In this message by Greg Laurie, he shares the story of Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea, emphasizing the importance of faith, obedience, and prayer in facing seemingly impossible situations. As the Israelites stood trapped between the Egyptian army and the sea, Moses followed God's instruction to raise his staff, parting the waters for the people to walk through on dry land. Through this powerful example, the message encourages listeners to trust in God's guidance, take bold steps of faith, and persevere in their walk with the Lord, finding strength and victory in obeying His commands.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - How To Face Overwhelming Obstacles | September 11, 2025
- Greg laurie: you see, world changers are willing to take
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- Bold steps of faith.
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- Faith is obeying god in spite of circumstances
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- Or even consequences.
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- And the more you use your faith, the stronger it gets.
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- The less you use your faith, the more it weakens.
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- World changers see opportunities.
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- Those who are changed by this world see obstacles.
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- World changers see bridges.
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- Those who are changed by the world just see walls.
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- It's all how you look at things.
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- And are you willing to do what god tells you to do?
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- ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins. ♪
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- ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins. ♪♪
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- Greg: let me start with a question.
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- How many of you have ever been in a situation where the only
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- Way out was god?
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- Raise your hand up.
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- Yeah, you been in one of those situations?
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- Maybe it was a report from a doctor that gave no real hope.
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- Maybe it was a financial catastrophe where you were on
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- The brink of collapse.
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- Maybe a marriage was completely unraveling or a loved one died,
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- And you did not think you possibly could survive such a
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- Thing, or you've had a huge family conflict
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- That seemed unresolvable.
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- Well, i bring this up because that's the very scenario before
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- Us here in our story from world changers, as we see the
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- Israelites standing between, well, in a way, the devil
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- And the deep blue sea.
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- They were backed up against the wall, and they were caught
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- Between an unconquerable army and an impossible--excuse
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- Me--impassable sea.
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- They were between the impossible and the more impossible, but
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- What they were about to discover was, "with god,
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- All things are possible."
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- Have you ever looked up the phrase, "but god," in scripture?
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- Fascinating study.
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- "but god," two words.
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- Let me illustrate.
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- You remember god brought judgment upon the earth in the
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- Days of noah.
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- The flood came and noah and his family got into the ark
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- With the animals, and things were looking pretty bleak.
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- But we read in genesis, "but god."
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- Remember noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that
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- Were with them in the ark.
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- And he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
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- You see, god had made a promise to noah, that they would find
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- Land again and start over again.
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- And god always keeps his promises.
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- But god.
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- Then there was the story of joseph, who was betrayed by his
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- Own brothers, and they thought he was dead, but god spared his
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- Life, and joseph said to them, "you meant this for evil,
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- But god intended it for good."
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- Even death does not have the final word.
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- Death can seem so permanent, so hopeless, but psalm 49:6 says,
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- "but god will redeem my life from the grave.
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- He will take me for himself."
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- So my question for you today is, how big is your but?
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- Hey, where are your heads at? wow.
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- What? i spelled that with one t, not two.
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- Well, i don't know how big your but is, but i know that your
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- God is bigger than any problem you're facing right now.
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- Yes, i meant to say that. i'm just having fun.
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- That's all you're gonna remember from the message.
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- By the way, i thought of calling this message,
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- "how big is your but?"
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- But i thought it's not gonna be good.
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- So, we're looking at a world changer.
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- His name was moses. what an amazing story.
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- Because here's a boy who, well, was supposed to die, because the
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- Pharaoh, wicked man that he was, gave a decree that all the
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- Jewish baby boys should be drowned in the nile river.
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- Why?
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- Because they were jewish and probably the first act of
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- Antisemitism in the bible that pharaoh tries to eradicate the
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- Race of the hebrews.
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- What a heartless and wicked thing to do.
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- But god had a different plan for the beautiful jewish baby moses.
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- And notice god always will have the last word.
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- So moses parents put him in a little basket, and they covered
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- It in pitch, so it was waterproof.
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- And they sent it cruising down the nile river and almost on
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- Cue, really on cue the beautiful baby moses begins to cry.
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- The daughter of the pharaoh, the princess of egypt sees this
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- Gorgeous little baby boy, and her maternal instincts kick in,
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- And she decides, "i want to raise that boy as my own son.
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- And she's looking for a mother to nurse him; and, of course,
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- Moses' mother is nearby, and she volunteers for the job, and so
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- Here's moses now being raised in the palace of the pharaoh.
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- The world was his oyster.
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- He could've had anything he wanted.
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- And the jewish historian josephus feels that moses was
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- Actually on track to potentially become the
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- Next pharaoh of egypt.
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- And that brings us to our first passage, hebrews 11.
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- "he chose to suffer affliction with the people of god rather
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- Than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the
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- Reproach of christ greater riches than the treasures
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- Of egypt, for he looked to his reward."
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- Man, moses said no to all that sin.
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- Mo said no.
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- And it was awesome.
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- He could've been compromised.
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- He could've done the wrong thing.
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- "no, i don't want your passing pleasures."
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- He was on a roll until he took matters into his own hands,
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- Because one day he saw an egyptian mistreating a jew,
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- And he just lost it, and he killed the guy.
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- And the pharaoh pretty much said moses is a dead man.
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- So, he ran away, and he was exiled for 40 years, probably
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- Thinking that was the end.
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- But god still had a plan for moses.
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- So, he had to retrofit him for the task at hand.
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- And with great courage, accompanied by aaron, he went
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- Into the court of the most powerful man on the face of the
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- Earth, the pharaoh of egypt, and said, "let my people go,
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- That they may have a feast to me in the wilderness."
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- And pharaoh said, "there's no way.
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- I don't know the lord, and i'm not going to let them go."
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- So on that went, and finally the pharaoh acquiesced.
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- Finally, the pharaoh gave in, and now they're on their way.
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- They're out. they're free.
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- In fact, they have their first passover meal together.
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- But this is interesting how the lord led them, because the lord
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- Did not lead them on the direct route.
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- He led them on a much harder, longer route that, in some ways,
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- Made no sense.
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- I mean, think about this.
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- It took them 40 years to reach the promised land.
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- Why is that?
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- Is that because men were in charge, and no one would stop
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- And ask for directions?
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- Could be.
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- Well, the reason was, is because they were wandering in the
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- Wilderness, going around in circles, because they were
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- Disobeying the lord.
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- But the route from egypt to the red sea was an unusual route god
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- Took them.
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- He's taking them in a way where they're going to be put in what
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- Appears to be an impossible situation.
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- That brings me to point number one.
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- Before you can be a world changer,
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- God needs to change you.
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- Before you can be a world changer,
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- God needs to change you.
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- Let me put it another way.
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- Before you can change the world, your world needs to be changed.
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- Now look what happens here.
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- Look at exodus 13, verse 17.
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- "when pharaoh let the people go, god did not lead them along the
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- Main road that runs through philistine territory, even
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- Though that was the shortest route to the promised land.
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- God said, 'if my people are faced with the battle, they
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- Might change their minds and return to egypt.'
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- So, god led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness
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- Toward the red sea."
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- That's interesting.
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- God did not lead them on the shortest route or the easiest
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- Route, but he did lead them on the best route, which brings me
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- To point number two: god's way is the right way.
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- God's way is the right way.
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- Now, the lord gave them a really amazing gps system: a fire by
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- Night, a cloud by day.
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- Very simple. when the cloud moved, you move.
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- When the cloud stopped, you stop.
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- At nighttime, when the fire moved, you move.
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- When it stopped, you stop.
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- You say, "man, i wish i could have that."
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- 'cause a lot of times, i want to know what i should do,
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- Where i should go.
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- It'd be so easy. oh, the cloud's moving.
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- This is the way. let's go, everybody.
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- You have something better than a cloud and a fire.
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- You have christ himself living in your heart.
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- They didn't have that in the old testament.
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- Even moses, great man of god that he was, or abraham, or
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- Isaac, or jacob--fill in the blank here--any of the great old
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- Testament characters, they didn't have christ in them.
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- This is only for the believer in the new covenant, who has
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- Believed in jesus christ.
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- God takes residence in our heart.
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- And i don't need a fire in the sky.
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- I have the fire of the holy spirit in my life giving me the
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- Power to do what god has called me to do.
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- And the lord will lead you in the way that he wants you to go.
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- Now, listen to this.
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- Sometimes god's will doesn't make sense.
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- And i know this is true when you're younger.
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- As you learn these truths for the first time, you know, you'll
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- Learn what god wants you to do, what god doesn't want you to do.
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- And maybe if you're young, you know you're not supposed to have
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- Sex before marriage; and after you're married, you're supposed
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- To be faithful to your spouse.
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- You're saying that is like the lamest rule ever.
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- Why would god say that?
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- He's trying to ruin all my fun.
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- He doesn't know what he's talking about.
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- Actually, god knows exactly what he's talking about.
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- He put that law in place to protect you, because as you get
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- Older, and you see all of the havoc that comes from people who
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- Live immoral lifestyles, you start to see the logic
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- Of this law.
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- You could take so many of our social ills today, marriages
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- Falling apart, children conceived out of wedlock, raised
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- In fatherless homes, often ending up in drugs, often ending
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- Up in prison or in jail, often ending up having their own
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- Children out of wedlock, repeated patterns of sin going
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- On and on, all because we can't keep this simple commandment
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- Of obeying god.
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- He's put it there for your own good.
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- And god tries to protect us and keep us from those things,
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- Because god's way is the right way.
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- And the fact is the lord was going to lead them in a way
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- Where he was going to get the glory.
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- He told the israelites to go specifically to a place called
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- Migdol by the sea.
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- And we read about it here in exodus 14, verse 3.
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- "and the pharaoh will think," the lord says, "the israelites
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- Are confused, and they're trapped in the wilderness.
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- And once again, i will harden pharaoh's heart,
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- And he'll chase after you.
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- I've planned this in order to display my glory through pharaoh
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- And the whole army.
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- After this, the egyptians will know i am the lord.
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- So, the israelites camped there as they were told."
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- From a standpoint of military strategy, this was crazy.
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- They were completely vulnerable.
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- They were surrounded by desert with their backs
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- Against the ocean.
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- There was literally no way out.
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- But the fact is god was tricking the egyptians into thinking the
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- Israelis or israelites had no idea what they were doing, but
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- God was allowing this so he could show his power.
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- Meanwhile, back at the palace, one of the pharaoh's subjects
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- Comes and says, "those crazy hebrews,
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- Guess what they've done.
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- They don't know what they're doing.
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- They don't know where they're going.
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- They're backed up against the red sea with no way out.
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- What should we do?" "what should we do?
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- Let's kill them all right now," says the pharaoh.
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- He's so angry.
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- So, he gets the army ready, and they begin the charge
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- Against the israelites.
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- He's thinking, "i'm gonna get them.
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- They're so foolish.
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- They've made this horrible mistake."
- 00:12:25.154 --> 00:12:26.856
- And here are the israelites standing back up against the
- 00:12:26.856 --> 00:12:29.959
- Red sea, and they see this approaching army.
- 00:12:29.959 --> 00:12:33.062
- So, what do they do? do they pray?
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- Do they rejoice that god's in control?
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- No, they do what you would do. they completely freak out.
- 00:12:37.433 --> 00:12:42.905
- Look at exodus 14:10.
- 00:12:42.905 --> 00:12:44.774
- "as pharaoh approached, the people of israel looked up and
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- Panicked when they saw the egyptians overtaking them, and
- 00:12:47.143 --> 00:12:50.546
- Said to moses, 'weren't there enough graves for us in egypt?'"
- 00:12:50.546 --> 00:12:55.084
- It's kind of funny, really.
- 00:12:55.084 --> 00:12:56.685
- "'oh, we had to come and die all the way out here.
- 00:12:56.685 --> 00:12:59.188
- We could've just died in egypt just as easily.'"
- 00:12:59.188 --> 00:13:03.125
- You know, it's a funny thing.
- 00:13:03.125 --> 00:13:04.493
- They kept wanting to go back to egypt.
- 00:13:04.493 --> 00:13:06.595
- That was always the point of egypt, going back to egypt--or
- 00:13:06.595 --> 00:13:09.732
- Their point of reference rather--going back to egypt it
- 00:13:09.732 --> 00:13:13.068
- Took god one night to get israel out of egypt,
- 00:13:13.068 --> 00:13:15.971
- And it took 40 years to take egypt out of israel.
- 00:13:15.971 --> 00:13:20.876
- They're always looking back.
- 00:13:20.876 --> 00:13:22.745
- And some christians are that way.
- 00:13:22.745 --> 00:13:24.480
- They're always looking back.
- 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.015
- Oh, remember the good old days, you know,
- 00:13:26.015 --> 00:13:27.483
- Before i was a christian.
- 00:13:27.483 --> 00:13:29.351
- Man, we would party, had so much fun, did this, did that.
- 00:13:29.351 --> 00:13:35.090
- Really, were they good old days?
- 00:13:35.090 --> 00:13:37.393
- Were they as good as you think they were?
- 00:13:37.393 --> 00:13:40.029
- Or is your memory a little distorted?
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- Have you forgotten the emptiness?
- 00:13:42.631 --> 00:13:44.800
- Have you forgotten the despondency?
- 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:47.203
- Have you forgotten the repercussions of the things
- 00:13:47.203 --> 00:13:50.039
- That you did?
- 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.208
- Have you forgotten that dull ache deep inside of you?
- 00:13:52.208 --> 00:13:56.212
- Have you forgotten the fact that you contemplated suicide?
- 00:13:56.212 --> 00:13:59.548
- Have you forgotten the havoc it brought upon your family?
- 00:13:59.548 --> 00:14:04.053
- Yeah, you've forgotten about that conveniently, and you
- 00:14:04.053 --> 00:14:06.488
- Remember a few good times that you had.
- 00:14:06.488 --> 00:14:09.625
- And that's what they were doing.
- 00:14:09.625 --> 00:14:11.026
- They were always looking back.
- 00:14:11.026 --> 00:14:12.962
- So, before we judge them, let's just realize
- 00:14:12.962 --> 00:14:14.630
- We've done the same thing.
- 00:14:14.630 --> 00:14:16.899
- This is why jesus said, "no man, having put his hand to the plow
- 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:20.669
- And looking back is fit for the kingdom of god."
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- Greg: greg laurie here.
- 00:14:25.808 --> 00:14:27.142
- You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
- 00:14:27.142 --> 00:14:29.645
- Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
- 00:14:29.645 --> 00:14:33.048
- Unexpected message.
- 00:14:33.048 --> 00:14:34.717
- And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
- 00:14:34.717 --> 00:14:39.121
- Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
- 00:14:39.121 --> 00:14:43.592
- Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
- 00:14:43.592 --> 00:14:47.329
- Country through this television program, they also help us to
- 00:14:47.329 --> 00:14:51.533
- Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
- 00:14:51.533 --> 00:14:55.271
- Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
- 00:14:55.271 --> 00:14:59.108
- Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
- 00:14:59.108 --> 00:15:03.145
- In lahaina on the island of maui.
- 00:15:03.145 --> 00:15:05.247
- And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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- Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
- 00:15:08.817 --> 00:15:12.154
- So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
- 00:15:12.154 --> 00:15:15.190
- Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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- Great commission.
- 00:15:19.528 --> 00:15:21.096
- Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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- Thank you and god bless you.
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- Female announcer: jesus says that "where two or three are
- 00:15:26.735 --> 00:15:29.171
- Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them."
- 00:15:29.171 --> 00:15:33.475
- We are all different, we have different interests, different
- 00:15:33.475 --> 00:15:36.679
- Personalities, different upbringings, and different ways
- 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:40.449
- We do life, but here we have a deep connection.
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- And you are welcome here.
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- This is harvest.
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- Greg: that brings us to point number three.
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- When things are scary, pray.
- 00:16:02.037 --> 00:16:05.207
- When things are scary, pray.
- 00:16:05.274 --> 00:16:06.976
- Yeah, the people freaked out, but they also prayed.
- 00:16:06.976 --> 00:16:09.211
- Verse 11, they cried out to the lord and said to moses,
- 00:16:09.211 --> 00:16:12.748
- "why did you bring us here to die in the wilderness?"
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- They cried out to god.
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- That's what we need to do when we're in trouble.
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- If your knees start shaking, kneel on them.
- 00:16:20.356 --> 00:16:24.493
- And know this: faith and worry cannot coexist.
- 00:16:24.493 --> 00:16:27.763
- One chases out the other.
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- And we're told over in philippians 4,
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- "don't worry about anything.
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- Pray about everything.
- 00:16:33.936 --> 00:16:35.704
- And the peace of god will guard your heart and mind
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- In christ jesus."
- 00:16:37.806 --> 00:16:39.174
- Or as the jb phillips translation puts it, "don't
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- Worry over anything, whatever.
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- Tell god every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful
- 00:16:44.313 --> 00:16:47.516
- Prayer, and the peace of god, which transcends human
- 00:16:47.516 --> 00:16:51.820
- Understanding, will keep constant guard over your hearts
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- And minds as they rest in christ jesus."
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- I love that translation.
- 00:16:58.594 --> 00:17:00.329
- But they saw the army.
- 00:17:00.329 --> 00:17:01.797
- I mean, imagine, look at verse 10.
- 00:17:01.797 --> 00:17:03.365
- They saw the egyptian army in pursuit.
- 00:17:03.365 --> 00:17:06.635
- I mean, if this were happening today, it would've been tanks,
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- And hummers, and helicopters, and jets, all coming at them
- 00:17:09.238 --> 00:17:13.842
- At the same time.
- 00:17:13.842 --> 00:17:15.477
- Chariots, and horses, and shields, and swords, and spears.
- 00:17:15.477 --> 00:17:19.615
- They're thinking, we are so dead.
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- There was no mightier army on the face of the earth
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- At this time.
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- But what does god tell them to do?
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- Moses reassures them and says in exodus 14:13, "don't be afraid.
- 00:17:29.024 --> 00:17:33.162
- Just stand still and watch the lord rescue you today.
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- The egyptians that you see today will never be seen again.
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- The lord himself will fight for you.
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- Just stay calm."
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- Wow, that's kind of hard to do, isn't it?
- 00:17:43.105 --> 00:17:46.508
- And sometimes the devil comes at us with everything he's got.
- 00:17:46.508 --> 00:17:50.679
- All his temptations, all his deceptions, all of his demons
- 00:17:50.679 --> 00:17:54.483
- Coming at us.
- 00:17:54.483 --> 00:17:55.851
- We're thinking, "oh, man, i'm gonna die."
- 00:17:55.851 --> 00:17:57.352
- No, you aren't.
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- And i'll tell you why you aren't.
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- Because greater is he that is in you than he that is
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- In the world, that's why.
- 00:18:02.057 --> 00:18:03.959
- Christ is in you. you belong to the lord.
- 00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:08.464
- Oh, the devil can tempt you.
- 00:18:08.464 --> 00:18:10.666
- The devil can hassle you, but cannot overcome you, because
- 00:18:10.666 --> 00:18:14.036
- You're under god's protection.
- 00:18:14.036 --> 00:18:16.371
- "stand still and see the salvation of the lord,"
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- Says moses.
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- And believe it or not, that's a good place to be.
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- Now, that brings me to point number four.
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- When led by the lord, make your move.
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- There's a time to wait, and there's a time to move.
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- Verse 15, the lord said to moses,
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- "why are you crying to me?
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- Tell the people to get moving.
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- Pick up your staff.
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- Raise your hand over the sea.
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- Divide the waters so the israelites can walk through,
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- Through the middle of the sea on dry ground."
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- Listen to this.
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- This may seem odd, but this is true.
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- There can come a point in your life when you don't need to pray
- 00:18:53.442 --> 00:18:56.578
- About something anymore.
- 00:18:56.578 --> 00:18:58.580
- "well, greg, you should always--" now hold on.
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- Understand what i'm saying.
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- There's a time to pray, and there's a time to move.
- 00:19:01.717 --> 00:19:05.254
- See, god was saying, "stop crying to me.
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- Stop praying about it.
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- Get moving.
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- The miracle is coming.
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- Moses, hold up your hand, hold up that staff,
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- And the water is parted."
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- Let me illustrate.
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- Let's say you're having troubles in your marriage.
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- Maybe you're praying for your husband.
- 00:19:19.968 --> 00:19:21.837
- "oh, lord, help my husband to change.
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- He's such a jerk.
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- Change him, lord.
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- Help him see how wonderful i am."
- 00:19:27.809 --> 00:19:31.580
- Maybe you should change your prayer.
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- Maybe you should say, "lord, you know my husband is a jerk,
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- But help me to be the godly woman you want me to be.
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- Help me to do my part.
- 00:19:44.092 --> 00:19:45.527
- And the husband, of course, needs to pray the same thing.
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- See, a lot of times we're saying, "lord, save my
- 00:19:48.463 --> 00:19:50.265
- Marriage," but we're not doing anything
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- To keep our marriage strong.
- 00:19:51.767 --> 00:19:54.169
- You know, the bible says, "husbands, love your wife
- 00:19:54.169 --> 00:19:56.238
- As christ loves the church.
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- Wives, respect your husband."
- 00:19:58.106 --> 00:20:00.209
- You know, but we don't do that.
- 00:20:00.209 --> 00:20:01.543
- We just, oh, lord, save my marriage.
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- Okay, good, keep praying, but do your part.
- 00:20:02.911 --> 00:20:05.681
- You see, there's a time to pray, and there's a time to move.
- 00:20:05.681 --> 00:20:08.750
- How were they able to do this?
- 00:20:08.750 --> 00:20:11.153
- How were they able to walk through the red sea?
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- I mean, just imagine this.
- 00:20:13.088 --> 00:20:14.456
- It's like god saying to you, "go down to the pacific ocean and
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- Keep walking."
- 00:20:17.326 --> 00:20:19.294
- Uh, what?
- 00:20:19.294 --> 00:20:20.762
- "yeah, just walk."
- 00:20:20.762 --> 00:20:22.297
- So, you get in, you know, you're up to your ankles.
- 00:20:22.297 --> 00:20:23.765
- Now you're up to your knees.
- 00:20:23.765 --> 00:20:25.367
- Now you're up to your waist, and the waves are crashing on top of
- 00:20:25.367 --> 00:20:28.203
- Your head, and you really can't walk at all.
- 00:20:28.203 --> 00:20:30.806
- You're thinking, "this isn't working out."
- 00:20:30.806 --> 00:20:32.407
- That's what god said to do.
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- You just go and start walking.
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- How were they able to do it?
- 00:20:36.445 --> 00:20:38.213
- They did it by faith.
- 00:20:38.213 --> 00:20:39.781
- Hebrews 11:29 says, "it was by faith the people of israel went
- 00:20:39.781 --> 00:20:43.452
- Right through the red sea as though they were on dry ground.
- 00:20:43.452 --> 00:20:47.422
- But when the egyptians tried to follow, they were all drowned."
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- You see, world changers are willing to take
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- Bold steps of faith.
- 00:20:56.098 --> 00:20:58.500
- Faith is obeying god in spite of circumstances
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- Or even consequences.
- 00:21:01.670 --> 00:21:04.773
- And the more you use your faith, the stronger it gets.
- 00:21:04.773 --> 00:21:08.143
- The less you use your faith, the more it weakens.
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- World changers see opportunities.
- 00:21:11.947 --> 00:21:14.616
- Those who are changed by this world see obstacles.
- 00:21:14.616 --> 00:21:18.387
- World changers see bridges.
- 00:21:18.387 --> 00:21:20.789
- Those who are changed by the world just see walls.
- 00:21:20.789 --> 00:21:23.692
- It's all how you look at things.
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- And are you willing to do what god tells you to do?
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- Bringing me to point number five, our life as a christian
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- Is a walk of faith.
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- Look at verse 21.
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- Moses raised his hand over the sea.
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- The lord opened up a path through the water.
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- And with a strong east wind, the wind blew all that night,
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- Turning the sea bed into dry land, so that people walked
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- Through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water
- 00:21:45.681 --> 00:21:50.052
- On each side."
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- They had to walk right through.
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- By the way, it took all night.
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- I'm sure it was very excited when they started.
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- Whoa.
- 00:21:56.858 --> 00:21:58.627
- Fish probably flopping around on the ground.
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- Sushi.
- 00:22:00.228 --> 00:22:01.663
- Who's got the wasabi and soy sauce?
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- And they probably saw fish like cruising by them.
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- The walls of water, look at that.
- 00:22:08.203 --> 00:22:09.805
- Look right there.
- 00:22:09.805 --> 00:22:11.239
- You know, it's like the best aquarium ever.
- 00:22:11.239 --> 00:22:13.108
- It was very exciting at first and very exciting at the end,
- 00:22:13.108 --> 00:22:16.445
- When the walls of water collapsed on the egyptian army.
- 00:22:16.445 --> 00:22:19.514
- But they had to walk and walk, and it's hours and hours, and
- 00:22:19.514 --> 00:22:22.818
- That's the christian life.
- 00:22:22.818 --> 00:22:24.786
- It's just a walk with the lord.
- 00:22:24.786 --> 00:22:26.855
- You know, sometimes there's a lot of excitement in the
- 00:22:26.855 --> 00:22:29.024
- Beginning of the christian life when you realize what god has
- 00:22:29.024 --> 00:22:32.127
- Done for you, but as time passes, you might start taking
- 00:22:32.127 --> 00:22:35.364
- Things for granted, and you might start finding yourself
- 00:22:35.364 --> 00:22:38.900
- Becoming a bit apathetic.
- 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:40.836
- You need to just keep walking this walk.
- 00:22:40.836 --> 00:22:44.239
- One definition of being a christian is long obedience in
- 00:22:44.239 --> 00:22:47.943
- The same direction.
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- I like that.
- 00:22:50.345 --> 00:22:51.880
- Long obedience in the same direction.
- 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.815
- But if you find yourself getting apathetic, you need to pull out
- 00:22:53.815 --> 00:22:56.551
- Your rpgs.
- 00:22:56.551 --> 00:22:58.954
- My rocket propelled grenade launcher?
- 00:22:58.954 --> 00:23:01.390
- No, your rpgs.
- 00:23:01.390 --> 00:23:03.125
- R stands for read.
- 00:23:03.125 --> 00:23:05.694
- Every day, read the bible.
- 00:23:05.694 --> 00:23:08.997
- You never outgrow it.
- 00:23:08.997 --> 00:23:10.432
- You never get beyond it.
- 00:23:10.432 --> 00:23:12.000
- It never becomes irrelevant.
- 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.368
- Every day, you read.
- 00:23:13.368 --> 00:23:15.003
- P stands for prayer.
- 00:23:15.003 --> 00:23:16.438
- You need to have a prayer life.
- 00:23:16.438 --> 00:23:18.673
- Pray about things.
- 00:23:18.673 --> 00:23:20.008
- Bring things before the lord.
- 00:23:20.008 --> 00:23:21.510
- G of rpg stands for go to church.
- 00:23:21.510 --> 00:23:25.313
- You never outgrow that.
- 00:23:25.313 --> 00:23:26.815
- You need to be a regular part of the church and s
- 00:23:26.815 --> 00:23:29.818
- In rpg stands for share.
- 00:23:29.818 --> 00:23:32.554
- Share your faith with others.
- 00:23:32.554 --> 00:23:34.423
- This is something we stopped doing.
- 00:23:34.423 --> 00:23:36.458
- We stopped reading our bibles.
- 00:23:36.458 --> 00:23:37.793
- We stopped being regular in church attendance.
- 00:23:37.793 --> 00:23:40.729
- We stopped praying.
- 00:23:40.729 --> 00:23:42.297
- We stopped sharing our faith, and we wonder why apathy is
- 00:23:42.297 --> 00:23:45.367
- Seeping into our life: because you're not doing the basics.
- 00:23:45.367 --> 00:23:49.104
- Let's just say you decided, "i'm just not gonna eat anymore.
- 00:23:49.104 --> 00:23:52.007
- So over the eating thing."
- 00:23:52.007 --> 00:23:56.578
- And here's what's gonna happen.
- 00:23:56.578 --> 00:23:58.046
- You're gonna get lightheaded, you're gonna get dizzy.
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- You're gonna feel almost sick.
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- And if it goes on for a while, you're gonna basically start to
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- Die., and you can't live that way.
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- You must eat to survive.
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- And in the same way, we'll neglect these disciplines, and
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- We'll find ourself withering.
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- Or let's say you never exercise.
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- Sometimes the problem is all you do is eat.
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- You eat and eat and eat and eat.
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- You live at krispy kreme.
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- You live there.
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- Like, have a bed there.
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- You just eat donuts.
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- You eat them before they're even made.
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- Okay, now you have another problem.
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- You need exercise.
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- Well, first of all, stop being a glutton, okay?
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- But number two, you need exercise.
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- You need activity.
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- And so it's not enough to just come to church and listen and
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- Hear and be blessed.
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- Yes, we're thankful you're here, and we're here to help you,
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- But now we take it out.
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- The holiest moment of our church service is when god's people
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- Walk out the doors.
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- Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart, and you have seen
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- Your need for jesus christ.
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- Jesus christ is the son of god, who came from heaven
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- To this earth.
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- He was born in a manger.
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- He died on a cross.
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- He rose again from the dead, why?
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- Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
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- Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
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- I don't want to be a religious person.
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- I don't think you want to be one either.
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- I'm talking about relationship with god.
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- Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life,
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- And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice and open
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- The door, he will come in.
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- Question, have you asked jesus christ to come
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- And live inside of you?
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- You might say, "well, i think so, i'm not sure."
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- Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
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- Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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- I'm sure you would.
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- And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
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- You will know.
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- And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in, yet.
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- He's just a prayer away.
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- All you need to do is say, "jesus, i want this relationship
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- With you.
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- I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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- I want to go to heaven when i die."
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- Would you like to do that?
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- Would you like christ to come into your life?
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- If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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- You can pray it out loud, or you can pray it in the quietness
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- Of your heart.
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- But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ to be
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- Your savior and lord.
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- Pray this with me now.
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- "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner, but i know that you're
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- The savior, who died on the cross for my sin and rose again
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- From the dead.
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- Now come into my life.
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- I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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- Thank you for hearing this prayer
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- And answering this prayer.
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- In jesus's name, amen."
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- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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- If so, i want you to know, on the authority of scripture, that
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- Christ himself has come to live inside of you.
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- And i would love to send to you, at no charge,
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- The "new believer's bible."
- 00:27:04.766 --> 00:27:06.735
- It's a very friendly translation of the new testament you'll find
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- Very understandable, and it's filled with hundreds of notes
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- That i wrote that will encourage you in this commitment
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- You've just made to follow jesus.
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- And let me be the first to say to you, congratulations and
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- Welcome to the family of god.
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