Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining. Today, we're reading Acts 18 through 20 answering the question, how can the church stay healthy as it grows?

When I was little, I had a friend who used to line up dominoes across the living room floor.

Rows and rows of them, winding under furniture and around corners, we'd spend forever setting

them up. Because everyone knows the setup is the hard part. You touch one domino too early,

and the whole thing collapses before it's ready. But when everything was finally in place, we'd tap the first piece and just

watch. One small movement became hundreds. Each domino didn't do much. It just did its part.

But together, they created something beautiful and unstoppable. And that's exactly what we see in Acts 18.

Paul's still on mission, but the story's no longer about one person doing all the work.

In fact, it never was.

Paul met Priscilla and Aquila.

Ordinary people who opened their home, worked with him, and learned with him.

Then they met a gifted teacher named Apollos, who knew some truth, but

not quite the whole story, at least not yet. And instead of criticizing him, they pull him in

and fill in the gaps. The chain keeps going. Every person plays their part, and the gospel

keeps spreading. It's a domino effect of faithfulness. One person's

obedience sets another in motion until the movement of God sweeps far beyond anything one person

could accomplish alone. The truth is, a lot of us love the idea of God doing something big,

but we underestimate the power of doing something small but faithfully.

We forget that the mission of God doesn't move forward

through a few famous leaders alone.

It moves through ordinary believers

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