Give It To God | IMPACT Recap

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Pastor Travis Hearn opened with a reading from Matthew 14:13-21, the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. He focused on the disciples' feeling of insufficiency, captured in verse 17: 'All we have here are five loaves and two fish.' Pastor Travis connected this to the common human experience of feeling like our resources—whether in marriage, parenting, faith, or personal struggles—are simply not enough. The core message was a call to 'give it to God.' He explained that when we surrender what little we have to Jesus, three transformative things happen. First, we give up our futile need to control outcomes, recognizing that God's perspective and power are infinitely greater than our own. Second, we relinquish our worries, because we can trust that God is utterly dependable and faithful. Third, God, who specializes in making something out of nothing, takes our offering, breaks it, and multiplies it for His purposes, often leaving us with more than we need. The sermon concluded with a powerful prayer of surrender, inviting listeners to place their specific burdens—relationships, health battles, guilt, and addictions—into the hands of the trustworthy, able God who can accomplish infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.

Main Points

When we feel our resources are insufficient, we are called to surrender everything to God.
Surrendering to God means giving up our need to control and our worries, because He is trustworthy and has a higher perspective.
God specializes in taking what we offer, breaking it, and multiplying it to accomplish far more than we could imagine.

Verses Mentioned

Matthew 14:13-21 - "When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, 'This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.' Jesus replied, 'They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.' 'We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,' they answered. 'Bring them here to me,' he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children." (NIV)
Psalm 55:22 - "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." (NIV)
Isaiah 55:8-9 - "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'" (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (NIV)
Matthew 6:25-34 - "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (NIV)
Genesis 1:1-5 - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day." (NIV)
Genesis 2:7 - "Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (NIV)
Genesis 2:22 - "Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man." (NIV)
Ephesians 3:20 - "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." (NIV)

Daily Action Plan

Monday

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 14:17 - 'We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish.'

Focus Point: Identify an area where you feel insufficient.

Action Plan: Write down one specific situation where you feel you are coming up short.

Deep Prayer: God, I bring my 'five loaves and two fish' to You today. This is all I have in this situation. I give it to You.

Tuesday

Scripture Reflection: Proverbs 3:5-6 - 'Trust in the LORD with all your heart...'

Focus Point: Surrendering the need to control.

Action Plan: Consciously release your grip on one outcome you've been trying to manage today. Verbally say, 'I trust You with this, God.'

Deep Prayer: Lord, I confess my desire to control. I choose to trust You with all my heart and submit my ways to You today.

Wednesday

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 6:25 - 'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life...'

Focus Point: Replacing worry with trust.

Action Plan: When a worry arises, pause and consciously hand that specific concern over to God as an act of trust.

Deep Prayer: Heavenly Father, You know what I need. I cast this care on You right now. I choose not to worry because I trust You.

Thursday

Scripture Reflection: Psalm 55:22 - 'Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you...'

Focus Point: God's dependability.

Action Plan: Recall one time in your past when God proved faithful. Thank Him for that specific instance.

Deep Prayer: Thank You, God, for being dependable. You have sustained me before, and I believe You will do it again. I cast my cares on You.

Friday

Scripture Reflection: Ephesians 3:20 - 'Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more...'

Focus Point: God's ability to multiply.

Action Plan: Pray over the situation you identified on Monday, asking God to take your 'not enough' and do more than you can imagine with it.

Deep Prayer: Able God, I believe You can do infinitely more than I ask or think. I give You my situation completely and expectantly.

Saturday

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 14:20 - 'They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.'

Focus Point: Expecting God's abundance.

Action Plan: Spend time in gratitude, thanking God in advance for how He will provide and bring multiplication from your surrender.

Deep Prayer: Lord, thank You for being a God of abundance. I thank You for the satisfaction and the 'leftovers' You have in store as I give everything to You.