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Acts 3:1 Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o'clock prayer service. 2 As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.

4 Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, "Look at us!" 5 The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. 6 But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold for you. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!"

7 Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. 8 He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.

9 All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God. 10 When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded! 11 They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon's Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.

12 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. "People of Israel," he said, "what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness? 13 For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him. 14 You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!

16 "Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus' name has healed him before your very eyes.

Peter & John did not emphasize what THEY could do but what GOD could do through them.

It's SO difficult to rely on God to be & do through us. We're all so bloomin' independent! Or maybe it's a control thing. Or maybe we just don't think He'll come through?

It doesn't matter what we're facing...
a loss of a job,
a new baby,
a new job,
getting victory over an addiction,
dealing with bad relationships,
moving forward in directions He leads us whether here at home or off in a new place where no one knows us & we don't know what we're gonna do,
figuring out who we are in Him,
saying yes (big or small) to whatever it is He wants,
or ______________ (you fill in the blank)

...we must rely on Him to make it happen.

This isn't something I've read about, or heard about - this is something I'm living right now.

All I've got is His promise to continue to guide me in this life He dreamed for me.