Hi friends! Thank you for taking the time to read today. Below you’ll find my sermon notes for Pastor Jabin Chavez’s message titled A Ridiculous Reality. This sermon was given at Elevation Church on June 20, 2021.

Please note that these are not my own words or thoughts, but merely the notes I took while the pastor was speaking. Context will be needed, click here to watch this entire message on YouTube. Also, I will link to the bible verses, so you can click to read those.

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Sermon Notes : A Ridiculous Reality

• 1 Samuel 17:33-34
• Acts 13:22
• My outlook is more important than my circumstance.
• I’m trying to change what I’m surrounded by, but God is trying to change inside me.
• Don’t limit God to someone who can just do things for you while refusing to allow him to do something in you.
• You rarely choose your giant – usually your giant chooses you.
• We must choose to fight.
• Don’t die as a victim of your circumstance because you’re angry at the fight that has been given to you.
• You can miss your growth if you try to pray your way out of your situation.
• Point #1 You must choose courage over worry.
• Courage is not an absence of emotion – just belief that God is stronger.
• Satan will work your taunt as long as you let him talk.
• Fear is justified – living in it is not.
• You can get your confidence back.
• Faith will always look ridiculous.
• The miraculous and the ridiculous are connected.
• God will answer your prayer with instruction.
• Do something that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
• Do what you can do and God will do what you cannot.
• If God just gave us everything, we would never change.
• It sounds ridiculous – until it works.
• Point #2 Faith over Fact
• There will always be an excuse.
• You have to see the same issue a different way.
• Point #3 God’s Word Over Man’s Opinion
• Hear what God is saying to you.
• You don’t live your life listening to the haters.
• Push back against the voices trying to keep you from walking in victory.
• Goliath is your opportunity for elevation and promotion.
• The giant you are facing is revealing that you are bigger on the inside than Goliath is on the outside.
• Giants reveal our calling, and teach us to pray.
• You’re better after the conflict.

As always, thank you for taking the time to read today. Be sure to leave a comment letting me know your favorite takeaway.