It has been a long time

It has been a while since I have uploaded any sermons. I've finally done it.

A Ram in the Thicket

What a year this has been in ministry. It has definitely been the most interesting I've had. The year started with The Gathering in Florida that supernaturally confirmed dreams I've been having were in fact placed in my heart by God. To say the least I was super excited...then the testing began...here is what it came down to, is it about the dream or is it about God?

This may sound funny but one of the stories that intrigues me the most in the Bible is when Abraham is called to sacrifice Isaac. At first we ask why would God ask such a horrific thing...but here is the test...what is more important...is it God or is it the dream God fulfilled? What I've discovered through this year is, sometimes we lose sight of God in the midst of chasing the dream He has birthed in our hearts...I believe I was starting to fall in love with the dream and instead of letting my love for God grow. Then obstacles appeared that forced me to call out to God, to check the course...to say the least doubts began to go through my mind...I began looking for an easy way out...I wanted relief from the frustrations.

God has given relief. He is using someone in my life who doesn't even know the impact they have made. One particular day I was feeling so frustrated. I walked in the door and had a message from them. I returned their call and as we talked my passion was being fed...back to the story of Abraham and Isaac. On the way up the mountain Isaac asked Abraham, 'Where's the sacrifice?' Abraham responds, 'The Lord will Provide.' In the midst of this test Abraham was ready to receive what God had in store. Because of a heart of readiness he discovered a ram in the thicket...this Christmas season I have found my ram in the thicket. There are still many things I am having to continually place in God's hand but just as Abraham learned something new about God through this experience I am learning something new about God. So the frustrations are real but MY GOD IS REAL and that is what I must focus upon, if I don't no telling what I could miss.

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Sermon

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A Christmas Package

If it doesn’t fit into your box...get a new box...Randy Cross said of Tim Tebow. Tebow began his career at the University of Florida as a talented high school football player, he left as one of the most decorated college quarterbacks ever. His transition to pro football hasn’t been as easy...he doesn’t fit the mold of a traditional pro quarterback...he doesn’t sit back n the pocket and throw for 300 yards completing 60% of his passes...but there is 1 thing he does and that is win. The Denver Broncos began the season 1-4. Since Tebow became quarterback they have gone 5-1 yet the criticism persists, simply because he doesn’t fit into the box of what a quarterback should be in the NFL.

Don’t know if we’ve ever realized it but God tends to be outside our box thinking. Asking Abraham to take Isaac and sacrifice him was outside the box...Abraham got a new box...Asking Moses 2 lead an entire nation out of Egypt was outside the box...Moses finally got a new box...Esther becoming a queen and walking into the kings presence unannounced to save Israel was outside of the box...through Mordecai’s help she got a new box...

This time of year there will be trees full of boxes...but what we celebrate is outside the box...it  began with God coming to a young teen to announce she would carry the package for this outside the box gift. The conception would take place in an unconventional manner...the Savior would be born in an unconventional place, He would be raised in an unconventional town by 2 unconventional parents. His ministry would be unconventional and end in an unconventional way...initially many missed the unconventional Messiah because they were looking inside the box. Today there are many who continue to miss the Messiah because they are looking inside the box. That is why it is up to us to lead them to look outside the box...to do this we may have to get a new box of what reaching these people looks like. What once worked may have worked for years and years but something new comes on the scene and while it looks unconventional it works and we give the credit to God...instead of criticizing because it doesn’t fit into our box...let’s get a new box to help people see outside the box

Simply making all aware the slides from yesterday are up

Molding Scripture to our lifestyle creates a moldy enviorment...

Holiness

Holiness is a lifestyle...not a suit we put on Sunday Morning!!!