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Thank You.” You are to leap and to rejoice and say, “Thank
You, Lord!” If you see a Christian live like that, that’s fruit!

Sometimes Christians are called to take care of the elderly and
that’s not always pleasant. It can drain your resources. You
need a miracle. I took care of my stepfather. He was very mean.
One time my wife made a meal and he said, “Give that to the
dogs.” My wife didn’t say anything but I saw 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