Acts 2 : 42

Acts 2:42 NKJV

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Theme- unity

In the couple verses before they talk on about how a few thousand people who gave their selves to the Lord, were added to the church. So I'm going to take this as if I was a teacher. So the apostles were preaching the word of God,  and in the first part of this verse it says, "they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship". Teachers shouldn't just teach one thing, but do another. Thats called being a hypocrite, and I can tell you right now Jesus Christ was no hypocrite. We are called to preach His word, and spread His testimony. So if we are hypocrites, why in the world would those we are teaching do the things we teach, like follow Christ. Philippians 2 says something like we should stick out and be a light to a preverse generation. How does someone that does the things of the world stick out, I'll tell you how only if I knew. You just simply can't do it. So the disciples stuck to what the said, and were steadfast in the word. A teacher should always constantly study the information they are teaching, so they can continue to learn.

The first part also say, "fellowship", this is very important,  because if fellowship isn't there, and disciples can't be made. We are called to disciple others, so that they can disciple other, and so on and so on. And I believe the last part ties in with this perfectly, "fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers." "In prayer", so important prayer is the best thing you can do for someome, and if you do it with others, like the disciples did. It can create unity, and relationships. Which is the first step to discipling others, once you have a relationship with someone you can disciple them more effectively. The power of prayer cam create untiy, but if it's about a relationship with someone else check yourself at the door, and go into it looking at both sides. Asking God for change in your heart, because if our heart is changed then you can learn to do the hard things through Christ.

Application - take fifteen minutes to pray and talk with God to changed my heart, and make me do those hard thjngs