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Feb.16.07: Light for the Day - "Miracles"
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(VN) (C) (K) (S) (F) (It) (De) (Ar) ("Pray To Receive Christ") -- Jeremiah 33:2-3 2 This is what the LORD says, He who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it -- the LORD is His name: 3 "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." -- Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." -- Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." -- 2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your Faith. -- Hebrews 10:23-24 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the Hope we profess, for He who promised is Faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, But you shall be the miracle. -- Phillips Brooks The word "miracle" sound strange in this day and age. We have become too sophisticated to accept miracles anymore. It is sad that we have lost such a wonderful idea. A miracle used to be an event which was beyond simple explanation and understanding. Many people say that miracles don't happen anymore, if they ever did. If only people would open their hearts and begin looking more deeply than they are able with their eyes alone. When we see a beautiful sunset, it effects more than just our eyes. When we ponder the wonder of human life at birth, we are experiencing much more than a mere sensory event. The nighttime sky, the pounding surf of the ocean, the laughter of a child: all of these are miracles in a sense, and all of them are evidence of the wonder of God. It is a special joy to see the world with eyes open to miracles, and to feel life with a heart attuned to God's love. If we understand God, then we must believe in His miracles. Prayer: Make me a believer, Lord. Show me the multitude of miracles you have created and are creating. Let me understand creation the way you intended it. Amen. -- D&ND -- Ephesians 3:16-20 16 I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of His glory. I pray that He would give you inner strength and power through His Spirit. 17 Then Christ will live in you through Faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. 18 This way, with all of God’s people you will be able to understand how wide, long, High, and deep His love is. 19 You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. 20 Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power He can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. 21 Glory belongs to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity! Amen. -- Bible: Miracles The description of most miracles in the Bible are often the same as the common definition of the word: God intervenes in the laws of nature. God may suspend or speed up the laws of nature to produce a supernatural occurrence; God can create matter out of nothing; God can breathe life into inanimate matter. Jesus' miracles power: Cures, Exorcisms, Controlling nature, Power over death, Supernatural knowledge, ... Jesus can turn water into wine; Jesus can create matter of out nothing, and thus turn a loaf of bread into many loaves of bread, Jesus can revive the lives of people considered to be dead. Jesus can rise from the dead. -- Dictionaries: Miracle 1 An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God. 2 An effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause. Such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God. -- Quotations: Miracle An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected." -- A. P. Herbert If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. -- William James The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. -- Willa Cather A miracle is an event which creates Faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. . . . Frauds deceive. An event which creates Faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle. -- George Bernard Shaw When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. -- Helen Keller The most astonishing thing about miracles is that they happen. -- G. K. Chesterton What Every Computer Consultant Needs to Know: 1) In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. 2) Do not believe in miracles. Rely on them. -- Murphy's Computer Laws Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. -- Samuel Smiles In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- Henry Christopher Bailey -- Matthew 9:35; 10:1,8 9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and Healing every disease and sickness. 10:1 He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to Heal every disease and sickness. 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. -- John 6:2,14; 20:30 6:2 And a great crowd of people followed Him because they saw the miraculous signs He had performed on the sick. 6:14 After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." 20:30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not recorded in this book. -- John 14:11-18 11 Believe Me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has Faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it. 15 "If you love Me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever -- 17 the Spirit of truth. the world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. -- Acts 15:12; 19:11 15:12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 19:11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul. -- Romans 15:19 By the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. -- 1 Corinthians 12:28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of Healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. -- Hebrews 2:4 God verified what they said through miraculous signs, amazing things, other powerful acts, and with other gifts from the Holy Spirit as He wanted. -- Matthew 13:54, 58 54 Coming to His hometown, He began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked. 58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their lack of Faith. -- Mark 13:21-23 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, Here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there He is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect -- if that were possible. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. -- John 10:25-29 25 Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. the miracles I do in My Father’s name speak for Me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not My sheep. 27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are One." -- Revelation 19:20 The beast and the false prophet who had done miracles for the beast were captured. By these miracles the false prophet had deceived those who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. -- Exodus 4:28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and also about all the miraculous signs He had commanded him to perform. -- Numbers 14:11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? -- Deuteronomy 26:8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders. -- Deuteronomy 4:7-9 7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we Pray to Him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous Decrees and Laws as this Body of Laws I am setting before you today? 9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. -- Psalms 77:11-14 11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; Yes, I will remember Your miracles of long ago. 12 I will meditate on all Your works and consider all Your mighty deeds. 13 Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as our God? 14 You are the God who performs miracles; You display Your power among the peoples. -- Psalms 105:1-5 1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name; Make known among the nations what He has done. 2 Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts. 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Look to the LORD and His strength; Seek His face always. 5 Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced. -- Psalms 33:20 We wait in Hope for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. |