When I look at the church today, I don’t see us living with the same expectation. I think the church has become a box we check or something we do because we are “good people.” 

For us to be the church we are called to be. We must be people who see those on the margins and intentionally and sacrificially serve them.

The original recipe of the church is that we would be a people who live committed to gathering, committed to each other, and committed to growing.

If we neglect generosity, it doesn’t matter how good our investment portfolio is; we aren’t being good stewards. God will not bless us in unfaithfulness!

Just as Steven was a witness for Jesus, so are you and I. The difference is he has finished what God has for him on this earth and we have not. God want’s to use us to be a witness and take his good news to our schools, city and world but we need to understand before Steven preaches Jesus, he follows Jesus. Before he shares the message of Jesus he shares the method of Jesus.