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God bless everyone this morning. for those who dont know, my name is Cesar Escobar and im excited to bring this word to you all today. Look at the person next to you and tell them Go! We ganna start off hot.

Why Why Why Why Why?

just bought this new matress a couple of months ago. its not the most amazing matress in the world because i dont have that kind money. but its deffinatly comfortable. when you lay on that thing you just sink in and it just feels soooo good. i mean it took me a while to get used to it because it was a new matress but its just soooooo cozy. but look at the person next to you and tell them comfort is dangerous. you see every morning when my alarm clcock goes off to go to work my matress tell me to stay just a little longer. my matress say Cesar, why are you leaving me so soon. you ujst got here. im ganna be so sad when you leave. and if listen to my matress everyday i would lose my job! i mean i didnt even want to wake up this morning and im the person whos preaching ! comfort is one of thoes things that feels great. but if you constanly live in comfort you dont experience discomfort, you wont grow.

So the scripture we will be reading from is in . Do yall have time for 4 verses this morning?

We live in a time where people dont want to do a thing.

Growing up i always heard this phrase that im pretty sure you have all heard of before. It goes actions speak louder than words.

The New International Version Chapter 12

The Call of Abram

12 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

2 “I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing. i

3 I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.”

4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.

Set the Stage

What in the world is going on here? Lets set the stage. I really need your attention for about 5 min right now so we cann all understand! listen clostly. stop thinking about whatevr it is your thinking about and listn for the next 5 min. you can fall asleep after this if you want to. so in the very beging God created adam and eve. Adam sins and destroys Gods original plan. Sooooo many things start going down hill from there. adam and eve have sons named cain and abel. Then cain kills his brother! i mean wow the bible just started and everything just seems to strart spiriling out of control. But its get worse. Then it says that the sons of God saw that the huma woman were beautful and had kids with them ! everything is getting wild! these children were giants called the nephalin. and then the bile says that every inclination of the human heart was evil! long story short its was time for a do over. Noah! biuld a arc because im bouta flood this earth and start fresh. and noah was like of cool. um but whats an arc and whats a flood? beacsue in that time itdidnt rain the way it doesn now. there was some sort of irrigation system God used to water the world. like a mist that came up from the grownd. anyways, he built the arc. the world is flooded and noah and his family start to repopulate the world. and from noahs son Shem many generations later like 7,8 or 9 Came Abram. And God chose Abram to start his new plan. His plan for redemtion. redemtion meaning freeing us from slavery. Gods new plan is to free you and me from sin. and he chose abram to do this.

So God told abram go and he went. God told abram go and he went. God told abram Go and he went. God told you Go. what are you waiting for?

Actions

Instant Gratification

Why?

You see when God told abram to leave his father at the age of 75. First of all what what was he still doing at his faters house at the age of 75? hahaha lets imagine what he felt. He had everything he needed. Leaving his fathers house meant that he would be losing his inhetitence. that meant hius secutity. that means stabitlity, that means his family, and his reputation. You see when God calls you do something you have to be willing to lose something that may seem big to you. but whats big to you is small to God. No im not telling you to quit your job to preach the gosepl. what im trying to tell you here is to trust God. Because Abram didnt question God. He was a man of action. They say actions speak louder than words. Abram didnt say much when God spoke. He just acted. Im not ganna lie. a few chapter after this he does do some foolish things. he tries taking matters into his own hands because he felt god was taking too long. Just like we do when we feel god is taking too long.

Discomfort

You see many of us are scred to Go! the reason we are scared to go is because of all the discomfort that comes with doing what god calls us to do. But the only way you will ever grow in any aspect of your life is when you are put in an unconfortable situation. The only way your muscles will grow is if you workout. the only say you will lose thoes 5 pounds is if you run. the only way you will get smarter is if you read and gain new experiences, the only way you will fix the dying relationships in your life with you family friends and partners is if you sit down and talk to them. metal get put threw the fire to change its shape. its time we start seeking discomfort to we can grow! In order for abram to become the father of the faith he had to leave everything and everyone behind. In order for me to stand up here and preach i had to GOOOOO and pick up my bible and read it. You see ever since i was a small boy God called me to preach his word. But nothing happened until i chose to listen to him. Till i acted on what i was called to do. Many of us know what God called s to do and many dont. But all can tell you is that when God calls you to do sometihng its best you act on it. because many blessing come to thoes who act.

We gotta stop trying to take matters into our own hands. Like jovita preached the other day patience. becuase we are living in a world of instant gratification. If your picture doesnt get a like 10 seconds or less. you get sad. If they dont txt you back insatnly, you get mad. Being patient will do something great to you character. If you need the answers to sometihgn its only a few clicks away. When God wants to grow aa mushrooom he tales 6 hours. when he wants to grow a oak tree he takes 60 years.

faith in God is so hard to have these days because of how society is shaped. the way people look at us. In the past the church has done so much damage to the christian reputation. christians are destroying t