A verse I read today...

I read these verses today because there have been parts of it rolling around in my head for days.

"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need."

-Acts 4:31-35

Some things I picked out of this...

1.) They prayed. And not only did they pray but they prayed it was powerful! The place was shaken and they were filled with the Holy Spirit! How truely awesome would that be?!

2.) All the believers were one in heart and mind. All too often there's a lot of arguing and fighting within the body of believers. But that's not how it is supposed to be. 1Peter 3:8 says, "Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another..." The people of the church of Acts got along and, more than that, were one with each other!

3.) One thing that was said a lot in my house growing up was, "That's mine!" or "Mom! She has my ______!" We always claimed things for our own. Mine! Mine! Mine! But one thing that we can take from the church of Acts is how they SHARED what they had! No one claimed a possession for themselves! And later on, you see that no one among them was in need. If only things worked like that these days! Can you imagine how the world would be if those among us who are blessed with much would share it? How many less people would be in poverty? Wow! What a great example!

Well, I just wanted to share this. I hope that this would make you think...
~Lola~