Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. 

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Acts 3:1-16 

While Peter and John were making their way to the temple to pray, they encountered a man with tremendous physical need. Instead of offering a smile and walking by, Peter and John stop, engage the man, and pronounce healing in the name of Jesus. Here, we see a sign of the church alive: Christians being used by God to relieve suffering in their city. After the healing, Peter explains to the crowd how this happened: By faith in the name of Jesus. Here in Acts 3, we see the gospel in the city, the gospel as both word and deed that changes lives and changes the city.