Mission Hills Church
The greatest thing keeping us from the life God has for us might just be…us. We have a choice: hide behind the comfortable and the familiar, or step into the unknown…and a life unleashed.
Information doesn't drive transformation.
But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. (1 Cor. 8:1-2)
Acts 9:32 NIV
But it came to be that Peter was travelling about through all places… (CLT),
Acts 9:33 NIV
Here a great number of disabled people used to lie-- the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. (John 5:3-5)
Acts 9:34 NIV
John 5:8 NIV
The more Peter followed Jesus on mission, the more he became like Jesus.
Acts 9:35 NIV
Acts 9:36 NIV
Acts 9:37-38 NIV
Acts 9:39 NIV
The widows were wondering, "Who's going to provide for us now?"
Acts 6:2-4 NIV
Luke 20:45-47 NIV
Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. (Acts 9:40a)
This is a demonstration of humility.
Turning toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." (Acts 9:40b)
// Jesus took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (Mark 5:41)
// Turning toward the dead woman, [Peter] said, “Tabitha koum!” (Acts 9:40b)
She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. (Acts 9:40b-41)
This miracle wasn’t proof of Peter’s power, it was proof of Peter’s willingness to humbly serve the powerless.
Acts 9:42-43 NIV
If we want to become like Jesus, we have to humbly serve others in need.
How will I humble myself and follow Jesus on mission by serving someone in need this week?