SESSION NOTES:

No session this week due to coach’s illness.

Word of the Day (WOD):

Way Maker

Way Maker is Christian music song that has been covered by many artists and is sung in churches around the world. The original ‘Way Maker’ was released two years ago by the Nigerian singer ‘Sinach’. Her full name is Osinachi Kalu Okoro Egbu. She did not start out in a musical career but graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Music was considered a hobby for her. She was inspired to write ‘Way Maker’ while reading the book of Genesis.

‘Way Maker’ is such a great title for the song.

You see, when things feel hopeless, when they feel helpless, you just need to know that God promises to make a way.

When you feel like every door has been shut and you can’t see how something is going to happen, He will make a way.

Because our God is a way maker and He will make a way through providing a miracle, He’ll make a way through keeping a promise, He’ll make a way by shining a light into the darkness of your situation.

Our God is the God who makes a way right in the middle of there being no way.

When the Israelites found themselves at the Red Sea and God separated the waters, in the midst of impossibility they walked through on dry ground.

That’s our God who makes a way in the middle of no way.

When we talk about God being a miracle worker there are a lot of people in the world today that that would say that the miracles of the bible never actually took place.

But the real question for believers today is God still in the miracle business? Can God still take a small amount of food and still multiply that food to feed thousands? Can people still be miraculously healed when everything says that there’s no way? Does our God still intervene into human affairs in an extraordinary way?

Based on what I’ve seen with my own eyes and what I’ve experienced, I want to tell you that God is still very much in the business of doing miracles.

I’ve seen miracles happen in my own life and I want you to know that I believe that with all of my heart –

That He is still a miracle worker:

God has healed relationships that seemed beyond repair.

He’s healed people of cancer when doctors said it couldn’t be done.
He’s provided financially for people when all hope seemed to be lost.
He’s provided for my family when we’ve said there’s just no way.
He’s healed my neck injury when doctors said I would never exercise again.
He’s given meaning and purpose to my life that for 50 years had none.

God is still in the business of doing miracles – I want you to know that. And I want you to believe it, because I believe it with everything inside of me.

The thing is, most of us would say we have no problem believing that God does miracles today, but we’re not quite sure he’ll do them for us.

In order to experience a miracle, sometimes you have to take a step of faith.

Miracles are God’s business. Faith is yours.

He’s still the miracle worker, but you’ve got to take a step of faith.

If you want to see the miraculous, sometimes you have to take a step of obedience & faith. You have to trust God. You have to have faith. And you have to ask. You have to do what he’s asking you to do – even if you don’t want to and everything inside of you is saying “No that doesn’t make sense…”

What you are asking God to do for you sometimes requires a miracle to get it done.

You need a miracle and Jesus is the miracle worker. Nothing is impossible for Jesus to do for you.

I’ll say that again, nothing is impossible for Jesus to do for you.

Luke 1:37 says “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” (KJV)
Matthew 19:26 says Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (NIV)

what does that scripture mean? It means simply, God is able.

If Jesus does a miracle in your life there’s always a bigger purpose involved. And that purpose will always be about bringing God glory and drawing you closer to Him.

Every one of the miracles in the bible is about bringing glory to God and deepening the faith of the people involved.

God will never waste your pain. He will never waste your hurt. He will never waste your suffering.

And he will never waste a miracle.

Here’s the thing – regardless of how long you’ve been waiting on a miracle, Jesus has not forgotten about you. He’s still our savior. He’s still a miracle worker. He is still a promise keeper.

He is our way maker.