The traditional idea of a breakthrough is we have a problem, we ask God to help, and we want him to solve our problems so we can go back to whatever we were doing before we ask God to help.

And that truthfully is not a great blessing. It might be a blessing in the moment. It might be victory over a diagnosis

or some form of provision,

but ultimately we want to cooperate with God more completely.

And so when we talk about breakthroughs,

we're trying to understand the components

so that we could cooperate with them more fully in our lives

because, folks, we need a

breakthrough.

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We're walking through a series under the general theme of breakthroughs.

Interventions, God's interventions in our lives, those time where God steps into time and makes a difference in our experience.

I don't believe that we can fulfill God's intended purpose for our lives without his breakthroughs.

I don't believe there's any such thing as a faithful Christian disciple who isn't engaged with the supernatural power

of God. Because we can't fulfill what God created is for with our own intellect, on our own

strength, and our own intended efforts. We need breakthroughs. We need God's interventions.

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