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Miracles | Week 9 | Daniel Goulding | Echoes Church · Rewind

Echoes Church

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 23, 2025 · 43 min watch · 2 min read

Miracles | Week 9 | Daniel Goulding | Echoes Church

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In this message

Big Idea
Key points
Application

Scripture in this message

Matthew 17
Matthew 17:24
Matthew 17:25
Matthew 17:27
Philippians 4:19
Psalm 34:10

Big Idea Key points Application

Big Idea

Jesus isn't just our Savior — He is also our Provider, and when God guides you somewhere, He will supernaturally supply what is needed.

Drawing from the unusual miracle in Matthew 17 — where Jesus directs Peter to find a tax coin in a fish's mouth — Pastor Daniel argues that followers of Jesus have a third option beyond grinding or giving up: trusting God as Jehovah Jireh, their supernatural Provider. When believers align their motives with kingdom purposes, steward their God-given gifts faithfully, and handle current blessings with care, they position themselves to experience God's miraculous provision. Where God guides, God provides — and our part is faithful obedience with what we have today.

Key points

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1Jesus is not only our Savior but also our Provider, and He promises to supply all our needs through His glorious riches.
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2Check your motives: God honors provision that is motivated by reaching people and building His kingdom, not merely accumulating comfort.
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3You can share an offensive gospel message without being an offensive person — the people around us are not our problem, they are our purpose.
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4Embrace your God-given gifts: God often provides supernaturally through the very skills and vocation He has already placed in your hands.
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5Faithfulness with little is the prerequisite for being entrusted with much — your next season is determined by your obedience in this season.
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6Handle current blessings with care: real prosperity is the byproduct of effectively managing whatever God has already provided.
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7God is a good Father who gives good gifts to His children — bring your needs boldly to Him, because He promises to provide.

A story from life

Pastor Daniel recounts a season early in ministry when he and his wife faced an inability to pay their mortgage, and an escrow refund check arrived within dollars of the exact amount needed.

Application

Pastor Daniel calls every believer to pursue three concrete responses. First, honestly examine your motives — are you asking God for more so you can build His kingdom and reach people, or simply for personal comfort? Second, stop despising the gifts and vocation God has already placed in your hands; your job is your worship, and faithfulness there is the pathway to greater influence. Third, steward what you currently have with care, because God entrusts more to those who prove faithful with little. For anyone under financial pressure, the invitation is to stop striving in your own strength or collapsing in despair, and instead bring your needs boldly to Jehovah Jireh — the God who provides — trusting that a good Father delights in giving good gifts to His children.

Take it into your week

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Scripture in this message

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“if you have a bible, open them up to Matthew. Matthew chapter 17 is where we will find our miracle that we're gonna look at today”
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“It says that on their arrival in Capernaum, which is Jesus' kind of hometowns where he did all of his ministry, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter”
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“Verse 25, Peter responds emphatically and says, yes, he does”
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“Verse 27, however, Jesus says, we don't we don't want to offend them, so go down and take or go down to the lake and throw in a line”
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“Look at what Paul says in Philippians chapter four verse 19. He says, in this same god, he takes care of me. He will supply all of your needs from his glorious riches”
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“Psalm chapter 34 verse 10 says that even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the lord will lack no good thing”
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“Jesus himself promised us in the sermon on the mount, Matthew chapter six. These are literally from the mouth of Jesus. He says, so don't worry about these things”
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“Look at what Paul says in second Corinthians chapter nine. He says, you must each decide in your heart how much to give and don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure”
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“ve been given. Matthew chapter five verse 16. In the same way, let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven”
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“same exact verse, verse 17 or chapter 17 verse 27. It says, however, we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in throw in a line”
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“Matthew chapter 25 verse 15. Again, this is a parable where Jesus is talking about the kingdom of god works but he says that he, being the guy that was giving out all the money, says he gave five bags of silver”
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“Paul tells a young pastor in first Timothy chapter six. He says, teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable”
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“This is what Jesus says. Matthew's chapter seven verse 11. He says, so if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give good gifts to those who ask him”

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There's something almost playful about how Jesus meets the need for the temple tax. He doesn't hand Peter a coin from a bag, and He doesn't tell him to grind harder until the money appears. Instead, He sends Peter to do what Peter already knew how to do — fish — and provides through that familiar work in an unexpected way. Pastor Daniel pointed to this moment as a third option for followers of Jesus, one that lives between exhausting ourselves in our own strength and collapsing in despair. That third option is trust. The God who guides also provides, and our part is faithful obedience with what we have in our hands today. This week is an invitation to slow down and look at the fishing line already in your hand. You don't have to manufacture a miracle. You have to show up faithfully to the ordinary, and leave room for God to do the extraordinary. Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides, is not distant or stingy. He is a good Father who delights in caring for His children. Begin here, simply naming where you tend to strive or where you tend to give up.

For reflection

Where in my life am I either grinding in my own strength or quietly giving up — and what would trust look like instead?

Pray

Pray for honesty about where you are tempted to strive or despair, and ask God to teach you to trust Him as Provider.

"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus." Pastor Daniel reminded us that Jesus is not only our Savior but also our Provider. We can hold those two truths together so easily on Sunday and then forget them by Tuesday, when the bills come and the margin feels thin. Notice what Paul actually promises here. He doesn't say God will supply all our wants, or fund every comfort we imagine. He says God will supply our needs — and He'll do it from His glorious riches, not from our scraping and striving. That changes the posture of the whole thing. Provision isn't something we extract from a reluctant God; it flows from a Father who is rich beyond measure and generous by nature. If you're under financial pressure right now, that pressure is real, and naming it isn't a lack of faith. The invitation is to bring it to the One who promises to supply, rather than carrying it alone. You don't have to pretend the need isn't there. You get to bring it boldly to Jehovah Jireh.

For reflection

What is one real need I've been carrying alone that I could bring honestly to God today?

Pray

Pray for the courage to bring a specific need boldly to your Father, trusting His glorious riches rather than your own strength.

Before we ask God for more, Pastor Daniel urged us to honestly examine our motives. Are we asking so we can build His kingdom and reach people, or simply for more personal comfort? That's a tender question, and it's not meant to shame anyone — it's meant to realign us. Jesus said where our treasure is, there our heart will be also. Our money follows our heart, and our heart follows our money; the two are tied together more closely than we'd like to admit. So this isn't really a budget question, it's a heart question. The good news is that God honors provision that is aimed at His purposes. When our motives line up with His kingdom, we're not asking a stingy God for selfish things — we're partnering with a generous Father in what He already loves to do. Take a quiet moment and let this be between you and God alone. This isn't about declaring anything publicly or measuring up to anyone else. It's about asking the Lord to show you, gently, where your treasure has quietly drifted, and inviting Him to draw your heart back toward what lasts.

For reflection

If my heart follows my treasure, where is my treasure quietly pointing my heart right now?

Pray

Pray for clarity about your motives, asking God to align your desires with His kingdom purposes.

Jesus said, "Let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." Pastor Daniel made a striking point here: you can share an offensive gospel message without being an offensive person. The message of the cross will always challenge and confront — that's not ours to soften — but the way we carry it, and the way we carry ourselves, is ours to steward. The people around us are not our problem to be managed or avoided. They are our purpose. That reframe is worth sitting with. The coworker who tries your patience, the neighbor you've never spoken to, the family member who frustrates you — what if they're part of why God has you where you are? Provision and purpose are connected throughout this sermon. God supplies our needs so we can keep showing up to the people He's placed in front of us, letting our ordinary lives shine in a way that points back to Him. Living this out is rarely dramatic. It's a small, visible kindness today, done in a way that makes someone curious about your Father.

For reflection

Who is one person God has placed in my path who might be my purpose, not my problem?

Pray

Pray for one specific person in your life, asking God to let your life shine in a way that points them to Him.

In the parable of the talents, the master gives to each servant "in proportion to their abilities" and then goes away. The whole story turns on what they do with what they were given. Pastor Daniel drew a clear line from this: faithfulness with little is the prerequisite for being entrusted with much. Your next season is shaped by your obedience in this one. That cuts against the way we usually think. We tend to imagine we'll get serious about stewardship once we have more — more money, more time, more margin, more influence. But God's pattern runs the opposite direction. He watches how we handle the little, and He entrusts more to those who prove faithful. This is freeing, because it means you don't need a different life to start. The gifts already in your hands — your job, your skills, your time, your voice — are exactly where faithfulness begins. Pastor Daniel reminded us to stop despising the vocation God has already placed before us. Your job is your worship. The ordinary work in front of you today isn't a holding pattern until something more spiritual comes along; it's the very ground where God grows you.

For reflection

What is the 'little' God has entrusted to me right now, and am I being faithful with it?

Pray

Pray for a renewed love for the work and gifts already in your hands, and faithfulness with what you have today.

Paul tells Timothy to charge the rich "not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable, but to put their trust in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment." Pastor Daniel pointed out that real prosperity is the byproduct of carefully managing whatever God has already provided. It's tempting to read a verse about "the rich" and assume it's about someone else. But almost all of us are richer than we realize, and the warning is gentle and wise: money is unreliable, and it makes a terrible foundation. God, on the other hand, gives generously — even for our enjoyment. There's no grim asceticism here. The point isn't that blessings are bad; it's that they're meant to be held with open hands and managed with care, not clutched as our security. Handling current blessings well is part of the pathway to greater provision. So look around at what God has already given you. Are you stewarding it with attention and gratitude, or letting it slip through carelessness or anxiety? Caring well for today's blessings is itself an act of trust, and a quiet form of worship.

For reflection

What blessing has God already given me that I've been handling carelessly or anxiously rather than with grateful care?

Pray

Pray for wisdom to steward today's blessings well, and to anchor your trust in God rather than in anything that can fail.

Jesus asks a question that lands close to home: "If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him?" That "how much more" carries the whole week. We've looked at examining our motives, embracing our God-given gifts, and stewarding our current blessings — and underneath all of it is this: God is a good Father. Pastor Daniel kept returning to the name Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides, and to that unexpected coin in the fish's mouth. Where God guides, God provides. Our part is faithful obedience with what we have today. So as the week closes, hold it all together. The third option Jesus offers — beyond grinding and beyond giving up — is to bring your needs boldly to a Father who delights in giving good gifts. If you're under financial pressure or any kind of pressure, you don't have to perform your way to His attention or earn His care. You're invited to come as a child comes to a good Father, trusting that He sees, He knows, and He provides. A good next step is simply not to carry it alone — let someone in your church family walk this with you.

For reflection

Where do I most need to stop striving or despairing this week and simply come to my good Father as His child?

Pray

Pray for childlike trust in your good Father, bringing every need before Jehovah Jireh and committing to faithful obedience with what you have today.

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Most of us know the feeling of facing a need that's bigger than our resources, and we tend to swing between grinding harder and giving up. This message points to a third way — trusting God as our Provider.

Discussion questions

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In Matthew 17, Jesus sends Peter to find a coin in a fish's mouth rather than simply producing it out of thin air. What might this unusual miracle reveal about how God often chooses to provide?
2
Pastor Daniel encouraged us to examine our motives when we ask God for more — whether it's to build His kingdom and reach people or simply for personal comfort. Why do you think motive matters so much to God when it comes to provision?
3
The message described a person's job or vocation as their worship. What does it look like for people to see their everyday work as worship rather than just a paycheck?
4
Jesus teaches that faithfulness with little is the pathway to being entrusted with much. How might this reshape the way we think about the season we're in right now?
5
Pastor Daniel said the people around us are not our problem but our purpose. How could that shift change the way a group of believers treats the people in their everyday paths?
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The message paints God as a good Father who delights in giving good gifts to His children. Where could we, as a group, practice bringing our needs to Him boldly rather than striving alone or giving up?

Pray together

Thank God as Jehovah Jireh, our good Father and Provider; ask Him to align our motives with His kingdom and to make us faithful with whatever He has already placed in our hands.

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