
Acts 6–8 (ESV)
This is a story of how God takes people who start in the quiet corners of ministry and moves them into places of far-reaching spiritual influence.
- They didn’t begin by preaching to crowds—they began by serving bread to the overlooked.
- If you want to be used greatly by God, be faithful where you are now. Don’t despise small beginnings (Zechariah 4:10). Stephen and Philip show that Spirit-filled service in the kitchen is just as important as service from the pulpit.
4 THINGS TO BE AWARE OF WHEN ASPIRING TO LEADERSHIP
- THEY HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION
- THEY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
- THEY HAVE WISDOM
- THEY DELEGATE AUTHORITY
Stephen: The Witness Who Would Not Compromise
Acts 6:8-15
Acts 7:1- 8
Acts 7:51-60
Mark 16:9
Hebrew 12:9
Acts 8:1-5