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How Do You Spell MIRACLE? by T.L. Osborn Do you need a miracle in your life? Well I’ve got news for you: You already have it! That’s right. You were created by a miraculous God, and through Jesus Christ you’re connected to a miracle. The only thing you need to receive your miracle is to discover who you are in Christ. When you understand who you are in Christ, you understand the miracle-working power Jesus has given you. You then become contagious and you can’t help but share His truth with the world! Spelling Out Your Miracle I want to help you take hold of whatever miracle you need in your life. So I asked myself how I could achieve that and I found the answer in the book of Acts. The first sentence says: "The former treatise have I made of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me" (Acts 1:1-4). In this passage we find seven milestones based on the word MIRACLE. So letter-by-letter let’s go through the word MIRACLE and discover how you can unlock your miracle. ‘M’ Is for Maturity Miracle success begins with maturity. When you discover who you are in Christ, you begin to measure your life and ministry by Jesus’ model. You begin to want what He wants for the same reason He wants it. Your starting point for spiritual maturity begins when you desire to do “all that Jesus began both to do and teach” (Acts 1:1). First Timothy 1:15 says, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Jesus came to save the lost and He wants you to do the same thing. When soul-winning becomes your passion, you are developing the maturity God desires for you to have. ‘I’ Is for Inspiration Jesus did all He did right up “until the day in which he was taken up.” His example is supposed to be the inspiration for the way you live your life. Think about that. Jesus never knew a failure. He never met a sin that was too bad to forgive. He never met a sickness He couldn’t heal. In essence, Jesus never met impossibility. Christ, the hope of glory, is in you—He is your inspiration. Follow His example. Just like Him, you can believe there is no failure, sin, sickness or impossibility you can’t overcome! ‘R’ Is for Ratification The definition for ratify is: “to approve or confirm; especially to give official sanction to.” You have been approved to continue doing and teaching all that Jesus did. God sent Jesus to redeem and justify you. Jesus sent the Holy Ghost to live in you. “He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments” (Acts 1:2). The Holy Ghost in you allows you to continue doing the things Jesus did. Ratification renounces anything that holds you back. It recognizes the challenge God has set before you to reach this lost world. Then it decides, accepts and agrees to meet that challenge. 16 : BVOV

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