Acts: To the Ends of the Earth - An Assignment in the Desert - Pastor Jon Stoe

Philip was in the middle of a revival. People were getting saved all over Samaria, the kind of ministry most pastors only dream about. And right in the middle of it, God told him to leave. Go south, to a desert road in the middle of nowhere, where there was nobody. In part eight of Acts: To the Ends of the Earth, Lead Pastor Jon Stoe opens with his own version of that story, a phone call in 2021 that sent him and his wife to Valley City, North Dakota, a place he's quick to say is not a vacation destination. They went anyway. The first month, they baptized 21 people. That's the thread Jon pulls through this message. When we're willing to go, God shows up. He walks through the story of Philip and the Ethiopian official from Acts 8, a divine appointment on an empty road that opened the gospel to an entire region of Africa, and lands on three things Philip got right: he was attentive, he was available, and he was willing to be a friend. Jon's challenge is personal and direct. God isn't just looking for people to fill a building. He's looking for people who will leave the crowd to go after one. And the question Jon leaves hanging is the one worth sitting with: are you available? Litchfield Church of the Nazarene is a welcoming, bilingual community of faith in Litchfield, MN, whose mission is to produce fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ. We gather every Sunday at 10:45 AM. New messages drop on the podcast each week. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite app. Learn more at litchfieldnaz.com.