| God performs miracles in order to R eveal His glory. |
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God
performs miracles in order to
Reveal Christ's glory.
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Scripture: This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him. John 2:11 Sample
Prayer: We
reckon Jesus Christ as Lord and everyone dead or alive will one day
profess He is Lord. We don't need to see Your glory in order to believe;
we just want to see it because it reminds us whose we are and what's
in store for us. We'd love to be reminded again today, Lord. |
| God performs miracles in order to Reveal His presence. |
Scripture: The LORD answered, "I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together." Judges 6:16 Sample
Prayer:
I love the feeling when I sense your presence all around me, Shammah.
You don't have to prove Your presence to me, when you make your presence
known, my fear is absorbed by my praise and I feel I can do anything
(by your power working in me). |
| God performs miracles in order to Reveal His messengers. |
Scripture: "This," said the LORD , "is so that they may believe that the LORD , the God of their fathers-the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob-has appeared to you." Ex 4:5 Sample
Prayer: The
fact you care what people think about me is too much to imagine, Father.
Knowing that you sometime authenticate my ministry through what you
do through me , makes me want it all the more. I'd love to see what
you can do through someone as weak and powerless as me! |
| God performs miracles in order to Produce obedience. |
Scripture: Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. Ex 16:4 Sample Prayer: I have no idea what you want to teach me Lord. I ask that you don't do anything "for" me because I deserve no favor from You. But if You will, teach me something through this situation and make it real clear so I won't miss the message while watching what You're doing. |
| God performs miracles in order to Vindicate Himself. |
Scripture: And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?" Ex 17:7 Sample Prayer: You don't have to prove who You are by doing anything. Forgive me if I act like I need evidence sometime. I trust you to do what works to Your benefit and not mine. You've already done enough. More and I may run out of words to praise You Lord. |
| God performs miracles in order to Produce faith. |
Scripture: Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:30-31 Sample
Prayer: If
I seem like I don't believe, it's because my faith is weak. If you can
increase my faith and if doing so, I can honor You, then do it. If you
give me a promise, I'll stand out of the way so there's no question
who did it and who gets the glory. |
| God performs miracles in order to Prove Jesus is Messiah. |
Scripture: Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[1] are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Mt 11:4-5 Sample
Prayer:
I need no evidence to prove You are whoYou say You are, Jesus. Neither
do I need a "sign" to make me believe. You came to seek me,
change me and use me. If working a miracle here profit Your work in
me and those I serve, do it and I'll be grateful to have been so blessed. |
| God performs miracles in order to Identify His disciples. |
Scripture: The things that mark an apostle--signs, wonders and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance. 2 Cor 12:12 Sample Prayer: Sometime its necessary to validate a minister. If my faith results in furthering Your kingdom and bringing You honor, that's all the recognition I need. If, on the other hand, You need to distinguish me from someone else, please forgive my tendency to think more highly of myself than I should. Revealing the Source of my faith is another matter altogether. |
| God performs miracles in order to Authenticate the Gospel. |
Scripture: I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done--by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. Rom 15:18-19 Sample
Prayer: Magnify
Your Word Father and use everything in our life to teach us. If doing
this thing we ask can demonstrate what trusting Your word can do, then
do it. Show us what we need to know and bless Your Word as we hear it,
read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it and apply it. Thank You
for the Word; it's life to us. |
| God performs miracles in order to Fulfill prophecy. |
Scripture: He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them." Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. John 12:40-41 Sample Prayer: Forgive us if we can't recognize how to pray in this situation. You've known us since before we were born. You know where we live and You know everything about us. You know where we will be tommorrow and have already spent countless ages with us. How can we thank you enough? If we here and we're impressed to pray, surely it was You who impressed us. Will you show us some of those Jeremiah 33:3 things we don't know so we can see something really big happen today? |