Draw Near to God

The end of Acts 4 shares the generosity of the church through a man named Barnabas while the beginning of Acts 5 shares how greed tried infiltrating the church through Ananias and Saphira.

What does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit? When are believers filled with the Spirit? How are believers filled with the Spirit? 

The Bible says, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!" In this message, Allen Drew explores what the Bible teaches us about the praise the Lord asks for from His people.

Persecution drove the first church to their knees in prayer. In this message, learn who they prayed to and what they prayed for.

Acts 4 records the first case of persecution of the new church and with it, Peter and John stand bold proclaiming that there is no other name but the name of Jesus by which a man can be saved.

Acts 3 tells the story of Peter and John healing a lame beggar by the gate of the temple. Because of this miracle, perhaps upwards of 15,000 people came to know Christ. Clearly, God didn't heal this man just to heal this man. He healed this man to heal the hearts of many.

The first church born on the day of Pentecost was marked by a daily devotion to the mission and the message of Christ. It is the standard that today's church should look at when determining what the church should be and do.

The first church born on the day of Pentecost was marked by a daily devotion to the mission and the message of Christ. It is the standard that today's church should look at when determining what the church should be and do.

On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and the church was born. In this message, we see how the Holy Spirit empowered Peter to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Gospel Peter preached is still the same Gospel we preach today.

"Apart from me, you can do nothing." Those words from Jesus had to be echoing through the disciple's heads for the 10 days they were waiting for the promised Holy Spirit to be poured out on them. 10 days without Jesus ended with the sound from heaven of a mighty rushing wind. They would never be without His presence again.