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The Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword.

Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to use it.

I've found that sometimes scriptures are like time bombs that detonate later.

They act like they don't care, but then three o'clock in the morning they wake up and that

verse is in their head because God's Word will not return void.

When God wanted to share his message of love, surprisingly he chose to use people to

reach people.

But the power of the message is not enough messages, it's built into the message.

And the boldness and direction we need is built into us by the spirit who lives within

us.

Pastor Greg Laurie discusses that today on a new beginning.

As he continues a message from his brand new series and acts, a series called the Upside

Downwide.

Let's all grab our Bibles and turn to Acts and the title of my message before us now is

this secret to sharing the gospel effectively.

Let's read Acts 2 verses 2 to 7.

I'm reading by the way from the new living translation.

From the day of Pentecostal believers are meeting together in one place.

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