Sermon #S009 - (Every
Little Step I Take - Part 1)
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Pastor Snell: I just want to
know how many of us, after 14
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days, are still believing for
something unrealistic in your
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life. I just need to know who I
want to aim this sermon at
today. For those of you all who
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just came to have church, this
ain't for you. This is for those
who are walking in the word
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and are trusting God for some
unrealistic outcomes this
afternoon. Matthew 14:22.
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Again, when you get there,
just say Amen. The Bible says,
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"Immediately, Jesus made the
disciples get into the boat."
I'm reading from the New
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International Version. Let me
switch that to the New King
James, so that we are not out of
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sync with those who are on the
screen. Matthew 14, I'll begin
again in verse 22. "Immediately,
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Jesus made His disciples get
into the boat and go before Him
to the other side, while He sent
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the multitudes away. And when He
had sent the multitudes away, He
went up on the mountain by
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Himself to pray. Now when
evening came, He was alone
there. But the boat was now in
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the middle of the sea, tossed by
the waves, for the wind was
contrary. Now in the fourth
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watch of the night, Jesus went
to them, walking on the sea. And
when the disciples saw Him
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walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying, 'It is a
ghost!' And they cried out for
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fear. But immediately Jesus
spoke to them, saying, 'Be of
good cheer! It is I; do not be
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afraid.'" "And Peter answered
Him and said, 'Lord, if it is
You, command me to come to You
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on the water.' So He said,
'Come.' And when Peter had come
down out of the boat, he walked
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on the water to go to Jesus. But
when he saw that the wind was
boisterous, he was afraid; and
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beginning to sink, he cried out,
saying, 'Lord, save me!' And
immediately, Jesus stretched out
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His hand and caught him, and
said to him, 'O you of little
faith, why did you doubt?' And
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when they got into the boat, the
wind ceased. Then those who were
in the boat came and worshiped
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Him, saying, 'Truly You are the
Son of God.'" I want to read
emphasis verse 31. "And
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immediately, Jesus stretched out
His hand and caught him..."
Anybody thankful that the arm of
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the Lord is not to short to save
and His ear is not too dull to
hear? "... and said to him," Oh,
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this is what He's saying to us,
Oakwood. "'O you of little
faith, why did you doubt?' And
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when they got into the boat, the
wind ceased." Today, saints, I
want to talk to you for a little
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while under the subject Every
Little Step I Take. Every Little
Step I Take. Father, I pray that
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You would cause Your spirit to
be so dense in this place, that
every other principality would
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be suffocated. Father, I'm
praying that Your strength would
be perfected in my human
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weakness. Lord, You said to us
in Your word that faith cometh
by hearing and hearing by the
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word of God. Lord, we are
just tired of ordinary church
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services. We don't want this
service to be bound by the order
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of service. We want it to
be guided by the hand of Your
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spirit. Lord, would You please
hide me in the shadows of the
cross that Jesus alone might be
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seen, that Christ alone would be
heard? At the end of our time
together, may Jesus alone be
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praised. We pray it in the name
of Him who is altogether lovely.
It is in the name of Jesus that
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we pray. Let God's
people say together amen.
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[Congregation: Amen.]
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Amen. You may be seated in
the house of the Lord today.
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Again, talking under the subject
Every Little Step I Take.
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Bear with me those who were on
the prayer line earlier as I
want to reinforce something.
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The most important player in the
game of football is a position
player called the quarterback.
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What makes a strong quarterback
is not just a powerful or
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accurate arm. What makes a good
quarterback is the ability to
keep his focus downfield.
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So that once he has received the
ball, the defense begins to rush
the quarterback in an attempt to
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tackle him. Understand, friends
of mine, that the quarterback is
able to feel the rush. He is
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able to be aware of the rush,
but he is never supposed to
start looking at the rush.
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What makes him great is that
he's aware of it, but he keeps
his focus downfield.
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What allows the quarterback to
keep his focus downfield is when
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he gets to a point where he's
able to trust his protection.
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The quarterback is protected by
some offense of linemen who are
standing in front of him,
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blocking every step along the
way. And so, even though he is
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aware of the rush, he is able to
keep his eyes downfield because
he trusts that his protection
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has his back. I guess what I'm
saying to us, saints, is that as
we continue to walk by faith,
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how many of us know that the
devil is going to send a rush
your way? He's going to send a
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rush financially. He's going to
send a rush emotionally. He's
going to send a rush of enemies.
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He's going to send
a rush of sickness.
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As a believer, I've got to be
able to feel the rush without
looking at the rush.
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The reason I'm able to stop
looking at the rush is because I
trust my protection.
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Is there anybody that knows that
the angel of the Lord encamps
about those that fear Him.
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In other words, you've got
angels blocking for you. And so,
you've got to not worry about
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the rush. You can keep your eyes
on the goal, which is Jesus
Christ. I don't focus on the
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problem. I look unto Jesus, who
is the author and the finisher
of our faith. Can the church say
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amen today?
[Congregation: Amen.]
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I want us to look quickly back
at the story that we have been
studying in the last couple of
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weeks because there are some
final things that Jesus wants to
say. My prayer today, saints,
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is that this word would be a
steroid shot for your faith. In
fact, this message is, really,
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cannot be
contained in one sermon.
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The first thing we're going to
learn today is that you will
never be able to take a step of
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faith until you're clear about
who's sustaining you. Let me say
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it again. That you will never be
able to step in faith until
you're clear on who's sustaining
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you. Now, remember last week we
learned that Peter gets out of
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the boat and begins walking
on the word to Jesus Christ.
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Now, the question that too many
of us have when we look at this
story is why did Peter began to
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doubt? What baffles my mind is
not why did Peter begin to
doubt. My question is why did
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the eleven remain in the boat?
In other words, when they see
Peter walking on the water,
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there should have been an exodus
from the boat. I like to think
that if I was on the boat, I
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would be like, "Lord, bid me to
come to You also on the water."
In other words, I'd like to
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believe that real believers
would want to share in the
miracle that Peter is walking
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in. But you will never make a
single step in faith until you
have clarity about who's
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sustaining you. The problem is,
in this moment, we think the
only miracle has been done for
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Peter. Remember now that God has
been doing a miracle for the
twelve all night long. You
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realize that there is no way
that this tiny fishing boat
could survive a storm of that
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magnitude, unless the hand of
the Lord had been sustaining it.
In other words, remember that
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Jesus is watching from the
shore. My favorite author says
that the watchful eye of Jesus
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was on the boat all night long.
I believe that God managed the
storm so that storm's intensity
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could never be greater than
their capacity. I need somebody
to get that the same hand that
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is holding up Peter is the same
hand that is holding up the
boat. When Peter steps out of
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the boat, He simply holds Peter
without the vessel, the same way
He did when he was in the
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vessel. How many of us know that
every now and then, God has to
remove the vessel, so that we
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realize that our safety is not
in the vessel, but our safety is
in the hands of the Almighty
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God. Somebody's got to get to a
place where you stop swearing
loyalty to the vessel,
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where you stop putting trust in
the boat, but you realize that
if God was keeping you in the
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boat, then God can keep
you when there is no boats.
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The reason this is critical is
because there's going to come
seasons, where in order to
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stretch your faith, God is going
to remove the vessel so that you
learn how to stand up in Him.
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Every now and then, God has to
bring you to a place where you
realize that He is your source
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and He is your security.
Unrealistic faith will not
become possible until you
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established Christ as your
security. In other words, as
long as you think the boat is
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what's holding you, you will
have more loyalty to the vessel
than you do to Jesus Christ. Can
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you say amen? In other words,
church, hear me that if God
could sustain you in a job,
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guess what? God can sustain you
when you lose a job. If God was
able to supply financial aid,
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then God will get you through
school when the financial aid
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runs out. If God was able to
sustain you when the stimulus
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came, guess what? He'll still
keep you now that the stimulus
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has gone away. If God was able
to keep the business at one
location, He'll be able to keep
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the business at another
location. If God was able to
keep you in the apartment, guess
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what? God is able to bless you
now that you've got a mortgage.
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The reason this is important
is because somebody is about to
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transition. Somebody's about to
go to the next level. Somebody's
about to go to the higher plane.
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Understand, you can't get to
the higher level in the boat.
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You can only get to the higher
level in the hand of Jesus.
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God has got to grow us to a
place where we never confuse the
vehicle that God sent with the
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victory He wants to provide.
Are you all hearing me today,
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church? [Congregation: Clapping]
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Okay. Let me say it this way.
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Listen man, I remember when I
was first teaching my oldest son
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how to swim. You know how it is
when when it was first teaching
them. I would lay him on his
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belly in my hands and I would
put the flotation devices around
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his arms. He would learn how to
maneuver in the water as I was
holding him in my hands.
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After a certain point, Malcolm,
I begin to remove the flotation
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devices. What happens is he got
nervous once the flotation
devices were removed.
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He was scared to be
upheld in daddy's hand.
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I need you to know. I got a
little bit in my feelings
because I needed him to know,
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son, that the flotation devices
weren't holding you. It was my
hand that was sustaining you.
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The flotation device was for
your comfort, but it was my hand
that was keeping you up.
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How many of us know you are not
ever get used to what's
comforting you when it's the
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hand of God that's keeping you.
It is God that is holding you
up. Are you hearing me today,
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saints? The second thing,
friends of mine, that this text
teaches us is that sometimes,
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faith is fluid. One thing about
unrealistic faith is that
unrealistic faith never
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plateaus. Unrealistic
faith never levels off.
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They'll never be a time in
unrealistic faith where you get
to a place where you can say,
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"I'm straight. I have made it.
I'm good from here." I need you
to get that when you make one
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step of faith, each step has to
get bigger from there or you're
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destined to sink. In other
words, believers are called to
believe on an escalating scale
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of belief, where I have to trust
God in a more dependent way the
further I abide in him. Are you
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with me today, saints? I need
somebody to get this - that
faith is never stagnant. That
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faith is never stationary. That
faith, Dr. Jones said last week,
is like a muscle that has to be
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constantly used or else it's
going to become weakened through
a lack of activity. Are you
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hearing me today? The thing I
need somebody to get is that
faith can be so fluid
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and dynamic that somebody like
Peter can go from walking on
water to sinking in the same
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minute, so that you can reach
the peak of your faith and the
valley of your faith in the same
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season of your life.
In other words, saints.
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I need you to get that the
fluidity of faith is actually a
pattern that you see in
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scripture. What do you mean,
Pastor? One moment, we see
Elijah standing in faith,
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calling fire down from heaven.
The next moment, when Jezebel
doesn't retreat, he is under a
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juniper tree longing for death.
One moment, we find Israel with
tambourines after God opened the
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Red Sea. The next moment when
there is no food, they are
saying, "We never should have
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left Egypt." One moment, John
the Baptist is saying, "Behold
the Lamb of God which takes away
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the sin of the world." The next
time we see him, he's asking,
"Are you the one or should we
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begin to look for another?" One
moment, Abraham is leaving his
father and mother in faith. The
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next moment when the promise is
delayed, he's lying about who
his wife is and taking Hagar to
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bed. One moment, Noah is high as
he gets on the arc, but after
they are delivered,
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he gets drunk and depressed
and starts cursing in his tent.
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I guess what I need somebody to
know is that the faith of
yesterday is not sufficient for
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the trial of today.
[Congregation: Clapping]
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I need somebody to get this that
unrealistic faith doesn't
function in the past tense.
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Here, Peter is, as he begins to
walk on the word, I need you to
know that with every little step
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he takes, his faith begins to
gain a little more traction.
Now, I need you to see this,
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friends, in your mind's eye
because there is no way that
Peter's faith can plateau as he
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is moving toward Jesus. Okay. So
that the second steps required a
little more faith than the first
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step. That when he gets 10 feet
from the boat, it required more
faith than when he was five feet
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from the boat. That step 20
required more faith than step
19. That the further he gets
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from the boat, the more he's got
to have belief that God is able
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to keep him. So that the step
that he takes at step 40 is not
sufficient, but are based on the
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faith he had at step 35. I guess
what I'm saying is the reason
that some of us are about to
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sink is because we're trying to
take today's step with
yesterday's faith. Where you all
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at today, church? In other
words, how many of us know that
in order to see God move in this
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season, you've got to have a
faith that is fresh for right
now. Are you all hearing me,
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saints? Have you ever noticed
something that when a lot of
people talk about the power of
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God and they're giving their
testimony about the things God
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has done, have you ever noticed
that their point of reference is
always 20 years ago?
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In other words, whenever they
talk about the greatest moments
of their life with God,
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their reference is always in
the '70s, the '80s, or the '90s.
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How many of us know that some of
us ought to have a right now
testimony of the goodness and
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the power of God. Remember when
God sent Moses, He didn't say,
"Tell them the I was sent you."
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He said, "Tell them that the I
am sent you see." That's why
David says that God is my refuge
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and my strength. He is a
very present help in the time of
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trouble. I just need to know. Do
I have at least seven folks in
the room that have a right now
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testimony? Where the times God
answered prayer is not always in
the past tense, but God is
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answering some prayers now.
God is opening doors now. God is
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making a way now. We've got to
get to a place where we're not
always looking at what God used
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to do, but we're thankful for
what God is doing right now. Are
you hearing me, saints?
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[Congregation: Clapping]
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The reason that some of us ain't
seen God move in 20 years is
because we ain't made a step in
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20 years. Okay. In other words,
I know you didn't got
comfortable giving 10% plus 5,
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but in order to grow, you got to
make another step in your
stewardship. I know you and your
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boo, you all comfortable in your
marriage, but how many of us
know you got room to grow? You
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got to make another step in your
marriage. I know you're
comfortable where the business
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is now, but in order for the
franchise, you got to make
another step in your faith. I
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know you have enough faith to
get you here to Oakwood, but you
need to make some more steps in
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order to get through your time
here at Oakwood. What I'm saying
to somebody is don't get so
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comfortable with where God was,
that you miss out on where God
is right now. Are you all
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hearing the world today, saints?
I'm at a place, friends of mine,
where I don't believe that my
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best days spiritually ought to
be behind me. I believe that the
latter day out to be greater
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than the former day. The Bible
says that the end of a thing are
to be better than the beginning
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of a thing. The word says that
the path of the just is like the
shining sun getting brighter
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and brighter as we
get to the glorious day.
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Do I have at least some folk who
is saying, "I don't want my peak
season to be in a past season.
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I want my peak season to be
right now. I want to be in the
peak of health right now.
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I want to be in the peak of
prayer right now. I want to be
in the peak of ministry right
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now. I don't want the best days
to be behind me. I want to walk
in that anointing right now."
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Can the church say amen today?
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I need you to know you got to
get to a place where you
continue to update your faith
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and keep your trust abiding
in Jesus. What do you say?
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Third thing this teachers is
that unrealistic faith has to
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remain focused. Now, this is an
interesting little situation.
Peter is doing so good as he
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walks on the water to Jesus
Christ. It's amazing how the
Bible says that he is disrupted
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when he sees the waves
boisterous and out of control.
Now, the thing I need you to
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understand, saints, is that it
was storming when Peter first
got out of the boat. It was
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storming on the first step. It
was storming on the 10th step.
It was storming on the 30th
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step. Nothing outside of Peter
changed, but its focus. There
was something I put in the book
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that I don't think most of us
got. I need you to understand
that the storm could not sink
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Peter. The only thing the storm
could do was distract Peter. As
long as Peter is standing on the
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word, the waves cannot overtake
him. As long as he's standing in
the invitation, the wind cannot
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knock him down. I need you to
know that he is on solid ground.
As long as he stands in the
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word, the storm can't sink him.
Oh, I feel a praise in my spirit
right now. God just wanted me to
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let somebody know who's in a
stormy season, as long as you
stand on the word, I need you to
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know the storm can't touch you.
Somebody's in a marital storm.
There is somebody in a financial
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storm. There is somebody in a
medical storm. Your children are
in a behavior storm. What I need
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you to know is that as long as
you stand on the word, the wind
cannot overtake you. The floods
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can't bring you under. The word
says that even when the enemy
comes like a flood,
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the spirit of the Lord is going
to raise up a standard against
him. Are you hear me today,
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saints? I started asking myself
some questions. If the storm
knows that it can't beat Jesus,
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if it knows he can't get Peter,
why don't he just quit? If the
storm knows I ain't no master
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Jesus. The storm knows I can't
take down Peter. Why doesn't he
just go back the way he came?
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Remember the storm's goal isn't
to sink Peter. If he can just
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distract Peter, if he can just
take his eyes of Jesus
momentarily, he knows that Peter
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will essentially sink himself.
Are you all hearing me today?
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I need us to understand,
beloved, the purpose of trials
and satanic attack.
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You all need to know
the devil ain't no fool.
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He knows that the angel of the
Lord encamps about those that
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fear Him. The devil knows that
the weapons formed against you
will not be able to prosper.
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He knows he can't have your
health. He knows he can't have
your kids. He knows that he
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can't touch your life. Listen,
when he came for Job, do you
remember what God said? He says,
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"Have you considered my servant
Job?" Do you remember what the
devil said? The devil said, "No.
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I know who he is. You got a
hedge about his house, about his
life and about everything he
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has." How did the devil know
that job had a hedge? Because he
had already come for Job, but
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the hedge kept him and made the
devil so that he could not touch
him. The devil knows that he
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can't take you under. But like
the storm, he knows if he makes
enough noise, if he sends a
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little lightning, if he sends
the rush you way, if he can get
you to start looking at the rush
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and stop focusing on Jesus, he
knows that he can take you down.
This is why, friends of mine,
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it's so critical that we spend
this week mastering our
distractions. Can you say amen?
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Thank you so much for joining us
for the Breath of Life
Television Ministries
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broadcast with
Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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We hope that you have been
blessed through today's message
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and that you t take a radical
step of faith in trusting God.
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Join us next week for Part Two
of “Every Little Step I Take.”
You don't want to miss it!
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