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ILLUSTRATION
Signs Follow Decisions
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Topics: Choices; Complacency; Consequences; Decisions; Faith; Fruit; God, providence of; Harvest; Life; Lifestyle; Reaping; Responsibility; Rewards; Signs; Sowing; Sowing and reaping
Filters: Everyday Disciples; Free; Stories
References: Genesis 12:1-9, Nehemiah 1, Nehemiah 2:1-10, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 9:20-22, Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 1:16-20, Mark 5:25-34, Mark 6:45-51, Luke 5:2-11, Luke 8:43-48, John 1:35-42, John 4:43-54, John 6:15-21, Philemon 1:22, Hebrews 11
Tone: Commend

In my experience, signs follow decisions. The way you overcome spiritual inertia and produce spiritual momentum is by making tough decisions. And the tougher the decision, the more potential momentum it will produce. The primary reason most of us don't see God moving is simply because we aren't moving. If you want to see God move, you need to make a move!

I learned this lesson in dramatic fashion during the first year at National Community Church. We had been praying for a drummer to join our worship team for months, but I felt like I needed to put some feet on my faith, so I went out and bought a four-hundred-dollar drum set. It was a Field of Dreams moment: if you buy it, they will come. I bought the drum set on a Thursday. Our first drummer showed up the next Sunday. And he was good. He was actually part of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.

Rock and roll.

I cannot promise that signs will follow your faith in three minutes or three hours or three days. But when you take a step of faith, signs will follow. God will sanctify your expectations, and you will begin to live your life with holy anticipation. You won't be able to wait to see what God is going to do next.

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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Isaiah 43:16-21
Psalm 126 or Psalm 119:9-16
Philippians 3:4b-14
John 12:1-8





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