You Don’t Get your Own Personal Jesus | Exodus 3:1–14; 20:7 | Not God Enough
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes when we’re afraid or in a bind, we try to bargain with God. We’ve all been there — trying to get Jesus to agree to our demands. Pastor J.D. helps us get our theology right about prayer as he continues our series titled, Not God Enough.
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| 0:00.0 | What we're afraid of, we come up with a God to take care of. |
| 0:03.8 | Israel created this image because the promises of an invisible God were not enough for them at this point. |
| 0:10.1 | Not when there were real needs and real enemies to be met. |
| 0:13.1 | Counterfeit gods always grow out of distrust, those places where we feel like we need something beyond God and his promises. |
| 0:29.7 | Music where we feel like we need something beyond God and his promises. Welcome back to the Summit Life podcast with Pastor J.D. Greer. |
| 0:33.7 | You know, we love hearing from listeners all around the world, and we'd love to hear from you. |
| 0:38.5 | Has this podcast impacted your life in any way? |
| 0:41.5 | Has Summit Life become a trusted source of spiritual encouragement for you? |
| 0:45.6 | Do you have a story of how God has used this program in your walk with him? |
| 0:50.0 | Can I boldly ask you to share it with us? |
| 0:52.8 | You can call us at 866-335-5-2220 and follow the prompts to leave us a voice message |
| 0:59.2 | or visit jdgere.com to record a message right from your phone or computer. |
| 1:03.4 | There are instructions to make it super easy, and your story can encourage others and help |
| 1:09.3 | us spread the gospel even further, and who knows, |
| 1:12.1 | maybe even be featured here on the podcast. Today, Pastor J.D. helps us get our theology right |
| 1:18.0 | when it comes to asking God for help. Let's jump into the book of Exodus together. Here's Pastor |
| 1:23.0 | J.D. If you got your Bible this weekend, I want you to take it out and open it to the book of Exodus, |
| 1:30.6 | Exodus chapter 20, where we find a record of the Ten Commandments. |
| 1:34.7 | Exodus chapter 20, this is the second week of our series called Not God Enough. |
| 1:39.2 | The first week of our series last weekend, I explained that most Americans, |
| 1:43.5 | we prefer a God who is small and |
| 1:45.5 | manageable, a God that we can understand, a God we can predict and control, a God that I said is |
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