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161211 AM How Churches Stray Strong (and Grow Weak) Through the Years

Bibletube ,
How Churches Stay Strong
(and Grow Weak) Through the Years
—
  A.  Our study of
Act
s
has shown us how churches in Jerusalem, Antioch, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi,
Thessalonica, Corinth and beyond first started, how they flourished, and the difference they made.
 
B.  What can we learn from a brief overview of
Act
s
about how churches stay strong through the years?

  How Churches Stay Strong Through the Years…
…churches are made up of people and people are made strong in the Lord through:
  ·
_________________
_
(
Acts 2:37, 42
a
)
  ·
Commitment
(
Acts 2:42
b
)
  ·
________
_
with each other
(
Acts 2:46
–
4
7
)
  ·
A spirit of generosity
(
Acts 4:3
2
)
  ·
The
________
_
of the Lord and comfor
t of the Holy Spirit
(
Acts 9:3
1
)
  ·
Good works and acts of charity
(
Acts 9:36
–
3
9
)
  ·
Active
____________
_
for those who need to hear the gospel
(
Acts 10:2
4
)
  ·
A willingness to listen to each other
(
Acts 11:1
–
2, 1
8
)
  ·
Steadfast
___________
_
(
Acts 11:2
3
)
  ·
Ear
nest prayer
(
Acts 12:5, 1
2
)
  ·
A
_______
_
for the Lord and the world that is bigger than themselves
(
Acts 13:1
–
3
)
  ·
Another generation that has been taught to take God seriously
(
Acts 16:1
–
2
)
  ·
Attentive
_______________
_
(
Acts 20:2
8
)
 
How Churches Grow Weak Through the Years…
…churches are made up of people and people become weak by:
  ·
_________________
_
the love they had at first
(
Rev 2:
4
)
  ·
Losing the fear of the Lord and compromising the message of the Holy Spirit
(
Rev 2:1
4
)
  ·
A l
ove for the world that breeds a spirit of
_______
_
–
centeredness
(
Rev 2:2
0
)
  ·
Spiritual apathy that rests in empty reputation
(
Rev 3:1
–
2
)
  ·
A failure to see ourselves as
______
_
sees us
(
Rev 3:15
–
1
7
)
 
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