When God Gets Ready
Pastor Steven Furtick
Sermon Highlights
Callings have commas
People label through the lens of what they see. God names through the lens of what He gave you.
Faith will never flourish without a fight
You might have been getting it wrong, but while you were getting it wrong, God was getting ready.
Why would you put a period on your purpose where God puts a comma?
God orchestrated a falling into a new calling
Sometimes, it takes a heartbreak to hear God
It’s too soon to give up on you
It ain’t nothing until God calls it
The grace was there before the mistake was ever made.
Get ready to see what God will reveal
Scriptures
Galatians 1:11-20 – Paul tells his story of encountering Jesus
Acts 9:3-6 – Jesus confronts Saul on the road to Damascus
Genesis 17:3-5 – God changes Abram’s name to Abraham
Genesis 32:28 – God changes Jacob’s name to Israel
Matthew 16:15-18 – God changes Simon’s name to Peter
Acts 13:9 – Saul was always also Paul
Sermon Discussion
Conversation Starter
Pastor Steven talked about all the things people call him (son, boss, dad). What are some of your favorite names or nicknames that people call you?
Discussion Questions
“Why would you put a period on your purpose where God puts a comma?” Is there an area of your life where you feel like you’ve hit a limit on all you can be? How can you remind yourself this week that God has put more in you?
“God orchestrated a falling into a new calling.” Share a time you saw God use a mistake or failure in your life for His purpose.
Additional Questions
“People label through the lens of what they see. God names through the lens of what He gave you.” What is something in your life that people (or even you) may have labeled as one thing, but you've seen God use it for something else?
“Faith will never flourish without a fight.” Share about a time when your faith got stronger as a result of what you went through.
Prayer Prompt
Ask this question to your eGroup and include it as part of your closing prayer:
Pastor Steven said: “Sometimes, it takes a heartbreak to hear God.”
Ask your eGroup: Have you ever heard God after a heartbreak or disappointment? Or, are you in the middle of one now and wanting to hear His voice?
Pray that your group will remember that God is with them in the failure, in the falling, and that He isn’t through with them yet. Pray that God would get them ready to see what He will reveal.