Key Insights
- 🐴 Bishop T.D. Jakes emphasizes that miracles are within our reach, using examples like a donkey’s jawbone or two fish and five loaves of bread.
- 🙌 God is ready to deliver us from toxic people, just as He has delivered us from other vices.
- 🌍 God’s kingdom is not of this world, and sometimes He allows us to face challenges and disappointments in order to confront our true enemy and destroy the works of the devil.
- 🙌 True worship is not dependent on external circumstances or material possessions, but on a deep and unwavering faith in God.
- 💔 We cancel out a chance to walk with God when we feel the need to know everything, instead of embracing uncertainty.
- 🤔 It’s okay to not know everything and to trust in God’s plan, even when it doesn’t align with our expectations.
- 🗡️ “Faith is not about what you know. It’s about what you don’t know.”
Sacrifice and Discipleship
- 🤝 True partnership means being there for each other, supporting and caring for one another, no matter the circumstances.
- 💪 The true test of discipleship is not just being there for someone during their moments of miracles, but also standing by them during their darkest and most challenging times.
- 🧥 The disciples gave their coats as a sacrifice for Jesus to sit on, highlighting the importance of giving something that truly costs us.
- 💰 If you’re not willing to give something that costs you something that you sweat it for, that took you months to make, that you had to be fitted for, but you gave it to him, that’s sacrifice.
Trust and Partnership
- 🙏 Trusting beyond knowing is a powerful concept that goes beyond simply having knowledge or evidence.
- 😢 The emotional bond formed while traveling together can create a sense of family, as seen in the touching remarks made by Whitney Houston’s band members at her funeral.
- 💪 “You got power when you can put your name on something and it opens up because I mean it’s nice to have muscles… Power is when your name has enough weight that all they have to do is go in your name and doors open because you said it.”
Summary
Trusting beyond knowing means having faith in God’s plans and embracing uncertainty.
- 🙏 Trusting beyond knowing is about believing without seeing, as Jesus told Thomas, and inviting the presence of the living God to have an impact in our lives, as demonstrated through the disciples’ obedience and the commemoration of Palm Sunday.
- 🙏 True discipleship is standing by someone in their darkest moments, God knows where you are and will release you at the right time, lower expectations to avoid disappointment, success requires sacrifice and appreciation for others’ sacrifices, and power is about integrity and influence.
- 👑 Jesus’ arrival fulfills the people’s expectations of him becoming king, while the speaker emphasizes the importance of controlling emotions in marriage and the different experiences and perspectives people have based on their history.
- 🙏 Jesus, as the God of the downtrodden, chose to ride on a donkey to fulfill prophecy and bring peace and deliverance to his people.
- 🙏 Your next miracle is within your reach, so stop looking elsewhere and realize it’s in your own thoughts; balance is key for personal growth; Jesus carries away our sins, so we shouldn’t carry them ourselves; I am blessed regardless of circumstances; words can hurt more than they seem.
- 🙏 Trusting beyond knowing means sacrificial giving, changing perspectives, and selfless acts of love, while being wary of opportunists who only serve for personal gain.
- 🙏 Trusting in God goes beyond what we know or see, and we should have faith that goes beyond our understanding, even when we don’t have all the answers or know the outcome of our situations.
- 🙏 Trusting beyond knowing allows us to embrace uncertainty and have faith in God’s plans, as demonstrated by Abraham’s journey of faith.
