1. A Sign!!! A sign: –may warn us –may guide us –may help us A sign acknowledges something is there

2. Detours of our faith Sickness Death of a Loved One Divorce Loss of a job/ Financial Worries Confusion about Religion Lack of Faith God, Just Show Me A Sign!!!

3. Judges Book of the roller coaster of belief and unbelief of the children of Israel. 12 Judges/Leaders appointed to lead A book of Gods patience with us Just Show Me A Sign!!!

4. Judges Chapter 6-7 Children of Israel do evil ( 6:1) Attacked by the Midianites ( 6:1-7) Gideon is told he would save Israel from the Midianites (6:11-15) Gideon asks for a sign to be sure (6:17) Gideon asks for another sign (6:37) Gideon asks yet for another sign (6:39)

5. STOP Asking For A Sign!!! We are blessed everyday from God Family Friends Jobs Look at what all we have been given, and what makes us think a SIGN, would change the way we think. What makes you think you would change how you believe? Many had signs (miracles) in the old and new testament, but still would not believe………

6. If GOD gave us a sign today… Would You Really Believe???? Healing The Withered Hand (Matt 12:10-13) Response: Matt 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held council against him, how they might destroy him. Healing of the possessed, blind, and dumb (Matt 12:22) Response: Matt 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

7. If GOD gave us a sign today… Would You Really Believe???? Response: Matt 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

8. If GOD gave us a sign today… Would You Really Believe???? The Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13) Response: Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

9. If GOD gave us a sign today… Would You Really Believe???? Pharaoh does not believe when rod changes into a serpent (Exodus 7:9-14) Peter Walking on the Water (Matt. 14:28-30) Judas betraying Jesus (Luke 22:47-48) Jews say they will believe if Jesus will remove himself from the cross (Matt. 27:42)

10. John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.

11. If GOD gave us a sign today… Would You Really Believe???? The Lord tells Gideon to go to the Midianites Camp. Response: Judges 7:9-11 Gideon is still afraid! We need to stop asking for a sign, because waiting for a sign will not guarantee that your faith will increase or get stronger depending on the situation you are in with GOD.

12. You Seek after a Sign! Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it,…………except The sign has already been given, and the sign is his SON!!!! Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

13. Are you asking for a sign? GOD has already given us his sign. Instead of asking GOD to show you another sign, how about you show GOD a sign. A sign of confession, repentance, and obedience in baptism.