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that she was very hurt. I would walk into his room and he would
argue with me and be stubborn and would not let me help him.
When I walked out of the room, Lillian could tell if I was
trusting the Lord or not. I would leave the room so angry and
my face was red. So, the Lord gave me a prayer. I would stop
every day at the door before I went in and I would say, “Thy
life for my life in this.” I said it so many times that now the
grandchildren say it.
My grandson was ready to play baseball and the coach
took him out of the game and he prayed, “Thy life for mine in
this.” We need the Lord’s life. Fruit is a mighty miracle of
God. I had to walk into my stepfather’s room. It was my hand
but it was the Lord’s hand. This is real fruit.
When Peter did that miracle, he took no glory for that.
Acts 3:6, “But Peter said, ‘I do not possess silver and gold, but
what I do have I give to you; In the name of Jesus Christ the
Nazarene; walk!’” Acts 3:16, “And on the basis of faith in His
name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man
whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through
Him has given him this perfect health in presence of you all.”
Acts 4:7, “And when they had placed them in the center,
they began to inquire, ‘By what power, or in what name, have
you done this?’” Acts 4:10, “…let it be known to all of you,
and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ
the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the
dead – by this name this man stands here before you in good
health.” Acts 5:40-41, “And they took his advice; and after
calling the apostle in, they flogged them and ordered them to
speak no more in the name of Jesus, and then released them.”
Brothers and sisters in Christ, may God help us to see
us; who we really are! Peter was not representing the Lord from
a distant country. The Lord was living in Peter’s heart. It’s not
God in heaven and Peter on earth acting as a representative.
Peter wasn’t acting on God’s authority. The Lord was acting
on His own authority. It was the Lord that did that and that’s
the miracle life.

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