Miracles of Protection
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Good Morning - Prt 2 When Pigs Fly - Talking about a God who likes to do / impossible
Me -
If you are like me, you can struggle to see miracles.
Help me pass test—Get out of ticket
Open the Bible and there they are - clear as day.
But what about your life and my life? Where are they?
I have found that what you look for is what you see.
If you are looking for a miracle you will see them
If you are looking for a natural explanation - that is what you will see.
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Maybe you are going through some stuff right now and need a miracle.
Health concerns - Lost job - Girl/ Boy broke your heart - Financial problem.
Today, I want to give you the vision to see miracles and to believe in miracles.
So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth.
“How long has this been happening?” Jesus asked the boy’s father.
He replied, “Since he was a little boy. The spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.”
“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
I know you believe and today, I hope to help you overcome your unbelief.
I know you believe and today, I hope to help you overcome your unbelief.
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But how often
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Today we are talking about -
Today we are talking about -
The God who has the power to save.
The God who has the power to save.
A God who will use the Miraculous to protect us from Harm.
A God who will use the Miraculous to protect us from Harm.
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Save me and rescue me,
for you do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me,
and set me free.
The Lord rescues the godly;
he is their fortress in times of trouble.
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A story of angels - truck driver- a mom-2 kids.
Vella hydro planing off a bridge on Hubbard road between Blackwell and Ponca city OK.
Truck driver - There were two big men yanking your tires off.
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Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
Long before rain flooded the earth - God planned for Noah to be on a boat.
Before Jonah thrown overboard - God planned to send a fish.
Before Israelites cornered by Egypt army - Planned to part Red Sea.
Before you found out about the Health problem - Lost your job - Girlfriend broke your heart.
God already had a plan!
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God is a God who has the power to Miraculously save.
God is a God who has the power to Miraculously save.
Commission Angels - Shut the mouth of lions - Calm a raging storm
Calm raging storm -
Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
Long before you face a PROBLEM, God already has a PLAN.
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Let’s Look At a Story of a Miracle of Protection
Let’s Look At a Story of a Miracle of Protection
Slave Girl predicting future to make $ for owner/ Paul-Silas cast out demon
Owners attack Paul-Silas / No more money from the slave girl.
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
Acts 16:22
Stripped - Beaten with wooden rods - Where is God?
Stripped - Beaten with wooden rods - Where is God?
Maybe your not stripped of clothes but of / hope, faith, trust.
Maybe your not beaten with rods - words, doubt, discouragement.
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Our normal reaction
Our normal reaction
Very disappointed in God - Let me down. Didn’t protect - Not fair.
Quiting LG - Not praying anymore - No more Church - I’ll show Him!
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.
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What is a miracle?
God in heaven intervenes on earth: God intervened!
But we know that because we are looking for the miracle.
If you are not looking for a miracle - You would just see a natural event and good luck and timing.
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How do we CHANGE our VISION to see MIRACLES?
How do we CHANGE our VISION to see MIRACLES?
You see Miracles when you have a heart of WORSHIP!
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Paul didn’t wait to worship after a miracle - He worshipped before!
Its one thing to Praise God when you see His power
Its another thing to Praise Him when you don’t.
There are two times to worship God - When you feel like/ when you don’t.
We worship for who He is!
Not for what he will do or doesn't do.
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Here is the rest of the story.
Here is the rest of the story.
Prison - Midnight - Praising God - God shows up - In earth quake.
Jailer wakes up - sees doors open - draws sword to take life.
Paul - Don’t kill yourself - we are still here.
Jailer - What do I need to do to be saved?
He believes in Jesus as King - Whole family gets baptized that morning.
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Not only was Paul saved - So was the Prison guard and his family.
Before Paul went to Prison - God had a PLAN.
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God often protects us in so many ways we don’t understand!
God often protects us in so many ways we don’t understand!
Late meeting—Stuck waiting train—God may be protecting.
Wanted to get accepted to that school—Protecting you.
God even protects by not answering our prayers.
God even protects by not answering our prayers.
I didn’t get what I wanted but praise God I got what I needed!
Praise God - He did not answer my prayer about that boy in HS or that girl?
Before you knew you had a problem - God had a Plan
Before you knew you had a problem - God had a Plan
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Sometimes God’s eternal Purposes don’t align with our Temporary Plans.
Sometimes God’s eternal Purposes don’t align with our Temporary Plans.
Not only time Paul arrested: (Estimated 5.5—6 years in prison.)
After 5th missionary journey—Prison
Tried by Nero— Beheaded
All the disciples died by human hands but 1 - John and he was boiled in oil.
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Sometimes God’s eternal Purposes don’t align with our Temp Plans.
Sometimes God’s eternal Purposes don’t align with our Temp Plans.
Baby don’t make it - Drunk driver kills teen - Tragic Accident -
Hurt? Yes - Grieve? Yes - Feel Devastated? Yes
Continue to TRUST? YES!!!
We WORSHIP Him - Not What He Does - WHO HE IS
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So, What DO We DO?
So, What DO We DO?
If God can Miraculously Protect - We need to Pray for Protection.
If God can Miraculously Protect - We need to Pray for Protection.
Jesus taught us to pray - Lead us not into temptation - lead us from Evil - Protect!
Pray for your - spouse - children -marriage - pastor - friends - yourself.
Pray for God to send angels to protect you - Guard you from temptation.
Pray for protection from lying words - Wrong friends.
If you want to see MIRACLES you need to change what you are looking for.
If you want to see MIRACLES you need to change what you are looking for.
Worship God for who he is not what he can do.
Worship him before the miracle and worship him after the miracle.
I cant tell you how often God protected me by allowing me to get caught early.
Finally realize, sometimes our finite plans are not His eternal plans.
Finally realize, sometimes our finite plans are not His eternal plans.
Threw baseball career out the window for drugs.
God made sure I suffered hard before I was 18
Bad things happen, we all die, But in the end - the greatest miracle is still on the horizon.
Jesus will return and the dead in Christ will resurrect
There will be a new Heaven and Earth
Caught early - only 2 years of drugs - Some 20-40 years.
No more tears - suffering
Pray you get caught early if you stray!
And Remember -
Long Before You Face A Problem God Has A Plan!
Long Before You Face A Problem God Has A Plan!