Sermon Cloud

This Sunday we continue our journey through Acts with a beautiful account of Christ's healing power unleashed through faith. Our Scripture reading reveals God's special affection for a very special people. This picture of the wonder of God's grace and how it comes to us and through us is a mystery that is both baffling and, at the same time, one that produces a reassuring hope and a powerful sense of purpose.  Today we are also going to participate in the Lord's Supper...another mystery that can baffle us as we try to understand it but, at the same time, can produce great reassurance, hope and a strong sense of our purpose. Though it may not seem obvious at first, there is a connection between the healing of this man crippled from birth and our Communion. Both of these point to what the Lord has done for us and what the Lord desires to do through us. We have been called to a healing experience as well as to a healing role and today we pray that the Spirit fills and prepares us as we read, reflect and share in the Lord's Table together.