JESUS ALWAYS EXCEEDS WHAT YOU AND I ASK OF HIM.

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But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” --Acts 3:6 Did you know that Jesus never does anything half way? It’s true. Jesus always exceeds what you and I ask of him. I’ll show you. There’s a remarkable story in Acts 3 that I want us to consider. The Scripture says there was a man who was born lame and had never walked. In fact, for 40 years the friends or relatives of this man had carried him to the gate outside the temple so he could beg for handouts. One day on their way to worship at the temple, Peter and John saw the man begging and stopped to talk to him. When they said, “Look at us,” no doubt the man looked up expectantly hoping for money. But what he got was so much more! Peter said, “We don’t have money, but what we do have, we give to you. In the name of Jesus, rise up and walk!” And he did. You see the lame man would have been happy with money, but when Peter reached out his hand, Jesus completely healed him! So let me ask you? What are you hoping Jesus will do for you? Look to Jesus expectantly to do more than you dream. Let your faith rise within you and stand in his name and his power. JESUS ALWAYS EXCEEDS WHAT YOU AND I ASK OF HIM.

Guard Who Influences You

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
Psalm 1:1–3

It is no surprise when liberal professors of religion deny the truth of God’s Word. We have come to expect it from what are regarded as the leading educational institutions in our country, despite the fact that some of those very schools were founded with the primary purpose to train preachers for the ministry. So when someone like Bart Ehrman, who teaches at the University of North Carolina said, “God, if He exists, cannot be Jesus Christ, or the God of the Bible” Christians are not shocked. What is shocking is that Ehrman grew up in church and described himself as a “born-again fundamentalist” at one point in his life. Whether he had been truly born again or not, I cannot know. But I do know that during his college and graduate training that his faith was undermined by the attacks of his professors, and today Ehrman calls himself an agnostic atheist.
There is no faith so strong that it cannot be overwhelmed if the influences in our lives all work to undermine that faith. We can keep faith in hostile cultures that speak out and work against it—just as men like Joseph and Daniel did—but we cannot keep faith if we allow those negative influences to direct our lives. No matter how gifted a teacher may be, if he does not believe the truth, he will not influence you toward God. As our society becomes more anti-Christian than ever, it is vitally important that we listen most to those who believe and speak the truth.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Be extremely careful about those you allow to influence your heart and your mind.