How Do You Discern the Presence of God?

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Mark Driscoll

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🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Have you ever felt like you're at the end of your rope? Did you recognize that God showed up in your suffering? This was the exact story of Elijah. In 1 Kings 19:9-21, when Elijah needed it most, God spoke to him and sent him a godly friend to do life and ministry with. The key was getting alone, quiet time with God to discern His presence.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Ashley Chase welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll Podcast.
0:04.2	For more content from my dad, Pastor Mark, senior pastor here at the Trinity Church in
0:07.9	Scottsdale, Arizona, visit realfavorite.com where you'll find study guides to go along
0:12.6	with each sermon series as he preaches verse by verse 3 books of the Bible, daily devotions,
0:17.6	free e-books, and more.
0:19.2	Now grab your Bibles and get ready for today's sermon.
0:21.8	Alright, we are two thirds of the way through our study of Elijah.
0:27.4	I hope you've enjoyed it.
0:28.4	If you've got a Bible, go in the Old Testament to 1 Kings chapter 19 and we're going to answer
0:33.6	this question, how do you discern the presence of God?
0:37.2	And this is a significant moment in history where God speaks to a man of God and he obeys
0:42.8	that word of God and it changes his life.
0:45.5	So the big issue is how do you know that God is present in your life and speaking into
0:49.8	your life?
0:50.8	I'll start with a bit of a story.
0:52.0	I've been a senior pastor now for 27 years and one thing that always happens is people,
0:57.0	I just need to meet with a senior pastor or a pastor so they will tell me what to do.
1:01.6	I'll tell you, we don't know what to do.
1:05.0	Let alone for you.
1:07.0	The thought is that we'll surely God would speak to the leader.
1:11.0	Having been the leader, I can assure you of this.
1:13.7	We don't always know what we're doing.
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