ACTS CHAPTER 1

Don’t Abort The Mission!

WE ARE STARTING A NEW SERIES ON THE BOOK OF ACTS

THE BOOK OF ACTS IF YOU ALLOW IT TO

WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE

IT’S THE FIRST BOOK AFTER THE GOSPELS IN THE BIBLE

ACTS IS THE STORY AND HISTORY IF YOU WILL

ABOUT HOW THE CHURCH BEGAN

SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT WE ARE A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

WE GET OUR PENTECOSTAL ROOTS AND THE WAY WE DO THINGS

FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS

ACTS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK BECAUSE.....

IT TALKS ABOUT THE PERIOD IN TIME WHEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE DISCIPLES AND TO THE WORLD FOR THAT MATTER.

WE SEE THAT JESUS ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN...

BUT BEFORE HE DOES, HE GIVES THE DISCIPLES

A MISSION TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD

BUT HE TELLS THEM TO WAIT FOR THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME FIRST

THE BOOK OF ACTS IS ALL ABOUT THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE EARLY CHURCH AND HOW IT

REVITALIZED THE WORLD

CHANGED JERUSALEM

TURNED CITIES AND COUNTRIES UPSIDE DOWN

THIS IS HOW CHRISTIANITY SPREAD

I REALLY FEEL IN MY HEART THAT GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU AND I

THE THINGS THAT THEY WALKED THROUGH

ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW

WE NEED TRUTH, WE NEED GRACE, WE NEED WISDOM

WE NEED THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE

OUR WORLD IS CONFUSED

THERE IS WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

......THERE IS A SPIRIT OF CONFUSION IN OUR SOCIETY.....

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS INTERRUPTED ALL THE CONFUSION IN THE WORLD AND...

IT BROUGHT TRUTH

IT BROUGHT THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST

AND THEY WERE EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

LUKE WAS THE AUTHOR OF ACTS

HE WASN'T ONE OF THE DISCIPLES THAT WALKED WITH JESUS BUT,

HE WAS ONE WHO CAME LATER ON

AND HE HEARD ABOUT ALL THESE STORIES

AND HE STARTED WRITING

HE WROTE... OF COURSE THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

AND THE BOOK OF ACTS

HE WROTE TO THIS YOUNG BELIEVER, THEOPHILUS

HE SAID....

Acts 1:1–11 (NIV)

1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

HE SHOWED UP TO PETER ON THE BEACH AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM

AND TOLD HIM TO “FEED MY SHEEP”

MULTIPLE TIMES HE SHOWED UP THE DISCIPLES AFTER HIS DEATH TO PROVE THAT HE WAS ALIVE

ONE TIME HE SHOWED UP TO TWO GUYS ON THE ROAD TO EMAUS

TWO GUYS WERE WALKING TOWARD JERUSALEM AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN

AND HOW THEY DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SINCE OF WHAT THEY JUST EXPERIENCED AS THEY WATCH JESUS CRUCIFIED

HOW MANY OF YOU CAN RELATE TO THAT?

WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT YOU JUST EXPERIENCED

4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them (THE DISCIPLES), he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.

I WANT TO STOP RIGHT HERE...

THE FACT THAT HE WOULD SAY THESE WORDS MEANT...

THAT THEY WANTED TO LEAVE

THEY WANTED TO LEAVE BECAUSE....

THEY HAD BEEN HURT IN JERUSALEM

THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THE MOST PAIN IN JERUSALEM

THEY HAD GOOD TIMES IN GALILEE

THEY HAD GOOD TIMES IN NAZARETH

THEY HAD GOOD TIMES IN JERICHO

BUT JERUSALEM.....THIS WAS THE PLACE THAT HEY HAD EXPERIENCED THEIR GREATEST LET DOWN

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY WATCHED THEIR LORD DIE ON A CROSS

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY THEMSELVES BETRAYED HIM

SO IT’S NOT JUST WHERE THEY EXPERIENCED THEIR BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT BUT,

IT’S WHERE THEY EXPERIENCED THEIR BIGGEST SHAME

JESUS SAID I WANT YOU TO STAY IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU’VE EXPERIENCED THE MOST PAIN BECAUSE....

WHERE THE DEVIL HAS TRIED TO STRIKE YOU THE HARDEST

I AM ABOUT TO BRING A BLOW TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS LIKE NEVER BEFORE

WHERE THE DEVIL TRIED TO STOP YOU

I’M GONNA LAUNCH YOU

WHERE THE DEVIL THOUGHT HE HAD THIS MOVEMENT

AND HE WAS GONNA CONTAIN IT

I’M ABOUT TO MAKE IT EXPLODE

DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN A POISONOUS SNAKE BITES YOU

THE CURE FROM THAT VENOM COMES FROM THE VENOM INSIDE THE SNAKE

ANTI-VENOM COMES FROM THE VENOM

EBOLA IS CURED FROM EBOLA

IN THE SAME WAY, JERUSALEM WAS LIKE A POISONOUS ATTACK AGAINST THE DISCIPLES.

HE SAID, “I KNOW THAT IT PAINS YOU TO STAY HERE AND

I KNOW THAT NOTHING GOOD SEEMS TO COMES FROM THIS PLACE”

BUT STAY HERE AND WAIT....WAIT AND SEE BECAUSE...

WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A PLACE OF DARKNESS TO YOU RIGHT NOW

THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME AND LIGHT WILL INVADE AND OVERCOME THE SPIRIT OF DARKNESS

OH COME ON SOMEBODY, I’M SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY THIS MORNING

STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND TRUST GOD

WAIT ON THE HOLY SPIRIT

DON’T LEAVE JERUSALEM

CHURCH.....

DON’T LEAVE WHERE YOU ARE TOO QUICKLY

DON’T GIVE UP JUST BECAUSE IT’S DARK

WAIT.....THE HOLY SPIRIT IS COMING AND YOUR WORLD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE

JERUSALEM HAD A SPIRIT OF RELIGION...

IT WAS A PLACE WHERE WHAT YOU DID FOR GOD WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO HIM

JESUS WAS TELLING THEM TO WAIT BECAUSE....

WE’RE ABOUT TO BREAK THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION OFF THIS CITY

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME AND RESTORE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER

HE SAID “DON’T LEAVE JERUSALEM”

STAY IN THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU INTO

STAY UNTIL YOU SEE A BREAKTHROUGH

THE PROBLEM IS WE GIVE UP TO QUICKLY...

WE LOOK FOR AN EASIER WAY OF LIFE

WE LOOK FOR A PLACE THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE

A PLACE THAT MAKES US FEEL BETTER ABOUT OURSELVES

IN DOING THIS....WE GIVE UP TO QUICKLY ON THE MISSION THAT WE ARE ON.

(GIVE EXAMPLE OF BEING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC…AND LOOKING FOR A FASTER LANE)

PEOPLE BECOME SUPER TERRITORIAL IN THEIR LANES

I FEEL LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING....

STAY IN THE LANE THAT I’VE CALLED YOU TO RUN IN

BECAUSE THEIR IS POWER COMING

DON’T GET YOUR EYES OFF YOUR MISSION

STAY IN THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO

STAY IN THE MARRIAGE THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO

STAY IN THE MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO

STAY IN THE UPPER ROOM OF PRAYER

JESUS WAS SAYING,

DON’T YOU LEAVE JERUSALEM, FROM A PLACE OF HURT

THIS IS WHERE YOUR HEALING IS GOING TO HAPPEN

AND NOT JUST HEALING FOR YOU BUT

IT’S GONNA SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE

TO JERUSALEM, JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND THE END OF THE EARTH

WHEREVER YOU EXPERIENCED YOUR LET DOWN, IS THE SAME PLACE YOUR GOING TO EXPERIENCE YOUR BREAKTHROUGH.

LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM....WAIT

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING SPENDS...

14 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE WAITING

SOME OF YOU THIS WEEK SPENT HOURS WAITING IN TRAFFIC

WAITING IN LINE AT A GROCERY STORE

WAITING ON THE PHONE FOR SOMEBODY TO ANSWER AND THEY JUST PUT YOU ON HOLD

HOW YOU WAIT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOUR WAITING FOR!

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAITING ACTIVELY

AND WAITING PASSIVELY

JESUS DIDN’T TELL THEM TO WAIT WITH A BAD ATTITUDE

NO, HE’S SAYING WAIT WITH A FERVENT SPIRIT

WAIT WITH AN EXPECTANCY

WAIT....

NOT WITH A LAZY SPIRIT BUT,

WITH AN ACTIVE SPIRIT

English Standard Version (Chapter 40)

31  but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary;they shall walk and not faint

ISAIAH IS TELLING US HERE

WE NEED TO ACTIVELY WAIT IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD

YOU WANT ANSWERS…PRAY

YOU WANT DIRECTION… PRAY

YOU WANT STRENGTH TO OVERCOME.....PRAY

THEY PRAYED IN THE UPPER ROOM THAT DAY.....

YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ACTS???

THESE WERE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE NOT EXTRAORDINARY IN THE EYES OF OTHERS

THEY DIDN’T HAVE GRADUATE DEGREES FORM THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITIES IN ISRAEL

THEY WERE’NT FROM BIG FAMILIES WITH A LOT OF MONEY

THESE WERE FISHERMAN

THESE WERE GUYS WHO CUT OTHER DUDES EARS OFF

THESE WERE MESSED UP PEOPLE

PASTOR CHRIS....NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE...THESE WERE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE

NO, THEY WERE JUST SAVED BY THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

DON’T TRY TO POLISH THE DISCIPLES

BECAUSE THEN YOU ELIMINATE GOD USING...

BROKEN PEOPLE WITH ISSUES

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THANKFUL THAT GOD USES BROKEN PEOPLE WITH ISSUES?

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YA’LL BUT THIS IS FOR ME

HOW MANY OF YOU IN HERE HAVE SOME ISSUES

I AM BROKEN, WE ARE BROKEN PEOPLE IN NEED OF JESUS

THANK GOD HE CAN STILL USE ME TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PLAN.

CHURCH WE NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

I AM READY FOR A MOVE OF HIS POWER LIKE IT WAS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES

PEOPLE BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AGAIN

PEOPLE BEING EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT TO OVERCOME DARKNESS IN A CITY, STATE

OH COME ON SOMEBODY,

I KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA IS NOT A GREAT PLACE FOR CHRISTIANS TO LIVE RIGHT NOW

BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT WITH THE HELP AND POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD THAT INDWELLS THE LIVES OF GODS CHILDREN

WE CAN DESTROY THE DARKNESS IN THIS STATE

THE SPIRIT OF SEXUAL CONFUSION AND SEXUAL SIN IS RAMPANT BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS THE POWER TO CHANGE

THERE IS SUCH A SPIRIT OF CONFUSION IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW

WE ARE LIVING IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, RIGHT NOW

THE WAYS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH IS MAKING IT’S WAY BACK INTO THE EARTH

1 Corinthians 14:33 (NIV)

33 For God is not a God of CONFUSION but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.

NOT JUST CONFUSION BUT,

A COWARDS SPIRIT WITHIN THE CHURCH

NO ONE WANTS TO STAND UP FOR TRUTH

FOR FEAR OF CAUSING OFFENSE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT CHANGES THIS???

THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

HE GIVES US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO SPEAK TRUTH INTO DARKNESS

GOD IS LOOKING FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL BE WILLING TO BE OBEDIENT BY SPEAKING TRUTH

YOUR JOB AS CHRISTIANS IS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL AND SPEAK THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD IN LOVE.

YEAH BUT PASTOR CHRIS, THEY WON’T LISTEN TO ME

I TRY TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH AND THEY DON’T CHANGE

THE HOLY SPIRIT STRENGTHENS YOU TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

TRUST HIM

BE OBEDIENT AND THEN TRUST HIM

Matthew 11:28, 30 (NIV)

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

IF YOUR BURDEN IS HEAVY

ITS NOT FROM GOD

A HEAVY BURDEN IS YOU TRYING TO CARRY THE BURDEN BY YOUR OWN STRENGTH....

IT WILL WEAR YOU OUT

YOU WILL LIVE YOUR LIFE TIRED AND WEARY

I AM HAVING TO LEARN AS YOUR PASTOR THAT I CAN NOT CONTROL THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE

ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE YOU THE TRUTH

WHAT YOU DO WITH IT IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD

IT’S HARD....

THE SAME WAY IT’S HARD TO WATCH YOUR KIDS MAKE MISTAKES...

YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR THEM SO THEY DON’T FALL OR GET HURT BUT,

YOU CAN’T ALWAYS MAKE THEIR DECISIONS FOR THEM....YOU CAN TEACH THEM AND LEAD THEM

BUT EVENTUALLY YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK AND TRUST GOD

THERE ARE SOME BURDENS THAT WE WEREN’T CREATED TO CARRY.

(CARRYING THE PULPIT TO PREACH FOR EXAMPLE)

ME TRYING TO CARRY THIS PULPIT IS RIDICULOUS

I WASN’T CALLED TO CARRY THIS BURDEN OF THIS PULPIT AROUND

I WAS ONLY CALLED TO BE OBEDIENT

(GET A MAN TO COME HELP CARRY THE PULPIT)

THE BURDEN OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH AND

THE BURDEN OF PEOPLE ACCEPTING AND LIVING THE TRUTH

ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT

GOD HAS CALLED ME TO CARRY THIS (THE MIC) BURDEN RIGHT HERE

PREACHING, TEACHING, PRAYING AND DISCIPLESHIP

THIS BURDEN IS LIGHT

WHEN I’M FOCUSED ON JUST BEING OBEDIENT

I’M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE OUTCOMES OF PEOPLES DECISIONS

I HAVE BEEN CARRYING THE BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLES DECISIONS LIKE IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

I FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLING ME

LET IT GO....YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE DECISION OF OTHER PEOPLE FORGIVENESS

THAT’S TOO HEAVY OF A RESPONSIBILITY

I CAN NOT SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE TRYING TO CONTROL OTHER PEOPLES DECISIONS

I WAS NOT CREATED TO CARRY THIS BURDEN

MY BURDEN IS OBEDIENCE

1 Corinthians 3:7 (NIV)

7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who brings the increase.

JUST BE OBEDIENT.....

.................WORSHIP TEAM COME.......................

Acts 1:6–7 (NIV)

6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.

SOME OF YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF TIME

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED

WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST KID

WHEN YOU GET A PROMOTION

JESUS IS SAYING....DON’T GET FOCUSED ON THE TIMING OF THINGS

JUST FOCUS ON PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO

Acts 1:8 NIV

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:9 NIV

9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE LAST NIGHT

IN THIS MOVIE...

IT SHOWED THE PILOT OF A COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE

AND THIS WEATHER WAS SO BAD, I MEAN IT WAS STORMING LIKE CRAZY

AND IT SHOWS THIS PILOT TAKING OFF AND AS HE ASCENDS INTO THE SKY

THE PLANE IT BEING THROWN AROUND DUE TO TURBULENCE FROM THE STORM

AND HE’S CLIMBING TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE STORM

AND AT ONE POINT HE STARTS TO DESCEND ON PURPOSE

THE CO-PILOT LOOKS AT HIM AND IS FREAKING OUT

HE SAYS “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHY ARE YOU DESCENDING?”

THE PILOT LOOKING DOWN AT THE AIR NAVIGATION SCREEN AND SAYS...

“YOU SEE THIS DARK SPOT RIGHT HERE? IT’S A POCKET OF SMOOTH CLEAR SKY

I’M HEADED TO THAT”

THEY FINALLY MADE IT TO THAT AREA WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE THE STORM WAS GONE

BUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES, HE BEGAN TO ASCEND AGAIN THROUGH THE STORM

AND HE SAID “IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUT OF THE STORM WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO HIGHER”

AND AS YOUR WATCHING THE MOVIE, YOU CAN SEE THIS VERY SMALL GLIMPSE OF LIGHT AND SUN SHINNING THROUGH THE STORM

AND AFTER SOME MORE TURBULENCE, HE FINALLY BREAKS THROUGH THE STORM AND LEVELS OUT FOR A SMOOTH FLIGHT THE REST OF THE WAY HOME.

YOU SEE A GOOD PILOT HAS FLOWN THROUGH SOME STORMS BEFORE

A CAME ACROSS THIS PAINTING ON THE INTERNET AND IT SAID

A SMOOTH SEA NEVER MADE A SKILLFUL SAILOR

THE PICTURE WAS OF A SHIP SAILING THROUGH A STORM

GOOD PILOTS AND GOOD SEA CAPTAINS

DON’T HAVE THEIR EAR TO EVERY OTHER PERSONS OPINION

BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANE IS GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION

OH COME ON....

EVERYONE RIGHT NOW HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

THE WORLD IS NOT SHORT OF OPINIONS BUT,

A GOOD CAPTAIN IS NOT FOCUSED ON THAT

HE’S FOCUSED ON HIS MISSION

HE TRUST THE INSTRUMENTS

HE TRUSTS HIS TRAINING

HE TRUSTS THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE HIM

THOSE WHO HAVE WEATHERED THE STORMS

GOD IS SPEAKING TO US TODAY AND I BELIEVE HE’S SAYING

COME UP HIGHER (EXPOUND)

Acts 1:10–11 (NIV)

10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky?

STOP FOCUSING ON WHATS GONE

STOP FOCUSING ON WHATS MISSING

STOP FOCUSING ON THE WAY THINGS WERE

THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE

GET YOUR FOCUS BACK ON THE MISSION THAT I’VE CALLED YOU TO.

STAY IN YOUR LANE

DO NOT ABORT WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO BIRTH INSIDE OF YOU

TRUST GOD

....................STAND TO YOUR FEET...................

Acts 1:12–14 (NIV)

12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

PRAYER IS THE KEY

THE MIRACLE THEY WERE WAITING FOR ALL THIS TIME

WAS ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

THE ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTIONS WAS ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ON SOMETHING TO HAPPEN FOR ALONG TIME

IT’S ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ON A MIRACLE OF HEALING

IT’S ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AND ANSWER TO PRAYERS

IT’S ALREADY IN THE HOUSE

STOP LOOKING AT THE STORM THROUGH THE EYES OF MAN

TRUST THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO OVERCOME

TRUST THAT GOD HAS THE ANSWER ALREADY PLANNED OUT FOR YOU

THERE WAS A MAN BY THE NAME OF SAUL OF TARSUS

HE WAS A BAD DUDE

HATED AND KILLED CHRISTIANS

BUT GOD HAD DIFFERENT PLANS FOR SAUL

HE WOULD CHANGE HIS NAME TO PAUL AND USE HIM TO BRING CITIES TO JESUS CHRIST

THE HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERED PAUL TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL AND USHER THE EARLY CHURCH INTO EXPERIENCE THE LIFE CHANGING POWER OF JESUS CHRIST

STOP LOOKING AT PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS AND JUDGING THEM THROUGH THE EYES OF MAN

BE OBEDIENT AND TRUST GODS PLAN

SOME OF YOU ARE AT AN INTERSECTION OF FEAR OR FAITH

SOME OF YOU ARE AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE YOUR TRYING TO DECIDE

IF YOUR GONNA DO IT YOUR WAY OR GOD’S WAY

AND GOD IS SAYING LEAN INTO OBEDIENCE

THE OUTCOME IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

OBEDIENCE IS.

COME ON IF THAT’S YOU THIS MORNING

COME AND LET US PRAY WITH YOU

SOME OF YOU NEED TO LET IT GO

YOU’VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTROL AND OUTCOME

GOD IS TELLING YOU THIS MORNING.......LET IT GO

HE’S SAYING I GOT THIS

THIS BURDEN IS TO HEAVY FOR YOU TO BARE