When God does something miraculous, it is usually for something bigger than the person who he did it for.

Dr. Tony Evans says God demonstrates his power for a purpose.

So the whole point is to seize opportunities when God has come through in a unique way, to be a witness, a testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

The Book of Acts is the story of the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of early church believers.

Today, Tony will tell us about the significance of one particular miracle

that teaches us about the importance of seeking what we truly need from God

rather than just what we want.

Let's join him.

We see the Spirit at Work in a situation in chapter 3, where Peter and John are on their way to prayer.

There is a man in verse 2 who's been laying from his mother's womb was being carried along,

whom they used to set every day at the gate of the temple which is called

beautiful in order to beg arms of those who were entering the temple we're told from chapter four

verse 22 that this man is 40 years old but it says that he was there he was lame from his mother's womb.

So we have a man who can't stand on his own two feet.

This man is dependent because he can't walk, so he has to be carried.

He has to be laid there.

He is poor because he's a beggar. He is physically limited.

He is hopeless and he's at the church house, the temple, looking for some money as the people went into worship.

He sees in verse three, Peter and John coming to go into the temple, and he asked them to receive arms.

He's begging for some financial help.

Peter, along with John, fixed their gaze on him and said, look at us.

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