1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:08,280 Amen. Good God, Hallelujah, you'll 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,640 stand with me tonight to honor to the reading of God's Word. 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,200 Amen. This evening we got scriptural 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,760 precedence always for that from the book of Ezra. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,160 They stood while they read the word Amen of God. 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,920 I just got one verse for you. So you should just be beaming 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:31,360 with gladness for those children that are going back to school 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:32,759 tomorrow. That won't be happening. 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:35,200 Wabash has canceled school for tomorrow. 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,680 So I'm, I'm guessing that at any moment in time I make mention 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:47,280 that during the service at least get a Amen or a yes from those 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,760 that are of that. Age. 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,960 Sister Mariah. Amen. 14 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,400 Leviticus. The Book of Leviticus. 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:08,160 I've been like a hen brooding on this egg since February of last 16 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,640 year. Because if you read your Bible 17 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,480 through in a year, your Genesis livid, you know, Genesis, 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,760 Exodus, Leviticus. So it was about February of last 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:23,240 year. So here we are, finally 20 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,600 surprised it's not a chicken yet. 21 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,880 Leviticus chapter #26 in just verse 10. 22 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,840 And again, I know we're already 12 days into the year, but this 23 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:40,600 is with the mind of the new year, perhaps new season of your 24 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,480 life. Leviticus 26 and 10. 25 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,880 He says God says it, God speaking. 26 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,600 To the children of Israel, at this moment, they're still at 27 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,080 Mount Sinai. They they're not yet crossed the 28 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,000 Jordan River into the Promised Land. 29 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,640 Matter of fact, there are landless. 30 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,240 People at this moment, he's. Speaking to their future. 31 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:06,520 And he says, And ye shall eat old store bring forth the old 32 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:14,320 because of the new shall bring forth the old because of the 33 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,120 new. Find share just a few other 34 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:22,280 versions of that for you home and Christian study Bible says 35 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,400 you will eat the old grain of the previous year and will clear 36 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,760 out the ode to make room for the new. 37 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,600 The new English translation says just a portion there. 38 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,880 That last portion of the verse says and we'll have to clean 39 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:37,560 out. What is? 40 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:44,040 Stored from the previous year to make room for new. 41 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:49,600 It is my estimation and belief that sometimes we carry things 42 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:57,520 over from year to year, that we need to let go of new things. 43 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,520 Trying to enter our life for a new season, a new year. 44 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,640 Sometimes we want to collectively keep everything, 45 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:07,280 but we sometimes lose the new because we're not willing to 46 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,800 part with the old. And so tonight I want to 47 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,840 administer this. Make room for the new. 48 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,840 Make room for the new. Let's pray together. 49 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,360 Father, I thank you Jesus today for your spirit. 50 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:26,120 Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to be here twice. 51 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,040 Lord, on this Sunday, I pray, O God, that you have the. 52 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,000 Minister Lord, in this place. Not your. 53 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,960 Word Lord, just be words. On the page, God of some distant 54 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,040 time of years ago. But let it be fresh. 55 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,200 Lord, I pray God for us even tonight. 56 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,600 God help someone this evening, God, someone, Lord, in this 57 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,160 place as they enter. Lord God, the year of. 2025 I 58 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,320 pray, O God, that you're able to help them. 59 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,440 Lord. God to make room. 60 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,800 Lord God for some new things. God that you want to. 61 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,120 Do Lord in their. Life in this season of their 62 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,200 life God Lord, we'll trust you with it God and we'll have faith 63 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,040 God that you'll do it in. The lovely name of Jesus. 64 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,880 Christ that we pray, Amen. And you may be seated tonight in 65 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:17,880 Jesus name. Hoarding, hoarding. 66 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:23,760 Hoarding is a powerful illustration of the human 67 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,040 condition. People surrounded by physical 68 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,840 clutter, various items and things. 69 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:36,080 I mean, it runs the gamut of what there can be, but their 70 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,080 true struggle goes you really much. 71 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Deeper than the items. That are tangible, that you can 72 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,400 see and can feel with the hands. They aren't simply buried under 73 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,320 belongings, but. Many of them are buried. 74 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,680 Beneath fear and regrets and. The wait. 75 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,200 Sometimes of their past in order. 76 00:04:55,200 --> 00:05:00,240 To act out as they. Are to live as they are. 77 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,840 So we see those and those are astounding no doubt to us. 78 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:06,240 Maybe some of us, but. What about? 79 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,120 Us, most of us might. Not be hoarders in a physical 80 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,480 sense we don't have stacks of newspapers lining our hallways 81 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,280 in our homes and, you know sundry and various broken 82 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:22,480 appliances that's overtaken our. Living rooms, but. 83 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,280 What about spiritually? What about emotionally? 84 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,000 Many of us I. Believe from year to year, 85 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,680 sometimes in a spiritual, emotional sense. 86 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,720 We are hoarders. We cling to things that have 87 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,840 long, long lost their usefulness. 88 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:44,240 We hold on to old wounds and grudges that clutter our hearts 89 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,760 and our lives. We we have regrets and mistakes 90 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,360 that we replay endlessly in our. Mind's Eye. 91 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,320 There's broken relationships. That we keep. 92 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,400 Pieces or even. Portions of that we really just 93 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,240 need to let go. Of our our have outdated. 94 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,280 Mindsets and fears that. Sometimes prevent us from 95 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,200 embracing. What God has for us. 96 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,000 In this season. Of our life. 97 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,640 Hoarding is a very complex, complex behavior and I'm not 98 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,360 qualified. To explain professionally all 99 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,520 the insurance and outs of that. But as a pastor, I can tell you 100 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,320 this that I can share that hoarders exist. 101 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,000 Not only in the natural. Sense, but also in the spiritual 102 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,320 and religious context as well. People enter the church 103 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,720 sometimes. Without any control in their 104 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,240 lives and. They've been at the mercy at 105 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,640 times of addictions and and that addiction has decided. 106 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,600 What they will do or what they will. 107 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,600 Not do and they've. Come out of oppressive 108 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,200 relationships. Where having opinion was nearly 109 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,760 intolerable to whoever. They were in a relationship with 110 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,840 and what they've only known is only known. 111 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:00,560 To just reaction mode, right? There, there's no planning. 112 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,240 They react to what happens day in and day out. 113 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,600 Whatever happens to? Them each day new new. 114 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,640 Circumstance they're. Just going to react to it. 115 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,520 And then there's other. People that come into the. 116 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,000 Church that they have suffered profound. 117 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,600 Loss in their lives. They they have loss. 118 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,240 And they they feel sometimes like they're drowning in all of 119 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,760 the. Loss that they have and like a. 120 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,360 Drowning person they are desperately finding and trying 121 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,000 to grab. On to anything. 122 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,760 They can grab onto in order. To stay afloat. 123 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,960 And they don't necessarily care what they cling on to because 124 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,600 they're in survival mode. Doesn't necessarily matter what 125 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,600 they is. That if it's accessible, they're 126 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,000 just going to grab. On it, they're going to. 127 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,080 Claim it. Because they're a drowning 128 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,680 individual. They, they don't want to let go. 129 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,080 They they don't want to let go of of things that they have had, 130 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,840 or anyone for that matter, because they've never really had 131 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,960 anybody stay. Long enough, they they no. 132 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,280 Loss so there's people constantly coming in their life 133 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,040 and. Exiting their life and so. 134 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,920 They're grabbing on to whatever they can as a result. 135 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,040 Of that they surround themselves in, sometimes just with. 136 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,120 Worthless things. It says to them it's just better 137 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,720 to have. Something rather than to have. 138 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,560 Nothing. And so they just just bring 139 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,720 that. Into their life and it all comes 140 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,040 along there. They leave no space for anything 141 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,400 else with the with the fear that they might even lose that if I'm 142 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,280 speaking these terms for the new year sometimes, that we leave no 143 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:31,680 space for new blessing or new opportunity or new growth that 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,240 God may desire to bring into our lives. 145 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,440 Because we're just burdened and. Suffocating with the weight of 146 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,400 everything that we had before and perhaps that was good for 147 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,800 its season and for its time period, but. 148 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,480 You're in a new season tonight. You're in a new year, a new 149 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,600 time. I read a book several. 150 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,680 Years ago. Called the things they carried. 151 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:56,200 Tim. O'Brien wrote about the Vietnam 152 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,920 War and he included numerous sentences and pages that 153 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,800 enumerated all the different things that a warrior in the 154 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,880 Vietnam War. Carried into battle whenever he 155 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,760 was in field. Duty and there was all type of 156 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,880 things, he remarked, and said they carried all they could bear 157 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,560 and then some, including a. Silent. 158 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:18,040 All for the terrible. Power of the. 159 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,640 Things that they carried they. Carried things that were beyond 160 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,640 just the visible things. A person. 161 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,040 Could see with their eye or the tangible things that. 162 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,720 They even carried. Things that were associated 163 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,280 memories, if you will, he said. They they. 164 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,840 Shared and they carried the weight of a memory, meaning 165 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,320 perhaps some regrets from things that they had done on the 166 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,040 battle. Things. 167 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,280 Things that they had witnessed that took. 168 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,280 Place there they weren't just. Carrying guns and and 169 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,200 ammunition. But they were carrying the 170 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,640 weight of what? They had been exposed to. 171 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,840 The weight of what they. Encountered. 172 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,040 Although some of those episodes were long gone, it was eternally 173 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,840 alive in their memory, Eternally alive in the heart. 174 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:01,640 A man. He even said. 175 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,760 They they they would never be at a loss for. 176 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:10,480 Things to carry and similarly, sometimes we carry experiences 177 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,440 and we carry situations from 1:00. 178 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,360 Year to the next year. From. 179 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,640 One month to the next. Month some. 180 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,520 People are so good at hoarding that they still do well on 181 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,360 mistakes that they've been forgiven. 182 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,080 Years ago for someone. Say you, man. 183 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,960 Each year they just take stock and inventory, almost like the 184 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,840 the beginning of her at the end of the year. 185 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,960 Take an. Inventory. 186 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,440 Amen. To carry them over into the next 187 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:36,640 year. Do you remember? 188 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,960 Do you remember in the Grand? Grand scheme of of the cell. 189 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:44,560 Phone industry whenever you had roll over minutes here, remember 190 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,600 when you had roll over minutes and you. 191 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,520 Could carry them over into. The next billing cycle. 192 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,200 If you didn't use them. Well, tonight I'm not talking. 193 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,320 About roll over minutes, I'm referring to regrets and 194 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,440 mistakes. I'm talking about holding on to 195 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,560 the good instead of not accepting the better that God 196 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:07,560 may want to do and what God may want to bring in your life. 197 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,440 There are some things that are not meant to roll over. 198 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,520 God addressed his people at Mount Sinai. 199 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,960 Here in the book of. Leviticus, a mountain. 200 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,840 Where they had. Gathered to after their 201 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,360 deliverance from Egyptian bondage. 202 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,840 And this was an important. Place because as the. 203 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,680 Children of Israel stand at Mount Sinai. 204 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:30,960 There's. Something that we must 205 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,760 understand. Those who stood there were more 206 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,480 than likely because they were in that bondage for 400 years. 207 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,920 As a nation, those that. Stood there have no. 208 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:49,880 Memory or experiences of owning. Land or cultivating land for 209 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,040 themselves. They had been born into a 210 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,360 situation of bondage under the oppression and the thumb of 211 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,280 another. So they don't have no memory, 212 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,280 they can go back to of killing the ground. 213 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,920 And reaping their own harvest so to. 214 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,400 Speak and so as slaves, the Israelites would depend upon 215 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:13,080 Egypt for their food and. For their sustenance, and as. 216 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,120 Egypt controlled their primary sources of food. 217 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,040 They would have to depend. Upon them and so during moments 218 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,040 of scarcity. When they would finally leave 219 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,160 Sinai and start their wilderness journey, you will remember that 220 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,920 they would cry out to Moses and they would say, Moses, why have 221 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,200 you brought us? Out here into the wilderness. 222 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,920 To die, why couldn't have We have died at Egypt, At least at 223 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,400 Egypt we had the. Pots of meat or the pots of. 224 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,760 Flesh and we had the bread. But you must understand none of 225 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:46,920 those. Pots of flesh. 226 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,720 Or bread was really theirs. They couldn't claim them as 227 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,920 their own. As a matter of fact, they were 228 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,200 just looking back on Egypt with a favorable eye because they 229 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,400 were right now in a situation in the wilderness where they. 230 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,360 Felt a little dissatisfied. I want to pause. 231 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,720 For a moment and say. This we often times exaggerate 232 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,400 the goodness of something in the. 233 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,240 Past when we. Feel dissatisfied with what's 234 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:20,240 going on right now. You, you, you just hear me. 235 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,640 Well, there came a day the Bible says that the Lord came down 236 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,080 because He heard the cry of the children of Israel wanting 237 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,720 deliverance. I'm telling you, the meat pox 238 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,840 didn't look very good then. The bread that they were 239 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,720 receiving didn't look very good then. 240 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,960 The only reason why they're talking about it now is because 241 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,040 it was a moment. Of scarcity in the wilderness. 242 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,920 That's the only reason. Why they look upon it with a 243 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,280 favorable eye. But with all of this background, 244 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:52,760 God speaks to them from Sinai and He tells them you're going 245 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,560 to inherit land. Not land that belongs to the 246 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:00,920 Egyptians, not land that belongs to some land owner that you're 247 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:05,440 going to be under, but you as individuals are going to inherit 248 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,120 land. And with that land, you're going 249 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,320 to get the enjoyment of the rewards of farming that land 250 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,720 planning. Seed and harvesting seed. 251 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Right now, I know you stand here as a landless people, but you 252 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,320 won't always be a landless people. 253 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,240 This is. Not your permanent situation. 254 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,560 This is not your permanent life. God wanted them to understand 255 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,440 there'll be a day in the near future that you'll sow seed in 256 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,960 the soil and you'll reap a harvest. 257 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,520 I know. So for years up to this point in 258 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,080 time, you've been at the mercy of hard test masters. 259 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,880 You've been at the mercy of ruthless rulers, Amen. 260 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,040 In Egypt. And they were the ones that 261 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,440 controlled your food supply and managed it. 262 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,280 But there's going to come a day the grain that you hold in your 263 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,280 hand will be your grain. There's going to come a day that 264 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,720 the sprout that you see from the ground is not you tending it for 265 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,080 somebody else, you're going to be tending it for yourself, he 266 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,880 says. But I give you caution right now 267 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:13,080 that when that day comes, you're going to have an urge to want to 268 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,040 keep and stockpile everything that comes. 269 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,680 But if you do that, when the new season comes, you won't have 270 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,680 room for the new, he says. So I urge you right now, when 271 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,320 the day comes that the new grain comes on the corn, that you get 272 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,640 rid of the old, and you allow room and space for the new 273 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:47,240 harvest, for the new season, for the new year, it may take all. 274 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,720 This in consideration that the hoarder is born. 275 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,600 For the Israelite as imagine. They're going through a 276 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:01,360 wilderness journey, each person. Water and food often times were 277 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,400 scarce through the wilderness, but each person. 278 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:09,040 The Bible says that God. Provided manna for them during 279 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,920 their wilderness journey. They were allowed an. 280 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,400 Omer, which is a measurement. An Omer of that manna. 281 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,840 For each individual daily, right? 282 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,840 And you couldn't save a portion of it for the next day. 283 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,240 You had to gather. Twice as much. 284 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,800 Before the Sabbath, Amen. In order to take care of all of 285 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,400 that, Amen, They would do it. Each day and so perhaps. 286 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,000 The hoarder tendencies, Amen, might stem to Egypt. 287 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,040 It might stem to the wilderness because they've only had food 288 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,440 managed by. Somebody else and they had. 289 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,440 Food that come when they're they they were had to have faith that 290 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,840 food would be there tomorrow. And so God says I know what your 291 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,720 I know what your mindset's going to be. 292 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,680 You're going to want to hold on to every bit and can I tell you 293 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,080 that, and I'm going to preach about it before it's all said 294 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,680 and done. Not all grain is good grain. 295 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,599 Not only he says, but I understand what your mentality 296 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:11,400 is going to be. You're going to want to try to 297 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,839 hold on to everything, the good, the bad, the the the lesser 298 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:17,680 quality. Hey man, you're going to want to 299 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,160 because that that's yours and you've had it a different way up 300 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,200 to this point in time. And God understood all of those 301 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,640 tendencies, but he warns them about the day that they'll be a 302 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,200 blower and they'll be a Reaper, and they'll bring forth the old, 303 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,440 He said, in order to make room for the new. 304 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,080 Why? Hey man, because the old, it's 305 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:39,280 beneficial. Oh, grain is great. 306 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:48,120 It's beneficial until it's not. See, there was a point in time 307 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:49,760 that the old grain was the new grain. 308 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,920 It came as new providing. Fresh nutrients and and 309 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,040 sustaining. Them with new grain and. 310 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,720 Regardless of age. Of course, grain is grain, but 311 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,640 one is noticeably fresher than the other. 312 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,000 One is noticeably. More appealing than the. 313 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,760 Other and both the old hear me well. 314 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,240 Whether it be old or whether it be new, IT takes up space in 315 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,680 your barns. It's a matter of fact to ensure 316 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,920 that grain is properly stored. When the new grain arrives, it 317 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,200 would make sense then to preserve it because it's going 318 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,400 to have a longer shelf life than the old grain. 319 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:36,040 It's fresher than the old grain. It's benefits are far from 320 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,440 being. Exhausted what we got to. 321 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,240 Understand is at that point when the new grain comes, the old 322 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:47,600 grain has served it's purpose. Why would we keep the old at the 323 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,040 neglect Amen of making room for the new? 324 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,440 Because if we tried to keep everything, there may be a 325 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,000 shortage in the near future. We got to. 326 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,760 Clear up the old to. Make room for the new because 327 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,720 it's settable. It's suitable for this season. 328 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,400 It's suitable for this time. Hey man, can I tell you that God 329 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,040 brings grain in his particular season? 330 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:14,560 He brings grain in his particular year and at its 331 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,040 particular moment. I'm trying to urge someone 332 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,920 today, there might be some things from 2024 that you would 333 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,120 really like to hold on to. Maybe they have some type of 334 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:28,160 emotional significance to you, good or bad, but I'm trying to. 335 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,400 Let you know tonight. That we're in a new year, your 336 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,240 life is going to be in a new season. 337 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,200 This product, this harvest won't just be like last year's harvest 338 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,760 for you. And you got to let go of some 339 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,080 things. So God will bring a new 340 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:54,840 blessing, a new grain, a new. Not all grain. 341 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:59,400 Is good grain. Grain quality varies, depends on 342 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:00,680 all. Kinds of things growing. 343 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,760 Conditions, harvesting methods, storage practices. 344 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,440 There can be grain that's notably immature grain. 345 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,760 It's. Underdeveloped grain, that type 346 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,840 of grain is prone to spoilage. There's grain that is affected 347 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,880 or infested grain. It's been impacted by fungi, 348 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,520 it's been impacted by insects. There's contaminated grain. 349 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:31,160 It might contain some dirt or debris or rocks or wheat seeds 350 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,240 mixed in so. Just because it's a harvest. 351 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,440 Hey man. Or it's grain. 352 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,720 Not all grain is good grain. What are you saying? 353 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,800 Some of us are keeping contaminated grain in our lives 354 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,320 when there's a new grain that's come to head that is going to be 355 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,760 better for you. Some of us are keeping some 356 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,320 infected grain in our lives when there's something that's better 357 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,200 for you. Some of us are keeping some 358 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,920 grain that's underdeveloped and immature that we need to let go 359 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:06,040 of. Some immature grain someone 360 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,360 shame in. So some of the hardest things to 361 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,720 let go of are the things. That you are familiar with. 362 00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:22,290 It may not be beneficial. To you. 363 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:29,530 But since it's familiar to you, I'll keep. 364 00:21:29,930 --> 00:21:36,450 That reason why there's. People in the world. 365 00:21:36,450 --> 00:21:40,450 Today that endure cycles of violence and that's their norm. 366 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,320 Because that's what they're. Familiar with the reason why 367 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,520 some. People cater to addictions. 368 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,640 Because. Those are the very building. 369 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,640 Blocks of their life. That's what they're familiar 370 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,240 with. It doesn't matter that it may be 371 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,840 to their detriment. This is what I know. 372 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,480 This is what I'm. Familiar with? 373 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,080 It's no different. Than it taking. 374 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,880 Time for the nation. Of Israel to cry out as a result 375 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,640 of their bondage. An outsider may say an outsider. 376 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:11,680 May even look. For other people. 377 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,320 'S lives and may say. What in the world is wrong with 378 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,560 them? Don't they know that's not 379 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,800 normal? The fact of the. 380 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,640 Matter is. Amazingly, they might not know 381 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,880 it isn't normal because to. Them that is their normal. 382 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,360 Can I say that some of us have? Lived our Christian. 383 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:36,480 Lives under umbrella of what we thought was a normal Christian 384 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,400 life, when in reality it's just been a familiar Christian life 385 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,120 for you. There is really another stepping 386 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:46,000 stone. There is really more maturity in 387 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,000 your Christian hood that God wants to bring you into, but you 388 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:56,520 got to make room for it. You someone say man. 389 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,800 Sometimes they hesitate to accept something new, or even 390 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,600 better because, again, they're less familiar with the new. 391 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,120 They're less familiar with. The better people roll over 392 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,440 shame and guilt and regret. Amen. 393 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,440 Those things may. Be the old grain. 394 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,880 Of a previous harvest. Amen. 395 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,440 That's all the harvest they. Had That's all that they've 396 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,240 known until now. And it's hard to let. 397 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,520 Go of sometimes the regrets. And the feelings of shame. 398 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,120 And the feelings of guilt, especially whenever you start to 399 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:31,560 feel you don't deserve anything better. 400 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,080 Hey man, throughout the wilderness journey again, there 401 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,440 were periodic times. Of thirst and hunger. 402 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,280 Amen. But. 403 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,240 God in those moments. We read in scripture he would. 404 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,200 Provide water from a rock he would provide manna from. 405 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,600 Heaven. He would provide quail from. 406 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,160 Heaven. And so I asked, how can we be 407 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,080 reluctant? And critical over such 408 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,720 miraculous provisions. Of God, it wasn't like Amen. 409 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,560 It wasn't like they had had. What are you saying? 410 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,840 I'm saying according to the scripture. 411 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,360 They had a different diet whenever they were in Egypt, the 412 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,480 Bible says in Numbers 11 and verse. 413 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,920 Five. This is what the. 414 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:18,040 Children of Israel said in their wilderness, as a matter of fact, 415 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,320 they had just received food from heaven again, and they said 416 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:26,720 this. We remember the fish, hear me, 417 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:31,920 They have just received food from heaven and they're saying 418 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:36,920 we remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely, the 419 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,360 cucumbers. And the melons and the. 420 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:42,280 Leeks and the onions and the garlic. 421 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,200 And look at verse 6. There is nothing at all besides 422 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:52,000 this manna before our eyes. Reason with me. 423 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Just a little moment here, Sister Grace. 424 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:59,760 Food from heaven. There's not a seed for this. 425 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,320 There's not a cultivation for this. 426 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,320 Every morning it arrives on the new dew of the ground, and yet 427 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,720 in the moment when God is providing them. 428 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,480 Something new? They're just talking about what 429 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,760 they had in their. Past leeks and onions and. 430 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,120 And all these things when we were in bondage of our past, God 431 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:29,680 was having them in a new season, but they were still wanting the 432 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:35,280 old grain. Someone say man, they still. 433 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,640 Wouldn't all all of the old? We don't have anything beside 434 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,280 all of this man, honey, that manna must have been pretty 435 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,040 good. Dad always said it was. 436 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:43,920 Angel. Food. 437 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,360 It must have been pretty good. It was evidently pretty close. 438 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:49,400 At least from. Heaven Amen. 439 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,080 That Elijah had the bread that was baked upon the coals as he 440 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,040 slept under the juniper tree, and they gave it to him and he 441 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,680 ate it. And the Bible says he went in 442 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,640 the strength of that for 40 days and 40 nights. 443 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,680 That must be pretty good stuff. I don't know any bread made out 444 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,080 of the grain we have today. You're going to go in the 445 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,880 strength of for 40 days and 40 nights. 446 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:16,520 But the Israelites say there's nothing beside this manner like 447 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,560 it was inconvenient. But the real truth was this. 448 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,760 It wasn't inconvenient, it was just different. 449 00:26:33,590 --> 00:26:35,590 See God may. Want to do something different 450 00:26:35,590 --> 00:26:39,990 in this year and season of your life, but there are certain if 451 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:41,070 I. Could say it like these? 452 00:26:41,070 --> 00:26:43,670 Foods that. Pertain to specific 453 00:26:43,670 --> 00:26:47,750 environments. Egypt had the Nile River. 454 00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:52,030 They're going to have some fish. The wilderness didn't have much. 455 00:26:52,350 --> 00:26:56,790 Of an Oasis throughout it. It it was really a barren land 456 00:26:56,790 --> 00:27:00,200 in many regards. Fruitlessness, but. 457 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,480 Heaven intervention of manna and quail. 458 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,920 And water from a rock. However, the promised land would 459 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,440 yet be another different environment. 460 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,120 A different type of crop was going to be produced in that 461 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:14,880 place because of the surroundings that they would be 462 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,200 in. The environment that they would 463 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,480 have would accommodate all of that. 464 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,400 Let me say it like. This what they had. 465 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,040 Egypt's produce was not meant. For the wilderness. 466 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,960 And the manna that came down in the wilderness was not meant for 467 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,560 the promised land we live. I know in an hour of import and 468 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,800 export, almost any type of food you want you can get from 469 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,400 another place. But if you did not have import 470 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,000 and export, you're going to have the food that your environment 471 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:49,440 can support. What are you saying? 472 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,360 I'm seven. We're living in an hour. 473 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,760 In the spiritual world, Amen that we enter different places 474 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,120 and locations and new seasons and what we eat. 475 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,080 And what God? Brings into our life is largely 476 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,520 based upon our surroundings. Largely. 477 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,840 Based upon our. Environment. 478 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,440 Amen. The integrity of. 479 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,560 All those things might. Change from year to year or crop 480 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,080 to crop. But I'm in a new season right 481 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,320 now. I'm in a new year right now. 482 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,760 My surroundings. I pray they're not. 483 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,720 It's not like 2024 right now. I hope the ground responds 484 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,240 differently. Amen to what I put in the ground 485 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,320 this year. I can't expect this. 486 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,240 Year's harvest. To be identical to last year's 487 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,880 harvest. It's a new year, it's a new 488 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,360 season. I'm not the same person. 489 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,560 I'm not the same farmer I was last year. 490 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:45,200 We're going to clean up the old I'm. 491 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,920 Going to make. Room for the new. 492 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,040 I'm sure. Some had an afterthought I'm. 493 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,120 Going to do this. With two hands because it felt 494 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,280 like it took me 5 minutes. To get it open this morning. 495 00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:59,960 And then I never took a drink of it. 496 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:08,600 I'm sure some had an afterthought in Bethlehem. 497 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:17,040 If they were present whenever a. Pregnant and laboring, Mary and 498 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:21,320 Joseph sought shelter upon the arrival. 499 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,720 There. Undoubtedly, the Inns were 500 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,280 overcrowded because of the populace and the number of 501 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,960 people that had come to Jerusalem. 502 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,840 For the census that was recorded in Scripture. 503 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,720 However, we also know culturally in history that these things 504 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,800 called ends were also known. To be occupied by idle. 505 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:49,320 And immoral people, drunkards and infidels frequented such. 506 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:55,400 Ends instead of anyone. Offering their space to a. 507 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:00,440 Pregnant mother soon on the cusp of going into labor. 508 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,760 The Bible. Tells us in Luke that. 509 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:08,240 Jesus was laid in a Manger because there was no room. 510 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,800 For them, in the end, someone say man. 511 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,320 In just a moment of time he member of the Fred, whoever the 512 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,760 innkeeper was that had the idol and the immoral and the infidel 513 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,360 in. His under his control and under 514 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,480 his hand. In a moment. 515 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,880 He could have dismissed the immoral. 516 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,920 Amen for the immortal. In just a moment, he could have 517 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,760 asked the infidel to take their exit for the. 518 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:41,520 Purpose of the infinite being. Born Amen there, but it wasn't 519 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,880 customary in that time. They clung to the old. 520 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,520 Traditions of. Keeping those type of people 521 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,560 around rather than celebrating the birth of the King of kings. 522 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,080 What are you saying? The innkeeper and those in that 523 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:58,560 vicinity would have no pride or celebration of the new because 524 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:05,080 they would not make room. They would not make room for it. 525 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,240 You know the celebrated miracle of Second, Some of you do, of 526 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,880 Second Kings chapter #4 the Bible. 527 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,120 Tells us that the woman. Has a debt. 528 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,160 She is in a. Place a very a. 529 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,720 Quandary, if you will, the debtors that that they're going 530 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,840 to come and possibly. Take her two sons away. 531 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,320 She is a widow, Her husband is already dead, but he was one of 532 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,440 the sons of the Prophet, Amen. And the Prophet has come, and 533 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:36,080 the debtors have come. And she's in a very, very poor 534 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,120 situation right here. But the. 535 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,600 Bible tells us by the end of the story that that woman's debt has 536 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,400 been paid and that her children are not going to be taken away 537 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,720 to slavery, but they've been safeguarded from slavery. 538 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,280 All because the Bible says. She didn't have anything in the 539 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,240 house. But a pot of oil? 540 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:01,160 But the real miracle was not in the fact that she had a pot of 541 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:06,280 oil as much as she had space to pour the oil into. 542 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,360 The Bible says in Second Kings Four that the oil stopped, or 543 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,520 the oil did not pour anymore, or the oil did not produce anymore 544 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,200 in that moment. Why? 545 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:22,080 The Bible says the vessels that they had bought brought were 546 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,800 full. There was not, the Bible says, 547 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,160 yet another vessel. What's it saying? 548 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:32,160 There was no room, and when there was no room, there was no 549 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,080 new oil. When there was no room, there 550 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,600 was no fresh oil. The only way to have fresh oil 551 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,720 was to make more room. I'm trying to tell somebody 552 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:46,440 today you might need to clear out the old and make room for 553 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:54,840 the new folks. You're on the journey. 554 00:32:54,840 --> 00:33:01,280 As a Christian. It is not God's purpose for you 555 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:06,520 to be filled with His. Spirit and stop your maturity 556 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:13,560 journey as the old preachers. Used to say that's your. 557 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,400 Birth certificate. There's still a. 558 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,160 Whole bunch of living in front of you. 559 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,560 There's a whole bunch of maturing in front of you. 560 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:30,160 And God wants you to grow and God wants you to develop into 561 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:36,080 the image of who he is. But in order to do so, each year 562 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,640 he's going to introduce some new growth in your life. 563 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,080 But he's not going to be able to put that in your life if you 564 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,600 don't let go of some old habits and old attitudes and old 565 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,720 relationships. You got to make room. 566 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,080 Dear babe, there's people that are spiritual. 567 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,160 Hoarders that sit on pews. They hold. 568 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,960 On to their initial experience. And they never went anything 569 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,040 else with something new because they've rejected the new to keep 570 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,320 a hold of the old. You're. 571 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,360 Here, here, God wants you to grow. 572 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,000 He talks even about the word of God that we eat that as. 573 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,560 Milk. It's thereby, he says, thereby 574 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:36,280 we grow. Changes happen with growth, 575 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,600 sister. Jen, you put Addison back into 576 00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:43,960 that first outfit. She ever wore when she was born. 577 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,199 Number one, it's probably impossibility #2 it's going to 578 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,800 look a little. Ridiculous, but no more 579 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,520 ridiculous than. 5 and 10 year old. 580 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,080 Saints still. In the place they were when they 581 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:04,720 first came to God. I don't know what we're hoarding 582 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,080 in our spiritual lives, but some of us. 583 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,320 Get comfortable and familiar. Amen. 584 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,920 Where we first? Stepped into the church and we 585 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,280 will. Don't want to rock the boat. 586 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,600 We don't want anything to. Change we want. 587 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,520 To try it, if you will, to stride 2 worlds and be 588 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,440 comfortable right pair. But new season, new blessing, 589 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,440 new growth requires getting rid of. 590 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:27,080 Some things it requires. Dismissing some things and 591 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:38,840 making room for the new. Because when you hold. 592 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:46,400 On to those things, sometimes they can prevent us from the new 593 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,240 and the relevant for your current season. 594 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,760 Bible says I got to hurry you. Bible says that Noah. 595 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:03,760 Lived 350 years after the flood, just as 928. 596 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,120 He lived 350 years. After the flood. 597 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,480 The central event, no doubt that. 598 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,360 Many are familiar with of Noah's life is building the ark and 599 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,720 the. Episode of the Whole Ark. 600 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:20,440 Encounter Genesis 7 and 8 and nine 350 years. 601 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,800 His total lifespan was 9. 150 years. 602 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,960 Noah and the. Reality of that 900. 603 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,360 And 50 years. The amount of time that was 604 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,440 spent in building the ark and being on the ark is. 605 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,480 Minuscule in reality. If you were to do the 606 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,480 percentage, it's really small concerning his whole life span. 607 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,400 And I understand, please don't misunderstand me. 608 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,640 I understand that the Bible. Gives us the certain stories 609 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,880 about people's lives that are critical to the overall story 610 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:49,680 of. Scripture. 611 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,200 I understand that. But if the silent record of 612 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,640 Noah. 'S life after the. 613 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:59,800 Flood was, as it was, inactive. 350 years of nothing except the 614 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,680 vineyard he got he. Planted and got drunk on all 615 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,040 there is left of. The 350 years was just 616 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,520 inactivity then. It's a sad postscript of a man 617 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:17,600 that didn't make room. Some of us are. 618 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,200 Pointing to an ark on a mountain somewhere. 619 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,840 But what about the other 300? And 50 years of your life. 620 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,240 And I'm thankful for what God. Has done. 621 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,760 But we. Need to be mindful. 622 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:43,560 About what God is going to do. The Bible says in Hebrews. 10 623 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,840 and verse #9. The writer of Hebrews. 624 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,280 Says then said he. Lo, I come to. 625 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,760 Do thy will, O God, he taketh. Away the first, everybody say. 626 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,120 1st. He taketh away the 1st that. 627 00:37:54,120 --> 00:38:02,880 He may establish the second. Hebrews. 10 is is discussing in. 628 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:07,040 Quite detail all of the. Insufficiency of the old. 629 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,120 Testament sacrificial system. Now it always just came up a 630 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,560 little short, and in contrast to that, he talks. 631 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,960 Then about the sufficiency of the. 632 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:21,080 Sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. Christ on Calvary's Hill and. 633 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,800 So he says when he says he done away with the 1st. 634 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,360 He's talking about. All of those Old Testament. 635 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,200 Offerings. All of those old. 636 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,080 Testament Sacrifices. All of that old. 637 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,040 System of worship. Amen. 638 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,080 He. Did away with that, as a matter 639 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,600 of fact. As you read the language of 640 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,720 Hebrews, that Old Testament deal. 641 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,360 It happened day by day. Some things were year by year 642 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:46,120 and they happen continuously. He says he done away with the 643 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,760 old. Or the first so that he could 644 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:53,440 establish the second because the second that he is Speaking of is 645 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:54,360 the once. And. 646 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,480 For all sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. 647 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,400 He did away with the old. Sacrificial system. 648 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,120 Amen. Because a better sacrifice. 649 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,360 He said come. It was the body of. 650 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,360 Christ, and when he speaks of that sacrifice, he talks. 651 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:17,400 About it not as a day by day. Year by year, continuous, but 652 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:18,880 it's something that would. Last. 653 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,960 Forever. And so the scripture says he 654 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,400 takes. Away the 1st or the old. 655 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:28,000 In order to establish the. 2nd Or to make room for the New. 656 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:33,440 The Bible says in Hebrews 8 and verse 13 in that he saith a new 657 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:41,120 covenant, He have made the 1st. Now that which decayeth and 658 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,280 waxes ode is ready to vanish away. 659 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,240 He said it's decaying. What's it saying? 660 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,320 Its purpose has served its. Time. 661 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:56,080 Its purpose has been fulfilled. It's time for something new. 662 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:05,960 From Egypt's leeks and onions to the wildernesses manna. 663 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,480 And quail to the. Promised lands, corn and wine 664 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,920 and. Oil one, always. 665 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,680 Served its purpose until the. Next came as a. 666 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:22,120 Matter of fact, the Bible tells us, the children of Israel, that 667 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,960 whenever they ate the corn of the promised Land that the manna 668 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:34,040 seized you. Stay with me, I'll come to. 669 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:35,720 Close and hasten as quick as I can. 670 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:47,920 The second was not established. Till the 1st had to be taken 671 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,640 away. God's in that position of 672 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:57,440 wanting to establish some new, but the requirement is making 673 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:03,960 room for it taking away the old. So tonight before we leave this. 674 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,560 Place as you reflect. I want you to ask yourself. 675 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:11,520 What old store do you have in your life? 676 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,000 What are you holding on to that's outlived its purpose? 677 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:21,920 Is it an old? Mindset. 678 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,640 Is it a past? Hurt is a lingering regret. 679 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,160 It might even be a. Blessing of a previous season. 680 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,080 But God's asking. You to release that because he's 681 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,040 got a new blessing for this season. 682 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,160 He's calling us I. Believe in 2024 to make room for 683 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,720 the new he has. Some fresh provision he has. 684 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,720 Some fresh opportunities. He has some. 685 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,280 Growth, brother Trout. That he would like to. 686 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:53,600 Pour into our lives, but it can't coexistence with the 687 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:54,960 clutter of our. Past. 688 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:02,840 The widow in second Kings 4 in reality, the miracle. 689 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,200 Was just. Waiting on the next available 690 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,200 vessel. So as you close your eyes 691 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,040 tonight, I want you to ask yourself these questions. 692 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,960 What do I need to release from my life? 693 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,640 In this new season. And where? 694 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,320 Do I need to create? Space in my life. 695 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,760 In this new season and. Am I willing to trust? 696 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,480 God. For. 697 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,000 The new he wants to bring into my life. 698 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:36,280 In this season. Somebody needs to walk away. 699 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,360 Tonight, in this new year, embracing the promise of our. 700 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,680 Text to clear out the ODE. To make room for. 701 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,960 The new because God. Wants you to step into some. 702 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:51,360 Fresh things this year he's. Preparing some new things for 703 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,800 you this year, but will you trust him enough to let? 704 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,440 Go. Will you trust him enough to let 705 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,800 go? Will you have the faith to make 706 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,880 room? Because Sir or ma'am, I 707 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,560 guarantee. You in the new season, there's 708 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,520 something new. That is waiting for you. 709 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:16,920 In your life, we got to make room for the new Hallelujah, 710 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:18,840 brother and sister. Mason, you prepare something 711 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,400 right now. I have something here I put 712 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:23,920 together. Just for the purpose. 713 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,680 Of us in the sermon in this new year. 714 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:28,640 It's just a little. Vial with a few. 715 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,000 Grains of corn in it. I want every individual in this 716 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,440 place to take one of these tonight. 717 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,880 I want you to set it in a prominent place in your home or. 718 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:40,000 Household that you'll see every. Day as a reminder to you in this 719 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,920 new year that you need to be making room for something new 720 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,560 that will. Cause you to look at your life. 721 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,760 And re evaluate once again. Do I need that old? 722 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,840 Thing is it really benefiting me anything now or do I need to 723 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:59,040 allow some new opportunity, new growth, new blessing to take 724 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,600 place? I know you're familiar with 725 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:05,720 where you've been the past five years or past 10 years, and it's 726 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:08,440 scary sometime entering to. Uncharted waters. 727 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,120 Of a year you've not? Yet lived but. 728 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,680 Who knows Sister Jessica What? God could do to the. 729 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:18,480 Sowing and the planting of this new year when you're not at the 730 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:22,720 mercy of some some Egyptian, a man, taskmaster or the. 731 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:25,800 The all of the things in the dynamics. 732 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:26,600 Of the. Wilderness. 733 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:31,400 Who knows what God might do? Sister June cruise in the new 734 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:39,560 year if we just make room. For it, who knows what God 735 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,280 would? Do collectively in the. 736 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:51,440 Church, if we dismiss some old ways and old approaches of what 737 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,960 we believe. The dynamic of this church 738 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:59,800 should be. Some of us got so. 739 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,600 Familiar with each other? We don't want anybody. 740 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,560 New to enter in. Because that would hurt the 741 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:16,390 status quo. We need to learn. 742 00:45:16,390 --> 00:45:23,750 To hold some things loosely because Brother Heath, who knows 743 00:45:23,750 --> 00:45:25,510 what could come. From just even these. 744 00:45:25,510 --> 00:45:29,520 Small few grains, right of corn I could plant. 745 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,160 I could plant one of these and. Hundreds of these just like 746 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,960 these with a. Form on an ear or a few ears. 747 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:39,560 On a stalk. But some of us want to hold on. 748 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,800 To last. Year's this when within. 749 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:47,280 That if we just did something with it rather. 750 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:52,320 Than just hoard it will become. Hundreds, if not thousands. 751 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:57,120 Just from these few, but will you make room for it? 752 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,040 Well, First Apostolic Church make room. 753 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,800 For the new blessing. The new opportunities, the new 754 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,200 growth. Will we make room for it? 755 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:11,160 We make room for the new. I'm not discounting, please 756 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:12,800 don't. This is not Brother McGee. 757 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:18,040 Casting Leo it's horrible but. No, it served its purpose. 758 00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,640 That grain served its purpose in my life. 759 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,720 Sometimes we hold on to things beyond their purpose. 760 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:30,120 These are up here tonight. I want. 761 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,920 You to take one, put it on your dresser, put it where you primp 762 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:33,800 and brush your. Teeth. 763 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,720 I don't care where you do it. Put it in the refrigerator. 764 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:40,000 If that's your place. Every time you open it up, it's 765 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,000 just right. There by your favorite thing. 766 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,120 Chocolate milk, you know, whatever. 767 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,000 Put it on the dash of your car, whatever. 768 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,760 Make room. Make room. 769 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,960 You got regret you're holding on to. 770 00:46:58,120 --> 00:46:59,720 Don't let that become the definer. 771 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:04,200 Of your life. Let's go with that make room. 772 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:07,640 Remember, I've been hurt. You got some hurts and grudges 773 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,960 against people. All that is taking up. 774 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,920 Space for further. Growth God has for you make 775 00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:18,320 room, make room learn Sister Mason these. 776 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,280 Altars are open. I wish you'd grab the vial and 777 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,200 spend a little bit of time in the altar here tonight and 778 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:27,320 testify to God, daughter, I'm. I'm making room in 2025. 779 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:35,120 I'm making room for for the new. God, I open my life, God to to 780 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,080 new opportunities you might have for me. 781 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:41,480 On this year. God I open myself, God for new 782 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:41,760 growth.