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Your ministry does not start when you walk into a church building and it definitely does not end when you walk back out. We open Acts 6 and follow the early church as it grows so quickly that real people get overlooked, then we watch how wise delegation protects the mission without treating service like “less than.” Stephen is chosen to handle a practical need, yet Acts 6:8 says he is full of grace and power, doing great wonders and signs. That contrast forces an honest question: have we been calling something “not my job” when God is calling it obedience?

We talk about what it means to be Spirit-filled in everyday life. Yes, the Holy Spirit comes at salvation, but surrender is what invites Him to take full control. I challenge the idea that Christian leadership depends on talent or personality and instead point to the anointing that comes when ordinary believers yield every area of life. We connect Stephen’s example to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20, because disciple-making is our real job description at work, at home, and everywhere else we represent Jesus.

Then the tone shifts as Stephen faces dispute, false witnesses, and violent resistance in Acts 6 to 7. Even with truth on his lips and Jesus in his sight, he is stoned and his final words mirror Christ-like forgiveness. We also sit with a sobering warning from Leonard Ravenhill and a piercing question from John Newton about churches drifting from the Spirit’s leadership, and we end by praying for hunger, sensitivity, and a life lived in God’s overflow. If this challenged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. What would change this week if you fully surrendered control?

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