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by Allan Jones on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at 08:49
Acts 4:13, 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.21 So whenthey had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
I ask you,in reading this what do you see?Can you see the men,ordinary,common,tradesmen,and yet the baffled the educated,scholars,teachers,and elders of the time.I ask you again,what do you see?I God working thruogh them,I see God using whom he can to get the word out.It seems that even in these days of old the threat of Jesus name has these men scared,and today they are still acting the same way.Jesus said that in the last days we will be hated for his name's sake,he said we will be taken to the courts for trials for his name.These apostles all stood there ground for what they believed in.Why is it today we have not aspired to be like them?Full of the Holy Spirit,full of wisdom from God,asking for nothing,only the ability to preach,and teach the gosple.If we as believers all gathered as they did,prayed as they did,the same spirit of God would move in ways that we cannot even begin to imagine.Healings of the greatest kind,hospitals emptied,lame walking,dead raised,I ask you is it possible today we could have this?Yes it is.There are revival reports.1)The Welsh Revival 1904 - 1905,is the most noted,google it,read about it,we can have the same kind of revival this day in time,only greater.I have this''nudging''to keep praying for it,to keep asking God for the wisdom in this,I just know we all can get back to the basics of our lives,we have to stop''wanting''and start working,stop wishing and start believing,stop talking and start listening,stop watching and start doing..God in heaven will help us when we let him,he never forces him self on us,he never forces his will on us,but when we surrender it all to him,we ask him to run our lives,run our businesses,run our homes,we place God at the head of our house,we will see happenings in our lives that even the devil will run for cover.Father in heaven,I ask you today to open our hearts to the fact that we need you now more than ever,we need your wisdom in this fast changing world,we need your love in our hearts for all to see,we need your peace about us that we can calm the storms that seem to try to slow us down.Father at times our faith will waiver,at times our love may go cold,at times we know we seem to be alone I ask you today for allof us reading and praying here today,open our minds to wisdom,open our hearts to love that only you can give.We praise you Lord,for helping us,healing us,watching over us today,we praise you for it.Father we just thank you for today,for your wisdom your word,your taking our place on the cross.Amen
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