TRANSFORMATIONAL FAMILY

Sanctification + Spirit Led Works ( Will of God ) = A Transformational Family. (communal in heart)

John 1:9-13

1. Paint the picture of how we, God's family are to live our lives on the earth 2. Look at the attributes, qualities, values and culture that make up this family 3. The opposing forces that exists to stop this family being formed 4. The life that is released when this family is being formed on the earth 5. Look at how this family is formed into becoming this family.

Acts 4:29-36

Acts 5:1-16

1st attribute of transformational family: a "people of prayer" v31

Acts 1:14 "these all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer"

Acts 2:42 "they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer"

Acts 12:5 " So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God"

Acts 16:25-26 "but about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that foundations of the prison house were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

2nd attribute of transformational family: a "people who are filled with the Holy Spirit" v31

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

Acts 7:55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:38 You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Ephesians 3:14-20

3rd attribute of transformational family: a "people who believe"

John 7:38-39 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water. But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive, for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.