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Make It Make Sense

Dr Dharius Daniels·Change Church

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Summary

In part four of the Exit Strategies series, Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches how to discern when to persevere in a difficult season versus when to make a godly exit. Focusing on Israel's wilderness experience with manna, Dr. Daniels explains that manna seasons represent temporary periods where God's performance does not match our initial expectations. By learning to rely daily on God's grace and guarding against impatience, impulsiveness, and hidden offense toward God, believers can navigate transition seasons without overreacting.

Key Scriptures

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Exodus 16:31↗2 Corinthians 12:7-9↗1 Kings 3:5-14↗Exodus 16:7-8↗

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Genesis 22:1-12

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Proverbs 14:29↗

Genesis 16:1-4↗

Themes

Spiritual DiscernmentTrusting God's TimingDaily Reliance on GraceOvercoming Impatience and ImpulsivenessHealing Offense Toward God

Pastor's Points

1.A Manna season represents times when God's performance does not match your expectation.
2.A Manna season represents times where God supernaturally suffocates your supply to teach daily dependence.
3.A Manna season represents times of seasonal supply that are only temporary.
4.Guard against impatience that causes self-inflicted emotional suffering.
5.Guard against impulsiveness that causes you to act unwisely.
6.Guard against offense that causes you to perceive improperly.

Key Points

1.Things that need to end do not always end themselves; some things require you to exercise authority and end them.
2.An indication that a season is coming to an end is a pattern of increasing frustration coupled with decreasing toleration.
3.The same God who gives you instructions to go is the same God who can give you instructions to stop.
4.Being surprised by a sudden change in life does not mean God has not prepared you for it.
5.God rarely gives prayer requests in finished form; He gives seeds, projects, and ideas that require you to grind and work with Him.
6.In certain seasons, God limits daily supply so believers learn consistent, day-by-day dependence on Him.
7.Impatience is self-inflicted emotional suffering rooted in the false belief that God is running out of time.
8.Impulsiveness leads to creating Ishmaels—self-made solutions that complicate life while waiting on God's promised Isaac.
9.Unaddressed offense toward God hinders spiritual intimacy and distorts our perception of His goodness and protection.

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.”

“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 the finished form. You ask for provision, He gives you a project.”

“Manna represents when God's performance does not match your expectation.”

“Impatience is self-inflicted emotional suffering.”

“Offense hinders intimacy. Until that offense is dealt with, you and God can only go so deep.”

This Week

Identify any situation in your life where God has given you permission to set a healthy boundary or end a detrimental cycle.
Evaluate recurring frustration to discern whether God is lifting the grace for a season or calling you to persevere.
Shift your prayer focus from demanding finished outcomes to asking God for divine ideas and wisdom to work with what He provided.
Practice daily reliance on God by praying for today's required peace, joy, and patience rather than worrying about next year.
Resist impulsive decision-making by committing to seek counsel and pray before taking quick shortcuts.
Reflect honestly on whether you harbor silent resentment or confusion toward God regarding past painful experiences.
Reframe past trials by focusing on how God sustained and brought you through rather than strictly on the pain endured.

Remember This

God uses manna seasons to build daily dependence and maturity, requiring believers to trust His temporary process without acting impulsively or harboring offense.

A Challenge for You

Bring your authentic self and unspoken pain to the altar, releasing every silent offense against God so that unbridled intimacy and peace can be restored in your heart.

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