Posts with the category “experience”
Experience - End of Week 5
by Paddy McCoy on May 4th, 2024
INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with, or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSWhen you get to heaven, aside from Jesus, who is one of the first people you want to talk to and why? What would you talk ... Read More
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Experience - Day 34
by Paddy McCoy on May 3rd, 2024
41 ”The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus. 42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”“Yesterday’s passage ended with these words, “They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the ... Read More
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Experience - Day 33
by Paddy McCoy on May 2nd, 2024
33 When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them. 34 But one member, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert in religious law and respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be sent outside the council chamber for a while. 35 Then he said to his colleagues, “Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men! 36 Some time ago the... Read More
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Experience - Day 31
by Paddy McCoy on April 30th, 2024
17 The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them, 20 “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”Jealousy is a nasty thing, isn’t it? We do awful things when we’re jealous... Read More
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Experience - Day 30
by Paddy McCoy on April 29th, 2024
12 The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. 14 Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women. 15 As a result of the apost... Read More
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Experience - Day 29
by Paddy McCoy on April 28th, 2024
1 But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. 2 He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4 The property was yours to sell or not... Read More
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Experience - End of Week 4
by Paddy McCoy on April 27th, 2024
INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with, or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSHave you ever witnessed or experienced something that couldn’t be explained away by human reasoning? Something that you wo... Read More
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Experience - Day 27
by Paddy McCoy on April 26th, 2024
32 All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. 33 The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. 34 There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them 35 and bring the money to the apostles to... Read More
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Experience - Day 26
by Paddy McCoy on April 25th, 2024
31 After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.Oh how I wish that every prayer I finished resulted in the room shaking and everyone being filled with the Holy Spirit. In fact, sometimes I wonder if I’m not doing the right things, or praying in the right ways, when my prayers don’t result in this same t... Read More
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Experience - Day 25
by Paddy McCoy on April 24th, 2024
23 As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. 24 When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— 25 you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, sa... Read More
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Experience - Day 24
by Paddy McCoy on April 23rd, 2024
13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say. 15 So they ordered Peter and John... Read More
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Experience - Day 23
by Paddy McCoy on April 22nd, 2024
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Experience - Day 22
by Paddy McCoy on April 21st, 2024
1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees. 2 These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead. 3 They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning. 4 But many of the people w... Read More
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Experience - End of Week 3
by Paddy McCoy on April 20th, 2024
INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with, or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSShare one of the most amazing gifts you have ever received, or, one you have given to another person.HEADRead Acts 3 togeth... Read More
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Experience - Day 20
by Paddy McCoy on April 19th, 2024
24 “Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today. 25 You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of... Read More
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Experience - Day 19
by Paddy McCoy on April 18th, 2024
19 “Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. 20 Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah. 21 For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up fo... Read More
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Experience - Day 18
by Paddy McCoy on April 17th, 2024
17 “Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance. 18 But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.”When I was little, somewhere around 7 or 8 years old, I can remember getting into a fight with my oldest brother that led to a yelling match. Things got pretty heated, until I called my brother a ... Read More
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Experience - Day 17
by Paddy McCoy on April 16th, 2024
12 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness? 13 For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected b... Read More
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Experience - Day 16
by Paddy McCoy on April 15th, 2024
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Experience - Day 15
by Paddy McCoy on April 14th, 2024
1 Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. 2 As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.4 Peter and Joh... Read More
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Experience - End of Week 2
by Paddy McCoy on April 13th, 2024
INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with, or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSHave you ever had a religious experience (been to a worship service, read a book, experienced a concert) that was different... Read More
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Experience - Day 13
by Paddy McCoy on April 12th, 2024
42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. 43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared t... Read More
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Experience - Day 12
by Paddy McCoy on April 11th, 2024
37 Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have ... Read More
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Experience - Day 11
by Paddy McCoy on April 10th, 2024
22 “People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. 23 But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. 24 But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to ... Read More
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Experience - Day 10
by Paddy McCoy on April 9th, 2024
14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16 No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:17 ‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I... Read More
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Experience - Day 9
by Paddy McCoy on April 8th, 2024
7 They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, 8 and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! 9 Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Juda... Read More
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Experience - Day 8
by Paddy McCoy on April 7th, 2024
1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the... Read More
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Experience - End of Week 1
by Paddy McCoy on April 6th, 2024
INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with, or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSWas there ever a gift or a promise you had to wait way too long to receive or be fulfilled (a diploma, someone’s hand in ma... Read More
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Experience - Day 6
by Paddy McCoy on April 5th, 2024
21 “So now we must choose a replacement for Judas from among the men who were with us the entire time we were traveling with the Lord Jesus— 22 from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus’ resurrection.” 23 So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they all praye... Read More
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Experience - Day 5
by Paddy McCoy on April 4th, 2024
15 During this time, when about 120 believers were together in one place, Peter stood up and addressed them. 16 “Brothers,” he said, “the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long ago by the Holy Spirit, speaking through King David. 17 Judas was one of us and shared in the ministry with us.” 18 (Judas had bought a field with the m... Read More
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Experience - Day 4
by Paddy McCoy on April 3rd, 2024
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, a distance of half a mile. 13 When they arrived, they went to the upstairs room of the house where they were staying. Here are the names of those who were present: Peter, John, James, Andrew,Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (the zealot), and Judas (son of James). 14 They all met together and we... Read More
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Experience - Day 3
by Paddy McCoy on April 2nd, 2024
6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throu... Read More
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Experience - Day 2
by Paddy McCoy on April 1st, 2024
4 Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leaveJerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told youbefore. 5 John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptizedwith the Holy Spirit.”It’s interesting how many times were told that Jesus ate with his followersafter the resurrection. The authors were fighting back against the idea thatJesus’ ... Read More
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Experience - Day 1
by Paddy McCoy on March 31st, 2024
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Experience - Introduction
by Paddy McCoy on March 30th, 2024
If you’re new to Crosswalk, then let me be among the first to introduce you to one of our three core values; Experience. There are many things wrapped up in this value, like excellence, intentionality, creativity, talent, and beauty. But we’re not the first to value this concept within the religious world.In the Old Testament, God instructed the Israelites to worship in such a way, celebrate feast... Read More
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