Steve Durand - March 10, 2019
In Over Your Head
Committed. Generous. Gifted. Loving. Selfless. Encouraging. A student of God’s Word. Full of faith. Most followers of Christ would love to be described by others in any of these ways. But what if someone were to describe you as desperate? When we think about someone who is desperate, we likely think about someone who is needy. Incapable. Weak. Helpless. Hopeless. Who wants to be thought of like that? We’d rather people see us as self-sufficient and capable, not desperate. Is it possible, though, that you are actually more desperate and helpless than you realize? And what if God is simply waiting for you to fully embrace your desperate condition and stop leaning on your own understanding and self-sufficiency, so that He can finally bring about the breakthrough in your life for which you’ve been waiting and hoping?
From Series: "Only by Prayer"
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This Week's Sermon: "Great Expectations"
It’s been said that “if you expect nothing, you’ll never be disappointed.” As much as we’d like to think differently, the same applies to prayer.
In our times of prayer with God, great expectations precede great results. Even beyond what you could have thought or wished for.
Sure, your day-to-day life may be a lot easier if you lower your expectations, but it will also be a lot less than it could be. And with prayer, you may never see what God could and would do if your expectations were equivalent to the Lord’s. This week, through the life of Elijah, we’ll see what God-sized expectations entailed in his life, and the practical impact similar expectations could have in ours.
