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Make Your Move

Mike McClure Jr.

Rock City Church • Feb 8, 2026 • 64 min

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Summary

Believers are called to understand that biblical faith requires active participation rather than passive entitlement. Drawing from the account of the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5, Pastor Mike Jr. teaches that God provides the promise, but believers must step out in effort to receive their breakthrough. True transformation occurs when believers move past chronic struggles, crowd noise, and the expectation of human rescue to boldly execute the God-given ideas in their hearts.

Themes

Faith in ActionPartnership with GodOvercoming EntitlementPerseverance in SufferingSelf-MotivationDivine Purpose

Key Points

1.
Biblical faith was never meant to freeze believers while waiting on God, but was designed to move them as they walk with Him.
2.
Faith is a active partnership where God provides the promise and believers provide the participation, rather than passively expecting God to do what He empowered them to do.
3.
God is not offended by human effort, but is offended by lazy presumption that expects breakthrough without active stewardship.
4.
Individuals are far greater than their problems, debts, or circumstances, even when they feel lost in a crowd that knows their struggle but not who they are.
5.
Prolonged suffering exhausts people physically, financially, and emotionally, which requires believers to respond with wisdom and deep compassion rather than hasty judgment.
6.
Hearing stories of Jesus' power ignites faith, proving that being in the right environment allows believers to trust God for what He has done in others.
7.
Breakthrough requires an internal shift of mind before external action occurs, calling believers to act boldly on the God-given ideas in their hearts.

Sermon Moments

“Biblical faith was never meant to freeze us while we wait on God. It was designed to move us while we walk with God.”

“Partnership means God provides the promise and we provide the participation. Paralysis assumes God will do what He already empowered us to do.”

“Be careful when you are surrounded by people who can tell folk what you got going on, but can't tell them who you are.”

“God is not offended by your effort. He's offended by your presumption.”

“I am in a place in my life now where I can let them surround me, but don't let them define me.”

“Her action was the result of her idea. You keep saying, 'God, I got the idea'—when are you going to bust a move?”

This Week

Ask God in prayer during your quiet time: "What step is mine?" regarding specific situations you are trusting Him to change.

Identify areas in your life where you have passively waited for a miracle and replace that passivity with active effort.

Stop seeking external human validation or waiting for others to rescue you; practice encouraging yourself in the Lord.

Guard your environment by surrounding yourself with testimonies, faith-filled conversations, and supportive community.

Show deeper compassion and patience to those around you who are dealing with multi-layered, compounded struggles.

Take a concrete, bold action this week on a God-given idea or vision you have put on hold.

Refuse to let your past struggles, debts, or current crowd define your identity or stop your spiritual growth.

Remember This

Biblical faith is not passive entitlement waiting on God to do everything, but an active partnership where you must step out and make your move.

A Challenge for You

Stop waiting for someone else to validate, push, or rescue you; encourage yourself in the Lord, shed entitlement and fear, and step out headfirst to make the move God called you to make.

These are personal sermon notes shared to help you remember the message — not a replacement for Scripture, your church, or your pastors.

Read each passage, or hear where it was taught.

Mark 5:25

Mark 5:26

Mark 5:27

Mark 5:28

Mark 1:29

Mark 1:40

Leviticus 15:25

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