The Cost of Your Calling
Acts 1:8 (CSB)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 8:1–8 (CSB)
1 Saul agreed with putting him to death. On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. 3 Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison. 4 So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. 6 The crowds were all paying attention to what Philip said, as they listened and saw the signs he was performing. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Acts 8:1 (CSB)
“...all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria”
Three Lessons on the Cost of Your Calling
- Discomfort is often the catalyst for your calling.
Acts 8: 2-5 (CSB)
2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. 3 Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison. 4 So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
Three Lessons on the Cost of Your Calling
- Discomfort is often the catalyst for your calling.
- Your calling will require courage.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 CSB
”Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.“
Will you have the courage to be consistent in spite of changing circumstances?
Three Lessons on the Cost of Your Calling
- Discomfort is often the catalyst for your calling.
- Your calling will require courage.
- Your calling will require compassion.
Acts 8: 6-8
6 The crowds were all paying attention to what Philip said, as they listened and saw the signs he was performing. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.8 So there was great joy in that city.
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