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Where Is God When Your Funds Run Low?

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship • Mar 9, 2025 • 28 min

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Summary

In this message on the Lord’s Prayer, Dr. Tony Evans teaches that God is our sole true Source, while our jobs, bank accounts, and circumstances are merely temporary resources He uses to supply our needs. When we align our priorities by exalting God's person and seeking His kingdom first, He promises to faithfully supply our daily bread. Even when financial streams dry up, believers can trust that God is actively relocating them to a new place of blessing and purpose.

Themes

God's ProvisionFaithfulness in TrialsKingdom PrioritiesTrusting God in ScarcityIdolatry vs. True WorshipDaily Stewardship

Pastor's Points

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1. The Source of Your Provision

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2. The Substance of Your Provision

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3. The Schedule of Your Provision

Key Points

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God is your only true Source, while your job, bank account, and money are merely temporary resources He uses to meet your needs.
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Treating any temporary resource as your ultimate source is a form of idolatry that leaves you vulnerable to changing earthly circumstances.
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In the Lord's Prayer, asking for daily bread comes after exalting God's person and seeking His kingdom, showing that spiritual alignment must precede physical provision.
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God sometimes permits economic downturns or times of lack to remind us that He alone gives us the life, health, and ability to create wealth.
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When a comfortable situation or resource dries up, God may be using that transition to move you to your next place of kingdom provision.
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God can use unexpected or even ungodly avenues—like the unclean ravens in Elijah's story—to fulfill His promise to sustain His children.
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Satan often offers counterfeit provision through worldly shortcuts, but believers must choose to rely entirely on God's word and righteousness.
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Sermon Moments

“Your bank is not your Source, your money is not your Source, your job is not your Source; you only have one Source, and that Source is God.”

“The moment you make a resource a source, that’s called idolatry.”

“Some of us are complaining about what went wrong when God is trying to move us to the next thing that is right.”

“God can use an unclean raven or an ungodly opportunity to meet your needs, because just because you can't do anything with it doesn't mean He can't.”

“When things are going south, it forces you to look up; when things are up, you may no longer feel the need to look up.”

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

“Daily bread was to give you enough today to fuel you over the next 24 hours to carry forth the hollowing of His name, submitting to His kingdom, and accomplishing His will.”

This Week

Evaluate where you place your ultimate trust, repenting of any tendency to view your job, career, or bank account as your true source instead of God.

Structure your daily prayer life by first exalting God's name and seeking His kingdom before asking Him to supply your physical and financial needs.

When facing a loss of revenue, a job change, or a drying stream of provision, praise God in advance for how He is relocating you to your next opportunity.

Reject any sinful compromises or unethical shortcuts that offer financial gain at the expense of spiritual integrity and obedience to God's word.

Pray over and sanctify your meals each day, thanking God for His faithful provision and asking Him to use the food to sustain your physical health.

Use the energy, health, and material resources God gives you today to actively advance His kingdom and accomplish His daily will for your life.

Focus on trusting God for today's daily bread, surrendering tomorrow's financial anxieties into the hands of your loving Heavenly Father.

Remember This

God is your only true Source, and when you prioritize His kingdom and righteousness, He will faithfully supply all your daily physical needs.

A Challenge for You

Tell Him what you want, be grateful for what you have, and put it in the priority of His name and His kingdom; you will see how much of a provider God can be.

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