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Your Hand Be With Me

Philip Anthony Mitchell·2819

Monday, October 18, 2021

Summary

In this message, Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell explores Jabez's prayer for God's hand to be with him. Living by faith requires stepping out of comfortable security and self-reliance into a place of complete dependency on God. Asking for God's hand to be with us is both an appeal for His supernatural favor and an honest plea for His divine help in areas beyond our human ability.

Key Scriptures

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1 Chronicles 4:9-10↗Psalm 139:14↗Acts 11:21↗

Themes

Faith vs. SecurityDependency on GodDivine FavorStepping Out of Comfort ZonesHumility and Prayer

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Pastor's Points

1.An Appeal for Favor
2.An Appeal for Help

Key Points

1.Human nature naturally craves security and independence, yet God calls believers to walk by faith.
2.Comfort zones are meant to be temporary apartments, not permanent houses in our spiritual journey.
3.Faith often defies our human desire for visible security and requires stepping into the unknown.
4.True spiritual breakthrough happens when we shift from self-reliance to total dependency on God.
5.Dependence upon God makes heroes out of ordinary people when they rely completely on His strength.
6.Praying 'let Your hand be with me' is the honest cry of those who recognize their human limitations.
7.Favor is God's demonstrated delight and visible approval that opens doors money and human effort cannot open.
8.Instead of praying only for material things, believers should pray for the divine favor that brings God's provision.
9.Asking for God's hand is an admission that our calling, challenges, and dreams are far above our pay grade without His help.

Sermon Moments

“The pool illustration showing how even a five-year-old child naturally craves security rather than entering the deep end.”

“The truth that comfort zones are meant to be temporary apartments, not permanent houses.”

“The declaration that faith insults our demand for visible security because the just shall live by faith.”

“Gideon's story of God reducing an army from 30,000 to 300 to show that human weakness reveals God's power.”

“The bold definition that dependence upon God makes heroes out of ordinary people.”

“The distinction that favor is partial, unfair by human standards, and opens doors no person can shut.”

“The insight that believers spend too much time praying for material things instead of the divine favor that produces them.”

“Pastor Philip's personal act of public humility and apology, demonstrating what it looks like to ask for God's favor in reconciliation.”

This Week

Take inventory of your daily life to identify where you are defaulting to comfort zones rather than faith.
Identify one specific comfort zone you are currently staying in out of fear or desire for control.
Identify the immediate, concrete step you need to take outside of that comfort zone this week.
Pray daily: 'Lord, let Your hand be upon me,' explicitly asking for His divine favor and help.
Shift your prayer focus from merely asking for physical things to asking for God's favor and presence.
Surrender areas of self-reliance, admitting to God where a challenge or dream is beyond your human ability.
Practice humility in relationships by taking ownership of missteps and seeking genuine reconciliation.

Remember This

Praying for God's hand to be upon you requires leaving your comfort zone, abandoning self-reliance, and trusting Him for supernatural favor and help.

A Challenge for You

Take inventory of your life, identify one comfort zone, step outside of it, and pray: 'Lord, let Your hand be upon me—I need Your favor and Your help for this.'

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