CROSSROADS

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Did you all know that God wants MUCH MORE for us than to be wilderness wonders? Don’t spend your entire life lost between a river and a sea.

Oswald Chambers said the greatest crisis we ever face is the surrender of our will. Yet God never forces a person’s will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him.

tell about personal crossroads

bondage 20 years addiction

probation, jail, pdc, prison

July 13th crossroads

bad decisions

stuck in the wilderness

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july 21, 2019

God never intended for us to be stuck lost in the wilderness. He wants us to have the MUCH MORE.

Proverbs 21:19 NKJV

Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.

Romans 5:8–11 NKJV

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Israelites in bondage for 400 years

In and of their selves they couldn’t get freed up

God sent Moses to save His people from bondage

Brings them through the Red Sea and into the wilderness

11 days

40 years

disobedience

Deuteronomy 6:23 NKJV

Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers.

Out of where

Into where

God wants us to have MUCH MORE!

God preserved this for us as a warning

Paul writes

1 Corinthians 10:6–11 NKJV

Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

God wants the much more for each of you.

Paul is showing us what not to do.

Where are you at tonight?

Bondage ?

wilderness?

Lets look at tonight's acrostic.

Tonight we are going to spend a little time looking at each of these parts of Step 10. Of course, we need an acrostic. Tonight the word is TEN.

Take time to do a daily inventory

Evaluate the good and the bad

Need to admit our wrongs promptly

The T answers the “what” question: TAKE time to do a daily inventory.

To inventory something is simply to count it. Businesses take inventory all the time. Principle 7 reminds us to “reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer.” This gives us quiet time to count the good and bad things we did during a particular period of time. Lamentations 3:40 exhorts us to “examine our ways and test them, and ... return to the Lord.”

We need to ask ourselves these questions:

• What good did I do today?

• In what areas did I blow it today?

• Did I do or say anything that hurt anyone today?

• Do I owe anyone amends?

• What did I learn from my actions today?

The E in our acrostic answers the “why” question: EVALUATE the good and the bad.

Would you rather be right or well?

First John 1:8 – 10 (TLB) says: “If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves, and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. (And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins.) If we claim we have not sinned, we are lying and calling God a liar, for he says we have sinned.”

Once we see the light, we have a choice. We can ignore it or we can act on it. If we act, we are living the last part of Step 10 and answer the “then what” question. We NEED to admit our wrongs promptly.

In Matthew 5:23 –24 (MSG), Jesus tells us, “This is how I want you to conduct yourself in these matters. If you enter your place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudge a friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out with God.”

In other words, admit your wrongs ... promptly!

Coins

40 years

Caleb and Joshua wanted the MUCH MORE

speak on Caleb and Joshua

Why do people get stuck in the wilderness?

Maybe they counted the cost.

There is going to be giants

feet wet

promise land

milk and honey

DON’T SPEND YOUR ENTIRE CHRISTIAN LIFE STUCK IN THE WILDERNESS NEVER KNOWING WHAT THE LIES IN THE PROMISE LAND.

boring

mana

are you tired

Matthew 11:28 NKJV

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

invitation egypt

invitation wilderness