Hearing God's Voice in Big and Small Things
November 22, 2020 · 1:46:58 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
On Thanksgiving week the church gathered for a worship and outreach night, opening with praise and an open invitation to share testimonies. A young man preached from John 11, where Jesus raises Lazarus, reminding everyone that God sometimes lets a situation reach the point where there is no natural solution so that we lean on His resurrection power. The Lord can call the dead, stinking parts of our lives out of the grave for His glory and our good.
Several members testified to God's faithfulness in everyday details. A mother described how God twice answered her grandchildren's simple prayers to recover lost pets, like a wink from heaven proving He hears even small requests; another shared how a single prompting led him to the right repair shop at the right time. The thread through every story was that nothing is too small for God, and we should give Him the credit instead of calling it coincidence.
Pastor Peter closed with the story of Elijah and Elisha in 2 Kings 2. Elisha refused to leave his mentor and asked for a double portion of his spirit, and Peter urged believers, especially the young, to choose godly role models, submit to mature Christians, and pay the price for the Holy Spirit's anointing rather than settle for one quick prayer. He confessed his own failure to obey a prompting that day, warning that if we will not listen God will use someone more obedient. The night ended in a prayer of agreement to make the English service a true outreach that brings the lost to Christ.
Key Points
- God sometimes lets problems pass the point of natural rescue so we will trust His supernatural power.
- Jesus is the resurrection and the life, and He can call the dead places of your life out of the grave.
- No request is too small for God; answered prayers in little things are His winks from heaven.
- Be obedient to the Holy Spirit's promptings, because if you hesitate God will use someone more willing.
- Choose your role models and friends carefully, or the wrong ones will choose you for you.
- Stay close to mature believers and pursue a double portion of God's anointing, for it comes with a price.
- We are sons and daughters of God, and our gifts and talents are given to reach the lost.
Devotional
God is never too busy with the great needs of the world to notice yours. He answered children praying over a lost pet, and He still longs to answer you, sometimes at once and sometimes after a long day of searching. Ask yourself honestly who you are following and whether you truly desire more of His Spirit. Stay close to Him, obey the quiet promptings you feel, and do not give up before the harvest comes.
If you see what God has for you, you will receive it; if you do not see it, you will not.
If God answers a child's prayer over a lost pet, is He not big enough for the prayers of your whole life?
Whatever God puts in your heart, just do it; if you will not listen, He will use someone more obedient.
