Sonntag, 22. Juli 2012

Acts9, 36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated,ç is çDorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, Please come at once! 39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. 40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning towards the dead woman, he said, Tabitha, get up. She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.

The Faith of the people from Lydda.
Tabitha was so dear to them - 1)they tried every thing what they thought they could, so they called Peter / Peter does not make the impression of being overwhelmed by their request. Being in a room with crying widows and a dead body is intense, 2)but he does the  same as Jesus ones did. He sends them out and prays. 3)And then he talks to a dead body. And then the dead body is a life again.

1)Having faith -> using every opportunity i have to go in the direction i have faith for. Even it is just a little thing i can do. If my faith is not their - Love is a great motivation for having faith! They loved Tabitha. /// Love + clear Goal:Even it makes your faith almost invisible: but some faith is still their. Then do it with this little faith :-) Miracles will happen! 
2) Imitation: It helps giving your faith form. Peter saw Jesus doing it before. Peter does exact the same thing. It is not the form, that God needs but the faith. But if i can imitate someone, i have less to think about and i'm free to concentrated on my heart and my faith. Imitation just helps - gives security.
Who do i imitate today? - Terry who he is interacting in fellowship :-) Awesome brother!
3) Peter is talking to a dead body after he prayed. When we pray, we connect withe invisible God. The God who has the hole universe in his hand and every soul living ore dead. If i pray, i connect to the life source and the all-knowing. I connect with the invisible and the other level, to the spiritual world, to behind the scene. If i pray to God, the creator is listening always and he is close. Nothing is impossible for God. Dead body are not dead anymore but alive. So Peter did not talk to a dead body after he prayed but to a sleeping women, because God did hear what Peter prayed.
PRAYER - THE ALWAYS MOST UNDERESTIMATED THING WE DO, COULD DO, SHOULD DO


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