today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Elijah's greatest enemy was not his weakness, it was his strength.

And he's about to go into a battle where he's not going to have the strength to do it, so

God first has to take him back to the brook charith to remove his most basic

abilities because there he'll learn to depend on God. And sometimes God makes you weak

so that you can find your strength in him. Has this happened to you?

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Welcome to Summit Life,

the Bible Teaching Ministry of JD Greer, lead pastor of the Summit Church in

Raleigh, North Carolina.

As always, I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

Have you noticed that a lot of people tend to see religion as a personal choice?

It's not so much about discovering truth as it is about finding the faith that works for you.

In fact, the phrase of the day seems to be my truth.

But in our new teaching series called something better, Pastor J.D. explains why that attitude

doesn't really work. We're looking at the Book of First Kings

and the life of the Prophet Elijah.

It's a period in Israel's history

that's eerily similar to our world today,

so grab your Bible, we'll be in the Old Testament today, and let's jump right in.

Pastor J.D. titled this message, preparation for the battle.

The question for most Americans is not, is there a God? The question for most Americans is which

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