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The fourteenth chapter of the Book of Acts records the story of acrippled man whose destiny was changed after he came in contactwith the Apostle Paul. This man had been lame from birthand had never walked a day in his life. But after hearing Paul preachthe message of Christ, he was healed of a lifelong infirmity.By examining how this man was healed, we can learn simple stepswe can take to receive healing for ourselves.ACTS 14:7–107 And there they [Paul and Barnabas] preached the gospel.8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, andperceiving that he had faith to be healed,10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And heleaped and walked.// Craig W. HAGINFrom these verses, we can see that both Paul and the crippledman did three things before this healing took place.FirstPaul preached the Gospel. He didn’t preach his opinion or hispolitics or give a motivational speech. His message was simple: JesusChrist, and Him crucified (1 Cor. 2:1–2).Although Paul experienced a lot of persecution for the Gospel’ssake, he did not allow persecution to stop him from preaching thatGospel. In Acts chapter 13, we see that Paul and Barnabas were expelledfrom Antioch in Pisidia for preaching Christ. Instead of quitting,they just shook the dust off their feet and travelled to Iconium(Acts 13:51), and then to Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:6), where Paulcontinued to preach the Word of God boldly.18 rhema.org