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God Is Able

Bryan L. Carter

Concord Church • Jan 28, 2025 • 35 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

In this powerful message from Acts 12, Pastor Bryan Carter reminds us that even when life presents overwhelming challenges and puzzling situations, God remains fully able to deliver, sustain, and protect us. When we face spiritual battles or confusing circumstances, earnest and unified prayer connects us to God's infinite power. Because God never slumbers and constantly guards His children, we can rest peacefully knowing that He is actively working on our behalf and escorting us through every trial.

Themes

God's Power and AbilityTrusting God in MysteryThe Power of Earnest PrayerSpiritual Rest and PeaceGod's Faithful Protection and Escort

Pastor's Points

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God can puzzle us

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God can hear us

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God can open doors

Key Points

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God can puzzle us when His actions or timing do not align with our human expectations or plans.
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God can hear us when we come together in earnest, unified prayer during difficult circumstances.
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God can open doors and execute miraculous deliverances from situations that seem completely closed or locked.
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When life presents confusing mysteries where one person is delivered and another suffers, we must learn to trust God's heart even when we cannot trace His hand.
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Living the Christian life involves spiritual warfare, making earnest prayer our most vital weapon rather than relying solely on human strategies.
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Believers can sleep peacefully in the midst of trials because God never sleeps, grows weary, or abdicates His control.
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God has faithfully escorted us through every season, trial, and danger in our past, and He will continue to guide us through our present struggles.
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God possesses the power to do exceedingly and abundantly above everything we could ever ask, think, or imagine.

Sermon Moments

“When you can't trace his hand, you got to learn how to trust his heart.”

“Prayer and your walk go together; prayer is oxygen for your soul.”

“There is no use of both of us staying up—God doesn't get tired or sleep, so you might as well go to sleep.”

“While you are sleeping, God is still working, still moving stuff, and able to scoop you up and place you in a whole new situation.”

“God has sent angels around you that have been keeping you and escorting you your whole life.”

“No prayer, no power; little prayer, little power; much prayer, much power.”

This Week

Commit your unresolved questions and puzzling situations to God, choosing to trust His character even when you do not understand His timing.

Shift your response in times of crisis from panic or human strategy to earnest, heart-poured prayer.

Partner with fellow believers in unified prayer for urgent needs within your church family and community.

Release anxiety at bedtime by intentionally entrusting your worries to God, remembering that He works while you sleep.

Reflect on specific moments in your past where God escorted you through danger or difficulty, using those memories to build present faith.

Make daily prayer a regular habit and essential priority—treating prayer as oxygen for your soul.

Declare God's ability and promises over your life when doubts or overwhelming circumstances threaten your faith.

Remember This

Even when life's circumstances puzzle us, God hears our earnest prayers, works while we rest, and remains fully able to escort us through every trial.

A Challenge for You

Cast all your cares on the Lord right now, release your worries, and rest in the truth that the God who brought you to this season is fully able to bring you through it.

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