Have you ever sat in church and thought that the worship was too loud? Or the sermon too long? Maybe you wish everything in church was just perfect? Today Pastor Allen talks about how it’s actually a good thing that we wish some things in church would change and how, in a world where church shopping and church splitting is the norm, we can have a Christ-like view on how to handle things we don’t like about church.

Acts 6: 1-7 NLT

1 But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

² So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program. ³ And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility. ⁴ Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”

⁵ Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith). ⁶ These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.

⁷ So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.

1. Have I Given All I Have to Give?
   

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2. Have I Gained All I Have to Gain?
   

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3. Is the Lord Releasing Me or Am I Running?
   

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