Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”
As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died.

Why do I try to hide things and not surrender things to God. All he really wants us to be honest with our thoughts and actions.

I think I have been crippled since birth in one way and/or another.

For everyone was praising God for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

So why is it so hard to have a true healing kind of faith.

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

Lord God; I want to be bold in my faith and be healed from my sin nature to become whole with you. In Jesus name, Amen.

Lord God, How much more to I need to surrender to understand your Word. Please help me to understand.

Paul opened his letters with this statement “A slave to Jesus Christ”. I need to surrender to Jesus wholehearted or remain a slave to sin.