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Saddleback Church Weekend Messages

Saddleback Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 712 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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One of the greatest questions we wrestle with as humans comes from deep within our soul — “What happens when I die?” This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood answers this question by looking at the moment Jesus was crucified and his interactions with the different people around him.

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0:00.0	This is a Salaback Church podcast.
0:06.0	We have been in this series on praying for a breakthrough, and who couldn't use a breakthrough?
0:13.0	Who couldn't use getting out of a place where I've been stuck into a place of freedom?
0:17.1	Who couldn't use moving from a place where I really don't want to be to a place
0:21.2	where I've always wanted to be? That's the kind of breakthrough we've been talking about.
0:26.0	And we've been reminded ourselves all through this series that prayer is not what causes the
0:32.5	breakthrough. Now, I know it's called praying for a breakthrough, but prayer actually
0:36.6	is not what causes the breakthrough. The only one who can for a breakthrough, but prayer actually is not what causes
0:37.9	the breakthrough.
0:38.9	The only one who can cause a breakthrough in your life is God.
0:42.4	God is the one who causes the breakthrough, the God of the universe.
0:46.5	It's good to remind ourselves that prayer is what connects us to the power, connects us to
0:51.7	God.
0:52.5	Prayer is not the power. Prayer is plugging into the power.
0:56.1	God is the power. And that is really good news for a lot of us, because if you're not careful,
1:01.5	if you start to think that prayer itself is the power, you think, well, if I could just pray
1:06.8	more powerful prayers, then my prayers would get answered and I'd have the breakthrough.
1:13.3	But the problem is most of us, our prayers don't sound that powerful.
1:16.7	I mean, there's a few people out there.
1:18.6	Their voices like as deep as the Grand Canyon.
1:21.2	And they always pray in a Scottish or English accent.
1:24.1	I don't know if you've noticed this.
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