April 26, 2026

Everyday Easter

How The Resurrection Impacts Our Daily Lives

Pastor Matt Hammett

How do we live as a resurrection community in a world shaped by fear and scarcity?

Acts 2:42-47
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Big Idea: Because Jesus is risen, we are free to live openly: open hearts, open lives, open hands.

1. Open Your Heart to Jesus.

Acts 2:42-43
42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.

They weren’t just attending church, they were sharing life.

2. Open Your Life to Others.

Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 2:44
All the believers were together and had everything in common.

Acts 2:46-47
46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Fellowship (koinonia): Deeply shared life.

You can’t experience resurrection community from a distance.

3. Open Your Hands in Generosity.

Acts 2:45
They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

It wasn't equal giving, but it was equal sacrifice. 

Have a Need Meet a Need:
- 2 families for groceries
- 4 families for rent
- 1 medical bill
- 1 house for fire damage
- 1 healthcare insurance

Where does money given to Flood go?
Facilities: 20%
Operations: 26%
Ministries: 44%
Impact: 10%

Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Take a step. Start somewhere. Trust God.

Take the Malachi 3:10 Challenge
3 months
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Grow in the grace of giving

Open your heart
Open your life
Open your hands

Table Talk Questions:

- Acts 2 says the early believers “devoted themselves” to Jesus and His teaching.
What are you currently most devoted to in your daily life? How is that shaping you?

- The early church shared life together in close, relational ways.
Where are you currently experiencing real connection and where might you be keeping your distance?

- They were able to meet each other’s needs because they knew each other.
Who are the people in your life right now whose needs you are close enough to see?

- Acts 2 describes a community marked by radical generosity.
What emotions or thoughts come up when you hear that? (Excitement? Resistance? Fear?)

- What is one area of your life where you sense Jesus inviting you to open your hands more—whether with your time, relationships, or resources?

- What would it look like for you to take a tangible step of trust in generosity over the next 3 months?
What might be holding you back?