New Covenant Church
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Deuteronomy 1:1-8 ESV
You’ve been here long enough. You can’t stay here. You have to move on.
If we aren’t careful…we can be just like this.
- We want to go back to “normal” I wonder if what we want to go back to…is what was comfortable to us?
TRUTHS ABOUT COMFORT:
THINGS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE TO US AREN’T ALWAYS GOOD FOR US
- Comfort foods - Comfort clothes - Comfort chair - Comfort friends - Comfort routines
- CHAOS SEEMS COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU’VE BEEN IN IT LONG ENOUGH
- COMFORT WILL KILL YOUR GROWTH
- If something doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you - Craig Groeschel
- COMFORT IS THE ENEMY OF FAITH
- Comfort pushes us away from God. - Discomfort should push us closer to God.
2 Corinthians 2:9-10 NLT
- COMFORT WILL KEEP YOU FROM YOUR FUTURE
Everyone wants the promised land…but few are willing to take on the challenges that move them to the promised land.
We’ve been in a season that we aren’t supposed to camp out in. The disruption was meant to kill our comfort.
HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD?
1. LOOK TO THE FUTURE NOT THE PAST
Joshua 1:1-3 ESV
Looking back causes us to stay stuck in a season that God has already moved on from. Quit trying to go back…or hang out until things return.
Philippians 3:13-15 ESV
2. EMBRACE THE STRETCHING
The way to break out of comfort…is to start something uncomfortable.
Start serving somewhere - Start getting up earlier, change your routine
Tell someone about Jesus - Start tithing, start being generous
Some of you got comfortable not being with people, not being connected.
3. DON’T STOP
Hebrews 10:36 ESV
Progress isn’t always obvious in the natural
Joshua 1:3 ESV
We aren't going backwards and we can’t stay here…so let’s step into the promises God has for us.
Joshua 1:9 ESV