Delight and Discouragement

Series: Trials and Triumph

Delight and Discouragement

May 10, 2020 | Rev. Dr. Brian Howard

Passage: Acts 2:37-47

Waves of both delight and discouragement-- sometimes from the same event-- are a part of the Christian life.

  1. Delight: 3000 people repent unto Christ and the Lord ___________________(2:41, 47)

  2. Delight:  The people saw the man  ________________________(3:9)

  3. Delight: The crowd hears the message of r_________, r_________, and r________ in Christ. (3:19-21)

  4. Discouragement: Peter and John are____________for proclaiming Jesus (4:1-3)

  5. Delight: The believers speak the truth of Christ _________________. (4:31)

  6. Delight: A g__________ g__________ is upon them all. (4:33)

  7. Discouragement: Annanias and Sapphira lie to God and are _______________. (5:4, 10)

  8. Delight: All who hear develop a healthy “________________________” (5:11)

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