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We get to take another glimpse again inside the early church and we find some incredible things takin place in its infancy that didn’t last forever. But from it we can learn some valuable lessons and we can see clearly the ideal church at its birth and bring these transferable truths to bear right here at Petal FBC. Remember we are not trying to recreate the early church because that is impossible any more than we can go back and make Petal FBC like it was in its founding almost 70 years ago! We see this Church was a Community of Faith that the Lord as using in extraordinary ways – what can we see and how do we know that is true?
Courage in making the righteous decision isn’t always the right decision. We always need to start at the place of being people of courage who start towards the righteous decision and as we seek the Lord we discover what is the right righteous decision to make.
Today's service was directed towards international missions. Listen as Pastor Brad speaks on Psalms 96:3, His Glory Among the Nations.
There is no greater sense of unity than we come and pray together and ask the Lord to put us on the same page! Have you experienced some of those moments. Oh that Petal FBC would be like the early church and pray together in unity! And because of their prayer and the unity of their prayer – the Lord was pleased to answer it and does so in a powerful way! Division hinders the church and robs us of the spiritual power we so desperately need!
Toni Marino is a precious young lady who is battling Leukemia for the 4th time. She recently made the decision to ask Jesus into her heart, so we wanted to celebrate with her! This video shows her baptism and a little one-on-one with Toni and Brother Brad. We are asking everyone to please fast at least one meal a week to pray and plead with God for Toni's healing! If you would like to help the Marino family, please visit our Facebook page or contact us at the Church Office 601.545.3198
Guest Speaker, Brother Don Gann, speaks from Hebrews 12:1-3 on "How Not To Lose Heart?"
They returned to their fellowship (perhaps they had already been praying for them and their release – How do we know that? Acts 12:5 What do men of courage do after facing difficult moments – run and hide? No way – they go back to their Church Family and do what they had always done. This is why they were men of courage.
The context from last week, Peter’s response to the question, really finishes his sermon the next day to the Sanhedrin council. This was in response to what Peter had been sharing with them in a sense of presenting the message to the council. Luke 21:15 We see this coming true right before our very eyes.
We start a new section today of Acts and we have focused on the early days of the Church and the launch of the Church, and the mission control and their leaving earth and now this morning we turn our attention to how the Lord works through specific individuals in the life of the Church and how they displayed incredible courage as they relied on the Holy Spirit to embolden them.