Walk in God's Way | God's Plan is So Much Better | Paul Spent Time at His Home Church in Antioch | Then He Started 3rd Missionary Journey Through Asia Minor (Today's Turkey) Visiting the Churches He Started | Encouraging & Strengthening the Disciples in Galatia Phrygia & Ephesus | Persecution was High | Comfort of Word of God Encouraged Them | May the God of Hope Fill You with Joy & Peace Believing in Jesus | Holy Spirit Brings Us Hope | Enemy Wants to Rob Us | This World Doesn't Give Us Hope | Paul's Prayer: Be Filled with Knowledge of God's Will | All Wisdom & Spiritual Understanding | Be Worthy of Lord God Fully Pleasing Him | Be Fruitful in Every Good Work | Be Strengthened in All Might with Patience & Long-suffering with Joy | God Delivers Us from the Powers of Darkness | Redeeming Us and Forgiving of Sin is Our Inheritance | Apollos - a Jew from Egypt Came to Ephesus | Well Educated & Excelling in Knowledge of the Scriptures | Importance of Committing Scripture to Memory | Many Believers of Past Memorized the Whole Scriptures - Tertullian & Apostle Paul | Let the Word Dwell in You Richly & Sing Out with Your Heart to God | Hide the Word in Your Heart - It Will Keep You from Sin | Word of God is Life to Those who Find It | Power of the Word | Apollos was on Fire for God with Zeal & Passion | Yet He Only Knew about Baptism of John | Epaphras was Also Fervent for God | Brotherly Love Giving Preference to One Another | Be Fervent in Spirit with Diligence Serving the Lord | Apollos Spoke Boldly in Synagogue | Aquila & Priscilla Explained the Way of God to Him Accurately | So He Did Not Lack in Full Gospel | Shyness Could Be Too Much Self-focus Worrying About How Others See Us | Pray for Boldness Instead - Those Will Inherit the earth | The Cowards Will Be Left Out | The Lord is My Light & Salvation | Strength of My Life | Whom Shall I Be Afraid | Don't Fear People but God | JD Vance: We All Get a Limited Opportunity to Make a Difference | Work on God's Vision | Trump Threatens Nigeria with Military Action to Deter Mass Killings of Christians to Wipe Out Islamic Terrorist Who Commit Horrible Atrocities | Allie B Stuckey: Politics Has Become Theological | The Most Loving Thing We Can Do is to Agree with God | Pastors Should Speak About Marriage Gender and Abortion as We Cannot Out-love God | Apollos Understood the Gospel More Fully & Helped the Believers | Contagious Passion for the Word of God | There Shouldn't Be a Division Between Followers of Paul Peter or Apollos - as All Follow Jesus | United in Gospel | Apollos Showed Jews from Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah | Apollos Chose More Excellent Way As We Should Day by Day | God's Way is So Much Better |

Sermon Summary: This sermon focuses on choosing God's way over the world's way, using the example of Apollos from Acts 18:23-28. Pastor Joe emphasizes that when God brings us out of darkness into His light, He shows us "the more excellent way" - a life characterized by fervent devotion, biblical knowledge, and bold witness. The message highlights Apollos as a model believer who was eloquent, mighty in the Scriptures, fervent in spirit, and bold in proclaiming Christ. Though initially knowing only John's baptism, Apollos humbly received correction from Aquila and Priscilla and became even more effective in ministry. The sermon challenges believers to memorize Scripture, walk in the Spirit rather than the flesh, be bold rather than shy or self-focused, and fulfill God's unique calling on their lives. Throughout the week, Christians will face temptations to stray from God's ways, but through the Holy Spirit's power, they can choose the more excellent way and accomplish the creative work God has ordained for them.

Key Points:

- God's ways are far greater and more excellent than our ways; believers should be set apart and walk in the Spirit
- Apollos exemplified the more excellent way through being eloquent, mighty in Scriptures, fervent in spirit, and bold in witness
- Memorizing Scripture is essential for spiritual growth and resisting sin; believers should commit God's Word to memory like Apollos did
- Being "fervent in spirit" means being on fire for Jesus, burning with zeal, and having contagious enthusiasm for God and His Word
- Boldness is a biblical requirement; the righteous are "bold as lions" and should not be cowardly or shy (self-focused)
- Humility and teachability are important - Apollos received correction from Aquila and Priscilla about the full gospel
- Christians should not fear discussing biblical issues that have become political (abortion, marriage, gender) because these are theological matters
- Each believer has a unique, creative calling from God that no one else can fulfill
- Today is the day of salvation; no one is guaranteed tomorrow

Acts 18:23-28 | Romans 15:13 | Colossians 1:9-14 | Colossians 3:10 | Psalm 119:11, 16 | Proverbs 4:20-22 | Colossians 4:12 | Romans 12: 10-11 | Psalm 27:1 | 1 Corinthians 1:11 |