1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Hi, this is Dave Olson. I'm the senior leader of 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,600 Heartland Church located in Ankeny, IA. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,039 I hope the following message challenges and courages and 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,160 ultimately changes you. Thanks for joining us. 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,840 Well, today I I get to continue in a a little bit of a vein of 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,400 teaching that I started in my first sermon here at Heartland 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,840 Church couple weeks ago and I I talked a few weeks ago about 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:30,170 camping before crossing over. And today I want to talk to you 9 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:31,850 a little bit more about crossing over. 10 00:00:31,850 --> 00:00:36,050 But maybe you see up here on the platform this morning, you see, 11 00:00:36,210 --> 00:00:40,090 I have some things stuffed under here that are tennis shoes. 12 00:00:40,090 --> 00:00:44,250 And the title of my message today is called New Shoes. 13 00:00:44,730 --> 00:00:48,090 Everybody say New Shoes. Let's pray. 14 00:00:48,530 --> 00:00:50,850 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word this morning. 15 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:56,590 Father, there is none like you. And so right now we open our 16 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:58,230 hearts. We open our minds to the 17 00:00:58,230 --> 00:01:00,550 teaching of the word of God and Lord. 18 00:01:00,550 --> 00:01:04,069 I ask that you help me to bring the supply of the Spirit. 19 00:01:04,069 --> 00:01:09,190 This morning we give you full permission to do what you want 20 00:01:09,190 --> 00:01:11,750 to do in this place, in Jesus name. 21 00:01:12,430 --> 00:01:15,830 Amen. So in this message today, I 22 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:23,070 really want to empower you to cross over into a new size with 23 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:26,440 God. A new dimension with God and a 24 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,320 new territory. A new size and a new territory 25 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:35,640 with God. I want to get you ready as an 26 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:41,960 individual and as a church, for what is coming at our doorstep. 27 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,080 Pastor Dave has been ministering for several weeks about taking 28 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,720 the region and taking it by faith in the Spirit first. 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:59,600 And I want to continue in that same vein of the Spirit and talk 30 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,000 to you about crossing over with some new shoes. 31 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,840 We're going to go to the scriptures today, Joshua, 32 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,520 Chapter 3. I'm going to read this to you 33 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,720 this morning. I'm reading out the New Living 34 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,640 translation this morning. We'll put it up on the screen 35 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,080 starting in verse two. It says this three days later. 36 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:24,260 The Israelite officers went through the camp giving these 37 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:28,780 instructions to the people. When you see the Levitical 38 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:32,060 priests carrying the arc of the covenant of the Lord your God, 39 00:02:32,980 --> 00:02:37,340 move out from your positions and follow them. 40 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:43,820 Since you've never traveled this way before, they will guide you. 41 00:02:45,020 --> 00:02:50,430 Stay about 1/2 mile behind them. Keeping a clear distance between 42 00:02:50,430 --> 00:02:53,230 you and the Ark. Make sure you don't come any 43 00:02:53,230 --> 00:02:55,990 closer then, Joshua told the people. 44 00:02:55,990 --> 00:03:02,030 Purify yourselves for tomorrow. The Lord will do great wonders 45 00:03:02,430 --> 00:03:07,550 among you. I have three simple points for 46 00:03:07,550 --> 00:03:10,710 my message today. Get ready. 47 00:03:11,950 --> 00:03:17,310 Prepare your heart. It's time for some new shoes. 48 00:03:19,810 --> 00:03:22,210 Let's look at this section of scripture again, he says. 49 00:03:22,530 --> 00:03:25,650 Three days later, the Israelite officers went through the camp 50 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:28,330 giving these instructions to the people. 51 00:03:29,290 --> 00:03:38,050 When you see, when you see, when you see the Levitical priest 52 00:03:38,050 --> 00:03:43,490 carrying the arc of the covenant of the Lord your God, you see 53 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:47,920 back in those days. The presence of God was housed 54 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,800 in this in and around this wooden box known as the Arc of 55 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,040 the Covenant. It was a wooden box covered with 56 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,640 gold. It was placed inside of a tent 57 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,760 known as a Tabernacle, and when they placed it inside of the 58 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:12,040 Tabernacle, God's presence would come and abide on the top area 59 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,200 of that arc known as the Mercy Seat. 60 00:04:16,779 --> 00:04:21,620 And so God had told his people, I'm going to bring you out of 61 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:26,300 Egypt, and I'm going to bring you into a promised land. 62 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:29,980 And they were traveling with God. 63 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:34,980 They had left Egypt, that slavery, that old form of life. 64 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:39,340 They were in Egypt for 400 years, learning to think like a 65 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:43,300 slave, learning to function like a slave. 66 00:04:43,770 --> 00:04:46,850 Learning to process life like a slave. 67 00:04:47,570 --> 00:04:51,210 Getting their bats backs beaten like a slave. 68 00:04:53,050 --> 00:04:55,450 Learning what it is to be enslaved. 69 00:04:56,370 --> 00:04:58,210 But God brought them out. Amen. 70 00:04:59,530 --> 00:05:03,450 And he brought them through this wilderness season of life where 71 00:05:03,450 --> 00:05:05,850 they were growing their character, and they were 72 00:05:05,850 --> 00:05:12,050 learning to hear God again, to hear the real one true God. 73 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:17,640 To differentiate His voice from the voice of the idols and false 74 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,960 gods of Egypt. And they were learning to hear 75 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:27,880 his voice, to obey his voice, to believe His voice. 76 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,440 To trust God Almighty. And God had brought them through 77 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,000 this wilderness season and right up to the edge of a promise of 78 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,600 the Promised Land. When they came out of Egypt, God 79 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,590 parted the Red Sea. And they came over, and when 80 00:05:44,590 --> 00:05:49,630 they came up to the promised land, God was about to part 81 00:05:49,630 --> 00:05:53,390 another set of waters, the Jordan River, and bring them 82 00:05:53,390 --> 00:05:56,870 into the promise. And we find the people of God 83 00:05:57,070 --> 00:06:03,230 camped right before they're about to enter in, and God in 84 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:08,300 his grace and in his love. Recognizes that the people of 85 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:15,460 God are about to go through a big change, and in his grace he 86 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:18,900 comes to them through Joshua and the elders. 87 00:06:19,340 --> 00:06:23,980 And he says get ready. Change is on the horizon. 88 00:06:25,140 --> 00:06:29,300 Prepare your hearts to receive what I'm about to do. 89 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:33,060 It's going to be time for some new shoes. 90 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:39,500 Get ready. Everybody say get ready, he 91 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:45,740 said. When you see, when you see, when 92 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:51,180 you see God on the move. God at that time was with them 93 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:56,020 through the arc of the covenant. We don't have the arc of the 94 00:06:56,020 --> 00:06:59,140 covenant today as believers. We have the Spirit of God on the 95 00:06:59,140 --> 00:07:03,140 inside of us, and we have the Spirit of God among us as a 96 00:07:03,140 --> 00:07:08,860 congregation of His people. And yet, God is still on the 97 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:11,780 move. And I want to tell you today, 98 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:21,020 God is on the move. When you see God on the move, 99 00:07:23,380 --> 00:07:29,780 you better recognize it. You better prioritize it and you 100 00:07:29,780 --> 00:07:34,900 better mobilize with it when you see. 101 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:40,500 God on the move, he said. Here, when you see the priest, 102 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:45,100 the Levitical priests with the arc of the covenant starting to 103 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:51,820 move, see it. We could say when we see our 104 00:07:51,820 --> 00:07:57,020 spiritual leaders, those that got us placed in our lives, as 105 00:07:57,020 --> 00:08:02,180 our spiritual leaders stand before us and give us fresh 106 00:08:02,420 --> 00:08:08,250 direction, be ready. To move, recognize it, 107 00:08:09,450 --> 00:08:13,690 prioritize it, and mobilize with it. 108 00:08:15,730 --> 00:08:17,890 Get ready, he says. Right here, he says. 109 00:08:21,890 --> 00:08:25,690 Move out from your positions and follow them. 110 00:08:26,930 --> 00:08:30,530 Follow them. Follow them. 111 00:08:33,090 --> 00:08:38,669 Get ready. To follow, you know, God 112 00:08:38,669 --> 00:08:44,030 wouldn't say this if we weren't going to be tempted not to. 113 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:51,030 God wouldn't say hey when you see them if there is a 114 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:57,430 possibility that you wouldn't, God wouldn't say. 115 00:08:58,030 --> 00:09:02,110 Keep your distance. Keep a healthy distance if it 116 00:09:02,110 --> 00:09:05,580 wasn't possible. For you to run out ahead of God 117 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:08,940 and miss his direction for your life. 118 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:17,620 So don't When this occurs and it's coming, don't run ahead of 119 00:09:17,620 --> 00:09:20,580 God thinking you have it all figured out. 120 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:24,660 Think about who he's talking to here. 121 00:09:25,660 --> 00:09:29,100 He's talking to the Israelites who've been walking in the ways 122 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:36,770 of God for 40 years. There might be a tendency for 123 00:09:36,770 --> 00:09:41,050 someone who's been walking with God for 40 years to think they 124 00:09:41,050 --> 00:09:44,330 have how God works all figured out. 125 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:50,730 I think it's good among us to know those who are elders in the 126 00:09:50,730 --> 00:09:54,410 faith. In fact, if you're here this 127 00:09:54,410 --> 00:09:59,210 morning and you've been walking with God for 40 years, would you 128 00:09:59,210 --> 00:10:02,760 raise your hand? Let's give them a hand. 129 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:11,840 Look at them, guys. That doesn't happen by accident. 130 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,560 If you're looking for some advice in your life, you think 131 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,600 about those people who just had their hand raised. 132 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,560 They've been through a thing or two. 133 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,960 So he's saying here, get ready, keep watching. 134 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,720 God is about to do something miraculous. 135 00:10:29,570 --> 00:10:32,570 Keep a healthy distance. Watch God. 136 00:10:33,610 --> 00:10:36,410 Have your leaders backs, but don't overtake them. 137 00:10:38,850 --> 00:10:43,050 God's about to do something new and you want to be ready. 138 00:10:49,450 --> 00:10:54,050 In the book of Genesis, it begins within the beginning and 139 00:10:54,050 --> 00:10:58,450 it talks about how God by his spirit was hovering over the 140 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:03,280 waters. And here at a heartland church, 141 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,480 the Spirit of God is hovering over the waters. 142 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,720 Do you hear him today? Have you been in a season of 143 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,440 your life where you're coming up to a Jordan River moment? 144 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:27,560 Is God hovering over your life, over your waters today? 145 00:11:29,350 --> 00:11:34,070 I need you to get ready. Those waters are about to part, 146 00:11:35,550 --> 00:11:38,390 and your miracle is in the following. 147 00:11:41,070 --> 00:11:44,670 In the following, that was point number one. 148 00:11:45,150 --> 00:11:50,310 Get ready #2. Prepare your heart. 149 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:56,150 If you're distracted, you're going to miss it. 150 00:11:57,790 --> 00:12:02,190 If you're disenfranchised with God because of the pain of the 151 00:12:02,190 --> 00:12:07,950 past, because of the pain of the church, you're going to miss it. 152 00:12:08,790 --> 00:12:12,350 The church is real people. Jesus is perfect, people are 153 00:12:12,350 --> 00:12:15,550 not. And if you're stuck 154 00:12:15,550 --> 00:12:19,710 disenfranchised because of the pain of people, you're going to 155 00:12:19,710 --> 00:12:25,030 miss moving into your promised land if you're too distant from 156 00:12:25,030 --> 00:12:26,980 God. You're going to miss it. 157 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:33,460 If you're in denial that God is moving you through a change, 158 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:38,620 you're going to miss it. But Scripture tells us in Hebrew 159 00:12:38,620 --> 00:12:44,220 and James Chapter 4, if you draw near to God, he will draw near 160 00:12:44,380 --> 00:12:47,060 to you. You may feel totally distant 161 00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:50,940 today, but if you'll make a decision in your heart today 162 00:12:51,740 --> 00:12:53,940 that you're ready to move with God. 163 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,680 And you'll draw near to God. He will draw near to you, and he 164 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,080 will minister to you where you're hurting. 165 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,120 He will minister to you where you're disenfranchised. 166 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,480 He will minister to you where you feel distant. 167 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,920 He will show himself strong once again, Romans 8 says. 168 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:22,360 All, all those who are led by the Spirit of God. 169 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,080 They are the sons of God, all those who are led by the spirit 170 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,080 of God. They are the daughters of God. 171 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,360 You know, in our life, we're tempted to look at the 172 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:42,400 circumstances around us and question God, God. 173 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:49,320 Are you even real God? It doesn't feel like you're here 174 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,440 with me today when my teenagers are arguing. 175 00:13:54,070 --> 00:13:57,070 It doesn't feel like your presence is with me. 176 00:13:59,910 --> 00:14:05,230 When I have to go to school for another school year that I don't 177 00:14:05,230 --> 00:14:08,630 want to go to, it doesn't feel like you're with me. 178 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:16,350 When the boss yells at me every day of the week, it doesn't feel 179 00:14:16,350 --> 00:14:22,310 like you're with me, but God is saying today that you're about. 180 00:14:22,670 --> 00:14:27,030 To cross over. Don't miss it, don't give up on 181 00:14:27,030 --> 00:14:30,790 it. Don't judge the circumstance by 182 00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:35,990 your surroundings. Recognize where you're at by the 183 00:14:35,990 --> 00:14:40,350 spirit today. Prioritize his will for your 184 00:14:40,350 --> 00:14:43,950 life today and be ready to mobilize. 185 00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:49,630 When he moves you, you know it's possible. 186 00:14:50,510 --> 00:14:54,990 To be standing in the midst of the presence of God and miss him 187 00:14:55,310 --> 00:14:59,270 completely. Isn't this what happened with 188 00:14:59,350 --> 00:15:06,870 Jesus, the very Son of God, came in the flesh, born of a virgin, 189 00:15:07,790 --> 00:15:11,550 and the people in his own hometown said who is this? 190 00:15:13,870 --> 00:15:19,630 But Peter, by revelation said you are the Christ, the Messiah. 191 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:26,160 The Son of God. And if we're not careful, we can 192 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,440 miss Jesus sitting right next to us in the room. 193 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,160 Everybody turn to your neighbor, say, are you Jesus? 194 00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:49,350 Now we know. We know. 195 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:53,030 We live with these people. We know they're not Jesus. 196 00:15:56,490 --> 00:15:59,850 But they got some Jesus in them. Amen. 197 00:16:02,810 --> 00:16:07,730 We're all on a Jesus journey and each day we don't give up. 198 00:16:07,730 --> 00:16:10,490 We look more and more and more like him. 199 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:14,130 You know it's possible to be stubborn. 200 00:16:15,090 --> 00:16:21,930 Don't look at your neighbor now. It's possible to be bald headed. 201 00:16:23,930 --> 00:16:28,450 Come on, it's possible to be fearful. 202 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:36,130 So fearful in our life that our heart is not prepared for the 203 00:16:36,130 --> 00:16:42,490 moment of crossing over. And God, in his great love for 204 00:16:42,490 --> 00:16:49,770 us, will send us back into the wilderness 40 more years. 205 00:16:52,430 --> 00:16:58,350 For some more character development until we'll come to 206 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:04,109 the point that we're humble enough to say I tried it my way, 207 00:17:06,069 --> 00:17:10,790 I can't do it all on my own. You are God and I am not. 208 00:17:11,710 --> 00:17:15,550 You are good and I have to trust you and I do. 209 00:17:16,430 --> 00:17:19,630 God and his great love will be patient. 210 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:26,520 With your stubborn self. But then sometimes he sends 211 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:34,040 somebody by your path who's trying to warn in trying to say 212 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:42,360 to you, God wants to bring you over as a people, God wants to 213 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:46,360 bring you over. Individually, God wants to bring 214 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,730 you over and your family. And God wants to bring you over 215 00:17:50,730 --> 00:17:56,530 as a church family into a promised land. 216 00:18:00,890 --> 00:18:04,810 Some of you take pride. Oh, Lord, you're taking me here. 217 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:11,810 All right. Delore is funny. 218 00:18:12,890 --> 00:18:16,530 Some of you guys take pride in your stubbornness. 219 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,120 Oh, somebody. I'm feeling some of my 220 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:25,360 Pentecostal roots coming out right now. 221 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,840 Some of you guys, some of you gals. 222 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,600 You blame it on your ethnic heritage? 223 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,600 Hey, I'm German. Germans aren't known for being 224 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,560 flexible. They designed the BMW. 225 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:57,870 Everything's. Exact in its order, some of you 226 00:18:57,870 --> 00:18:59,830 you know you came up in a family. 227 00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:05,550 You learned the only way to survive was to be as bullheaded 228 00:19:06,190 --> 00:19:13,190 as the leader of your family, and somewhere along the way 229 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:17,320 instead of. Standing up for your personal 230 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:21,600 boundaries, which is good and healthy, you know, you took that 231 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:30,520 as a sense of self, that you're not just strong willed, you're 232 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:35,840 not just a person of resolve. You're a person who just doesn't 233 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:41,640 like change, and you're not going to change. 234 00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:47,510 Some of you have had the same chair in your living room for 20 235 00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:51,710 years. The Lord, really? 236 00:19:52,630 --> 00:19:59,710 This is not in my notes. And your your your spouse says 237 00:19:59,710 --> 00:20:03,270 to you it's time to. Don't you think it's time to get 238 00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:06,030 a new chair? And you say, are you kidding? 239 00:20:07,190 --> 00:20:08,910 This thing's just getting broke in. 240 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:21,340 You old stubborn one, or you young, stubborn one, wanting to 241 00:20:21,340 --> 00:20:29,540 have it your way, but always having to have it your way can 242 00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:31,980 get in the way of having it God's way. 243 00:20:35,140 --> 00:20:41,900 And so I'm just here in a loving way, to prepare your hearts. 244 00:20:43,730 --> 00:20:49,730 Get ready. Prepare your heart for change. 245 00:20:54,690 --> 00:20:58,210 Going back to the scriptures, it's a little hot in the room 246 00:20:58,210 --> 00:21:07,290 right now. Then Joshua told the people, 247 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:14,630 purify yourselves for tomorrow, for tomorrow. 248 00:21:15,790 --> 00:21:19,430 The Lord will do great wonders among you. 249 00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:27,830 And I'm here to say this morning that tomorrow is coming. 250 00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:36,310 There's going to be a moment when our leader, Pastor Dave, 251 00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:43,590 stands up before us with some fresh direction and we're going 252 00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:51,710 to have to decide, are we moving with God or am I going back to 253 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:59,150 my worn in easy chair? There's a moment coming in your 254 00:21:59,150 --> 00:22:05,630 life today. I don't know who you are, but I 255 00:22:05,630 --> 00:22:09,430 have a feeling you're all around the room this morning, even 256 00:22:09,430 --> 00:22:14,990 online and in our balcony. God's saying, there's fresh. 257 00:22:15,630 --> 00:22:22,310 There's a fresh season of promise coming tomorrow, but 258 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:26,910 you've got to be ready and have your heart prepared for what 259 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:34,030 he's about to do. And my last point today is it's 260 00:22:34,030 --> 00:22:42,310 time for some new shoes. It's time somebody clapped 261 00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:47,630 because they like shoes. Oh, I guess there's a lot of 262 00:22:47,630 --> 00:22:51,510 people like shoes in here today. What do I mean? 263 00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:54,750 It's time for some new shoes. Think about this for a moment. 264 00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:58,630 Joshua sent the officers into the camp to tell them that 265 00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:02,110 tomorrow, God's going to work a miracle. 266 00:23:02,230 --> 00:23:04,430 They didn't know exactly what that miracle was going to be at 267 00:23:04,430 --> 00:23:08,050 the time, but they knew that they're going to move out with 268 00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:12,730 the presence of the Lord. And just like we found out by 269 00:23:12,730 --> 00:23:15,890 reading the scriptures that just like he parted the Red Sea and 270 00:23:15,890 --> 00:23:18,170 brought them into the wilderness, he, He can part any 271 00:23:18,170 --> 00:23:22,530 river he wants. He can part any situation he 272 00:23:22,530 --> 00:23:26,050 wants. He can part any background he 273 00:23:26,050 --> 00:23:29,010 wants. He can part any limitation that 274 00:23:29,010 --> 00:23:36,020 you have for him that he wants. What you think is in the way is 275 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:39,620 child's play to him. You're talking about the 276 00:23:39,620 --> 00:23:45,060 creator, the inventor, the one who holds every situation 277 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:48,660 together, every circumstance of life together. 278 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:50,940 He's over it, all in it all through it all. 279 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:54,500 He can get in it and part it at any moments. 280 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:01,260 Do you believe him? That's who we're talking about 281 00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:06,760 today, and Joshua's coming to them. 282 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,040 He's saying change is on the horizon. 283 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,640 Get ready. Prepare your heart when you see 284 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,600 God starting to move. When you hear God starting to 285 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,930 move. When you hear the tramp, tramp, 286 00:24:20,090 --> 00:24:23,930 tramp of the feet of the leaders of God and you start to hear 287 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:27,210 them going with the with the spirit of God and the angels of 288 00:24:27,210 --> 00:24:31,130 God, and you start to see them moving, I need you to be ready. 289 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:34,090 I need you to recognize it. I need you to prioritize it. 290 00:24:34,090 --> 00:24:37,130 I need you to mobilize with the movement of God. 291 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:42,370 And you're going to need in this new season, you're going to need 292 00:24:42,490 --> 00:24:47,090 some new shoes. You say, well, where do you get 293 00:24:47,090 --> 00:24:51,940 that Pastor Adam? From that passage we understand 294 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:55,340 that Moses led them through the wilderness, handed it over to 295 00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:58,140 Joshua, and Joshua has given them this direction. 296 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:04,180 But when you look in Deuteronomy 29, it summarizes the wilderness 297 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:08,220 season like this. In verse five it says for 40 298 00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:10,780 years I led you through the wilderness. 299 00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:16,140 Yet your clothes and your sandals did not wear out. 300 00:25:19,650 --> 00:25:25,490 Wait a minute. What that means is they're 301 00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:28,970 getting ready to leave the wilderness and go into a 302 00:25:28,970 --> 00:25:34,210 promise. So these shoes that got them 303 00:25:34,210 --> 00:25:39,410 through this season are going to wear out. 304 00:25:39,410 --> 00:25:41,810 They're going to need new shoes again. 305 00:25:43,370 --> 00:25:47,200 In fact, God took care of them with manna in the wilderness. 306 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,160 But once they cross over, no mana, no more. 307 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,520 God took care of them in a new way in the promised land, 308 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:01,920 through sea time and harvest. I got some things with me today 309 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:07,680 I want to show you. Here's my old shoes. 310 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:13,520 OK. Oh, look at this. 311 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,580 I got a box right here. Here's some new shoes. 312 00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:21,820 If you like new shoes in the room, get new shoes. 313 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:23,180 Would you give me a shout this morning? 314 00:26:27,180 --> 00:26:29,260 How many guys have some shoes that you love? 315 00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:31,140 You just won't. Don't want to throw them away. 316 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:34,660 You just got them. Oh, God's got your number this 317 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:35,820 morning. OK. 318 00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:40,300 Look at these old shoes right here. 319 00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:51,880 OK, you know, old shoes, They represent something. 320 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,480 Old shoes represent where you've been. 321 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,440 Old shoes. They get wore out, don't they? 322 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,800 They represent God's faithfulness. 323 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:12,680 He got you through some things. They represent your trials and 324 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,020 your tests. These things are all worn out. 325 00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:16,660 Look at that. It's no more tread there. 326 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:23,620 Oh man, look at that. I stepped on something taking 327 00:27:23,620 --> 00:27:25,940 the dog out for a walk. I must have stepped on 328 00:27:26,860 --> 00:27:35,660 something. And isn't that a picture of our 329 00:27:35,660 --> 00:27:41,860 lives? We walk in these old shoes and 330 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:48,240 sometimes we step in a little something and maybe you step on 331 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,520 a nail and you got a puncture. Maybe you kick something and got 332 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,440 a mark. You have a blemish, You got 333 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,920 stains on this old shoe. But this old shoes gotten you 334 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,640 through a lot. Really. 335 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:13,780 This old shoe represents old methods, old ways of life, old 336 00:28:13,780 --> 00:28:16,260 processes. These were my this is the old 337 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:22,700 way I used to work out. It represents my former season. 338 00:28:26,340 --> 00:28:29,220 He even represents my former foot size. 339 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:33,900 I don't know, maybe that's something when you get older, 340 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:36,220 your feet expand. I don't know what. 341 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:39,980 I'm learning so much now that I'm aging. 342 00:28:42,340 --> 00:28:45,500 And then over here we have something called new shoes. 343 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:52,340 You guys like new shoes. New shoes represent something 344 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:54,100 else. They represent where you're 345 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:59,100 going. They represent trust in God's 346 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:06,660 faithfulness for the future. You can look back on where 347 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:10,770 you've been and you can say, well, I like some things about 348 00:29:10,770 --> 00:29:16,810 the fit of that old season, but man, that old seasons wore out. 349 00:29:19,530 --> 00:29:23,810 I feel like God's got something new for me. 350 00:29:25,370 --> 00:29:35,050 New shoes. New shoes represent new paths, 351 00:29:38,970 --> 00:29:48,370 new methods, new ways of life. You get new shoes for a new 352 00:29:48,370 --> 00:29:53,650 season. New shoes represent your current 353 00:29:54,090 --> 00:29:58,170 and future size. How many of you guys around the 354 00:29:58,170 --> 00:30:02,770 room are at the place where you don't buy shoes for your future 355 00:30:02,770 --> 00:30:07,230 size anymore? And how many of you around the 356 00:30:07,230 --> 00:30:12,510 room you're still buying shoes for growth into a new size? 357 00:30:12,670 --> 00:30:20,630 Yeah, yeah, new shoes for a new season. 358 00:30:20,630 --> 00:30:25,390 You know, it's interesting. How do you know when your 359 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:28,510 current shoes are about ready for a change? 360 00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:35,110 Well, I say things get gloriously uncomfortable. 361 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:43,470 The shoes go from worn out. From worn in to worn out. 362 00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:47,430 Yeah, at one point you're like, yeah, they're nice and then like 363 00:30:47,430 --> 00:30:50,590 2 weeks later they're like hitting you in places that they 364 00:30:50,590 --> 00:30:56,030 shouldn't, right? They've gone from worn in mature 365 00:30:56,030 --> 00:31:01,840 shoes to worn out shoes. They're not going to carry you 366 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:07,080 into your new season. How else do you know when it's 367 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,120 time to change shoes? When the size of the footprint 368 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:17,240 on the inside is bigger than the restrictions on the outside? 369 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:27,440 How else do you know it's time for new shoes when the seasons 370 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,380 change? Now I'm a man, so I I've had to 371 00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:36,380 learn a lot about shoes. But as far as I understand, a 372 00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:40,700 lot of ladies wear certain shoes in certain seasons. 373 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,540 Is this right, ladies? OK, so. 374 00:31:44,740 --> 00:31:47,980 So I think what happens is they go into their closet and they 375 00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:51,660 go, those shoes are no longer for this season. 376 00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:55,420 These shoes are. And if they don't have those, 377 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,600 they go on to the Internet or to the stores and they go, yeah, 378 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,400 it's a new season. I need some new shoes for my new 379 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,720 season. Am I right now? 380 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,320 Now, I'm not saying that guys don't like shoes. 381 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,520 How many guys do like shoes? Yeah, I like shoes. 382 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,960 Yeah, I just don't know all the intricacies of seasons for 383 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:27,160 shoes. How do we know when it's time 384 00:32:27,970 --> 00:32:37,410 for new shoes with God? How do we know when it's time? 385 00:32:37,410 --> 00:32:39,850 Like, I really like those. I don't want everything to 386 00:32:39,850 --> 00:32:42,970 change. I'm not stubborn, stiff, necked 387 00:32:43,410 --> 00:32:45,410 person. I I don't need them to change. 388 00:32:45,410 --> 00:32:48,050 They're good. I'll put up with the fact that 389 00:32:48,050 --> 00:32:51,930 they don't look good anymore. To everybody else, I'll. 390 00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:53,970 I'll put up with that. And that's how it is when we 391 00:32:53,970 --> 00:32:57,810 walk with God sometimes, like, we know it's not working, but we 392 00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:59,930 do it anyways. And everybody around us that 393 00:32:59,930 --> 00:33:01,410 loves us is trying to give us clues. 394 00:33:01,410 --> 00:33:08,730 Like, hey, it's snowy out and you're wearing sandals. 395 00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:15,490 That's like another believer coming up to you and say, hey, I 396 00:33:15,490 --> 00:33:19,530 think God's trying to get you to make a change, but you're being 397 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:24,650 stubborn. Now often times we don't speak 398 00:33:24,650 --> 00:33:28,040 like that to one another, but we should, we should be able to 399 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,040 handle that. We've kind of watered down our 400 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,920 ability to communicate truth in love to one another without 401 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,800 getting hurt all the time. But today, really, what I'm 402 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:44,880 trying to say to you is, Are you ready to recognize God on the 403 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,680 move? Are you ready to prioritize what 404 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,280 he's set to do? Are you, Are you ready to 405 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:58,110 mobilize? Get active to to put on some new 406 00:33:58,110 --> 00:34:03,710 shoes for a new season. Now, I'm not here telling you 407 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:07,230 that Heartland Church is changing its DNA. 408 00:34:09,790 --> 00:34:12,270 I'm not here telling you that Jesus is changing. 409 00:34:12,429 --> 00:34:14,790 He's the same yesterday, today and forever. 410 00:34:16,590 --> 00:34:22,110 But I am here to prepare you today to ready your heart today 411 00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:31,050 that God is about to move. There is a tomorrow coming, and 412 00:34:31,050 --> 00:34:38,929 it's really close. New shoes. 413 00:34:41,290 --> 00:34:44,050 Oh, look at this heartland church. 414 00:34:44,050 --> 00:34:48,010 It's like, look at these shiny new shoes. 415 00:34:51,770 --> 00:34:54,250 See, these shoes are kind of wore out. 416 00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:59,150 These shoes, they're ready to get worn in. 417 00:35:01,710 --> 00:35:05,390 I remember when I was a little kid, I'd get new shoes, I 418 00:35:05,390 --> 00:35:06,590 thought. And at that time they were 419 00:35:06,590 --> 00:35:09,670 called Fastbacks. It's a long time ago, but I 420 00:35:09,670 --> 00:35:12,790 remember I get my new shoes and I always felt like I could run 421 00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:16,230 faster. And my parents, you know, I 422 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:19,470 would, I'd be in the store. And my parents, I could see them 423 00:35:19,470 --> 00:35:22,430 having silent conversations. Like you think we can afford 424 00:35:22,430 --> 00:35:24,150 that? Yeah, we can afford that. 425 00:35:24,150 --> 00:35:26,360 Okay. And then my dad would say, hey, 426 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,680 why don't you try those shoes out? 427 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:28,960 Why don't you run across the room? 428 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:34,320 I look back at him. I can run here inside. 429 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,280 That's like us saying at church. I can dance here. 430 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,640 I can jump up and down here. I can worship God like this 431 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,280 here. I can run in the Holy Ghost 432 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:47,680 here. What? 433 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:56,340 Yeah, whatever God says to do in order we can do in our new 434 00:35:56,340 --> 00:36:01,740 shoes. But something happens sometimes. 435 00:36:01,740 --> 00:36:03,740 We get these new shoes. We're ready for the new shoes. 436 00:36:03,740 --> 00:36:05,740 We're the old. Rejoice it over the new shoes. 437 00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:08,580 And we don't get rid of the old shoes. 438 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,820 Oh, would you think with me for a minute about your own closet? 439 00:36:21,020 --> 00:36:25,160 How many old shoes do you have in your closet? 440 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,120 You've been walking through the wilderness for 40 years, and 441 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,320 you've got some old shoes in your life. 442 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:41,280 You've got some old habits, you've got some old thoughts, 443 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:46,160 you got some old processes. And it even shows up in the 444 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:52,320 natural You got some old shoes in your closet. 445 00:36:54,330 --> 00:36:55,890 You don't even wear them out anymore. 446 00:36:56,890 --> 00:36:59,730 But the thought of being able to go back and wear them out, 447 00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:04,010 you're just happy about that. Some of you guys have shoes from 448 00:37:04,010 --> 00:37:10,370 the 1990s, and then of course you have shoes that are out of 449 00:37:10,370 --> 00:37:15,530 season, but they're out of like this Earth season. 450 00:37:15,530 --> 00:37:17,890 Like you're never going to go back to those shoes. 451 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:22,190 Just admit it. You've got to learn. 452 00:37:22,230 --> 00:37:28,110 We've got to let go. And what happens sometimes is we 453 00:37:28,110 --> 00:37:33,830 had such good moments in our old shoes, coming through the 454 00:37:33,830 --> 00:37:35,550 wilderness of our spiritual life. 455 00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:38,350 I mean, remember those victories we had? 456 00:37:38,830 --> 00:37:41,230 Remember those great moments we had with God? 457 00:37:41,590 --> 00:37:44,710 Remember those miracles that he worked in our finances? 458 00:37:44,950 --> 00:37:47,790 Remember those miracles He worked as he He gave us 459 00:37:47,790 --> 00:37:49,870 children, or He did this or that. 460 00:37:49,870 --> 00:37:52,830 Or he gave us a a career move or a promotion. 461 00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:55,830 Oh, man. And that's all tied to that old 462 00:37:55,830 --> 00:37:57,750 shoe. That's all tied right here. 463 00:37:57,950 --> 00:37:59,710 And I don't want to get rid of that. 464 00:38:00,910 --> 00:38:08,630 I might lose it, but the problem is not the shoes. 465 00:38:09,980 --> 00:38:15,140 The same God who's been faithful in the journey is going to be 466 00:38:15,140 --> 00:38:18,500 faithful over here in the Promised Land. 467 00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:27,620 And sometimes what happens is we hoard so much of our old ways 468 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:34,740 and our old processes up in our lives that we have no room to 469 00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:40,570 embrace what is new. I walked into my closet one day 470 00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:45,250 and I look around and my wife and I share a closet, and all 471 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,250 over the closet we just got all these shoes. 472 00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:50,330 We got all these shoes. And it's it's as much my fault 473 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:52,170 as it is hers. I mean, we've got a lot of there 474 00:38:52,170 --> 00:38:55,810 was a lot of shoes. I couldn't even work through all 475 00:38:55,810 --> 00:39:02,290 the stuff to find the shoes that I wanted that day because I had 476 00:39:02,290 --> 00:39:07,290 so much baggage from the past, and I'll take ownership for 477 00:39:07,290 --> 00:39:13,380 that. I also say this my wife's the 478 00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:22,060 type of person that when she hears God, she gets ready and I 479 00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:26,100 come home another week and God had spoken to us. 480 00:39:26,220 --> 00:39:30,260 We were about to go through change and she had went into 481 00:39:30,260 --> 00:39:34,620 that closet and she had pulled out all kinds of stuff. 482 00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:39,570 And there was this just this big pile of stuff saying that's the 483 00:39:39,570 --> 00:39:42,650 old season, I'm ready for God to do something new. 484 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:55,010 And in our lives, I think it's time for us to admit to 485 00:39:55,010 --> 00:39:57,810 ourselves. We've walked through a good 486 00:39:57,810 --> 00:40:00,890 wilderness time. We've walked through some things 487 00:40:00,890 --> 00:40:02,970 with God. We've learned some great 488 00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:05,050 lessons. He's built our character. 489 00:40:05,390 --> 00:40:08,030 He's gifted us. He's brought us to this moment. 490 00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:11,230 He's brought us to the edge of the promised land, and tomorrow 491 00:40:11,390 --> 00:40:13,150 he's bringing us into something new. 492 00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:16,950 I'm going to have to get some new shoes, So what am I going to 493 00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:21,870 do with the old ones? I need to recognize what God's 494 00:40:21,870 --> 00:40:23,670 doing. I need to prioritize what God's 495 00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:26,910 doing, and I need to get ready to mobilize into what God's 496 00:40:26,910 --> 00:40:28,830 doing. I need to look through my old 497 00:40:28,830 --> 00:40:35,110 shoes and take account of what I'm not bringing with me. 498 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:43,040 I'll bring my memories of God's faithfulness, but I'm not going 499 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,480 to bring the parts of it that stunk. 500 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:55,840 Are you hearing me this morning? Where you at this morning? 501 00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,360 With God? Have you been running in your 502 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,200 own shoes? Running in your own works? 503 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:08,010 Running in your own ability to get things done, working really 504 00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:11,890 hard in your life to try to prove something to someone. 505 00:41:14,450 --> 00:41:21,530 There is only one there is only one that really matters, and 506 00:41:21,530 --> 00:41:25,610 that is God Almighty. And no amount of work in your 507 00:41:25,610 --> 00:41:29,890 own strength is going to gain you peace with God. 508 00:41:32,050 --> 00:41:36,130 The only way you're going to experience peace with God in the 509 00:41:36,130 --> 00:41:40,570 season that He's bringing you into today is by letting go of 510 00:41:40,570 --> 00:41:45,610 your old shoes, your old self, and accepting Jesus Christ as 511 00:41:45,610 --> 00:41:50,930 your personal Lord and Savior. All around the room today, 512 00:41:50,930 --> 00:41:55,290 there's people on a journey, Different places on the journey. 513 00:41:55,290 --> 00:42:00,450 And some in this room today have accepted Jesus Christ. 514 00:42:00,450 --> 00:42:02,210 And you've been walking with him for years. 515 00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:04,340 If that's you, would you raise your hand? 516 00:42:06,780 --> 00:42:10,580 And then there's some around the room today and you've accepted 517 00:42:10,660 --> 00:42:13,980 Jesus as your Lord and Savior, but you're you'd say I'm pretty 518 00:42:13,980 --> 00:42:15,820 new. Like I've been walking with him 519 00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:19,340 for maybe less than three years, but I'm really, I'm growing and 520 00:42:19,340 --> 00:42:21,060 I'm liking it. If that's you, would you raise 521 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:22,940 your hand? Yeah. 522 00:42:24,340 --> 00:42:28,660 And then there's some in the room today who've come into this 523 00:42:28,660 --> 00:42:38,230 room by an invitation, and you're going, I'm ready to 524 00:42:38,230 --> 00:42:42,270 accept Jesus into my life and to walk with him. 525 00:42:46,310 --> 00:42:48,830 I'm going to lead the whole congregation in a prayer today 526 00:42:49,230 --> 00:42:51,270 to receive Jesus Christ as the Lord. 527 00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:55,710 And I would encourage you in your seat right where you're at 528 00:42:55,710 --> 00:42:59,390 or online, to pray this prayer with the congregation. 529 00:43:00,820 --> 00:43:04,220 And then when we're done, we're going to have an altar ministry 530 00:43:04,220 --> 00:43:07,260 team up front. I ask that you make your way 531 00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:10,660 down to the front and let them know that you prayed this prayer 532 00:43:11,140 --> 00:43:18,540 to receive Jesus as your savior with every eye up and everybody 533 00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:21,420 looking around. Let's all pray. 534 00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:26,700 Oh, I got you out of your religion at that moment. 535 00:43:33,150 --> 00:43:35,710 Jesus said if you confess me before men, I'll confess you 536 00:43:35,710 --> 00:43:37,830 before the Father. He didn't save you. 537 00:43:37,830 --> 00:43:39,630 Bow your head. But it's okay to bow your head. 538 00:43:40,670 --> 00:43:42,830 So just say this with me. Say God in heaven. 539 00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:48,870 I believe in Jesus. He died for my sins and rose 540 00:43:48,870 --> 00:43:54,310 from the dead. And today I make Jesus the Lord 541 00:43:54,310 --> 00:43:57,630 of my life. Thank you for saving me. 542 00:43:59,230 --> 00:44:01,170 Amen. Amen. 543 00:44:01,890 --> 00:44:04,530 Someone around the room prayed that for the first time today, 544 00:44:04,530 --> 00:44:15,460 let's give him a hand. Someone else in the room, You've 545 00:44:15,460 --> 00:44:16,860 been walking with God for a while. 546 00:44:16,860 --> 00:44:20,740 You have your your things all in motion, and God is upsetting 547 00:44:20,740 --> 00:44:23,340 your apple cart here a little bit this morning saying that 548 00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:29,540 change is on the way and you need some extra help with that. 549 00:44:30,260 --> 00:44:33,380 You'd like someone to pray with you about your current season. 550 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:37,100 As we dismissed today. Our altar ministry team will be 551 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:41,420 upfront and I want you to make your way upfront and just tell 552 00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:48,580 them that's me, I I'm that stubborn one or I'm I'm. 553 00:44:48,660 --> 00:44:51,380 I can recognize God speaking to me that change is coming. 554 00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,740 I just need someone to walk with me and let them pray with you. 555 00:44:55,820 --> 00:44:59,340 Jesus said that my house is to be a House of prayer, so we 556 00:44:59,340 --> 00:45:01,700 should always be able to get prayer in our local church. 557 00:45:03,530 --> 00:45:07,610 Finally, new shoes for a new season. 558 00:45:09,170 --> 00:45:14,050 I have a unique and creative challenge for this congregation. 559 00:45:16,090 --> 00:45:18,130 I have this wonderful opportunity of doing like this 560 00:45:18,130 --> 00:45:22,530 miniseries of two messages in a row on new shoes. 561 00:45:24,850 --> 00:45:27,610 If you can't handle it, don't come back for two weeks. 562 00:45:31,310 --> 00:45:36,870 I want you to do a prophetic act with me to prepare your life 563 00:45:36,870 --> 00:45:43,070 individually, your family and this House of worship to cross 564 00:45:43,070 --> 00:45:47,430 over into the promised land. We're going to have a little bit 565 00:45:47,430 --> 00:45:51,590 of fun, but this is something that happens between weeks. 566 00:45:53,670 --> 00:45:57,990 I want you to go home. I want you to walk into your 567 00:45:57,990 --> 00:46:03,950 closet. Yeah, I want you to look at your 568 00:46:03,950 --> 00:46:11,150 shoes, and I want you to look at which ones represent the old 569 00:46:11,150 --> 00:46:18,310 you, the old season, the old way of life. 570 00:46:20,070 --> 00:46:25,510 Let the Holy Spirit speak to you and I want you to bring them 571 00:46:25,510 --> 00:46:28,070 back to church with you next week. 572 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:39,720 We are going to have a powerful moment in our service next week 573 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:50,960 where you let go of your old shoes to say unto God I'm ready 574 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:56,240 to cross over. Oh, man. 575 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,760 Don't be surprised at the emotion that comes up when 576 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:07,130 you're in your closet. Somehow we get tied to physical 577 00:47:07,130 --> 00:47:10,290 things. And God is saying to you this 578 00:47:10,290 --> 00:47:18,690 morning, are you willing? Will you be ready? 579 00:47:18,770 --> 00:47:23,290 Will you see me? I'm right in your midst. 580 00:47:23,290 --> 00:47:24,210 I'm. I'm right here. 581 00:47:27,610 --> 00:47:31,730 I'm right in the room. Are you ready? 582 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:44,040 Is your heart prepared? Are you willing? 583 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,000 Sometimes that's a process you got to get willing. 584 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:52,960 You need to talk some things out with God. 585 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:59,880 You need to let go. So as we finish today I'm going 586 00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:03,650 to ask our altar ministry team if if you're approved for alter 587 00:48:03,650 --> 00:48:08,770 ministry team, if you'd come up several of you, I'd appreciate 588 00:48:08,770 --> 00:48:13,170 it. We're going to end in a spirit 589 00:48:13,170 --> 00:48:20,090 of consecration this morning. If you made Jesus the Lord of 590 00:48:20,090 --> 00:48:24,770 your life this morning, when we end, come on up and see one of 591 00:48:24,770 --> 00:48:28,370 these people and just tell them. If you're in this place this 592 00:48:28,370 --> 00:48:32,300 morning and you just like someone to believe God with you, 593 00:48:33,700 --> 00:48:37,860 to let go and to move in, then you come up and ask for prayer. 594 00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:41,900 And maybe you're here this morning and you're like, I don't 595 00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:46,060 need someone to pray with me, but I just need some time in the 596 00:48:46,060 --> 00:48:51,020 presence of God. This sanctuary this morning is 597 00:48:51,020 --> 00:48:55,260 now a place where you can just come into the presence of God 598 00:48:56,220 --> 00:48:58,780 when we dismiss. Just come on up, get on your 599 00:48:58,780 --> 00:49:02,390 knees, lift your hands if you want or just stand. 600 00:49:03,110 --> 00:49:06,670 The worship team is going to worship as we end this morning 601 00:49:08,350 --> 00:49:12,030 because this is a two-part series we're we're just entering 602 00:49:12,030 --> 00:49:16,630 in this morning and we'll culminate it next week. 603 00:49:17,430 --> 00:49:24,150 Heavenly Father, we recognize what you're doing and we 604 00:49:24,150 --> 00:49:28,720 prioritize this move. We see that you're about to 605 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:33,720 bring us into a fresh miracle season, and we want to be a 606 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:39,040 part. Show us the old shoes of our 607 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:45,520 lives. Make us ready for the new in 608 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,920 Jesus name. Amen. 609 00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:50,120 Thanks for listening to our podcast. 610 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,640 If you'd like to help more people hear this message, you 611 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,240 can get the word out by subscribing and sharing it on 612 00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:57,570 social media. If you'd like to support the 613 00:49:57,570 --> 00:50:00,410 ministries of Heartland Church, you can do so at Heartland 614 00:50:00,410 --> 00:50:02,610 Church, online.com/give.