“Persecution Will Come from Without” | Preparing for Sunday, November 13

“Persecution Will Come from Without” | Preparing for Sunday, November 13

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

– Acts 5:41


We continue this Sunday with our sermon series, “FROM JOY, FOR JOY / GOSPEL MISSION,” a ten-month study in the book of Acts. We invite you to prepare for this upcoming Sunday’s service by using this excerpt of our November 13th bulletin below. We encourage you to use the topic, passage, liturgy, and songs for prayer and reflection.

Preaching Passage for this Sunday: Acts 5:17-42

Supplementary Old Testament Reading:  Psalm 33:13-22

Song to practice: “Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder”

Reflect:

We testify that this persecution in prison is the true school of the children of God, in which they learn more than the disciples of the philosophers ever did in their universities.

–Excerpt of a letter from five young Swiss seminary graduates. All were martyred as Christians on May 16, 1553