{"id":1915,"date":"2025-01-14T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christfellowship.me\/withholdtobehold\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:50:00","slug":"day-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christfellowship.me\/withholdtobehold\/2025\/01\/day-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read Acts 11 &amp; 12<\/strong><br>Chris Ivanich<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Acts 11:17<\/strong><br><em>If God gave them the same gift He gave us \u2026 who was I to think that I could stand in God\u2019s way?<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God\u2019s plan is bigger than human expectations, breaking barriers to bring salvation to every nation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often encounter walls of division, doubt, and fear that seem insurmountable. Yet God\u2019s power knows no limits. Just as He broke barriers to invite the Gentiles into His family and freed Peter from prison through the prayers of the church, He still moves today. God invites us to trust Him, even when circumstances appear impossible. Our obedience, prayers, and faith can become vessels for His breakthrough, freedom, and transformation in our lives and the world around us.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, the breakthrough doesn\u2019t look the way we expect. God may choose to work in small, unseen ways before revealing the fullness of His plan. Our role is to remain faithful\u2014praying persistently, acting in obedience, and trusting His timing. Just as Peter stepped out in faith to follow God\u2019s vision, we, too, must be willing to surrender control and let Him lead. Human barriers or circumstances do not limit God. He delights in working through His people, building bridges of hope, restoration, and reconciliation. Even when the path forward feels unclear, we can trust that God is breaking through for His glory and our good.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Application:<\/strong><br>Think of an area of your life where barriers may need to be broken. How is God calling you to step out in faith and trust in Him for a breakthrough?\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prayer Prompt:<\/strong><br>Ask God to give you the boldness to share His love beyond boundaries and to trust Him to move where only He can.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listening Prompt:<\/strong><br>Where is God inviting you to join Him in unexpected ways today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christfellowship.me\/withhold-to-behold-2025-testimonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Share with us how you have experienced God during this fast!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Acts 11 &amp; 12Chris Ivanich Acts 11:17If God gave them the same gift He gave us \u2026 who was I to think that I could stand in God\u2019s way?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-6"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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