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Pastor Greg Laurie says,

Insurmountable challenges in life are an irresistible invitation to bring them to the Lord.

Sometimes we can come to church and we have a big problem.

And then as we begin to sing to the Lord and worship the Lord, we start to get perspective.

Because if you have a big God, you have a small problem.

But if you have a big problem, is your God too small?

So I magnify the Lord, I see Him in His greatness and it puts my problem in perspective.

There are many options for reaching us in a time of need.

Certainly one of the most obvious and most important is the local church.

In a crisis, help maybe as close as the church down the street.

And today on a new beginning,

Pastor Greg Laurie helps us learn from the early church.

As we study the book of Acts today, we'll see they set the example from reaching out

with the care and concern of Jesus Christ.

And they provide us with an opportunity to serve, to give as we receive.

Here in Acts 2, we're looking at the birth of the church.

The church that Jesus started, the church that Jesus established.

He only started one organization, if you will, when he walked our earth and it was the church.

By the way, the word church means called out once.

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