A lot of times in life, we try to fit certain things in our lives. We try to fit a career move. We try to fit a relationship. Some of us even try to fit a marriage and God is saying, that don't fit. That's not the place, that's not what I have for you. And we're like, yes it does. I'm going to make it fit. I'm going to make it work. Yes it does. It fits. And we force it in. As if we're saying to God, our Heavenly Father, see, the piece is in the puzzle. It fits in my life. As if God is saying, the piece is in the puzzle, but the picture's not right.
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Why is it that we are so quick to grab on to the negative and not the positive? Why is it that we are so ready to accept opposition than to believe there's opportunity? Why are we so receptive to the fact that we can't do it when God says we can?
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Be careful who makes you. Because whoever makes you, you are dependent on, devoted to, and directed by.
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You don't need a leader to go backwards. You just turn around and go back. You need a leader if you want to go forward. You need a leader for uncharted waters. You need a leader for unfamiliar territory. What do you need a leader to go backwards for?
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The real issue is because they didn't believe that freedom would cost. But y 'all, freedom costs you something. It costs them and it costs us right now in 2025. That it is important that we stay alert and aware as our rights and our privileges are being trampled on.
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With God, all things are possible. But without God, even the possible becomes impossible. That's the sermon in a sentence. That's the big idea. That's it. If you miss everything else I say, don't miss the fact that with God, all things are possible. Watch it. Because without God, what was once possible becomes impossible.
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You run into problems when you're trying to get to a high place and still living a low life. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. They said we have sinned a perverted lifestyle you will never get to the high place that god has for you with the perverted lifestyle.
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They recognized they sinned but they didn't repent. Let me just say i don't expect a whole lot of shouting today it's okay i don't expect much shouting today if you can't say amen just look amen all right just looking amen it's okay they were conscious of it but they continued in it.
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The good news is that if you will not just recognize it, but if you will repent, don't you know God is a merciful God? Don't you know God is ready to forgive you? Don't you know God is ready to cover you? Don't you know God is ready for you to come back?
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Whenever you're trying to go up and do it without spiritual leadership, without Christ and his church, without the pastor and his church, you making that which is possible, impossible.
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It is a problem which we try to forsake the leadership of the pastor and his church. You know, from the hands of the preacher, from the cradle to the grave, it involves the hand of the preacher.
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God has put something in the mouth of the preacher that's going to give you direction, that's going to give you encouragement, that's going to give you even rebuke, but it's going to improve your life.
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They're trying to go up without the presence of God. Can you believe that? They're trying to. Rise higher. Without God's help. What arrogance. Sin. Will make you crazy. And conceited.
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The real issue was not the presence of their enemies. The real problem was the absence of the Lord. The issue was not the presence of the enemies. The psalmist told us, God can handle, the psalmist said in Psalm 23, I'll prepare a table before you. In the presence of your enemies. God already showed them, I can handle your enemies. The problem was not the presence of enemies, it was the absence of the Lord.
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If I'm putting a basketball team together, I want LeBron James with me. If I'm putting a baseball squad together, I want Julio Rodriguez with me. If I'm trying to put together a football team, I want Jalen Hurts with me. And y 'all, if I'm trying to face the battles in life, I want God with me.
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But I can't leave you there. I know I've been preaching for 27 minutes. And it's been like bad news. But I had to give you the bad news before I could give you the good news. Because if I gave you the good news, the good news wouldn't be as good if I didn't give you the bad news first.
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The good news is with God, all things. Somebody's going to get it in a minute. All things are possible. Wait, wait, wait, wait, Pastor. You're a textual preacher. Is that in the text? Yeah, I stopped reading at verse 45. But if you keep reading in the chapter 15, verse 2, it says, Moses said to the children of Israel, wait a minute. All of them didn't try to go up. All of them didn't try to do it with a perverted lifestyle. All of them didn't try to do it without the prophet of the Lord or without the presence of the Lord. All of them didn't perish in the land. And there was some that said, no, we're going to wait until God is with us. And they found out that God is a God that can do the impossible.
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If you walked up in here with an impossible situation we serve a god that can do the impossible it may be impossible with you it may be impossible but for your friends and family but how many know all things are possible with the lord have you any rivers that you cannot cross have you any mountains you cannot tunnel through god specializes in things that seem impossible and he can do what no other power the old folks you say holy ghost power can do god specializes is there anybody here that knows he specializes in the impossible i said is there anybody here that knows that what's impossible for you is possible with god keep on believing keep on trusting keep on praising keep on praying because we serve a god that can do the impossible in fact he'll give you good measure press down shaking together running over he's able to do exceedingly
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It may seem impossible for you, but we serve a God that is able. He can do the impossible. God can do what he said he would do. He's going to perform every promise to you. Don't give up on God, because he won't give up on you. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able. He's able. Does anybody here believe that? Am I in by myself? Where's the church at? Anybody believe that he's able to do the impossible? I don't care what the doctor said. I don't care what the lawyer said. God can do. The impossible. He's going to fulfill every promise he made to you. Just don't give up on God. He won't give up on you. God is able to He's able.
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We serve a God that majors in the impossible he can do the impossible I don't care how far -fetched I don't care how out of the way I don't care it ain't over till God says it's over he's able he's able he's able all things are possible to them that believe Because we serve a God that majors in impossibilities.
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Some things you think you never get off, you never get victory over. I'm here to let you know. I'm living proof that he's able. I'm living proof that he's able. So, he can do the impossible.
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Now somebody looking at me today, you, you've been trying to go up without God. You've been trying to make it in you, without the Lord. Even while I was ministering, in the center of your consciousness was something in your life that you know is not like God. You recognize it, you're conscious of it. But that's not enough. That's just the first step. You need to turn around. You, you're saying, look, I struggle with this, I struggle with that, I struggle. Look, if you will just turn to God, you automatically turn away from your sin. But you've got to turn to him. You need to turn from him. God was still in the camp. And somebody today, you strayed away from the camp. You need to come back to the camp. That's where the Lord is. You're trying to figure out, where's God in my life? God is the same place he's always been. But you need to turn to him.
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