{"id":66,"date":"2016-07-18T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T09:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:00:48","slug":"daily-devotional-in-acts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/acts\/daily-devotional-in-acts-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in Acts 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Acts-header-from-1611-kjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"153\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Acts-header-from-1611-kjv.jpg\" alt=\"Acts Header from a 1611 KJV\" class=\"wp-image-1505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Acts-header-from-1611-kjv.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Acts-header-from-1611-kjv-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Acts3.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br>In Acts 3, it is found that the Holy Spirit had used two disciples to perform a miracle.&nbsp;John and Peter told a lame man (Acts 3:2-8), who could not walk since birth, to get up and walk \u2014 and the man did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man&#8217;s unused, weak legs were instantly transformed, and he was healed. Not only could he walk, but his gratefulness could not be contained, and he leaped into the air and praised the Lord. That is why most miracles are performed so God will get the glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon, however, word of the supernatural occurrence spread. According to Peter, the crowd credited the two men for the healing.&nbsp;Instantly, Peter corrected their error, \u201c\u2026 why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our power or holiness we had made this man to walk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is still in the miracle-performing business.&nbsp;When God does the impossible, He should always be honored, never a man.&nbsp;The person used to do God\u2019s will is simply one that God used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, the Healer and the Changer of the impossible often gets forgotten, and God seldomreceives the glory for doing the incredible.&nbsp;People pray for an ailment or a bad situation to change. It is changed, but God does not get the credit. Others believe a certain \u201cman of God\u201d can change the situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preacher\u2019s prayers are honored, and the man is sometimes revered as responsible.&nbsp;Often, little credit is given to God.&nbsp;The man, medicine, or objects are just the vehicles God uses.&nbsp;God is the only one who can change anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has God answered prayer in your life?&nbsp;As little as the answer to a prayer or request may be, it still is a miracle.&nbsp;Did you thank God for answering your request?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\u201cWhen in doubt, give God the glory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Alms: gifts to the poor<br>Iniquity: Not a moral act<br>Restitution: a sum compensating for another&#8217;s loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>Acts 3<br>1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.<br>2 And a certain man lame from his mother&#8217;s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;<br>3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.<br>4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.<br>5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.<br>6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.<br>7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.<br>8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.<br>9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:<br>10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.<br>11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon&#8217;s, greatly wondering.<br>12 \u00b6 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?<br>13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.<br>14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;<br>15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.<br>16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.<br>17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.<br>18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.<br>19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;<br>20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:<br>21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.<br>22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.<br>23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.<br>24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.<br>25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.<br>26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:In Acts 3, it is found that the Holy Spirit had used two disciples to perform a miracle.&nbsp;John and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_374886073925309_111414703907598":"","twitter_429426831_429426831":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14,28],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acts","tag-jesus","tag-prayer","wpcat-27-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9351,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/9351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}