DownshoreDrift

We started with the passage from Acts 2:42-3:26. This passage talks about the power of God  forming a community of faith, and then how the Apostles (Peter and John) healed the crippled beggar at the Gate Beautiful.  This is a powerful picture of what God is able to do and what He wants to do through our lives. Matthew 6:10 is the passage that we have been working from which teaches us to pray, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven." When we consider God's power and we consider His will, and His desire is that we are to pray that what His will is in Heaven would be shown on earth, well, that pretty much radically changes our view of life on this planet, doesn't it? We are no longer left to our own resources and to the limitations of the earthly realm. Change is possible. Hope is available. God can do all things and He wants to do all things in our lives. We can experience His power. Here are a few passages that detail this: Matt. 10:7,8; Luke 7:18-23; Luke 10:8-11; Matt. 12:22-28.

God wants to work in our lives, and He has hope for us. He can and will do miracles. He can change us, and He can also give us the strength that we need to persevere and make it through incredible trials. Do you trust God's power in your life? Do you believe that He still does miracles and that He still can carry you through? Have you placed you hope in God, or because of trouble and trial, have you lost your hope? Think through these questions and compare them to the God of the Bible.