The book of Acts.
I am studying the book of Acts and the miracles that are held within them.
I have been reading a book by a man called Jack Deere called "Suprised by the voice of God" and it is all about how the miracles in the bible don't just stop in the bible that in actual fact they are here now and today, we just need to believe them.
And it's amazing, God has been really challenging me, do I believe? Do I truly believe that God does perform healings, do I really believe that God will speak personally to his believers today? And of course it's easy to say well yes of course I do God, but then he puts you to the test.
Which is what is happening to me. I have been diagnosed with gallstones huge ones, ones that are going to cause me to have my entire gallbladder removed. Something I don't want to have to undergo. So do I truly believe God can and will heal the gallstones obliterating them and making them disappear, in other words do I believe God will perform a miracle that is spoken about in the bible on me?
Well once again yeah sure I do God. Well then why when you feel pain do you reach for the pain medication? Why do you tell everyone woe is me this is what is wrong? Why are not declaring that I am going to heal you?
Hmmmm tough questions.
So God is taking me through the book of acts, showing me the miracles that were performed after Jesus was crucified. Showing me that these miracles weren't at the hand of Jesus but were because He moved through another. And they are only the ones mentioned, I'm sure not all miracles were mentioned in the bible.
So now I'm being challenged to realign my belief and thinking. It's easy to think yeah miracles happen but they happen to other people not to me. But part of knowing God personally is expecting those miracles to happen to you. That is what I'm learning, that is how I'm training my thought pattern, I'm teaching myself to expect to be healed. I don't need this operation, I don't need to be sick because God is the healer of all. After all God's word says "By his stripes we are healed" So why did Jesus go through all of that if I'm not going to accept what is rightfully mine?
Yes some of you may be thinking well duh Sam like we don't already know this. But let me ask you, do you believe God can and will heal you? Your marriage, your pain, your relationship with a friend, your financial problem, anything, God will and can restore, heal, and fix it. We just have to believe, accept and expect. Sometimes it wont happen instantly, sometimes we do have to go through bad stuff to get to the good stuff. But God will let you in on what is what, if you expect it. He isn't going to just leave you high and dry, he is going to tell you what is what. That I know is true.
I have been reading a book by a man called Jack Deere called "Suprised by the voice of God" and it is all about how the miracles in the bible don't just stop in the bible that in actual fact they are here now and today, we just need to believe them.
And it's amazing, God has been really challenging me, do I believe? Do I truly believe that God does perform healings, do I really believe that God will speak personally to his believers today? And of course it's easy to say well yes of course I do God, but then he puts you to the test.
Which is what is happening to me. I have been diagnosed with gallstones huge ones, ones that are going to cause me to have my entire gallbladder removed. Something I don't want to have to undergo. So do I truly believe God can and will heal the gallstones obliterating them and making them disappear, in other words do I believe God will perform a miracle that is spoken about in the bible on me?
Well once again yeah sure I do God. Well then why when you feel pain do you reach for the pain medication? Why do you tell everyone woe is me this is what is wrong? Why are not declaring that I am going to heal you?
Hmmmm tough questions.
So God is taking me through the book of acts, showing me the miracles that were performed after Jesus was crucified. Showing me that these miracles weren't at the hand of Jesus but were because He moved through another. And they are only the ones mentioned, I'm sure not all miracles were mentioned in the bible.
So now I'm being challenged to realign my belief and thinking. It's easy to think yeah miracles happen but they happen to other people not to me. But part of knowing God personally is expecting those miracles to happen to you. That is what I'm learning, that is how I'm training my thought pattern, I'm teaching myself to expect to be healed. I don't need this operation, I don't need to be sick because God is the healer of all. After all God's word says "By his stripes we are healed" So why did Jesus go through all of that if I'm not going to accept what is rightfully mine?
Yes some of you may be thinking well duh Sam like we don't already know this. But let me ask you, do you believe God can and will heal you? Your marriage, your pain, your relationship with a friend, your financial problem, anything, God will and can restore, heal, and fix it. We just have to believe, accept and expect. Sometimes it wont happen instantly, sometimes we do have to go through bad stuff to get to the good stuff. But God will let you in on what is what, if you expect it. He isn't going to just leave you high and dry, he is going to tell you what is what. That I know is true.