Good morning, church. Happy Mother's Day. Would you turn with me to John chapter 14,
verses 8 through 14. We are continuing our series in Jesus's farewell discourse in John chapters 13
through 17. This is the moment in Jesus's earthly ministry in the upper room when he prepares his
disciples for his impending departure by way of the cross and resurrection, but he also prepares
his disciples for their upcoming mission by way of the Holy Spirit. So last week we heard Jesus speak
words of comfort to the disciples and to us, that he's going to prepare a way for us, that he's the
only way to the Father. So let's pick up where we left off in John chapter 14, verses 8 through 14.
But before we read, let me pray for us. Let me pray. Our Father in heaven, we ask that
as we come to your word this morning, you would give us ears to hear what your spirit is saying,
and you would give us hearts to receive with faith what it is you have for us.
God, thank you for doing a transformative work in us and through us as you speak to us.
We pray this in Jesus's name. Amen. All right. John chapter 14, verses 8 through 14.
Philip said to Jesus, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jesus said to him,
have I been with you so long and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the
Father. How can you say, show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the
Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who
dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else
believe on account of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me
will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do because I am going to the
Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
Well, I wonder if you've ever felt like something is missing, like you're just not connecting the
dots. You watch the movie that all your friends are raving about, and you just don't get it. You
think, what am I missing here? Or you're putting together a piece of Ikea furniture, trying for the
second or third time, and the thing just doesn't look right. What am I missing here?
I think as followers of Jesus, we can sometimes feel similarly about our spiritual lives.
We can feel like we're missing something, right? For example, Paul says in Romans,
the kingdom of God is all about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. And sometimes we think,
I don't really feel any of that. What am I missing?
When Philip asks Jesus in our passage, Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us,
don't you hear Philip kind of feeling the same way? Jesus, what am I missing? Just show us the Father,
and that'll be enough for us. Now, you have to admire Philip's desire here, right? It's like Moses in
Exodus, when Moses says to the Lord, Lord, show me your glory. After all, to see God, to catch a glimpse
of his brilliance and beauty, that would truly be enough for us. That would satisfy the soul for a
thousand lifetimes. That would thrill even the most cynical heart to see God.
But what are we missing? Why are we so often dissatisfied in our walk with God? Why are we so often
bored? What are we missing? Like Philip, we ask, Lord, just show us the Father, and that'll be enough
for us. And in our short passage, Jesus is going to help us connect the dots. He's going to show us
that a soul-satisfying relationship with God can be had, but too often we overlook something
important. Too often we're trying to build a stool with only one or two legs, and then we wonder why it
can never stay up. We wonder why it always falls flat. Instead, Jesus shows us that a soul-satisfying
relationship with God involves the dynamic interplay of three critical things—believing,
doing, and praying. It's about a kind of believing that gives birth to doing,
and a kind of doing that gives birth to praying, and a kind of praying that comes back again to
believing. So let's look at each of these three and find out maybe what we've been missing. So first,
a soul-satisfying relationship with God means believing. But what kind of believing? Believing
that in Jesus we have all we've ever longed for. Look again at verses 9 through 11. Like Philip,
we want to see the Father. We want to see God. It's almost like we're estranged lovers longing to
meet our beloved again. We're like exiles longing to see our homeland. I mean, if you've ever been in
a situation where you've been far from home for a long time, doesn't it feel like it would just be
enough to kind of crest the hill and see home once again? To know that you are at last where you
belong. And isn't so much of our life a search to find lasting satisfaction and meaning? Isn't that
so much of what we long for in life? And isn't so much of our life a search for those things
that often comes up short? That life isn't enough. You know, we get the degree, we get the job,
we get the relationship, we buy the home, but it doesn't do the trick.
Reflecting on this reality, C.S. Lewis once said,
if I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy,
the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
If none of my earthly pleasures, he goes on to say, if none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it,
that does not prove the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to
satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. If that is so, he says, I must take
care on the one hand never to despise or be unthankful for these earthly blessings, and on the
other, never to mistake them for the something else of which they are only a copy or echo or mirage.
He concludes, I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country.
And so, like Philip, we say, Lord, show us the Father, and that'll be enough for us.
But now consider, consider what Philip's question implies in this moment. Philip and the other
apostles, the other disciples, have been with Jesus now for three years. Philip has heard Jesus teach,
seen Jesus work wonders. In chapter 13, right before this chapter, Jesus has just washed Philip's feet
and served him the meal that will become the sign of the fulfillment of all of Israel's hopes of
redemption. And yet, Philip still thinks that he needs something more to see the Father.
But listen to what Jesus says in verse 9 to Philip, to all of us.
Let that sink in. There is nothing in addition to Jesus that we need to see the Father.
There's no surplus of God somewhere else that we might need to discover or find out. There's no sort
of advanced course or higher degree that we might take. Soul-satisfying Christianity is not Jesus plus
something else. In fact, the very reason why our faith becomes so dull is because we think we have
to keep looking somewhere else. It's like we're in the dressing room and we keep trying on clothes
after clothes. Maybe the next outfit will be just the right fit. Maybe the next outfit.
When there's a perfectly tailored dress waiting for us right there. There it is. Put it on.
But how can that be? How is it that Jesus alone is enough?
Look at the next verse, verse 10. Jesus says,
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
Now this is what we've come to call the mutual indwelling of God the Father and God the Son.
The Father is in the Son. The Son is in the Father. You see, Jesus isn't merely a prophet or a religious
leader who comes with a word from God. No, Jesus is the very word of God. When God the Father speaks,
the very word he says is Jesus, the Son. So to think that we can find more of God somewhere else
is impossible.
Imagine you visit a friend you haven't seen for ages. You fly across the country to visit them.
You show up at their door. They open the door and then the friend says,
Well, it's great that you're here and all, but you know, I'm going to head down to the library
and see if anyone has written any biographies about you. Maybe search the internet and see
what I can find. I'm so eager to get to know you better after all these years that we've been apart.
And you think to yourself,
I'm here. I'm right in front of you. I'm in the flesh. It doesn't get better than this.
It's impossible to find more of me somewhere else.
And that's what Jesus is saying to each one of us.
I'm standing right in front of you.
God in the flesh. It doesn't get better. It doesn't get more personal.
It doesn't get more self-revealing than this.
But why should we believe that the Father is in Jesus, the Son,
and Jesus, the Son, is in the Father?
Look at verse 11.
Believe me, Jesus says, or else believe on account of the works.
In other words, we can either take Jesus' own word for it,
or we can believe because of the powerful works that Jesus has done.
So on the one hand, we can take Jesus' own word for it.
And consider, that is no light thing.
Did anyone ever teach like Jesus?
Did anyone leave a greater impact on human history?
You know, many people will say that they revere Jesus as a great teacher
or a great spiritual guide.
Some will even say perhaps he was the greatest teacher,
the greatest spiritual guide who ever lived.
Well, friends, if you believe that,
or if you're at least willing to entertain that thought,
then consider what Jesus says about his own relationship to the Father.
If you believe that he's a great teacher, and he is,
then believe what he actually says about himself, perhaps.
But on the other hand, you can believe on account of what Jesus has done.
During Jesus' lifetime, we have records of people saying things like this,
when the Messiah comes, will he do more works than these?
Nearly every historical record we have of the life of Jesus
presents him as a worker of mighty signs and wonders.
In John's gospel, we find Jesus doing things like turning water into wine
or feeding 5,000 people with just a few fish and loaves of bread,
even raising the dead back to life.
All of these works are meant to tell us something about who Jesus is,
about his identity.
They are nonverbal, Christological signposts.
In other words, they're Jesus showing us who he is,
not merely telling us.
But as we think about the works of Jesus,
think about the greatest work of all.
Consider that the one who turned water into wine
and fed the multitudes and calmed the seas and raised the dead,
consider that at the end of his life,
he was willing to stand in the place of his enemies
and to be stripped of all his dignity and honor
and to be crucified
and to go down into death itself.
Consider that he was willing
to give his life as a ransom for many,
to pay the infinite debt of sin
that we owed to an infinitely holy God
with the infinitely priceless blood of his own perfect life.
Has anyone ever done a work like that?
Died for our sins willingly, lovingly?
And so, friends, as we apply this to our own hearts,
we have to ask, we have to ask ourselves,
where do I tend to look to find ultimate spiritual answers?
Where do I tend to go to find ultimate spiritual satisfaction for my soul
other than Jesus,
other than the crucified and risen Lord?
If we are trying to see the face of the Father,
of our Creator, of the one who made us and loves us,
Jesus says we have to look into the face of the Son,
of his own self.
In other words, our pursuit of God
must be ruthlessly, radically Christ-centered,
or it will leave us empty, tired, and bored.
So first, what Jesus says then is
soul-satisfying Christianity means believing,
believing that in Jesus we have all we've ever longed for.
But let's pause a minute and ask,
let me ask you, Christian,
is that your experience?
Having seen the Father in the face of Jesus,
are you satisfied?
Most of us, I think at times,
have to honestly answer,
no.
We know Jesus is all in all,
but why doesn't it feel like it's enough?
Well, it could be that we aren't really pressing into the person of Jesus
through the means of grace,
through spiritual rhythms like Christ-centered prayer,
or scripture meditation, or worship, and so on.
Or perhaps it doesn't feel like enough because we're just feeling the reality
that our consummation is still to come.
You know, John says in his first epistle that the day is coming when we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
We are still awaiting the bridegroom's return for his bride.
But still, there's another very important reason why Jesus can sometimes feel like he's not enough.
And this, perhaps, is more widespread among us than we realize.
And it comes from a faulty understanding of what the Christian life actually means.
We operate with a truncated vision of what God actually has for us in this life.
You see, the Christian story is not
believe in Jesus and then wait around
until you go to heaven when you die.
Now, don't get me wrong.
The hope of heaven is precious and sweet.
It is food when we are hungry.
It is drink when we are weary.
It is joy in our sadness.
It is courage in our weakness.
But, as we set our sights on the new heavens and the new earth to come,
right now, there is a mission.
There is a purpose, a calling that Jesus has for us.
Consider, when Jesus was here, he healed the sick.
He blessed the poor.
He challenged empty religion.
Andrew, I'm going to switch over the pulpit mic.
Is that all right?
This thing keeps falling off.
I'm going to just get rid of it.
Consider, friends, that when Jesus was here,
what did he do?
He healed the sick.
He blessed the poor.
He challenged empty religion.
He calmed seas.
He raised the dead.
Now, why was he doing all of that?
On the one hand, as we just said,
the miracles of Christ were demonstrations of his identity.
Yes.
But they were also something more.
The works that Christ did, they were creation healing works.
What I mean is the miracles of Christ were not merely displays of power or wonder.
They were things that put creation back into the wholeness that God intended.
So, I took my car to the shop this past week.
Now, imagine I had taken my car to the shop,
and the mechanic somehow magically turned my Honda CR-V into an apple pie.
That would have been quite a display of wonder and power.
But it would have been a little pointless, right?
Tasty, but pointless.
But if the mechanic actually fixed the car,
when no one else could fix it,
if he restored it to its proper and intended use,
isn't that much more important?
And isn't that much more satisfying?
You see, the miracles of Christ are signs that the creator has come back into his creation
to make things right.
Jesus turned water into wine
because God originally created us,
not for sorrow, but for joy.
Jesus fed the 5,000
because God originally intended us
to flourish and enjoy his good gifts
and not to be hungry and starve.
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead
because we were made not for death,
but for life.
In short, Jesus came to inaugurate the kingdom of God,
the world-healing reign of the creator
to drive back death and sin and hell from God's good creation
and to begin the work of restoration, of new creation.
And here is what we so often miss.
Here's why our walk with God doesn't satisfy the soul.
Too often we miss the fact that believing,
being united to the person of Christ,
too often we miss that being united to the person of Christ
means being united to the mission of Christ.
Let's read verse 12.
Jesus says,
Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever believes in me
will also do the works that I do
and greater works than these will he do
because I'm going to the Father.
Soul-satisfying Christianity
means believing first and foremost,
believing that Jesus is all we need.
But this believing gives birth to doing.
But what kind of doing?
Doing the very kingdom works of our exalted King Jesus.
Now let's break down verse 12.
Truly, truly, I say to you,
25 times in John's Gospel Jesus says this.
This is Jesus' way of saying,
Listen up.
This is the truth that you need to hear.
I'm putting my whole divine authority
behind what I'm about to say.
Whoever believes in me.
Whoever.
Notice, Jesus isn't just talking about a select few, right?
He's not just talking about the master chefs.
He's talking about everyone in the kitchen, right?
Whoever believes in me
will do the works that I do.
Believing in Jesus results in a life of mission,
of deep and lasting purpose.
You, Christian,
have a calling and a responsibility.
Your life isn't meant to be lived simply to amass wealth
or personal success or personal comfort.
You're called to do the very works of Jesus.
Works of creation, healing, kingdom, exhibiting power.
This is how Jesus defined his mission in Luke chapter 4.
Quoting from the prophet Isaiah,
Jesus said,
As you look out at your world,
friends,
your family,
your neighborhood,
your school,
your city,
what do you see?
If you're looking with the eyes of Jesus,
you see men and women
all made in the image of God,
full of dignity and worth and beauty.
But you see them suffering mightily
under the weight of sin.
Spiritually and materially poor.
Spiritually and materially captive.
Spiritually and materially blind.
Spiritually and materially oppressed.
And being united to Jesus by faith,
we are called to go
and proclaim liberty to the captives.
To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
To use all the gifts that God has given us
to love our neighbors as ourselves
and to serve rather than to be served.
We enter into the mission of Jesus.
You will do the works that I do.
And then Jesus says,
And greater works than these will you do.
Now you can imagine the apostles
starting to scratch their heads at that point, right?
You have to ask,
Okay, well greater in what sense, Jesus?
Does Jesus mean greater in number?
Like quantitatively,
will we just do a greater number of good works?
Well, you have to admit,
that is true, right?
Read the first few chapters,
even just of the book of Acts.
Thousands of believers join the church in one day.
Many people are healed.
The church does go on to do works
greater in number
than those Jesus performed
during his three-year ministry.
That is true.
But,
greater in number
doesn't seem to be the best understanding
of the actual Greek phrase here.
There are other more natural ways
to say greater in number
if that's what Jesus meant.
So,
if Jesus doesn't mean greater in number,
perhaps he means
greater in wonder.
will the church do more wonderful
or miraculous works than Jesus?
Well, we have to admit,
it's kind of hard to imagine
doing more wonderful works
than raising the dead
and calming the seas
and feeding the 5,000.
We do see mighty works
done by the church.
Read the book of Acts.
Read church history.
God does miraculous things
through the church
by his spirit,
even today.
But,
it's hard to say
that these are greater in wonder
than what Jesus has done.
So,
what does it mean
that we're going to do
greater works?
Well,
imagine a baseball player.
It's early in the season.
His team is tied
in the third inning
of some
random game.
He gets to the plate.
Boom!
Hits a home run.
That's a pretty great work,
right?
Now,
fast forward.
His team has made it
all the way to the playoffs.
It's the World Series.
Bottom of the ninth.
Score is tied.
Two outs.
Same player.
Steps to the bat.
Boom!
He hits a home run.
Which one
is the greater work?
Well,
the work itself
was the same,
right?
A ball,
a bat,
hit a ball
and it went over the fence.
But,
obviously,
the second work
was much,
much greater.
Why?
Not because of what,
but because of when.
Brothers and sisters,
do you know
what time it is?
Not clock time,
not chronological time.
Some of you are thinking,
maybe it's time to start
wrapping this sermon up.
We've been sitting here
for 20 minutes.
No.
What time is it
in God's
plan of redemption?
The time that really matters,
theological time.
When
are we?
Do you remember
in Genesis 3,
after the fall of Adam and Eve,
God said,
a time was coming
when the seed of the woman
would crush the serpent's head.
Do you remember
in Genesis 12,
when God
called Abraham
and God said,
a time was coming,
Abraham,
when I'm going to bless
all nations
and your offspring?
And do you remember
in 2 Samuel chapter 7,
when God made a covenant
with David,
God said,
a time was coming
when David's throne
would be established
forever.
And then in Joel 2,
when the people
were languishing
under a natural disaster,
under a locust plague,
God said,
a time is coming
when he would pour out
his spirit on all flesh.
In Isaiah 49,
when the people
were suffering in exile,
God said,
a time was coming
when he would not only
bring back
the people of Israel,
but he would make
his servant a light
for the nations
and his salvation
would reach to the ends
of the earth.
A time is coming.
Do you know
what time it is?
That time
is now.
Right now.
Theologically speaking,
it is
the World Series.
Every
hit
counts.
God's
kingdom
is unleashed
on the world
and nothing
will stop it.
Why?
Look at verse 12 again.
Jesus says,
we'll do greater works
than he did
during his earthly ministry
because I
am going to the Father,
he says.
because I
am going
to the Father.
Jesus is referring there
to his death
and resurrection
and ascension
to the Father's right hand.
And because
Jesus has died,
risen,
and ascended,
that is the reason
why believers
will do greater works.
Because when Jesus
ascended
to the right hand
of God,
a human king
was at long
last
enthroned
over creation
just like God
promised David.
and the serpent's
head was crushed
by the crucified
one
just like God
had promised Adam
and Eve.
And the spirit
was poured out
just like God
had promised Joel.
And the blessing
of God
was now being
proclaimed
to all nations,
to the ends
of the earth,
just like God
had promised Abraham
and Isaiah.
Friends,
the king
has taken
his seat
and he will reign
until every enemy
is under his feet,
until even death
itself will die.
Heaven and earth
are now united
in King Jesus.
The door of redemptive history
has swung open
and the time
is at hand.
what a wonderful,
humbling,
and awe-inspiring
thing
that the almighty
God of the universe
has chosen
to do
his greater work,
his kingdom-advancing
work,
not apart from us,
but through us.
how much
must Jesus
love
his body,
his bride,
his church?
He defeats
sin and death
on the cross,
he rises to new life
on the third day,
he ascends
to the everlasting throne
of his father
after 40 days
with his disciples,
and then
he chooses
to do
his greater work
of advancing
his kingdom
to the ends
of the earth.
How?
Through us.
does he need us
to do that work?
No!
But he delights
to include us
in that work
to make us
part of his plan
and his purpose
and his mission.
That's why the apostle
Paul says in Acts 13,
in Acts 13,
Paul's preaching
the gospel,
and what happens there
is that Paul
takes a passage
from Isaiah,
actually the same passage
from Isaiah,
Isaiah 49,
that we read earlier,
a passage that is
clearly about Jesus,
and then Paul
applies it
to his own
life and ministry
as an apostle.
This is what Paul says,
For so the Lord
has commanded us,
saying,
I have made you
a light to the Gentiles
that you may bring
salvation to the ends
of the earth.
Now,
is Paul being
presumptuous
when he takes
a passage
that is about Jesus
and applies it
to his own life
and ministry?
No.
He is simply
realizing
what Jesus himself
taught,
that you will do
the works that I do
and even greater
works than these
because I am going
to the Father.
So friends,
where has God
called you
to participate
in this greatest
of works,
in this time
in which we live?
faith.
Listen to what
Jesus has been
saying so far
in this
farewell discourse.
Serve one another.
Love one another.
Look at your
neighbors.
How can you
serve them?
Love them.
Look at your
fellow church members.
How can you
serve them?
Love them.
Ask yourself,
who am I?
Who has God
made me to be?
Where am I?
Where has God
put me right now?
When am I?
Well, we know
the answer
to that one.
You have a part
to play
in the drama
of redemption.
You know,
the Old Testament
saints longed
for this day
and here you are.
Do you want
a faith
that is
soul satisfying?
Then first
and foremost
you must believe
that Jesus
is all you need
and then
you must join
the kingdom work
of your risen Lord.
But Jesus
isn't done yet.
Perhaps,
perhaps you've
heard this
kingdom call.
Perhaps you're
finding your way
in the mission
that Christ
has for you.
And the danger
for you
isn't
boredom.
That's the
unique danger
of believing
without doing.
No,
the danger
for you
is weariness.
You're believing,
yes.
You're doing,
yes.
But your soul
is weary
and drained
and you find
yourself asking,
what am I missing?
is this really
what it's all about?
I feel so thin.
I feel so tired.
What am I missing?
Jesus shows us
in the last two verses
of our text.
So we've seen
that soul-satisfying
Christianity
means believing,
first and foremost,
believing that Jesus
is all we need
and it means doing,
doing the very kingdom
works of our
exalted King Jesus.
But third,
it means
praying.
Praying
with radical
assurance
in Jesus'
name.
Let me read again
verses 13 through 14.
Jesus says,
whatever you ask
in my name,
this I will do,
that the Father
may be glorified
in the Son.
If you ask me
anything in my name,
I will do it.
The English poet
George Herbert,
he once called
prayer
reversed
thunder.
Now think about
that metaphor
for a minute.
How does
thunder
work?
Well,
there's a flash
of blazing light
across the sky,
right?
And then half a second
or maybe a second
later,
boom,
we hear the thunder.
First the light,
then the sound.
But prayer,
prayer
is reversed
thunder.
prayer
is the sound
that brings
the light.
Why don't
we pray?
We don't pray
because I think
we don't really
believe
that prayer
is reversed
thunder.
We don't really
believe that prayer
is the sound
that brings
the light.
We don't
really believe
that God
answers prayer.
prayer.
But listen
to what
Jesus says.
If we ask
anything
in his name,
he'll do it.
Now what does
it mean to ask
in his name?
Well,
two things
I think.
First,
praying in
Jesus'
name means
praying for
things that
are in accord
with who
Jesus is
and all
that he
stands for.
Praying in
Jesus'
name isn't
some magic
code word
that gives
you a brand
new car
because
you're
tired
of
your
old
one,
right?
But
you really
can ask
for anything
in his
name.
If you
need a
different
car
to do
what
Jesus
has
called
you
to do,
to get
to work,
to serve
your family,
to give
people a ride
to church,
then pray
for the
car.
So praying
in Jesus'
name means
praying for
things that
are in
accord
with who
Jesus is
and what
he stands
for.
But praying
in Jesus'
name also
means praying
in deep
recognition
that Jesus
is our
only way
to the
Father.
That Jesus
has made
a way
where there
was no
way.
When our
sins had
cast us
out from
God's
presence,
Jesus came
from heaven,
paid for
our sins,
and returned
to heaven so
that we can
now come
to the
Father on
the basis
of his
perfect
record and
not on
the basis
of our
own
record.
We don't
offer our
prayers to
God because
we deserve
to be
heard,
but because
Jesus deserves
to be
heard,
and because
he's united
us to
himself.
And that's
why prayer
is reverse
thunder,
because we
know that
our
redeemer lives,
and that he
invites us
to come,
and to come
and ask
anything in
his name.
Because when
we ask,
when we
pray,
who gets
the credit?
Who gets
the credit?
What does
Jesus say?
Whatever you
ask in my
name,
this I
will do,
that the
Father may
be glorified
in the
Son.
As we
embark on
the mission
of Christ,
Jesus wants
us to ask
for anything
we encounter
along the
way.
Ask for
anything,
Jesus says.
Why?
So that he
might get the
glory for
everything.
And when
God is
praised,
when God
is praised
for being
the glorious
and gracious
and holy
and kind
and powerful
God that he
is,
when our
lives are
struck by
his beauty
and brilliance,
when they're
struck in
such a way
that they
only can
be when
we are
praying in
the midst
of the
mission that
is born
because of
our belief
in Jesus,
in other
words,
when God
is glorified
for answered
prayer and
kingdom work,
that is the
place where
the soul is
truly satisfied
because we
are seeing
his glory
in all of
its fullness.
And like
Philip,
we can finally
say it's
enough.
At long
last,
it's enough.
God
will
ask for
today
in Jesus'
name.
Maybe it's
something that
seems too
petty,
too small.
Surely God
has bigger
things to do
with his
time than
answer my
small prayer.
And yet
it's nagging
on your
heart and
hear Jesus
say,
just come
ask for
anything in
my name
and I'll
do it.
Maybe for
you it's
something that
seems too
big,
too bold,
and yet it's
there.
It's this
kingdom desire
that God has
put in you
and before you.
And you think,
I don't know,
it seems too
unlikely that God
would do something
like that.
Friends,
you have not
because you
ask not.
but when you
ask in
Jesus'
name,
then get
ready for
the lightning.
It may
not come
right away,
it may not
come like
you expected,
but it
will come.
Let's
pray.
Lord
Jesus,
thank you
for revealing
to us and
showing us
what a
full-orbed
life with
you looks
like.
Lord,
help us
by your
spirit to
enter into
these things,
to believe
and to do
and to pray.
Lord,
we take just
a minute now
as we sit
in quiet
before you
to pray for
those things
in your name
that are deep
in our hearts
O Father,
glorify
yourself
through your
Son,
and may we
have eyes
to see it
and be
satisfied.
Amen.
God bless you today.
We
need you.
God bless you.