“Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city.” (Acts 8:5-8)
Philip preached Christ to the city of Samaria. Many heeded Philip’s message because of hearing and seeing the miracles that accompanied his preaching. We need miracles today to accompany the preaching of God’s word! Miracles will cause more people to receive Jesus. What kind of miracles happened in Samaria? People were healed and delivered of demonic spirits. As a result, there was great joy in that city.
Notice that a city can experience great joy! Why not St. Cloud? May we press in for God to do miracles that more people will receive Jesus and that there might be great joy in St. Cloud!