Make Noise

Yes, the blog looks different. I've actually had it disabled for a few days working on a facelift for it. Normally I wouldn't post something until it was 100% ready to be seen, however, with an active little one it is taking a bit longer than usual and I really wanted to get this post up. So, excuse the construction, and we'll dive in.

We kicked off the "Spring" semester (weather would tend to prove otherwise) with our Make Noise series. And if you follow me on twitter, you'll have seen that I thought it was one of the best (if not, best) messages I've ever heard my husband preach. So, enough of the small talk...here's a recap if you missed it (and I pray you didn't!!!)

• We all make noise about something! Your mouths will make noise based upon what your heart is full of! When people look at your social media, what do they see you making noise about? That's probably 9 times out of 10 what your heart is full of. 

• When our hearts are full of JESUS, we will make noise about Him!

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:45 

•  Jesus won't be on your lips if He's not in your heart! If you've been saved, you have a name to proclaim! We don't have a secret to keep but a testimony to give.

The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. 2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. 4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. 6 Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family. 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
    which has become the cornerstone.’[a]
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. 15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. 16 “What are we going to do with these men?”they asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. 17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”
18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! 20 As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened. 22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. Acts 4:1-23
• When you follow Jesus, don't be surprised when you are treated like He was.

• The same God then is the same God now!

• You can't find rescue in substances, things, or people. God is our only rescuer!

• Live in such a way that people know you've spent time with Jesus.

• When we don't make noise, that means we are being silent and our SILENCE IS KILLING PEOPLE!

• We will share the name of Jesus when we care more about where people spend ETERNITY than we do about what people think about us!

• Jesus can't be SPREAD when He goes UNSAID!

• The enemy LOVES it when we are quiet. God LOVES it when we're LOUD! Who are you trying to PLEASE?

• Jesus didn't go halfway for you, don't go halfway for Him. Make some noise!