Doug Preston sermon Canley Community Church

1. Acts: The Story so Far
• A LEARNING Community 2:42
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’
teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and to prayer”
• A GOD CENTRED Community 2:43
“Everyone was filled with awe at the many
wonders and signs performed by the apostles”.

2. Acts: The Story so Far
• A SHARING Community 2:44
“All the believers were together and had
everything in common. 45 They sold property and
possessions to give to anyone who had need”.
• A GROWING Community 2:47
“praising God and enjoying the favour of all the
people. And the Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved”.

3. Acts: The Story so Far
A PRAYER filled Community 4:23
“they raised their voices together in prayer to
God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the
heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in
them”.
• A Community where THINGS HAPPENED 4:31
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting
was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly”.

4. Acts: The Story so Far
• A GENEROUS Community 4:36
“36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the
apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of
encouragement”), 37 sold a field he owned and
brought the money and put it at the apostles’
feet”.
Ananias & the problem of IMMITATION 5:1-11