by Cathy Vinson

Does anyone anymore argue the finality of death? The very smell of it falls right into the unoccupied and respected chamber of impossible where we dare not enter. It conveys "boundary" and "limit" of all we have learned exists.

In a matter of speaking we all have probably a number of issues in our lives that are death heaps. They are untouchable and unchangeable. If we
suppose them to be dead issues, we will leave the heaps right where they are.

But what became of the heap of Paul's body? The believers "stood about him," and he rose up. The dark, secured habitat of death was dissolved. He merely "rose up."

Is there anything that cannot happen when believers encompass something? The word, kukloo (English; cycle), signifies to move in a circle, to
compass about. As cyclists, they surrounded Paul. They honed in. They focused. 

Consider the issues that have fallen right into our realm of concern. Can't we surround those very things in prayer? Can't we enlist others to do the
same? Yes, these are two simple things we can do! 

The believers who stood around Paul saw death changed to life. For us today, we must avail ourselves of the spiritual authority given to simple
believers and simple acts of faith. 

Again, is there anything that cannot rise up alive if believers will not encompass it?

Acts 14:19-20