Use What You Have: Walking in the Authority God Has Already Given You

Oct 29, 2026  •  PT

What if the answer to our greatest struggles has been in our pocket the whole time? That is the provocative question at the heart of this message, anchored in the familiar story of Peter and John at the temple gate in Acts 3. A man lame from birth sat at the Beautiful Gate every single day, doing the only thing he knew how to do -- asking for help. And every day, people walked right past him. The spiritual challenge here cuts deep: how often do we walk past the very people God has positioned us to help, not because we lack the ability, but because we lack the awareness? Peter and John did not have silver or gold, but they refused to let what they lacked define what they could give. They used what they had -- authority in the name of Jesus -- and everything changed. The message is clear: we have been handed a key. The question is whether we will take it out of our pocket and use it.