.

1.How do you react to the biblical concepts presented in this session? In what ways were you challenged to think in new ways?

2. The statement is made: “The acts of the apostles happened because the apostles acted”. Imagine how things might have been different if the first-century church lived with the attitudes prevalent in the church today. What acts of the early church seem most alive today? Which acts seem to have grown less prevalent? What impact might this have on non-believers?

3.Reinhard emphasises that we are not to be reservoirs of God's love and power; instead, we function as water-taps through which God's love and power are released. This parallels Jesus’ words in John 7:38-39, “Whosoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him”. What happens when we act as water-taps rather than reservoirs?

GOSPEL IN THE WORLD
The disciple Thomas travelled to India in the first century; as a result, Christianity spread dramatically. Today, while still a minority, the number of Christians in approaching 50 million.

“But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed...”
2 Timothy 2:14

4. In his analogy, Reinhard states, “Apply an electric charge to hydrogen and oxygen gas, and the invisible becomes visible...The Holy Spirit suddenly provides the spark that ignites your world, and the Gospel suddenly becomes the water of life”. How have you experienced this?

African worshippers

GOSPEL IN YOUR WORLD
Remember “you can gamble on God’s help; God is looking for initiative, boldness, enterprise and imagination”. How will you translate these ideas into action? Whose lives will you touch? In what ways will your life proclaim God’s message of love?

“The trouble which comes when God puts us where He wants us is a miracle in the making”

Related Discussion Topics

Putting ideas into action...
08/09/2009 14:58
Remember, "You can gamble on God’s help; God is looking for initiative, boldness, enterprise and imagination". How can you translate these ideas into action? Whose lives can you touch? In what ways can your life proclaim God’s message of love?...
The invisible becomes visible...
08/09/2009 14:56
In his analogy, Reinhard states, "Apply an electric charge to hydrogen and oxygen gas, and the invisible becomes visible...The Holy Spirit suddenly provides the spark that ignites your world, and the Gospel suddenly becomes the water of life". How have you experienced this?...
The Apostles Acted...
08/09/2009 14:55
The statement is made: "The acts of the apostles happened because the apostles acted". Imagine how things might have been different if the first-century church lived with the attitudes prevalent in the church today. What acts of the early church seem most alive today? Which acts seem to have grown less prevalent? What impact might this have on non-believers?...

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