Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.
Summary
Themes
Pastor's Points
Key Points
- 1.Complacency can lead to spiritual bedsores and pressure ulcers when we refuse to obey and move where God calls us.
- 2.We must be careful not to allow other people's labels and doubts to define our situations, or we might sign a death certificate on what God plans to raise up.
- 3.Revelation is not designed to be given on our deathbeds; it is meant to be implemented while we still have life to live.
- 4.God often uses delays and disappointments to introduce a deeper dimension of who He is, moving from a Healer to the Resurrection itself.
- 5.Our faith must be muscular enough to handle moments of pain, suffering, and delay, rather than only existing in comfort.
- 6.Overthinking is a misuse of our creative self, imagining worst-case scenarios that may never happen.
- 7.God's timeline may feel like a delay to us, but nothing is delayed to Him; He works through a process of request, delay, development, eviction of doubters, and fulfillment.
Sermon Moments
“The psalmist says, let everything that has breath praise the Lord. And everybody that fit that description, so can we give God some praise in the house?”
“You can slay a whole outfit, but you can't slay your bad attitude.”
“Some of us have been in the same place for so long that you're starting to formulate spiritual bedsores.”
“All worry is, is a down payment on a problem you may never have.”
“Overthinking is a misuse of your creative self. Look how creative you are, making horror stories in your mind that may never happen.”
“Be careful of allowing other people to put labels on your situation. Because if you adopt other people's labels, you could end up signing a death certificate on the very thing that God plans to raise up.”
“It's one thing to have faith, family. It's another thing to have faith when the thing is dead.”
“We want request, fulfilled. Jairus made a request, there was an appearing delay, develop, evict, then fulfill.”
This Week
Remember This
God uses life's delays and disappointments not to abandon us, but to develop our faith and introduce Himself to us in a completely new and powerful dimension.
A Challenge for You
Help us to surrender the 'how,' the 'why,' and the 'why didn't you' to You, Lord. Since You are the author and finisher of our faith, help us to render the pen to You, free us from control issues, and help us to trust You in the development phase.These are personal sermon notes shared to help you remember the message — not a replacement for Scripture, your church, or your pastors.
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