The First Family, Part 1: “Heart”
The end of Acts 2 contains a nostalgic description of the first church in Jerusalem. Three Thousand new converts, devoted to the faith and sharing everything in their enthusiasm for the gospel. This wouldn’t last, but it still inspires believers and gives us ideas about loving our risen savior with heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving our neighbors as Jesus does. In the first part, we see how this first family loved the Lord with their hearts – the praised, prayed, and gave. These practices still help us restore our disordered affections, and bring the new life of Jesus into our emotional lives.