Welcome to the Vood Church Podcast. Do you see your future how God sees it? Your

present holds the seed for the miracle to come. We often discount what we have in

our hands, but God says you have everything you need for him to move. In today's

message, lead pastor of City Light Church, pastor J. Ben Chavez, encourages us to

see the possibility in this message it's not over. As we approach this school year,

bless a family in need during our annual I love my city back to school drive.

Fill a backpack online at voodchurch.com forward slash I-L-M-C. Now let's

lean into the message together. Go with me to First Kings chapter 17, first

King chapter 17. We're gonna read a few verses together and we're gonna get

into the Word of the Lord today. Such an honor to be here. So grateful to be

here. The Lord said to Elijah go and live in the village of Zarifath near the

city of Sedone. I've instructed a widow there to feed you. They are now in

famine. They're in drought and Elijah is hungry and Elijah is thirsty and so

God says I want you to go to that village because there's a place, a provision

there for you. I love verse 10 because it would it would help a lot of our lives.

So he went. How many know that just the active obedience could like really help your

friend, amen, that you're sitting next to. Amen, praise the Lord. Just just obey. The

quicker you obey, the quicker you get blessed, the quicker you obey, the quicker you

can step into all that God has for you. So he went and as he arrived at the gates

of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks and he asked her, would you bring me

a little water in a cup and as she was getting it, he called to her again and

said and bring me a bite of bread too. I love that's the most man-move in the

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