Ravaged but Rejoicing
Listen MESSAGE - Pastor Stephen Sprague
Acts
Ravaged but Rejoicing
Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:
1. Read Acts 8:1-8. What stands out to you from this passage?
2. How does God display his sovereignty in persecution?
3. How is Acts 8:1-8 related to 1:8? Why is this significant?
4. What other times in the history of Christianity has God used the persecution of the church to grow the church?
5. How might Acts 8:4-8 encourage you to be bolder in sharing the good news of Jesus with those around you?
6. How might hearing of the joy of the Samaritan saints mentioned in v. 8 increase your own hope and joy in the Lord?
Memory Verse of the Week
Philippians 3:20-21 But our Citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (ESV)
