God's Miracles Today: He Is Still Working for You

Introduction

One Sunday morning, the pastoral team welcomes pastors Daniel Giménez and Carina Sotto, visiting from Argentina with the CCNV. The day before, they were out on the streets of Marseille, telling passersby just one thing: "Jesus loves you." The pastor takes the microphone and tells you: this morning isn't more complicated than that. We're here to receive God's love. We haven't come to watch a show. We've come to draw near to Jesus. And he announces the theme of the service: today is a service of miracles. Not yesterday, not only in the Bible, not in some distant "maybe someday." Today. And he opens with this question for you: are you ready to believe that God can still act for you?

What this message covers

1. Leaving Nazareth, entering Capernaum

The pastor opens with a powerful image drawn from the gospels. In Nazareth, Jesus couldn't do many miracles because of the people's unbelief: they rejected him, they wouldn't believe in him (Mark 6:1-6). In Capernaum, by contrast, the town was full of people in need: the sick, people needing deliverance, people needing freedom. And there, Jesus was able to display his glory and power.

The message is direct: "This morning, we're going to Capernaum together." In other words: we're leaving behind the atmosphere of doubt and rejection, and stepping into the atmosphere where Jesus can act. If you came this morning carrying a need (body, heart, family, work, paperwork), you didn't come by accident. You came to a place where Jesus wants to show up.

2. Taking back what the enemy stole from you

The pastor invites you to take a spiritual stance. "This morning, we're going into the enemy's camp to take back everything he's stolen from you." He names them: joy, peace, hope, unity, prosperity, dreams. The service isn't passive, it's on the offensive. And he follows with these words Jesus speaks to Martha before raising Lazarus:

"Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?" (John 11:40, WEB)

Believe this morning. It's as simple as that. Look at yourself. Look at the night he went through on the cross: he's the one who brings the day. He rose from the dead. If you believe, you're standing in God's glory.

3. Faith is having without having yet

Pastor Daniel Giménez picks up with a very practical principle: faith is "having without having it yet." It's as if I already have it, even though I don't see it yet, but I have it. Jesus himself says it: "All things are possible to him who believes" (Mark 9:23).

He tells his own story: when I understood what faith really was, everything changed. Before, I would ask God for things and nothing would happen. I asked for years. Then someone told me: "You need to know God through the power of his word." I started speaking differently. One day I told my father: "Dad, I have a brand new car." He asked me: "Where is it?" I answered: "I don't have it yet, but I have it." He didn't understand. And a few months later, the car arrived. That's faith: speaking about what isn't yet visible as though it were already here, because God has promised it.

4. Being reconciled with yourself

One very strong theme comes back again and again: before you receive an outward miracle, you often need an inward reconciliation. The pastor quotes King David:

"Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God." (Psalm 42:5-6, WEB)

David speaks to his own soul. He doesn't resign himself to sadness, pain, or anguish. He commands his soul to hope. The pastor invites you to do the same: be reconciled with yourself. Maybe you've drifted from your desires, your plans, from what God had placed in your heart. Maybe you've grown used to living below what God wanted for you. Look at yourself in the mirror and speak back to yourself what God says about you. There is a potential in your life that cannot be put out.

5. The Pool of Bethesda: do you really want to be healed?

The pastor opens John 5. In Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there's a pool called Bethesda with five porches. A multitude of sick people, blind, lame, and paralyzed are waiting for the water to stir. One man has been there for 38 years. Jesus comes to him and asks:

"Do you want to be made well?" (John 5:6, WEB)

The man answers beside the point: "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me" (John 5:7). He looks at his circumstances, his years of pain, his failed attempts. Jesus then tells him: "Arise, take up your mat, and walk" (John 5:8). And the man gets up.

The pastor tells you: today, Jesus is asking you the same question. Do you really want to be healed? Do you really want to be free? He knows how long you've carried this burden. He knows you can't do it alone. That's exactly why he reaches out his hand: "I'm here to do it with you. Get up."

6. The Lord's Supper: healing through his flesh and blood

The service pauses to receive the bread and the cup. The pastor reminds us: on the night he was betrayed, Jesus took bread, broke it, and said to his disciples, "This is my body which is given for you" (Luke 22:19). Then he took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:20).

The bread doesn't turn into his body: it reminds you that Jesus gave his life for you. And by his wounds, you have healing (Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24). The blood of Jesus has secured you free access to God, with no other rule, no other sacrifice needed. Communion isn't a religious formality: it's the doorway to receiving what Jesus has already paid for.

7. The kingdom suffers the violence of faith

Toward the end of the message, the pastor quotes a saying of Jesus worth reading slowly:

"From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." (Matthew 11:12, WEB)

Here's the point he draws from it: there's a battle between the state you're in and what God has prepared for you. You can't stay conformed to your current situation if God has something else in store. You need to take your stand, believe, declare, and let go of sadness, anguish, and the spirit of resignation. This isn't magic, it's taking seriously what Jesus did on the cross and making it your own, concretely.

8. Testimonies from that very Sunday

The pastor doesn't preach into thin air. He shares what had just happened, here and during the campaigns in Argentina: a young man near the sound booth came asking for prayer for severe migraines, and the pain left. A sister had had tinnitus (a ringing) in one ear for four years; she said, "Today will be the day of my healing." She left healed. Another woman was set free from chronic migraines. And he goes even further back: he tells of a public square where a paralyzed man was waiting in his wheelchair. After the meeting, Daniel came up to him, took his hand, and told him, "Get up." The man stood up and walked home that very evening.

The message isn't "that happened far away, elsewhere, to someone else." The message is: "The same Jesus who did that is here this morning. Receive. If you believe, you will see the glory of God."

Key takeaways

• The spiritual climate changes everything: Nazareth (unbelief, rejection) blocks miracles, Capernaum (expectation, openness) makes them possible. Choose your inner camp.
• Faith is "having without having yet": speaking about what God has promised as a reality, before you even see it.
• Before the outward miracle, let God reconcile you with yourself. David speaks to his soul: "Why are you in despair?" Do the same.
• Jesus asks you the same question he asked the man at Bethesda after 38 years: "Do you want to be made well?" Say yes, take his hand, get up.
• Communion isn't decorative: it anchors you in what the blood of Jesus secured, including healing.

For your personal application

• How long have you been carrying the burden you came here to lay down? Are you ready to answer honestly the question Jesus asks: "Do you want to be made well?"
• What has the enemy stolen from you this year (joy, peace, hope, a dream, a relationship)? Name it before God and declare that you're taking it back in the name of Jesus.
• Is there a promise from God you can start confessing as "already yours," even though you don't see it yet?
• In what area do you need to be reconciled with yourself? Your body, your dreams, your story, your worth? Look at yourself in the mirror this week and speak back to yourself what God says about you.
• When was the last time you took Communion believing that Jesus offered healing too, not just forgiveness?

Scriptures cited

• Mark 6:1-6 · Jesus cannot do many miracles in Nazareth because of unbelief.
• John 11:40 · "If you believed, you would see God's glory."
• Mark 9:23 · "All things are possible to him who believes."
• Psalm 42:5-6 · "Why are you in despair, my soul?"
• John 5:1-9 · The Pool of Bethesda and the man sick for 38 years.
• Luke 22:19-20 · The institution of the Lord's Supper.
• Isaiah 53:5 · "By his wounds we are healed."
• 1 Peter 2:24 · By his wounds you were healed.
• Matthew 11:12 · "The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence."

FAQ

Does God still do miracles today?

Yes. The gospels show Jesus healing, delivering, restoring. After his resurrection, he sends his disciples to continue the same work (Mark 16:15-18), and he declares: "I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). The testimonies shared during this service (migraines, four years of tinnitus, a paralyzed man in a public square) aren't biblical exceptions: they're the normal fruit of a people who believe what Jesus secured at the cross.

Why does Jesus ask a man sick for 38 years whether he wants to be healed?

Because after so many years, a person can settle into their condition. They can look for reasons rather than healing ("no one puts me in the water"). Jesus isn't mocking him: he brings the paralyzed man at Bethesda back to a clear inward choice. The same question still stands today. Do you really want to be free, or have you grown used to your prison? Your answer shapes what comes next.

What does "having without having" mean for faith?

It's the principle of Hebrews 11:1: "Faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen." You hold the promise as though it were already reality, because the one who gave it is faithful. This isn't positive thinking detached from God. It's a heart anchored in what Jesus has said and done. You speak, you declare, you walk as though it's already yours, and God responds to that trust.