GOD MOVES THROUGH OUR LIMITATIONS
Message Date: 5/7/23
Speaker: Pastor Rod Hidalgo

God Moves Through Our Limitations

What comes to mind when you hear the word “limits”?

There is something in all of us that wants to live

our limits…

The Early Church had lots of

.

Acts 3:1

Peter

John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock

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service.

They were doing ministry

.
They were in the habit of

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.

Acts 3:2

As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.

Divine appointments are sometimes dressed up as

.

Acts 3:2

When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some

.

The lame man asked for what he

he needed.

Acts 3:4-8

Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!”

The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some

. But Peter said, “I don’t have any

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or

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for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”
Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and

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God, he went into the Temple with them.

Because of their limitations, Peter and John could only give what they had.
God moves through our limitations.

Acts 3:9-11

All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God. When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely

! They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.

The miracle was not the end point!
It was the

for the Good News to be shared.

Acts 3:12-15

Peter saw his

and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?

For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him. You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. You killed the author of life, but God

him from the dead. And we are

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of this fact!

Our greatest need is

.

“Oddly enough, the will of God is contained in the very limits that we try to sidestep or ignore” —–Ruth Haley Barton. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

God Moves Through Our Limitations

What is an area that you have been frustrated because of your limitations?

“…Life at this body, at this age and stage. Life in this personality… Life in this community… Life in the midst of this calling…” —-Ruth Haley Barton

2 Corinthians 12:9

“My

is all you need. My power works best in

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.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

God Moves Through Our Limitations

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