God Is Still Performing Miracles: Devotional Thoughts on Past/Current Miracles Performed by God

By Jacob Smith

The purpose of this book is to share and discuss pertinent scripture text as well as elaborating on the same, utilizing clear and precise language that can be understood by all its readers. This book also serves to enlighten the readers of the presence of God in everyday life. Hopefully, the readers will find something relevant in this book to encourage his/her life. Ultimately, this book was written to give hope to the readers understanding, that God is alive and still performs miracles in the believers life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524616311

Jacob Smith

Jacob Smith is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at Northwestern University and is the author of Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media (UC Press).

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© 2016 Jacob Smith. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/03/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-1632-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-1631-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016910518

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha RSV

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Six Miracles of Creation

Chapter 2 God, A Promise Keeper

Chapter 3 Jonah Encounters a Miracle from the Abyss

Chapter 4 God Delivered Me

Chapter 5 Jesus’ First Miracle, A Wedding at Cana of Galilee

Chapter 6 The Physical Resurrection of Lazarus

Chapter 7 Seeing to Believe

Chapter 8 The Miracle With Ten Lepers

Chapter 9 A Modern Day Financial Miracle

Chapter 10 God Meeting our Needs

Chapter 11 When The Spirit Meets The Spirit

Chapter 12 A Modern Day Miracle with a Snake

Chapter 13 A Living God in Action

Works Cited

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my wife Jattie, my daughter, Carol, my grandson Derrick (wife, Tamekia), and my granddaughter Stanisha (husband, Terrell).

A special dedication goes to my great-granddaughter Faith and my great-grandson Micah.

IN MEMORY

For introducing me to Jesus at a very young age, a commemorative dedication goes to my deceased parents, Johnny and Susie Smith. For bringing joy to my life, a very special dedication goes to my great-grandson Malachi who deceased, due to complications, shortly after birth.

Introduction

Have you ever read the Bible and maneuvered around the many miracles that God performed in the Old and New Testaments? Has the thought ever crossed your mind that God is no longer performing miracles (signs and wonders) in the 21st