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Make It Make Sense

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Aug 27, 2023 • 51 min

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Summary

In this teaching, Dr. Dharius Daniels guides believers on how to discern when to press through opposition versus when to make a Holy exit from a season. By examining Israel's experience with Manna in Exodus 16, Dr. Daniels reveals that Manna seasons are divine opportunities where God provides potential rather than finished products to train daily dependence on Him. To successfully navigate these seasons, believers must guard against impatience, impulsive choices, and unresolved offense toward God.

Themes

Discernment vs. JudgmentNavigating Manna SeasonsDaily Reliance on GodOvercoming Impatience and ImpulsivenessReleasing Offense Toward God

Pastor's Points

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Guard against impatience that causes us to suffer emotionally.

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Guard against impulsiveness that causes us to act unwisely.

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Guard against offense that causes us to perceive improperly.

Key Points

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Things that need to end don't always end themselves; some circumstances require you to step up and end them.
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True spiritual discernment allows you to distinguish whether opposition is a storm allowed by God to redirect you or an attack from Satan to stop your destination.
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Discernment is recognizing patterns to make wise choices, inspecting fruit so you know what is a 'no' for you without judging others.
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A pattern of increasing frustration coupled with decreasing toleration is a key indicator that God's grace for a particular season is lifting.
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God allows agitating 'thorns' because what the agitation is doing for your spiritual development far outweighs what it is doing to your comfort.
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A 'Manna season' occurs when God provides raw potential or ideas rather than a finished product, requiring you to grind and work with what He gave you.
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God sometimes suffocates your excess supply down to daily provision to train you in consistent, daily reliance on Him.
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To survive and thrive in Manna seasons, believers must guard against impatience, impulsive actions ('creating an Ishmael'), and silent offense toward God.

Sermon Moments

“Things that need to end don't always end themselves. Some things don't end until you end them.”

“Stop putting a comma where God has given you permission to put a period.”

“Same storm, different sources: Jonah needed to be rebuked, while Jesus needed to rebuke the storm.”

“Just because I know doesn't mean I'm judging. I need to know so I know what's a 'no' for me.”

“When there is an increasing of frustration and a decreasing of toleration, that's an indication that it's time to end it.”

“Just because you were surprised doesn't mean you aren't prepared.”

“God does not give you things in finished form. You ask for provision, and He gives you a project.”

“Impatience is self-inflicted emotional suffering.”

This Week

Identify any situation in your life with a pattern of rising frustration and falling tolerance, and pray for discernment on whether to exit or persevere.

Inspect the 'fruit' of relationships and habits in your life to determine if they are healthy for you, without descending into self-righteous judgment.

Shift your prayers from asking God for finished overnight results to asking Him for seeds, projects, and creative ideas you can work with.

Commit to seeking God daily for today's required peace, joy, and patience instead of trying to hoard spiritual strength for weeks ahead.

Guard your emotions against impatience by choosing to trust God's timeline rather than imposing age- or time-based pressure on yourself.

Resist the urge to act impulsively or make human shortcuts when waiting for a divine promise to fulfill.

Bring your honest, unedited feelings and unresolved pain to God in prayer, releasing any hidden offense or resentment you've harbored toward Him.

Remember This

Stop waiting for things to end on their own when God has given you the authority, discernment, and permission to put a period on what no longer serves your destiny.

A Challenge for You

Bring your raw, authentic heart to God today—release any silent offense or confusion about what you've suffered, and receive His grace for full intimacy and restoration.

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