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Cloudy with a Chance of Quail
How would you define a miracle?
What we consider a miracle is not a miracle to God.
He spoke the world into existence, He created us the first time, and He can do anything and everything.
The miracle comes when we learn to trust He will meet the need and answer the prayer His way and in His time.
If we do not take the risk, we forfeit the miracle.
We have to be willing to risk our reputation and pride to trust God to do the impossible.
Background
Overview of the five first books of the Old Testament, also called the Pentateuch.
Genesis- the story of creation and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
Exodus- the story of Moses and how he lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery.
Leviticus- the story of God giving Moses the Law.
Numbers- the details thirty-nine to forty years in the wilderness, filled with their complaints and problems.
Deuteronomy- the instructions Moses gave to the generation of Israelites who would enter the promised land.
How would you have dealt with the complaints?
Moses complained to God.
Numbers 11:
There are miracles all around us, yet it is so easy to find something to complain about in the midst of those miracles.
Can you name some everyday miracles?
We cannot afford to take the everyday miracles for granted.
1. Mental Math
Can we think of an example where God wants/ed us to do something that doesn’t add up or make sense?
Moses’ story is an Old Testament example of God provisions.
Jesus provides a New Testament example to show us that God will meet our needs in ways we do not expect and in the time we do not expect.
God’s ways do not always make sense to us.
His mathematics and economics do not equal our standards.
To the disciples 5+2=7 but to Jesus 5+2=5000.
When we put our trust in God, it won’t just add up, God will make it multiply.
What steps of faith do people have to take in pursuing big dreams?
2. Quailmeggedon
The Israelites were in the wilderness of Paran, a region fifty miles from the Mediterranean Sea and fifty miles southwest from the Dead Sea.
The significance of this is quail tend to live by the water and do not fly long distances.
God sent a southwest wind that blew in 105 million quail in an area that was almost 700 square miles.
The quail were then piled three feet deep.
Each Israelite gathered ten homers.
A homer is equal to 150 liters.
Ten homers is equal to 150 liters, 8 barrels of oil, or 330 gallons of milk.
When we circle the promise and trust God, we never know how God will provide.
Is there a promise you need to circle?
3. Sizing up God
Is there any limit to God’s power?
The obvious answer is no.
Yet many of us pray as if our problems are bigger than God.
However, God is infinitely bigger than our biggest problem or biggest dream.
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How do people’s actions or prayers limit God’s power?
God is bigger than fill in the blank.
The size of our prayers depends on the size of our God.
And if God knows no limits, then neither should our prayers.
What steps of faith do we need to take?
What decision do we need to make?
On what promises do we need to put down a stake?
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