Doing something extraordinary for God will always require extraordinary faith. Gideon sees the army advance against them and then gets fearful about fighting them.  He knows what God has said to him through the angel, but he isn’t sure that God can give them victory.  He tests God with a sign.  In this message, I talk about when it is and isn’t right to seek a sign from God.

Before God can use us to do extraordinary things, he will first deal with the altars we have setup to other gods/things.  Gideon had to remove the things that caused God to remove his hand from the nation before God could use him to save Israel.

When God appears to Gideon through an angel, he calls him Mighty Warrior and sends him to save Israel out of the strength he has.  Gideon’s response is excuses.  All he can see is who he is and not who God said he was.  He was driven by his insecurities rather than what God put in him.   If we are going to be used by God to do extraordinary things, we have receive a Better Word over our lives than what we have often chosen to believe.

Many of us don't realize the power we have access to because of the simple act of prayer. We may even think that we don't have the words or ability to pray, when we can actually begin by just having a conversation with God. Sometimes we hear stories of incredible answer to prayers, and other times we wonder if God even hears them. For these 5-weeks, we're going to learn what it means to pray, how to pray and celebrate together the miracles we see as a result of our prayers.

John the Baptist loses faith when he is not set free from prison (surely he prayed for God to free him) and begins to question who Jesus is – even after he believed fully at his baptism.  There is a purpose for every unanswered prayer – Hebrews 11 tells us.  God uses our unanswered prayers for us and ultimately for someone else’s faith.

Many of us don't realize the power we have access to because of the simple act of prayer. We may even think that we don't have the words or ability to pray, when we can actually begin by just having a conversation with God. Sometimes we hear stories of incredible answer to prayers, and other times we wonder if God even hears them. For these 5-weeks, we're going to learn what it means to pray, how to pray and celebrate together the miracles we see as a result of our prayers.

Many of us don't realize the power we have access to because of the simple act of prayer. We may even think that we don't have the words or ability to pray, when we can actually begin by just having a conversation with God. Sometimes we hear stories of incredible answer to prayers, and other times we wonder if God even hears them. For these 5-weeks, we're going to learn what it means to pray, how to pray and celebrate together the miracles we see as a result of our prayers.

Many of us don't realize the power we have access to because of the simple act of prayer. We may even think that we don't have the words or ability to pray, when we can actually begin by just having a conversation with God. Sometimes we hear stories of incredible answer to prayers, and other times we wonder if God even hears them. For these 5-weeks, we're going to learn what it means to pray, how to pray and celebrate together the miracles we see as a result of our prayers.