Gathered & Scattered

<p>SERMON NOTES — Sunday, May 31, 2020 “GATHERED & SCATTERED” Acts 2:1-12 NIV</p> <p> “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”</p> <p> Scattered because of __________. Gathered by God’s ____________.</p> <p> Gathered by God’s ___________. Scattered for God’s ______________.</p> <p> Gathered to ______________. Scattered to __________________.</p> <p> The very same God that’s present with us when we are _________________ is present with us when we are ____________________.</p> <p> NEXT STEPS: 1. What kind of CHURCH are we? (What do we want to be?) 2. What does it look like for us to WORSHIP in Spirit and in Truth? 3. What does it look like for us to WITNESS in Word and Deed?</p> <p> </p> <p>DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS Week of June 1-6</p> <p> “GATHERED AND SCATTERED” (New Series From The Book of Acts)</p> <p> MONDAY Acts 2:14-36</p> <p>TUESDAY Acts 2:37-41</p> <p>WEDNESDAY Acts 2:42-47</p> <p> THURSDAY Acts 4:1-22</p> <p>FRIDAY Acts 4