“Lord grant to Your servants that with ALL BOLDNESS, they may speak your word by STRETCHING OUT YOUR HAND TO HEAL, AND SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE PERFORMED through the name of your HOLY SERVANT JESUS.” (Acts 4:29-30) As a Holy Spirit filled child of God we should be speaking God’s word WITH BOLDNESS and allowing His hand to be stretched out through us, preforming signs and wonders FOR HIS GLORY!!! SOON, all this will be going on and MANY people WILL BE added to God daily!
“…my speech and my message were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in THE POWER OF GOD.” (1 Corin. 2:4-5) Often our finely prepared and anointed presentations are followed with discussion and debate and not DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SPIRIT AND POWER! When God preforms a miracle, the discussion is not about what we said but about WHAT GOD DID!
“…soon, we will be baptized with THE HOLY SPIRIT…YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER (dunamis: strength, power, or ability. the root word dynamite) when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:5, 8) When Annas the high priest began to question Peter and the others about preaching in the name of Jesus, they were speechless when they saw the 40-year-old, healed who had previously lame from birth, a man that everyone knew…
“…seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY IN REPLY.” (Acts 4:14) Some are saying that miracles are not happening, but they should be a regular part of the Holy Spirit filled person’s life! So, what do we need to do? What did the 120 do?
“These all with one mind were CONTINUALLY DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO PRAYER…” (Acts 1:14)
PRAYING AND BELIEVING GOD FOR THE PROMISE GIVEN BY JESUS…
-Bill Stockham