Get Rid of it!

``The Israelites, they have the promise of God and they went in by faith. Same is true with you. Church, church, Jesus has already defeated your enemy that you're wrestling with. You you he conquered it on the cross. He defeated and he died for your sins. You no longer have to live in the power of the flesh. You have the power of the spirit living in you and working through you. You just have to say, Lord, I accept your power flowing in. Forgive me of my sins. [00:39:49] (35 seconds)  #VictoryInChrist

And at first, it starts into a little thing, but over the course of weeks, turns into months, turns into years, and pretty soon, people who call themselves Christians are no longer living in obedience to God's word because that's what happens next. The people bow down to other gods. You don't realize it. It doesn't come it doesn't it doesn't happen instantly. It's not like you leave this afternoon and go, good. I'm gonna go worship all and hang out at the Asher Pole. No. You're not gonna do that. It happens in a progression. It happens over years of disobedience. Happens over years of giving in to the tests and temptations. [00:16:35] (39 seconds)  #SlowDriftToDisobedience

Judges was written so that we could break the cycle of sin in our life. Judges was written more than just a whole bunch of stories about various people rising and falling, rising and falling. It is written so that we will see the cycle in our life, so that we can see ordinary people, the judges, doing extraordinary things, rescuing people through the spirit of the Lord, looking forward to what God is gonna do in our life. [00:41:23] (32 seconds)  #JudgesBreaksTheCycle

And in their wealth and in their blessings, what happened? They started to forget God. They started to say, oh, well, we don't need God anymore because I've got enough produce. Boy, this is great land. Boy, it's Sunday morning, I think I'm gonna go play on the beach instead because I don't need to fellowship, I don't need to worship. Oh, it's Sunday morning and I'm tired. I've had a tough week. I'm not gonna go hang out and be with my Christian brothers and sisters. Oh, you know, I'm gonna yeah, I'm too busy to read God's word. [00:16:08] (27 seconds)  #BlessingsDontReplaceGod

We're on two different sides of the promise. We're on two different sides. I have three plus years of experience of of weathering storms in life and children and and moving and and challenges of people passing away in my life, family, and they're on the beginning stages of that, where they get to make these promises and and are they is the word gonna be true? You know, when you stand to get married and and you're gonna make the promise, you have no idea what's coming next. You have no idea what's gonna happen downstream. You have no idea what life is gonna throw at you, but you've gotta you're gonna make a promise to the glory of God, to the praise of God, you will be there with that person. [00:01:08] (40 seconds)  #PromisesDespiteTheUnknown

Yes, the battles are different. We are not commanded to go out and murder, completely eradicate people living in a neighborhood that you don't want them living into. That's completely antithetical to what the bible's saying. But the temptations, the temptations that they face are the same temptations that you and I face. The battles are different. The times are different, but the temptations are the same. The temptations that they have the temptation to be obedient or disobedient. The temptation to be submissive to God's word or to be independent of God's word. [00:24:13] (45 seconds)  #SameTemptationsDifferentTimes

And I'm here to say that still thirty years later, we've kept those promises. And and then next week, next Saturday next Saturday, I'm gonna stand on the stage and we're gonna and Gabriel's gonna stand there, and Andrea's gonna stand there, and I think Mike is gonna stand down the steps some, and Andrea and Gabriel are gonna make promises. [00:00:44] (24 seconds)  #PromisesKept

I was in a black suit, and it was a hot day. It was a hot day. It was the July, I was in a black suit and Amy was in a big beautiful white dress. And we're taking our pictures outside and and it was just warm and I didn't care because later on that evening, we were gonna make promises. We were gonna stand on the stage at Trinity Church in Redlands, we were gonna promise one another that we would be with each other for good and bad, for riches and poor, and and all these elements that we promised. [00:00:09] (34 seconds)  #VowsForLife