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Acts 9:32-35 (7/9/20)
* Peter - the man who denied Jesus - now walked in the same power of Jesus. How?
* Repentance.
* Then he sees a crippled man lying on a mat on the street.
* Vs 32-33 - beds are temporary places of rest, but for Aeneas it had become his permanent place of pain.
* Some people stay in their bed for comfort - fueled by laziness.
* Others stay in it for pain - fueled by hurt, doubt, fear, etc.
* Vs 34a - Peter gave credit to Jesus for the power that would flow through him.
* Vs 34b - a new day had come for Aeneas.
* 1) Get Up! Action precedes motivation.
* Pete did this when he “got out” of the boat and walked on water.
* Discipline - do what you don’t want to do.
* 2) Make Your Bed! The signal that you’re not coming back until it’s time.
* His bed represented sickness - it probably hadn’t been made in 8 years.
* But now it could be a place of rest.
* Little did Peter know the science behind making your bed and what it does for your productivity throughout the day.
* Science has shown that making your bed does several things for you:
* 1) It makes you happier.
* Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author and happiness researcher, says "When I was researching my book on happiness, making their bed was the number one most impactful change that people brought up over and over."
* In a survey of 68,000 people by Hunch.com, 59 percent of people don’t make their beds. 27 percent do, while 12 percent pay a housekeeper to make it for them. 71 percent of bed makers consider themselves happy; while 62 percent of non-bed-makers admit to being unhappy.
* 2) It lowers stress levels.
* It gives you the feeling of being in control of your life.
* 3) It makes you more productive - puts you in a productive mindset.
* It starts a chain reaction of other productive habits.
* Navy Seal William H. McCraven, commander of the forces that led the raid to kill Osama bin Laden, told UT graduates, "If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. And by the end of the day that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed."
* The result?
* Vs 35 - peoples’ lives will change!
* Peter didn’t stay in his bed of pain - that denial he regretted.
* He got up and made his bed, and now he walked in power!
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By David and Jason Benham* Peter - the man who denied Jesus - now walked in the same power of Jesus. How?
* Repentance.
* Then he sees a crippled man lying on a mat on the street.
* Vs 32-33 - beds are temporary places of rest, but for Aeneas it had become his permanent place of pain.
* Some people stay in their bed for comfort - fueled by laziness.
* Others stay in it for pain - fueled by hurt, doubt, fear, etc.
* Vs 34a - Peter gave credit to Jesus for the power that would flow through him.
* Vs 34b - a new day had come for Aeneas.
* 1) Get Up! Action precedes motivation.
* Pete did this when he “got out” of the boat and walked on water.
* Discipline - do what you don’t want to do.
* 2) Make Your Bed! The signal that you’re not coming back until it’s time.
* His bed represented sickness - it probably hadn’t been made in 8 years.
* But now it could be a place of rest.
* Little did Peter know the science behind making your bed and what it does for your productivity throughout the day.
* Science has shown that making your bed does several things for you:
* 1) It makes you happier.
* Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author and happiness researcher, says "When I was researching my book on happiness, making their bed was the number one most impactful change that people brought up over and over."
* In a survey of 68,000 people by Hunch.com, 59 percent of people don’t make their beds. 27 percent do, while 12 percent pay a housekeeper to make it for them. 71 percent of bed makers consider themselves happy; while 62 percent of non-bed-makers admit to being unhappy.
* 2) It lowers stress levels.
* It gives you the feeling of being in control of your life.
* 3) It makes you more productive - puts you in a productive mindset.
* It starts a chain reaction of other productive habits.
* Navy Seal William H. McCraven, commander of the forces that led the raid to kill Osama bin Laden, told UT graduates, "If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. And by the end of the day that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed."
* The result?
* Vs 35 - peoples’ lives will change!
* Peter didn’t stay in his bed of pain - that denial he regretted.
* He got up and made his bed, and now he walked in power!