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Get To Steppin

Mike McClure Jr.

Rock City Church • Jan 5, 2025 • 55 min

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Summary

Moving into a new season requires stepping out of old situations and letting go of personal preferences that hinder God's plans. True spiritual growth happens when we submit our desires to God's purpose, trusting that He can redeem lost time and accelerate our progress. Believers are encouraged to break free from stagnation, stop settling in comfortable layovers, and step boldly into everything God has prepared for their lives.

Themes

Submission to God's WillOvercoming Preferences and SettlingRedeeming and Accelerating Lost TimeFaithful ObedienceStepping into New Seasons

Key Points

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Moving into a new season requires a willingness to walk away from old things and abandon unchecked personal preferences.
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Clinging to personal preferences leads to partial obedience, which is ultimately disobedience before God.
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The true antidote to personal preference is total submission to God's purpose and direction.
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Believers can be just one act of submission away from stepping into what they have been believing God to receive.
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God has the power to redeem lost time by restoring, repurposing, and accelerating progress.
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Believers must guard against 'lethal loyalty,' which occurs when past history is valued over God-given destiny.
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Settling occurs when individuals think low and stop short of the full destination God intended for them, just as Terah settled in Haran.
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Just as an arrow travels farther when pulled back, temporary setbacks can serve as God's pullback to propel believers further into purpose.

Sermon Moments

“You cannot walk into anything new if you are afraid to walk out of something old.”

“When preferences go unchecked, preferences can become a prison that locks us out of what God has for us.”

“Lethal loyalty is when you choose your history over your destiny.”

“Settling is not a result of negative thinking; settling is a result of thinking low.”

“2024 wasn't a setback; it was a pullback—and the further the arrow is pulled back, the further it will go.”

“Don't enjoy your layover more than your destination.”

“You may be just one submission away from walking into what you've been believing God for.”

“Never take criticism from somebody you wouldn't take advice from.”

This Week

Identify areas where personal preferences are causing partial obedience and submit them fully to God's direction.

Examine your relationships and commitments to ensure you aren't sacrificing your God-given destiny out of 'lethal loyalty' to the past.

Trust God to redeem, repurpose, and accelerate lost time rather than dwelling on past years that feel wasted.

Evaluate current comfort zones in your life to make sure you haven't settled for a temporary layover instead of God's intended destination.

Take immediate, practical steps out of stagnant situations rather than letting fear and overthinking hold you back.

Approach seasons of prayer and fasting as opportunities to establish new spiritual disciplines and mature in delayed gratification.

Persist through weariness in doing good, believing that God's promised harvest will arrive at the proper time.

Remember This

You cannot walk into the new life God has for you if you are afraid to step away from old preferences and comfortable layovers.

A Challenge for You

Set your year up right now—discover what you are going to do with God during this season of prayer and fasting, hold fast to it, and refuse to settle short of where God is leading you.

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