Sermon #S035 - It's
About Time - (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will continue part two of the
dynamic Message entitled: “It's
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About Time.” Now, let's
learn more about God's timing.
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Pastor Snell:  And I
need you to say this.
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I need you to say this because
sometimes certain seasons may
overlap. Okay? So just like at
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the end of winter, you still may
have some cold days in April and
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May. Are you all hearing what
I'm saying? Or sometimes in
October, you still may have some
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hot days in fall. Because
sometimes the elements of one
season may spill over into
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another season. But it doesn't
mean the season has not changed.
Oh God. I need you to know,
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don't go by the elements. You
got to go by the season. Let me
say it this way. I remember
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about 13 years ago before we had
our first son. Many of you know
my wife and I had lost 4 kids
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through miscarriage before we
had Jayden. And it's crazy
because we were in a season of
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mourning. But there came a time
where the season of mourning had
expired. But guess what? There
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were still some tears there.
There was still some grief
there. But God says, I need you
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to move from mourning to a
season of anticipation. you all
not hearing me. Just because we
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were still weeping didn't mean
we should stop anticipating. And
I need you to know that we are 3
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kids later because God changes
the season. And there is
somebody that's saying, I'm
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still weeping. But guess what?
You can weep and anticipate at
the exact same time. For the
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Bible says weeping may endure
for a night. But how many know
that joy comes in the morning.
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Are you all hearing me today
friends. Third thing this
teaches us today is that
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whatever God brings you to, He's
prepared you for. This is
critical because somebody's
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about to abort a miracle moment
because you don't feel prepared
for it. And the reason you don't
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feel prepared for it is because
you thought God would train you
using a different process than
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he did. But I need you to
understand this critical thing
that whatever God brings you to,
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are you all with me today
church? God prepares you for.
So, I need you to get this thing
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that in the whole camp like
Pharaoh's army is coming. I mean
these folk, they tripping,
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they're like Moses, I told you
we should have never left Egypt.
But there is only one man that
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is not overwhelmed by the
moment. And it's Moses and I
need you to get this church that
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Moses doesn't understand why he
was called. He doesn't
understand why he was chosen. He
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doesn't understand why God put
his hands on him until this very
moment. What do you mean,
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pastor? So, they get down there
on the verge of the Red Sea,
they see Pharaoh's army coming
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behind them. And they
automatically go into 3
responses. Number 1, the people
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seize up and freeze and become
immobilized. Number 2, they
begin to whine and moan and wail
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unto Moses and unto God. And
then number 3, they get ready to
yield to the enemy. Are you all
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with me today? So, they begin to
freeze or get immobilized. They
begin to cry and mourn. And
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number 3, they begin to get
ready to yield. But guess what?
When they freeze and immobilize,
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when they begin to cry out unto
God, when they begin to yield to
an enemy. I need you to know
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that Moses ain't tripping. It
stirs an echo in him because
Moses is like, I've seen this
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before. What do you mean pastor?
Remember, God prepared Moses for
leadership as a shepherd of the
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flock in median. Congregation:
Amen. And whenever sheep come
across an enemy, they do 3
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things. They going to seize up
and become immobile. They're
going to whine and cry out to
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the shepherd. Or they going to
yield to an enemy. So, when they
start crying and tripping.
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Your boy, Moses ain't scared he
been dealing with this for 40
years so that when he sees their
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complaints. He doesn't see
insolent hardhearted people. He
sees a sheep in need of a
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shepherd. And God has been
training him for the last 40
years for this moment. Are you
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all hearing what I'm saying? And
I guess what I want to say to
somebody today is don't despise
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the days of small beginnings.
Because how many of us
understand that sometimes your
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placement gives no obvious
correlation to your assignment.
Sometimes God trains us in
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unusual ways. What are you
talking about Pastor? Remember
God anointed David to be king.
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But then he anointed him to be
king and sends him back out to
take care of the sheep. But in
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all his idle time, he got good
with a slingshot. He got good
aim with a slingshot. And God
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trained him for a moment he
didn't have a date for. God
assigned him to play music for
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Saul. And Saul literally became
his mentor without knowing it,
you all not with me. God called
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Joseph to leadership. But guess
what? He trained Joseph by
treating him as a servant in
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Potiphar's house. So that Joseph
learned how to treat people, how
he would want to be treated. He
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learned about the criminal
justice system when he was
falsely accused and put down in
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jail. Do you realize that God
trained the disciples not by
sending them the seminary, but
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by teaching them how to fish? He
says, I'm going to teach you
patience on the water. I'm going
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to teach you how to use the
right bait. But now I'm going to
say, come and follow me and I'll
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make you fishers of men. And
what I'm saying to somebody
today is that just because God
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then used the rubric you
anticipated, doesn't mean God
didn't prepare you for it. Are
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you all hearing what I'm saying?
[Congregation: Amen] It's crazy,
man, I am thankful for my
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wonderful Oakwood seminary
education, but God trained me in
some strange ways for what I'm
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doing right now. I remember
growing up in Florida, every
summer I would work in Florida
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State University. In the dorms
we would do odd jobs like
painting and building screens
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and pressure washing sidewalks.
And it's crazy, Chris, because
God developed some things in me
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and I didn't even realize what
He was doing. You see, as a
pastor, guess what? I don't
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punch a clock. I don't have a
boss checking on my everyday
movement. But on that job, I had
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to work and be self-driven and
self-motivated. Nobody had to
tell me what I had to do. So, in
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8th grade, I was getting
prepared for this assignment.
Because I worked there several
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summers. I had to lead people
that were older than me. And so,
I had to get used to dealing
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with some folk that didn't want
to take orders from somebody
younger. You all might quiet
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today. He was preparing me. It's
crazy because as the youngest
one, I got bullied and that's
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where I learned how to raise my
voice. That's how I learned how
to use this base. You all might
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quiet with me today. In other
words, He was training in a way
that I could not see it. And
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what I'm saying is if God
brought you to it, it's because
he's prepared you for it. Now
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there are some who say, no,
pastor, I got prepared for it in
university. I need you to know
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that, and I'm for education, you
ought to get all you can. And
you ought to can all you get.
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But however, us know that
education certifies, but
providence prepares you.
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[Congregation: Amen] In other
words, you learn methods of
teaching in university.
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But you got the burden to teach
in the hood where you grow up.
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In other words, you learn how to
diagnose in medical school, but
you learn how to treat people
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working at Publix. You
all not hearing me today.
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And I need somebody to
understand that you may have
learned how to build certain
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things in a certain trade
school, but how to care for folk
and excellence in craftsmanship.
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You learn that somewhere else
along the line. And what I'm
saying to somebody today is that
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if God brings you to it, it's
because God has already prepared
you for it. Sometimes God trains
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us in strange ways. Anybody old
enough to remember the movie
Karate Kid? Do I have at least
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one relative out here? And it's
crazy because remember Daniel,
when he was getting trained by
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Mr. Miyagi, he didn't take him
to the gym every morning. No, he
had him doing some crazy stuff.
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He developed his reflexes by
making him catch flies with
chopsticks. He strengthened his
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forearms by making him sweep and
mop the floor every day. And
then he made him learn how to do
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some things like wax on and wax
off the car. You all hearing
what I'm saying today? And it's
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right because one day Daniel got
tired of doing all these menial
tasks. And it's crazy because
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what Mr. Miyagi did was, he just
charged him in the moment. And
when he charged him, all those
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reflexes he learned in service
automatically begin to kick in.
And see, sometimes you won't
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know what you've been trained
for until the attack is
permitted. And you say, I didn't
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even know all that was there. I
didn't even realize that was
inside of me because God
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developed it in a way you
couldn't even recognize. Are you
all hearing me today friends?
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Next thing this teaches is that
when you're on the verge
sometimes you need a push. When
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you're on the verge, sometimes
you need a push you all sit with
the pastor today. It's crazy.
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This story has so many
spectacular tensions That are
all useful to God. Let me say it
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to you all this time, everything
that brings tension to the
people is actually going to be
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used by God. So, their mountains
on both sides. So, they can't
run away. The Red Sea is in
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front of them, so they can't go
forward. And Pharaoh's arm is
behind him. So, they can't go
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backwards. In other words, they
are completely boxed in on every
side. But I need somebody to
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know that even when you are
boxed in, you are just being set
up to see the mighty hand of
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God. So, remember that God's
goal is not just for them to
escape Egypt, because if they
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escape, they can be recaptured.
So, God is saying, I've got to
put Egypt out of commission. So,
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remember, I need you to think
through something with me. I
need you to understand the
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posture of the people. The
people just told Moses, man, it
would've been better if we had
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just stayed in Egypt. In other
words, I need you to get. That
they just give voice to what
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they've been thinking ever since
they left. In other words, ever
since they left, they've been
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thinking they've been better,
that we just stayed here and
died in Egypt. Are you all
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hearing the pastor today? So, I
need you to know that God is at
work with every particular
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tension that is permitted in
this story. Because we look at
it with the clarity of
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hindsight, because in my mind,
it is pretty dope for God to
open up a Red Sea and for it to
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hang suspended without any dam
or wall or structure to hold it
up. [Congregation: Amen] But do
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you realize that in real time,
the Red Sea is just another way
for them to die? In other words,
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as they're looking at the Red
Sea and it's held up and
suspended. Not by walls, not by
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structure, but the only thing
that's holding it up is the
invisible hand of God. Are you
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all hearing what I'm saying? In
other words, do you realize that
if Pharaoh's army wasn't behind
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them, they would've just sat
there looking at an open sea?
But God didn't cancel Pharaoh in
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Egypt. He allowed Pharaoh to
chase them because they would've
never gone through of their own
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accord. Sometimes you've got to
be pushed across the verge. Are
you all hearing what I'm saying?
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You all acting brand new because
some of us are standing looking
at a Red Sea right now. God has
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opened up the door and sometimes
God has got to send a
circumstance to push you across.
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What do you mean, pastor?
Because remember your boy Jacob
was not checking for God. It was
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Esau that had to push him into
that night of wrestling where he
ultimately wrestled all night
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with God. Are you all hearing me
today friends? Do you realize
that Simon of Cyrene didn't
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volunteer to carry the cross?
Somebody had to put the cross
upon him so that he could go
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forward. Do you realize that
Moses did not want to go? God
had to kindle his anger against
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him and push Moses into going.
And the truth is that there are
some of us that will never enter
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into God's ultimate plan. We
will never enter into full
relationship if we don't have
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something chasing us there.
[Congregation: Amen] So, it was
only because God allowed us to
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be heartbroken that He pushed
you to the heart fixer.
[Congregation: Yes]
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It was only our lack that pushed
us to our provider. It was only
our sickness that pushed us to
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our healer. It was only our
confusion that pushed us to the
answer. It was only because all
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the doors were shut, that we
were pushed to the way the truth
and the life, which is Jesus
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Christ. In other words, stop
walking around talking about how
you always love God. And how you
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chosen of your own volition. The
truth is that God had to put
some irritants and some
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irritations and some hardships.
Trouble had to be an usher to
seat you at the feet of Jesus
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Christ. Are you all hearing what
I'm saying today? And there are
times friends of mine, where we
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don't like being push. The
problem with some of us, it's
not that we don't have any
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opportunity. The problem is you
hadn't had the push you needed.
And it's crazy because I don't
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like being pushed. But guess
what? When I look back over my
life, I thank God for every
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difficult circumstance and every
adversity and every hardship
that ultimately pushed me into
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God's purpose and God's design
for my life. Are you hearing me
today friend? It's crazy. Last
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thing this teaches is that at
some point you got to stop
looking backwards. [
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Congregation: Amen] When you're
on the verge, you got to keep
your eye on what's in front of
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you. So, notice what God does.
God says, okay, I'm in the cloud
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leading them. So, God, as He
opens up the Red Sea, the cloud
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goes behind them.
[Congregation: Amen]
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The cloud stands behind them
and becomes a cloud on one side.
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And fire on the other side so
that the two camps don't come
close to each other.
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The reason God does this is that
as He chases them into the sea,
He doesn't want them
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consistently looking back at
Egypt. So that when they look
over their shoulder, they can't
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look back at what they came out
of. All they can do is look
forward to that which God has
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prepared for them. And what I'm
saying to somebody who is on the
verge of spiritual deliverance,
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emotional deliverance,
relational deliverance,
professional deliverance,
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God is saying to somebody that
I'm going to stand behind you.
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So that you can't see where you
used to come from. You can't see
where you fail last.
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You can't see what you
used to do. God is saying,
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put those things which are in
the past behind and reach
forward to those things that are
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before. That's why God and
Isaiah 43 says, consider not the
former things. Don't even
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remember the things of old. He
says, behold, I'm going to do a
new thing. Shall you not know
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it? And it's crazy because it's
faster. We get into the new year
and we always start this whole
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mantra where we say, pastor I'm
just trying to get back where I
used to be. Pastor, I'm just
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trying to get back where I used
to spiritual. I'm trying to get
my prayer life back to where it
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used to be. I'm trying to get my
marriage back to where it used
to be. Do I have a witness? We
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we're trying to get our weight
back to where it used to be.
Come on, say amen. And it's
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crazy. Where did we get this
doctrine of yesterday? And the
reason we get conflicted because
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you're trying to get back to
where you used to be. God is
trying to take you where you've
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never been. And that's the
frustration you feel because you
are trying to get back to a
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level you've seen. God is trying
to take you to a level you ain't
never seen in your life.
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And so, God says, I'm going to
stand behind you sometimes so
that you don't get so caught up
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idolizing your yesterday. That
you can't even become who I
ordained you to be in the
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future. Can I just say this to
somebody? I don't care how great
your yesterday was. How many of
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us believe that the best
days are still... [Congregation:
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Amen] Oh God. Where
the church at today?
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[Congregation: Amen]
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No. Where the church at today?
I don't care how good your
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marriage was. Do I have at least
7 or 8 couples that say in the
best years are still in front of
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me? I don't care how well it
used to go on your job. But how
many of us believe the best
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years are still in front of you.
I don't believe my best sermons
are in the past. I believe God
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is going to do some stuff
sometime in the future. And do I
have at least 7 or 8 folk who
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are saying, I'm done idolizing
what was, but I'm reaching
forward to what will be. Because
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I believe that the deliverance
is in front of me. It is not
behind me. And that God is not
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finished with me yet.
[Congregation: Amen] There's a
reason I've been talking about
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hesitation for 2 reasons.
Because what God does is He
stands and He creates a bridge
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between the Egyptians and the
Israelites. But He only does
that and He keeps the wall
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suspended till daybreak. I need
you to understand something
critical because there's
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somebody on the verge. I need
you to know that God is going to
open up the waters. But the
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waters don't stay open until
they make up their mind.
[Congregation: Amen]
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The water doesn't stay open
until they decide what they're
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going to do. The water is open
for a temporary season. And the
water's going to collapse on not
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only those who are in rebellion,
but it's going to collapse on
those in hesitation as well.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Are you all
hearing what I'm saying?
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[Congregation: Yes]
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And there's some of us, that God
literally young, he has put the
right men or woman, like they're
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right there in your class.
Get them out the friend zone.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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You don't want them because he
always praying and she always in
the choir. No, that's your wife
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right there.
[Congregation: Amen]
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That's your wife right there.
No, not the one that's dropping
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it like it's hot. The one that's
falling on her face in the name
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of the Lord. You all hear what
I'm saying? That's the one right
there. Charm is deceitful.
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Beauty is fading. But a woman
who fears the Lord shall be
praised. Are you all hearing
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what I'm saying? That's the
word right there. [Congregation:
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Clapping] All you doing is
looking at that other, how she
look? You better look at who she
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is on the inside. Are you all
hearing what I'm saying? Because
a woman that's just pretty, but
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ain't got nothing on the inside.
She's like an onion. You peel
back the layers, you'll start
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crying. Can I get a witness out
here today? Are you all hearing
what I'm saying? Same thing with
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a man. [Congregation: Amen]
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Get him out the friend zone. He
be at the bell tower. That's the
way you ought to be.
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Because you, with
the one that P-R-E-Y-S.
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You better find the one that
knows how to P-R-A-Y. Can I get
a witness out here tonight?
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[Congregation: Clapping]
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You are in Huntsville. You go to
Oakwood Church. The door is open
for you to go back to school,
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but it ain't going
to be open forever.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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In other words, there's some of
us that our kids are 14, 15, 16.
We still in that season where we
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can have influence over them.
That door is open, but that door
ain't going to be open forever.
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And what I'm saying is when
certain doors are open, you got
to stop shuffling your feet and
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start marching in Jesus
name. [Congregation: Amen]
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And it's crazy. The reason I'm
saying that the door-, the water
is only open for a short season,
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is because the Lord literally
begins to-, as Pharaoh and his
army push down into the Red Sea.
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The Bible literally says,
friends of mine, that God causes
the wheels to come off the
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chariots. So they can't hardly
drive. And this is my last point
before I have the choir come
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sing, is this, they literally
come to the conclusion. Oh snap,
it took 9 plagues, a Passover,
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a cloud of fire, an open Red Sea
for them to finally realize God
is with these people.
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And they're just like, oh, snap.
God is with them. But guess
what? By the time they try to
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turn around, It's too late. And
when I need somebody to know, is
that what Pharaoh and his army
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actually teach us? Because what
we say and it is true while
we're in season, that you can
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never go too far from God. But
there will come a day. There
will come a day when Michael
00:25:14.98\00:25:36.16
stands up and the door of
probation closes. You'll be just
like Pharaoh in his army. You
00:25:36.20\00:25:48.91
will have gone too far and it's
too late for you to turn around.
And what I'm saying to somebody
00:25:48.94\00:25:57.22
today is that the good news is
guess what? It's still open
today. [Congregation: Amen]
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It's still open. Grace is still
sufficient. He is still calling
00:25:59.02\00:26:07.86
us home. But you got to move and
you got to act while it is your
time because it's not about how
00:26:07.93\00:26:16.77
good or how bad you are. It's
about time and moving in the
season that God has ordained.
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