1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:08,260 David Warren, would you come up? 2 00:00:08,260 --> 00:00:13,260 We have a new elder to announce this morning. 3 00:00:13,260 --> 00:00:14,760 David and Dee, if you'll come. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:22,220 Here at Springhouse, we do not elect eldership. 5 00:00:22,220 --> 00:00:28,000 We don't vote and do a democratic process for elders. 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,160 We simply recognize elders. 7 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:35,780 And this has been a long time coming, 8 00:00:35,780 --> 00:00:39,520 because David, you have functioned in this role 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,640 far, far longer than, you know, 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,140 between now and the rest of time that you have here. 11 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:47,680 And I'm so grateful for you. 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,440 Let me read some scripture. 13 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:50,680 And as I'm reading some scripture, 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,080 I'm gonna ask the eldership to make their way 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,520 down to the front. 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,840 Out of 1 Timothy 3, this is what the word says. 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,520 "An overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach. 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,600 "The husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,880 "respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,300 "not addicted to wine, not a bully, 21 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,720 "nor quick-tempered and hot-headed, 22 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,420 "but gentle and considerate, free from the love of money. 23 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:25,660 "He must manage his own household well, 24 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:28,780 "keeping his children under control with all dignity. 25 00:01:29,780 --> 00:01:32,080 "And he must not be a new convert, 26 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,480 "so that he will not fall into condemnation 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,680 "encurred by the evil one. 28 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,400 "He must have a good reputation 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,280 "and be well thought of by those outside the church, 30 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,120 "so that he will not be discredited 31 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,460 "and fall into the devil's trap." 32 00:01:47,460 --> 00:01:50,780 David, if this was a checklist of 33 00:01:50,780 --> 00:01:52,980 what needs to be for an elder, 34 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,440 boy, you're batting a thousand, my friend. 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,720 We recognize your appointment as an elder of this house, 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,180 as an overseer. 37 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:02,880 We are governed by three agencies. 38 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,300 We have an admin board that does our finances. 39 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,020 We have the pastoral staff that run the church. 40 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:10,720 But the eldership, they're the ruling body, 41 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:11,960 the spiritual covering. 42 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,660 So this is a very important thing 43 00:02:13,660 --> 00:02:16,400 that we add David to this group. 44 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,240 And I believe that it is the Lord's will for him 45 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,520 to be added to this group. 46 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:21,760 So we're gonna pray over David. 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,480 The eldership is here gathered around you. 48 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,200 We all affirm your call, 49 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,180 and we're grateful for your willingness 50 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:28,480 to serve in this capacity. 51 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Would you guys stand and stretch your hand 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,140 over David and Dee this morning? 53 00:02:33,140 --> 00:02:36,760 Father, we thank you for who you are. 54 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,000 And God, I thank you for the gift of David and Dee Warren. 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,360 And Lord, I thank you, Lord, 56 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,120 for this appointment of eldership, 57 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,880 actually, this recognition of eldership in David's life, God. 58 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,900 Lord, this is a mantle that is a weighty mantle, Lord, 59 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:52,920 but you carry it for us, God. 60 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,480 I pray that you would speak clearly to David. 61 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,260 I pray that you would give him discernment and insight 62 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:01,320 as he serves as a watchman on the walls for this house 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,400 and protection of the people that come 64 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,520 through these doors, Father. 65 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,140 I ask, Lord, that you would anoint him 66 00:03:06,140 --> 00:03:07,620 and that you would use him. 67 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,600 I thank you for the way that his fingerprints 68 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,820 have already been used and are on the hearts of the people 69 00:03:11,820 --> 00:03:13,000 all in this congregation. 70 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,080 And I ask, Lord, that you would continue 71 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,480 to use them in that way. 72 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,980 Father, I pray for he and Dee. 73 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:20,520 I pray a hedge of protection around their household. 74 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,520 I pray that you would strengthen them, Lord, 75 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,740 and use them in this day of battle, Lord, 76 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:27,440 as you provide every weaponry they need, Father God, 77 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,000 especially the weapon of love and grace. 78 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,140 And Lord, I pray, Lord, that you would render peace to them 79 00:03:33,140 --> 00:03:36,800 as they continue to do your work and further your kingdom. 80 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,500 We love you today and we thank you for the gift 81 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,320 of David and Dee Warren, in Jesus' name. 82 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,580 And everybody said amen, amen, amen. 83 00:03:44,580 --> 00:03:48,760 Be sure to hug Dee and David's neck today as you go. 84 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,520 And we just so appreciate you guys and love you, amen. 85 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,840 Well, God is good. 86 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,100 All the time. 87 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:03,480 And I just love to hear the stories of God's faithfulness 88 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:04,880 in the lives of his people. 89 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,560 I love whenever we're sharing testimonies. 90 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,880 You know, I've gotten a lot of feedback 91 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,420 by the testimony time we had last week in service, 92 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:15,120 especially the part where it was mentioned, that's church. 93 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,080 If that's church, that means we could have church 94 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,640 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 95 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,440 'cause our testimonies are not reserved 96 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,180 for Sunday morning, right? 97 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:26,640 We can share them Sunday morning, 98 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,320 but boy, he's always moving. 99 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,480 He's always up to something and it's always good. 100 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,040 It's always really good. 101 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,780 Well, I'm excited about today. 102 00:04:34,780 --> 00:04:35,980 Before we get up and rolling, 103 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:38,120 I do need to make an announcement. 104 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,800 We are going to be changing our service times 105 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,520 here at Springhouse beginning on Easter Sunday, okay? 106 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,600 This service will begin at 5 a.m. 107 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,940 (congregation laughing) 108 00:04:48,940 --> 00:04:50,840 (laughing) 109 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:52,240 Okay, 5.15, no. 110 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:57,160 This gathering is going to begin at 11 a.m. 111 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,420 Just like last week, we are making a change 112 00:05:01,420 --> 00:05:03,740 because if you've recognized, if you look around, 113 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:08,180 we are in the blessing of growth here at Springhouse 114 00:05:08,180 --> 00:05:10,180 and it is a wonderful thing where the Lord 115 00:05:10,180 --> 00:05:12,620 is bringing people to be with us. 116 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:16,320 In that vein, our early gathering 117 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,440 is supposed to be a repeat gathering, 118 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,560 but it's hard to be genuine in announcing 119 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,080 that it's a repeat gathering when we're not repeating 120 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,680 the gathering, yes, okay? 121 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,180 In order to do that, we have to have the same amount of time 122 00:05:29,180 --> 00:05:32,480 in both gatherings and so the family focus moments, 123 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,380 the baptisms, the baby dedications, things like that 124 00:05:36,380 --> 00:05:39,320 that are usually moved away from that gathering 125 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,640 and just in this gathering, we'll make an appearance there. 126 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,640 But starting Easter, we will have our services 127 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,860 at nine and 11, nine and 11. 128 00:05:47,860 --> 00:05:49,720 And so we invite you to be a part of that. 129 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,120 Now, as I mentioned last week, if you're looking 130 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,240 for an opportunity to serve us in an eclectic way, 131 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,900 as you can see, I believe that when visitors come 132 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:00,820 to Springhouse, most likely they're gonna come 133 00:06:00,820 --> 00:06:04,000 to this gathering and if you have the capacity, 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,600 if you're only coming to one gathering 135 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,040 or you have a desire to serve in children's ministry 136 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,500 during this main gathering where there's a lot of kids, 137 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:16,000 Sherry needs help back there, if you would make that switch 138 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,600 to the nine a.m. gathering, that would free up space 139 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,800 not only in this room but in our parking lot 140 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,920 for visitors to come and be a part 141 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,840 of what we've got going on here. 142 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,640 That's just a unique way that you could serve 143 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,000 but God is doing good things here, amen? 144 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,020 And you're a part of that and we are just so grateful 145 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:37,020 for you, we're continuing our series, we took a beat 146 00:06:37,020 --> 00:06:39,620 because of the conference but we're continuing our series, 147 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:43,240 The Greatest Stories Ever Told and you are a part 148 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,500 of The Greatest Story Ever Told and the great thing 149 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:49,480 about the story is that it's not about you. 150 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,880 The best part of the story is that it's about Jesus 151 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,220 and the change, the radical change that he's made 152 00:06:57,220 --> 00:07:00,120 in your life, if Jesus Christ has changed your life, 153 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,080 would you just say amen? 154 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,220 So we have a story, we have a story connected 155 00:07:05,220 --> 00:07:08,820 to the King of Kings, the author and the finisher 156 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:13,260 of our faith, the star breather, we are connected to him 157 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:17,400 and it's so wonderful to be able to share those stories. 158 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,500 We're gonna be going to the story of Moses and the Red Sea, 159 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:23,280 probably one of the most famous stories in scripture, 160 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,000 many of you know the story about what happens 161 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,620 at the Red Sea but what I wanted to do as a little bit 162 00:07:29,620 --> 00:07:33,280 of a setup before we dive in this morning is just 163 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:38,280 to remind us that the stories in the Old Testament point us 164 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,120 to Jesus Christ, what I love about the Old Testament stories 165 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,000 is you will see a common theme, you will see a common thread 166 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,360 of God's character all throughout scripture, why is that? 167 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Because the scripture tells us that Jesus Christ, God, 168 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,340 he is the same wind, yesterday and forever. 169 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:00,440 God never changes, would you look at your neighbor 170 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,080 and say God never changes? 171 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:08,020 Now we change, we change because we're fickle 172 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,160 and we need to change because we need 173 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,460 to look more like Christ. 174 00:08:11,460 --> 00:08:13,860 I'm not there yet, anybody arrived? 175 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:17,720 I'm not there yet, okay, we need to change. 176 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,600 God never changes and I need a God I can depend on 177 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,800 to be the same, God is faithful, he is true 178 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,840 and he is sovereign, we're gonna stand today 179 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,340 and we're gonna read two very brief scriptures. 180 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:33,480 I am gonna read the story of Moses to you in the Red Sea 181 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,340 but we're gonna read these two scriptures together 182 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:36,840 beforehand, would you stand with me 183 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,860 and let's read with gusto this morning. 184 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:43,520 (congregation murmuring) 185 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,520 The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still. 186 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,820 Oh, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. 187 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:58,560 Father, I thank you for every single truth 188 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,040 you've given us in your word, I ask Lord 189 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,940 that it would implant on our hearts today 190 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:05,680 and change us for all eternity, in Jesus' name 191 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:08,720 and everybody said, amen. 192 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,840 Well, I told the early gathering 193 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,160 that we're gonna do something different today 194 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,880 but I realized that that's a common thing that I say 195 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,480 and so we're just gonna be in keeping with the same, 196 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:19,920 it's just gonna look a little different 197 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,240 than we know, it's unique, okay. 198 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:27,000 And so I'm gonna tell this, we're gonna read actually 199 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,960 this story of Moses at the Red Sea. 200 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,440 It's essentially what we're gonna do this morning, 201 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,320 we're gonna read just right through the story 202 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,280 but you're gonna help me tell the story. 203 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,400 And the reason I wanted to do this this morning 204 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,860 is because I want us to understand that our lives 205 00:09:41,860 --> 00:09:46,020 and our circumstances, our situations can parallel 206 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:48,480 the stories that we find in scripture. 207 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,040 God's character and how he moves within the scriptures 208 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,060 in the Old Testament, those principles we can apply 209 00:09:55,060 --> 00:09:57,280 to our life today. 210 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,780 And so I have a question to present to you this morning. 211 00:10:00,780 --> 00:10:03,560 Are you stuck in the in-between? 212 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,120 Are you stuck in the in-between? 213 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:13,000 Have you been released, relinquished, redeemed? 214 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,760 Have you been allowed to walk out of? 215 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,700 Has the Lord allowed you to relent from 216 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,800 what you've held onto? 217 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,260 And you come to a place where there is an obstacle 218 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:33,160 or a wall or something unexpected in front of you 219 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,400 and you're stuck in that place of the in-between. 220 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,980 I wonder if anybody would be here. 221 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:41,320 Now many times when we talk about that, 222 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,820 I think our minds tend to lend itself 223 00:10:43,820 --> 00:10:46,840 to going directly to sin issues. 224 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,880 And that's appropriate because we need to address 225 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,640 sin issues in our lives. 226 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,160 But I wonder if there might be somebody here 227 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,560 who's in a place where God has released you 228 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:02,940 or called you out of something and called you to something 229 00:11:02,940 --> 00:11:05,160 but you're running up against obstacles 230 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,560 and you don't know how to pass through. 231 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:11,680 And this morning, I believe God wants to minister 232 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:15,480 both to the person who's struggling with a sin issue 233 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,180 but also the person who is looking for God's direction 234 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:21,080 on God, I don't know how to get out of what I'm in right now 235 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,280 in order to move forward and fulfill your will. 236 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:25,440 Amen? 237 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,940 So I need this morning the six best sinners in the house. 238 00:11:28,940 --> 00:11:31,740 If you could come up here to the stage. 239 00:11:31,740 --> 00:11:35,120 I've got one, two, three, four, come on up here. 240 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:36,960 The six best sinners, come on up here. 241 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,240 Oh yeah, come on up here. 242 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,240 We don't wanna elevate sin for sure 243 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,120 but we definitely want you to get your sin in the light. 244 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,440 There's gotta be another good sinner. 245 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:51,260 Okay, here we go. 246 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:52,240 All right, come on. 247 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,360 All right, get in line over here. 248 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,000 Let's let Justin be first, he likes that. 249 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:56,840 Go on over. 250 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,340 Okay, step back just a little bit, okay? 251 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:02,760 That's okay. 252 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,840 Oh yeah, you're a bunch of ragtag sinners for sure. 253 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:12,760 Okay, if you guys could do me a favor, 254 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:13,600 this is gonna be hard. 255 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,040 If you could flank to where you're kind of diagonal. 256 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,400 That's a little bit too far landed. 257 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,200 There you go, I like that, okay. 258 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,400 These guys are gonna represent this morning Egypt. 259 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,840 They're gonna represent Pharaoh and the army in Egypt. 260 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,940 Now, as we have it in the story 261 00:12:31,940 --> 00:12:34,900 where we are in Exodus chapter 14, 262 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:39,200 Israel has been liberated, has been set free 263 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,180 from the grips of Egypt. 264 00:12:41,180 --> 00:12:44,460 Remember there was all of the plagues, right? 265 00:12:44,460 --> 00:12:45,680 All the plagues happened. 266 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,400 And that final plague with the Passover, 267 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,580 Pharaoh finally relents and says, "You can go." 268 00:12:51,580 --> 00:12:53,260 Not only does Israel go, 269 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:55,420 but they go with stuff in their hands. 270 00:12:55,420 --> 00:12:56,820 They plunder Egypt. 271 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:58,160 They're able to take things with them. 272 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,000 Later we're gonna find 273 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,520 that they don't just leave, but they leave boldly. 274 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:05,120 They leave boldly and their God is with them. 275 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,120 But as we're talking about paralleling our lives 276 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,120 to the scripture, we're gonna look at Egypt 277 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,320 because we're not contending with Pharaoh. 278 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,520 We're not necessarily contending with an army, 279 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,680 but we're contending with some other things. 280 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,640 And now I want us to understand 281 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,400 that we're in a place in the scripture, in the story 282 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,600 where Israel has been liberated. 283 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,320 So we're gonna be looking at these things 284 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,160 from a past perspective. 285 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,360 Yes, a past perspective, okay? 286 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,360 So we're gonna look at past struggles, 287 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,860 past mistakes, 288 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:42,640 past positions, 289 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,860 past behaviors, 290 00:13:45,860 --> 00:13:48,940 past security, 291 00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:52,680 past relationships. 292 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:53,520 Come on up here. 293 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,760 And this good looking guy, 294 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,480 he's gonna represent all of you, okay? 295 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,080 He's gonna represent all of you. 296 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:11,200 If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ 297 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,800 and he has liberated you from your past, 298 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,400 your past is your past. 299 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:21,100 Say that, your past is your past. 300 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:24,560 And so he has liberated us from our past. 301 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,600 So let's look at what the scripture says with this story 302 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,600 in the context of Egypt being in our past, okay? 303 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,200 Here we go. 304 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,080 When the, I'm gonna read. 305 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,540 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, 306 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:42,100 Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them 307 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:44,500 and said, "What have we done? 308 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,720 "We have let the Israelites go 309 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,420 "and have lost their services." 310 00:14:49,420 --> 00:14:52,720 I want us to take particular note of the yellow, 311 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:57,640 changed their minds and we have lost their services. 312 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,520 I want us to understand this morning 313 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,240 that the world offers instability and will leave you empty, 314 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,120 but God is always stable and promises you life. 315 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,500 So our past always is willing to offer us 316 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,720 a level of instability. 317 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,600 Pharaoh and the army changed their minds. 318 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,300 There was a moment, the firstborn was taken 319 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,720 from all of Egypt and Pharaoh said, "Anthetically, 320 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,100 "you can go." 321 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:26,320 The decision was made. 322 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,200 But once he took, have you ever had somebody in your life? 323 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,600 I didn't expect to go here. 324 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,160 You ever have somebody in your life 325 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,280 that God has liberated you from, 326 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,460 but the minute they start seeing you be victorious, 327 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:43,420 they start to change their mind about letting you go, 328 00:15:43,420 --> 00:15:46,860 they start chasing you with some stuff that was old 329 00:15:46,860 --> 00:15:48,940 instead of the new that you're in, anybody? 330 00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:49,840 Or that's just me. 331 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,720 God liberates us from our past. 332 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,720 He doesn't want us standing on unstable ground. 333 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,880 A double-minded man is what? 334 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,120 Unstable in all of his ways, right? 335 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,520 And so your past has instability to offer you an emptiness 336 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,000 while God is stable and promises you life. 337 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,040 So Pharaoh has changed his mind 338 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,420 and he has said, "We've lost their services." 339 00:16:16,420 --> 00:16:18,840 Do you notice that the world wants to suck the life 340 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:19,680 out of you? 341 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,860 Pharaoh's like, Pharaoh wasn't like, 342 00:16:21,860 --> 00:16:23,520 "Oh, we care about them, we wanna take care of, 343 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,060 "we wanna make sure that," no. 344 00:16:25,060 --> 00:16:26,440 We've lost our services. 345 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,600 We've lost what we gained from having them with us. 346 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,720 And so he says this. 347 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,020 So it says this, "So he had his chariot made ready 348 00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:36,640 "and took his army with him. 349 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:42,280 "He took 600 of the," say this, "best chariots 350 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,440 "along with all the other chariots of Egypt 351 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,600 "with officers over all of them. 352 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,420 "He doesn't just take chariots, 353 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:52,440 "but he takes the best chariots." 354 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:53,400 Why? 355 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,200 "Your past will throw its best at you, 356 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,600 "but what God has is always better for you." 357 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,260 Your past is always gonna come and say, 358 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:02,800 "Okay, I gotta conjure up the best of what you have." 359 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,700 It's like that carrot that's dangling. 360 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:07,800 It's like that momentary fix from that vice 361 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,880 feels good for just a few moments. 362 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,600 And sometimes we get tunnel vision 363 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,800 and all we can see is that little fix 364 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,040 and we don't see the destruction that surrounds it. 365 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:21,400 So he's coming after Israel with his best chariots. 366 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,400 And the word says this, 367 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,280 "The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, 368 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,580 "so that he pursued the Israelites 369 00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,720 "who were marching out," what? 370 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,400 "Boldly," let me tell you what this tells me, Israel. 371 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,400 Israel was shackled, was shackled to the past. 372 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,660 Come on over here. 373 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:43,080 Hold that, there you go, come on over here. 374 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:43,920 - Yeah. 375 00:17:45,820 --> 00:17:48,040 - Now I'm just gonna have you strapped 376 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,360 to your past struggles right here, okay? 377 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:59,720 I gotta lock it up in case you try to get out, all right. 378 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,800 Okay. 379 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:09,980 Israel was chained to slavery for over 400 years. 380 00:18:09,980 --> 00:18:13,000 Israel was property of Egypt, 381 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,220 had to do anything that Pharaoh told them to do. 382 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:17,680 They were enslaved. 383 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,700 And there have been many years of your life 384 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:23,000 that you were enslaved to your past struggles, 385 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,800 past mistakes, past positions, behavior, 386 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,460 security and relationships. 387 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:33,280 Jesus Christ came along and said, "I want you. 388 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,720 "And so I'm gonna pay a price, 389 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,340 "a penalty of death on a cross, 390 00:18:38,340 --> 00:18:39,980 "and I'm not just gonna stay there, 391 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:42,140 "I'm coming back to life. 392 00:18:42,140 --> 00:18:44,820 "And I'm going to render the key that you need 393 00:18:44,820 --> 00:18:48,500 "to be liberated from all of these things." 394 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:51,540 And so Jesus comes and he unlocks the chain 395 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:53,520 so that you can be liberated and the, 396 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,180 just drop the chain. 397 00:18:55,180 --> 00:18:56,960 And what the scripture says is, 398 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,960 "He who the Son sets free is what?" 399 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,180 Say it again. 400 00:19:01,180 --> 00:19:02,020 - Free. 401 00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:04,020 - Look at your neighbor and say, "Are you free?" 402 00:19:04,020 --> 00:19:04,860 - Free. 403 00:19:04,860 --> 00:19:11,180 - Israel has been freed from slavery. 404 00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:12,860 So come right over here. 405 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,680 And they marched out boldly. 406 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,400 That tells me that Israel knew 407 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,940 that God was fighting on their behalf. 408 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:22,080 How do I know that? 409 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,100 You don't leave boldly something, 410 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:25,880 you don't boldly leave this stuff 411 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,820 if you're not confident of where you're going 412 00:19:27,820 --> 00:19:29,420 and who's with you. 413 00:19:29,420 --> 00:19:32,380 And so they boldly, it's like you getting an experience, 414 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,260 having an experience with the holy God here 415 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:36,580 in this altar space and being liberated and set free. 416 00:19:36,580 --> 00:19:38,300 You know that you know that you know. 417 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:39,900 There's a story in the New Testament 418 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:42,780 when the guy, Jesus, healed the blind guy. 419 00:19:42,780 --> 00:19:44,620 And the people were like, "How'd this happen? 420 00:19:44,620 --> 00:19:45,460 "Who did it? 421 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:46,340 "When did it happen? 422 00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:48,060 "What Kool-Aid was he drinking?" 423 00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:49,340 All of these questions. 424 00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:52,600 And the guy said, "Listen, I don't know any of those answers 425 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,460 "but this is what I do know. 426 00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:58,360 "I once was blind, but now I see. 427 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,200 "But now I see." 428 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,180 Here we go. 429 00:20:00,180 --> 00:20:03,100 As Pharaoh approached the Israelites, 430 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,260 saw the, I'm sorry, as Pharaoh approached, 431 00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:06,540 I feel super calm there. 432 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:10,780 The Israelites saw the Egyptians marching after them. 433 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:13,200 So Pharaoh's approaching the Israelites 434 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,440 and the Israelites, we're going this way. 435 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:17,600 Oh, wait a minute. 436 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,060 There's a red sea, there's an obstacle here. 437 00:20:20,060 --> 00:20:21,020 And guess what? 438 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,160 I hear something. 439 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,900 I turn around and I see something. 440 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:27,500 Go ahead and turn around. 441 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:28,340 Okay? 442 00:20:28,340 --> 00:20:30,060 Are you with me? 443 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:31,800 (congregation laughing) 444 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,920 I've got an obstacle in front of me. 445 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,660 I don't know what to do. 446 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:39,820 So I turn around and it says, 447 00:20:39,820 --> 00:20:43,060 "They were terrified and cried out to the Lord." 448 00:20:43,060 --> 00:20:46,040 Guys, your past should terrify you. 449 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,820 The world you lived in, it should terrify you 450 00:20:50,820 --> 00:20:53,460 if you go back there and try to shock yourself to it. 451 00:20:53,460 --> 00:20:57,940 "They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. 452 00:20:57,940 --> 00:21:01,340 "They said to Moses, 'Was it because there was no graves 453 00:21:01,340 --> 00:21:04,680 "'in Egypt that you brought us into the desert to die?' 454 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,260 "'What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? 455 00:21:07,260 --> 00:21:09,620 "'Didn't we say to you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone, 456 00:21:09,620 --> 00:21:12,160 "'let us serve the Egyptians?' 457 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:18,280 "It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians 458 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,000 "than to die in the desert." 459 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:31,280 Why were they afraid? 460 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,060 Think about it. 461 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:36,940 When she turned and faced this way. 462 00:21:36,940 --> 00:21:41,520 The word tells us back in Exodus 13 463 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,940 that God Almighty, an angel of the Lord, 464 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:48,420 a pillar of cloud by night, fire by day, 465 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:52,580 led Israel out of Egypt. 466 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:55,300 Now, I don't see a cloud. 467 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:57,120 I don't see fire. 468 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:58,700 They did. 469 00:21:58,700 --> 00:21:59,840 They did. 470 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,100 They saw the physical presence 471 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:03,960 of a supernatural move of God. 472 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,220 Yet, they were, it says they were terrified. 473 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:10,880 Why were they afraid? 474 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,600 The easy answer is, well, they were afraid of Egypt, 475 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,960 and they're afraid of Pharaoh and the army. 476 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:16,880 I don't buy it. 477 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,040 I don't believe that they were afraid 478 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,980 of Pharaoh and the army. 479 00:22:21,980 --> 00:22:24,900 I believe they were afraid because they didn't have 480 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:27,760 the faith to believe for their way out. 481 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,720 How do I know that? 482 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,760 Because of what they said in the scripture. 483 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,700 If they were truly afraid of Pharaoh and the army, 484 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,460 they wouldn't be saying, "Take us back. 485 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,720 "Put us back. 486 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,560 "It's better for us to serve Egypt and Pharaoh and his army 487 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,640 "than to continue to be here and die in the desert. 488 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,020 "You don't go back to something you're afraid of." 489 00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:55,240 And so the fear was birthed from, 490 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,980 "I don't have the faith to believe, God, 491 00:22:57,980 --> 00:23:00,360 "that you can get me out of this situation." 492 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:06,380 And I wonder how many of us are in that place of fear 493 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:09,180 because we came up on an obstacle. 494 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:12,000 God made us feel good, it looked good, we had a blessing, 495 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,620 we had an open door, we had a confirmation, we had a dream, 496 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:16,480 we stepped into this and bam, 497 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,400 something happens that's unexpected. 498 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,280 And we take that towel and we throw it in. 499 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:23,980 Take me back to slavery. 500 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:25,740 Take me back to my past struggles. 501 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:28,120 Take me back to those past relationships. 502 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,820 Why were they afraid? 503 00:23:30,820 --> 00:23:32,980 They were afraid because they didn't know 504 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:34,420 how to get out of this. 505 00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:35,800 They were afraid because they didn't have the faith 506 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,900 to believe, listen, one of our largest issues 507 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,620 is that when we come upon obstacles in our life, 508 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,760 we look back instead of looking up. 509 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,820 We look back instead of looking up. 510 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:48,260 He always has a way out. 511 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,300 He always has an answer. 512 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:53,660 Are we looking to him? 513 00:23:53,660 --> 00:23:55,860 Are we looking to him? 514 00:23:55,860 --> 00:23:57,740 Here's the thing. 515 00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,180 Moses answered the people and he says this, 516 00:24:00,180 --> 00:24:02,660 "Do not be afraid. 517 00:24:02,660 --> 00:24:05,500 "Stand firm and you will see the deliverance 518 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:08,180 "the Lord will bring to you today. 519 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:11,060 "The Lord will fight you, fight for you. 520 00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:13,300 "You need only to be still." 521 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:14,880 You know what this is right here? 522 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,080 This is David Warren. 523 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,460 This is David Warren's job 524 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:23,320 when he sees you walking in fear. 525 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,100 David Warren or the eldership 526 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:28,780 or your spiritual leadership says, hey, don't be afraid. 527 00:24:28,780 --> 00:24:32,100 Let me remind you of the God who's for you 528 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,100 and not against you. 529 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,440 Do not be afraid. 530 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,300 Stand firm and you'll see the deliverance. 531 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:39,740 The Lord will fight for you. 532 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:41,560 You only need to be still. 533 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,020 And guys, in our culture, we don't know one bit 534 00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:45,600 about what it is to be still. 535 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,620 We are so conditioned to act. 536 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,940 I'm trying to fix every situation 537 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:53,260 within 30 seconds of it coming into my lap. 538 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:58,260 And God says, I don't want you to fix the situation. 539 00:24:58,260 --> 00:25:00,420 I wanna fix the situation for you. 540 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:02,380 I might fix the situation through you, 541 00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:05,240 but I want you to be still. 542 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,980 Be still and know that I'm God. 543 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:11,840 Here's the thing. 544 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,920 The world in your past will provoke you to act. 545 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,540 God invites you to be still. 546 00:25:17,540 --> 00:25:20,880 He invites you to be still. 547 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,140 So what's our motivation? 548 00:25:23,140 --> 00:25:25,980 Justin, what's our motivation to lay down our past struggles, 549 00:25:25,980 --> 00:25:28,340 our past mistakes, Boston, Landon, our past behaviors, 550 00:25:28,340 --> 00:25:30,060 Robert, our past relationships? 551 00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:31,820 Like, okay, I mean, I understand. 552 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:32,660 I'm not supposed to say, 553 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:34,880 I understand I get liberated from this, but here I am. 554 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,100 Surely God doesn't just want me out here 555 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:38,820 flailing my arms by myself. 556 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:40,980 Flail, no, you're not gonna do it, okay. 557 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:43,220 Just out here on my own wandering out here. 558 00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:47,820 No, there has to be something more and there is. 559 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:50,820 I need nine more volunteers to come up to the stage quickly. 560 00:25:50,820 --> 00:25:53,220 This way, this side. 561 00:25:55,420 --> 00:26:00,420 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 562 00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:05,140 If you'll make a pair of diagonal line here 563 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:07,440 just like they did just on this side, okay. 564 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:13,380 Now, when I was making these signs this week, 565 00:26:13,380 --> 00:26:15,420 what I wanted to paint a picture was 566 00:26:15,420 --> 00:26:18,820 what we're going toward is future security, 567 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:22,100 future relationships, future resources, 568 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:23,100 future all those things. 569 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,560 And you know what God said? 570 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:25,400 That's not true. 571 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:30,860 God doesn't always provide future security for you. 572 00:26:30,860 --> 00:26:33,780 He doesn't always provide future resource for you. 573 00:26:33,780 --> 00:26:36,620 He's not looking for you to go from one struggle 574 00:26:36,620 --> 00:26:39,560 to another struggle and forget about him. 575 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:44,560 So it's not what we're going to, it's who we're going to. 576 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,780 And God has a lot of names in the word of God 577 00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:49,500 and it tells us about his character. 578 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:51,480 So when we're leaving our past struggle, 579 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,320 we're going to El Shaddai, God Almighty. 580 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,900 When we leave our past mistakes and relationships, 581 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,460 Jehovah Shalom, the peace of God. 582 00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:02,420 We're going to Jehovah Jireh, our provider. 583 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:05,280 We're going to Jehovah Ratha, our healer. 584 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,060 We're going to Elohim, our creator. 585 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:11,200 We're going to Jehovah Ra, our shepherd and our friend. 586 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,340 We're going to the star breathing God. 587 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:17,300 We're going to Jehovah Nissi, who's a banner over us. 588 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,740 And we are going to Emmanuel, God with us. 589 00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:22,360 And let me tell you something, 590 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:26,220 there's a reason why I put more signs on this side 591 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:28,520 than this side, because there's always more 592 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:29,860 when you're going toward God. 593 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:32,340 There's always better when you're going toward God. 594 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:34,420 There's always much more that you can receive 595 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,260 when you're going to God. 596 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:36,100 Let me tell you something, 597 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,740 when you've got the peace of the Lord, 598 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,400 you've got the resource of the Lord, 599 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,920 you've got the banner of the Lord, 600 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,520 you've got an almighty God on your side, 601 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,140 why in the world would you ever want to turn around 602 00:27:45,140 --> 00:27:47,260 and go back to these past things? 603 00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:49,940 These past things pale in comparison greatly 604 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:51,100 to everything God has. 605 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:54,860 And so our motivation is that we see, 606 00:27:54,860 --> 00:27:56,400 we're not flailing our arms, 607 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,780 walking in confidence boldly toward Jehovah God, 608 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:06,160 to a sovereign King, to a God who is stable 609 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,920 and He's faithful and He's mighty and He's true. 610 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,080 And so He invites us to be still 611 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:14,960 because sometimes our past, 612 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,340 you know how they came up here and started talking, 613 00:28:16,340 --> 00:28:17,900 I was like, simmer? 614 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:19,420 Our past starts to whisper in our ear, 615 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:21,120 hey buddy, hey, come over here. 616 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,260 Hey, hey, don't you miss me? 617 00:28:23,260 --> 00:28:24,240 Right? 618 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,760 And we get this little itch, you know, 619 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,160 this little thing, you know? 620 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,740 But we keep our eyes focused on our God. 621 00:28:31,740 --> 00:28:33,540 We keep our eyes focused on our God. 622 00:28:33,540 --> 00:28:35,840 Then the Lord said to Moses, 623 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:36,980 are you ready for this? 624 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:39,960 Why are you crying out to me? 625 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,860 I want you to think about that for a second. 626 00:28:43,860 --> 00:28:46,520 Wait a minute, Pastor Kevin, listen, 627 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:47,480 I've been liberated, 628 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,540 you just asked me what to do when I'm stuck. 629 00:28:50,540 --> 00:28:51,920 I see that God's in front of me, 630 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,680 but I'm in this place where I'm stuck, 631 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,040 I'm stuck struggling with sin, 632 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,120 I'm stuck struggling with that call 633 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,640 that I didn't answer completely 634 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,520 or I laid down this job in this vocation 635 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,480 and God hasn't opened the door over here, 636 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,300 I stepped out on faith, I'm in this middle season. 637 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:10,300 And God is saying, why are you crying out to me? 638 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:15,560 Never knew God would ask you that type of question, huh? 639 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,360 The reason that God, I believe the reason 640 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,680 that God asked the question, 641 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:24,000 why are you crying out to me, was two things. 642 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,480 He was with them and He has given them 643 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,740 everything they needed to move forward. 644 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:33,640 How did He ask Moses to split the sea? 645 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,720 He said, take your, 646 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:36,760 stake your, 647 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,440 you can say staff and you say it loud, 648 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,700 take your, staff, and your hand 649 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:43,640 and put it over the water. 650 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,800 Was the staff, did the staff just appear? 651 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,520 Just out of nowhere, just appeared at this moment? 652 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:53,360 Or was the staff there all along since the burning bush? 653 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,360 So that tells me God has given Moses every tool he needs. 654 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,640 He's given you everything you need 655 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,180 to take a step of faith forward. 656 00:30:04,180 --> 00:30:06,120 Now, remember, God isn't, 657 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,960 He's not just mystical or imaginary, 658 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,380 He's literally physically, He's with them. 659 00:30:11,380 --> 00:30:13,380 Like the presence is there with Him. 660 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:14,500 We're gonna see that in a second. 661 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,240 He's literally with them and He's saying, 662 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,780 why are you crying out to me? 663 00:30:19,780 --> 00:30:21,180 Tell the Israelites to move on. 664 00:30:21,180 --> 00:30:23,180 Raise your staff and stretch your hand out over the sea, 665 00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:25,300 divide the water so the Israelites can go through 666 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:26,540 on dry ground. 667 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:30,100 God requires us to step out in faith. 668 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,240 Are you with me? 669 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:38,660 Guys, this is central to the point of this morning, 670 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:42,860 to understand that when salvation has come to your life, 671 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,660 and He has done the redemptive work, 672 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:48,820 part of your obedient posture to Him 673 00:30:48,820 --> 00:30:52,300 is to be willing to step out when He tells you to go, 674 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:53,880 to be able to take the next step 675 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,360 whenever He tells you to go there. 676 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,180 When there's an obstacle in front of you, 677 00:30:57,180 --> 00:30:59,940 you realize this obstacle cannot destroy me. 678 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:02,540 No weapon formed against me will prosper. 679 00:31:02,540 --> 00:31:06,160 Nothing will come against me because my God is bigger, 680 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,420 my God is greater. 681 00:31:07,420 --> 00:31:10,220 Greater is He who is in me than who is in the world. 682 00:31:10,220 --> 00:31:12,040 And you step out on faith. 683 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,780 You take the next step. 684 00:31:13,780 --> 00:31:18,180 Some of us have added years of delay 685 00:31:18,180 --> 00:31:19,920 for what God wants to do in our lives 686 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,540 because we're going, "God, help me, God, help me, 687 00:31:22,540 --> 00:31:23,380 God, help me." 688 00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:26,780 And He's saying, "I've given you everything you need. 689 00:31:26,780 --> 00:31:29,000 You're just afraid of the wrong thing. 690 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,780 You need to be walking in reverent fear of Me," 691 00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:34,180 says the Lord. 692 00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:35,680 Stop fearing what they say. 693 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,380 Stop fearing what money you're gonna make. 694 00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:40,000 Stop putting your fear in the world 695 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,200 and all of these past things, 696 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,980 your security, your relationships, 697 00:31:42,980 --> 00:31:44,160 they're not gonna like me. 698 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,260 So what? 699 00:31:45,260 --> 00:31:50,680 God says, "I'm more important. 700 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,060 I'm alpha and omega. 701 00:31:52,060 --> 00:31:56,960 I'm the one God that gets to be on the throne of your life." 702 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,480 Step out on faith. 703 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,220 Take the next step. 704 00:32:00,220 --> 00:32:02,580 What do we see what Scripture says about faith? 705 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:04,380 Can we say these first two words each time? 706 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:05,500 Bye. 707 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:08,520 Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born 708 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,240 because they saw he was no ordinary child 709 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,460 and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 710 00:32:14,460 --> 00:32:15,660 Bye. 711 00:32:15,660 --> 00:32:18,300 Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known 712 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:19,680 as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 713 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:20,520 Bye. 714 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,160 He left Egypt not fearing the king's anger. 715 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,800 He persevered because he saw Him who is invisible. 716 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:27,640 Bye. 717 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,720 He kept the Passover and the application of the blood 718 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,420 so that the destroyer of the firstborn 719 00:32:32,420 --> 00:32:34,680 would not touch the firstborn of Israel. 720 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:35,760 Bye. 721 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,000 The people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land, 722 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,280 but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. 723 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,520 By faith. 724 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,460 By faith. 725 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:50,540 I want to please my God. 726 00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:55,700 Without faith, it is impossible to please God. 727 00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:56,760 Would you say that? 728 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,920 Without faith, it's impossible to please God. 729 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,420 It's not without faith you might not please God. 730 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,480 Without faith, it's subject to your interpretation. 731 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:13,480 No, without faith, it is impossible to please God. 732 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,340 So the Israelites have a choice. 733 00:33:17,340 --> 00:33:18,280 You have a choice. 734 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,360 I have a choice in the midst of these struggles 735 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,620 and mistakes and all this stuff in the in between 736 00:33:23,620 --> 00:33:27,480 looking at Jehovah-Rapha, Jehovah-Ra, the star breather. 737 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,600 I have a choice and my choice must be laden by faith. 738 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,700 What is faith? 739 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,960 Boy, I'm placing a hope that God is going to move. 740 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,020 I don't see it right now, but guys, 741 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:41,820 this is why we took two minutes this morning 742 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,640 and shared the goodness of God. 743 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,280 You need to be reminded about the move of God. 744 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,440 I read this story. 745 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,540 Can I be real and transparent with you? 746 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:53,500 I sometimes read this story, Justin. 747 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:56,680 I read this story and I go, this is horrible, ready? 748 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,040 I go, you idiots. 749 00:33:59,040 --> 00:33:59,880 You ever said that? 750 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:00,700 - Losers. 751 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:02,060 - You idiots. 752 00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:03,640 Have you ever read scripture and said that, Barbie? 753 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,060 She's so pure, she would never call anybody idiot. 754 00:34:06,060 --> 00:34:11,060 Listen, I read the scripture, I'm like, idiots. 755 00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:15,240 God is like, he's burning a blaze of fire 756 00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:18,160 like right before you and you're turning back 757 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:23,160 and then God said, numero uno right here. 758 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:28,260 Because how quickly I forget how he's moved in my life 759 00:34:28,260 --> 00:34:31,740 over and over and over again and then I doubt him 760 00:34:31,740 --> 00:34:34,200 the minute I have opposition. 761 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,760 And I have to have people in my life who love me enough 762 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:43,640 to remind me, stand firm, be still. 763 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,500 God is for you, not against you. 764 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,420 He's gonna fight this for you. 765 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:52,420 And so here's the thing, you are not alone. 766 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:55,840 Somebody needs to know this truth today. 767 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,320 Somebody here believes a lie. 768 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,500 And you need to know this morning, God of the universe, 769 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:07,500 the God of the universe says, you are not alone. 770 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:11,580 All of this, all of God's character is available for you 771 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:13,780 if you will just lean into him. 772 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:17,300 You are not alone. 773 00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:18,140 Are you ready guys? 774 00:35:18,140 --> 00:35:19,000 It gets crazier. 775 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:24,260 The angel of the Lord who had been traveling 776 00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:28,980 in front of Israel's army withdrew and went where? 777 00:35:28,980 --> 00:35:29,820 - [Congregation] In the middle of the cloud. 778 00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:33,600 - Okay, the pillar of cloud also moved from in front 779 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,000 and stood behind them coming between the armies of Egypt 780 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,900 and Israel, okay. 781 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:40,200 Huh, I wonder what that looks like. 782 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,000 I need two more people. 783 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,040 Quickly, please. 784 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:55,520 Great, come on up here, love it. 785 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,520 Just need you to stand on that chair. 786 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,560 Yes, that's right. 787 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:00,880 The next person's gonna juggle. 788 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,780 Okay, come up here. 789 00:36:01,780 --> 00:36:05,520 You can do this by faith. 790 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,360 Yes, by faith. 791 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:12,520 Okay, I need you all to hold this out, 792 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,400 stretch it out and hold it. 793 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:15,300 Let's go this way. 794 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:18,360 Just stretch it out, stretch it out. 795 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:19,200 There you go. 796 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,800 Okay, come here, stand right here. 797 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:25,860 Okay, so are you seeing this? 798 00:36:26,820 --> 00:36:31,820 Okay, God Almighty, cloud by night, fire by day, 799 00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:33,820 was in front of Israel's army 800 00:36:33,820 --> 00:36:39,440 and he positions himself behind Israel. 801 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:43,760 What can Israel not now see? 802 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,640 Can't see the army. 803 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:52,940 God will provide a barrier between you and your past 804 00:36:52,940 --> 00:36:54,900 so you don't have to contend with it. 805 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,500 See, here's the thing. 806 00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:01,820 God has provided this barrier, but we kinda like this. 807 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:09,120 Is it true? 808 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:13,260 It's like we're trying to peep, God is saying no. 809 00:37:13,260 --> 00:37:16,360 He is providing, he literally stood behind them 810 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:20,120 so that the Pharaoh and his army could not touch Israel. 811 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,500 Do you understand that it was always God's plan, 812 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:24,580 listen, this is crazy. 813 00:37:24,580 --> 00:37:28,200 It was always God's plan to destroy Pharaoh and his army. 814 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,300 It was always God's plan to destroy this past of yours. 815 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:33,500 It was always this plan. 816 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:35,520 Even whenever you hear the rumbling, 817 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,340 you have the thought of the past, 818 00:37:37,340 --> 00:37:39,940 you're like, no, that is in the past, 819 00:37:39,940 --> 00:37:42,180 that is to be destroyed. 820 00:37:42,180 --> 00:37:44,220 I don't have to worry about, I don't have to contend. 821 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,820 I don't care how loud the army sounds 822 00:37:46,820 --> 00:37:51,020 or how strong it looks, your destiny is destruction. 823 00:37:51,020 --> 00:37:52,220 I don't have to worry about you 824 00:37:52,220 --> 00:37:55,340 even if you get right up on my pant leg. 825 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:59,800 He has provided a barrier between Israel and Egypt. 826 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,900 Throughout the night, the cloud brought darkness 827 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:05,020 to one side and light to the other side, 828 00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:08,320 darkness over here and light over here. 829 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,500 Why? 830 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,660 So that their eyes could be fixed 831 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:15,660 on an almighty sovereign God. 832 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:20,380 Your provider, who are you looking at? 833 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:21,540 Are you stuck in the middle? 834 00:38:21,540 --> 00:38:22,620 Who are you looking at, guys? 835 00:38:22,620 --> 00:38:24,300 Are you looking at God with you? 836 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:25,560 Are you looking at your peace? 837 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,360 Are you looking at your provider? 838 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,820 He's there, he's right there. 839 00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:31,000 He wants you to look at him. 840 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,500 He's wanting you to see him. 841 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:36,260 Stop being distracted by the past. 842 00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:40,700 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea 843 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:43,060 and all that night the Lord drove the sea back 844 00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:45,380 with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. 845 00:38:45,380 --> 00:38:47,460 The waters were divided and the Israelites 846 00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:49,260 went through the sea on dry ground 847 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:51,700 with a wall of water on the right and the left. 848 00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:53,820 The Egyptians pursued them. 849 00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:56,500 All Pharaoh's horses and chariots and horsemen 850 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,860 followed them into the sea. 851 00:38:57,860 --> 00:39:01,020 During the last watch of the night, what does it say? 852 00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:05,900 The Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud. 853 00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:07,940 Imagine that for a moment. 854 00:39:07,940 --> 00:39:11,340 Pharaoh and his army are here. 855 00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:12,500 They're coming after. 856 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:17,440 And the word tells us that the Lord looked down. 857 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:22,700 Looked, can I tell you that every knee will bow, 858 00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:24,940 every tongue will confess. 859 00:39:24,940 --> 00:39:28,700 God Almighty looked down. 860 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:30,020 What do you think they saw? 861 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:35,220 What do you think when the Lord God Almighty looks down? 862 00:39:35,220 --> 00:39:37,340 Did they see the face of God? 863 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:39,740 Did they see, I mean, because here's the thing, 864 00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:41,940 I've never in scripture, it says, 865 00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:43,940 it threw them in confusion and then it goes on to say, 866 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:45,700 he jammed the wheels of their chariots 867 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:48,140 so that they had difficulty driving. 868 00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:50,300 No weapon formed against me. 869 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:54,100 And the Egyptians said, let's get away from the Israelites. 870 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,580 And then what do they say? 871 00:39:55,580 --> 00:39:59,560 The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt. 872 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,340 I have not heard one time Pharaoh or the Egyptians 873 00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:06,660 call God Almighty Lord until right now. 874 00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:08,180 Why? 875 00:40:08,180 --> 00:40:10,900 Because the Lord God Almighty looked down on them. 876 00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:16,740 See, he revealed himself and there was no denying it. 877 00:40:17,180 --> 00:40:18,340 Can I tell you something? 878 00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:20,680 Your past has to bow down to the face of God. 879 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,980 Your struggles have to bow down. 880 00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:26,180 That past relationship has to bow down. 881 00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:28,380 All of these things have to surrender 882 00:40:28,380 --> 00:40:31,580 so that you can walk in freedom toward the star breather, 883 00:40:31,580 --> 00:40:34,180 toward the peacemaker, toward all of these, 884 00:40:34,180 --> 00:40:37,660 God with you, the banner over your life. 885 00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:39,900 So how does this work? 886 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,420 How does this work in our practical sense 887 00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:43,780 in our lives right now? 888 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:46,680 (gentle music) 889 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,180 The water flowed back and covered the chariots 890 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:53,460 and horsemen the entire army of Pharaoh followed. 891 00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:55,580 None of them survived. 892 00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:58,340 That was their destiny. 893 00:40:58,340 --> 00:41:00,380 They weren't supposed to survive. 894 00:41:00,380 --> 00:41:03,260 Some of you are giving CPR to your past. 895 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:04,660 You're trying to resuscitate things 896 00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:06,340 that are supposed to be dead. 897 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:09,120 And it's distracting you from giving your eyes 898 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,500 on what's next, where you're supposed to go. 899 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:16,040 God wants to destroy your past and illuminate your future. 900 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,300 This is what the word of God says. 901 00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:18,940 Forget the former things. 902 00:41:18,940 --> 00:41:19,980 Do not dwell in the past. 903 00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:21,060 See, I'm doing what? 904 00:41:21,060 --> 00:41:23,220 A new thing. 905 00:41:23,220 --> 00:41:25,340 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is what? 906 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:27,020 A new creation. 907 00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:31,260 All things have passed away, all things have become new. 908 00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:33,220 We know that our old sinful selves 909 00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:35,180 were crucified with Christ 910 00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:38,120 so that sin might lose its power in our lives. 911 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,560 Listen, look. 912 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:41,620 This happened last time. 913 00:41:41,620 --> 00:41:43,660 You can get that last slide up. 914 00:41:43,660 --> 00:41:46,020 You can trust in the Lord. 915 00:41:46,020 --> 00:41:47,180 You can trust in the Lord. 916 00:41:47,180 --> 00:41:49,100 So what does this really look like right now? 917 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,740 I need somebody else quickly up here. 918 00:41:51,740 --> 00:41:53,100 Please. 919 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:54,540 Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly. 920 00:41:54,540 --> 00:42:03,460 Are you being my person? 921 00:42:03,460 --> 00:42:04,300 Okay. 922 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:05,420 This is the cloud by night. 923 00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:07,820 This is the light by day. 924 00:42:07,820 --> 00:42:09,980 Okay, fire, fire by day. 925 00:42:09,980 --> 00:42:11,700 Fire by night, cloud by night, okay? 926 00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:13,360 Shine it over there, okay? 927 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,500 Okay, here's how we put practical things. 928 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:19,180 'Cause guys, we don't have this cloud. 929 00:42:19,180 --> 00:42:21,420 We don't see a cloud, we don't have fire. 930 00:42:21,420 --> 00:42:24,700 We don't have this manifestation around us 931 00:42:24,700 --> 00:42:27,420 to help motivate us to see the reality of God. 932 00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:28,380 Let me tell you what you have. 933 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:30,060 You have something better. 934 00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:31,260 You have the Holy Spirit. 935 00:42:31,260 --> 00:42:35,060 You have the Holy Spirit. 936 00:42:35,060 --> 00:42:37,020 And so what this looks like 937 00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:39,420 as God is redeeming your past 938 00:42:39,420 --> 00:42:42,140 and He is shielding you from the pain there, 939 00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:46,140 what it is is we're gonna follow the Holy Spirit. 940 00:42:46,140 --> 00:42:47,660 The light is the Holy Spirit. 941 00:42:47,660 --> 00:42:50,500 We're gonna follow the Holy Spirit. 942 00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:51,340 And guess what? 943 00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:54,660 We're gonna get into this tangible word of God. 944 00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:56,180 We're gonna look at the word 945 00:42:56,180 --> 00:42:57,620 and we're gonna step with the Spirit. 946 00:42:57,620 --> 00:42:58,900 We're gonna look at the word 947 00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:00,220 and then we're gonna step with the Spirit. 948 00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:01,500 We're gonna look at the word. 949 00:43:01,500 --> 00:43:02,340 Let's do that. 950 00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:03,300 Here we go, we're gonna look at the word. 951 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:04,580 So go ahead and step. 952 00:43:04,580 --> 00:43:06,660 Do not fear, I am with you. 953 00:43:06,660 --> 00:43:10,140 Psalm 23, four, even though I walk through the darkest valley 954 00:43:10,140 --> 00:43:11,900 I fear no evil. 955 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:14,940 Psalm 27, the Lord is my light and my salvation. 956 00:43:14,940 --> 00:43:16,140 Whom shall I fear? 957 00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:19,740 Psalm 46, God is our refuge and strength 958 00:43:19,740 --> 00:43:21,260 and ever present help in trouble. 959 00:43:21,260 --> 00:43:22,660 Do you believe it, church? 960 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:25,380 Psalm 118, the Lord is with me. 961 00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:27,460 I will not be afraid. 962 00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:30,140 John 14, 27, peace I leave with you, 963 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:31,900 my peace I give you. 964 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:36,420 Deuteronomy 31, six, be strong and courageous. 965 00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:40,140 Isaiah 41, 13, for I am with you. 966 00:43:40,140 --> 00:43:42,940 I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand 967 00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:45,340 and says to you, do not fear, I will help you. 968 00:43:45,340 --> 00:43:47,780 Hebrews, go ahead, Hebrews 13, six. 969 00:43:47,780 --> 00:43:50,500 So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper. 970 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:53,020 Deuteronomy 3, 22, do not be afraid of them. 971 00:43:53,020 --> 00:43:54,940 The Lord himself will fight for you. 972 00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:57,420 And we read the word and we step with the Spirit. 973 00:43:57,420 --> 00:43:59,420 We read the word and we step with the Spirit. 974 00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:03,700 And guys, if we are taking up that discipline, 975 00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:06,220 reading the word and stepping with the Spirit, 976 00:44:06,220 --> 00:44:08,380 we don't have the capacity to entertain 977 00:44:08,380 --> 00:44:09,820 the fools of our past. 978 00:44:09,820 --> 00:44:13,820 We don't have the capacity to entertain 979 00:44:13,820 --> 00:44:15,700 the demons of those pasts. 980 00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,100 All of that is to be destroyed. 981 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:22,320 So I ask you today, where are you in the journey? 982 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,620 Are you in the in-between? 983 00:44:25,620 --> 00:44:27,700 Have you been trusting God for something 984 00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:30,580 and it seems like there's not an answer? 985 00:44:30,580 --> 00:44:33,220 Have you been contending with something from the past 986 00:44:33,220 --> 00:44:35,080 that you continue to go back to and you're like, 987 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,560 God, I just, I don't know why I keep going back 988 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,320 to that thing. 989 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,000 God wants to liberate you today 990 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,120 because he who the Son sets free. 991 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,220 This is free indeed. 992 00:44:45,220 --> 00:44:46,340 Would you stand with me this morning 993 00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:48,700 and those who are gonna minister this morning. 994 00:44:48,700 --> 00:44:51,900 God has redemption, restoration, he has freedom. 995 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:52,960 You guys, thank you so much. 996 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,260 You can just lay the signs wherever 997 00:44:54,260 --> 00:44:55,620 so we can worship the Lord. 998 00:44:55,620 --> 00:45:00,180 If you're gonna minister this morning, come forward. 999 00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:02,380 Please don't leave here the same way you came. 1000 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,820 If you're believing God, maybe you're in a situation 1001 00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:09,240 where you're like, I need to be set free 1002 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:12,820 from the bondage of my work environment 1003 00:45:12,820 --> 00:45:14,340 because I feel like the Lord's wanting 1004 00:45:14,340 --> 00:45:15,740 to do something else in me. 1005 00:45:15,740 --> 00:45:18,860 Wanting you to step into ministry somewhere. 1006 00:45:18,860 --> 00:45:22,180 Wanting to liberate you from a sin pattern or habit 1007 00:45:22,180 --> 00:45:23,980 or whatever it is. 1008 00:45:23,980 --> 00:45:26,660 This morning, you can encounter this God 1009 00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:29,020 because he is very real. 1010 00:45:29,020 --> 00:45:31,940 He is very real and he's very present today. 1011 00:45:31,940 --> 00:45:34,080 So come as we worship.