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Miracle Week 2025: Becoming a Sign and Wonder

William McDowell

Change Church • Dec 3, 2025 • 40 min

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Summary

In this powerful Miracle Week session, Pastor William McDowell teaches that true faith requires continuous nourishment from hearing God's Word daily. Believers are encouraged to understand that delays in prayer are often enemy opposition through attrition rather than God's refusal, and that waiting periods allow God to reveal deeper aspects of His glory. Ultimately, God does not just want to perform miracles for us, but wants to transform us into living signs and wonders that draw others to Him through our righteousness and inheritance in Christ.

Themes

Faith Fatigue & Continuous HearingSpiritual Opposition and DelayThe Already / Not Yet TensionBecoming Signs and WondersIdentity and Inheritance vs. Unworthiness

Key Points

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Faith is not static; it requires continuous spiritual nourishment by repeatedly hearing the Word of God.
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Delays in answered prayer are often spiritual opposition rather than divine refusal, as the enemy uses spiritual attrition to wear down believers.
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Believers live in the tension between what is already settled in Heaven and what has not yet fully manifested on Earth.
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Praying as Jesus taught invites Heavenly reality to superimpose onto our daily earthly circumstances.
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God sometimes permits delays or difficult seasons to reveal greater aspects of His power, character, and glory than we previously knew.
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God often desires to make believers into living signs and wonders so that His miraculous work in us inspires others to seek Him.
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The obstacle to experiencing God's miracles is often not doubt in God's ability, but a feeling of personal unworthiness that hinders faith.
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Believers do not earn God's blessings through works; we inherit them as sons and daughters through our identity in Christ.

Sermon Moments

“Faith comes by hearing and hearing; when we stop hearing God's Word, faith stops coming because we cannot live today on yesterday's faith.”

“Delay in prayer is often spiritual attrition from the enemy trying to tire believers out, rather than God withholding an answer.”

“Praying 'Thy kingdom come' is inviting the reality that is already settled in Heaven to superimpose itself onto Earth.”

“God does not just want to perform signs and wonders for you; He wants to make you a living sign and wonder to display His glory to others.”

“Jesus allowed Lazarus to die so He could reveal Himself not just as a healer, but as the Resurrection and the Life.”

“Believers often struggle not with whether God can perform a miracle, but with feeling unworthy for God to work a miracle through them.”

“We do not earn our spiritual inheritance from God; we receive it simply because we are born again as His children.”

This Week

Feed your faith daily by consistently listening to and reading God's Word, rather than relying on yesterday's spiritual experiences.

When prayer answers seem delayed, stand firm in faith against spiritual opposition and reject the enemy's tactic of attrition.

Pray the model prayer daily, asking God to superimpose Heaven's established reality over your current earthly circumstances.

Reframe periods of waiting or hardship as opportunities for God to reveal deeper aspects of His character to you and others.

Recognize your identity as a son or daughter of God, receiving His blessings as an inheritance rather than trying to earn them through works.

Reject feelings of unworthiness, placing your confidence in the righteousness given to you through faith in Jesus Christ.

Live as a visible "sign and wonder" so that God's work in your life creates a holy hunger for God in those around you.

Remember This

God's delay is not His refusal, and He desires to turn your season of waiting into a revelation of His glory that makes you a living sign and wonder.

A Challenge for You

Trust God with your timing, seasons, and circumstances, knowing He is working out all things for your good and His glory as you live as a sign and wonder to the world.

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