More Than Coins: What Are You Reaching For?

April 14, 2026

More Than Coins: What Are You Reaching For?

April 14, 2026

This week on Just a Guy in the Pew, Victor and I walk through Acts 3—the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate.

This week on Just a Guy in the Pew, Victor and I walk through Acts 3—the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate. For over 40 years, he sat in the same place… asking for coins.

But when Peter and John show up, they don’t give him what he’s asking for—they give him what he actually needs:

Healing.

And it raises a hard question for all of us: What are you asking people and things for… that only Jesus can actually give you?

A lot of us are doing the same thing—settling for things that manage the pain instead of bringing it to Christ to be healed.

Jesus didn’t come so you could survive. He came so you could be restored.

In this week’s episode:

~ Why we settle for things that manage our wounds instead of heal them
~ The “coins” we keep reaching for—approval, comfort, distractions
~ What it really means to “look up” when we’ve been stuck too long
~ How Jesus doesn’t just want to help you cope… He wants to transform you

And maybe the biggest question of all:

What are you asking people and things for… that only Jesus can actually give you?

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