The Daily Routine in Acts

Acts 5:14 "And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

I'm currently with my family in the on-boarding training with the International Mission Board. It has been a fruitful time of transformation for my family to experience. I've mentally known the pressures, processes, and obstacles we would face as we head internationally to serve. However, actually going through it has been transformative for us so far.

One component personally has been our training on evangelism. Our first week we did a deep dive in Acts on evangelism and church planting followed by two weeks where we visited the community to share. These are things I knew well; but no matter how many times you go over something in the Word, new details will be seen. This process has been true for me this week with Acts.

I've always been amazed at how God worked to daily add to the number of the Christians in the book of Acts. I visualize what that could have looked like. Can you imagine every day hearing about new people that want to follow Jesus, continually making room for new people at the dinner table, and greeting new people at every prayer time? I've always assumed that it was a special time or a unique moment.

But what has struck me this week is the daily routine of the disciples produced daily fruit. In contrast, what I typically have experienced, maybe like you, is a weekly routine. We've added people routinely to the church as we share the gospel, but it is a weekly routine.

How can I daily connect with the people of my church? Certainly we don't live in a society that goes to church every day for prayer like the people of the temple in Acts. But this reminded me of the great New York Prayer Revival in the 1850s, and how daily in their breaks people would gather to pray. Daily, people were impacted with the gospel.

Today, it is very common for discipleship groups to be formed in our churches. I think this is a great place to practice the daily routines we see in Acts 2:42-47. We, in theory, could be more connected with our technology today, but am I more intentional? That is where my transformation needs to continue.