Miracles, signs and wonders 12-29-25, Elevations first step

“If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?”

What is a miracle?

What is a sign?

What is a wonder?

When we walk through trials, uncertainty, and pain, we don’t usually stop to define those words—we just hope they still exist. We ask ourselves quietly: Are miracles still real today? Will I see what I read about in my Bible in my own life? How do I keep going if this doesn’t turn around? What will happen to our church? Who will guide us?

Those thoughts hit me all at once Monday, December 29, around 5:00 p.m., when I spoke with Pastor Kim. She told me that Pastor was going into surgery—and the doctors did not expect him to survive.

Those thoughts are natural. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt can show up instantly. We may not be able to stop them from coming—but we can choose what we do with them.

That’s where Romans 12:1–2 becomes more than a Scripture we quote. It becomes something we live.

Not just words we read.

Not just a rally cry.

But a decision we make in the moment.

It’s easy to stand in a pulpit, in small groups, circles if you attend Elevation, or post faith-filled words on social media. But when the impossible is staring us in the face—when the most educated voices tell us something we don’t want to hear—we have to act on what we believe.

That’s when we take every thought captive.

Instead of letting fear speak, we let the Word speak:

• No weapon formed against me shall prosper.

• I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken.

• He is closer than a brother.

• By His stripes we are healed.

• What is bound on earth will be bound in heaven.

• If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and seek My face, I will heal their land.

First steps matter.

They always have.

A few years ago, I was sitting in the sanctuary at Elevation Indy. The chairs were arranged differently than they are now, but I remember exactly where I was—left side of the aisle, near altar time. The Spirit of the Lord spoke to my heart and said:

“I didn’t save you at the altar. I saved you when you took your first step.”

The world tells us to step back and evaluate.

The Kingdom tells us to step forward in faith.

What I witnessed that week was a daughter, a wife, a church body, a community—people from everywhere—coming together with one heart, one purpose, and one agreement: prayer.

It began with Pastor’s daughter, Samantha. When she heard the news, she fell immediately on her face before a holy God. That was her first step.

Then Pastor Kim says open the church and pray.

Then the church showed up

And when people couldn’t be there, they prayed where they were.

Soon the question became, “Who else can we tell? Who else can join this prayer?” Because there is power in prayer.especially a unified body of believers. We had people in 18+ states and 15+ countries praying

I spent many hours in the hospital that week. I heard doctors say:

• “There’s nothing more we can do.”

• “This can’t be fixed.”

• “The kidneys are dead.”

Every one of those statements became a prayer point. Kim would turn to me and say prayer point, I wrote them down. I sent them to leaders. What medicine said was impossible, faith laid before God.

And as I look back now, I see a picture of what God always intended His Church to be—united, praying, believing, and walking out the very Word he professed to them since the beginning.

I won’t try to list all the miracles we saw that week—because I would miss something, and every one of them matters. But I will say this:

I saw our pastor who was given no hope to survive a procedure.

I heard nurses tell his wife to prepare for weeks in the hospital.

If he Survives the heart transplant. He’ll need dialysis forever.

And just under three weeks later, I was sitting behind Pastor in church, watching him worship.

Just when I think God cannot surprise me anymore, He shows His faithfulness, mercy, and goodness—again and again. Bigger and better than before.

The first steps of Believers are always the most important.What will be your first step going forward?

Do you really believe if God is for us, who can be against us?

So let me answer the questions we started with:

A miracle is what your faith believes God can do.

A sign is when what you believed in your heart becomes visible in front of you.

A wonder is when those who don’t know Christ see it and say,

“Tell me more about the man who did this.”

I leave you with this:

When the impossible shows up, your first steps matter.

Your first thoughts matter.

Your first response must be faith, hope, and trust in Him.

Jesus said in John 14:12–14:

“Whoever believes in Me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these… And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

When everything is shaking, take the first step toward Him.

That’s where miracles begin.