Today's Bible reading is the 3rd chapter of the Book of Acts. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+3&version=NASB

The Spirit had come in a mighty way. The violent rushing wind. The tongues of fire. The apostles speaking in languages they did not know. And the obvious change that had been wrought in the life of Peter as he took his stand and preached Christ and Him crucified. Each one a testimony of the life, death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. In today's chapter we see God continuing to do His work in a mighty way. I suppose one might say that the first miracle recorded after the apostles were indwelt by the Spirit was their ability to speak in languages that they did not know. But the first miracle of healing they perform after Pentecost is the one that occurred at the gate of the temple called Beautiful as recorded for us in today's chapter. It was the place where a certain man was carried by others everyday and set down to beg alms. This was the man's daily life. He had been lame "from his mother's womb" we read. It appears that he had never stood or walked as a child or as a man. Peter and John were going to the temple to pray when Peter "fixed his gaze" on the man. The man turned his attention to them we read, and thinking perhaps that they were going to give him something Peter said those famous words. "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene - walk!" Peter seizes the man by his right hand and raises him up as God gives strength to the man's feet and ankles. And with a leap the man stands upright and begins to walk as he enters the temple with Peter and John, "walking and leaping and praising God". As we saw in yesterday's chapter, those witnessing the miracle were filled with amazement and wonder. It has been several centuries since that day when the man born lame was made well but I know this for certain. God continues to glorify the Lord Jesus as He causes men who have been born spiritually lame from their mother's wombs to walk for the first time in newness of life in Christ. He did so for me. Praise God.