1. Announcements Berks Women in Crisis – 48 meatball sandwiches served

2. For the sake of Unity

3. Acts 1 Jesus heard perfectly, spoke boldly, executed the Father’s will relentlessly, rebuked demons with absolute authority, and healed completely He desired to transfer all that power to His disciples (John 14:12) Jesus notes that there are two different baptisms (water and Spirit)

4. Questions about the Kingdom The disciples were still looking for a worldly Kingdom. They missed the point Jesus corrects them with a proper perspective – The time will come, but it is not for you to know – The Kingdom, for now, is a Spiritual Kingdom, not an earthly one

5. The Upper Room In obedience, they determined to wait, just as they were instructed In disobedience, Peter thought he needed to do something else The 12 th man was never supposed to be Matthias, it was obviously someone not even in the room – Paul

6. All together with one accord Homothumadon – with one accord Unanimous, mutual consent – Mentally – Physically – Spiritually – Emotionally Harmony, leading to action

7. Mentally Their thoughts agreed – they were waiting for the Promise of the Holy Spirit They had all seen the Power of God poured out through Jesus They had all heard His teachings for the past 40 days. They had all seen the rocks break open, the skies grow dark, and the temple veil torn

8. Physically In unity, they were waiting It was more important for them to be together in prayer than to attend to anything else They were physically the gathering of the First Fruits – Pentecost was the Day of First Fruits according to the Jewish feast

9. Spiritually Personally, they had seen great things Now they were waiting, in spiritual anticipation They had no idea what was coming, or how it would affect them, but they knew it would be spiritually significant They were willing to allow God to do whatever He wanted, not someone else’s expectations

10. Emotionally To have the head, the heart, and the Spirit aligned is vital Emotion can interfere with all the above Fear could keep someone from wanting to be seen as different Uncertainty could cause someone to resist They were open and willing to receive

11. Only one focus Their eyes were focused on one thing and one thing only…….Their next step as disciples of Christ Not concerned about denomination Not concerned about the role they would fill Not concerned about how big, how much, how popular, how successful Only one thing. Jesus