...picture of what our churches should really look like, review the early chapters of the book of Acts. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. . . . And the Lord was adding to their number daily those who were being saved (2:43,47). There was...

...marks off the four corners that defined the landscape of congregational life in the New Testament era: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to die breaking of bread and to prayer." These four principles directed their worship. As clear as this...

...church assembled for worship. The New Testament teaches corporate or public worship. Luke records: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:42). This was the public or corporate worship of the church (Acts 20:7). All worship in the...

...Post-Pentecost Church: Living as a Christian Community Today LESSON PASSAGE Acts 2:42-3:26 KEY VERSE: They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 The first account in this passage describes the common practice of the early Christians after...

...and no one else. We need each other. Acts 2:42, "They devoted themselves to the apostles teachings and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. " But the next time you say church stinks, my friend, think about what it is you're saying, because...

...to the Lord Jesus Christ! Let's continue in the chapter starting with verse 42, "They (the people) devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to...bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe and the apostles did many wonders and miraculous signs. All the believers were together (of one accord,...

...Acts 2:$23 and Acts 2o7,4 the same passages which have 2. Teegarden, We Call Ourselves Disciples. 3. "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (NIV). 4. "On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people"...

...story of ordinary people who became extraordinary as they lived in a community founded on God's love. They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 4} Everyone was filled with, awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles....

...how else will there be a breakthrough with God? "If we truly think about what Acts 2:42 says—'They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer'—we can see that prayer is almost a proof of a church's normalcy. Calling on the name of the...

...us about their methodology. Rather, it attributes the success of the early church to their devotion "to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:42). Whenever anyone in the community of believers encountered problems, the church community...