Wednesday Evening Worship 1/22/2025

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

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[4:23] good evening thank you for joining us

[4:25] tonight if you are able to would you

[4:28] join us if you're able as we stay stand

[4:29] for

[4:31] 491 we're going to turn to

[4:33] 491 the Lord's our Rock in him we hide a

[4:38] shelter in the time of storm song number

[4:45] 491 the Lords are rock in him we hide a

[4:50] shelter in the time of

[4:53] storm secure whatever it'll be tied a

[4:58] shelter in the time of

[5:01] storm oh Jesus is a rock in a weary land

[5:06] a weary land a weary land oh Jesus is a

[5:11] rock in a weary land a shelter in the

[5:15] time of

[5:18] storm a shade by day defense By Night a

[5:23] shelter in the time of

[5:26] storm no fears alarm no

[5:30] a fright a shelter in the time of

[5:34] storm oh Jesus is a rock in a weary land

[5:39] a weary land a weary land oh Jesus is

[5:44] The Rock in a we land a shelter in the

[5:48] time of storm on that last verse number

[5:51] four oh Rock Define oh Refuge dear a

[5:56] shelter in the time of storm on that

[5:58] last

[6:01] oh Rock Divine oh Refuge dear a shelter

[6:06] in the time of

[6:08] storm be thou our helper ever near a

[6:13] shelter in the time of

[6:16] storm oh Jesus is a rock in a weary land

[6:21] a weary land a weary land oh Jesus is

[6:26] The Rock in a weary land a shelter in

[6:30] the time of

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[6:34] storm and then if you would join us as

[6:36] we turn to

[6:38] 429 song number

[6:41] 429 Onward Christian

[6:52] Soldiers Onward Christian

[6:56] solders marching as to

[7:00] war with the cross of

[7:04] Jesus going on

[7:08] before Christ the royal

[7:12] master leads against a

[7:16] f forward into

[7:20] battle see his Banner

[7:24] go Onward Christian

[7:28] solders Mar marching as to

[7:32] war with the cross of

[7:36] Jesus going on

[7:40] before at the sign of

[7:44] Triumph Satan's host do

[7:48] flee on then Christian

[7:52] solders onto

[7:56] Victory hell's foundations quit

[8:01] at the shout of

[8:04] Praise Brothers lift your

[8:08] voes loud your anthems

[8:11] raise Onward Christian

[8:15] soers marching as to

[8:19] war with the cross of

[8:23] Jesus going on

[8:28] before like like a mighty

[8:32] Army moves the Church of

[8:36] God Brothers we are

[8:40] treading where the Saints have

[8:43] trod we are not

[8:47] divided all one body

[8:51] we one in hope in

[8:55] Doctrine one in charity

[9:00] Onward Christian

[9:03] solders marching as to

[9:07] war with the cross of

[9:11] Jesus going on before on that

[9:16] last onward then ye

[9:20] people join our happy

[9:23] Throne blend with ours your

[9:28] voices in the Triumph

[9:31] Song Glory L and

[9:35] horor unto Christ the

[9:39] King this through countless

[9:43] ages men and Angels

[9:47] Sing Onward Christian

[9:51] solders marching as to

[9:55] war with the cross of Jes

[10:00] Jesus going on

[10:06] before now this time we'll have a time

[10:08] of prayer for the offering this evening

[10:10] Lord we thank you for tonight and the

[10:12] opportunity to come together during the

[10:14] week Lord and to gather as a church for

[10:16] you we ask you to bless this offering

[10:18] bless the remainder of this service

[10:20] receive all the honor and glory and

[10:22] everything that's said and done in Jesus

[10:24] name we pray amen you may be seated

[11:19] you can remain seated for our last song

[11:22] number

[11:23] 25 song number 215 my Jesus I love thee

[11:29] song number

[11:34] 215 we'll sing that first second and

[11:38] fourth on first

[11:41] one my

[11:44] Jesus I love thee I know Thou Art

[11:50] mine for thee all the

[11:54] fies of sin I reside

[12:01] ious

[12:03] Redeemer My

[12:05] Savior art

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[12:09] thou If

[12:11] Ever I Lov thee my

[12:16] Jesus T

[12:19] now I love

[12:23] thee thou Hast first loved me

[12:29] and

[12:30] purchase my

[12:32] paron on

[12:34] calar

[12:36] tree I love thee for

[12:40] wearing the thorns on thy

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[12:47] brow If

[12:49] Ever I loved thee my

[12:53] Jesus T now on that

[12:57] last in

[12:59] tensions of

[13:01] glory and

[13:04] endless

[13:06] Delight I'll

[13:08] ever adore thee in heaven so

[13:14] bright I'll sing with a

[13:19] glittering crown on my

[13:25] brow If

[13:27] Ever I Lov thee my

[13:32] Jesus T

[13:37] now amen praise the Lord good to see you

[13:40] tonight and know there are quite a few

[13:43] battling sickness and I'm dealing with a

[13:46] raspy throat myself but if you have your

[13:48] Bibles go to Exodus chapter number 14

[13:51] tonight thankful that you're here

[13:53] thankful that you're able to be in the

[13:54] Lord's House Exodus chapter 14 we're

[13:58] going to begin reading in verse number

[13:59] 10 and read down through verse 15 you

[14:01] can remain seated tonight the Bible says

[14:04] and when Pharaoh Drew nigh the children

[14:07] of Israel lifted up their eyes and

[14:09] beheld the Egyptians marched after them

[14:13] and they were sore afraid the children

[14:16] of Israel Cried Out unto the Lord they

[14:18] said unto Moses because there were no

[14:21] graves in Egypt thou Hast taken us away

[14:25] to die in the

[14:26] wilderness wherefore hast thou dealt

[14:29] with us thus with us to carry us forth

[14:32] out of Egypt is not this the word that

[14:35] we did tell thee in Egypt saying let us

[14:38] alone that we may serve the Egyptians

[14:42] for it had been better for us to serve

[14:46] the

[14:47] Egyptians than that we should die in the

[14:51] wilderness Moses said unto the people

[14:54] fear ye not stand still and see the

[14:58] salvation of the Lord which he will show

[15:01] to you today for the Egyptians whom you

[15:04] have seen today you shall see them again

[15:07] no more

[15:09] forever and the Lord excuse me the Lord

[15:12] shall fight for you and ye shall hold

[15:16] your

[15:17] peace the Lord said unto

[15:20] Moses wherefore criest thou unto me

[15:24] speak unto the children of Israel that

[15:28] they go

[15:31] forward that they go forward tonight

[15:36] with the Lord said we're going to preach

[15:37] a message about going forward in

[15:40] 2025 going forward in 2025 let's go to

[15:44] the Lord in prayer tonight de Heavenly

[15:46] Father Lord I Thank you for the

[15:47] opportunity to preach your word tonight

[15:49] Lord I pray if you would please cleanse

[15:51] me of sin and empty me of myself that I

[15:53] might get out of the way tonight and

[15:55] your word may go forth Lord I pray that

[15:58] you would help my voice tonight to be

[16:00] strong to deliver the message as you

[16:02] would want it delivered and Lord that at

[16:05] the end of the night all that's said and

[16:06] done will bring honor and glory to you

[16:10] in your name I pray

[16:13] amen going forward in

[16:18] 2025 God's directed the nation of Israel

[16:21] out of Egyptian

[16:23] bondage they've been slaves there for

[16:28] many years

[16:29] now and God's LED them out in Chapter 13

[16:33] we saw their

[16:35] Exodus and God put a pillar of cloud

[16:38] before them about during the day and a

[16:40] pillar of fire at

[16:42] night he let them

[16:44] out they came out of Egyptian bondage

[16:48] now I want you to think about this as

[16:50] they're moving forward that's what he

[16:52] told them in verse number 15 that they

[16:55] go

[16:55] forward but he encourages them

[17:00] even though they're

[17:02] discouraged even though they're

[17:05] overwhelmed encourages them to go

[17:07] forward so you're in a new

[17:10] year in a new year you ought to move

[17:13] forward you know not take the things

[17:15] from last year with you you ought to

[17:18] move

[17:19] forward so tonight we're going to look

[17:22] at this

[17:23] passage and look at some

[17:27] requirements to move move

[17:29] forward as God would have us move

[17:32] forward in

[17:34] 2025 requirement number

[17:37] one to move forward requires trusting

[17:42] God's

[17:43] plan trusting God's plan look at verse

[17:48] one of chapter

[17:50] 14 and the Lord spake unto Moses saying

[17:55] Speak unto the children of Israel that

[17:57] they turn and encamp by

[18:01] pyro between migdal and the Sea over

[18:04] again

[18:06] bvon before it shall ye encamp by the

[18:09] Sea so God tells them where to Camp

[18:12] we'll talk about that more here in just

[18:13] a

[18:14] moment not only that he tells them in

[18:16] verse three for Pharaoh will say of the

[18:20] children of Israel they're entangled in

[18:23] the land the Wilderness ha shut them in

[18:27] and I will harden pharaoh 's heart and

[18:30] he shall follow after them and I will be

[18:33] honored upon pharaoh and upon all his

[18:36] host that the Egyptians may know that I

[18:40] am the Lord now look at the next four

[18:43] words and they did

[18:48] so and they did so so God set forth a

[18:53] plan for them to Journey out of Egypt

[18:56] and God set the map the direction of

[18:59] where they're going to go so first he

[19:02] leads them to a place called py Roth

[19:06] between migdal and the Sea and over

[19:09] against Bell's Fon so there's these

[19:11] locations that are listed

[19:13] here the area he's brought them to it

[19:16] would appear geographically it's a dead

[19:19] end there's Cliffs on one side bvon is a

[19:23] fortress city migdal is a fortress it

[19:27] was a a Tower built many times that was

[19:30] used to overlook land and so the migdal

[19:34] here in this region would have been on a

[19:35] mountain would have been above

[19:37] everything else uh during that time of

[19:40] Egypt uh they used carrier pigeons a lot

[19:44] to transport messages back and if a

[19:47] migdal there in this region saw the

[19:50] nation of Israel in the

[19:53] wilderness excuse me they could send a

[19:56] carrier pigeon back to Pharaoh it would

[19:58] have arrived in 4

[20:00] hours the typical carrier pigeon during

[20:03] that time traveled at 100 kilm an hour

[20:06] so they would fly these messenger birds

[20:09] and they used them they had migdal all

[20:10] around Egypt and all around these

[20:13] regions to

[20:14] observe and so news came back to

[20:17] Pharaoh news came back that the

[20:19] Israelites were

[20:21] cornered in a region with a red sea in

[20:24] front of them bailds Beyond to one side

[20:27] and the tower migd do is

[20:29] overlooking them so they're in a place

[20:33] that Pharaoh decides I'm going after

[20:35] them so look at verse six if you would

[20:39] or verse five and it was told the king

[20:42] of Egypt that the people fled the heart

[20:45] of pharaoh and his servants was turned

[20:46] against the people they said why have we

[20:49] done this that we have let Israel go

[20:51] from serving us he made ready his

[20:54] Chariot took his people with him he took

[20:56] 600 chariots chosen chariots and all the

[20:59] Chariots of Egypt and the captains over

[21:01] every one of them the Lord hardened the

[21:03] heart of pharaoh king of Egypt he

[21:06] pursued after the children of Israel and

[21:08] the children of Israel went out with an

[21:11] high hand we'll talk about that here in

[21:13] just a

[21:15] moment so God told the nation you're

[21:18] coming

[21:19] out I should say God told the people

[21:21] they're they're not quite a nation yet

[21:23] he's doing some work on them to get them

[21:25] there but he tells them you're coming

[21:27] out and he directs them down a

[21:29] path down from Egypt down the peninsula

[21:34] there and they end up at the Red Sea in

[21:36] a corner of the Red

[21:39] Sea and God's

[21:43] timing is always

[21:47] perfect

[21:48] so to move forward in 2025 it requires

[21:52] trusting God's plan and here and we see

[21:55] God's timing is perfect God's never

[21:59] late and God's never

[22:02] early he's always right on time now he

[22:06] may not come when you want him but he'll

[22:09] always be there right on time so God's

[22:13] timing is perfect God took the nation of

[22:16] Israel to this place and they were there

[22:18] for a few days before Pharaoh's Army

[22:20] caught

[22:21] up why is that because God's timing

[22:25] God's timing is perfect and so if you're

[22:27] going to move forward for you got to

[22:29] trust God's plan and remember God's

[22:32] timing is perfect number two under that

[22:34] you got to remember God's ways are

[22:37] higher than

[22:39] mine and his ways are not our

[22:45] ways if you've ever studied The Exodus

[22:48] past you'd look at it and go that

[22:49] doesn't make

[22:51] sense fact turn back the few into

[22:54] chapter 13

[22:59] verse number

[23:01] 17 and it came to pass when Pharaoh had

[23:03] let the people go that God LED them not

[23:05] through the way of the land of the

[23:07] Philistines although that was near for

[23:10] God say lest per Adventure the people

[23:12] repent when they see war and they return

[23:14] to Egypt but God led the people about

[23:17] through the way of the Wilderness of the

[23:19] Red Sea and the children of Israel went

[23:22] up harnessed out of the land of Egypt so

[23:26] God's plan there was shorter route

[23:30] there's a different way they could have

[23:32] taken but God's plan watch this now

[23:35] God's plan and God's timing and God's

[23:38] way was to bring him to the Red Sea

[23:41] Wilderness

[23:43] because he's going to show

[23:45] pharaoh who God is and who he is and

[23:50] he's going to show the nation of Israel

[23:52] that my plan if you'll trust my plan

[23:55] it'll always be perfect it won't always

[23:58] be easy but always be perfect so they

[24:02] took him to the Wilderness by the way of

[24:05] the Red Sea and God's ways are higher

[24:08] than our ways higher than mine his ways

[24:11] are not our ways and sometimes have you

[24:13] ever wondered God what are you

[24:15] doing why why are you doing it that way

[24:20] I wouldn't do it that way and God says I

[24:22] know that's why I'm God and you're

[24:25] not cuz if you were God or I were God

[24:28] we' do things a lot differently wouldn't

[24:32] we but it'd be

[24:35] wrong because we're not God number one

[24:37] but two we're sinful we'd mess it all

[24:41] up but God's ways are higher than mine

[24:44] and his ways are not our

[24:47] ways another thing to remember that in

[24:50] trusting God's plan is God's plan is for

[24:53] our good his glory and our growth

[24:58] it's for our good his glory and for our

[25:04] growth now nation of Israel they arrive

[25:07] in verse number

[25:10] 10 verse number

[25:13] 10 they see Pharaoh and his

[25:17] army

[25:18] they're

[25:20] sore

[25:23] afraid they're afraid of what they see

[25:27] coming but it's all part of God's

[25:30] plan and what looks on the horizon can

[25:32] look scary but if it's part of God's

[25:35] plan just trust him he knows what he's

[25:40] doing but if you're going to go forward

[25:42] the way God wants you to go forward in

[25:43] 202 you got to requ it requires trusting

[25:46] God's plan number two tonight it

[25:48] requires releasing the

[25:52] past it requires releasing the

[25:56] past the nation of Israel there

[25:59] free they're not in slavery

[26:03] anymore they are free

[26:07] people look what happens in verse number

[26:10] 11 they said unto

[26:12] Moses because there were no graves in

[26:15] Egypt thou Hast taken us away to die in

[26:17] the

[26:18] wilderness wherefore hast thou dealt

[26:21] thus with us to carry us forth out of

[26:24] Egypt is not this the word that we did

[26:27] tell thee in egyp eyp saying let us

[26:29] alone that we may serve the Egyptians

[26:31] for it had been better for us to serve

[26:34] the Egyptians that we should die in the

[26:38] wilderness excuse

[26:41] me

[26:43] really it would be better for you to be

[26:45] a

[26:47] slave than to be free men in the

[26:51] wilderness see it requires releasing the

[26:54] past listen they're still operating

[26:57] under the wrong m

[26:59] Master they're still operating under the

[27:02] wrong

[27:04] Master they're thinking in

[27:07] slavery but not living

[27:10] free they're thinking about the past

[27:13] they're thinking about what had been but

[27:17] listen they just come through the 10

[27:20] plagues they just seen God's

[27:23] provision they had just witnessed the

[27:25] death angel passing over them

[27:29] they had just seen a pillar of cloud by

[27:31] day and a pillar of Fire by

[27:34] Night they'd seen God do some great

[27:37] things

[27:40] already but as soon as they saw

[27:42] Pharaoh their thinking went

[27:46] back to their former

[27:52] life now it's

[27:55] interesting when God's people

[27:58] need to go forward for God but we spend

[28:01] a lot of time thinking about our old

[28:04] Master our old flesh our old sin

[28:09] nature and the way you gave into your

[28:11] flesh in 2024 don't do it in

[28:16] 20125 the Temptations you gave into in

[28:19] 2024 don't go forward doing the same

[28:23] sin give it to God the lack of faith you

[28:27] had in 201 24 move forward give it to

[28:32] God we see here in verse

[28:37] number8 the Lord hardened Pharaoh's

[28:39] heart but when Israel went out they went

[28:42] out with a high

[28:44] hand you study the high hand there they

[28:46] went out with praise they were excited

[28:49] Victory hallelujah we're

[28:53] free they left Egypt rejoicing

[28:58] two verses

[29:00] later they see Pharaoh and his army and

[29:03] they're sore

[29:06] afraid you know why that happened so

[29:09] easily for

[29:10] them because they're feeling driven

[29:14] instead of Faith

[29:16] driven if your feelings about God are

[29:20] the only thing that keeps you following

[29:23] God you're anchored in your feelings and

[29:26] not in your faith

[29:29] if your feelings go up and down and you

[29:31] find yourself lacking in faith because

[29:34] your feelings have come down you're

[29:37] anchored to your feelings and not to

[29:39] your

[29:41] faith difficult situations happen for

[29:44] believers but when you're anchored to

[29:46] the

[29:47] rock you can handle it may not always

[29:51] enjoy it but you can find faith in the

[29:56] Lord but in your your past if your

[29:59] spiritual life has been a spiritual

[30:01] roller coaster and you've had highand

[30:03] moments and then real discouraging

[30:06] moments and you quit on God in 2024 you

[30:11] quit reading your Bible or you quit

[30:13] praying or you got out of church for a

[30:15] little bit maybe you need to check and

[30:18] make sure you're not living your life by

[30:20] your

[30:21] feelings but by your faith and your love

[30:23] for

[30:25] God you got to make a decision if you're

[30:28] anchored in your feelings or if you're

[30:30] anchored in your faith your feelings

[30:33] will change from day to

[30:37] day but you got to leave that in the

[30:41] past letter C under number two

[30:44] tonight is found in verse number 10

[30:48] verse number 11 I should say they said

[30:51] unto Moses because there were no graves

[30:54] in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die

[30:56] in the wilderness wherefore hast thou

[30:58] dealt that with us to carry us forth out

[31:01] of

[31:02] Egypt is not this the word that we did

[31:04] tell thee in Egypt saying let us alone

[31:07] we may serve the Egyptians for if we it

[31:10] been better for us to serve the

[31:11] Egyptians then we should die in the

[31:15] wilderness letter C negative mindset is

[31:23] contagious if you hang around negative

[31:25] mindset people

[31:28] you're going to be

[31:31] negative negative mindset is

[31:35] contagious it always amazed me I'd take

[31:38] teenagers to

[31:40] camp we get to camp and we'd have one or

[31:43] two of those kids that are just negative

[31:45] about everything and we get to camp and

[31:48] there'd be 400 to 500 teenagers

[31:52] there and within the first five to six

[31:56] hours or one or two negative kids that

[31:59] came to Camp found the other negative

[32:02] kids at

[32:03] camp and became their best friend for

[32:06] the

[32:07] week they huddled up together you'd see

[32:10] them on a picnic table looking like

[32:12] their cat just

[32:14] died they're just mad at the

[32:19] world they didn't even know each other

[32:21] five minutes ago but now they're best

[32:24] friends for

[32:25] life they're just all negative

[32:29] negative mindset is

[32:32] contagious if you hang around people who

[32:34] are negative you gonna find yourself

[32:37] being

[32:39] negative so uh let's see Micah why don't

[32:42] you come on up here

[32:44] Micah and uh brother Ricky can I borrow

[32:48] you

[32:49] too all right brother Ricky you come up

[32:51] here on the platform Michel you can stay

[32:53] down there on the floor so brother Ricky

[32:56] he's he's trying to live for the Lord

[32:57] he's trying to do what's right Mike come

[32:59] stand over here right in front of him

[33:01] now Mike has been lifting some weights

[33:03] here recently and he's a pretty solid

[33:05] fell and so Micah would you turn around

[33:07] and face say face Ricky there so Ricky I

[33:10] want you to grab a hold of Micah's arms

[33:12] and try to lift him up because you're

[33:14] encouraging you're trying to lift him up

[33:16] to where you're at and Micah you just

[33:20] resist all

[33:23] right kind of hard I mean Mike is pretty

[33:26] solid Rick is trying to get up trying to

[33:28] encourage him now Micah grab a hold of

[33:31] Ricky's hands uh did you sign the

[33:34] waiver okay he said I do all right all

[33:37] right Micah Micah's negative Micah pull

[33:41] him down all

[33:43] right now you've seen me use this

[33:45] illustration

[33:47] often this happens every day with the

[33:49] people you're around you try to be an

[33:52] encouragement and bring people up it's a

[33:54] lot of hard

[33:55] work but it's real easy for that same

[33:58] person with the negative mindset to pull

[34:00] you down real quick you guys can be

[34:02] seated thank you for

[34:03] helping and we see the illustration

[34:05] often but listen that's how it is in our

[34:07] life if you're hanging around people

[34:09] that are pulling you down all the time

[34:11] and are discouraging you you're going to

[34:14] find yourself

[34:17] discouraged it's kind of like the people

[34:19] that all they do is watch the news they

[34:22] get

[34:25] discouraged and it it can be

[34:28] sad and you can get

[34:32] overwhelmed or you can choose to do like

[34:35] David and can encourage yourself in the

[34:37] Lord in the word of

[34:40] God but if you've got a negative mindset

[34:43] leave it in last

[34:46] year don't bring it into this year God's

[34:50] got exciting plans for 2025 and if

[34:53] you're going to be negative about it

[34:54] leave it in 2024

[34:57] how do I know cuz he still is not

[35:00] returned yet which means there's work to

[35:03] be done there's lives to be changed

[35:05] their souls to be one and he put you

[35:08] here to do it so don't get

[35:12] Negative

[35:15] Rejoice so the nation of Israel they're

[35:19] negative been better for us been better

[35:21] for us to serve Egypt to be

[35:26] slaves so most

[35:28] Moes he hears them verse 13 Moses said

[35:32] unto the people fear ye not stand still

[35:36] see the salvation of the Lord which he

[35:39] will show to you this day for the

[35:41] Egyptians whom ye have seen today you

[35:43] shall see them again no more forever the

[35:46] Lord shall fight for you and ye shall

[35:49] hold your

[35:52] peace

[35:53] wow good statement Moses good pep talk

[35:58] well that's because of what happened in

[35:59] verses

[36:01] 1-4 God already told him what he's going

[36:03] to

[36:04] do God already told him look at verse

[36:07] four I will harden Pharaoh's heart that

[36:09] he shall follow after them and I will be

[36:11] honored upon pharaoh and upon all his

[36:13] host that the Egyptians may know that I

[36:14] am the

[36:17] Lord who did he tell that to look at

[36:19] verse one Lord spake unto

[36:21] Moses Moses is what I'm going to do I'm

[36:24] going to lead you to this place and when

[36:27] you get there there I'm going to leave

[36:29] you there till Pharaoh comes Pharaoh's

[36:32] going to come cuz I'm going to harden

[36:34] his heart and when he comes I'm going to

[36:38] show him that I'm the

[36:41] Lord so Moses just trusted

[36:44] God and he said to the people the Lord

[36:48] shall fight for you and you shall hold

[36:51] your

[36:53] peace but I love the next

[36:55] verse and the Lord

[36:58] said unto Moses wherefore criest thou

[37:01] unto me now when somebody cries unto the

[37:04] Lord what are they usually

[37:07] doing come on Church help me out if

[37:10] someone's crying unto the Lord what are

[37:11] they usually

[37:14] doing they're

[37:16] praying we're crying out to the lord

[37:18] they're

[37:19] praying so the Lord says un

[37:22] Moses why you praying

[37:27] then this is what he tells him speaking

[37:30] of the children of Israel that they go

[37:35] forward

[37:37] Moses what are you praying

[37:39] for get the people up we're

[37:42] going it's time to

[37:44] move if you're going to go forward in

[37:46] 2025 Point number three tonight it

[37:48] requires

[37:51] action God will do what he will

[37:55] do and then you need to do what you

[37:58] should

[37:59] do now when I went off to Bible

[38:02] College I worked at a

[38:06] restaurant and right not very far from

[38:08] our College was a mall I know some of

[38:11] you don't know what that is because

[38:12] they're kind of going out but there was

[38:15] a mall had stores and restaurants and

[38:17] all sorts of stuff in it and we come

[38:20] back and there was a guy in my freshman

[38:22] class and we have Monday night devotion

[38:25] night in the dorm and we take prayer

[38:28] request and got and say guys pray that I

[38:30] pray I get a job all right we're going

[38:32] to pray pray for this guy that gets a

[38:34] job okay every Monday night dormed pray

[38:38] I get a job pray I get a job all right

[38:40] we're praying you get a job we're

[38:42] praying Lord get him a job Lord help him

[38:45] find the job help him get a

[38:47] job about six weeks in he's still asking

[38:52] prayer guys pray that I get a job pray

[38:55] that I get a job it's like all right

[38:56] we're praying I remember one night in

[38:58] door devotions there's two or three of

[39:00] us we're praying with

[39:01] him we're we're down in the center of

[39:04] our dormatory and we're we're praying

[39:06] Lord give him the job that he needs Lord

[39:08] give him a job he's he's been praying

[39:10] for a job Lord to get you know we're

[39:11] we're freshman in Bible College so we

[39:13] think we know everything even though we

[39:16] didn't we're praying for this guy to get

[39:18] a

[39:20] job my boss tells me hey I'm getting a

[39:22] second

[39:23] store I worked at a Chick-fil-A he said

[39:25] I'm getting a second store and I'm going

[39:27] to be hiring a bunch of Staff if you

[39:29] know anybody looking for a job would you

[39:31] let them

[39:33] know so I I went to the guy said hey my

[39:37] boss at chickfila he's getting a second

[39:39] store here in Greenwood he's going to be

[39:40] hiring a bunch of

[39:42] people you should put in the

[39:45] application he said okay I'm praying

[39:47] that God will give me a job and then I

[39:48] said by the

[39:50] way where are have you all applied to he

[39:53] goes oh

[39:55] nowhere I said what he said

[39:58] nowhere he said I'm just going to pray

[40:00] it down now I just walked

[40:04] away because I thought this guy's

[40:08] crazy but if I had the opportunity again

[40:11] I'd have looked at him and said you're

[40:13] praying it down what are you praying for

[40:17] are you praying that somebody's going to

[40:18] call you one day and say I got a job for

[40:20] you is that what we wanted to hear his

[40:22] response yeah that's what I'm praying

[40:23] for really how are they going to call

[40:25] you if they don't have your number

[40:28] how they going to call you if they don't

[40:30] know you just praying one down doesn't

[40:33] work you got to go put an application

[40:35] in so requires action to go forward God

[40:39] told the nation of Israel get up that's

[40:42] what go forward and talking about get up

[40:44] get your stuff get ready now required

[40:48] action to go forward he say you got to

[40:50] get up you got to go forward God parted

[40:52] the Red

[40:55] Sea but they had to step across on dry

[40:59] Ground God did what he did he opened the

[41:03] waters up he made it available for

[41:07] them now what would have happened if

[41:09] somebody saw the Red Sea part and said

[41:12] ah I'm just going to stay

[41:15] here staying on the wrong side of the

[41:19] Red

[41:20] Sea would not have been good for their

[41:23] life with Pharaoh's Army coming

[41:30] would not have been wise it's the same

[41:33] thing when God says I want you to go

[41:35] forward in this year I want you to step

[41:37] out in New Territory I want you to do

[41:39] more things for God I want you to live

[41:41] for me I want you to go forward for me

[41:43] and you say Okay God I'm willing to do

[41:45] that but I'm just going to wait until I

[41:49] know that is time to

[41:52] go when God already said go

[41:55] forward okay Lord I'll do that and we

[42:01] stay in our

[42:03] seat if you stay on the wrong side of

[42:06] your Red Sea it is not good for your

[42:09] life now I don't know what the Red Sea

[42:12] is for you it could be an obstacle that

[42:15] is in front of you something that is

[42:18] keeping you from what God wants you to

[42:19] do yet but if God's going to open up the

[42:23] Red Sea you got to take action to step

[42:25] out and go and when God calls you

[42:28] forward you need to go

[42:30] forward so the nation of Israel God

[42:34] opens up the

[42:35] waters and they go forward and they see

[42:39] the salvation of the Lord so in

[42:42] 2025 God wants us to go forward you're

[42:46] dealing with a sin problem God wants you

[42:48] to leave it behind and go forward for

[42:50] God you struggling with reading your

[42:52] Bible that was last year let's leave it

[42:55] in last year let's dedicate ourselves

[42:58] that today I'll be in God's word today

[43:01] hey a New Year's resolution doesn't work

[43:03] for

[43:04] believers you know what you need you

[43:06] need a daily

[43:09] solution you don't need a New Year's

[43:11] resolution you need a daily solution

[43:13] take an action every single day I really

[43:16] want to pray more well then pray

[43:19] today I really want to read my Bible

[43:22] more then read it

[43:24] today it it's not a Red Sea out there

[43:29] it's a step forward that God wants you

[43:30] to

[43:31] take so God wants you to move forward so

[43:35] you got to trust God's plan sometimes we

[43:38] don't understand what his plan is and

[43:40] how it works but we know it's always

[43:42] right it's for our good for our growth

[43:46] and for his

[43:48] glory so tonight as we think about the

[43:51] nation of Israel what does God want you

[43:54] to go forward in in 2025

[43:58] I know God's got big plans for everybody

[44:00] in the room know how I know that because

[44:02] you're still

[44:05] breathing God didn't have plans for you

[44:07] in 2025 he'd take you home to

[44:13] Heaven that's kind of rude way to say it

[44:17] but it's true if God didn't have plans

[44:20] to use you in 20125 for the cause of

[44:22] Christ he take you home to heaven but if

[44:24] you're still breathing he's not through

[44:26] with you yet

[44:27] he's still got plans to use

[44:30] you is this preacher's opinion that he

[44:33] wants his church to go forward in

[44:35] 2025 I think there's some doorways being

[44:38] open in our government for us to go

[44:39] forward in 2025 I think God's at work

[44:43] and we ought to pay attention we ought

[44:45] to go forward for God so moving forward

[44:49] to do something big for God in 2025

[44:51] there's three things requires trusting

[44:53] God's plan requires releasing your past

[44:57] and it requires taking action my friend

[44:59] if you'll do that you'll see God use

[45:01] some great things in your life in 2025

[45:05] trust him let go of the past the Apostle

[45:08] Paul said forgetting those things which

[45:10] are behind and reaching forth to those

[45:11] things which are before I press toward

[45:14] the mark your past can either anchor you

[45:17] or drive you it's your

[45:20] choice it can either anchor you or drive

[45:23] you it is your choice you can either

[45:25] take your past and push Propel forward

[45:28] for God or you can let it hold you back

[45:30] from serving God it's your choice what

[45:33] you do would you bow your heads

[45:42] tonight what does God want you to go

[45:44] forward in doing in

[45:49] 2025 maybe your Red Sea is your negative

[45:55] mindset you find yourself struggling

[45:57] with negativity give it to God and leave

[46:00] it in last year don't go into this year

[46:03] carrying a negative mindset give it to

[46:06] God maybe some weakness in your prayer

[46:08] life give it to God ask him for help

[46:11] whatever God's calling you to do would

[46:13] you go

[46:14] forward heavenly father I pray your will

[46:16] be done during this invitation time help

[46:19] us to respond as you would see fit in

[46:21] your name I pray amen as Brother Sam

[46:24] leads us would you do business with God

[46:26] tonight

[46:27] Jesus Keep Me Near The

[46:32] Cross there a precious

[46:38] Fountain free to all a heing

[46:44] stream flows from calvary's

[46:50] Mountain in the

[46:53] cross in the cross

[46:57] be my

[46:59] glory

[47:02] ever till my raptured soul shall

[47:08] find rest beyond the

[47:15] riv near The Cross o Lamb of God bring

[47:23] it SE

[47:25] before me

[47:28] help me walk from day to

[47:33] day with it Shadows

[47:37] or

[47:38] me in the

[47:41] cross in the

[47:44] cross be my glory

[47:50] ever till my raptured soul shall find

[47:57] rest beyond the

[48:00] river all God's people

[48:04] said amen praise the Lord want to give

[48:07] you some prayer requests tonight I want

[48:08] to thank you for praying for my mom

[48:10] today she had her knee replacement

[48:12] surgery today and everything went well

[48:15] we had a battle yesterday the insurance

[48:18] company decided they didn't want to pay

[48:19] for her surgery yesterday and then they

[48:22] we worked it out they got it fixed to

[48:24] where they said we'll pay for the

[48:25] surgery and so they went and she had

[48:28] surgery today but in the process of

[48:31] getting everything reapproved the

[48:33] insurance company didn't not approve her

[48:35] pain medication and so they are working

[48:38] with the insurance company as of about

[48:40] 4:30 this afternoon they've been working

[48:43] with the insurance company to she's got

[48:45] a nerve block right now but that's going

[48:47] to wear off and so pray for her that the

[48:50] insurance company will approve that and

[48:52] she'll get the medication for that to

[48:54] help her as she recovers she's doing

[48:56] really well talked to her today in fact

[48:58] last time I was talking to her uh she

[49:00] handed the phone to my dad and said I

[49:02] got to go up the steps to the house so

[49:03] she was getting into the house and after

[49:06] surgery this afternoon so thank you for

[49:08] praying for her pray for her

[49:10] recovery U Miss Kathy kubisi said to

[49:14] thank you for praying for her mom she

[49:16] had her surgery today uh with the cancer

[49:19] surgery it went very well uh there was a

[49:22] good margin between the tumor and the

[49:25] part of the stomach they had to remove

[49:26] so they do believe they got all of it so

[49:29] they thank the Lord for that and she is

[49:32] doing so well they said normally we send

[49:33] them to ICU then to a regular room and

[49:37] they send her straight to a regular room

[49:38] she's doing really well and Kathy said

[49:41] she knows it's just because God's people

[49:42] have been praying so continue to pray

[49:44] for her mom's recovery and that she'll

[49:47] continue to get stronger so but

[49:48] appreciate you praying for that please

[49:50] pray for brother Glenn about a week and

[49:52] a half ago brother Glenn when we had the

[49:54] ice was coming out on his back fored to

[49:57] check some things out for his mom

[49:59] slipped and fell and hurt part of his

[50:01] chest a little bit went to the doctor on

[50:04] Monday he has two broken ribs and

[50:07] pneumonia and so the pressure from that

[50:10] kind of caused some pneumonia so pray

[50:11] for brother Glenn Peters as he recovers

[50:14] from broken ribs and pneumonia continue

[50:16] to pray for paty Boer recovering also

[50:18] from broken ribs uh we'd appreciate that

[50:21] as well pastor's wife that uh we worked

[50:25] with in Indiana out and Susan Pierce um

[50:29] she had her appointment today with the

[50:31] cancer doctor and the doctor came back

[50:35] they're waiting on the Hearst 2 test

[50:37] which will come back um so far they

[50:41] that'll determine what the stage of

[50:43] cancer she does have right now they've

[50:45] gathered her at stage 2A so they're

[50:48] going to do an MRI with the oncologist

[50:51] they're going to put a port in and then

[50:53] they start chemotherapy for 16 to 18 18

[50:57] weeks and so Then followed that with a

[51:01] complete masectomy so pray for her and

[51:04] possible radiation so they were telling

[51:07] their church tonight letting them know

[51:09] all the details but at the end of her

[51:11] message she said to thank our church for

[51:13] praying for her uh she appreciates that

[51:16] so pray for The Pierces Allan and Susan

[51:19] Pierce especially Miss Susan as she

[51:21] battles cancer during this time uh pray

[51:24] for their church right now northern park

[51:26] Baptist Church I believe they have six

[51:29] people if that sound right Jennifer six

[51:31] people battling cancer right now in

[51:33] their church and so a lot of folks doing

[51:36] treatments a lot of folks having

[51:38] oncologist appointments so really pray

[51:40] for their Church up there in Indiana we

[51:43] greatly appreciate that and then

[51:45] continue to pray for Brother Rick

[51:46] Franklin as he's recovering from his

[51:48] knee surgery and getting better with

[51:51] that and Pain Management all of those

[51:53] things um brother Danny's under the the

[51:56] weather today so pray for him uh some

[51:59] other folks messaged me before church

[52:01] they're also under the weather so a lot

[52:03] of folks battling a lot of different

[52:04] things so pray for them if you would and

[52:07] pray for one another and excited about

[52:10] this coming Sunday pray for our young

[52:12] people uh Saturday morning they'll be

[52:14] traveling uh up to Tulsa to go to a

[52:17] youth rally be there brother pray for

[52:19] brother Dave heter he's a preacher and

[52:22] looking forward to a great time for the

[52:24] young people there I think brother Jesse

[52:26] told me with all the workers and

[52:27] everyone they got about 20 going now and

[52:29] so I had some new ones came in and so

[52:32] praise the Lord for that so you pray for

[52:33] them as they travel that everything will

[52:35] be smooth traveling for them there and

[52:37] back and God will protect them on the

[52:39] roads there and so pray for our young

[52:42] people as they go out and if we'd have

[52:44] had them all uh all in uh we've got some

[52:47] that are sick if we'd have had them all

[52:48] in we'd have had 25 26 and so praise the

[52:51] Lord for the young people getting

[52:53] involved coming to the rallies and so

[52:55] pray for some of our young people that

[52:56] are going uh they've been coming to

[52:59] church and some of them are not quite

[53:01] sure about their salvation yet so pray

[53:03] maybe Saturday they'll get saved at the

[53:05] rally that'd be a great opportunity

[53:07] there and so continue to pray for Miss

[53:09] Robbie she's been battling sickness and

[53:11] she's going to have upcoming surgery

[53:13] soon as we get her well from this

[53:14] they're going to plan their gallbladder

[53:16] surgery so continue to pray for her

[53:18] Contin pray for Miss Judy and be an

[53:21] encouragement to her uh if you have her

[53:23] number give her a call I know sometimes

[53:24] it's hard to reach her in the morning

[53:26] time

[53:26] so the afternoon seems to work a little

[53:28] bit better and so if you have her number

[53:31] you can give her a call or if you need

[53:33] the room number an address for the place

[53:35] she's at you can see me I'll get that

[53:37] information to you you can send her a

[53:39] card she's going to be there a while uh

[53:41] when you have surgery on a broken foot

[53:43] on the bottom of your foot to repair

[53:46] some of that it takes a while to heal

[53:48] before you can put pressure on that and

[53:51] so they're not for sure exactly how long

[53:53] but we heard today it could be 10 to 12

[53:57] weeks uh of recovery up there and so

[54:00] we'll see what the Lord does so really

[54:02] pray for Miss Judy be an encouragement

[54:04] to her so pray for her uh if you would

[54:07] as well I got a message from uh my

[54:11] extended family uh they've got a loved

[54:14] one that they're concerned about praying

[54:16] for and trying to encourage them in the

[54:18] Lord and so if you'd pray for that one

[54:21] um it's it's a heavy request and so

[54:24] really pray for that we'd appreciate

[54:26] that that uh part of my wife's family

[54:28] and so be in prayer for that if you

[54:30] would that'd be a major um you know they

[54:33] knew our church would pray if they asked

[54:35] us and so they asked us to pray so if

[54:37] you can pray for one of my wife's family

[54:39] members uh that they're they're trying

[54:41] to reach someone uh for the Lord so you

[54:44] pray for them they'd appreciate that and

[54:47] so continue to pray for one another and

[54:49] all those that have been sick and

[54:51] everyone else so any prayer requests on

[54:53] this side over here yes sir brother

[54:54] Chris brother Chris has unspoken all

[54:57] right anyone else over here okay Miss

[55:02] Jennifer

[55:04] yes

[55:09] yes yeah I mentioned her just a second

[55:12] ago it's all right so she just Tunes my

[55:16] voice out at times it just happens so

[55:18] pray she said make sure we continue to

[55:20] pray for Miss py as we mentioned that

[55:23] fell with the broken ribs but also

[55:25] emberlin um the situation she's dealing

[55:28] with um the court case um they released

[55:32] uh part of that and so but her her

[55:34] daughter is still dealing with some

[55:35] health issues so continue to pray for

[55:38] that and then we had another person

[55:40] contact us that their grandchild's

[55:42] having some major health issues so would

[55:44] you pray for their grandchild as well

[55:47] and uh just be in prayer for them trying

[55:49] to they gone to a couple different

[55:51] pediatricians trying to figure out

[55:52] what's going on but if you'd pray for

[55:54] that person's grandchild uh we greatly

[55:57] appreciate that as well as also for

[56:00] emberlin and her daughter in that

[56:02] situation brother Isaac I saw your

[56:07] hand

[56:09] okay brother Isaac's job situation going

[56:11] on there I pray for that situation there

[56:14] anyone else good to see brother Billy uh

[56:16] he's getting better and so glad to see

[56:18] him tonight in church thankful that he's

[56:20] here all right anybody over here on this

[56:23] side this section over here brother Josh

[56:26] Josh has unspoken all right anybody else

[56:29] over

[56:31] here unspoken what was the name again of

[56:34] the gentleman you mentioned to me last

[56:37] week Mike Brandt that's right so pray

[56:41] for Mike Brandt he's battling cancer as

[56:43] well and so U talked with the cases

[56:47] today uh brother Joe did go to how a

[56:50] neurologist appointment where they kind

[56:51] of did some paperwork uh he is home he

[56:54] is walking better and so that's good

[56:57] that's progress uh still having some

[57:00] other issues that he's dealing with but

[57:01] he is up and able to get up and get

[57:05] walking so praise the Lord for that uh

[57:07] they are setting up some things

[57:08] insurance is working on home health and

[57:10] some other things to help with what's

[57:12] going on with him so continue to pray

[57:14] for him continue to pray for Pat as she

[57:16] has the chemotherapy treatment uh for

[57:19] her cancer as well and so keep all those

[57:22] requests mind anything on the live

[57:23] stream tonight any requests made mention

[57:25] there

[57:26] all right continue to pray for the

[57:28] whites Miss Leah and brother Tim and

[57:30] everything going on with Miss Leah there

[57:32] and continue to pray for the windborn

[57:34] and their family and the health issues

[57:36] they've had going on and then U brother

[57:39] Wy head recovering from surgery pray for

[57:42] his speedy recovery uh he's trying to

[57:44] get back up on his feet so uh he was at

[57:47] class today right in his in a wheelchair

[57:50] our crutches so he's in crutches going

[57:53] up and down steps and stuff and uh

[57:56] trying to get in out of Bible college

[57:58] classes so pray for him pray for all the

[58:00] other college students and pray for one

[58:03] another all right so I want to encourage

[58:04] you let's take some time together to

[58:07] pray uh continue to pray for Miss

[58:09] Cindy's dad uh he's recovering from his

[58:12] knee replacement surgery as well uh but

[58:14] continue to pray for him as well so pray

[58:17] right where you're at and do some

[58:19] talking to the Lord tonight and then

[58:21] when you're done praying uh you can be

[58:23] dismissed tonight let's spend some time

[58:26] praying for your church family praying

[58:27] for one another and then when you're

[58:29] done praying you are dismissed this

[58:55] evening

[59:25] e for