Sermon: Giving Thanks In The In Between
Pastor Jeff Lederer

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬-‭2‬‬
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Remember and recount God’s deliverance of you.

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭14‬:‭13‬-‭14‬‬
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Jesus Christ is the Creator who came here not to smite us, but to be un-created so we could be re-created...the Maker who came to be un-made so we could be re-made...the Judge who came not to bring judgment, but to bear judgment, to take what we deserve so the Holy Spirit could come into our lives, once our sins are forgiven, and begin to re-make us.
-Tim Keller

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬-‭12‬‬

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬‬
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬‬
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Rejoice in God’s victory over our enemies.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭7‬:‭15‬-‭25‬‬

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭7‬-‭10‬‬
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬-‭18‬‬

Rest in God's promised future for you.

He is ETERNAL, which means that He antedates time and is wholly independent of it. Time began in Him and will end in Him. To it He pays no tribute and from it He suffers no change...How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. Eternal years lie in His heart. For Him time does not pass, it remains; and those who are in Christ share with Him all the riches of limitless time and endless years. God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves. For those out of Christ, time is a devouring beast. 
A. W. Tozer

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