Can your church once once again impact and influence your community?  The answer is yes, but the window of opportunity is closing quickly.  The work ahead will take a radical commitment to change your direction and fulfill the Godly expectations that you read from His Word.



Acts 2:42 says, "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."


The word "devoted" originates from two Greek words (pros) and (kartereo) which means to be earnest towards, to persevere, be constantly diligent, to attend assiduously all the exercises, to adhere closely to, to attend continually, to wait on.


The early church, did not meet and vote to get a consensus about the direction they were going to take in the building of God's church on this earth. They simply acted out of spiritual conviction that this is what God was directing in their lives. They had the example of their spiritual leaders such as Peter on the day of Pentecost. 


Jesus prepared the 12 disciples to turn the world upside down with only the Gospel. He didn't have them focus on the politics of the day.
 He didn't have them attempt to compromise with the religious structure of the day. He didn't tell them to develop a focus on programs. He simply poured His life into these men and gave them His life and His message so they could infiltrate their culture with a passionate desire to serve God and to build others to serve God. It was done by conviction and not by majority vote. They were not only willing to give their lives, but to die in the process. 

It was an improbable strategy, but it worked and you have this historical perspective as an encouragement that if God has done it once through a surrendered life then He can do it again. He can use you and your church to be a blessing once again to those who need Him the most!