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TOPIC: THE DYNAMIC CHURCH TEXT: Acts 4:1-31 MEMORY VERSE: When they had prayed. . . they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness Acts 4:31. CENTRAL TRUTH: As Christians pray, the Holy Spirit gives them boldness to witness for Christ. INTRODUCTION We learn from Acts 3:1 that Peter and John observed “the ninth hour” (3:00pm) as an hour of prayer in the temple. Though they had accepted Christ, early Church believers continued this practice. On this occasion it provided opportunity for a Miracle that shook the Jewish religious establishment. It also brought a crowd to hear Peter and John preach the risen Christ. When a beggar at the temple gate asked the two apostles for alms, Peter commanded him to look at them, then told him to rise up and walk in the name of Jesus. The reaction of the crowd was one of wonder and amazement. Peter immediately began preaching Jesus to them. The news quickly spread and brought the religio

TOPIC: THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH TEXT:  Matthew 28: 78-20 INTRODUCTION The church must discover her mission on earth and place that mission at the centre of all her plans and programs so we can fulfill our purpose of existence. In a strict sense, mission is an activity of God arising out of the very nature of God. He sent the prophets to Israel He sent His Son into the world He Son sent out the Apostles, then the seventy and afterwards the Church so the mission of the Church arises from the mission of God, and is to be modeled on it {John 17:18; 20: 27). if the Christian is to understand his mission on earth, he must understand Christ's mission. First, He sends us into the world, for He was sent in to the world. Second, He came to seek, to show, to serve, to suffer, to sacrifice and to save {Luke 19: 70; 22:27," Mark 70:45). So must you, as a Christian, follow the model He has given us He sends you into the world to seek, to show, to serve, to suffer, to sacrifice