Demonstration and Power

Sharing good news of great joy to all people,

Elation Church. Today, the title of the message

is this, Demonstration and Power. Demonstration

and Power. Here we go. Going to start out by

reading 1 Kings chapter 18. Going to start with

1 Kings 18 · chapter mention

verse 16. So if you just want to write down 1

Kings 18, 16 through 19, and then read it again

this week, because it's a lot of verses. And

I want you to listen like you've never heard

this story before, even though if you've spent

any time in church, you've heard this story.

Sometimes when we're very familiar with something,

we put our mind on idle. Do you know what I'm

talking about? My mind's been on idol a lot because

I thought I knew it. Well, I need to know what

God wants to speak to me today, right? So don't

put your mind on idol. 1 Kings 18, verse 16.

1 Kings 18:16

So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had

come. And Ahab went out to meet Elijah. Ahab

is the king, in case you didn't know that. Elijah

is the prophet, in case you didn't know that.

When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, so is it really

you, you troublemaker of Israel? Well, Ahab had

a point. We could say he had a point. Because

Elijah had been led by God. To prophesy that

it wasn't going to rain until he said it was

going to rain. So now we've gone over three years

in a drought. To put it in context. Here's the

deal. God wasn't punishing the people. He was

trying to wake the people up. Look to the person

beside you and say, wake up. See, God had promised

that as long as they acknowledged him as God,

worshiped him and obeyed him and kept his word,

God said it will always rain. There will never

be a famine. There will never be a drought. That

was God's promise. But guess what? The people

had turned away from God. So just to make sure

they knew that that was a problem, the prophet

said, okay, it's not going to rain until I say

it's going to rain again. So it wasn't just something

just happening by chance. Okay, it's just, we're

not in a rainy season. So, you know, we have

cycles and it's... and it rains sometimes, and

it doesn't rain sometimes, El Nino and all that

kind of stuff, right? Somebody smile at least.

I mean, I know that's not a joke, but just so

they couldn't say, well, you know, that happens

every once in a while. It had been raining. The

prophet said, okay, it's not going to rain anymore

until I say it rains. At that point, wouldn't

you know that God had something to do with it?

So Ahab, a wicked king, married to Jezebel, an

extremely wicked woman. I don't know why people

named their little girls Jezebel. Maybe they

heard it in some kind of country song. But please

don't name anybody Jezebel. She was very wicked.

So he says, is that you? You're the troubler.

You're the one who said it wasn't going to rain.

So is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?

Elijah says, I have made no trouble for Israel,

Elijah replied. You and your family are the troublemakers.

They were the ones promoting false religion,

false gods, that all the people had turned to.

Jezebel is the one who spearheaded that. You

and your family are the troublemakers, for you

have refused to obey the commands of the Lord

and have worshipped the images of Baal instead.

The trouble is coming from you, not from me.

Now summon. Elijah's coming on purpose because

Elijah has heard God. Everybody say you heard

God. Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount

Carmel along with the 450 prophets of Baal and

the 400 prophets of Asherah who are supported

by Jezebel. So here's 850 false prophets supported

by... The queen, I guess. So Ahab summoned all

the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount

Carmel. Then Elijah stood in front of them and

said, How much longer will you waver, hobbling

between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow

him. But if Baal is God, then follow him. Quit

wavering. Because I'm sure, even though they

were worshiping Baal, they would throw in God

a little bit. You know, God's the one who brought

us out of Egypt, but we worship Baal. You know.

They probably had Yahweh as an add -on God. They

still remembered some things. How much will you

waver? How much longer will you waver? Going

back and forth. Everybody say mixture. If the

Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is God,

then follow him. But the people were completely

silent. Then Elijah said to them, I am the only

prophet of the Lord who is left, but Baal...

has 450 prophets. Now bring two bulls. The prophets

of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and

cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of

their altar, but without setting fire to it.

I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the

wood on the altar, but not set fire to it. Then

call on the name of your God, and I will call

on the name of the Lord. The God who answers

by setting fire to the wood is the true God.

All the people agreed. Then Elijah said to the

prophets of Baal, You go first, for there are

many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare

it and call on the name of your God, but do not

set fire to the wood. So they prepared one of

the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they

called on the name of Bell from morning until

noontime, shouting, Oh, Bell, answer us. But

there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced,

hobbling around the altar they had made. I don't

know why they chose the word hobbling. They danced

around the altar. Jumping around. I don't know

what hobbling looks like. I was going to do it

for you. About noontime. Everybody say trash

talk. About noontime, Elijah began mocking them.

You'll have to shout louder. He scoffed. For

surely, he's a God. Perhaps he's daydreaming.

Or he's relieving himself. Perhaps he's gone

to the bathroom. Maybe that's why he's not answering

you. That'd be a long bathroom break. Because

they've been going for hours already. Or maybe

he's away on a trip. Or is asleep and needs to

be wakened. So bump it up a notch. Get louder.

Dance bigger. Stir it up. So they shouted louder.

And following their normal custom, they cut themselves

with knives and swords until blood gushed out.

I mean, they're ramping it up as hard as they

can. They raved all afternoon until the time

of the evening sacrifice. Everybody say three

o 'clock. They raved all afternoon until the

time of the evening sacrifice. But still, there

was no sound, no reply, no response. So I imagine

they've been working it up for about five hours.

Because it was noontime the last time. It had

already been going for a long time. Now they

went for three more hours. I'm just going to

say, Bell had his chance. More than enough. By

the way, when Jesus was hanging on the cross,

it was three o 'clock when he said he was finished.

Time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,

just in case you don't know that. Then Elijah

called to the people, come over here. They all

crowded around him as he repaired the altar of

the Lord that had been torn down. You see, there

had been an altar on Mount Carmel to Yahweh.

It had been abandoned. It had been torn down

even. People weren't worshiping God, acknowledging

him. So he began to pick up the 12 stones, each

stone representing the tribes of Israel. So he

places those stones back and makes an altar again.

It was just a pile of stones. It had been knocked

down by the people. We don't know who knocked

it down. Maybe Jezebel knocked it down. We don't

know. But it was someone who was not honoring

God. That was the person who knocked it down.

And there were quite a few people not honoring

God. He took the 12 stones, one to represent

each of the tribes of Israel, and he used the

stones to rebuild the altar in the name of Yahweh,

the Lord. Then he dug a trench around the altar,

large enough to hold about three gallons. Or

you could say two seas of seed, but three gallons

communicates a little bit better, I believe,

to our minds. He piled wood on the altar, cut

the bull into pieces, laid the pieces on the

wood. Then he said, fill four large jars with

water and pour the water over the offering and

the wood. If you're looking for fire, you probably

don't need to drench it with water. I'm just

saying. After they had done this, he said, do

the same thing again. And when they were finished,

he said, now do it a third time. Make sure it's

good and wet and waterlogged. So they did, as

he said. You got to remember, it hadn't rained

in over three years. And now he's got, I don't

know, 18 gallons of water that he's poured, Over

this altar. And can you imagine people saying,

well, that's a waste. We're struggling for water.

Our crops are dying. Our animals are dying. We

don't have enough water. Why are you wasting

all this water? Well, after all this was over,

he said, I see a little bitty cloud. Do you see

it? I see a cloud. And even though it looks tiny,

rain's coming. I didn't mean to get to that part

of the story, but anyway. That's how, by faith,

he could just waste all the water he wanted.

Because he was going to call the end of the drought

right after what God was going to do. And how

the people were going to respond. After they

had done this, he said, do the same thing again.

When they were finished, he said, now do it a

third time. So they did as he said. And the water

ran around the altar, even filled the trench.

So the sacrifice is soaked. The wood is soaked.

The stones are soaked. The ground is soaked.

And there's a trench of standing water around

it. At the usual time for offering the evening

sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the

altar and prayed. Oh, Lord. Oh, Yahweh. The God

of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Listen to what

he says. Prove today that you are God in Israel.

Prove that you're God. That I'm your servant.

Listen to what he says. Prove that I have done

this at your command. Elijah wasn't just sitting

in his cave or his tent saying, you know what

would be cool? He's doing exactly what God told

him to do. Not what he created in his own imagination.

He's doing what God told him to do. Prove that

I have done all this at your command. Oh, Lord,

answer me. I mean, I bet he's praying loud because

there's thousands of people out there. He's talking

to God, but he's wanting to make sure everybody

can hear. Answer me, Lord. Yahweh, answer me.

Answer me so these people will know that you,

O Lord, O Yahweh, are God. Not this bell stuff.

Answer me so they'll know that you are the one

and only true God. Answer me, God. O Lord. Do

this so that everybody will know in the sound

of my voice that you love them and you want them

to come back. Right? So these people will know

that you are Lord, are God, and that you have

brought them back to yourself. Now based on these

statements, We know that Elijah had heard God.

And for him to call everybody out, the whole

nation and the prophets of Baal and Asherah,

to call them out to the mountain, to call all

the people. We know something. We know that he

believed God. We know that he had confidence

in what God had told him. We know that he was

standing in great expectation. You might want

to write these three things down. Or four things

or five things. How many ever I got there? I

don't have a little star here, but these are

important things. Not just for Elijah, but for

you. These are important things. Elijah heard

God. Elijah believed what God said. Elijah had

confidence in what God said. Elijah expected

God to do what he said he was going to do. Do

you see it in what he said? Do you see those

things? Do you see that he obeyed God? These

are key things. for all of us, every day, every

moment, every challenge. Here's what happened.

Immediately, everybody say immediately. Immediately,

the fire of Yahweh, every time it's all caps,

L -O -R -D, it's our English derivative of Yahweh.

Immediately, the fire of Yahweh flashed down

from heaven, burned up the soaking wet, drenched

young bull. Burned up. It didn't say like a little

spark started and a little flame came and then

they had to wait, you know, 30 minutes for the

bull to be burned up. Does it? Burned up the

young bull. Burned up the wood. Burned up the

stones. Twelve big boulders. It's just all turned

to ash right before their eyes. Immediately.

Everybody say immediately. It even burnt the

dust. It even licked up all the water in the

trench. No more water. The trench was full of

water. It's dry. Bone dry. Don't know how that

translates in the Spanish or French. Bone dry.

And look what happened. When all the people saw

it, they fell face down on the ground. Everybody

say a posture of worship. We went through, you

know, authentic praise and worship and one of

the, well, often in the Old Testament when you

just read the word worship, it's talking about

a position. He's talking about falling face down

before God. That's a posture of worship. And

it's considered worship to God. When you do it

out of a heart, you know, when it starts on the

inside, not just every time you lay face down,

that's not technically worship, but if it begins

in the heart, like you're just amazed and you're

in awe of God and you lay down face down. He

receives that as worship. When all the people

saw it, how many? Just about 10 or 20 standing

around the altar? Thousands of people. When all

the people saw it, they fell face down on the

ground and cried out, Yahweh is God! Can anybody

see why it was about to rain now? The demonstration

of the power of God was instrumental in the people

turning away from the powerless counterfeit.

They turned away from the powerless counterfeit

and they turned to The real living God. I love

this story. But the Bible is not just a history

book. It contains some history. But it's not

just a history book. It's more than a history

book. We shouldn't sit here and say, God, that

was amazing that you used to be able to do that.

Boy, it sure is amazing. All those Old Testament

stories that I read, it sure is amazing that

you did these remarkable things. God, that was

so awesome. Demonstration and power are important.

It's just as much important today as it's ever

been because we live in a world that's looking

for something real. Oh, they've had experience

with church before. But they've never seen the

real living God. I'm here today to tell you that

He's the same. Same God. Same God. He doesn't

change. So many people are desperate for something

real. They're searching for something real. But

what do we have to offer them? I want to break

down this verse and then we're going to be done.

Don't take that as we're about done and about

to walk out the door because it's going to take

a few minutes to break down this verse. 1 Corinthians

2. verses 4 and 5. This just shows us that Paul

believed the same thing that Elijah believed.

Very clear. He's talking to the Corinthians.

There's been false prophets, false teachers.

trying to mess up. I mean, Paul would go to a

place and plant a church in a community, and

then other people would come in and they would

say, well, you know, what Paul says isn't actually

true. You've still got to earn righteousness

just like we used to. You know, all this great

stuff, we can't run away with that. We can't

get too wrapped up in that because, you know,

we got to work for it, earn it, deserve it. And

then there were other people doing witchcraft

in these cities. And they're saying, we have

the power to help you deal with the situations

that you're dealing with. We can help you. That's

how they were making a living, you know. Just

like the signs up and down 27. Palm reading.

All this kind of stuff. It's no different, same

thing. Here's what Paul said. He said, my message

and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive

words. Paul was smart. Paul was, they called

him a Pharisee of Pharisees. He had studied under

the most renowned Pharisee, Gamaliel, that there

was at the time. He had studied under him. He

was highly educated. And we find in Romans when

he went to Athens, he like dealt with them philosophically

because that's what they were talking about.

When he said, oh, you have this statue to an

unknown God. Let me tell you who that is. You

know? But it was more than that. My message and

my preaching were not with, I would say, just

wise and persuasive words. But, with a demonstration

of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might

not rest on human wisdom, but that your faith

can rest on God, on God's power, so that your

faith can rest on a real God doing real things

in front of your eyes. Think about that a minute.

We're going to look at four Greek words. Message.

He said, my message. That's the word logos. Now,

when I did a word study, normally I would say

logos is a written word and rhema is a spoken

word. I mean, because that's just what I've heard

all my life. But, hey, you look it up and you

do a word study. Look it up yourself. This verse,

interlinear. Go to Bible, which one? Bible Hub?

Bible Hub, interlinear. Look at, you know, the

summary. Go down, read it yourself. Logos is

actually attached to Lego. Who remembers talking

about Lego? When we're talking about faith and

we're talking about our words, it's a systematic

discourse where you're building something. So

what Paul is saying is, when I've been talking

to you, when I've been writing to you, I've been

building something with my words. That's my message.

And I'll go ahead and put it this far. When you

come to Elation Church, And Jeffrey and I are

preaching and bringing a message. We are building

something with our words. Because we use words.

We have a microphone, right? So we're building,

building faith with our words. Building hope

with our words. Building life with our words.

Building a way to a relationship with God with

our words. Faithfulness. And his preaching. He

said, my message and my preaching. This word

means an authoritative, public, good news announcement.

delivered on behalf of a sovereign. See, this

good news announcement, this authoritative public

good news announcement is not delivered from

Paul. He's delivering it from God. It's a public

declaration of God's redemptive work in Christ.

So the preaching is supposedly building a case

and letting you know what it means to be in Christ,

what God has made available to you, who you have

become, who you are in Christ, who God is, what

God does. Does that sound familiar to anybody?

Here's the deal. It's more than words and ideas.

It is words and ideas. But if that's all it is,

then every single one of us, we're just wasting

our time. If we're just coming together, together

to look into God's Word just for more words and

more ideas from the preacher, we're completely

wasting our time. And we would be just like so

many. We couldn't offer anybody anything. Because

people could come here and hear these words and

these ideas and they could leave no different.

Unchanged. And leave going, I tried that religion

thing again and it's just not working. There's

no demonstration and no power. If all it is is

words and ideas, then we might as well load it

up and go to a theme park on Sunday morning.

They have words and ideas too. Come on somebody.

But what did Paul say? My message and my preaching

were not with wise and persuasive words. It's

more than words, more than ideas. It's a demonstration

of God's power. Because the Holy Spirit is God.

Demonstration of God's power. Demonstration.

Here's your Greek word. What does that mean?

It means a manifest, observable proof that validates

a claim. And I ask you, does that sound like

what Elijah said on Mount Carmel? Prove to the

people that you're God. Prove that I'm your servant.

Prove that I've done all these things at your

word. A manifest observable proof that validates

a claim. And get this, it's the tangible way

the Holy Spirit authenticates the preaching and

the message. The proclamation. Power. Same word

in Acts 1 -8 where it says, you'll receive power.

When the Holy Ghost comes upon you, you will

receive power. It's power to achieve. Get this.

It's power to achieve by applying the Lord's

inerrant abilities. So it's not our power. God

empowers us. It's the process of him applying

his inerrant abilities. You could put it this

way. Power through God's ability. Not human power.

Power through God's ability. So, how does this

apply to us? We've got some statements. that

I really need you to consider. I'm not going

to have it up here so long that you can write

it all down, but take a picture of it, write

it down later. As followers of Christ, we shouldn't

be just expecting information. Words and ideas.

Now if you come expecting just words and ideas,

that's probably what you're going to leave with.

Because that's what you were expecting. And God

will meet you at the point of your expectation.

But God is expecting us to expect more than words

and ideas. Not just expecting information. As

Christ followers, as children of God, we need

to always be expecting a demonstration and a

transformation by God's power. Now listen, some

of you are like, well, I'm not going to go build

an altar and ask God to call down fire when I'm

at work this week. What are you saying, Dean?

Is that what you're saying we need to do? We

need to go get some rocks, stand out in our front

yard, call all of our neighbors, you know. Round

up the stray cat in the neighborhood. Put it

on the altar. I'm allergic to cats. That's why

I use cats. I mean, is that what you're asking

us to do? Get our neighbors to come over? Say,

hey, y 'all watch this. Y 'all watch this. Oh,

God. Prove yourself. By burning. up his cat.

The cat's already dead. Maybe it was run over

in the road. I don't know. Like I said, I'm allergic

to cats. What should I use? I like possums. I'm

just kidding. If you put them in a sweet box

and give them some good cornbread, they might

turn into a good... I do know a guy that... Eight

possums. But anyway, after you sweeten them up.

Don't get lost in the joke. Here's the deal.

Now listen to me. With God, there is no difference

in what we might consider a small demonstration

of his power and the fire on Mount Carmel. It's

all the same to him. But I am telling you, he

wants to work in you to demonstrate His power.

Because people are looking for something real.

We don't just replicate the things that we read

in the Old Testament. God wants to work in you

and through you where you are. He wants to show

himself. To those around you. So that they will

see him and know that he's real. And he wants

to do that in you and through you. You need to

come expecting God to speak to you. Every time

you open your Bible, you need to expect God to

speak to you. Because He is speaking to you.

That He would cause His Word to come alive. It's

not just a history book. I said it before. It's

the living Word of God. So we need to expect

to hear from God. He's living in us. We need

to acknowledge Him and ask Him to speak to us

and give us ears to hear, eyes to see. Here's

the problem. We go about our life just in a flesh

and soul mode. Almost all the time. But we need,

get this, we need to learn to be who we are.

We are a spirit. We live in a body and we have

a soul. We need to start working on living as

spirits in this world. Because that's who we

are. But the world will tell you that you're

just your mind, your will, and emotions in a

body. But we are spirits created in the image

of God. Walking in this earth. Representing God

who is spirit. He made us like himself in his

image. We're spirits. We need to learn to live

as spirits, not as soulish and fleshly beings.

We need to expect God to speak to us. We need

to be determined to take action on what he says.

Just as kind of revealing some of the sermon

because I was so excited about it. I was like,

well, God, just help us say yes even before you

say anything. Help us to be in that point where

we're going to say yes. Speak to me, God. Show

me a step. Show me a word. Show me a touch. Show

me a gift. Whatever it is. I'm ready to say yes

even before you ask me or tell me. You think

that might be where Elijah was before he just

summoned everybody to the mountain? We don't

know that for sure. It's not written, but somebody

that bold? God's not asking you to call down

fire from heaven to consume the possum. I'll

switch to possum. They got run over in the road.

Because the majority of us would say, ain't no

way, God. Ain't no way I'd do that. I'd look

like a fool. All my neighbors would run me out

of the neighborhood. Call me a crazy old fool.

Well, if you just did it in your own imagination,

I'd call you a fool too. Hey, but if God told

you to do it, Would you have the expectation

and the confidence to do it? Expecting God to

speak to you. Be determined to take action on

what he says. I don't want to ever argue with

God when he tells me to do something again. Because

I've done it. I don't know if you've done it

or not, but I've done it. We need to get away

from that. See, demonstration and power are connected

to our hearing, believing, and doing, just like

it was Elijah. I see you taking pictures. For

us to see it, for God to use us in this way,

It's going to be connected to our hearing God,

our believing God, and our obeying God, doing

what he says to do. Quickly. We need to live

our lives expecting to see and experience a demonstration

of God's power. Most of the time when we talk

about faith, we're talking about how it can benefit

us. Aren't we? Most of the time. To help us through

the trouble that we're in, the hurdle that we're

facing, the past thing that's messed up today,

we can have faith to overcome those things. Based

on what God has said. And it is. Look to the

person beside you and say, you're going to enjoy

it. You're going to enjoy the demonstration and

power of God working. You're going to enjoy it.

You're going to enjoy it. How many of you think

Elijah just, this is amazing. Do you think he

enjoyed it that day when the fire came down and

consumed the sacrifice? I mean, he was expecting

it. He was confident. He did it. But it's always

awesome to see God do it. I've got testimony

after testimony after testimony where I believed,

I heard, and I believed, and I expected, but

it's always pretty awesome when God does it.

And we see it. Right? So we're going to enjoy

it. We're going to enjoy the breakthrough. We're

going to enjoy overcoming and the victory. We're

going to enjoy the deliverance. We're going to

enjoy the restoration. We're going to enjoy the

miracle. Right? It's for you, but it's for more

than you. Look to the person beside you and say,

it's for more than you. I mean, you might can

live the rest of your life without the breakthrough,

without the victory, without the deliverance,

and without the restoration, without the miracle.

You can live the rest of your life without that.

And still make it to heaven one day when you

die. Right? How many of you think it'd be a whole

lot better with it? And here's the deal. It's

for more than you. Because this is generational.

We need to start thinking generational. When

we read our Bibles, we see that so many promises

and so many things actually... kept multiplying

over generation, over generation, over generation.

Here's an example. Abraham. Did he ever have

more physical children walking around his house?

Did he ever have more children than the stars

in the sky? I mean, did he ever experience that?

Were there like millions of children running

around him and Sarah? But he heard and he believed.

And he received a miracle. Right? 100 -year -old

man, 90 -year -old woman having a baby. Look

to the person beside you and raise your eyebrows

and say, that's a miracle. That's a miracle.

He received a miracle, but it was for more than

him. Over a million people coming out of Egypt.

That's a lot of children, but it was generational.

His offspring got the land that God had given

him. It's generational. Here's the deal. You

experiencing the demonstration and the power

of God in your life in such a way that is not

just something that you keep a secret, but everybody

else can even notice the change. Notice the transformation.

Notice the miracle. They see evidence of the

testimony. Because sometimes we can give testimonies

in church that are not really a reflection of

what's happening on Tuesday morning. preaching

good. It's generational. See, that same list

again. Your breakthrough, your victory, your

deliverance, your restoration, your miracle is

going to make a difference. That demonstration

of the power of God instead of just your words

and your ideas about God. When your family sees

a demonstration of the power of God in your life,

when they see something real that has changed,

not just words changing, but a real change, it's

going to get their attention. It's going to be

just like that fire coming down on Mount Carmel

when it's a real deal by a real God and there's

no other explanation. other than God did it.

You know who I used to be, but look what the

Lord has done. They might even say, something's

done happened to you. You're not the same person

you used to be. And that's when you can, let

me tell you what God did. It's not only generational,

it's territorial. Everybody say territorial.

Because when your life becomes a testimony or

a proof, hello somebody, when your life becomes

a proof of the goodness of God, it's going to

change more than your family. It's going to change

everywhere you go. Because people who used to

know the way you were, or they knew what you

have been dealing with, and they see, I'll pull

up the list again, when they see, when your co

-workers, when your neighbors, See the breakthrough?

It's no different than the fire from heaven coming

down. Same thing. God sees it the same. It's

all spectacular to Him. But when they see the

breakthrough in your life, when they see the

victory in your life, when the wine is permanently

removed from your voice, you're just whining

like the world. I love it when I think about

things that aren't in my notes. when the wine

is gone from your voice, when the problem that

they have seen in your life because you've been

whining about it, when they see the breakthrough,

when they see the victory, when they see the

deliverance, when they see the restoration, when

they see the miracle, God wants to use your life,

the situations of your life, to prove himself

by demonstrating his power in your life. Let's

pray. God, I thank you for your word. Thank you

for what you've been working in me all week.

Thank you for the things that you've brought

to my mind even as I presented what I knew so

far. Thank you for those touches to speak to

my heart and to speak to each person's heart

in here. Help us to take hold of it. Don't let

us run away from it. Help us take hold of it.

God, we expect, I expect, to see demonstrations

of your power in your people in this room this

week. I expect to see it. And I expect to hear

about it. And I expect, just like Elijah, that

people will be drawn to you because you are proving

your goodness and your faithfulness and your

word through your people as we become the demonstration

of your power. Thank you. Thank you. In Jesus'

name I pray. Amen. This online worship experience

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