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Title: Time for a change
Text: Deut 2:3
/You have here~/ circled this mountain long enough.
Now turn north, NASB/
*Introduction*: 2008 is the year of new beginnings.
It is the year of change and transition.
It is about doing things is a new way to produce new results.
And the reason why you want things to be new is because the old stuff you have been doing is just not working.
So why keep doing it?
It is time for a change.
If you don’t change you are going to go crazy because the same thing is going to happen to you because you have been doing the some ole thing!
This is called insanity.
We are especially crazy or insane when it comes to church.
We can’t do the same thing we did in ’85 to pack out the church in 2008.
Times have changed.
But the word change is a “cuss” word in church.
Church folk get scared we they hear that word.
The response that follows are words that kill once great churches, “we have always have done it this way”.
Change is not about change.
Change is about survival.
Churches across the country did not survive because they were not willing to change.
You can relate if you did not change to use a computer on your job you would not have one for long.
You have the same work to do but the method change.
This holds true for the church we have same work to do, spread the Gospel but the method changes.
If you have a problem with change, you must have a problem with Jesus because was all about change.
Tried stone, if we don’t change we won’t survive.
Please understand when I say change it is not to be stagnant but for advancement to a new level.
God is trying to take you to a new level but in order reach that new level you have to change!
This is what our story is about today changing for advancement.
*Background*: Moses and the children of Israel are now on the east bank of the Jordan preparing to enter into the promise land.
But this is the new generation of Israel, the sons and daughter of the /faithless/ who are now getting a reminder from Moses on what the Lord can do will do when we obey.
God wants them change direction and move to the place where He promised bless them.
But first the had to…
*I. **A change of perspective.*
The text reads, “/you have circled/…stop right there.
“You” is the operative word in this text.
If you want get out from doing the same thing over and over again, it starts with you.
Most of us, when we find ourselves in situations that we don’t care to be in, we tend to play the blame game.
We want to blame somebody else for why we are in this mess.
If so and so… Why God won’t…The devil got me….Your issues are everybody’s fault but your own.
But the real deal is /it’s you/!
You have to change you.
In order to change you, you have to have a new perspective.
A perspective is your mental view of your situation.
In other words, it is what you think.
Therefore, change what you think.
Remember, the children of Israel were in wilderness because of their wayward thinking.
God had already given them the promise land.
However, they did not trust God to possess it and they stayed in the wilderness for 40yrs.
As Moses reminded this next generation of Israelites of the mistakes of the past generation, I am here to remind Tried Stone not to let past behaviors forfeit your promise.
Change your perspective by changing the way you think!
The Israelites parents let thoughts of fear and complacency keep them in the wilderness by rebelling against what God had commanded!
When God tells you to do something no matter what it is or looks like, do it!
Church, you have to have a different perspective of life if you want to change.
Therefore, think differently about yourself.
The bible says that “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”.
This is problem.
We don’t think too highly of ourselves therefore we don’t think we can do better.
Better yet, we don’t think about ourselves the way God thinks about us.
Let me help you.
Everything God thinks is wonderful!
You are the very thoughts of God.
You are a result of His creative power!
That is why you are anointed!
That is why you have greatness inside of you!
This should make you change your perspective.
You can change “you” by changing the way you think.
Paul, says in Phillipians, “think on these things: true, honest, just, pure and good report”!
When you think different you will be different.
Next, in order to change…
*II.
**Don’t get complacent in your current position*
/Complacent means to be pleased with oneself or ones situation without awareness of some potential dangers.
/You are trapped in bondage w~/o even knowing it.
I imagine some of the children of Israel thought it was normal what they were dealing with until God stopped them from wandering/.
The text says that you have circled *this mountain*…/The word /circled/ in this text in the original language is /sabab/ which mean compassed, hover around, marching around or closing the loop.
Simply put, you have been going around in circles.
You have been seeing the same thing over and over again.
You have been wearing out the carpet walking in the same place.
/You have circled this mountain long enough/.
Because of their disobedience, the children of Israel have been going around this mountain now for 40 years.
For 40 years, they have been looking at the same rock formation.
For 40 years, they have look at the same trees.
For 40yrs, they have been running across the same animals.
For 40 years, they have been in the same place going nowhere with no change.
The Lord is now saying to them that they have been here long enough.
Many of us are like the children of Israel.
You have circled this mountain long enough.
For years, you have been dealing with the same ole drama.
For years you been trapped in the same rut.
For years, you have been watching the days go by.
You have been stuck on stupid without a desire to change.
You have accepted the status quo of low living and it is ok with you.
Familiarity breeds content.
But the devil is a liar.
God is saying to you today, “/you have been circling here long enough/.”
Everyone has a here.
You here is different from my here.
Your here may be depression.
Your here may be anger.
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