"Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus." Acts 4:30
My question for the day.. As i sit here procrastinating the theology essay (that is due first thing tomorrow) I wonder...
Are there such things as miracles anymore? Does God still have control of power here on earth? I mean you here the scripture talk of people possessing the same power that Jesus Christ did when he walked on water, or raised people from the dead. But is it real? Do we have access to this power that God has bestowed on us through the holy spirit?
To the non-believer, this is all nonsense. To those who are naive to faith and christianity, they probably do not understand the promises made in the bible. But to those out there who can relate to this, the question goes out...
Do we have the power? Or have you seen such power? Have you experienced something miraculous?
I do not confess that i have a superb relationship with God, I do not proclaim that I have no doubt... But i do believe. Believe in God,and Jesus and all the rest, but sometimes I just wonder... I haven't seen any miracles, I have not witnessed a great event, or something that made me sit back and go wow God does exist..
So where does this line of questioning come from? This thought train you may wonder..
As week 15 ends, and no change has come to my habits, I tried really hard and made it through 3 days, but 3 days won't compose change, I need self-control, determination... and a need to not be afraid to do what i need to do. Tomorrow I start again. More than that, tomorrow I start for good no more bad days if I can help it. And while I stress about one aspect of my life the other seems to fall apart.
Hence the all nighter... If there is anyone that reads this.. feel free to comment especially if you know anything about the early theologians such as Clements of Alexandria, or Tertullian...
-Lost Girl
Dear Lost Girl,
ReplyDeleteI wrote a comment, but went over the space limit. So I've used copy and paste and posted a note about miracles in my journal.
This is the link: http://michaelappleton.blogspot.com/2010/03/miracles.html
Warm regards,
Michael
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I have had many miracles in my life. Maybe I could start a new blog, just to list all the miracles.
I have had a significant improvement in asthma. I used to need medication 3 times a day. Now I just take medication if is needed, which can be once in three months or once a day.
My wife was healed of gluten intolerance while praying for someone else about an unrelated matter!
Our daughter Anna-Joy had a lump behind her knee it was the size of a tennis ball. She was not in pain and was not hindered from walking. The doctors could not work it out, so they sent us to the surgeon for a biopsy. The surgeon did not want to touch it because it was in an area with lots of tendons. During the back and forth we were praying every day, and had asked others to pray too.
One day when giving Anna-Joy a hug and a tickle, I felt that there was no lump on the back of her leg. Thinking I had confused the legs, I checked the other one, but there was no lump there either. It really was a miracle. It just disappeared!
We had a cake to celebrate. Everyone still remembers.
Read more at http://michaelappleton.blogspot.com/2010/03/miracles.html