Sermon Series: Called In — How God can use our mistakes, weaknesses, and experiences to help us grow.
Have you ever thought you were successfully serving God and seeing his blessing only to have everything “go south” overnight? Many of God’s servants have experienced devastation of this sort. This week we will see the example of Elijah, one of the greatest of the Old Testament prophets. What can you and I learn from his experience that can bring us through when life falls apart?
Main Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18
Series Overview: Proverbs 3 asks us not to despise the Lord’s discipline, as it is a sign of love for us. We find these signs of God’s love everywhere. Sometimes we find them in moments that call us out in terms of our actions or behaviors. We also find them in moments that call us in – inviting us back into right relationship. This series explores the ways in which God continues to call us in to community, and to divine relationship. Sometimes being called in means being called away from areas where we have clearly done wrong, caused harm, or fallen short. In other moments God may simply be working to refine us further, encouraging us to continue on a path toward faithful maturity. In every instance, however, God is inviting us into something better, fuller, and more holy.
This message was given by Pastor John Karlson on 7/20/2025