{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Power and Presence | Is God Your Backup Plan? | Craig Smith","description":"Have you ever asked God to bless something you never asked Him about in the first place? In this week's message,&amp;nbsp;we unpack 1 Samuel 4 and wrestle with a hard question: Is God truly leading our battles\u2014or are we just bringing Him in after we\u2019ve already decided what we want? Israel went into battle without seeking God. When they lost, they tried to fix it by bringing the Ark of the Covenant\u2014as if God\u2019s presence could be controlled like a lucky charm. What followed was devastating. Craig talk about:   Why God doesn\u2019t bless plans we never ran past Him   The difference between bringing God to the fight and using Him as backup   How preferences can quietly outweigh God\u2019s commandments   What it really means to give God \u201cweight\u201d in our lives   If you\u2019ve ever wondered why you feel spiritually stuck, defeated, or distant from God\u2014this message is for you. ","author_name":"Mission Hills Church Messages","author_url":"http:\/\/www.missionhills.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40144370\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/198675795"}