WE ARE THE CHURCH – BOLD FAITH

Acts 3:1-6a

“Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. 2 As they approached  the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful  Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. 3When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some  money. 4 Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some  money. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you.”  

Acts 3:6-9 

But I’ll give you what I DO have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took the lame man by the  right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. 8He jumped up,  stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them. 9 All the people  saw him walking and heard him praising God. 10When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful  Gate, they were absolutely astounded! They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding  tightly to Peter and John.” 

They went straight from the upper room and walked into a miracle they didn’t know was waiting for them… 

Acts 4:23-24, 31

“On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders  had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. […] After they prayed, the place where  they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” 

Sometimes the things you WANT the most aren’t necessarily the things that you NEED 

Acts 3:2-4

“As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple  gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.” 3When he saw Peter and John about  to enter, he asked them for some money. 4 Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!” 

Acts 3:5-7

“The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you.  “But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took the lame man by the  right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.” 

Acts 3:8-10

He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple  with them. 9 All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God. 10When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen  so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded! 

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