““For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.”
―Malachi 3:6
Following are the two new quotes I add to my quote file today, taken from two different books, read at different times. But notice how connected they are as we compare the first-century church with the twenty-first church.
- “We know from writings from the early church that miracles, not message, were the prime motivator for the conversion of the first Christian generations.” — Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age by Rod Dreher
- “It is much better to do things you cannot explain than explain things you cannot do.” — The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Another one of my favorite quotes comes from the investment world. It is what bad investors think just before jumping into a losing venture: “It’s different this time.”
That is exactly what large swaths of modern theologians and preachers tell us about miracles. They teach: “Its different now. God only worked miracles back in the first century.”
Why is that?
People are still the same.
Needs are still the same.
God is still the same.
The ONE THING for today: God is God, he doesn’t have to do anything just because we ask for it. But that doesn’t mean he won’t. Dare to ask. Dare to ask big! Don’t let others say no for you, let God say no.
I can’t explain it, but the evidence is clear, often God doesn’t say no!
And that is good news.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7
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The ONE THING 
Amen, Amen and Amen, Brother Kemp. A truly awesome Word for Today and everyday. Raised a Baptist, that was what I was taught for years. Then one day, in the prison infirmary, I was truly and wonderfully baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost. I came up off that bed of affliction and disease completely and totally healed and talking in tongues and my life has never been the same since. In 1993 I had two strokes could not talk right, had no use of my left side, Brother Charles and Sister Francis Hunter were holding services in San Antonio in October of that year, some 3 months after my debilitating strokes, I went believing God for a miracle, they laid hands on me, anointed me with oil and prayed for me along with the congregation, my right hand floated up to the sky, my armpit felt like fire, my leg shot out and began shaking like I had been hit with a live 220 electrical current, I broke and ran circles around the sanctuary for over 5 minutes. I was completely and totally healed, and to prove it went and bowled in a tournament the next morning. It was real and it has lasted for 32 years and counting, Praise the Lord, He is still the SAME, yesterday, today and forever. Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have been traveling lately and haven’t reviewed my blog account recently. Wow, what a wonderful testimony to have waiting on me! Thank you for sharing, your testimony is a great encouragement.
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