![]() ![]() Today, make a choice: to live in do good in Jesus’ name, not your own. Instead, we must always trust in and do good through faith in His name. – We often trust in hard work or smart work. – We often trust in reputation and prior success. ![]() We are always tempted to do things trusting in something or someone else. When we, as God’s people, really do good in this world, we should do it through faith in His name. This should be a pattern for us in our life for God. Peter insisted that this amazing miracle was done through faith in His name. There is a sense in which the power of a person is present in their name, and their character is available in the name of the person. The lyrics’ call to praise him with our lives and proclaim our love for him is a reminder that through accepting God’s healing and love, individuals are called to live a life of gratitude and devotion to God. The name can express a person’s nature or character. In Biblical thinking, a name isn’t just something that you call someone. Jesus, With just one touch from your Almighty creative hand, You have healed the sick and raised the dead. In fact, Peter would not even take credit for the faith that was exercised in the healing ( yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness). For Peter, it meant that he consciously did this (Acts 3:1-7) in the authority and power of Jesus, not in the authority and power of Peter. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.īut to do something “in Jesus’ name” means far more than to say those words at the end of our prayer. To say, through faith in His name means more than that Peter said the words, “in Jesus’ name.” Many people have the custom of ending their prayer with the words, “in Jesus’ name.” This is based on the promise Jesus made recorded in John 14:13-14: And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Jesus was the reason he could walk, jump, and praise God. ![]() Peter said that it was in the name of Jesus that this man has been made whole. Peter told them how the man was healed – in the name of Jesus: His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong. When the one who could not walk was now walking, leaping, and praising God (Acts 3:8), it demanded an explanation. We don’t know if he was well-liked, but after begging in the same place for many years, he was probably well-known. ![]() After all, here was a man who was probably a well-known beggar at the temple courts. (Acts 3:16)Īs Peter preached to the excited crowd, he felt that he had to explain to them how the man was actually healed. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. As I stand in Your presence, I am reminded of the many blessings and benefits You have graciously bestowed upon me. Tomorrow we will learn about the importance of putting faith in action.And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Heavenly Father, I come before You with a humble heart, seeking Your divine healing for my life. For example, you can say “Deaf ear, in the name of Jesus open and start hearing now.” Speak to the body part that is sick and exercise authority in the name of Jesus, commanding that part be restored to perfect health. Putting it into practice: Whenever you pray for healing, speak to the problem in faith and give a word of command just as Jesus and His disciples did. In the name of Jesus, we were given authority to speak to circumstances and diseases and call miracles into existence! Paul ministered healing to a man that was lame from birth by speaking: “Stand up on your feet!” (Acts 14:10).Get up and roll up your mat." (Acts 9:34) Peter ministered healing to Aeneas, the paralytic of Lydda saying, “Jesus Christ heals you.Peter ministered healing to the paralytic man at the temple gate by saying "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." (Acts 3: 6-7).Jesus healed the man with the shriveled hand by commanding "stretch out your hand" (Matthew 12:13).The command prayer is by far the most used type of prayer to minister healing in the New Testament and unfortunately, the least used today. It is amazing to notice that most healing miracles performed by Jesus and the apostles were not the result of a petition prayer but of a prayer of command spoken with spiritual authority, as in the theme verse of our devotional today. Principle #6: Pray with spiritual authority ![]()
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