This is “Make Room for a Miracle.” The first thing we learn about the Holy Spirit in the Bible is that He’s always moving. The Spirit of the Lord is passing by us constantly, and it’s not enough to just sit there and observe. What causes Him to stop and take notice? What can we do to make room for our miracle? We need the presence of God in our life, and we must be willing to cry out for Him. Faith, desperation, praise and worship will attract Him and cause Him to stop and take notice of you. God will come into your life with power if you make room for Him.
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miracle
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second Kings chapter four verse nine and
she said to her husband look now I know
that this is a holy man of God who
passes by us regularly who passes by us
the King James says constantly so in
reference to Elisha the prophet and how
that he through the power of God could
work mighty miracles incredible miracles
if you read about it he was the one that
had the double portion you remember
anointing and the woman said to her
husband I’ve noticed that that this the
power of God in this vessel is walking
by our house continually and then if you
read on she said let’s make a room let’s
add on a room I don’t want him just to
pass us by
I want to make room for the miraculous
in my life I want to make room for a
miracle in my family but notice that
every day on a regular basis constantly
Elisha who represents perhaps the Holy
Spirit the power of God is constantly
going by but that doesn’t mean just
because it’s passing by that it benefits
you until you make room no Bible said
when they added on a room and put a bed
and a candle on a table that the Prophet
turned in and he stayed and dwelt there
because they made room for a miracle in
Luke chapter 18 in verse 37 notice a
pattern blind Bartimaeus was told by
someone jesus is passing by seeing Luke
19 and 1 Jesus entered and passed
through he was passing through Jericho
in mark 6 and verse 40 there in the
storm there there the winds are raging
and the Bible said the disciples are in
the boat their tolling with and rowing
the wind was
very and Jesus came walking on the sea
listen to these words though this is
mind-boggling and would have passed them
by he would have passed them by
highlight those four verses those verses
that I just read and one says he’s
passing by one said he’s passing through
one says he would have passed them by
and then and the second king said that
he’s passing by continually on a regular
basis but it’s not enough to know that
the Spirit of God is here today because
he is where two or three are gathered in
his name he’s here but apparently
according to these scriptures is
possible for God to pass by and it not
benefit us if we don’t make room for his
presence the Bible opens by telling us
something about the Spirit of God the
Holy Spirit early in the book of Genesis
it says and the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters
notice that the Spirit of God is moving
the Holy Spirit is always moving it’s
not a pool the Holy Spirit is not a pond
he’s not a swamp
he’s likened into the scriptures as a as
a river that’s constantly moving the
river is moving which means in that
River the power the provision the
promises of God are passing by and you
and I are supposed to get in contact
with that River you know what you’ll get
out of this service exactly what your
faith reaches out for because this
passing by it’s not an issue of whether
or not he’s here the question is will it
do you any good and we have the power to
stop the passing by to make him stand
still need does not obligate God to do a
miracle just because you have a need
if you just stand by or sit by and watch
the river pass by you can miss all of
God’s provision in God’s power what
makes him stand still what makes him not
pass us by
I believe it’s desperation I believe
there’s something about desperation that
will stop him from passing by some
people don’t understand our passion in a
church like this they don’t understand
people shouting in people clapping and
people praising but some of us
understand that it’s not just God as God
is gonna do whatever he wants to do I
know he’s sovereign I understand that
theology but the truth is there’s a
reason why every one of these occasions
he was just passing by passing through
would have passed them by us about his
plane as you can get but they all did
something they cried out in desperation
and Jesus changed what he was doing and
where he was going because somebody
access more than letting him pass by we
can through our desperation through our
faith what makes him stop it’s it’s our
faith it’s our honesty it’s getting real
with God it’s doing more than playing
Church it’s doing more than watching the
river but it’s getting in a place it’s a
big crowd people are everywhere but
somebody can stop Jesus from just
passing by and that’s why we worship you
call it
some people call this energy this isn’t
energy this is that this is the Holy
Ghost this is the power of the Holy
Spirit
this is worship this is praise this is
calling on the name of Jesus because
we’re desperate to stop him from passing
us by there’s a little man in the Bible
by the name of Zacchaeus he sought to
see the Lord but was unsuccessful and
the Bible said he saw a tree he could
have let the crowd keep him
but he saw a tree and climbed up in the
tree because he was so short in stature
that he was afraid as Jesus was passing
by he wouldn’t see Jesus so he climbed
up in a tree
said we all have sinned and we have come
short of the glory of God so what I’m
saying to you is all of us are too small
to see him but I like this guy because
he had a problem he knew Jesus was
passing by he was too short he couldn’t
see him and so he said my answer is not
in me
my answer is in a tree the tree which
represents Calvary enlarged Zacchaeus
the tree caused him to see Jesus and
more importantly the tree made Jesus see
him and when you get in the tree called
Calvary Jesus sees you and then jesus
said come down out of the tree because
I’m going to your house today
he could have just passed by but when he
got in the tree Jesus said I’m not
passing by I’m going to your house and
I’m gonna bless your whole family and
I’m gonna change the future of your
family because you got in the tree if
you can get in Calvary’s tree he’ll go
home with you this morning
depression won’t go home with you defeat
won’t go home with you if you get in the
tree and say Lord it’s not in me I can’t
do anything but it’s in the tree my
answer is in the tree
Jesus will notice you blind bartimaeus
the Bible said was told Jesus is passing
by and he cried out with a loud voice
son of David have mercy on me and some
of the church junkies came to him and
said you need to calm down
and the Bible said he cried even louder
he cried the more with a loud voice
listen to that he cried louder in other
words he got a miracle for crying out
loud turn to your neighbor and say you
can get a miracle for crying out loud
don’t you minimize my praise don’t you
act like we’re emotionally shallow
because sometimes we feel a hallelujah
down in our soul and we blent been
through hell all week long and we just
raised our hands and we shout it out you
might be one hallelujah away from a
miracle because when he shouted the
Bible said he got a miracle everybody
take a praise break and lift your voice
and thank God for a tree and thank God
for mercy Jesus Jesus heard the cry for
mercy have mercy
Joshua under the Old Covenant made the
SU end the Sun the physical Sun in the
sky when he prayed your Bible said he’s
fighting a battle running out of
daylight and he looked in faith and said
son stand still su in stand still the
Bible said he stopped the wrote the
whole universe from rotating and
finished his battle but bond Bartimaeus
didn’t just make the SU n sand steel he
made the one who made the Sun stand
still he made the Son of God the Esso n
the son of David the son of Jesus Christ
God stand still oh my goodness
you mean he’s passing by and if I cry
out in faith if I learn to worship and I
learned to praise and I get desperate
and I get in a place of faith that I can
cry out that I can make Jesus stand
still I know I’m some of you having
problems with the theology of me I don’t
care what you call it the bottom line is
in every one of these cases Jesus was
going somewhere else and he was stopped
by somebody who cried out
Wow the Bible said the disciples got in
a boat they went out on the Sea of
Galilee got in the middle of the Sea of
Galilee way committed and all of a
sudden a storm comes and I love what
your Bible said it said and Jesus was on
the land on the shore but he saw them in
the storm when you can’t see Jesus
because of the storm he can see you some
honey needs to hear that today
have you ever desperately needed to see
him and you can’t see him cuz there’s so
much going on around you but when you
can’t see him he can see you
you’re never in a valley so deep that
Jesus can’t see you you’re never in a
trial so great that Jesus can’t see you
you feel overwhelmed by the storm you
feel conquered by the contrary winds but
Jesus has his eyes upon you this morning
and what gets me about this story is
Jesus the Bible said they were tolling
and they were laboring tolling with
those oars trying to go and they
couldn’t get anywhere they couldn’t move
anywhere the waves were overcoming them
and filling the boat and they were about
to drowned and died and Jesus came
walking on what they were warned Jesus
came walking on what they were worrying
with Jesus was walking on it he was
walking on your problems he’s walking on
your negative circumstance he’s walking
on what your warring and talling with
he’s walking on it I’m gonna say
something big right here what you’re
worried about is what’s gonna bring him
to you
because he’s walking on but the obvious
does not obligate God listen if you want
some this whole message up that’s it and
that line the obvious does not obligate
God you would think if Jesus saw them
and even when He healed blind Bartimaeus
before he healed and he said what do you
want me to do oh well it’s obvious I’m
blind heal my toenail no I’m blind
but have you here’s the principle the
obvious does not obligate God faith is
what moves God desperation people crying
out in faith is what moves God jesus
said to the blind man buying blind
bartimaeus what do you want me to do for
you and he said that I might receive my
sight and he got it but it was obvious
but obvious doesn’t obligate God same
thing in this story so there they are in
the storm they’re drowning about to go
under and Jesus comes walking on the
water and the part of this story that
blows my mind and it says and he would
have pass them by because the obvious
does not obligate God to meet your need
he would have I mean fully knowing
they’re gonna drown the whole Bible plan
is gonna go under the water the big book
the Bible’s in those guys it’s gonna go
under the one and he would have passed
them by if somebody had cried out and
said help until until we understand that
danger and despair is not why Jesus did
it he did it because somebody cried out
and the Bible said when somebody cried
out that the wind Jesus walked on the
water to the boat and the wind ceased
the word cease means to no longer exist
the problem that existed when Jesus
was passing by and they made room for
him and cried out to him and got him
where their need was the Bible said the
wind ceased it was no longer in
existence they were tolling with that
and all of a sudden instantly it was
gone what happened to the wind would it
be something today if you left this
service saying what happened to the
disease what happened to the depression
what happened to my sin what happened to
who I was what happened to my addiction
what happened see we need to get back to
Bible preaching because I believe Jesus
can take somebody today and the old
things can pass away and all things
become new and you can leave here saying
what happened to who I used to be I’m
not that person anymore I’ve been born
again what happened to our marriage what
happened can you imagine them tolling
and instantly it ceased it’s like you
ever played tug-of-war you ever you ever
got a rope and tied a flag in the middle
and got one team on one side and one
team you but then this team says let’s
just let act like it and in a minute
just let the Rope go I think that’s how
they were they were out in that boat I
could see them tolling tolling tolling
and all of a sudden it all ceased and
it’s like whoa what happened do you know
that we serve a god that can do that
this morning
where did where did it go
where did my sin go I dare you to turn
to somebody beside you and say will you
help me come on tell him say will you
help me I’m desperate
I want to make room for a miracle this
can be another service another church
and Jesus is passing by or these
buildings can become a building like
that woman when she said he’s passing by
continually but I’m not content with him
just passing by I want to make room for
him and when she made room for him the
Bible said the Prophet turned in and one
day she needed it because when her son
died the Bible said that he took that
boy and put him in his bed Wow
in the room that she made and raised him
from the dead
build him a room this morning a room of
faith a room of praise a room of
desperation a room of crying out a room
of seeking God I need a touch I need God
to move I don’t need another church
service where where I know God’s passing
by I need him to come home with me and
I’m gonna get in the tree I know I don’t
deserve it so I’m going to the tree and
it’s not in me it’s in the tree and if
I’m in the tree Jesus can’t ignore me
because there’s a covenant he made in
that tree and today I believe that this
can be one of those services where
things will never be the same again for
somebody’s life
throw your hands up at every campus and
for the next 30 seconds I don’t care
what anybody thinks
open up your mouth and cry out to God if
you want more than a pacifier you want
more than a drive-by you want more than
knowing that Jesus is real but you need
to make room for your my body is the
room or the temple of the Holy Ghost now
in your temple make room for his power
not just the past by the Bible said and
Jesus stood still he stood still when
blind bartimaeus cried out Jesus
wouldn’t it be something if he stood
still at every one of our campuses
there’s nothing God can’t do when people
believe in faith Jesus Christ the same
yesterday today and for ever it’s time
for some things to cease to no longer
exist
hallelujah stand to your feet at every
one of our campuses right now I want you
to throw both your hands up in the air I
want you to forget about everybody
around you and I want you to create room
for him to work room for him to touch
you open your mouth open your mouth and
fill it with a praise phrase everybody
in this room get a praise phrase
hallelujah glory thank you Jesus I need
more than a pass by today I need you to
come home with me I need you to come in
here we need your touch we need
something God today somebody’s desperate
somebody today needs more than another
church service somebody today is hungry
somebody today is saying Lord I really
really really need a fresh touch today
send your anointing to my house just get
in the tree you get in the tree and
Jesus can’t pass you by don’t stand in
your own will I’ve been good and I
deserve it no you don’t just get in the
cross get in the cross and it’ll come
because of the cross because worthy is
the lamb
he’ll go home with you he’ll go home
with you
bow your heads one moment at every
campus if you’re in this room then you’d
say pastor I’m desperately I need to get
right with God I know I’m far from God
and I want to get right with God this
morning pray for me if that’s you I want
you to raise your hand high right where
you’re standing I need to make room for
Jesus this morning
this is phenomenal I’m telling you
there’s so many hands raised it’s
beautiful all the way up in the top
balcony in the overflows wherever you
are
pray this prayer everybody say these
words out loud
Lord Jesus I make room for you in my
heart I I know I can’t change me I know
that I don’t have the answer the answer
is not in me the answer is in the tree a
place called Calvary a man named Jesus I
believe his blood cleanses me it’s
healing me it’s gonna go home with me I
received today an instant change the
wind ceases some things no longer exist
that used to exist because I am born
again come on say it I am born again I
am a new creation and I receive new life
in Jesus mighty name God really used
this message to change the course of so
many people’s lives across all of our
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