A New Season

Pastor Sam welcoming you to victory today. I'm going to share with you a message that I preach recently operated, it will be a blessing to get more information, you can always go to our website. That's victory Taft.org or call us your church office 804-744-8881. Let's coordinate service right now where God is moving by his peer praise the Lord :-) somebody's receiving German-made your Bible to the book of Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes chapter 3 in verse one to everything there is a season, and God's time to every purpose under heaven. Look at your neighbor and say neighbor you're about to step into a new season is the God we serve is a God of season we have four seasons we have winter and spring and summer and fall right in. The reason we have those seasons is because our earth is revolving around the sun right in my right so far. You schoolteachers, and because of that we have seasons because God is a God of seasons will listen as a child of God. Your life is to revolve around the sun.

SO in Jesus Christ. You may enter and exit many seasons in your life. But just like the sun remains constant in the heavens. That's why they call it the solar system.

The sun remains constant in our lives. He doesn't change these the same yesterday today and forever.

I read were God said I'm the Lord God and I change not.

I am the same from everlasting to everlasting.

I read were set every good and every perfect gift is from above, and, down from the father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning God is a God of seasons, but he doesn't measure seasons with clocks and calendars. Every time you receive a fresh word from the Lord, you have just stepped in to a new season, a man now there's a reason for the season and there is a purpose for the process. There are seasons we wish we had never gone through, will somebody but it's those seasons that are the most difficult that we learn and grow. I thank God for the mount… God and learned anything on the mountaintop, I had a good time. I enjoyed it.

I will tell you that I didn't enjoy it. It was also but I did learn much but you know where I learned something coming up the rough side of the mountain. When I had to go through a night season.

Hence when I learn something from the Lord. I didn't appreciate it at the time I didn't want to go through the valley but I found that many of the ballet down in the Valley through the storm, but I found out he was a cover from the storm. I never would've known that I had gone through the store. No body likes to go through the fire but all I found that the fire will not look upon you, no body wants to go through deep waters, but I discovered the water as well not overflow you waters rising but so am I not going to try go over to the other side elder times one minute drive season.

Anybody ever been, but he's teasing rivers of water in a dry place it on a Thursday layer. There are times when we get Rick in well doing, but he still does shadow of a great rock is know where he's all resting place will go through seasons.

I like to tell you that every season is going to be a party but I can tell you that sometimes you will go through a season and you think is this not ever going but the Bible says weeping endures for a night but joy comes in the morning and in the morning calm somebody I said, some of you in the night right now that your final like where I am the encourage the morning is coming somebody say praise God. I want us to take a look at the life of the apostle Peter because there are three key principles when it comes to discerning seasons and I want to share those with you right now. First of all, a new season presents new changes number two new season provides new challenges and number three.

A new season produces new champions turned to somebody and say friend. God called me to be a champion, not a job man. He wants to make a champion out of and there are there are things that change when you go into a new season.

Change is inevitable. I mean change is gonna happen when I was in high school I ran track in the day they they timed me with a stopwatch that they made a calendar now. Things change. They met a guy told me know that the buzz is not set out. I went to a steakhouse about myself. The most expensive steak in the whole restaurant. He said I sunk my teeth into it and they stayed there sometimes things change that is not always for the better.

But change is inevitable, as a reward is like both boys and you be honest, the Republic time when you told your parents you will run away from home when he was eight years old is about had it with this place.

He said I believe and I'm not coming back. And so they called his bluff and mom said will let me make a peanut butter jelly sandwich because you be hungry when you leave and that's it will silently go get you another pair jeans because of your way you don't have to change close they they fixed up his backpack and put that in there and put on his shoulders and said, some were going to miss you, but don't forget to let us know where you plan and he had a bulldog named Butch and he had the moment he had me sit by Butch and mom and dad's advice on and they opened the back door and he went out they close the door. They watched him from the wind. He went around the side of the house peanut butter jelly Sam and then came the front door, rang the doorbell. They would all start your back were so glad to see you need to know what essays will awkwardly walked in the house. He looked around he said I see all still got that same old all. It doesn't take 10 years to change things can change in 15 seconds and I'm telling you something you can't all about the preacher now some of you came today you are discouraged and disheartened UK. I think you could make it so that I don't know if I can just put 1 foot in front of the other things that happened things have changed in my life realize that God is… Calls you by faith test And new season. It's not on the calendar. God give you a fresh word God propels you doing you season because of truth and revelation.

It's time for your season somebody say you believe what I'm preaching. Somebody shall praise all God in his creation make the seasons different winners not like spring springs. Not like summer summers not like fall. Each one is different from the others and every time you go through something you got to understand, there's a purpose there's a reason for it, and if you'll allow God to do what he wants to do it will move you closer to him in righteousness and true holiness, and ultimately and eventually the purpose of God will be revealed in your life.

If God didn't change our seasons we would become complacent.

I want you look at Peter C enters into a new season is like the Bible says in Matthew chapter 4 verses 18 through 20 and Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen and the funny how one home of their fishermen in the next moment their fishers of men.

Then he said to them once this file and I will make you fishers of men. They immediately left their nets and followed him. So one day Peterson ordinary fishermen and Jesus passed by, I said Jesus passed by, I don't know where you were when Jesus passed by and found you would change your life. And he said follow me I will make you what is it me in the Greek it means you will sprout forth. Something is about to change. Something is about to come out of the house about the produce something in you that you don't even know exist come about to deposit something in your life is about to be a transformation of new season has come, come to proclaim my new season for victory.article hello glory to God, glory to go. You're not just in you. I'm so tired of this, Finn same race against old center, just that week where I'm worthless how no good time. Nobody will always be. I listen you're not just a sinner saved by grace you know you are you are an heir of God, you're a joint heir with Jesus Christ. Your name is written in heaven. You are a child of God you are a member of the family of God.

You are a royal priesthood, you're a holy nation are something special because God made you that way you pick up the Bible says is in crises and who created all things are passed away all knew that you knew no sin became sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God through faith in Christ crucified with Christ now cries life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. You know who you are today because of Christ.

Would you give him a big brace offering what you got some hallelujah stepping into a new season means new challenges me tell you something new. He never anticipated that there would be a day when Britain fished with multiplying his bare hands. And this is interesting because I think this is probably something I missed. It was absent the day they talk about that but we always talk about how Jesus fed the hungry multitude, and the little boy had a box lunch at agape Jesus and put Jesus and Melissa G. Listen, Jesus did not distribute the food to the multitudes, he allowed his disciples to participate in the miracle that Nessie got up I got ethereal mask, Jesus took these few sardines and some bread rolls and you know just and so he lines up his 12 disciples, any gifts to him, to them. Each of them, just a pinch of the starting at just the crime of that red rope now there's a reason for that. First of all, that's what he was given and so if it comes from the Lord's will be enough. And secondly, I think the Lord does that. So we don't eat what he gives us is not enough so we can see that we got a shower right we got a ship you know why some of you are not getting glass because God gives you a secret plan to delete that wasn't your harvest.

That was the say you got all that well. I just have to get busy when God wanted you to planet and reap a harvest.

So Jesus gives them just a little bit now this is not even enough for you, Peter.

This delete this because this is not enough to satisfy you, but I'm about to do a miracle now take what I gave you turn around and find 50 people and fatal. And Jesus said what public notice others of the one flipping the and he goes over the says this is from the Lord, and he looks down the sand is just a chrome and this if you just just a pinch of the starting and he reaches down to give it to the first guy and it turns into a Walker waiver with French fries. Hello when special sauce and a ghost. And every time he does it. There it is again and again and again and he goes the 50 people to get in sleep I can relate a lot to him because he was like this type of personality.

It was like an extrovert. I bleed all the time is jump back and Jesus is so funny. Did you imagine that you had no idea when Jesus said, I'll make you that that would happen. There's another day when Jesus walking on the water and every one of the disciples right with Jesus about, but Peter is just the existing is to unite and he sees Jesus and all that there is bailing water and trying to to survive and Peter stands up and about. He says Jesus you tell me to come out there is that strange because it seems to me that you will stay in about having to be like Jesus. Want to come again in the boat with us and everything he said no, I'd rather be out there on the water in the way in the store with you in the business mode without your salon because these guys said it was a ghost these guys and was a spirited apparition but want back to his give me a lot come to you to my said Peter walked on the water. No sir we walked on the word of the Lord because these out when you got a kick out of you see is not to say nothing Jesus delights and so must that are just, screwing a little bit, you know, I think we entertain him an ugly Jesus just smiled and said let's his father what they said it's okay to put a big number dwells outside the boat say I walked on the word of the Lord Jesus and God when he came to Jesus and now here's the probably got his eyes off Jesus is gorgeously you better keep your eyes on the Lord, the Lord said, I'll make you never anticipated the wonderful and glorious things that would happen in this line as he followed the Lord but there were challenges limited. First of all, his feelings were challenged.

Listen, God calls his believers, not fingers, but we all have feelings only. Don't you have submerged will want to reward both costar. I believe that I believe everybody if you have refined sensibility. Something turtle things a man now what seems Jesus and say that I am Matthew 16 verse six Jesus said to say that I and Peter stood up, he said, thou art the Christ, the son of the living God, Jesus, and blessed art thou, Simon bar Jonah for flesh and blood, not relentless under the but my father which is boy and Jesus said now I'm going to Jerusalem and I'm going to be crucified and will give my life a ransom for many. I'm going redeem: rated leaders of all war know you're not not find anything that they would remember he's just blasting and he says to him, get behind me Babel you don't want the things of God who don't you know that hurt his fingers don't you know they humiliated him in front of the disciples he just so proud that he's one is about the crisis of the living God was upon the confession that the church would be built and he's bragging about. Look what I just got I got a revelation from God. I spoke it out. I always say the wrong thing guys look what I just it in the Lord blessed me, and now the Lord said, I got to go to the cross and Peter said oh no you won't all know I won't let that happen.

And Jesus turned to him and said get behind me you devil, you know, the things of God.

See some of you don't understand that there's a divine principle in a reproof. All we want to hear. You know why because we could squeeze in the mobile world and the Bible says love not the world. Things the world.

That's what it's talking about. We become like the world and our attitudes. To me I'm doing wrong. You hurt my feelings if you do a strict bombing of the church was not going to hurt my fingers. I came in here my fingers on my sleeve anyway you say so I'll pick it apart outgoing thing with my friends will pick it apart pretty soon you will hit the road. I want to tell you something you didn't hire me in UK firemen and somebody said what when playing your salary.

I thought that devil went to hell 40 years ago. Let me tell you something you don't pay my salary. What you do is you provide a way for me to be a full-time 24 hour Shepherd.

That's what you do for me.

I don't answer to you are not obligated to you.

I am obligated to him as long as a shepherd and a pastor notice RPM. But here's the good part for you. I have to some of you to but don't think I'm no hard preacher because dumping times when I opened this book up as they go. Saith the Lord you'll go couch go that her goal that strong was he had said that why you keep saying that to me, that hurts my feelings sometimes with the new season. Your feelings will be part why because with a new season comes changes and you're going to have to adjust your going to have to make up in your mind that you will bring your life in perfect alignment with the word of God. God is doing you a favor when he reproves you people used to understand but now is likesomething just make me happy is allowable here but I we went down to the lake yesterday with our granddaughters and my my son-in-law is a good father and he's a disciplinarian and I know he is and I don't get in the way that an enzyme was, not listening to him and was listening to her mother and were close to a lake and I know what they were thinking she can fall into something something happened or June have to be taught to listen to their parents and so he says to her, put your on your list table and if you get up until I tell you, you get up public designate to the Spanky's little world. I guess if you can get Willie just let it go and will hold if she didn't call off the table and look at him like now. So daddy did what he said he picked her up said when the legs open, and the like Brazil hello PCC said no but was not going to him. You don't have to learn to open now wise and important because her maybe someday should be back… Out into the road and that is goes a step and she got out had to listen to him hello somebody you don't understand that the Bible says the preacher is to reprove and gently rebuke with all long-suffering. There are times I'll say smooth things that you say who I love it.

That was good going down who I thank you for that word that's sweeter than honey. Honey: thank you class B know that there are times when I do stand behind this holy desk and reprove you. Not because I hate you because I love you as a shepherd. That's what I got somebody stealing Jimmy Siegel for… Away from the rice that and say well with the new season. I have new challenges and Peter got over his embarrassment and he got over his hurt feelings. Did there's another time when the Lord had to challenge his prejudices because he said we must needs go through Samaria. Listen, you know what Samaria was to would you it was a it was a racial epithet for Judah call somebody is a Samaritan was the ultimate insult. But Jesus said, I've got to go through Samaria and he changed his traveling itinerary at the last moment because there was a woman who had been married five times that was sitting at a well with that he would consider the well and white for her to show up and change her life and its challenges. The prejudices of his disciples and their traditions so that's what happens when you enter into a new season. Sometimes it challenges your feelings, and sometimes it challenges your traditions and your prejudice then sometimes sometimes it causes you to say wait a minute, what's going on. This is all jacked up.

I don't understand and I thought I knew all about religion. I thought I knew all the was to know about God. And this is this is not making sense, because the Lord the last thing he did this he took off his garment and took a towel and girded himself. That doesn't make a lot of sense to us because we live in the 21st century, but he's describing a servant, a slave girded himself with the towel and got down on his knees in front of the apostle Peter and began to wash his feet and Peter freaked out. He said what are you doing now listen, this is how wrong we can get it. He thought for a moment that this was the ceremonial cleansing that was given to the high priest in general before the high priest went in the holy of holies they stripped him naked and washed him from head so as a sign of purity before God and he said all Lord, wash my head in my hands, not just monthly, and the Lord said no, you're not dirty I'm teaching are two things I'm teaching you number one sanctification but here's an important bargain. We do this every week some ice crystals old? All of foot washing services while we go to foot washing washable washing with foot washing we do it every week committed what it is. Jesus said I'm about to serve you see we don't wash feet. Now they did back then. Everywhere they went. They had the will and their feet were dirty and the roads were dusty and they wore sandals so as a common courtesy to go to somebody's house you wash their feet to go to my house. I don't like take officers let wash your feet. I say would you like some have a seat. It's a courtesy, Jesus went to a party and a woman came in and took a box appointment of Spickard and broken. It was costly ported over to speak and drive you speak with her hand over hand they criticized and he sent to the cave near the party didn't even offer me the water for me to watch. It was a common courtesy. It wasn't about get your feet claimed it was about serving one another Thursday people will be lined up down this hall and out into the parking lot become your get groceries and food you were doing were washing their feet every time you do something for somebody that can help you washing somebody's face somebody say Sandler began with a special prayer for you. I pray today that God will bless you and encourage you and that what you heard today will stay with you and you will be able to walk out your thank you so much for being a part of victory today for more information. I want you to go for a website that's victory tab.border policy or at 804-744-8881.

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