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Acts chapter 6 verse 4, but we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

This verse describes the response of the Apostles' leaders in the church to clear needs that were being addressed in the

church around them. People were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food and

there were widows who were not being

provided for and it's extremely important for the church to provide for

widows. We see that in other places in the New Testament. It's extremely important for the church to provide for those in need.

We see that all over the story of the church in the Book of Acts, yet in the middle of that, the apostles, the leaders in the church, knew

that devotion to prayer and the ministry of the word must not be neglected.

Kind of makes you think about when Martha was doing all kinds of things to serve

Jesus when he was at her home and Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus.

And Martha said, tell her to get up and do something.

There's all kinds of things that need to be done.

And Jesus said, Mary has chosen what is right

that it is good for her to be at my feet listening to what I am saying. So in the church, there are so many good things that need to be done, like need to be done.

This was something that needed to be addressed here in chapter six, but we must

make sure amidst meeting needs of all kinds that in the church we do not neglect

prayer. Dev devotion to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

I think about my own life and leadership and even the church that I'm a part of and I think that we and I think that if we

struggle in one of these areas, we struggle more in devotion to prayer.

Now, we have obviously so much room to grow in proclamation of the word, the ministry of the word,

obedience to the word in so many different areas. But in our worship gatherings we

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