![]() When our words say one thing, but we fail to act on what we say, it is the lack of action that betrays our true beliefs. Our outward behavior, more than any other tell, signifies what we believe on the inside. That belief motivates their actions…in spite of sore muscles or slow results. Why do people go to the gym to exercise? Because they believe that the physical activity will benefit their bodies and minds. The things that we hold true drive our actions. What we believe determines how we behave. ![]() Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." That hang-onto-it-at-any-cost conviction will lead us to fight a good fight and finish our race with arms raised high in victory. That deep-in-our-bones belief propels us to blaze forth with His light and shout His truth from the rooftops. Let’s be people who are utterly convinced of the truth of God’s Word, who pray with deep faith and expectation, and who expect the miraculous. ![]() They believed so fully and so deeply in the One that God had raised from the dead that their faith was like a fire shut up in their bones. The early disciples were imprisoned for preaching in the name of Jesus. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego chose the fiery furnace over a gold idol because they were convinced the Fourth Man in the fire was able to deliver them. Moses defied Pharaoh because he trusted the great “I AM” Who promised to go before him. David ran to meet Goliath because he believed in a God who was bigger than any giant. We focus on the great things that people do, but those feats spring from a bedrock belief that moves them to act. Our faith in the Son of God compels us to overcome this world. Those truths that we believe at the core of our beings drive our actions. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Wait expectantly for the gift that will answer your prayers and make Your Father smile. What are you expecting God to do? Don’t lose heart! Every day unfolds with new mercy and delightful surprises when we walk with Him. Our highest hopes and deepest dreams do not raise His eyebrows. His Word assures us that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly, far beyond what we could drum up in our imaginations or would even dare to ask. If our earthly, very human, fathers relish giving wonderful, long-anticipated gifts to us, imagine how God exults to give us good gifts when we ask.Įphesians 3:20 teaches that the Holy Spirit of God is already working deep inside of us to bring about the answer to those far-fetched prayers. Keep knocking, and He will open the right door at the right time – doors that no one else can shut. When we prioritize His kingdom and His righteousness, He adds the things that we need – and even desire – to our lives. Keep believing! When our joy is in serving Jesus, He gives us the things that our hearts desire. Expect the unexpected!ĭelight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.Īre you holding onto a God-sized dream? One so big that you are afraid to say it out loud? One that will need the push and power of God behind it to come true? Unexpected!įor those who believe, signs and wonders will follow. Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” Instantly healed, he went walking, leaping, and praising God into the Temple. The man looked at them, hoping to receive some coins – an expected exchange. The two disciples stopped and focused their attention squarely on the beggar. Every day, his companions carried him to this specific spot so that he could beg for alms – his expected daily routine.Īs Peter and John walked past him, he called out. Nothing unusual to report here! They were going about their expected business.Ī certain man, lame from birth, was lying in front of the Beautiful Gate. In Acts 3, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple to pray. We should not find it peculiar when principalities and powers are defeated. In fact, Jesus declared that certain proofs would accompany believers (Mark 16:16-18). ![]() When we are faithful to do the things that God expects, He will show us the unexpected! The miraculous becomes the expected. Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." ![]()
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