today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

We think of a church as a group of people gathered in one place to kind of

of basking the anointing to share in the gifting of a few anointed

individuals.

When the real power of the church is not in gathering to listen to one

anointed guy preached the word the real power of the church is when ordinary people

fill with the spirit preach the word of God in places like Stephen did that's

where the greatest miracles happened.

Thanks for joining us today here on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer, I'm your host

Molly Bitevich. You know, many people in the world today are being called on to

glorify God in their hour of trial or stand firm in a situation where it's

costly to obey him and while that might not be our experience right now it

certainly could be at any moment in today today's message, Pastor JD helps us understand that the way

we view Jesus affects the degree to which we will be able to endure suffering. And perhaps

more importantly, how others will be blessed because of our faithfulness to

God in the midst of our pain.

We are learning five important lessons from an ordinary Christian, a young man by the name

of Seaben. Let's rejoin Pastor J.D. where we ordinary Christian, a young man by the name of Stephen.

Let's rejoin Pastor J.D, where we left off yesterday

in the Book of Acts.

Five lessons you can learn from the profile

of the ordinary Christian. Number one, the core of

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