Category: One Year Study

Week 40 Miraculous Gifts I Clarifying a complex, confusing, and controversial topic The first Christians experienced the Apostles performing miraculous signs and wonders (Acts 2:43). These included healing people even of death (Acts 3:6-10; 5:12, 15-16; 9:36-41; 14:8-10; 19:11-12; 20:9-12). Later in the Corinthian church, Paul listed some of these miraculous gifts including: 1) prophecy;…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 40 Miraculous Gifts I: Prophesying & Miracles

Week 39 Evangelism II: Your Part Being Jesus to those around us The love and character of the first Christians attracted the unbelievers around them (Acts 2:47; 5:13-14). This favor gave them the opportunity to communicate the Gospel to them, so that God was daily adding to them the number of those being saved. But…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 39 Evangelism II: Your Part

Week 38 Evangelism I: God’s Part In the first Christian church, the Lord was adding to the number of those being saved every day (Acts 2:47). He was doing this through the preaching of the Apostles and the church members (Acts 2:14-40). As a result of being forced out of Jerusalem because of persecution, the…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 38 Evangelism I: God’s Part

Week 37 Giving The first Christians were very generous givers. They sold their property and possessions to give to others (Acts 2:45). They shared everything they had (Acts 4:32). In fact, no one among them had financial needs because of their generosity to one another (Acts 4:34-35; 6:1). Financial generosity is an important practice of…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 37 Giving

Week 36 Praise The habit of praise The first Christians were devoted to “praising God” (Acts 2:47). When you think of essential habits in a Christian’s life, what comes to mind? Prayer, reading God’s word, going to church? Indeed, these are all important. But the NT constantly commands us to be praising God. Christians are…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 36 Praise

Week 35 Prayer Why does God want us to pray? The first Christians were devoted to “prayer” (Acts 1:14; 2:42; 6:4). We are also commanded to be devoted to prayer (Luke 18:1; Rom 12:12; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; 1 Thess 5:17). A very important question is why does God want us to pray? Because there…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 35 Prayer

Week 34 Friendship They were devoted to Christian fellowship The first Christians were devoted to “the fellowship” (Acts 2:42). Our word “fellowship” comes from the Greek word koinōnia. It means to SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH OTHERS. The passage goes on to describe what fellowship and sharing meant to them. First, they shared their possessions (Acts…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 34 Friendship

Week 33 Sunday Worship What is the church and what does it do? The word “church” in the NT comes from the Greek word ecclesia. It basically means a gathering of people with shared beliefs. The word “church” is used in two ways in the NT. It refers to the world-wide church of all believers…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 33 Sunday Worship

Week 32 God Times Why spend time with God? A God Time is: a conversation with God by talking to Him in prayer and listening to Him in Scripture. Why should we spend time doing this? The best answer may surprise you. The most important reason to spend time with God is to bless Him!…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 32 God Times

Week 31 God’s Will for Your Bad Emotions II: Reveal & Resolve God’s desire for you to resolve your painful emotions God created you with the ability to suppress painful emotions to temporarily protect your life and others from them. But He only meant suppression to be a temporary help. How do you know that?…… Continue reading CE 1 YEAR: 31 God’s Will for your Bad Emotions II: Reveal & Resolve