“Fresh Power” Message Series – Part 8
Sermon on June 22, 2014

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• A heart for HUMANS
  
• A heart for HELPING
  
• A heart for HEAVEN
  

Transformed from a PERSECUTOR TO PRAYER

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• 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?â€
  
• 11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
  

Changed from being APPREHENSIVE TO APPOINTED

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• 13 “Lord,†Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.
  
• 15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.
  

Moved from an ENCOURAGER TO ENDORSER

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• 26 When he [Saul] came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him,
  

Transformed from a TEST TO TESTIMONY

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• 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. “Aeneas,†Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.†Immediately Aeneas got up. All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
  
• 36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick and died. 41 Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
  

Transformed from ONE-SIDED TO A “ONENESS”

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• 32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, 36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.