When the apostles became filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 5:12-42, they had to quickly come to grips with a new normal! They had to learn that even with God's power, there is persecution. So how do we get to Acts 5:41 the point where as Christians we rejoice that we have been "counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name"? Pastor Larry shares five things we need to know and remember. Sometimes the "new normal" means realizing that when we serve God, sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. But we always get the grace we need when we need it.

Dr. Larry Osborne has served as senior pastor of North Coast Church since 1980. Along with serving as the primary teaching pastor at North Coast, he speaks around the country to other church leaders and pastors on subjects as diverse as building a contagious congregation, developing a healthy and effective leadership team and sermon-based small group ministries. Pastor Larry has also been a popular and frequent contributor to Leadership, a quarterly professional journal for pastors.