Miracles Part 1 Expect Why we dont see miracles: 1. We dont ________________ miracles.

In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in ! the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.! ! ! Psalm 5:3 For now we see only a reection as in a !mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1 Corinthians 13:12 2. We approach miracles with the wrong ________________. Wrong focus: Right focus:

Minister--------------- Self------------------- Church ------------- God When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.! James 4:3

How to live a miraculous life: 1. I need to ___________ the ________________. Cultivating an environment of expectancy will grow a garden of miraculous living!

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2. I need to stay ___________________. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.!! 1 Peter 4:10 3. I need to accept Gods ________________. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. ! Ephesians 3:20 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and !went, even though he did not know where he was going.!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Hebrews 11:8 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.! ! ! ! ! Hebrews 10:36

4. I need to ______________. (Jesus) Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. John 16:24

Practice prayer for living a miraculous life: Jesus, we know you love us and have all power. In obedience to you I ask you to _____________. I accept your plan and timing. Bless my brother or sister so they can bless this family at LCC.

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