(Wednesday Online) Part Three: God is Greater than My Challenge – April 2, 2025

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Pastor Jim Bryant

1 John 4:4

4 Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Luke 13:10-17 (NLT)

10 One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, 11 he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!” 13 Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God! 14 But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.” 15 But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water? 16 This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?” 17 This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did. 

1. It’s too late.

“If you would have been here yesterday you could have been healed.”

2. Wait until tomorrow.

“The Sabbath will be past and then you can be healed.”

3. He was moved with compassion.

4. He was fulfilling His promise.

Genesis 12:2 (NIV)

2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 

Galatians 3:6-7 (NLT)

6 In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” 7 The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)

10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. 

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV)

3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. 

Hebrews 10:23 (KJV)

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.

Luke 13:13 (NLT)

13 Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God! 

Luke 13:17 (NLT)

17 …All the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did. 

What’s the Catalyst for bringing about God’s intervention in our lives?

• Acknowledge your need for God’s help.

Psalm 109:26 (NASB)

26 Help me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. 

• Cry out to God for help.
• Put your trust in God.