WORKING MIRACLES WITH GOD - ALBERT ELISHA OBERDORFER - SAMPLE
God’s work is supernatural. He “gives life to the dead and calls those things that are not as though they were.” God invites us to be co-workers with Him. But along the way, He needs us to learn a few lessons. He needs to remove pride from us so that we can be endowed with His grace—His supernatural enablement. So before He can work with us effectively, He needs to have done a work in us. Take Jacob, for example. God had to break him. He had to remove Jacob’s strongest part. And change His identity from a supplanter to a prince of God. God works in us because we are sons and daughters, not illegitimate children. Yet, because some of us are so used to achieving in the natural, it is almost inevitable that we will not be producing some Ishmaels along the way. That we won’t try to achieve the promises of God in our own strength—through natural means. But God is faithful, as He was in the case of Abraham. He will be walking with us right until the end. And in the process, teach us, transform us, and make us usable. For His purpose. Unto His glory. Read the insights in this booklet. They will impart to you some faith steroids that will encourage you in your walk with the Lord. If you are willing, He is going to use you as a co-worker with Him.
God’s work is supernatural.
He “gives life to the dead and calls those things that are not as though they were.”
God invites us to be co-workers with Him.
But along the way, He needs us to learn a few lessons.
He needs to remove pride from us so that we can be endowed with His grace—His supernatural enablement.
So before He can work with us effectively, He needs to have done a work in us.
Take Jacob, for example.
God had to break him.
He had to remove Jacob’s strongest part. And change His identity from a supplanter to a prince of God.
God works in us because we are sons and daughters, not illegitimate children.
Yet, because some of us are so used to achieving in the natural, it is almost inevitable that we will not be producing some Ishmaels along the way.
That we won’t try to achieve the promises of God in our own strength—through natural means.
But God is faithful, as He was in the case of Abraham.
He will be walking with us right until the end.
And in the process, teach us, transform us, and make us usable.
For His purpose.
Unto His glory.
Read the insights in this booklet.
They will impart to you some faith steroids that will encourage you in your walk with the Lord.
If you are willing, He is going to use you as a co-worker with Him.
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I think so.<br />
The danger with patterns and formulas<br />
and set programs how to do things is<br />
always this.<br />
We tend to forget that we need God to be<br />
a part of the equation.<br />
If He is not working, forget about it.<br />
If He is not involved, forget about it.<br />
Otherwise, all you get is Ishmaels.<br />
My spiritual father, Leif Hetland put it<br />
well when he said, and I am paraphrasing,<br />
“It is not about doing things and then<br />
asking God to bless what you are doing.<br />
It is about doing things that He is<br />
blessing.”<br />
We don’t learn this overnight.<br />
That is why we are called disciples.<br />
Learners.<br />
But, bit by bit, we are getting there.<br />
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