"Acts in the Aftermath"

Acts 1:4-11
"On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"
He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."

Notes taken from Isaac Hunter's sermon (04/19/09)
*"Act in accordance with a resurrected life."
*"Jesus calls those who follow Him to be baptized. This is about you and God."
*"Sometimes there is a season of waiting to see that God is good."
*"Trust the One who says wait, even if it is uncomfortable."
*"Wait in patient hope and in patient trust. God can use you while you wait. Fight against settling in."
*"Display His glory and His power with your life. Help other people know who He is."
*"God calls us to be His witness also. His strength made perfect by our weakness. God call us to be witness of His grace and His mercy."

Deuteronomy 4:29
"But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul."

2 Chronicles 15:4
"But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them."

Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near."

Ephesians 5:8, 10
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...and find out what pleases the Lord."

I John 4:18
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."

Isaiah 40:31
"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Romans 11:33
"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!"

Hebrews 4:11
"Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience."

I Peter 1:18-19
"For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect."

Psalm 139:17-18
"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you."

Romans 8:38-39
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."