In His Image Ministries

Thursday April 27 Bible Reading:      Acts 3: 11 - 26 Topic:          The Purpose Of Miracles The miracle of the healing of the cripple at the Beautiful Gate shows that miracles are supposed to create an opportunity to preach the Gospel. The excitement over the healing brought a crowd of people and Peter and John used the opportunity to preach to them. Peter first explained that the miracle glorified and exalted Jesus (v. 13) and proved Him to be the Messiah. He then indicted his Jewish listeners for scorning Jesus, denying Him in the presence of Pilate, exchanging Him for a murderer and handing Him over to be crucified. Peter nevertheless had awesome good news for them: "Repent therefore and be converted that your sin may be blotted out ..." (v. 19) Through this miracle and the message that followed, about five thousand people were converted. ...

"An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. They were moving to a smaller house because they could not afford to stay in the present house after paying the doctor's bills. Only a very costly surgery could save him now and there was no one to loan them the money. When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother with whispered desperation, 'Only a miracle can save him now', the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her piggy bank from its hiding place in the closet. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Clutching the precious piggy bank tightly, she slipped out the back door and made her way six blocks to the local drugstore. She took a quarter from her bank and placed it on the glass counter. "And what do you want?" asked the pharmacist. "It's for my little brother," the girl answe...