Pain Becomes Your Platform
The Apostle Paul's final recorded ministry in Acts shows how suffering, rightly understood, becomes the ground from which God's greatest work grows.
See what this sermon became →Browse 2 real sermons on Acts from 2 churches across the MinistryHelper network, each turned into a full set of devotionals, discussion guides, and study content.
The Apostle Paul's final recorded ministry in Acts shows how suffering, rightly understood, becomes the ground from which God's greatest work grows.
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Spiritual drowsiness rarely announces itself, and most people do not realize they have fallen asleep until someone wakes them up.
See what this sermon became →Each one was written from a different sermon on Acts, in that pastor's own voice. Pick a sermon and read all five days free.
“The Apostle Paul knew what it felt like to be knocked down at the worst possible moment. After surviving a shipwreck, he finally sat down by a warm fire to catch his breath, and a venomous snake bit his hand.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Spiritual drift is rarely dramatic. It usually looks like this: things that used to bother your conscience stop bothering you quite as much. Prayer starts feeling like an obligation rather than a conversation. You pull back a little from the people who know you well.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalReady-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on Acts. Open one and take it to your group this week.
“This guide is designed to help anyone lead a great discussion, whether you've been leading groups for years or this is your first time.”
Open the discussion guide“r Robert made a striking point: the room had enough capacity to receive everything Paul had to pour out, but Eutychus didn't. He asked, "Do you have the capacity to receive what God wants to pour into you?" Exp”
Open the discussion guideFor groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on Acts passage by passage.
“Share with your group: When Paul arrives in Malta in Acts 28, he has just survived a two-week hurricane and a shipwreck. He is wet, cold, and exhausted.”
Open the deep study guide“The sermon made a distinction between capacity and desire, some people want God to pour more into them, but they don't have the capacity to receive it. What are the things that reduce our spiritual capacity? What increases it?”
Open the deep study guideShort quizzes that check whether a sermon on Acts landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
“What does Pastor Josh say the Philippians 4:13 verse ('I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me') is NOT about, according to the context of Paul's letter?”
Take the sermon quiz“What does Pastor Robert say is the spiritual progression that leads to falling asleep, mirroring what happened to Eutychus?”
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