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Are You Being HELD BACK in Your Walk with God?

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Feb 9, 2024 • 5 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

In this message, Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches on the spiritual Law of Detachment and how failing to let go of old seasons can hold us up from walking into God's new blessings. While God ordains wilderness seasons as necessary times of growth, He never intended for us to wander in them permanently. How we manage these passing seasons determines whether we move forward on schedule or get delayed in our spiritual journey.

Themes

DetachmentGod's TimingWilderness SeasonsSpiritual GrowthMoving Forward

Key Points

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Your willingness to detach from something old directly impacts your ability to experience something new in God.
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Unhealthy emotional ties can feel spiritual, but they must be severed to move into what God has next.
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Failing to detach may not permanently stop your progress, but it will hold you up and delay what God wants to give you.
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Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that God has specific purpose and blessings designated for specific seasons and times.
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If you arrive late to a season because you were held up, you risk missing the specific provisions reserved for that time.
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God ordains wilderness seasons as temporary stops, but He does not cause long-term wilderness wandering.
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The Israelites turned an 11-day journey from Egypt to Canaan into a 40-year ordeal because of how they managed the wilderness.
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How you manage your current wilderness season determines whether you pass through it or make it permanent.

Sermon Moments

“Your ability to detach from something old affects your ability to experience something new—that's the Law of Detachment.”

“The inability to detach may not hold you back, but it'll hold you up.”

“We delay what God wants to give us because we refuse to let go of what we already have.”

“God ordains wilderness seasons; He doesn't cause wilderness wandering.”

“The way I manage the wilderness season determines whether or not it's a season I pass through or a season that becomes permanent.”

This Week

Identify emotional or mental attachments to past seasons that are holding you back from receiving God's new blessings.

Pray for wisdom and strength to sever ties with habits, relationships, or mindsets that cause spiritual delay.

Refuse to waste time in your current season by actively focusing on spiritual growth and maturity.

Trust God's divine timing in Ecclesiastes 3 rather than trying to rush or resist His appointed seasons.

Examine your life to see if you are currently wandering in a wilderness that God meant for you to merely pass through.

Surrender control over past comfortable situations so God can place new assignments in your hands.

Declare daily that you will no longer allow delay or hesitation to hold you hostage from God's purpose.

Remember This

God ordains wilderness seasons for our growth, but how we detach from the past determines whether we pass through to His promise or wander in unnecessary delay.

A Challenge for You

Refuse to stay in a wilderness season any longer than God has ordained; choose to manage this season well so you can step into everything He has reserved for you.

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