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Acts 19

 


I am meditating on....

Acts 19


I love this account of how God's Spirit moved mightily among the early church! Of how God made known His power and validated His disciples' message through wonders and miracles!

Verse 17 caught my attention and stirred my heart. "....and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified". Is that not our heart's desire? Is that not what the Lord would have happen today! May we all go out, each and every day with a desire to magnify His high and Holy name! To point others to Jesus! To share the Gospel through our Words and deeds!

What does that mean, practically speaking? That is a personal question we all need to be asking our Lord and Savior. I know He is working in my heart. May we allow the urging and the convicting of His Spirit to create change in our lives...as we seek, by His grace, to change our world. And grow His Kingdom!

This chapter speaks of amazing wonders, of healings and miracles. In our culture today, there is a concerning direction that some churches are going, in the name of God. There are institutions that are proclaiming healings, entertainment and spectacularity.....all in an attempt to draw in followers (and in many cases, income). Oh may Truth be made known and may deception be revealed. 

We were recently eating out on a Sunday morning while we were traveling. I overheard part of a conversation of a group of people expounding about various healings and miracles they were witnessing. I do not want to act like I know what all they were talking about, but I do know this...

May our desire and prayer be for the healing of hearts and souls! For the Truth of the Gospel to make a transforming difference if the lives of those touched by it! It is heart change, life change, the forming of a new creature in Christ which is worthy of our praise and excitement! 

I loved verse 20, "So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed"! Is this not our prayer. That it would grow. Mightily. And prevail! It is so needed today!

Verse 23 states that there arose "no small stir about the way". Let that be us...stirring up excitement and interest and inspiration...to know more about the way! To more fully live out "the way"! The way of Jesus Christ!

We saw several beautiful chapels set in the lovely Ozark hills this past week. As we all exit our chapels each Sunday, where-ever they may be, and even our own "heart chapels" each day anew...may we go forth with joy and renewal....

that "the Word of God may grow mightily and prevail"!!


                                                



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