Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. 2 A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money.
Acts 3:1-3 (CSB)
1. The church’s ministry lies in the path of its members.
2 A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.
Acts 3:2 (CSB)
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money.
Acts 3:3 (CSB)
4 Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.”
Acts 3:4 (CSB)
2. You have something that everyone needs.
5 So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.
Acts 3:5 (CSB)
6 But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Acts 3:6 (CSB)
7 Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.
Acts 3:7 (CSB)
12 “Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:12 (CSB)
8 So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
Acts 3:8 (CSB)
3. Your ministry to one multiply to many.
8 So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
Acts 3:8 (CSB)
9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Acts 3:9-10 (CSB)
10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Acts 3:10 (CSB)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Cor. 1:3-4 (CSB)