Pivotal Moments
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Pivotal Moments
Pivotal Moments
Life is filled with pivotal moments.
Pivotal Moments
++Effect Nations
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
This was a Pivotal Moment
++A Nation in Mourning
++The loss of a great King
Pivotal Moments
Effect Nations
++Effect Families
1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Joshua was
++Called Moses’ minister
++Dealing with a great loss
Pivotal Moments
Effect Nations
Effect Families
++Effects individual
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
We will all faced Pivotal Moments
We will all faced Pivotal Moments
Times when it seemed our wold was turned upside down
What do you do when your greatest obstacle is in your way?
What do you do when your greatest obstacle is in your way?
How do fight a seemingly unwinnable battle?
How do fight a seemingly unwinnable battle?
We must learn to Pivot
We must learn to Pivot
What is a pivot?
What is a pivot?
A Pivot: A moment that causes change.
A Pivot: A moment that causes change.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
Jesus is in Bethany six days before passover after he had raised Lazarus from the dead. He is dining at Lazarus’ House a strange thing took place.
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
This was
++An unplanned event
++An unexpected event
This is worship
++She gave what was costly
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
This is worship
She gave what was costly
++She anointed the anointed
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
This is worship
She gave what was costly
She anointed the anointed
++She used what made her special
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
This is worship
She gave what was costly
She anointed the anointed
She used what made her special
++She changed the atmosphere
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
God wants to fill the house again
God wants to fill the house again
We haven’t begun to worship
++Until we have given what is costly
23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Araunah was willing
++To provide what David needed
++To provided free of charge
David was in a desperate situation
++A plague had come to his people
++He wanted to build an altar
++He would not do if it cost him nothing
Are we willing to pay the price
++For His Glory
++To worship him
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
We haven’t begun to worship
Until we have given what is costly
++Until we lay down our glory
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
We haven’t begun to worship
Until we have given what is costly
Until we lay down our glory
++Until it is not about us
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Jesus was
++Being prepared
++Anointed for his Burial
Now he faces a Pivotal Moment
Now he faces a Pivotal Moment
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
King James Version Chapter 12
Now is my soul troubled;
I am facing death
++Man’s greatest foe
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
I am facing death
Man’s greatest foe
++Humanities last enemy
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
What shall I say?
++When my momentum is stopped
++When what I once did is not working
Sometimes what you say is more vital than what you do.
You are in a Pivotal Moment
++When you have been stopped
What shall I say?
++When my enemies seem to prevail
++When I am surrounded
You are in a Pivotal Moment
When you have been stopped
++When you feel surrounded
What shall I say?
++My growth is stunted
++When there is nothing more
You are in a Pivotal Moment
When you have been stopped
When you feel surrounded
++When you feel stunted
In a Pivotal Moment
++Pay attention to what you say
++Pay attention to what you pray
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Shall I pray
++For Deliverance
++For Salvation
++For Rescue
In a Pivotal Moment
++Our cause is greater than our comfort
++Our purpose is greater than the process
What do we do in a Pivotal Moment?
What do we do in a Pivotal Moment?
In Pivotal Moments we must have
++A new mindset
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Focus on the the goal
Ask God to help you see opportunities
In Pivotal Moments we must have
A new mindset
++A new heart
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
In Pivotal Moments we must have
A new mindset
A new heart
++New method
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.