Day 19: Acts 5-9 Opening Reflection

ESAPISM

There are two ways one may escape – you can escape by deception or by the power of the Lord.

            In today’s text we observe people being able to escape certain situations – Peter, Jacob, Moses, Saul and even Jesus.  How many of you can add your name to the latter list.  God has the ability to transform our situations, remove things form our lives, add things to our lives, and make your surroundings so different that you feel as though you have escaped.

            There are some keys to the art of Escape – especially when The Lord is involved.

·        You have to seek the Lord

·        You have to wait on the Lord

·        You have to trust the Lord

 

The power of the Lord is not magic nor is it a trick, but the former and the latter do serve as good agents for an earthly depiction of what he Lord can do.  Everyone knows however, that if you do not follow each step of the magic process the trick will not come to fruition.  For the Lord to help you escape you have to follow the process – seek, wait and trust – we are like the woman tied up in a tank full of water waiting on the magician to make us disappear in to a dry, safe place, if we move or react when we are not supposed to the trick can go horribly wrong and we may even die

 

Allow the lord the opportunity to do what only a divine omnipotent God can do

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Day 18: John 20 - Acts 4 Opening Reflection

DO YOU BELIEVE?

Jesus’ message to his Disciples upon his resurrection was: Stop Doubting & Believe . . . How many of us today have taking heed to Jesus’ Message?

  • How many miracles does the Lord have to perform?
  • How many times does the Lord have to show up and show out in our lives?
  • Despite all the lord has done and is doing, what else does the Lord have to do to get us to stop doubting and just BELIEVE?

Jesus has done so much that John says in the last verse of his entire gospel, that it is not possible to record it all…

  • I want to suggest however that our lives are written records that continuously prove what the Lord can do.
    • Why don’t you open up your book and read it.  From conception, everything has been miraculous

God has done so much for us that every day should be just like Pentecost

  • As you read over your own book – your life story – how is it possible for your tongue not to rejoice?
  • As you read over your own book – your life story – how is it possible for you not to have faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior?

STOP DOUBTING AND BELIEVE

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