How God Works, Part 1
Leading The Way Radio Podcast
Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef
4.9 • 620 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Are there times in your life when things just don't make sense? In How God Works, Michael Youssef teaches us the circumstances in which God answered the prayers of Elijah. In so many ways, Elijah was just like us, but the Lord transformed him from an ordinary man into a man of God. Discover life-changing principles for how God works in your life and ministry.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef. We pray that it will encourage you in your |
| 0:06.8 | walk of faith. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Yousef or leading the way, please visit |
| 0:12.9 | ltw.org. When people read the book of James, chapter 5, verses 17 and 18, and they read about how Elijah were just like one of us, a man like us. |
| 0:30.3 | And he prayed for the rain to stop and stopped. |
| 0:34.4 | And then he prayed for the rain to come down and the rain came down. I often get two reactions. |
| 0:42.3 | One reaction says, well, God doesn't answer prayer this way now. |
| 0:48.4 | The second response is, well, I am not one of God's super spirituals like Elijah, and that is why God doesn't answer my |
| 0:57.0 | prayers. I want to tell you that both conclusions are wrong, because the problem is that most |
| 1:03.4 | people never take the time or the effort to understand how, why, and when God answered Elijah's prayer. Because as we're going to see in |
| 1:15.9 | the series of messages, Elijah was far from being super spiritual. We're going to see him |
| 1:24.7 | depressed and discouraged. We're going to see him scared and frightened. We're going to see him scared and frightened. We're going to see him doubting and defeated. In other words, he were just like you and me, like us, in every way. In fact, I want to tell you at the outset that this series I'm beginning today, you're going to |
| 1:44.3 | learn less about Elijah and more about God. People forever asking me, how do you discern the voice of |
| 1:51.3 | God? How do you know it is the will of God? How does God deal with you? Well, there is really no |
| 1:56.8 | secret to it. The way you know God is from His Word. And you see how God dealt with his people, |
| 2:03.4 | how He's dealt with individuals, how He dealt with nations. And God is a consistent God. God's |
| 2:10.2 | character is a consistent character. And that is the only way you're going to discern the will of God |
| 2:15.3 | as you pour your heart upon His Word. And here is we're going to see how God worked with Elijah. you're going to discern the will of God as you pour your heart upon his word. |
| 2:22.7 | And here is we're going to see how God worked with Elijah. We're going to know more about God than we will about Elijah. Turn with me, please, in your Bibles, chapter 17 of first kings. |
| 2:30.0 | The first thing you're going to notice that verse one is that Elijah comes from nowhere. |
| 2:36.1 | Out of the blue, he just popped up on the scene. |
| 2:39.6 | No background, no family tree, no qualifications, no explanation. |
| 2:47.1 | He just appears. |
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