THE MIRACLE AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE: A Beautiful Miracle Testimony of Healing
BEAUTIFUL is its’ Name!
Acts 3:9-10 (NKJV)
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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BEAUTIFUL is its' Name!
My day began much like yesterday
for these days are all much the same.
I was carried again to the Temple Gate-
BEAUTIFUL is its' Name.
Day after day I come to this spot
where I sit with my hand out and beg.
I hope that some generous person might give
to this cripple who can’t use his legs.
It was three o’clock, the hour of prayer
and the courts were starting to fill.
I held up my hands to each passerby,
yet they often came down empty still.
Then two men, together, approached the Gate.
They were two fishermen, I believe.
When I asked for alms, one replied, “Look at us!”
So I looked expecting something.
He said, “I do not possess Silver and Gold”
I listened as he continued to talk.
“But what I do have I give to you-
In the Name of Jesus Christ – WALK!”
He took my right hand, and helped me up.
My ankles and feet became strong!
I leaped to my feet and stood upright,
then I started to walk all alone!
I went inside the Temple with them.
I couldn’t stop praising the LORD!
I could stand! I could walk! For the very first time!
I’d received what I had prayed for!
The people all saw me Walk and Praise God!
Their faces showed they were Amazed!
They remembered the cripple who sat at the Gate –
BEAUTIFUL is its' Name!
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Acts 3:1-10
New King James Version
A Lame Man Healed
3 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to [a]ask alms from those who entered the temple; 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
THE MIRACLE at The Beautiful Gate of the Temple… Beautiful is its Name. It was a Physical Miracle. It was an Emotional Miracle. It was a Spiritual Miracle. All three areas of BROKENNESS; Healed, Whole, Delivered, Sanctified, Redeemed, and Restored!
What was it that allowed this man to receive his MIRACLE of HEALING? He had to Expect it. He had to Believe it. He had to Receive it. He had to Anticipate it, and Act on it. He had to STAND! He had to STAND on his Faith, or he would not STAND at all!
It was at the Hour of Prayer. It is always at the Hour of Prayer, at the time when we are Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually spent, and desperate for God, in the 9th Hour, when we go to meet with God, needing a MIRACLE of HEALING!
We are going to God with our Brokenness, in our Brokenness. We are going to the House of God, needing His Healing. Needing His Heart. Yet, we aren’t always allowed to enter in through the Gate! The Gate of Religion. The Gate of Pharasareism. The Gate of Humanism. The Gate of Traditionalism. The Gate of Racism. The Gate of Legalism. The Gate of Conformity. The Gate of Hypocrisy. The Gate of Man.
We go to the House of God, wanting to meet God there, to worship, to pray, to hear the Word of God, Spoken. We come seeking God, to hear from The Healing Heart of Heaven, but we are the outcasts, because we are different. Because we look different. Because we aren’t Beautiful. Because we are Broken. Because we Worship differently. Because we Believe differently. Because we have never Believed.
Abandoned at the Gate. We are left out. We are the lost ones. We don’t belong. We don’t fit in. We are forced to remain outside the walls of Community, unable to enter in, unable to serve God within the System. We are the outsiders. We are The Broken Ones.
The Broken Ones. The lame, the abandoned, the rejected. The abused, the misunderstood, the neglected. The Ashamed. The ones outside of the System. All needing Healing, and yet not always finding a welcoming entrance, through that Gate. Not always finding the Healing we have hoped for, withiin the Temple Gate, within the Church Doors, within the Religious Systems of the Day, within the Broken Body of Christ.
And yet, we need God! And yet, we meet God! GOD, in His Faithfulness, Mercy, and Love, meets us where we are, as we come to Him, at THE BEAUTIFUL GATE of His Temple. At The Beautiful Gate of His Heart, ALL may enter in!
He waits for us where we are, to come to Him as we are. He Sees us where we are! He Heals us where we are! Outside of the rules and regulations of the Law. Outside of the rules and regulations of the Church. Outside the Gate. We are the ones He came to Save.
Jesus Sees us! Jesus Frees us! Jesus Heals us!
My Glorious Abba Heavenly Father,
Thank You for The Beautiful Journey You are taking me on. You know my Heart. You know the Brokenness of my Heart, and the intimate places in my Spirit, my Mind, and my Body, where I need Healing and Restoration. I give them to You now.
Teach me to open my heart to Your Spiritual Truths, during this Bible Study BOOTCAMP. Please open my Spiritual understanding, that I might have Spiritual Eyes to see, Spiritual Ears to hear, and a Spiritual Heart to understand, that I may turn, and Be Healed, and Become The Beautiful One, You have called, and created me to BE! Your Beautiful Believer!
Please, help me to change my Toxic Thinking. Give me a Spiritually Transformed Mindset, from Brokenness to Beautiful! Your Word is Beautiful! I Believe! Forgive my unbelief. I thank You Father, for The MIRACLE of The Healing of my Broken Heart, right now. Thank You for my WARRIOR WINGS!
In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
MEET ME AT THE ALTAR
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Meet me at the Altar
Let me lift my arms in praise
Meet me at the Altar
With one voice my heart I raise
Meet me at the Altar
Let me raise my voice and sing
Meet me at the Altar
Let me worship Christ, my King
Meet me at the Altar
Let me worship in my pain
Meet me at the Altar
Let my heart be whole again
Meet me at the Altar
Sing a song of sacrifice
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Bring my offering to Christ
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Let me dance before my King
Meet me at the Altar
Let me praise with tambourine
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Let me stand in one accord
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Purify my heart, Oh LORD
Meet me at the Altar
Let me sing in suffering
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Let me give You everything
Meet me at the Altar
Let my Brokenness be healed
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Let my righteousness be revealed
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Let me worship on my knees
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Let me walk in love, and peace
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Let my heart be always true
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Let me only worship You
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Meet Me at the Altar
And receive my saving Grace
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Let my Power fill this place
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And be Healed of Brokenness
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In Me, you can put your trust
Meet Me at the Altar
I will meet you where you are
Meet Me at the Altar
Let No Fear keep us apart
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Come on Broken bended knee
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I will set my people Free
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I will wash you white as snow
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I will cleanse the past you know
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I will bring you LIFE again
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I will Heal the Hearts of Men
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I AM waiting for you here
Meet Me at the Altar
Let My Spirit draw you near
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Let My Loving presence fall
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Won’t you hear the Master’s call?
Meet Me at the Altar
I Inhabit ALL your praise
Meet Me at the Altar
King of Kings. Ancient of Days.
Meet Me at the Altar
Let My Glory fill this house
Meet Me at the Altar
I will pour My Blessing out
Proverbs 4:20-27 (KJV)
My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body.
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
