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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
this; 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.

As the soil is related to the plant, as the branch is related
to the vine, as the wife is related to the husband, so then we can
produce fruit. If your life can be explained in any other way but
God, you haven’t understood the message. If someone looks at
your life and says, “Oh, he’s that way because he has a good
personality. He’s that way because he had a good education.
He’s had a lot of experience. He has a good program. He has
spiritual discipline. He gets up early and he prays and he reads
his Bible. He knows how to fast.” If someone explains your