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There are a lot of things I 45 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 4: would describe as barely free. They usually sound something like 46 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 4: seven day free trial or subscribe and get the first 47 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 4: month free. The truth is these things are not free. 48 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 4: That workout plan those extra filters, they're barely free. Trust me, 49 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 4: I've learned. The first week is great, but when a 50 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 4: few months go by and they're still charging you, you'll 51 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 4: realize this is not what I signed up for. A 52 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 4: friend of mine said he accidentally spent the last six 53 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 4: months subscribe to free legaldocuments dot com because he needed 54 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 4: one form. That friend may or may not have been 55 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 4: pastor Nick, but the point is it ended up costing 56 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 4: him over one hundred dollars. If we don't cancel those subscriptions, 57 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 4: those hidden charges start to add up. There's a difference 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 4: between barely free and abundantly free in life. Many of 59 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 4: us know God's promised us freedom, but we find ourselves 60 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 4: living barely free. We've accepted those hidden charges, allowed those things, 61 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 4: and just thought that this is the way it will 62 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 4: always be. We're paying for things we never intended to. 63 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 4: Maybe it's a constant battle with guilt, anxiety, or addiction. 64 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 4: It could be because of how we were raised, what 65 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 4: was passed down, what we experienced growing up, or maybe 66 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: it's because of mistakes we've made. It's easy for disappointments 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 4: and failures to cause us to develop a barely free lifestyle, 68 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 4: one where we don't pray bold prayers and believe for 69 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 4: our dreams, one where we shrink back in fear rather 70 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 4: than step up to our calling. We think we've messed 71 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 4: up too many times to receive God's goodness. We settle 72 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 4: for barely free. But that's not God's plan for our lives. 73 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: Jesus didn't take on the cross so that we could 74 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 4: live under the weight of what we've been through. He 75 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 4: didn't rise from the grave so that we could struggle 76 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 4: with addiction the rest of our lives. And he didn't 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 4: ask us to be perfect in order to experience the 78 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 4: kind of life he wants to give us us. Ephesians 79 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 4: one says, because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, we're 80 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 4: a free people, and not just barely free, either, abundantly free. 81 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 4: This is the promise we can stand on in every 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 4: area of our lives, free from fear, free from worry, 83 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 4: free from unforgiveness. Whatever might be limiting you. Abundantly free 84 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 4: has it covered, but we have to allow it to 85 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 4: take root in our hearts and minds. As long as 86 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 4: we accept those hidden charges, learn to live with what's 87 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 4: holding us back. It's not going to change tonight. God 88 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: wants to cancel those subscriptions. He wants to cancel anxiety 89 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 4: and insecurity. He wants to cancel the thought that says 90 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 4: this will never change. Those things do not have to 91 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 4: cost us anymore. The price has been paid in full. 92 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 4: What's happened in the past doesn't define your future. People 93 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 4: in your family may have struggled with certain things, but 94 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 4: you can be the one to set a new standard. 95 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 4: Because of Jesus, we're not barely free, we're abundantly free. 96 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 4: That means we're not just free in one area. God's 97 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 4: design is not for us to be free on the 98 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 4: outside but captive by the negative way we see ourselves. 99 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 4: It's not for us to have a successful career but 100 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 4: be bound by addiction. Who the sun sets free is free. Indeed, 101 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 4: one translation says unquestionably free. Let's receive that into our spirit. 102 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 4: We're not barely free, we're unquestionably free. We're not learning 103 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 4: to live with the things that keep us from our potential. 104 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: We're not going to accept what causes us to stay 105 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 4: in mediocrity. We don't have to settle for less than 106 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 4: God's best. The dysfunction, the depression, the barely free mindset 107 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 4: have to go. The way things are is not how 108 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 4: they will always be. Those subscriptions have been canceled. This 109 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: is our time to live abundantly free. The Israelites, we're 110 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: in slavery for four hundred and thirty years, generation after general. 111 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 4: They were mistreated and looked down on. They were given 112 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: impossible tasks and punished when they weren't able to fulfill them. 113 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 4: This was not the life they had hoped for. They 114 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 4: were miserable, and there was no end in sight. Until 115 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 4: God said to a man named Moses, I have seen 116 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 4: the affliction of my people, and I've heard their cry. 117 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 4: I know their pain and suffering. So I've come down 118 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 4: to rescue them and bring them to a good land 119 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 4: with wide open spaces. Every moment the Israelites spent in 120 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 4: that place of captivity, God saw them through every hurt, 121 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 4: every difficulty, every tear. He was there. He knew every 122 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 4: unfair situation, every mistake they've made, every lonely night. Many 123 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,239 Speaker 4: of us know the Gods with us in the good times, 124 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 4: but sometimes when we're in the middle of our mess, 125 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 4: we start to wonder where he's gone. We can feel 126 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 4: like the Israelites, trapped with no end in sight. We 127 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 4: start to think barely free is all there is. Through 128 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 4: this verse we see the truth is God has been 129 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 4: with us all along. He's hurt every cry, he knows 130 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 4: every pain. He's close to the broken hearted. And the 131 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 4: best part is when God sees his children in trouble, 132 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 4: he doesn't sit back and watch from a distance. He says, 133 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 4: enough is enough. I'm going to do something about it. 134 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 4: I'm coming down to rescue them. God loves you too 135 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 4: much to let you live captive to hopelessness or anxiety 136 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 4: the rest of your life. Maybe you feel like you've 137 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 4: been in that place a long time. God sees you 138 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 4: and he doesn't intend for you to stay there. The 139 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 4: Israelites were slaves for hundreds of years. The oppressor was 140 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 4: much more powerful than they were. In reality, they had 141 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 4: no chance on their own. The enemy was too great, 142 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 4: it had been too long. They couldn't take on an army. 143 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 4: But God stepped in and said, enough is enough. I've 144 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 4: come down to deliver you. Let my people go. He 145 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 4: sent a supernatural force to set them for in the 146 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: same way, the enemy we're facing may be much more 147 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 4: powerful than us. We can think I don't have a 148 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 4: chance against this sickness, this addiction, this financial trouble. I've 149 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: tried everything. I don't see how I could be truly free. 150 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 4: But don't discount the power of God. Don't rule out 151 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 4: the one who does the impossible. Don't give up on him, 152 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 4: because he hasn't given up on you. He has seen 153 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 4: everything you've been through, and this is not how your 154 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 4: story ends. He's going to deliver you from that place. 155 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 4: He's gonna make things happen that you couldn't do on 156 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 4: your own. By face, he's here tonight to say enough 157 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 4: is enough. Enough with fear, enough, with lack, enough, with inadequacy. 158 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 4: These things can't hold you back anymore. I haven't come 159 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 4: so that you could just barely get by. I've set 160 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: you abundantly free. Let's get in agreement with God. Let's 161 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 4: invite him to step in. What he did for the Israelites, 162 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 4: he can do for us. Imagine by faith that ever 163 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 4: force that's held you back is bowing to his power. 164 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 4: Imagine every chain is broken, that every enemy has been defeated. 165 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 4: We thought we didn't stand a chance, But the truth 166 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 4: is those things that worry that addiction don't stand a 167 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 4: chance against him. We think the problem looks big. Think 168 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 4: how it looks to the God who created the universe, 169 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 4: the one who is on your side. It's just a 170 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 4: miracle waiting to happen. He's gonna step in and turn 171 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 4: things around. He's gonna show up and make a way. 172 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 4: That's what he does, That's who he is. Even in 173 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 4: the face of oppression, we should declare I am abundantly 174 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 4: free because our God is faithful to his promise. Moses 175 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 4: led the Israelites out of that place of captivity, but 176 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 4: they weren't even that far gone when the ruler decided 177 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 4: to change his mind. We can imagine how excited they 178 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 4: must have been to make their first journey as a 179 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 4: free people. But now they've found out their former master 180 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 4: has gone back on his word. Not only that, but 181 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 4: an army from the land they were delivered from came 182 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 4: chasing after them. In other words, the past came chasing 183 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: after them, the things they had been through, the people 184 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 4: that had hurt them, the mistakes they had made. The 185 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 4: past will always try to track us down and convince 186 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 4: us to live barely free. It'll say things like you 187 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 4: come from a long line of abuse. Look what you've done. 188 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 4: Don't you know what they said was true? The past 189 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 4: doesn't want to let us go. It would rather we 190 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 4: live bitter and discouraged, thinking I'll always struggle with this. 191 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: It limits the way we live in the present and 192 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 4: the dreams we have for the future. It stops us 193 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 4: from loving people and enjoying life. That's the essence of 194 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 4: barely free, and it's the very thing Jesus came to 195 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 4: put an end to. We all have negative things behind us, 196 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 4: but we serve a God of new beginnings. He has 197 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 4: mercy for our mistakes, beauty for our ashes. The Bible 198 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 4: says he's removed our sin. As far as the east 199 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 4: is from the west. He can heal, he can restore, 200 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 4: he can redeem. What's happened to us doesn't determine who 201 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 4: we are. God calls us his children, and nothing can 202 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 4: separate us from that love. The army may chase after us, 203 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 4: but we don't belong to them. We don't have to 204 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 4: be a slave to the past one more day. So 205 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 4: let's do our part and stop thinking about it. Let 206 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 4: go of who you used to be. Quit dwelling on 207 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 4: the mistakes, reliving every hurt. This is a new day. 208 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 4: We need you here. God doesn't want us constantly looking 209 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 4: over our shoulder, replaying what went wrong, thinking through every 210 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 4: what if. Negative things will always remind us of what 211 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 4: came before and distract us from what lies ahead. They'll 212 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 4: keep us living in fear or self pity rather than faith. 213 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 4: We have to know the future God has for us 214 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 4: is too important to spend another day looking back. He's 215 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 4: put purpose and destiny ahead of us. We wouldn't be 216 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 4: alive if he didn't have great things in store. How 217 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: can we live passionately for what's ahead of us if 218 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 4: we're always looking over our shoulder. We have to choose 219 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 4: between God's plan and our past. We don't have enough 220 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 4: time to concern ourselves with both. The truth is we 221 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 4: can't do anything to change the past. But God has said, 222 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: I'll trade you your past from my plan. I'll take 223 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 4: care of that. Your future is what's important to me. 224 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 4: I want to do something great with your life. Now. 225 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 4: We have to decide to live like our future is 226 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 4: as important to us as it is to God. That 227 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 4: means letting go of some hurts, forgiving others, forgiving ourselves. 228 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 4: There are people God wants you to reach prayers. He 229 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 4: wants you to pray lives. He wants you to change. 230 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 4: He asks for our full attention on what He's doing, 231 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 4: not what we've done. Sometimes we get so concerned with 232 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 4: looking back that we don't even consider God might be 233 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 4: trying to do something through it. He can use that 234 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 4: setback as a setup for something greater. He can take 235 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 4: what kept us bound and cause it to break someone 236 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 4: else's chains. He works all things out for good. Let's 237 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 4: allow him to by fixing our eyes on what's ahead. 238 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 4: The plans he has for us are too important to 239 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 4: pass up. Your future is too valuable to spend another 240 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 4: day living in the past. Make that trade. Choose God's plan, 241 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 4: Let him use your past, and watch his purpose unfold 242 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 4: in your life. When the Israelites backs were against the wall, 243 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 4: the army was closing in, and it looked like they 244 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 4: had nowhere to go. God hearted the Red sea and 245 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 4: led them to the other side. When the army tried 246 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: to follow them through, the water came crashing down and 247 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: eliminated the very force that held them captive. God didn't 248 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 4: want them to live like runaways, always wondering when they caught. 249 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 4: He took care of the enemy once and for all 250 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 4: in the same way. He's done that for us. We 251 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 4: don't have to live like we're on the run, like 252 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 4: any day that old sickness or worry might show up 253 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 4: again to take us back. He's dealt with it. Those 254 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 4: chains have been broken. Those former strongholds have no power 255 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 4: over us. We're not barely free, we're abundantly free. But 256 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: even after all the God's done, if we don't see 257 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 4: ourselves the right way, it can keep us from our destiny. 258 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 4: The Israelites saw God perform incredible signs and wonders to 259 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: bring them out of slavery. They saw him split the 260 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: sea in two. After that, he rained down manna from 261 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 4: the sky and brought water out of a rock. He 262 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 4: provided everything they needed. At this point, we would think 263 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 4: the Israelites would be full of faith, ready to take 264 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 4: the land God wanted to give them. But when they 265 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 4: saw how intimidating the people that stood in their way were, 266 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 4: they told Moses, we don't stand a chance. We'll never 267 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 4: defeat them. Enemy is too great. Does this sound familiar? 268 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 4: Even after all the Israelites had been through, after all 269 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 4: they had seen God, do they still saw themselves as 270 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 4: barely free. They even went as far as to say, 271 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 4: let's just go back to where we came from. Let's 272 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 4: go back to being slaves. God had brought them out 273 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: of slavery, but slavery never got out of them. When 274 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 4: they looked in the mirror, they didn't see someone who 275 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 4: was blessed, redeemed, chosen more than a conqueror. All they 276 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 4: saw was a former slave. They didn't believe they could 277 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: take the Promised Land. They didn't realize God had an 278 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 4: amazing future ahead of them. The way they saw themselves 279 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 4: limited what God was able to do in their lives. 280 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 4: They had been step free from the place of bondage, 281 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 4: but not the perspective of it. What they didn't understand 282 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 4: is that with God, our original state is abundantly free. 283 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 4: Through Him we become new creations and daughters of the King. 284 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 4: Abundantly free is not what we're striving for. It's what 285 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 4: we're living from. Jesus came to establish that long before 286 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 4: we were ever born. We have to see ourselves the 287 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 4: way He does. From our original state. You're not an 288 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 4: addict struggling to get free. You're a free person overcoming 289 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 4: an addiction. You're not a sick person. Trying to get well. 290 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 4: You're healthy and fighting off sickness. You're not the child 291 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 4: of a broken home. You're the child of a most 292 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 4: high God, full of purpose and destiny. We were created 293 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 4: to be free, whole, secure. We all have things that 294 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 4: have come against us, but long before any of that, 295 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: our heavenly Father determined who we really were. Forces may 296 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 4: try to stop us, but it's only a matter of 297 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 4: time before God steps in. Let's see ourselves the way 298 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 4: he does, as abundantly free. We can even take it 299 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 4: a step further and start declaring it we are unquestionably free. 300 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 4: It might take some time to break old thought patterns, 301 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 4: but when we speak God's promise with face, our minds 302 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,959 Speaker 4: starts to line up with the truth. His word starts 303 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 4: pushing out the lies we've held on to. We may 304 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 4: have struggled in an area for a long time, but 305 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 4: we have to give God the permission to bless us. 306 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 4: The only person who can stop God from being good 307 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 4: to you is you. Some people think they don't deserve 308 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 4: God's favor. They've made too many mistakes, they hold too 309 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 4: many grudges, they've been through too much. That's a former 310 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 4: slave mindset, like the Israelites. Maybe we feel unworthy because 311 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 4: we grew up barely having enough we think that's where 312 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 4: we belong. Or maybe the things people have said about 313 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 4: us have started to shape the way we think. This 314 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 4: is a night to let all that go. God doesn't 315 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 4: bless those who deserve it. If he did, none of 316 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 4: us would have a chance. He blesses those who he loves. 317 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 4: Why don't we see ourselves not as a former or anything, 318 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 4: but as people who God loves. When I look out, 319 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 4: I see people that are strong, confident, talented, with a 320 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 4: bright future, a group of people God is madly in 321 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 4: love with. Remember who you are, your original state, abundantly free, 322 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 4: That's who God sees. When we know who we are, 323 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 4: then God can show us how great he is. It 324 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 4: takes the limits off of him. He's able to use 325 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 4: us in a mighty way. We can boldly step in 326 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 4: to where he's calling us. The older generation of Israelites 327 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 4: define themselves by where they came from, but the next 328 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 4: generation became the ones to enter the Promised Land. This 329 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,719 Speaker 4: new generation had seen God deliver them before, and they 330 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 4: were confident he would do it again. They were willing 331 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,239 Speaker 4: to take him out his word and go wherever He 332 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 4: led them. They lived abundantly free. But even though they 333 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 4: saw themselves the right way they lived abundantly free, they 334 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 4: still face giant. The enemy that stood in their way 335 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: and had terrified their parents didn't just go away because 336 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 4: they had faith. It didn't just disappear because they saw 337 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 4: themselves the right way. They still had to take the land, 338 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 4: but they knew God was on their side. Like that 339 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 4: new generation, living abundantly free doesn't mean we won't have problems. 340 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 4: It means those problems will never have us. They won't 341 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 4: have our peace, our joy, our passion. They won't have 342 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 4: our time and emotional energy. We need those things to 343 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 4: fulfill our destiny. When difficulty comes. Don't fall back into 344 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 4: fear and frustration thinking I thought I was free, Now 345 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 4: look what's coming against me. Don't sink into worry or 346 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 4: self pity when there's a new giant ahead. God didn't 347 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 4: bring you this far to leave you remember what He's 348 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 4: already done. Abundantly free allows us to live from a 349 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: place of rest, trusting God is in control. He's on 350 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 4: the throne. Nothing we're facing is a surprise to him. 351 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 4: When we encounter challenges, it doesn't mean God's not with us. 352 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: It doesn't mean that we're not free. Freedom is as 353 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: true on the inside as it is on the outside. 354 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 4: Let's not give our problems too much credit. The first 355 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 4: thing some people do when they face a problem is 356 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 4: get out their wallet and start paying up. Here's my peace, 357 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 4: here's my hope, here's my joy. They give away their 358 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 4: freedom at the first sign of trouble. We have to 359 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 4: realize the past to our purpose. We'll have some problems, 360 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 4: but they don't have to have us. Even after the 361 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 4: Israelites defeated the Giants, they came upon the towering walls 362 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 4: of Jericho. These people were abundantly free, but here it 363 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: seems like it's just one thing after the others standing 364 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 4: in their way. But they didn't give up. They didn't 365 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: say the walls were too high, they didn't ask to 366 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 4: go back into captivity. These obstacles didn't keep them from 367 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 4: their destiny. They were part of it. Let's be the 368 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 4: generation that stepped into the promised land, the ones who 369 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 4: took new ground. Let's not be the ones who wandered 370 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 4: in the desert and fell apart at the first sign 371 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: of resistance. Let's be the ones who lived abundantly free 372 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 4: It's not enough to just hear about freedom. It's not 373 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: enough to just know of God's promise. We have to 374 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 4: receive it and act on it. That's why what we believe, 375 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 4: the way we see ourselves, and what we do about 376 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 4: it are so important. We don't want to leave here 377 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 4: empowered on a Sunday night and find ourselves in the 378 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 4: same cycle of captivity by Tuesday morning. That's not God's best. 379 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 4: We're not meant to spend time in the presence of 380 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 4: God and look the same day after day. We're not 381 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 4: meant to keep coming to church and have no one 382 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 4: at home notice a difference. We're not meant to live 383 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 4: barely free tonight. God wants to step into some situations 384 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 4: and show us a new way to live a life 385 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: that's abundantly free. Things don't change if we stay the same, 386 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 4: both on the inside and on the outside. If we 387 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 4: really truly want to be free, we can't leave everything 388 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 4: as it is and expect things to be different. Sometimes 389 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 4: we come to church feel something and wonder why nothing changed. 390 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 4: Thoughts may tell us all kinds of spiritual reasons, but 391 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 4: in reality, it's because we went right back to our routine. 392 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 4: That feeling doesn't last, but God's promise stands forever. If 393 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 4: you want to see your life line up with His 394 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: abundant freedom, we have to respond to it first in 395 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 4: the way we see ourselves. No matter where you are, 396 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 4: how long it's been, your original state has and always 397 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 4: will be abundantly free. We may not feel that way, 398 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 4: but that doesn't change who we are because of Jesus. 399 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 4: Let that thought permeate our hope, our dreams, our future. 400 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 4: God loves you too much to leave you where you are. 401 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 4: He's seen everything you've been through, and this is not 402 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 4: how your story ends. He's gonna step in and make 403 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 4: a way by faith. He's here to say enough is enough. 404 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 4: You're his child. Like the Israelites, He's come down to 405 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 4: rescue you. Don't discount his power, don't rule out a miracle. 406 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 4: He loves you and we can depend on him above 407 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 4: all else. Change starts on the inside, but it's not 408 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 4: complete until it works its way into our lives. It 409 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 4: always begins and ends with Jesus. But in the middle, 410 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 4: He's put things in place and people in place to 411 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 4: walk with us on that journey. Doctors, therapists, life groups, 412 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 4: there are books, programs, leaders at church that are here 413 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 4: for us. It's good to get help. We all need it. 414 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 4: If that's something God is telling you to do, don't 415 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 4: second guess it. Find someone to reach out to a 416 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 4: moment of vulnerability is better than a life live barely free. 417 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 4: Freedom or a miracle doesn't always look like the Red 418 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 4: Sea splitting in two. It can happen in a conversation. 419 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 4: God can use a family member as much as he 420 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 4: can use Moses. Let's ask the Holy Spirit to show 421 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 4: us what steps to take and lead us to the miracle. 422 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 4: Nothing changes if we stay the same. Could we stand together? 423 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 4: God opened the door and set the Israelites free. He 424 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: parted the Red Sea. He gave them the Promised Land. 425 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 4: But every time they had to take a step, they 426 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 4: had to walk out of that place of captivity. They 427 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 4: had to cross through the sea, they had to take 428 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 4: the land. These things didn't just happen to them. They 429 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 4: responded to what God was doing. Before the Israelites took 430 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 4: the Promised Land, Joshua asked them, how long are you 431 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 4: going to wait before you take possession of the land 432 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 4: God has given you. That's the same question God is 433 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 4: asking us tonight. How long are you going to wait? 434 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 4: To live abundantly free. It's already been given to us, 435 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 4: but we have to take hold. If you feel like 436 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 4: you've been living barely free, captive to worry, anxiety, fear, addiction, depression, resentment, 437 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 4: whatever it might be, we want to pray with you, 438 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 4: and just the moment, I want to invite you to 439 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 4: come down to the front. If you feel like something's 440 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 4: limiting you from living the fullness of life. You know 441 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 4: God has for you something you haven't been able to 442 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 4: break on your own. Let's stand together and begin to 443 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: take that new ground. Freedom isn't found at the front 444 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 4: of a stage, but there is breakthrough when you step 445 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 4: out and respond to what God is speaking to you. 446 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 4: Don't hesitate, don't wait to live abundantly free. If you 447 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 4: want to make the decision that you're not going to 448 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 4: live barely free, that tonight is a turning point, that 449 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 4: this is a new begin Why don't you step out 450 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 4: and meet me down here at the front right now. 451 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 4: Let's take a step of faith. There's plenty of room. 452 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 4: Let's not put it off. Let's not go home without 453 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 4: taking a step towards freedom. God has seen everything you've 454 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 4: been through, and he's been with you every step. He 455 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 4: loves you, He cares for you. Tonight is a new beginning. 456 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 4: It's a turning point. Those old things do not have 457 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 4: to hold us back. We've been set free. In a moment. 458 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 4: We're gonna pray together. But no, this is the start 459 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 4: of a conversation between you and God. Keep it going 460 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 4: for the weeks and for the months to come. Keep 461 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 4: responding to what he's saying to you. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, 462 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 4: you know each and every person under the sound of 463 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 4: my voice. You've seen everything they been through. You've heard 464 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 4: every cry, you know every tear, and you've been with 465 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 4: us every single step. God. For different reasons, we've found 466 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 4: ourselves living barely free. But we know, no matter how 467 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 4: long it's been, we're not going to stay here. More importantly, 468 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 4: you love us too much to leave us here. So God, 469 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 4: we're asking you to step in. We're asking you to 470 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 4: show up and make a way. Do what only you 471 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 4: can do. Break chains, bring down walls, set us free. Lord, 472 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,719 Speaker 4: we need you. Would you direct our steps, show us 473 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 4: where to go, show us what we need to do, 474 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 4: Bring the right people into our lives. Lead us by 475 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 4: your spirit. God. We declare that every force that has 476 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 4: held us back is broken in Jesus' name. Every force, 477 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 4: every fear, every anxious thought, every addiction has been shattered. 478 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: Every chain of depression, hopelessness, in out of has been 479 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 4: thrown out. These things will not limit us. They will 480 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 4: not keep us from our destiny. God, you are here 481 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 4: tonight to say enough is enough. We're through living barely free. 482 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 4: We're done holding onto the past. God. We are here 483 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 4: united under your promise that says who the sun sets 484 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 4: free is free. Indeed, because of you, Jesus, we're not 485 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 4: barely free. We're abundantly free. So we lift up our 486 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 4: hands to give you praise. We lift up our voice 487 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 4: to worship you. Thank you for this freedom that we 488 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 4: are living in. 489 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Jolos Deine podcast. Help 490 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 491 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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