Grace, Mercy & Miracles

“When the word got out that Jesus was not far from Jerusalem, a large crowd came out to see him, and they also wanted to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. This prompted the chief priests to seal their plans to do away with both Jesus and Lazarus, for his miracle testimony was irrefutable and was persuading many of the Jews living in Jerusalem to believe in Jesus.”

‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭TPT‬‬

There are so many people that have powerful testimonies of God’s miraculous power in their lives, but out of fear or whatever reason, they don’t share it. God is good and people need to know how good He is and they will do that when everyone shares all that God has done for them. It might not be raising a person from the dead after four days, but it could be raising up a person to show up with the rent money that you were not able to pay and thought it was eviction day but then God supplied for all of your needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus!

My husband and I were invited to a dinner a few years ago with some old friends that we rarely see anymore and there was a powerful testimony that one of our friends had about a near death experience and a heavenly encounter, but when he tried to share it with the group at the table his wife became furious and told him to be quiet and not to share that story again.

I wanted to hear the testimony and so did the rest of the group. There were two unbelievers at the table who didn’t seem to care either way, but it was clear that he was meant to share that testimony in order to increase our faith and to bring those unbelievers to the reality that God is real and so is Heaven.

We finally convinced the man to share the story in spite of his wife’s objections. She was irritated with every word he spoke, but we were all very excited and afterward two other couples shared their miracle testimonies that would have never been shared otherwise.

I don’t know if that other couple turned to the Lord and got saved after that but I know that they would not be able to say they didn’t have a chance to do so after what was shared that night about the Lord Jesus and the love and mercy He had on all of our lives.

My point in sharing all of that was to help people understand that people need to hear what Jesus did for you so that they can believe and be saved! If you never tell anyone and just talk to other believers about the Lord, how will that help those who need to hear and be saved?

This kid is flying and having the best birthday ever because God is good and He provided for her even when her mother had nothing extra to buy her a birthday gift.

1000 backpacks are filled and taken to Mexico to help the families that couldn’t buy their kids school supplies, but God made a way for them to have all of their needs met!

This young man was living on the streets and had no one who would help him after he lost everything and gave up on ever getting a good future again. But God didn’t forget about him nor did He let him stay alone on the scorching Phoenix streets anymore! God is good even when we are not!

This dad and his three adorable children were separated for almost two or three years and all hope was nearly lost of him ever getting to see them again, but God not only let him see them again, but He put it on the mother’s heart to let them come and live with him here in the United States. They are from the Philippines but are now all legal citizens in America. Thank you Jesus!

Those are just a couple testimonies that I came up with as I looked at my pictures for the last week. How many great stories need to be told?

In the book of John, John says that if all the miracles of Jesus were written there wouldn’t be enough books in the world to contain them all! This is our God. He really is good all of the time. He is worthy of daily praise and reverence!