We tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in two years, but underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years. You are doing better than you think you are and God is doing more than you think he is.
This message is about counterintuitive ways that God has us go thru rehab to accomplish the great commission.
How we wait is how we win. What have you talked yourself out of that God is trying to bring you into? Stay in your lane.
The last roadblock to overcoming is YOU. Based on the verse in Philippians 3.8 where Paul states that he considers the things of this world garbage compared to Christ but that word in the Greek garbage is something alittle more shocking. When you own who you are you find who you are in Christ.
A message about overcoming habitual roadblocks from a look at the life of Jacob.
What if prayer was not a formula for answers but a blueprint for faith?
A look at the Lord's Prayer of how strange yet signficant prayer it was that Jesus modeled for us to pray. The Lord's Prayer is not meant for imitation but for invitation. The power of prayer is not in the one who speaks it but the one who hears it. Pray about it before you worry about it. (Closing prayer for Orlando & Country)
God desires to respond when we pray desperate soul-stirring prayers. Do not underestimate the power of desperation to do good for your soul. The moment you realize God had greater plans for you that don't involve complaining or sad Pinterest quotes. The only way you can fail if you stop praying, 100 percent of the prayers I don't pray won't get answered.
It is a struggle to pray. Often one of our greatest cries is, "God why can't it be perfect." We are at times at the crossroad of getting bitter or getting better. Before we expereince at transition we need to offer a prayer of thanksgiving. Some of the best prayers are FLAWSOME PRAYERS embracing our flaws and realizing that God is still awesome.
The bible is not just a book of disconnected stories and people, but it is a narrtive that points to Jesus. Also hear he story behind the tattoo, that God is the author and finisher of our faith and we have a part to play. You are unique. You are important. You have a story worth living.
The bible is not a roadmap for life. God not only cares about your destination but also your journey. A GPS is about destination God is about identification. God wants to bring you You not just Happiness. Happiness is a moment, Joy is a mindset. You'll never reach the next level if everything comes back to you. There is a reason the Bible ends not with results but a Revelation.
The problem of seeing the bible as a rule book is that it turns God into a Cop out to get you and then makes you want to escape. If you limit the bible only to information you'll never experience transformation. May we embrace God not want to escape from God.