My notes for Pastor Holly Furtick’s sermon titled More Than Miracles. From Elevation Church, May 2020.

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Sermon Notes : More Than Miracles

• John 6:28-35
• Jesus said I am the bread of life
• Bread gives comfort and fullness – represents life and sustenance.
• Jesus came to bring a relationship with the living God
• Have you ever been disappointed with your walk with God because it didn’t turn out the way that you expected?
• This wasn’t the way I pictured it – bu the problem isn’t the actual problem – the problem is our expectations.
• God is building inner strength in you that you need for the next phase.
• Raising kids is more about releasing your expectations and embracing who God has called them to be.
• God delights in showing up in miraculous ways.
• But that is not where he stops!
• Jesus is the one who satisfies the hunger in our soul.
• The new standard is faith and belief and an actual living and breathing relationship with God.
• What matters most in the Christian life is not what Jesus can do for you, but who he is to you.
• Do you know him as the one who satisfies your soul? 
• What does this look like practically?
• Isaiah 55:2
• It’s important to identify the things in our life that are not bread.
• It’s a heavy burden for others when you try to use them to fill you spiritually constantly.
• When God is our bread, we know where to go when we’re let down.
• Bread is now. Jesus speaks you right now to your situation.
• They aren’t meant to last you forever – they’re meant so that you can keep coming back for more.
• Jeremiah 15:16
• You don’t need signs anymore – mature faith doesn’t need constant signs and wonders.
• Sometimes God doesn’t get you OUT of a situation because he wants you to go THROUGH – but he will always be WITH you.
• His bread is normal.
• God is not limited to songs and sermons. 
• That’s where we look for it…
• But what if you expect God to speak to you in every mundane moment?
• God will speak to you right there.
• When we decide to see God everywhere – we will see him show up everywhere.
• God is close, but we aren’t always listening.
• A lot of times we don’t listen because we don’t want to hear what God is saying.
• Sometimes we are too busy to be present in a moment where God is speaking to us.
• God is constantly trying to remind you of his great love for you. 
• You have to train your ears to hear him. 
• The more you hear him, the more you see him.
• God’s bread is new. 
• Isaiah 43:19
• God wants you to take new steps in order to move to a new place – but if we are unwilling to do something new we will always feel stuck.
• Psalm 34:8
• I don’t like things to interrupt my plans – but the disappointments of 2020 may be some of our best memories.
• Maybe we needed this time in order for us to get quiet enough to hear God.
• We don’t know what we will like unless we try it.
• The people wanted “miracle Jesus” but when they were asked to shift their daily mindsets they couldn’t handle the change.
• By the time Jesus gets done many turned away from him.
• John 6:66-69
• The more you experience the true bread of life, the more you realize that you cannot live without it.i
• Jesus is inviting you to a feast – all you who are thirsty, all who are hungry. 
• Seek the Lord while he may be found.

Be sure to leave a comment with your favorite takeaway from More Than Miracles!