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Grateful For A Miracle! Series
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 21, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: God is the author of all miracles and nothing is impossible with Him especially when we say "Whatever God!"
Grateful for a Miracle:
Testimony 1: Jeromie – Healing from Covid
Testimony 2: Tom – God’s provision financially for a business
Scripture: Isa. 30:18: (NIV) 18Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Thesis: God is the author of all miracles and nothing is impossible with Him especially when we say, “Whatever God!”
The Lord Works Miracles
1 Sing a new song to the Lord! He has worked miracles, and with his own powerful arm, he has won the victory.
2 The Lord has shown the nations that he has the power to save and to bring justice.
3 God has been faithful in his love for Israel, and his saving power is seen everywhere on earth.
4 Tell everyone on this earth to sing happy songs in praise of the Lord.
5 Make music for him on harps. Play beautiful melodies!
6 Sound the trumpets and horns and celebrate with joyful songs for our Lord and King!
7 Command the ocean to roar with all of its creatures, and the earth to shout with all of its people.
8 Order the rivers to clap their hands, and all of the hills to sing together.
9 Let them worship the Lord! He is coming to judge everyone on the earth, and he will be honest and fair.
1. Some of us need to learn the “whatever” principle found in Scripture: My wife loves this word “Whatever!”
a. The word can be used disrespectfully, or it could be used with reverence to the Lord – How you ask? – It can be a verbal commitment to go all in with God!
i. Why go All In, because of the Lord’s faithfulness, because of his intervention into our lives, because he delivers us.
ii. We need to re-focus on His ability to do the impossible. Yes with this kind of “Whatever”, God has your permission to do “whatever” He desires to do with your life because you are “ All In” with Him and you trust Him.
b. Mark Batterson states, “There are two whatever verses in Scripture. Both start with the same all-inclusive phrase: “whatever.”
i. The 1st Scripture Text: Colossians 3:23-24 - New International Version:
1. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
a. Is this your attitude each day – when you go to school – to work – as you run your business. IS God the “whatever” of your daily life – do you get up in the morning and say, “Whatever you want today – please use me!”
i. Story at Jewel with Athalia.
2. Let me say the verse again from another translation: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
a. DO you want hope for a miracle like Tom - Jeromie? Then understand whatever you do each day can lead to miracle – do you commit to do it for Jesus – whatever your job is – even how you run your business do you say “Whatever Lord you direct it and use it!” – Do you say Lord do “Whatever you want to do on my job today do it and use me for your Kingdom!” Lord “Whatever happens to our government – use me to bring hope and healing!”
b. Lord I am All in with so go do the “Whatever!”
i. Mark notes, “The phrase with all your heart means “with extra energy.” It means giving it everything you’ve got — 100 percent. It literally means doing something like your life depended on it. The issue is not what you are doing. The real issue is why you do it, how you do it, and who you do it for.
1. Who do you work for? Why do you go to work? How is your work ethic?
2. Do you do it for Jesus – for self – for a paycheck – for self-glorification?
ii. He adds another thought about “Whatever”, in his subsection under “Mundane Miracles” – “Now here’s the other whatever verse (2nd verse). “So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1. I Corinthians 10:31: New International Version
a. “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
b. Lets hear it, from the CEV of the Bible without the “Whatever”: “31 When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God.” I like the “whatever” word it makes an impact – a larger reminder of giving God permission to do “Whatever!”
