Jerry Jones | How To Trust God When You Feel Stuck — Transcript

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1. 0:00Stand still.
2. 0:03Go forward.
3. 0:07It must have been just a little
4. 0:09confusing.
5. 0:13Did Moses miss it?
6. 0:17Was he wrong when he said stand still
7. 0:21and the Lord
8. 0:24corrected him and said go forward?
9. 0:27I don't think [music] so. Well, my text
10. 0:29this evening will come from the book of
11. 0:31Exodus.
12. 0:34I'm going to begin reading in the 14th
13. 0:36chapter of Exodus. [music]
14. 0:40I think I'll read beginning at verse 13
15. 0:44and read um
16. 0:47read uh three verses.
17. 0:51And Moses said unto the people,
18. 0:55"Fear ye not.
19. 0:58Stand still
20. 1:00and see the salvation of the Lord,
21. 1:05which he will show you today.
22. 1:08For the Egyptians whom ye have seen
23. 1:11today,
24. 1:13ye shall see them again
25. 1:17no more
26. 1:19forever.
27. 1:22The Lord shall fight for you and ye
28. 1:28shall hold your peace.
29. 1:31>> And then look at verse uh 15. And the
30. 1:33Lord
31. 1:35said unto Moses,
32. 1:38"Wherefore criest thou unto me?
33. 1:42Speak unto the children of Israel
34. 1:46that they
35. 1:48go
36. 1:49forward.
37. 1:53Fear you not.
38. 1:55Stand still
39. 1:57and see the salvation of the Lord.
40. 2:02Speak unto the children of Israel
41. 2:05that they go forward.
42. 2:10Stand still.
43. 2:13Go forward.
44. 2:17It must have been just a little
45. 2:19confusing.
46. 2:24Did Moses miss it?
47. 2:27Was he wrong when he said, "Stand still?
48. 2:31And the Lord
49. 2:34corrected him and said, "Go forward."
50. 2:37I don't think so. What I want to preach
51. 2:40tonight is stand still
52. 2:44and go forward.
53. 2:50>> That's all right. Let's give the Lord a
54. 2:51hand clap and his word. Amen. [applause]
55. 2:55Thank you for it, Lord Jesus. We praise
56. 2:58your name. Hallelujah.
57. 3:00[applause] Thank you, Lord. Thank you,
58. 3:02Lord. Speak to our hearts. Quicken every
59. 3:05life. Anoint your word in the name of
60. 3:08Jesus. Amen. God bless you. Thank you.
61. 3:10Please be seated. It was an incredible
62. 3:15day.
63. 3:17400 years
64. 3:20of bondage had come to an end.
65. 3:24The children of Israel [clears throat]
66. 3:26were being led out,
67. 3:29not quietly, not not with a subdued
68. 3:33attitude,
69. 3:35>> but they were led out of Egypt by the
70. 3:38mighty hand of God.
71. 3:41When Moses appeared in the palace of
72. 3:44Pharaoh and declared, "Thus saith the
73. 3:47Lord, let my people go,"
74. 3:51Pharaoh's answer was, "Who is the Lord
75. 3:56that I should obey him?" Shouldn't
76. 4:00surprise us that Pharaoh said that
77. 4:02because the ancient Egyptians of this
78. 4:04time worshiped 2,300
79. 4:08gods.
80. 4:11As far as he knew, this was just 2,31.
81. 4:18>> Who is this Lord?
82. 4:21And how do you think I should obey him?
83. 4:25I'm Pharaoh.
84. 4:27But nine plagues later, when the economy
85. 4:30of Egypt had been wrecked by the mighty
86. 4:33hand of God,
87. 4:35when the Nile had been turned to blood,
88. 4:38when the cattle had all been stricken
89. 4:41with illness, when the flies and the
90. 4:44frogs had come and filled their homes,
91. 4:48Pharaoh began to understand this wasn't
92. 4:50one of 2300 gods. This was the God of
93. 4:55heaven and the God of the earth.
94. 4:59>> And on that 10th plague that we don't
95. 5:01usually refer to as a plague, when the
96. 5:05when the message went out to the
97. 5:07children of Israel, take the lamb,
98. 5:10slaughter it, cook it, eat it all. Take
99. 5:15the blood and place it on the lentils
100. 5:17and the doorposts of your homes. For
101. 5:20when I see the blood, I will pass over
102. 5:23you. When they realized that this pass
103. 5:27over that what was about to happen was
104. 5:30God breaking the shackles of their
105. 5:34slavery and liberating them once and for
106. 5:38all. He didn't have to tell them to
107. 5:41stand in their houses with their staff
108. 5:43in their hand, their shoes on their
109. 5:45feet, their coats on their backs, their
110. 5:48hats on their head. They knew they were
111. 5:50about to march out of that place free,
112. 5:55free, free at last. And when death came
113. 6:00through the land of Egypt and took the
114. 6:02firstborn of every home, when weeping
115. 6:05and wailing filled the land uh every
116. 6:08part of it except where the Israelites
117. 6:11WERE WHEN GOD'S HAND OF MERCY HAD PASSED
118. 6:15OVER THEM UH AND DEATH COULD NOT STRIKE
119. 6:18THEIR HOMES. UH they left marching out
120. 6:21that next day to the sound OF REJOICING
121. 6:25UH AND praising uh AND WORSHIPING UH FOR
122. 6:29THEY HAD BEEN LIBERATED UH BY THE HAND,
123. 6:33THE POWER, THE MERCY OF GOD.
124. 6:38If you're new to Pentecost and you've
125. 6:42watched us around here tonight, get a
126. 6:45little bit excited. LET ME TELL YOU
127. 6:47WHAT'S HAPPENING in this house. We've
128. 6:50been set free. We've been liberated.
129. 6:55SIN NO LONGER EXERCISES ITS TYRANNY IN
130. 7:00OUR LIVES. UH IT IS NOT BY MIGHT. UH IT
131. 7:04IS NOT [screaming] BY POWER. IT IS NOT
132. 7:07BY OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. UH BUT HE HAS
133. 7:10BROKEN [screaming]
134. 7:11THE SHACKLES UH OF OUR SIN. UH AND HAS
135. 7:15LIBERATED [screaming] US UH PARDON US UH
136. 7:19IF WE MARCH TONIGHT WITH WORSHIP UH AND
137. 7:22WITH SINGING UH AND WITH [screaming]
138. 7:24PRAISE UH AND WITH SOUNDS UH OF
139. 7:29REJOICING UH FOR WE [screaming] HAVE
140. 7:32BEEN SET FREE UH BY HIS POWER AND BY his
141. 7:37grace.
142. 7:40Oh, can you imagine what it was like
143. 7:43that day when they struck out from Egypt
144. 7:48when they were marching to a land that
145. 7:50none of them had ever laid their eyes
146. 7:53on? And yet each of them considered it
147. 7:57home. The land of promise Canaan flowing
148. 8:01with milk and honey. No wonder they were
149. 8:04singing and rejoicing. A million strong.
150. 8:07Some say they poured out of Egypt in a
151. 8:10long column of joy as they marched
152. 8:13toward their destiny, set free by God's
153. 8:16incredible power from the mightiest
154. 8:18nation on earth. UH THEY HARDLY PAID any
155. 8:22attention to the land through which they
156. 8:24were traveling. None of them seems to
157. 8:27have realized that they were marching
158. 8:29into a trap.
159. 8:34THAT ON EITHER SIDE OF THEM was the
160. 8:37desert stretching possibly as far as
161. 8:40they could see. A place inhospitable,
162. 8:44impossible to survive. They were trapped
163. 8:47on either side by the wilderness.
164. 8:50Shimmering out ahead of them was the
165. 8:53vast Red Sea that stretched out as far
166. 8:57as they could see ahead. Horizon covered
167. 9:01by water. There was no way ahead of
168. 9:04them. They seemed to not recognize and
169. 9:09realize where it was they were GOING
170. 9:12BECAUSE THEY WERE FOLLOWING A CLOUD BY
171. 9:15DAY AND A PILLAR OF [screaming] FIRE BY
172. 9:17NIGHT. AND THEY BELIEVED THAT THE GOD
173. 9:20WHO HAD SMITTEN EGYPT UH AND HAD SET
174. 9:24THEM FREE UH CERTAINLY WAS NOT GOING TO
175. 9:27ABANDON [screaming] THEM UH IN THE
176. 9:30MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. UH MY FRIENDS,
177. 9:32DON'T GET TO LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY
178. 9:35OF YOUR SITUATION
179. 9:37AND FORGET [screaming] THE POWER AND THE
180. 9:40MAJESTY OF YOUR GOD. HE DIDN'T BRING US
181. 9:44THIS [screaming] FAR TO LET US DOWN. UH
182. 9:48HE DIDN'T DELIVER US UH FROM EGYPT FOR
183. 9:51US [screaming] TO PERISH IN THE
184. 9:54WILDERNESS. UH HE BROUGHT US OUT UH THAT
185. 9:57HE [screaming] MIGHT BRING US IN.
186. 10:00AND IF WE'LL FOLLOW HIM, HE WILL SEE US
187. 10:05THROUGH. [cheering and applause]
188. 10:09OH, I'M PREACHING TO SOMEBODY TONIGHT.
189. 10:12QUIT LOOKING AT THE WILDERNESS. QUIT
190. 10:15LOOKING [screaming] AT THE SEA. QUIT
191. 10:17WORRYING ABOUT THE DEVIL. GOD IS
192. 10:20GREATER. HE IS [screaming] ABLE TO
193. 10:24DELIVER US.
194. 10:28>> [applause and cheering]
195. 10:32[applause]
196. 10:34>> But as often happens,
197. 10:38those first few hours of ecstasy,
198. 10:41of overwhelming joy, that new convert
199. 10:47attitude
200. 10:49that caused them to gaze at nothing but
201. 10:52the pillar of cloud and the pillar of
202. 10:55fire.
203. 10:57kind of wore off.
204. 11:00And I wonder who it was that first
205. 11:03looked back.
206. 11:08Perhaps someone at the end of the column
207. 11:11maybe didn't long for Egypt. That wasn't
208. 11:14it. Maybe he heard a distant rumble.
209. 11:18Maybe he smelled the dust in the air.
210. 11:21But he looked back and to his horror he
211. 11:26recognized immediately
212. 11:29that their past was bearing down on
213. 11:33them.
214. 11:35That the MASTER THAT HAD HELD THEM IN
215. 11:39slavery for all those centuries was
216. 11:43coming to claim them aresh.
217. 11:47that Egypt, THOUGH ITS ECONOMY WAS
218. 11:50WRECKED, ITS SOCIETY WAS TURNED UPSIDE
219. 11:53DOWN, STILL POSSESSED THE GREATEST UH
220. 11:56MILITARY POWER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
221. 12:00UH AND ALL OF THOSE CHARIOTS UH AND ALL
222. 12:03OF THOSE WAR HORSES UH AND ALL OF THOSE
223. 12:06BLOODTHIRSTY SOLDIERS UH NOW [screaming]
224. 12:09MOTIVATED BY THE FRESH GRAVES OF THEIR
225. 12:11ELDEST UH LYING YONDER IN EGYPT WERE
226. 12:15COMING UH AFTER [screaming] THEM. THEY
227. 12:17HAD NO ARMY. THEY HAD NO FORTRESS. UH
228. 12:21THEY HAD NOWHERE TO TURN. UH WILDERNESS
229. 12:24TO [screaming] THE RIGHT AND LEFT. UH
230. 12:25THE SEA OUT AHEAD OF THEM UH AND NOW
231. 12:28[screaming] EGYPT BEARING DOWN ON THEM.
232. 12:32THEY WERE FILLED WITH fear
233. 12:38and I don't blame them. They had not one
234. 12:41hope, not one breath of a chance. They
235. 12:44could not hold off that horde of
236. 12:46onrushing PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS. THEY
237. 12:49COULD NOT HOPE TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES
238. 12:52TO SPARE THE TRAGEDY THAT WAS BEARING
239. 12:55DOWN ON THEM. I'M SURE THAT THROUGH THE
240. 12:58CROWD ROW UH ROLLED A THUNDER OF FEAR OF
241. 13:03OF UNEASE. UH THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A
242. 13:06SHOCK UH THAT DROWNED [screaming] OUT
243. 13:08THEIR WORSHIP AND ROBBED THEM OF THEIR
244. 13:11SONG. UH IT WAS DEATH COMING. UH THEY
245. 13:14ALL KNEW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. AND
246. 13:17IN THAT MOMENT UH MOSES UH LEAPED TO A
247. 13:20ROCK UH HIS HAIR BLOWING IN THE WIND AND
248. 13:23HE [screaming] CALLED OUT FOR ALL TO
249. 13:25SEE. DON'T BE AFRAID.
250. 13:31STAND [screaming]
251. 13:32STILL
252. 13:34AND SEE THE SALVATION
253. 13:37OF THE LORD.
254. 13:40[applause]
255. 13:42FOR [screaming] THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR
256. 13:45YOU. HE KNEW. THEY KNEW THERE
257. 13:48[screaming] WAS NO ARMY. SO HE WAS
258. 13:50SAYING, "WE DON'T NEED AN ARMY. WE'VE
259. 13:53GOT A GOD [screaming] THAT IS GREATER
260. 13:56THAN ANY ARMY THE ENEMY [screaming]
261. 13:59COULD EVER FIELD."
262. 14:02[applause]
263. 14:09I like to think that Moses looked out in
264. 14:11THE CROWD AND HE SAW SOME PEOPLE THAT
265. 14:13were looking from him to those those
266. 14:16onrushing soldiers looking up at him and
267. 14:19looking back at their doom. And so
268. 14:21here's the next words he says. THAT'S
269. 14:23OKAY. GO AHEAD, GET A GOOD LOOK AT THEM
270. 14:26BECAUSE YOU AIN'T NEVER GOING TO SEE
271. 14:28THEM AGAIN. FROM THIS DAY ONWARD, UH GOD
272. 14:32IS GOING TO TAKE CARE [screaming] OF
273. 14:34THOSE EGYPTIANS. UH AND THEY'LL NEVER
274. 14:36BOTHER YOU AGAIN. UH YESTERDAY CANNOT
275. 14:39CLAIM YOU. UH THE DEVIL [screaming] THAT
276. 14:42HELD YOU BOUND IN SIN CANNOT DRAG YOU
277. 14:45BACK. UH GREATER IS HE THAT [screaming]
278. 14:48IS IN USH THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
279. 14:53[cheering]
280. 14:54[applause]
281. 14:58>> [applause]
282. 15:00[cheering]
283. 15:02>> OH, I'M TRYING TO PREACH TO SOMEBODY
284. 15:05TONIGHT. [screaming] DON'T WORRY ABOUT
285. 15:07WHAT THE DEVIL'S DOING. DON'T WORRY
286. 15:09ABOUT WHAT HELL IS UP TO. DON'T FOCUS
287. 15:13[screaming] ON THE ENEMY. LIFT UP YOUR
288. 15:15HEADS. GOD [screaming]
289. 15:18IS GOING TO WORK FOR US. [cheering]
290. 15:22[applause]
291. 15:27[cheering]
292. 15:30[applause]
293. 15:34>> Read the story. My text tonight. Here's
294. 15:37Moses standing there. He's doing what
295. 15:40good leaders should do.
296. 15:44He's recognizing that they are panicked
297. 15:48and if they act out of panic, they will
298. 15:51destroy themselves.
299. 15:54So he's providing good leadership.
300. 15:59We want our leaders to convince us that
301. 16:03they know what they're doing,
302. 16:07whether they do or not.
303. 16:15In the United States, every year we have
304. 16:18what's called the State of the Union
305. 16:20address. I'm sure you've heard of it.
306. 16:23Wouldn't it be something if one year
307. 16:25President Bush stood up in front of the
308. 16:26Congress Supreme Court and all those
309. 16:29folks and said, "You know what? I don't
310. 16:32have the foggiest idea what to do next."
311. 16:38Now, I'm sure there have been years,
312. 16:39especially lately, he'd like to say
313. 16:41that,
314. 16:43AND HE PROBABLY OUGHT TO SAY THAT, but
315. 16:46he can't say that
316. 16:49because leaders know that there comes
317. 16:51that moment when all is weighed in the
318. 16:55balances.
319. 16:57And only one thing can tip the scales
320. 17:00from defeat to victory. And that is a
321. 17:03courageous leader that can stand and
322. 17:05say, "Stand still.
323. 17:09Just stay right where you are. IF YOU
324. 17:12CAN'T GO FORWARD, AT LEAST DON'T GO
325. 17:14BACK.
326. 17:16[clears throat]
327. 17:17If all you can do IS HOLD YOUR GROUND,
328. 17:21THEN HOLD [screaming] YOUR GROUND
329. 17:23BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO WORK FOR US.
330. 17:28[cheering]
331. 17:29[applause]
332. 17:33But look at verse 15. There's an there's
333. 17:36a swift a swift change. IT'S MOSES DOING
334. 17:40ALL THE TALKING IN 13 and 14, but in 15
335. 17:45IT'S THE LORD DOING THE TALKING.
336. 17:48>> And I've just imagined in my mind, I
337. 17:51think I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
338. 17:53MOSES IS STANDING UP ON THAT ROCK. HE'S
339. 17:56HE'S TALL AND AND AND AND AND he and
340. 17:58he's strong. Even though he's an
341. 18:0080year-old MAN, HE HAS A FORCE OF HIS
342. 18:03POWER AND PERSONALITY ROOTED IN HIS
343. 18:06FAITH IN GOD. HE IS A [screaming]
344. 18:09ALL INSPIRING PRESENCE STAND STILL. UH
345. 18:12SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. UH THE
346. 18:15EGYPTIANS THAT YOU SEE TODAY UH YOU WILL
347. 18:18SEE THEM AGAIN UH [screaming] NO MORE
348. 18:21FOREVER. FOR THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR US.
349. 18:25AND then
350. 18:27he gets down off that rock and he gets
351. 18:31down behind it where nobody can see him.
352. 18:35And he must have said something like,
353. 18:37"Oh Lord, what are we going to do now?"
354. 18:44Because the LORD SAYS, "WHY [screaming]
355. 18:47CRIEST THOU UNTO ME?
356. 18:52SO HE HAD TO BE DOING SOME CRYING,
357. 18:55BUT GET BACK UP ON THE [screaming] ROCK
358. 18:58AND TELL THE PEOPLE, "GO FORWARD.
359. 19:03HOLD THAT [screaming] STAFF OVER THE
360. 19:04SEA, FOR I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM THROUGH
361. 19:08[screaming] ON DRY GROUND.
362. 19:10I'M GOING TO DO WHAT YOU TOLD THEM
363. 19:14[screaming]
364. 19:14I'M GOING TO DO." TELL THEM, [applause]
365. 19:18"GO FORWARD.
366. 19:23NOW, THIS DOES NOT mean that Moses was
367. 19:27wrong, that he somehow made a mistake,
368. 19:31that the standing still portion of his
369. 19:34command was earthly, AND THE GO FORWARD
370. 19:37PORTION was heavenly. That's not it at
371. 19:40all. IN FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
372. 19:43that what Moses did WAS EXACTLY WHAT
373. 19:47they needed at the moment.
374. 19:51THEY WERE AFRAID.
375. 19:53THEY WERE PANICKED.
376. 19:55I I want to TELL YOU SOMETHING. NEVER
377. 19:59MAKE A LIFE decision out of fear.
378. 20:08[cheering]
379. 20:09>> NEVER. WHEN THE ENEMY HAS COME IN AND
380. 20:12HE'S BEATEN YOU UP ON EVERY SIDE, WHEN
381. 20:15HE'S GOT YOU ALL [screaming] DOWN AND
382. 20:17DISCOURAGED, THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO STAY
383. 20:20HOME FROM CHURCH. THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO
384. 20:23QUIT PRAYING. THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO
385. 20:25QUIT READING THE WORD. UH THAT'S NOT THE
386. 20:28TIME TO LOSE YOUR COMMITMENT.
387. 20:31IT'S TIME TO IN YOUR HEELS [screaming]
388. 20:34UH AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO STAND
389. 20:37REGARDLESS OF WHAT [screaming] THE DEVIL
390. 20:40DOES. I'M NOT QUITTING. I'M NOT GIVING
391. 20:43IN. I'M GOING TO STAND [screaming] RIGHT
392. 20:47HERE.
393. 20:49[applause and cheering]
394. 20:52SOMETIMES
395. 20:54THE BEST thing you can do IS TO
396. 20:57[screaming] DO NOTHING.
397. 21:03I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS. I've
398. 21:05watched them move their families off
399. 21:06where there was NO CHURCH. I'VE WATCHED
400. 21:08MEN LEAVE JOBS because there were rumors
401. 21:11there MIGHT BE LAYOFFS AND GO TO A PLACE
402. 21:13THEY WEREN'T SURE THEY HAD A JOB, BUT
403. 21:15THEY HEARD THERE MIGHT BE JOBS. AND I'VE
404. 21:18WATCHED THAT KIND OF THING. AND I'VE
405. 21:20THOUGHT, YOU'RE MOVING OUT OF FEAR.
406. 21:22THERE'S NEVER A TIME WHEN WE OUGHT TO
407. 21:25LET THE DEVIL MAKE OUR DECISIONS. UH BUT
408. 21:28WHAT WE NEED TO DO IF YOU DON'T KNOW
409. 21:30[screaming] WHAT THE LORD WANTS THEN
410. 21:32DON'T DO ANYTHING UH JUST CAMP THERE
411. 21:35JUST STAY RIGHT THERE KEEP ON WORSHIPING
412. 21:39KEEP ON PRAYING [screaming]
413. 21:41KEEP ON GOING TO THE HOUSE OF GOD KEEP
414. 21:44ON LOVING HIM AND [screaming] GOD
415. 21:48WILL SEE you through.
416. 21:51[applause]
417. 21:54Can I tell you something?
418. 21:57The Egyptians
419. 22:00could not hurt them.
420. 22:06Some of you don't believe me, but I'm
421. 22:07going to tell you again.
422. 22:09The Egyptians weren't going to hurt
423. 22:10anybody this day. It wasn't going to
424. 22:13happen. I don't care how fancy their
425. 22:16chariots were, how trained their war
426. 22:18horses were. I don't care how good with
427. 22:20spear and sword their soldiers were.
428. 22:22They were not going to hurt the
429. 22:24Egyptians today.
430. 22:26In fact, the Bible says THAT THAT PILLAR
431. 22:28OF CLOUD AND FIRE THAT had been leading
432. 22:31Egypt or or Israel out of Egypt went
433. 22:34turned and went behind them.
434. 22:38AND GOD STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR
435. 22:43[screaming] ENEMY AND WOULD NOT ALLOW
436. 22:48THE EGYPTIANS TO COME [screaming] NEAR
437. 22:50THEM. YEAH. [clears throat]
438. 22:53>> OH, the devil likes the devil likes to
439. 22:55put up A GOOD SHOW. HE LIKES TO PRANCE
440. 22:58AROUND. HE LIKES HIS SPEAR TO BE SHINY,
441. 23:01HIS SWORD TO BE SHARP. HE LIKES TO SHOW
442. 23:04THAT HE'S TOUGH AND MEAN AND HE CAN BUT
443. 23:07HE'S ON A LEASH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
444. 23:09HE CAN'T GET TO YOU. HE CANNOT TOUCH
445. 23:13YOU. THERE IS [screaming] A GOD THAT
446. 23:16STANDS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ENEMY.
447. 23:19[screaming]
448. 23:20AND HE CANNOT DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE
449. 23:22THAT. THE OLD BOOK SAYS, "NO WEAPON
450. 23:26FORMED AGAINST ME [screaming] SHALL
451. 23:29PROSPER.
452. 23:30[cheering]
453. 23:34WHEN THE ENEMY COMES AGAINST ME, HE'S
454. 23:37GOING TO STUMBLE AND HE'S GOING
455. 23:39[screaming] TO FALL BECAUSE GOD
456. 23:43IS ON [screaming] MY SIDE.
457. 23:46[applause]
458. 23:50>> [cheering]
459. 23:53>> OH, I'M PREACHING TO SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW.
460. 23:55DON'T YOU LOSE YOUR FAITH IN GOD.
461. 23:57[screaming] DON'T YOU TRUST IN THE ARM
462. 23:59OF MAN. GOD IS ABLE
463. 24:03WHO WILL NOT SUFFER USH TO BE TESTED
464. 24:07[screaming] ABOVE THAT WHICH WE ARE
465. 24:09ABLE.
466. 24:11[applause]
467. 24:12[cheering]
468. 24:13NO.
469. 24:15NO. OH, now hear me. [applause] The
470. 24:18Egyptians
471. 24:20could not hurt them.
472. 24:23If anybody got hurt that day, [snorts]
473. 24:26they would have to hurt themselves.
474. 24:31And that was a very
475. 24:34real
476. 24:36possibility.
477. 24:38I could see them striking out into the
478. 24:40trackless desert and perishing in the
479. 24:43hot sun. I could see some rushing
480. 24:46forward and plunging into the Red Sea
481. 24:49and dying amid its waves.
482. 24:52I could see others foolishly trusting in
483. 24:55the mercy of their masters, their former
484. 24:58masters, and rushing back, hands in the
485. 25:01air, offering to surrender to only be
486. 25:05cut down by steely sword.
487. 25:09No, Moses knew good and well that his
488. 25:12first job was to keep them from hurting
489. 25:16themselves,
490. 25:19>> from making dumb decisions,
491. 25:27from striking out on their own, from
492. 25:30taking their lives into their own hands,
493. 25:33making their own decisions, going their
494. 25:36own way, CHOOSING THEIR OWN PATH. UH AND
495. 25:39STUMBLING IN THE DARKNESS UH AND FALLING
496. 25:42UH PREY TO AN ENEMY IMPLACABLE UH AND
497. 25:46MERCIFUL UH AND PERISHING. UH GOD
498. 25:49[screaming] KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO
499. 25:51TAKE CARE OF THEM. UH BUT THEY HAD TO
500. 25:54COOPERATE. AND SO MOSES SAID, "FIRST
501. 25:58THING WE NEED TO [screaming] DO IS STAND
502. 26:02STILL.
503. 26:04WAIT [screaming]
504. 26:05ON THE LORD. BE OF GOOD COURAGE UH AND
505. 26:10HE UH SHALL STRENGTHEN [screaming] THY
506. 26:12HEART. UH WAIT UH I SAY UH ON THE LORD.
507. 26:16UH REST UH IN THE LORD. UH WAIT
508. 26:20PATIENTLY FOR HIM. UH FRET [screaming]
509. 26:23NOT THYSELF. UH BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON
510. 26:27[screaming] THE LORD UH SHALL RENEW
511. 26:30THEIR STRENGTH. UH THEY [screaming]
512. 26:33SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS UH EAGLES.
513. 26:37UH THEY [screaming] SHALL RUN AND NOT BE
514. 26:41WEARY. UH THEY SHALL WALK AND NOT
515. 26:44[screaming] FAINT. THERE COMES A TIME UH
516. 26:47TO BE STILL, CALM DOWN, CHILL OUT, AND
517. 26:52wait [screaming]
518. 26:54for God.
519. 26:58>> [applause]
520. 27:00>> It was good advice, not only because of
521. 27:03their situation,
522. 27:06but because they were going to have to
523. 27:09be there a while.
524. 27:12Deliverance
525. 27:14does not come always on our time
526. 27:17schedule.
527. 27:19God doesn't always do it when we want
528. 27:23him to do it.
529. 27:25And they were not going to be delivered
530. 27:28that day.
531. 27:30They were going to have to endure the
532. 27:34night.
533. 27:36AND SO MOSES WAS TEACHING THEM HOW TO
534. 27:40MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. YOU DON'T
535. 27:43WANDER AWAY FROM THE FIRE.
536. 27:47>> YOU DON'T LEAVE THE LIGHT.
537. 27:50YOU DON'T MAKE YOURSELF A TARGET BY
538. 27:54SEPARATING YOURSELF UH FROM YOUR
539. 27:56BROTHERS UH AND YOUR SISTERS. UH YOU
540. 28:00STAY AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. [screaming]
541. 28:02YOU STAY WITH THOSE OF LIKE PRECIOUS
542. 28:04FAITH. UH YOU HANG AROUND THE LIGHT AND
543. 28:08THE FIRE [screaming] OF GOD.
544. 28:10YOU BE SURE YOU DON'T DRIFT FROM THE
545. 28:13FRONT ROW TO [screaming] THE BACK ROW
546. 28:15AND CERTAINLY NOT OUT THE DOOR, BUT
547. 28:18RATHER [screaming]
548. 28:18YOU COME CLOSER. YOU BE THE FIRST IN THE
549. 28:21ALTAR. YOU PRAY THE LONGEST OF ANYBODY.
550. 28:24[screaming] YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALWAYS
551. 28:27ON YOUR FEET. UH WORSHIPING GOD,
552. 28:30[screaming] BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. IT
553. 28:32ISN'T ABOUT FEELING. IT'S ABOUT FAITH.
554. 28:35[screaming]
555. 28:36AND YOU WORSHIP HIM IN THE NIGHT
556. 28:41[cheering]
557. 28:42[applause]
558. 28:44BECAUSE [screaming] THOUGH WEEPING MAY
559. 28:47ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, JOY [screaming]
560. 28:50COMETH IN THE MORNING IF YOU'LL JUST BE
561. 28:54STILL. IF YOU'LL JUST BE STILL.
562. 28:57[screaming]
563. 28:58MORNINGS ARE COMING. THE SUN'S GOING TO
564. 29:01COME UP. THERE [screaming] WILL BE A
565. 29:04BETTER DAY.
566. 29:06>> [cheering]
567. 29:08[applause]
568. 29:09>> Let's give the Lord a hand clap. Oh, I'm
569. 29:12really preaching to somebody.
570. 29:14[applause]
571. 29:20THIS IS THE HARD LESSON TO HANG TOUGH
572. 29:23[screaming] WHEN EVERYTHING'S WRONG. TO
573. 29:25HANG IN THERE WHEN THE NIGHT IS LONG. UH
574. 29:28HANG IN [screaming] THERE WHEN DARKNESS
575. 29:29PREVAILS. UH TO STAY WITH IT. UH WHEN
576. 29:32EVERYTHING IN YOU SAYS RUN, [screaming]
577. 29:34YOU DON'T RUN. YOU STAND STILL AND YOU
578. 29:38SEE [screaming]
579. 29:39WHAT GOD CAN DO.
580. 29:42[applause and cheering]
581. 29:46It's called trust
582. 29:50>> and it's hard to do.
583. 29:54But when we've stood still,
584. 29:58when we've quit taking it into our own
585. 30:00hands,
586. 30:02trying to fix it.
587. 30:05Are you Australian men like us American
588. 30:08men?
589. 30:12We want to fix everything.
590. 30:18If it's not broke, we'll break it just
591. 30:20so we can fix it.
592. 30:27wife will come and she's explaining some
593. 30:29situation and problem and I don't even
594. 30:31listen to her.
595. 30:33I'm learning. I'm doing better.
596. 30:38But in five minutes, I got the answer. I
597. 30:41can fix that. Here's how what you need
598. 30:43to do. We can fix that. She don't want
599. 30:45me to fix it. She wants me to shut up
600. 30:47and listen to her. That's what she
601. 30:48wants.
602. 30:50But there's something in me that want
603. 30:52when we learn to take our hands off of
604. 30:55it.
605. 30:57Quit trying to do it ourselves, fix it
606. 30:59ourselves, work it out ourselves, figure
607. 31:02it out ourselves. Quit trying to talk it
608. 31:04to death. Quit trying to analyze it to
609. 31:06death. Just take our hands off and say,
610. 31:09"I'm going to be still." It's as if
611. 31:11Moses is saying, "We move too fast to
612. 31:14even see what GOD IS DOING." SO, YOU
613. 31:16NEED TO STAND STILL EVERY ONCE IN A
614. 31:18WHILE SO YOU can see that you didn't FIX
615. 31:20IT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. YOU CAN'T
616. 31:23WORK IT OUT. IF YOU STAND STILL,
617. 31:26[screaming] YOU'LL SEE THAT GOD IS AT
618. 31:29WORK. THAT SALVATION [screaming]
619. 31:31IS AVAILABLE. THAT GOD WILL FIGHT FOR
620. 31:34YOU. [applause]
621. 31:38We need to be still.
622. 31:43But there comes that moment
623. 31:46when standing still is done.
624. 31:51And that's when God said, "Okay, Moses,
625. 31:54they've stood still for a night."
626. 31:57And the cloud moved from between them
627. 32:00and the Egyptians. That fire had burned
628. 32:02there all night long and prevented the
629. 32:04Egyptians from coming near the the
630. 32:06Hebrews. Now, the pillar moved and it
631. 32:09started moving toward the distant sea.
632. 32:11And that's when God said, "Okay, Moses,
633. 32:14tell the people, we're not going to camp
634. 32:16here forever. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY IN
635. 32:19THIS WILDERNESS FOREVER. WE'RE NOT GOING
636. 32:21TO SIT HERE, FEEL SORRY FOR OURSELVES,
637. 32:24LICK OUR WOUNDS, AND LOOK AT OUR PAST UH
638. 32:26AND BE GUILTY OR BE FEARFUL. BUT NOW,
639. 32:30WE'RE GOING TO DO THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE
640. 32:32UH THAT WE [screaming] HAVE EVER BEEN
641. 32:34AFFORDED. UH WE'RE GOING TO GET UP AND
642. 32:37WE'RE GOING TO [screaming] MARCH AWAY.
643. 32:40WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT BEHIND US UH
644. 32:43FOREVER. [screaming]
645. 32:45WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF
646. 32:47EGYPT. WE'VE GOT A PROMISED LAND TO GET
647. 32:51TO. UH WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY HERE WITH
648. 32:55YESTERDAY REACHING OUT FOR [screaming]
649. 32:57US. WE'RE GOING TO MARCH INTO TOMORROW.
650. 33:01UH WE ARE [screaming] GOING TO GO
651. 33:05FORWARD.
652. 33:07[applause]
653. 33:08>> [cheering]
654. 33:12[applause]
655. 33:12>> I'M PREACHING TO SOMEONE THAT
656. 33:14DESPERATELY NEEDS TO STAND STILL, BUT
657. 33:17I'M ALSO PREACHING TO SOMEONE THAT
658. 33:19DESPERATELY NEEDS TO GET UPH AND MARCH
659. 33:22AWAY FROM IT. UH YOUR PAIN, UH YOUR
660. 33:25ANGUISH, UH YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT, UH YOUR
661. 33:28GUILT, UH YOUR REGRET, UH YOUR SENSE OF
662. 33:31FAILURE. IT'S TIME TO LEAVE IT IN THE
663. 33:34WILDERNESS UH AND MARCH ON [screaming]
664. 33:36UH TO YOUR DESTINY.
665. 33:39GOD IS CALLING US. [screaming]
666. 33:43[applause and cheering]
667. 33:47Go
668. 33:49forward.
669. 33:52You know, you know how easy it is to
670. 33:55fall into that trap
671. 33:58of freezing where we are,
672. 34:01of living the rest of our days around
673. 34:04this little place where we have found
674. 34:06safety and security.
675. 34:10I believe had God not spoken, they would
676. 34:12have been happy to live there with that
677. 34:14fiery cloud between them and the
678. 34:16Egyptians forever.
679. 34:19They felt comfortable there. They had
680. 34:21seen their first sense of deliverance
681. 34:23there. They had understood that God
682. 34:25would fight their battles there. And
683. 34:27they were happy to STAY THERE. BUT GOD
684. 34:29SAID, "FOLKS, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING
685. 34:31YET. I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. AND IT'S
686. 34:34GOING TO START RIGHT THERE ON THE
687. 34:36BORDER, RIGHT THERE ON THE BEACH, RIGHT
688. 34:38THERE AT THE RED SEA. UH SO COME ON. I
689. 34:42CAN DO THIS, BUT I [screaming] CAN DO SO
690. 34:44MUCH MORE. SO GET UP AND LET'S GO
691. 34:47FORWARD.
692. 34:50>> [applause]
693. 34:54>> NOW, I'M NOT GOING to preach much
694. 34:55longer, but I am going to meddle here
695. 34:57for just a minute. Is that all right?
696. 35:00I pastored two churches. Greatly
697. 35:02privileged to do so. One very tiny when
698. 35:04I took it, another one a much larger
699. 35:06church. And I've learned some stuff. One
700. 35:10of the things I've learned is there are
701. 35:12certain people, never ask them, "How are
702. 35:15you doing?
703. 35:19You don't have time to hear the answer.
704. 35:29I've learned that there are people,
705. 35:32IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY COUNSELING
706. 35:35SESSIONS,
707. 35:37they're going to have the same problem
708. 35:39next week
709. 35:41>> that they had last week.
710. 35:44>> Now, I don't want to be calloused or
711. 35:45hard here, but well, let me ask you this
712. 35:47question. How many of you love your
713. 35:48pastor? Am I here love their pastor? You
714. 35:51ought to all be raising your hand.
715. 35:52Unless you are the pastor.
716. 35:56How many you want to make your pastor's
717. 35:57load a little bit lighter? Anybody here?
718. 36:00Sure you do. Let me tell you how. Here
719. 36:02it is. Are you ready? I'm going to tell
720. 36:04you how to raise the burden, to lift the
721. 36:06load, to make it easier, TO HELP YOUR
722. 36:08PASTOR. HERE IT IS. GET READY. GET
723. 36:11[screaming] OVER IT.
724. 36:15>> [applause]
725. 36:17>> PUT IT BEHIND [screaming] YOU. MARCH
726. 36:20AWAY FROM IT. LEAVE IT BEHIND.
727. 36:26GOD HAS FORGIVEN YOU. LIFE [screaming]
728. 36:29IS MOVING ON. GET IN THE FLOW OF IT AND
729. 36:34GO [screaming] FORWARD.
730. 36:36[cheering]
731. 36:37[applause]
732. 36:41I KNOW IT [screaming] HURT. I KNOW IT
733. 36:43WASN'T FAIR. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.
734. 36:45BUT YOU CAN LIVE A VICTIM. YOU CAN
735. 36:48[screaming] LIVE YOU CAN LIVE TAKEN
736. 36:49ADVANTAGE OF BY YOUR PAST. YOU CAN LET
737. 36:52EGYPT DEFINE YOU. OR YOU CAN SAY, "I'M
738. 36:56DONE WITH THEM. I'VE [screaming] GOT
739. 36:58ANOTHER PLACE, A BETTER PLACE, A HIGHER
740. 37:02PLACE. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT. THEY ARE
741. 37:05NOT GOING TO DICTATE MY SPIRIT. THEY ARE
742. 37:07[screaming] NOT GOING TO CONTROL MY
743. 37:09ATTITUDE. I'M GOING TO GET OVER IT. I'M
744. 37:13GOING TO WALK AWAY [screaming] AND LEAVE
745. 37:16IT BEHIND ME.
746. 37:19[applause]
747. 37:20[cheering]
748. 37:22LET'S STAND. SOME OF YOU NEED TO LEAVE A
749. 37:24LIFE OF SIN BEHIND. SOME OF YOU NEED TO
750. 37:26LEAVE A LIFE OF GUILT AND REGRET, OF
751. 37:28MISTAKES, OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM. UH SOME OF
752. 37:31YOU NEED TO LEAVE A DIVORCE BEHIND. UH
753. 37:33SOME OF YOU NEED TO LEAVE WAY CHILDREN
754. 37:35BEHIND. SOME OF YOU JUST NEED TO LET GO
755. 37:38OF ALL OF THAT DEPRESSION THAT HOLDS
756. 37:40[screaming] YOU BACK.
757. 37:41ALL I'M SAYING IS SIMPLY THIS. GOD HAS
758. 37:45GIVEN YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MARCH
759. 37:48[screaming] OFF.
760. 37:50[applause]
761. 38:01I pastored a man one time.
762. 38:06His name is Ronnie Britt.
763. 38:10You have to know brother Britt. He's
764. 38:12quite a unique individual.
765. 38:15Brother Britt was an alcoholic for many,
766. 38:18many years.
767. 38:20He was so addicted to alcohol.
768. 38:23He had been he had been picked up by the
769. 38:26police so many times for driving while
770. 38:29intoxicated
771. 38:30that they took his driver's license away
772. 38:32in the state of Missouri and they said,
773. 38:35"We will never give you your driver's
774. 38:38license again."
775. 38:43Brother Britt found the Lord.
776. 38:46He repented,
777. 38:48got baptized in the name of Jesus
778. 38:49Christ,
779. 38:51and was filled with the Holy Ghost,
780. 38:54[snorts]
781. 38:56and he quit drinking.
782. 38:59>> He quit drinking. Sorry, he just quit.
783. 39:04About five years went by. Brother Britt
784. 39:07was tired of his wife having to take him
785. 39:09to work and take him down the store. And
786. 39:11he said, "I'm going to get my driver's
787. 39:13license back."
788. 39:15So he called the license bureau and told
789. 39:17him who he was. He said, 'I'm calling TO
790. 39:20GET MY DRIVER'S license back. It was a
791. 39:23nice lady on the other end of the line.
792. 39:26He could hear her clicking away on her
793. 39:28keyboard. You know, got his name and his
794. 39:31address and his ID number and all that
795. 39:33stuff. And then all of a sudden, she
796. 39:35said, "Oh, Mr. bread. I'm so very sorry,
797. 39:38but you've been flagged here because of
798. 39:42your your disease.
799. 39:46He said, "What disease would that be?"
800. 39:47She said, "Because you're an alcoholic."
801. 39:51He said, "Well, see, I I I don't drink
802. 39:53anymore."
803. 39:54She brightened up. She said, "Oh, Mr.
804. 39:56Brit, that's wonderful news." Said,
805. 39:58"That's good." Said, "Now, how long have
806. 40:00you been have you BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER?"
807. 40:02HE SAID, "5 [screaming] YEARS.
808. 40:06I HAVEN'T HAD A DRINK IN FIVE YEARS.
809. 40:10SHE SAID, "MAN, that's that's wonderful.
810. 40:12That's so exciting. I think I can help
811. 40:14you here. Give me just a minute." And
812. 40:16she pulled up another screen evidently
813. 40:17and she started filling it in on her
814. 40:19computer and she was getting all this
815. 40:21information. She was just going on and
816. 40:23on. We don't get many of these reports
817. 40:25where people have been clean and sober
818. 40:26for 5 years. This is wonderful. She's
819. 40:29filling it all out. She says, "Okay, now
820. 40:31what rehab center were you in?
821. 40:36What program DID YOU GO THROUGH? HE
822. 40:38SAID, "IT'S CALLED THE ALTAR."
823. 40:44[applause and cheering]
824. 40:50[applause]
825. 40:51SHE SAID, "MR. BRIT, I DON'T BELIEVE
826. 40:53I'VE EVER HEARD OF THAT ONE. WHERE IS
827. 40:55IT?"
828. 40:57She said, HE SAID, "IT'S RIGHT AT THE
829. 40:59FRONT OF MY CHURCH.
830. 41:02[applause]
831. 41:08She said, "OH, MR. BRIT, I'M SORRY THAT
832. 41:10WON'T WORK. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE NAME OF
833. 41:11A STATE uh approved uh rehabilitation
834. 41:15program that we can put in here." HE
835. 41:17SAID, "MA'AM, I've been through many of
836. 41:18them, but I CAN'T HONESTLY TELL YOU
837. 41:20THEY'RE GOOD. THEY DO THEIR THING, BUT
838. 41:22THEY'RE NOT WHY I AM WHAT I AM. I AM
839. 41:25WHAT I AM BECAUSE I REPENTED OF MY SINS.
840. 41:29[screaming] I WAS BAPTIZED IN JESUS'
841. 41:31NAME. AND I WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY
842. 41:34GHOST. AND [screaming] THAT TOOK AWAY MY
843. 41:37DESIRE. I AM NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE.
844. 41:45[applause]
845. 41:46[cheering]
846. 41:48>> I'm condensing things. This took a long
847. 41:51time. I'm sure you don't have
848. 41:52bureaucracy here in Australia. We have
849. 41:55some in the US. And it took a long time.
850. 41:58I wrote a letter. We got the mayor to
851. 42:00write a letter. We got we got state
852. 42:02legislators. We did everything. We had
853. 42:04people write letters and they were
854. 42:05adamant. FINALLY, HE CALLED PROBABLY FOR
855. 42:08THE 50TH or 60th time. Got that same
856. 42:12lady on the phone. It was so neat.
857. 42:14[snorts]
858. 42:15Well, Mr. Brit, how you doing? He said,
859. 42:17I'm doing fine. She said, Mr. Brit, she
860. 42:20went through the whole thing. She said,
861. 42:22WOULD YOU JUST PLEASE, [screaming]
862. 42:24please just go enroll in some program?
863. 42:29go through the thing
864. 42:31just so I can put it on this piece of
865. 42:34paper and get your license. He said, "I
866. 42:37can't do that." She said, "Why?"
867. 42:41He said, "Because the first thing I'll
868. 42:43have to do is stand up in front of a lot
869. 42:46of other people and say, "Hi, my name's
870. 42:49Ronnie and I'm an alcoholic."
871. 42:53And he said, "When I quit drinking, I
872. 42:57quit lying, too. And I'm not an
873. 43:00alcoholic anymore.
874. 43:04LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE BOOK SAYS. IT
875. 43:06SAYS, "IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS
876. 43:11[screaming]
877. 43:12A NEW CREATURE. OLD THINGS ARE PASSED
878. 43:17AWAY.
879. 43:18BEHOLD, ALL [screaming]
880. 43:21THINGS ARE BECOME
881. 43:24NEW. YOU CAN GET UP AND YOU CAN WALK
882. 43:28AWAY FROM IT. UH I DON'T CARE
883. 43:30[screaming] WHAT IT IS. UH YOU CAN LEAVE
884. 43:32IT BEHIND ONCE AND FOR ALL. YOU CAN FIND
885. 43:38A BRAND NEW LIFE.
886. 43:43[applause]
887. 43:48I'm going to tell you story real quick.
888. 43:50Last time I saw Brother Britt, he was
889. 43:52still loving the Lord, still serving
890. 43:53God, and he had a valid Missouri
891. 43:55driver's LICENSE IN HIS POCKET, AND HE
892. 43:57HAD NEVER ENROLLED IN ANY REHAB CENTER.
893. 44:00WE FINALLY WON THAT BATTLE BECAUSE GOD
894. 44:03IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT CAN COME
895. 44:07AGAINST YOU. GOD IS GREATER IF YOU WANT
896. 44:10TO.
897. 44:13WHEN YOU CAN'T GO FORWARD, [screaming]
898. 44:16STAND STILL.
899. 44:21AND then when the word comes,
900. 44:25you can make it.
901. 44:30I don't I don't know how it was. I've
902. 44:33seen pictures and in my my mental image
903. 44:35has always been Moses on that rock, hair
904. 44:38blowing, staff held out over the sea, a
905. 44:41a a an opening that stretched [music]
906. 44:43all the way to the horizon with dry
907. 44:45ground as far as you could see. And
908. 44:47there they stepped off. And but you
909. 44:48know, it might have not been that way.
910. 44:51[music]
911. 44:52It might have been this way that God
912. 44:55said, "Go forward."
913. 44:59And there was no path in the sea.
914. 45:04But somebody had to say, "Whether I can
915. 45:06see it [music] or not, whether I know
916. 45:09the end or not,
917. 45:12I'm going to do what God said to do."
918. 45:16And so they marched to the edge of that
919. 45:18sea and they lifted up a foot and put it
920. 45:22down where the water was. And before
921. 45:25their foot could touch the water, it
922. 45:26flowed back
923. 45:29and they stepped on dry ground. Not far,
924. 45:31not far, but just far enough. They took
925. 45:34another step and the waters [music]
926. 45:36receded and they stood on dry ground.
927. 45:40And then just step by step, the sea
928. 45:43rolled back. NOT ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP
929. 45:46THAT gave them the vision of all their
930. 45:49yesterday or rather tomorrow stretched
931. 45:51out ahead of them. BUT RATHER IT WAS
932. 45:53SIMPLY STEP BY STEP, DAY BY DAY. HE SAID
933. 45:59GO FORWARD. I CAN MAKE IT. HE SAID GET
934. 46:02MOVING. I CAN DO IT. IT DOESN'T
935. 46:05[screaming] MATTER WHETHER I CAN SEE THE
936. 46:08PATH OR NOT.
937. 46:11He called me to go forward. [music]
938. 46:14I'm going.
939. 46:15And so step by step, our life unfolds.
940. 46:20No insight, no pre-nowledge,
941. 46:23but faith and trust call us forward step
942. 46:28by step by step.
943. 46:33Someone needs to make a step today.
944. 46:37You need to you just need to march away
945. 46:39and leave your yesterday behind.
946. 46:43You need to come on into the bright new
947. 46:45tomorrow that God has designed with you
948. 46:48in mind. To step out from fear and
949. 46:51doubt, confusion, and what someone said
950. 46:53or didn't say. To step out from guilt or
951. 46:57regret or sorrow or grief or loss or
952. 46:59pain. To step away
953. 47:03and to go forward.
954. 47:05To leave
955. 47:07all the things that held you rooted
956. 47:11behind. once and for all.
957. 47:14Now, if you're here tonight and you'd
958. 47:16like to make that step, whether you're
959. 47:18Pentecostal or not, it's not [music]
960. 47:19important. Christian or not, even
961. 47:21religious or not, nothing really matters
962. 47:23right now except you're hungry for a new
963. 47:26life, a fresh beginning, a brand new
964. 47:29start.
965. 47:31You're hungry to be free from the
966. 47:33shackles of yesterday's mistakes [music]
967. 47:36and you're ready to march into your
968. 47:38destiny. Called to a land so much
969. 47:42better. [music] If you feel that way
970. 47:44tonight, I'm going to give you an
971. 47:45opportunity very quickly to come and and
972. 47:48just just stand across the front of our
973. 47:50building. I want a new beginning, a
974. 47:52fresh start. It doesn't mean that sin.
975. 47:55It doesn't mean you've done some
976. 47:56terrible thing. But what it means is I
977. 47:59don't want to be held back anymore. I
978. 48:02don't want to live here in this little
979. 48:03world of my own disappointment and pain.
980. 48:07I want to step into my [music] brand new
981. 48:10life.
982. 48:12I want to begin again.
983. 48:14No matter how many fresh starts you've
984. 48:16had, there's a new one waiting. For his
985. 48:18mercy is new every morning. And if you
986. 48:21want to, you can come now. [music]
987. 48:23They're pressing in. I I wish you'd
988. 48:25you'd press in as as far as you can. We
989. 48:27we want to have plenty of room for
990. 48:29others to come.
991. 48:31Come on. Right now across this building
992. 48:34in Jesus name.
993. 48:39It's possible. [music]
994. 48:41It's possible.
995. 48:47Now what Moses had told them was simple.
996. 48:49God's going to destroy the Egyptians and
997. 48:51he's going to deliver you. But my
998. 48:54friends, it did not come to pass until
999. 48:56they had done both, stand still and go
1000. 49:00forward. [music]
1001. 49:01Until they had, in that moment of doubt,
1002. 49:04of not knowing what to do, held on to
1003. 49:06what they knew was right. And then when
1004. 49:09the cloud moved and the way was made,
1005. 49:11they marched boldly into it. And it was
1006. 49:14when they had stood still THROUGH THE
1007. 49:16NIGHT AND MARCHED FORWARD THROUGH THE
1008. 49:18sea [music] that God's word came to pass
1009. 49:22and the enemy was drowned and they
1010. 49:24marched onward [music]
1011. 49:27to their promise.
1012. 49:30So whichever you need to do right now,
1013. 49:32you're in the place to do it. If it's to
1014. 49:34reconfirm your commitment, if it's to
1015. 49:36get a fresh grip on God, if it's to make
1016. 49:38up your mind, I'm not quitting. I'm not
1017. 49:40giving up. I'm not going back. Nothing's
1018. 49:42going to deter me. or if it's TIME FOR
1019. 49:44YOU TO GET UP AND MARCH away from
1020. 49:47something that's held you back, now's
1021. 49:49the time.