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Does your loyalty to order hold you hostage to the ordinary? Many of us live highly structured, rhythmic, and predictable lives. While structure can make us productive, it can also cause us to block schedule right past the spontaneous, supernatural moments God wants to bring into our days. In this compelling message, Mike Braddock looks at the life of Elisha, an ordinary cattle farmer who was divinely disrupted in the middle of his daily grind. When the prophet Elijah called him, Elisha didn't just walk away from his old life, he completely destroyed any possibility of going back. To step into the extraordinary calling God has for you, you must have a plow-burning faith. This kind of life-altering faith requires two distinct, radical actions. -- The miraculous often manifests on the other side of being found faithful doing the monotonous, meaning God uses your faithfulness in the ordinary seasons to set up the fruit of your next season. -- A plow-burning faith requires us to respond immediately to God's prompting, choosing simple obedience over a list of pros and cons, letting our "yes" come before the how, why, or what. -- Walking by faith means trusting the God who holds all of our responsibilities in His hands, rather than trying to carry the weight of those responsibilities entirely on our own. -- We must follow God sacrificially, which means refusing to keep a "Plan B" in our pockets just in case we don't think God knows what He is doing. -- True kingdom impact and easy living are fundamentally incompatible, requiring us to look deep inside and identify the plows of comfort and convenience we are white-knuckling. -- You cannot hold onto your plow and your cross at the same time, meaning total sacrifice is the only gateway to fulfilling the significant calling God has placed on your life. Scriptures for Further Study -- 1 Kings 19:19-21 -- 2 Corinthians 5:7 -- Luke 9:23 -- Matthew 16:24-25 +++++++ Join us for church this Sunday. For service times and meeting location please visit https://transformtlh.com/