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A woman seizes the opportunity to invest in God’s work by providing shelter for one of God’s called servants. That investment invites God to do some incredible things in her life, starting with getting a child she had always wanted but could never have. In this message, we’ll discover ridiculous faith leads to ridiculous investment in God’s work, and I will introduce something I believe God wants our church to do. Get ready – it’s ridiculous.

A businessman says, “I am so far in a financial hole I can never dig myself out.” A single mother of three works a full time job and cleans houses on the side. She says, “There’s just too much. I don’t have any help; I can’t raise these kids.” A widow about to lose her sons to a debtor was desperate for the prophet's help. Her last possession was a jar of olive oil. Elisha told her to collect as many jars as she could, then God did more than she could imagine. When you find yourself on “empty”, you can experience God’s ridiculous provision when you have ridiculous faith.

What's interesting about Elisha is he was very ordinary. He wasn't the son of a priest, he wasn't a monk, and he wasn't like some sort of outward spiritual giant. He was an ordinary guy who was living at home with his parents, working on a farm when God called him to do something incredible. To answer God’s call, Elisha had to do something very ridiculous. In this message we will discover what we have to do to answer God’s call when it comes.

Sometimes we face a situation or a circumstance, and we try to balance it out. But what do you do when you’ve got 5000 people and they all need to be fed. You think I’ll throw in everything I’ve got – five loaves and two fish – but what is that going to do to the scales? What do you do in a circumstance when you throw in everything you’ve got and it just won’t move? In this lesson Bobby shows us how to balance the scales in our favor.

Instead of a resolution, why not start a New Year’s Revolution? A revolution is defined in many ways, but one definition is “a sudden, complete, or marked change in something”. Isn’t that what we’re really looking for as we start a new year? Join us on New Year’s Day for a “revolutionary” message for starting 2017.

Christmas Eve 2016 worship service