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I Can't Do This By Myself

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Oct 30, 2023 • 32 min

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Summary

God is inherently a miracle worker who orchestrates anomalies by altering or suspending natural laws to accomplish His sovereign purpose in our lives. However, miracles are not magic; they require active human participation marrying divine sovereignty through faithful obedience. When we trust God's instructions—even when they defy natural logic—our present obedience positions us for supernatural provision and protection against future challenges.

Themes

Miracles and AnomaliesFaith and WorksDivine Sovereignty and Human ParticipationObedience to God's InstructionsGod's Faithful Remembrance

Key Points

1.
God is a miracle worker whose very nature is to orchestrate anomalies, break patterns, and suspend natural laws for His sovereign purpose.
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Miracles are not magic; they require active human participation married to divine sovereignty.
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True biblical faith is not passive optimism, but a deep persuasion grounded in God's Word that produces corresponding actions.
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The enemy uses discouragement as a weapon to paralyze believers into inaction, aiming to block the manifestation of miracles.
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God sometimes allows secondary resources or 'brooks' to dry up to prevent our faith from shifting away from Him onto the resource itself.
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Supernatural provision and sustaining power are unlocked through obedience to instructions that may not make natural sense.
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Faithful obedience and sacrificial giving today serve as divine investments that secure help for unforeseen trials in our future.
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God never forgets a believer's labor of love; when we care for what matters to God, He promises to raise up and protect what matters to us.

Sermon Moments

“An anomaly means exception, deviation, rule breaker, pattern shifter... it was going a certain way until it got to me.”

“When natural law interferes with what God wants to accomplish, He will press pause on nature to fulfill His sovereign purpose.”

“Miracles are the result of divine sovereignty that marries human participation.”

“Optimism just believes, but faith is a conviction based on the revelation of God's Word that produces works.”

“You shifted your faith from God to the brook, and God said, 'I'm going to let that dry up because it was never the brook—it was always Me.'”

“There is no 'first' if there is no 'second'; the prophet was showing her how to have more without getting more.”

“Faith goes into your future for problems you don't know you're going to have yet.”

“If you take care of what matters to God, God will make sure He takes care of what matters to you.”

This Week

Encourage yourself in the Lord using biblical truth when facing internal or private struggles.

Evaluate whether your daily actions demonstrate active faith or merely passive optimism.

Identify any secondary sources or 'brooks' in your life where your trust has subtly shifted away from God.

Take immediate action on a specific command from God's Word, even if it feels difficult or counterintuitive.

Refuse to let discouragement or the crowd prevent you from pressing through to receive from Jesus.

Offer whatever resources or skills you currently possess to God, trusting Him to sustain and multiply them.

Invest your time, resources, and gifts into kingdom work, knowing God remembers your labor of love for your future.

Remember This

Miracles manifest when divine sovereignty meets human participation through active, obedient faith.

A Challenge for You

If you help reach those who matter to God, He will take care of and raise up those who matter to you.

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