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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Preparation for the Battle, Part 2

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Many people these days tend to see religion as a personal choice. It’s not so much about truth as it is about finding a faith that “works for you.” But in our brand new series called, Something Better, Pastor J.D. explains why that attitude doesn’t really work! We’re looking at the life of the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings, and a period in Israel’s history that’s eerily similar to our world today.

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Today on Summit Life, a cautionary message from Pastor J.

0:03.5

Grieger.

0:04.1

What God does is he chooses the weak to shame the strong.

0:07.1

He chooses the simple to confound the wise.

0:10.7

You see, rejoice in your weakness, as Paul says. the flip side of that is this if you're going to rejoice in your weaknesses

0:16.2

Beware your strengths because those are places that you're most likely to forget God. Thanks for Summit Life with Pastor, Author, and Apologist J.D. Greer, I'm your host

0:36.4

Molly Bitevich. Everyone knows the anxiety of a job search, maybe nowadays more than

0:41.5

ever before, and when you're applying for a job, you do everything you can to put your skills and natural

0:47.2

talents on display.

0:48.7

Your strengths and abilities are what will hopefully qualify you for that position.

0:53.4

But today on Summit Life,

0:55.2

pastor and author J.D. Greer reveals that when God chooses us for a job,

0:59.8

he has an entirely different standard.

1:02.6

And for that, we can be grateful.

1:04.7

We just began a study in the life of Elijah

1:07.5

titled Something Better.

1:08.8

And if you miss yesterday's teaching,

1:10.4

you can catch up online at JDGrier.com.

1:14.0

Right now let's dive back into First Kings

1:16.4

for the second half of a message

1:18.0

pastor JD titled Preparation for the battle. First King 17, let me give you a little historical context, getting into First Kings.

1:29.0

Israel, Israel was founded as a monotheistic nation.

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