Sermon Notes
January 19, 2025
Good Plans
Doing the Will of God
Rev. Terence Gray
“Mueller observed that God’s people were discouraged and that most believers no longer expected God to do anything unusual in their lives or churches. They no longer trusted God to answer their prayers. In short Christians were not living by faith.”
– Henry Blackaby, Experiencing God
“Doing the will of God entails progressive steps and occasional leaps of faith.”
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven
Matthew 7:22-23
“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!”
“My motives reveal who my Lord is, more than my mouth does”
1 Samuel 16:7
“…The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven
“Doing the will of God entails progressive steps and occasional leaps of faith.”
“When God asks you to do something you cannot do you will face a crisis of belief. You’ll have to decide what you really believe about God. Can He and will He do what He has said He wants to do through you? Can God do the seemingly impossible through your ordinary life? How you respond to His invitation reveals what you truly believe about God, regardless of what you say.”
Henry Blackaby, Experiencing God
“Doing the will of God entails progressive steps and occasional leaps of faith.”
