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What Does God Sound Like?
An Excerpt from Speak, My Soul If we are to hear our own soul speak, we Read More
Dawn Martin | Read Acts of the Apostles 3:12-16
Sometimes it’s easy for me to relate to the disciples and those we read about in scripture. At first glance, Peter seems to be admonishing the Israelites in these verses, reminding them of how they betrayed and rejected Jesus, and how they seemed to doubt and are amazed at the...
God of love, help us cling to the hope we have in Jesus, who offers us the “but yet” side of the story. Amen.
A repeating theme in scripture is our failure to recognize God’s work among us. In Acts, Peter declares that the death of Jesus happened because his fellow Israelites acted in ignorance. The psalmist decries the fact that so many people follow lies, yet God’s blessings for the faithful continue unhindered. John tells his audience to expect that the world will not recognize them as God’s children because the world did not recognize God to begin with. In Luke, Jesus appears to his doubting disciples. He proves the reality of his resurrection by allowing them to touch his body and by eating food in their presence. Only then do they feel certain that they recognize him. In what places in our lives do we not recognize God’s work?Martin
Read Acts 3:12-19. Recall a moment when you felt the presence of Christ in your life in an unexpected way. How does that moment stay with you when you feel overwhelmed?
Read Psalm 4. What inhibits you from crying out to God when you are in distress?
Read 1 John 3:1-7. How does your identity as a child of God empower you to deeds of love in your daily life?
Read Luke 24:36b-48. What story of the risen Christ do you have to share with others? How will you share your story?
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