Does God Still Perform Miracles Today?
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Do you believe that God still does miracles? Do you live with a faith that only accepts the explainable? That relies on self-help rather than reliance on Christ? How much of your life is spent behaving as an atheist rather than a child of the one true God?
One year I went back over every prayer request I had written to see how God had responded. I kid you not every prayer was answered! How easily we take for granted his faithfulness. The record I kept opened my eyes to how much he loves me. How those words are not useless but are the most powerful practice I could engage in to help see my life excel towards grace and healing.
Why can we be confident that prayer matters? That our faith is something that produces change? Because the Bible promises that our prayers are heart! 1 John 5:14 says, “ And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”
If we are Christ followers, we don’t live by our own might or power, but we are called to rely on God’s Spirit to meet our needs (Zachariah 4:6). Prayers of faith are essential to our relationship with God because they boost our ability to trust in him. What good would it be to us to know a God who leaves us to our own broken devices? God only matters because knowing him changes us. It changes our eternal destiny. It gives us access to wisdom. Grace. Peace, Joy. Comfort. Healing. Power. Guidance. And the list goes on.
Don’t hold back in approaching God with your needs! He loves to lavish us with his love; it’s who he is. We aren’t putting him out but requesting grace to show up in our chaos-filled world. It’s exactly what he wants us to do! Bring Heaven down, that’s the point of this Christian life (Matthew 6:9-13).
Father, I thank you that you're a miracle worker! You have been showing up in the details of your people's lives going all the way back to the start of history. Your greatest miracle was the gift of your son, which paved the way for us to be a forever part of your family. For this we are so grateful and live in awe of your love that was displayed so boldly through a cross.
What grace you show in that you continue to offer us what we need beyond salvation from death and sin. You offer us healing. Your spirit guides us in wisdom. You give us assignments for our lives so we can feel your purpose. You bring Heaven down to Earth through us. Jesus in my life continues to bring Heaven down. Bring order to the chaos of my relationships, my body, my schedule, my community, my family, my worries, and more. I thank you for showing up in the details of life, in both the moments of abundance and the moments of despair. You never leave us or forsake us! Do what only you can do for me today. Amen.
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