How does God show His influence in our lives? What are the ways He can and will intervene when He sees fit? 🤔 Let's discuss.
[00:00:00] How does God show his influence in our lives?
[00:00:05] What are the ways he can and will intervene when he sees fit?
[00:00:13] Let's discuss.
[00:01:24] in unexpected ways, such as keeping us out of harm's way.
[00:01:27] Today I'd like to discuss three ways that God can and will intervene in our lives.
[00:01:31] Let's discover how God will show up in our lives
[00:01:33] so that we can explore a posture of expectation
[00:01:37] as he hears our prayers and reveals our plans to us
[00:01:42] bit by bit.
[00:01:45] Before we dive in, let's take a quick break
[00:01:47] for a few announcements.
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[00:02:47] Let's continue discussing three ways that God can and will intervene in our lives when
[00:02:54] we place our trust in Him.
[00:02:57] Number one, favor and influence.
[00:03:01] When we place our trust in God, He can and will intervene in every facet of our day-to-day
[00:03:07] lives. laid off from my job. I have never experienced a layoff in 23 years of my career. Now, as you know, I have founded this ministry and I'm heavily involved in all of the activity behind the scenes. Before my layoff, I was struggling to find a balance
[00:04:20] of working full time while also investing time
[00:04:25] in the ministry to help it grow.
[00:05:29] on my own anytime soon. So I believe he stepped in to ensure that his plan for me and this ministry kept moving forward. Number two, blessings. God can and will
[00:05:40] bring blessings into our lives in response to prayer and when we least bless us by directing us to a home that he knows is best for us. God can and will influence all of those involved in the process to guide us to the completion of a blessing in the natural world to satisfy a need or a line with his plan.
[00:07:03] Number three, protection.
[00:07:08] God can and will protect us when we are placed in harm's way. destination without incident, I pray that all of the passengers on the means of travel also arrive at their respective destinations without incident. When we ask for protection from God, we can also expect God will intervene in situations where evil deeds would be done to us.
[00:08:21] In many circumstances, we will be that God's protection is present in our lives and that he will intervene
[00:09:40] to protect us.
[00:09:41] In most cases, completely unbeknownst to us.
[00:09:46] Place your trust in God, and even in our families and relationships. We just don't know all the ways that you're helping things along to be aligned to your plan. And we just thank you for that, Father God. We also, Father God, thank you for your blessings.
[00:11:01] We thank you for all the ways
[00:11:03] that you bless us in our lives.
[00:11:05] Again, the things that we experience in the natural,
[00:11:08] we thank you for abundance. of future messages. Bless you. Some messages just hit differently. And if this message has touched your heart and you want to experience it again, you can watch the video online at walkinginstepwithgod.org slash messages. God bless you.
[00:12:24] The greatest way that you can get involved with this ministry is to be involved in the community. Let's review examples of God words that can lead and guide our steps and back up the principles we discussed in today's message. just experience the outcome of the favor. Let's have a one last verse. Deuteronomy 31, verse six. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or tremble and dread before them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you.
[00:16:20] He will not fail you or abandon you.
[00:16:26] This verse reminds us that God is with us at every turn, to one or two out of ten, for sure. I also want to touch on the fact that this does not mean we will never experience harm. While the reason we experience suffering is an entirely different message, I do want to touch on two things briefly. Firstly, God allows us all to have free will.
[00:17:43] The good, godly neighbor at the end of your block an accident with injuries and maybe even fatalities. This individual did not set out to cause harm or cause suffering when they took the extra shifts to feed their family, yet great suffering has taken place. In both cases, God can always turn circumstances
[00:19:01] of suffering into good.
[00:19:04] God can take any situation and transform it