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