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Sacred Fire Sacred Fire
Core ValuesCore Values
Acts 2:42-47 Acts 2:42-47 They devoted They devoted
themselves to the themselves to the apostles’ apostles’
teaching and to teaching and to fellowship, to the fellowship, to the
breaking of bread and breaking of bread and to prayer. to prayer.
43 43 Everyone was filled Everyone was filled with awe at the many with awe at the many
wonders and signs wonders and signs performed by the performed by the
apostles. apostles.
44 44 All the believers All the believers were together and were together and had everything in had everything in
common. common.
45 45 They sold property They sold property and possessions to and possessions to give to anyone who give to anyone who
had need.had need.
46 46 Every day they Every day they continued to meet continued to meet
together in the temple together in the temple courts. They broke courts. They broke
bread in their homes bread in their homes and ate together with and ate together with
glad and sincere glad and sincere hearts, hearts,
47 47 praising God and praising God and enjoying the favor enjoying the favor
of all the of all the people. And the people. And the
Lord added to their Lord added to their number daily those number daily those
who were being who were being saved.saved.
A Worshipping A Worshipping
ChurchChurch
John 4:23 John 4:23 Yet a time is Yet a time is coming and has coming and has
now come when the now come when the true worshipers will true worshipers will worship the Father worship the Father in the Spirit and in in the Spirit and in
truth, truth,
for they are the kind for they are the kind of worshipers the of worshipers the
Father seeks. Father seeks.
A Learning ChurchA Learning Church
Acts 2:42 Acts 2:42
““They devoted themselves to the They devoted themselves to the
apostles’ teaching…”apostles’ teaching…”
2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 2:15, ““Study to show Study to show
thyself approved thyself approved unto God, a unto God, a
workman that workman that needeth not to be needeth not to be ashamed, rightly ashamed, rightly dividing the word dividing the word
of truth.”of truth.” (KJV) (KJV)
Heb 5:12 …Heb 5:12 …though though by this time you by this time you
ought to be ought to be teachers, you need teachers, you need someone to teach someone to teach
you the elementary you the elementary truths of God’s truths of God’s word all over word all over
againagain……
13 13 Anyone who Anyone who lives on milk, being lives on milk, being
still an infant, is still an infant, is not acquainted with not acquainted with the teaching about the teaching about
righteousness. righteousness.
14 But solid food is for 14 But solid food is for the mature, who the mature, who by by constant use have constant use have trained themselves trained themselves to distinguish good to distinguish good
from evilfrom evil.” .”
Heb 6:1 …not laying Heb 6:1 …not laying again again the the
foundation of foundation of repentance from repentance from acts that lead to acts that lead to
death,death, and of faith in and of faith in God, God,
7 7 Land that drinks in Land that drinks in the rain often falling the rain often falling
on it and that on it and that produces a crop produces a crop
useful to those for useful to those for whom it is farmed whom it is farmed
receives the blessing receives the blessing of God. of God.
8 8 But land that But land that produces thorns and produces thorns and thistles is worthless thistles is worthless and is in danger of and is in danger of
being cursed. In the being cursed. In the end it will be burned.end it will be burned.
10 10 God is not unjust; God is not unjust; he will not forget he will not forget your work and the your work and the
love you have love you have shown him as you shown him as you have helped his have helped his
people and people and continue to help continue to help
them.them.
A Loving ChurchA Loving Church
Matthew 19:19 Matthew 19:19
““Love your Love your neighbor as neighbor as yourself.” yourself.”
Philippians 2 Philippians 2
IfIf you have you have any any encouragementencouragement from being united from being united
with Christ,with Christ,
if any comfortif any comfort from from his love, his love,
if any fellowshipif any fellowship with the Spirit,with the Spirit,
if any tenderness if any tenderness and compassionand compassion, ,
2 2 then make my joy then make my joy complete by being complete by being like-minded, having like-minded, having
the same love, being the same love, being one in spirit and one in spirit and
purpose. purpose.
3 3 Do nothing out of Do nothing out of selfish ambition or selfish ambition or
vain conceit,vain conceit,
but in humility but in humility consider others consider others
better than better than yourselves. yourselves.
4 4 Each of you should Each of you should look not only to your look not only to your
own interests, but own interests, but also to the interests of also to the interests of
others.others.
John 13:35John 13:35
By this everyone By this everyone will know that you will know that you are my disciples, if are my disciples, if
you love one you love one another.”another.”
Psalm 133:1 Psalm 133:1
How good and How good and pleasant it ispleasant it is
when God’s people when God’s people live together in unity!live together in unity!
3 …For there 3 …For there the LORD bestows his the LORD bestows his
blessing,blessing, even life even life
forevermore.forevermore.
A Praying ChurchA Praying Church
Acts 2:42 Acts 2:42
They devoted They devoted themselves to…themselves to…
prayer. prayer.
A Community A Community Evangelistic ChurchEvangelistic Church
Acts 2:47 Acts 2:47
““The Lord added to The Lord added to the church daily those the church daily those
who were being who were being saved.”saved.”
Matthew 12:34 Matthew 12:34
……For the mouth For the mouth speaks what the heart speaks what the heart
is full of.is full of.
Acts 3:12 …why Acts 3:12 …why does this surprise does this surprise you? Why do you you? Why do you
stare at us as if by stare at us as if by our own power or our own power or godliness we had godliness we had
made this man made this man walk? walk?
15 15 You killed the You killed the author of life, but author of life, but
God raised him God raised him from the dead. We from the dead. We are witnesses of are witnesses of
this. this.
16 16 By faith in the By faith in the name of Jesus, this name of Jesus, this man whom you see man whom you see
and know was and know was made strong. made strong.
It is Jesus’ name It is Jesus’ name and the faith that and the faith that
comes through him comes through him that has completely that has completely healed him, as you healed him, as you
can all see.can all see.
19 19 Repent, then, and Repent, then, and turn to God, so that turn to God, so that
your sins may be your sins may be wiped out, that wiped out, that
times of refreshing times of refreshing may come from the may come from the
Lord, Lord,
A Caring ChurchA Caring Church
to loose the to loose the chains of injusticechains of injustice
Isaiah 58:6 Isaiah 58:6
to set the to set the oppressed freeoppressed free
and break every and break every yoke?yoke?
share your food with share your food with the hungry and tothe hungry and toprovide the poor provide the poor
wanderer with shelterwanderer with shelter——clothe themclothe them