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Sunday Sermon from the book of Acts from John Bourgeois on June 15, 2025. Our hope for you is that you will know, love, and follow Jesus Christ -- leading to personal transformation, intimate community, and a life of radical mission. You are always welcome to join us for worship at West End Community Church.For more info, please visit the WECC website at westendcc.org

We continue our Reach sermon series, returning to the Book of Acts once again. Today we're looking at Acts 12 to consider the many different obstacles that come in the way of God's people. These obstacles didn't just happen in the 1st Century, but they continue to happen in the lives of believers today as we strive to advance the gospel. Together, we'll see how God's people can continue on the journey--in spite of these obstacles--with hope! Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz shares the latest message in our series, Opposition Can't Stop the Reach.

Today we see how God cannot be stopped. If we would but give him all control, and set aside our pride, He will move in us instead of in spite of us.

The 1 Timothy 4:13 Project is a daily journey through Scripture, inspired by the biblical instruction: "Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching" (1 Timothy 4:13). Join Pastor David Sumrall as he reads through the entire New Testament in 2025, accompanied by his wife and co-pastor, Sister Beverley Sumrall, who will share the timeless beauty of the Psalms. Together, Pastor David and Sister Beverley serve as the undershepherds of the Cathedral of Praise, a Christian church dedicated to Jesus and His Word, with campuses across Metro Manila and branches worldwide. Today's Scripture Reading: [Psalm 72:5-11] by Sister Beverley Sumrall [Acts 12:20-13:12] by Pastor David E. Sumrall Subscribe to the 1 Timothy 4:13 Project now: https://cathedralofpraisemanila.com.ph/1-timothy-413-project/ Learn more about Pastor David Sumrall: https://linktr.ee/davidsumrall Subscribe to Pastor Beverley Sumrall's Podcast: Praise Moments Get to know Cathedral of Praise: https://linktr.ee/cathedralofpraise Subscribe to Cathedral of Praise TV: Cathedral of Praise TV Visit our website: https://cathedralofpraisemanila.com.ph Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cop.manila Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathedralofpraiseph Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/COPmanila 2025 1 Timothy 4:13 Project

Why do the obstacles that threaten the mission of God slow us down? Could it be because we don't believe God's promises about his mission? In this message, Pastor Jeremy Writebol unpacks Acts 12:1-24 and shows three obstacles the church today faces and how God responds to those obstacles.    

What happens when the gospel mission hits resistance? In this episode, we explore how God's unstoppable mission breaks through some of the most difficult obstacles the early church faced—persecution, imprisonment, and political power. Drawing from Acts 12, we're reminded that suffering and opposition are not the end of the story. Whether it's the execution of James, the imprisonment of Peter, or the pride of Herod, God's mission moves forward. Through honest reflection, real-world examples, and powerful historical illustrations, this message challenges us to pray, give, and go—trusting that no force can halt the reach of the gospel.

Series: The Book of Acts: The Unstoppable GospelPassage Focus: Acts 12:1-25Pastor Michael Heath

Are You Surprised When God Answers Prayer? Are You So Surprised You Don't See God In The Answer? Acts 12:5 5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

As the church in Acts officially moves to missions in the Gentile world, God makes it clear that he is the one who guides his church.

Series: N/AService: Sunday Class - SCL - 10:00AMType: Bible ClassSpeaker: Daniel Lookadoo

Death, persecution, and miraculous freedom from prison are al in this section of Acts, but most importantly may be to remember that God is more powerful than all things in the world. Join Andy today as we unpack this whole section!

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Persecution continues against the church in Jerusalem and against the Apostles. The disciples receive a powerful answer to their prayers. Speaker: Jude St. John

Send us a textGood morning! Thank you for taking a few minutes to listen. If you are interested in the Daily Bible Devotional, you can find it at the links below:Amazon - (paperback, hardcover, and Kindle)Spiritbuilding.com - (premium quality paperback)Youtube Video Introducing the ContentFeel free to reach out with any questions: emersonk78@me.comActs 12 King Herod persecutes the church, killing the apostle James, the first apostle martyred for the cause of Christ. He also arrests Peter, planning to execute him after Passover. The church prays fervently to God for Peter's deliverance. An angel miraculously frees him from prison, guiding him past the guards. Initially thinking this is a vision, Peter soon realizes he is free and heads to a home where the disciples are gathered in prayer. Overjoyed yet astonished, they welcome him in. Furious over Peter's escape and unable to recapture him, Herod executes the guards. Later, Herod permits the people of the region to call him a god, and immediately an angel of the Lord strikes him dead! Yet “the word of the Lord continues to grow and to be multiplied.” This chapter begins and ends with King Herod. He strikes a blow against the church by killing James but is ultimately killed by God and rendered irrelevant. Explaining why God allowed James's death is difficult. However, it is humbling and important to recognize that God permitted this to fulfill His greater purpose of spreading the gospel. Furthermore, God placed limits on what Herod could do, freeing Peter before he could be killed. We must always trust that God is in control, even when evil men plan terrible acts. In the end, God spared Peter to continue His work and eliminated Herod. If God spares us today, we must use our lives to overcome evil with good and uplift God's people.  All-powerful God, teach us to trust in Your power over all things and all people. Help us understand that You allow circumstances we do not comprehend because Your ways are higher than ours. Moreover, open our hearts to recognize the significant provisions, blessings, and deliverance You often provide. We pray for humble, grateful hearts that use the gift of life to serve You. Encourage us to see that we are alive for the central purpose of spreading the message of Jesus and uplifting believers on their journey of faith. Please deliver us from evil people if it aligns with Your will.   Thought Questions: -       What helps you trust in God when bad things happen to good people? What are things you need to remember in such times? -       Peter immediately gathered with believers after his deliverance. Is it your natural inclination to do the same when God blesses you? -       Evil will not prevail, as seen in Herod's death. How does knowing that the war is won in Christ help you cope with evil in this world?

Sermons, May 2025, Acts, Church on the Move, Flattery, Pastor Ray Fowler

Peter's prison breakout was nothing less than miraculous! While being chained and heavily guarded, the church was earnestly praying for his freedom. God sent an angel to the rescue. Even when we don't believe the answer to our own prayers, we can know with certainty, that God is more powerful than any earthly king and His kingdom is greater than any earthly kingdom. He will always accomplish His plan. By Dave Bartlett

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Sunday May 18, 2025 at the Hub City Church God's Sovereignty Over All | Acts 12 The Gospel for All | a teaching series through Acts Sermon by Tadd Anderson | Lead Teaching Pastor Sermon Notes: "No plan of God's can be thwarted; when He acts, no one can reverse it; no one can hold back His hand or bring Him to account for His actions. God does as He pleases, only as He pleases, and works out every event to bring about the accomplishment of His will. Such a bare unqualified statement of the sovereignty of God would terrify us if that were all we knew about God. But God is not only sovereign, He is perfect in love and infinite in wisdom.” — Jerry Bridges God is SOVEREIGN over life and DEATH, the MISSION of His church and EVERYTHING else, therefore, we ought to LIVE BODLY to GLORIFY Him! Romans 8:28 While no one knows the TIMING or MANNER of their own DEATH, believers can be sure that it won't happen OUTSIDE of God's PLAN and that when it does, they will be instantly ‘at HOME with the LORD'. Hebrews 9:27 // 2 Corinthians 5:8 While the church will face SETBACKS and SEASONS of DIFFICULTY, it is NEVER at RISK of ultimate FAILURE because it is SUSTAINED by God's INFINITE POWER. Matthew 16:18 // Hebrews 12:28-29 No matter what, the SUPREMACY of Christ GUARANTEES this: in the end, all who OPPOSE Him will LOSE and all who are WITH Him will WIN. 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 // Philippians 2:9-11 The Hub City Church is a local expression of the church in Crestview, Florida, making disciples Who Believe the Gospel, Abide in Christ and Obey the Word to the glory of God. Join us next Sunday at 10am. 837 W James Lee Blvd, Crestview, FL 32536.

As we study Acts 12 we have the incredible story of Peter's prison break and a great reminder of the privilege and power of prayer.

Sermons, May 2025, Acts, Church on the Move, Faith, Prayer, Pastor Ray Fowler

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Acts 12:25-13:12 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark.        13:1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.       4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. 7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the Word of God.   8 But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. Key Words: Teachers, Set Apart, Call, Fasting, Magician, Holy Spirit, Hand, Believe Keystone Verse: Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. (Acts 13:12)   Download Bulletin

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View & Download NOTES This Sunday, May 11th, was Mother's Day. Interestingly, the background to our study in Acts 12 is that a prayer meeting is being held at the home of a mother -  John Mark's mother. It reminds us that so often in life, somewhere in the background a mom has been praying, and women have been faithfully praying not only for their families but for the family of God.  Acts 12 is a time of great persecution against the Christians in Jerusalem. One of the apostles, James, is executed by Herod Agrippa. Peter, the apostle, is arrested and faces the same threat. The Christians in Jerusalem are obviously rattled by these events. Yet, it's clear that God is not rattled at all. The God to whom we pray in times of deep crisis is clearly on the throne. His purposes are being advanced. He will build his church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.  Prayer is driven by an awareness that there is no event in our lives that is outside of the Father's providence and will not ultimately work for the glory of God and the good of His people. It's not the disciples who are at risk here but God's enemies. Prayer is meant to be a sanctuary for the people of God. It is a haven of rest in the storms of life where we are reminded that God has us and will not let us go.  This Sunday's message is called, Our Unshakable God. Let's come and sing, celebrate, and recalibrate our hearts around the truth that in our darkest moments and uncertain times, God is unshakable.  In Christ, Kevin Dibbley, Senior Pastor

The House of Mary5-11-2025Acts 12:12 Watch video here

Elder Chad Crammer     Acts 12:1-12:25

Acts 12:1-24 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. 6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9 And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place. 18 Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there. 20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food. 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. 24 But the word of God increased and multiplied. Key Words: Violent Hands, Prison, Prayer, Rescue, Angel, Word, Glory Keystone Verse: But the Word of God increased and multiplied. (Acts 12:24) Download Bulletin

Message from Samuel Johnson on May 4, 2025

Church shouldn't be boring. And, the book of the Acts is proof of that. In every generation of the church, people have rediscovered the story of the early church as it's told in the book of Acts—and it has set the church on fire. In a cultural moment where the church is in decline, we want to read the book of Acts page by page and highlight moments that have the potential to renew the church in our time. We don't just want to read stories from Acts, we want to live them. If that's what you want and you're just curious about faith, join us for Season 2 of Highlights from Acts.

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The new Herod proves to be absolutely terrible, and Peter breaks out of prison in a fashion that is simultaneously fascinating, yet rather anti-climactic.#Bible #study #Chronlogical #Jesus #Acts #Apostles #Peteremail: attbpodcast@theadventure.orgLike us on Facebook: fb.me/adventurethroughthebiblePhoto by Stenbakken MediaEpic Dramatic Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. [1 hour 7 minutes]

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Acts 12:20-25

A new MP3 sermon from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Acts 12:1-24 Speaker: Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Broadcaster: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Event: Chapel Service Date: 4/1/2025 Length: 30 min.

An angel of the Lord struck Herod, because he did not give glory to God. [1 hour 3 minutes]

A new MP3 sermon from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Acts 12:1-24 Speaker: Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Broadcaster: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Event: Chapel Service Date: 4/1/2025 Length: 30 min.

Acts 12:1-19

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