Archive for the ‘Love’ Category

The Life Flowing In Us

Sunday, January 15th, 2023

You and I have that same life of Jesus flowing in us.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

5   “I am the sprouting Vine and you’re My branches. As you live in union with Me as your Source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from Me you are powerless.

Life and energy flow from the Vine to the branches.  Our power comes from Him!

6 If a person is separated from me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned.

7 But if you live in life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done.

Jesus was conscious of The FATHER alive In Him all the time.  The works that He did bore witness that The FATHER sent Him.  You and I are sent as well and once you finally accept this Truth, you will mature to a higher level.

8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My mature disciples who glorify My Father!

Mature disciples glorify Our Heavenly Father, not themselves.  You don’t need a touch from some preacher to get some of his anointing.  You don’t need a second-hand anointing.  The Holy Spirit has given you all the anointing you need to go out and preach The Gospel with signs and wonders following.

When Jesus shows up in us, miracles happen.  When He is not there, nothing changes.

FATHER IS SPIRIT and needs our bodies to do the work on earth.  There are two prayers HE won’t answer:

Ask HIM to do something HE has already done.

Ask HIM to do something Jesus told us to do.

We have what GOD doesn’t have… a body on this earth.

Can you tell me one thing Jesus can do in your community without a body?

The open door to GOD is in us and through us today.  The Wisdom and power of GOD is resident in us now.

Energized forces produce action or motion hence Love produces action.  The Image of GOD is being reflected through you and me today.  Let our actions send the message of HIS Love to those who are lost.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:

1  Throughout our history God has spoken to our ancestors by His prophets in many different ways. The revelation He gave them was only a fragment at a time, building one Truth upon another.

2 But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through Him God created the panorama of all things and all time.

3  The Son is the dazzling Radiance of God’s splendor, the exact Expression of God’s true NatureHIS mirror Image! He holds the universe together and expands it by the mighty power of His spoken word. He accomplished for us the complete cleansing of sins, and then took His Seat on the highest Throne at the Right Hand of the Majestic One.

Are you ready and willing to walk in that same dazzling radiance?  Jesus showed us how we are to walk for He is our Model.  We too are to become that exact expression of Father’s true Nature on earth.  This is what life is all about!

Greatest Revelation

Saturday, January 14th, 2023

What is the greatest revelation given to mankind?

Jesus expressed this revelation in John chapter 14:

5   Thomas said to him, “Master, we don’t know where You’re going, so how could we know the way there?”

6 Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with Me. To know Me is to know My Father too.

7 And from now on you will realize that you have seen Him and experienced Him.”

Jesus’ first mission was to show us Our Heavenly Father, Who He is, and what His Divine Intent is.

8 Philip spoke up, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be all that we need!”

9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I’ve been with you all this time and you still don’t know who I am? How could you ask Me to show you the Father, for anyone who has looked at me has seen the Father.

Jesus reiterates this revelation to Philip but He knows Philip still needs a greater understanding of what Jesus just revealed.

10 Don’t you believe that the Father is living in Me and that I am living in the Father? Even My Words are not My own but come from My Father, for HE lives in Me and performs His miracles of power through Me.

11 Believe that I live as One with My Father and that My Father lives as One with Me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.

Jesus provided Philip with infallible proof of Who He is.  That same proof is still applicable today.

12 “I tell you this timeless Truth: The person who follows Me in faith, believing in Me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father!

Are you willing to believe this timeless Truth?

13 For I will do whatever you ask Me to do when you ask Me in My Name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to Him. 14 Ask Me anything in My Name, and I will do it for you!”

Jesus second mission was to show us, US!  We are not meant to live a mediocre life but instead to rise up and embrace these Words spoken by Jesus Who only spoke Words given to Him by Our Heavenly Father.

Jesus came to us as GOD IN THE FLESH so that our image of Our Heavenly Father could be corrected.  GOD is Love and all the acts of Jesus pointed to this Truth.

As mature Sons and Daughters, we are to reveal this same Image to the world.  We are to operate with mighty miracles following us.  We will take no credit for those miracles because we will give all the glory to Our Heavenly Father and Jesus.

The miracles provide the credibility of The Gospel then and it should be no different now.

Christian churches without miracles are simply promoting religion, no different that that of the Pharisees.  That may sound harsh but it is time to expose the reality.

As one man said, “No miracles, no Jesus!”

We Are The Hope

Friday, January 13th, 2023

Don’t be incomplete in your daily walk!  Be the kind of person Jesus wants you to be.

A Christian is the combination of GOD and you together and HIS Divine Intent for you to be led by HIS SPIRIT in all matters, not just a few. 

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 2:

20   “My old identity has been co-crucified with Messiah and no longer lives; for the nails of his cross crucified me with Him. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives His Life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God Who Loves me so much that He gave Himself for me, and dispenses His Life into mine!

Jesus continues His ministry through those of us who are willing to believe His Words proclaiming this Truth.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:

4  But God still Loved us with such great Love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy.

5 Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, He united us into the very Life of Christ and saved us by His wonderful grace!

6 He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with Him into the glorious perfection and authority of the Heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as One with Christ!

7 Throughout the coming ages we will be the visible display of the infinite, limitless riches of His grace and kindness, which was showered upon us in Jesus Christ.

8 For it was only through this wonderful grace that we believed in Him. Nothing we did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the gracious gift from God that brought us to Christ!

9 So no one will ever be able to boast, for salvation is never a reward for good works or human striving.

10 We have become His poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

The above passage is the essence of Paul’s revelation for us so let us not treat these Words as commonplace. 

Is the devil worried about you?  If not, he should be.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in the book of Acts, chapter 19:

13-14   Now, there were seven itinerant Jewish exorcists, sons of Sceva the high priest, who took it upon themselves to use the name and authority of Jesus over those who were demonized. They would say, “We cast you out in the name of the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

15 One day, when they said those words, the demon in the man replied, “I know about Jesus, and I recognize Paul, but who do you think you are?”

16 Then the demonized man jumped on them and threw them to the ground, beating them mercilessly. He overpowered the seven exorcists until they all ran out of the house naked and badly bruised.

The key to this passage is that the exorcists did not know Jesus personally, they referenced Paul instead.  As mature believers with the revelation of being Sons and Daughters of GOD, we should not be intimidated by demons.  If we truly know and understand the power of The Blood and redemption, the demons will not challenge us.  We know who we are in Christ!

We are the hope of the world so let us be the expression of Love toward others.

Kids In Need Update

Thursday, January 12th, 2023

From one counselor:

I did give a family that recently had a baby some Target and Crest cards to help out. They struggle consistently due to single parent home and many siblings.

From one of the teachers:

Our cafeteria staff village 3 siblings. They have developed a close relationship with the mom and were able to help give them an extra special Christmas. (pictures attached)

Coming back from break, one of those students had lost her jacket. Our cafeteria staff took immediate action and bought her a new jacket by the end of the day.

We have also used our cards to purchase multiple pairs of gloves for the cold. The kids know that they can come get a pair anytime.

Last but not least, just last week we began to roll out the program in the middle school. We’ll keep you updated as that all comes together!

We are a year into this program and we are seeing so many impactful relationships.

Thank you for supporting those in need and healing the brokenhearted.

Helping People

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

Jesus’ earthly ministry was all about helping people and it still is.

A Christian is the combination of GOD and you together and HIS Divine Intent for you to be led by HIS SPIRIT in all matters, not just a few. 

Religion has broken away from Christ and invented a religion without results.  Their “new gospel” has little or no fruit and there is an increasing number of people living in despair and scarcity.

As one older wise man said, “No miracles, no Jesus!”

A great philosopher remarked, “What a great awakening would occur if Christianity and Christ were united again.”

This is our focus and that tells me the Great Awakening is at hand!  The Christ life should be the model for our life.

People don’t want rituals, creeds, or religion, instead, they want results.  This is why Jesus’ ministry spread throughout the land.  The woman with the issue of blood is a perfect example.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 8:

40  When Jesus returned to Galilee, the crowds were overjoyed, for they had been waiting for Him to arrive.

41 Just then, a man named Jairus, the leader of the local Jewish congregation, fell before Jesus’ feet. He desperately begged Him to come and heal his twelve-year-old daughter, his only child, because she was at the point of death. Jesus started to go with him to his home to see her, but a large crowd surrounded Him.

43 In the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years from slow bleeding. Even though she had spent all that she had on healers, she was still suffering.

44 Pressing in through the crowd, she came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of His prayer shawl. Instantly her bleeding stopped and she was healed.

45 Jesus suddenly stopped and said to his disciples, “Someone touched Me. Who is it?” While they all denied it, Peter pointed out, “Master, everyone is touching You, trying to get close to You. The crowds are so thick we can’t walk through all these people without being jostled.”

46 Jesus replied, “Yes, but I felt power surge through Me. Someone touched Me to be healed, and they received their healing.”

47 When the woman realized she couldn’t hide any longer, she came and fell trembling at Jesus’ feet. Before the entire crowd she declared, “I was desperate to touch You, Jesus, for I knew if I could just touch even the fringe of Your robe I would be healed.”

48 Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in Me has released your healing. You may go with My peace.”

Jesus was being “thronged” by the crowds because of the signs and wonders following His ministry.  The woman knew of this and was desperate even though she was deemed “unclean” by the religious leaders.  The doctors took her money yet produced no results.  More pharmaceuticals are not the answer to today’s challenges.  Elimination of the demand for such alternatives is the answer.

49 While Jesus was still speaking to the woman, someone came from Jairus’ house and told him, “There’s no need to bother the Master any further. Your daughter has passed away. She’s gone.”

50 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Jairus, don’t yield to your fear. Have faith in Me and she will live again.”

51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, and Jacob—along with the child’s parents— to go inside.

52 Jesus told those left outside, who were sobbing and wailing with grief, “Stop crying. She is not dead; she’s just asleep and must be awakened.”

53 They laughed at him, knowing for certain that she had died.

54 Jesus approached the body, took the girl by her hand, and called out with a loud voice, “My sleeping child, awake! Rise up!”

55 Instantly her spirit returned to her body and she stood up. Jesus directed her stunned parents to give her something to eat and ordered them not to tell anyone what just happened.

Am I ready to raise the dead?  I am quickly moving in that direction.  My faith is increasing as The Holy Spirit directs me to write these blogs.  Now is the time!

How About You?

Tuesday, January 10th, 2023

FATHER gives us HIS Spirit and we give HIM our bodies (flesh) so we become a Christian (Christ-like).

A Christian is the combination of GOD and you together and HIS Divine Intent for you to be led by HIS SPIRIT in all matters, not just a few.

Jesus didn’t send THE SPIRIT around to minister, He went because He was sent.

Luke wrote by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 4:

1   Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Jesus walked in the flesh and was led by THE SPIRIT to minister salvation and healing to all the world.  We are to do the same.  He is our Model.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 3:

17  “God did not send His Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!

And the Beloved disciple recorded in John chapter 3:

34 “The One whom God has sent to represent HIM will speak the Words of God, for God has poured out upon Him the fullness of the Holy Spirit without limitation.

And in John chapter 4:

34 Then Jesus spoke up and said, “My food is to be doing the Will of HIM Who sent Me and bring it to completion.”

HE WHO is Love in action is living through you and me today.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:

8  Philip spoke up, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be all that we need!”

9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I’ve been with you all this time and you still don’t know Who I am? How could you ask Me to show you the Father, for anyone who has looked at Me has seen the Father.

10 Don’t you believe that the Father is living in Me and that I am living in The Father? Even my Words are not My own but come from My Father, for HE lives in me and performs HIS miracles of power through Me.

11 Believe that I live as One with My Father and that My Father lives as One with Me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.

The greatest revelation throughout history is that Jesus showed us Our Heavenly Father in the flesh!  We are GOD’S offspring so we should live in the same manner.  These teachings are to lead us into the fullness of that revelation.

Religion wants to control us and keep us from this revelation.  They want us to submit to their agendas and use up our resources at the same time.  In the meantime, the poor are starving while they build another building and expound their costly doctrines through the media.  Their doctrines healed no one during the pandemic.  They shut their doors and cowered down to the disease rather than do what Jesus did… heal the sick! 

The “church” failed in its mission to mature the saints so that they could rise up and confront the “disease of the week”.

My focus is to walk as Jesus walked so that people will see Jesus in me and that He will get all the credit for the ministry given to me to accomplish on this earth.  How about you?

Questions

Monday, January 9th, 2023

What we have, the whole world wants and needs!

No Muslim can heal a leper.  No Buddhist can restore sight to the blind.  No New Ager can heal the sick.  GOD’S priority is healing people in all areas of their lives.

Inferiority comes from lack of knowledge of The Word.  Without seed, you won’t reap a harvest.  It is vital for us to understand Psalm 139:16 and embrace the Truth contained therein:

Psalm 139:16 TPT

You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days YOU planned for me were already recorded in YOUR Book.

Psalm 139:16 NKJV

Your Eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your Book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

It doesn’t matter which version you read, the same meaning is there!

Jesus gave us the same power that The Father gave Him… for even greater works.  It is a matter of us accepting and embracing this Truth.  Jesus is our model both to follow and inspire us.

We will respond to Jesus or to those voices in the world. Which will determine our path in life?  Do we respond to the permanent or the temporary?  The early church imitated Christ but what about today?  Is His ministry still applicable in this world?

Are only certain people vessels of GOD?  Absolutely not!  To whom did GOD entrust HIS miracle power?  To you and me!

What makes you and me credible and believable?  What proof can we offer that Jesus is alive?  Do Christian rituals (ceremonies) without miracles have life-changing power?  If we don’t share Jesus Christ, is it because we really don’t believe in Him?  We share everything we believe in!

Can you tell me one thing Jesus Christ can do in your community without a body to do it in?

Can The Holy Spirit do GOD’S work without us?

Can we send angels to minister in our place?  No!  Paul couldn’t and neither can we.  Can angels do the work that Jesus commissioned us to do?  Again, no!

In a previous writing I asked, how big can possible be in you?  He will be no bigger in any community than He is in you.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 5:

19   Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

20 For the Father Loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.

We are Sons too!

And in chapter 15:

5  “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

A fruitful life is attained by Jesus working through us that we may glorify Our Heavenly Father.  Without Him, we are nothing.

Prophetic Seed

Sunday, January 8th, 2023

Seed power is the ultimate power. Do you believe in seed?

The seed will only produce after its own kind.  If you plant wheat seeds, you will harvest wheat.  Seed is actually prophetic for it sets a true expectation.

The Word which is supernatural seed, is what you and I are to plant as we go forth.  If we plant Love, ultimately we will harvest Love.  If we plant unity, unity will come forth.

Does a farmer only plant one crop and then quit?  No, he continues the planting and harvesting cycle so that his storehouse is never empty.

The worst disease a person can have is that of a surrendered will, an emptied life of neutrality without focus, without commitment to do something.

Say yes to GOD’S best for that is what glorifies HIM in your life.  Our mission is to serve GOD by serving people and it all begins with Love.  You and I are accountable for what we are called to do and say on HIS behalf.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:

6  Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with Me. To know Me is to know My Father too.

7 And from now on you will realize that you have seen HIM and experienced HIM.”

15  “Loving Me empowers you to obey My commands.”

These Words are crucial to our understanding of who we are in Christ.  Why spend effort trying to determine the times and the seasons when you should focus on Jesus, Loving Him, and doing His commands?  Why focus on numerology in Scripture when we should focus on the Great Mathematician Himself?

We must place our complete dependence on Christ in us.  Without Him, I can do nothing!  If it were not for Him, I would have died in 1984 from a life-threatening disease.  Four other times, He delivered me from death so no one can convince me to follow anyone else. 

Jesus is alive in me and continues to sustain me as I fulfill my calling given to me before I was formed in the womb.  I testify to all that will listen!  Yes, there are those who discount my testimony because they are protecting their mindset.  However, I will continue to plant seed into the hearts of those who are willing to embrace Reality.

Once you come to the realization that your spirit is perfect and that you have the required resources deposited in you, you can be assured that you have been sent from God to minister to whomever.  You are HIS messenger in the same way that Paul, Peter, John, and others were sent by HIM. 

Don’t discount what I am writing to you!  Don’t allow the adversary to convince you of anything less for he knows that when you embrace these Truths, his impact will diminish in your life as well as those you touch.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 4:

34  Then Jesus spoke up and said, “My food is to be doing the Will of Him Who sent Me and bring it to completion.”

35 As the crowds emerged from the village, Jesus said to His disciples, “Why would you say, ‘The harvest is another four months away’? Look at all the people coming—now is harvest time! For their hearts are like vast fields of ripened grain—ready for a spiritual harvest.

36 And everyone who reaps these souls for eternal life will receive a reward. And those who plant spiritual seeds and those who reap the harvest will celebrate together with great joy!

37 And this confirms the saying, ‘One sows the seed and another reaps the harvest.’

38 I have sent you out to harvest a field that you haven’t planted, where many others have labored long and hard before you. And now you are privileged to profit from their labors and reap the harvest.”

Believe Who is in you when you touch people!

Sent By Jesus

Saturday, January 7th, 2023

You and I have the same ministry as Jesus did.

Matthew wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 4:

23  Jesus ministered from place to place throughout all of the province of Galilee. He taught in the synagogues, preaching the hope of the Kingdom realm and healing every kind of sickness and disease among the people.

24 His fame spread everywhere! Many people who were in pain and suffering with every kind of illness were brought to Jesus for their healing—epileptics, paralytics, and those tormented by demonic powers were all set free. Everyone who was brought to Jesus was healed!

Multitudes will follow us when we heal them by the Name of Jesus.  We don’t preach a philosophy or a religion, we preach a reality that must be confirmed by signs and wonders.  This Truth is why Jesus’ fame spread everywhere and the Kingdom of God began to spread throughout the country.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 17:

17  “Your Word is Truth! So make them Holy by the Truth.

18 I have commissioned them to represent Me just as You commissioned me to represent You.

19 And now I dedicate Myself to them as a Holy Sacrifice so that they will live as fully dedicated to God and be made Holy by Your Truth.”

Jesus made us Holy and we have been commissioned to be sent to this lost world on His behalf.  Jesus came and showed us how to do it!

Jesus came to show us GOD.  He came also to show us, US!

Once we were born again, our spirits became perfect and complete.  Once that occurred, our mission is to renew our minds so that we can represent Jesus to the world.  As we do, our bodies will respond to The Word.

20  “And I ask not only for these disciples, but also for all those who will one day believe in Me through their message.

You and I are included in this prayer!

21 I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as You and I, Father, are joined together as One. I pray for them to become One with Us so that the world will recognize that You sent Me.

22 For the very glory You have given to Me I have given them so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that We enjoy.

23 You live fully in Me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that You have sent Me, for they will see that You Love each one of them with the same passionate Love that You have for Me.

It is vital that we believe these Words of Jesus!

Matthew wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 28:

18  Then Jesus came close to them and said, “All the authority of the universe has been given to Me.

19 Now go in My authority and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

20 And teach them to faithfully follow all that I have commanded you. And never forget that I am with you every day, even to the completion of this age.”

Do you believe that GOD is in you as HE was in Jesus while He walked the earth?  We are to rely on that reality as we go forth.

As Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:

27 Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a Heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!

Forty Days

Friday, January 6th, 2023

What is the highest degree of reality?  It is when history and experience come together!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:

1  Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

2  And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”

5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

6 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.”

7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.

Peter and John finally understood the ministry of Jesus after their forty-day class with Him.  No longer were animal sacrifices required.  No longer was the altar needed for the remission of sins.  Jesus eliminated all of the implements previously required.  It was time for the people to see the results of Jesus’ ministry after His resurrection.

12 So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.

14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

16 And His Name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Peter finally had the revelation of Christ’s resurrection as well as the power and authority of His Name.  It wasn’t Peter that healed the man, it was Jesus working in Peter.

17 “Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

This is what Jesus taught the disciples during those forty days and Peter went on to communicate this revelation:

19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,

21 whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His Holy prophets since the world began.

Before Jesus gave the disciples the revelation of The Kingdom, they did not see the full understanding of what the Holy prophets were pointing to in their messages.

22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.

23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

25 You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

26 To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

Peter and John spent 3 ½ years with Jesus but did not understand The Plan until their eyes were opened during the final forty days of ministry before Jesus ascended.  You and I have the benefit of not only the revealing of Jesus in The Gospels, but also the deeper revelation given to Paul.

Let Jesus work in us and through us in a greater manner this year!  Let history and experience come together through you and me.