Awakening Faith Through Prayer and Fasting

Commit to a level you've never committed before, and you'll see God work in a way you've never seen God work before. Just give it a try. Commit. Like, don't just, eh, we'll see. No. If you, like, if you're saying, hey, I want to grow beyond where I'm at right now, and you haven't done this before, I'm just, I'm not being pushy. Yes, I am. Do it. Like, as your pastor, if I fit that role, I'm saying you need this in your life. [00:34:18] (28 seconds)


We are emptying ourselves physically and hoping to be filled spiritually. We are putting ourselves in an intentional place of weakness so that he can be made strong, okay? It's a good thing. Now, what's great about this, it's not that I don't hunger. I don't hunger and thirst for like time with God on a regular basis. Like when life gets busy, like that just naturally, when you start to experience that, it starts to, God starts to pull you in because you know what you're missing. [00:38:39] (34 seconds)


You will have storms even with Jesus in the boat but the boat will not sink if Jesus is in it doesn't mean bad things won't happen it just means he is there and he his power is already at work so they go and they wake up Jesus how many of you wake up Jesus in this moment how many of you would do that anybody want to [00:54:13] (31 seconds)


He corrects the faith of the disciples before he corrects the crisis. He deals with the little faith. He deals with the crisis inside the boat before he deals with the crisis outside the boat. I don't like this pattern, okay? Because Jesus, I know you've been sleeping, but we've been bailing water out of this and you're only floating because of us. [00:58:03] (31 seconds)


Awake faith believes that there is no limitation on what God wants you to do. There is no limitation on what God can do in your life. Point number three, last one. Awake faith calms storms for others. Remember, I said this isn't always about you. I need this breakthrough for me. [01:11:46] (26 seconds)

I want you to realize that when you get a breakthrough there may be some others in the same storm as you who need to hear about it that's why that's why we tell you tell us about your breakthrough there may be someone right now who's going through the same storm as you right now you're in the boat you're in a boat they're in a boat separate boats same storm when god gives you a breakthrough this is what this is the church by the way We're stronger together. [01:13:32] (34 seconds)


When God calls you to something, you are gonna get to see him move in your life. Faith puts no limits on the power of God. As far back as the Old Testament, God told Abraham and Sarai, hey, you're gonna have a baby. Never mind the fact that you're gonna be 100, and nine, 100, Abraham, 90, Sarah. This is kind of past birth-bearing, child-bearing years, especially in the female. [01:17:03] (26 seconds)


Jeremiah 32, 27 says, I'm the Lord, the God of all peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me? Jesus told his disciples in Luke chapter 18, verse 27, Jesus replied, what is impossible with man is possible with God. We have a different set of realities here. [01:18:49] (22 seconds)


Father, I pray that the decisions wouldn't stop here, but as we pray and as we submit ourselves to your plan during the week, that you would reveal new things to us from these scriptures, from your Holy Spirit. Father, we pray that we'd be celebrating breakthroughs over the next few weeks, things that you've done that were outside of what even we thought you were capable of doing. Father, stretch our faith, and we will celebrate and give you all the glory. [01:21:07] (31 seconds)


We pray that if there's anyone here today who's separated from you, they're not even in the same boat as you. God, that they'd be willing to put their faith in your son. So much faith that maybe they believe, not so much that you remove the storm, but that your presence will be with them in the midst of the storm. [01:17:10] (20 seconds)