A Clear Connection

“They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity – all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.” – Acts 2:46-47



Wow, what a great turnout for our time of sharing, connection, worshipping, and celebrating Branches’ 1st anniversary! THANK YOU to everyone who organized it and to all who participated in it.


It was fun to see how so many brought something to give away. There were dozens and dozens of things. Everything from babysitting to yard work, baked goods and spending time together! These are the things that make us who we are. As we begin to use our gifts and talents and share them with each other it reminds me of how the early church began living out their faith.


Acts 2 records a clear connection between our personal faith and membership in the kingdom of God. The writer, Luke, tells how this personal faith is lived out in things like sharing meals, devotion to the teaching of God’s Word, small groups meeting house to house for prayer and communion and meals in general as well as methodically taking care of the needs of the needy. It resulted in the Lord continuing to add to their number daily those who were being saved as they did these things.


Meaning…


They weren’t just hanging out and doing these things with other Christians. In their prayer meetings, at their meals, as they talked and taught about God’s Word, there were people with them who didn’t believe it yet. As the people of God lived out their faith day to day like this Luke makes a clear connection that this is what advances God’s Kingdom! This is what we have begun at Branches Church and it is a good thing!