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Next ONE

Dr. Anita Phillips

ONE, A Potter's House Church • May 26, 2025 • 56 min

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Summary

As God prepares believers to step into their next season, He calls us to overcome change aversion by becoming flexible like new wineskins. Walking into God's purpose requires deep humility, recognizing our vulnerabilities—especially when hungry, angry, lonely, or tired—and allowing His grace to mend past heartbreaks and trauma. By surrendering our career skills to Him and trusting in His unyielding goodness, we can move forward into the future with holy excitement instead of anxiety.

Themes

Embracing ChangeHumilityHealing and GraceCalling and VocationOvercoming Anxiety

Pastor's Points

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1. Be humble and flexible.

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2. Let your professional life intersect your ministry life.

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3. Mend your net before stepping into your next assignment.

Key Points

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1. Be humble and flexible.
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2. Let your professional life intersect your ministry life.
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3. Mend your net before stepping into your next assignment.
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Change aversion often causes believers to cling to familiar comfort, but God requires us to remain flexible like new wineskins to hold the new blessings He wants to pour out.
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True humility is recognizing both our strengths and our vulnerabilities, acknowledging that self-reliance leads to stumbling when trials arrive.
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Operating while hungry, angry, lonely, or tired (HALT) compromises our emotional stability and character, making self-awareness essential for spiritual health.
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God uses our existing talents, professions, and skills as the very nets through which He calls us to fish for people in the Kingdom.
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Before stepping into God's next assignment, we must allow grace to mend the torn places in our lives and reframe our past struggles through the lens of God's redemption.

Sermon Moments

“Change aversion is the psychological discomfort people feel when faced with new circumstances, even when beneficial.”

“New wine requires new wineskins—if you are not flexible, you will not be able to contain what God is pouring out.”

“Humility means holding our strengths and our weaknesses equally without inflating or deflating our worth.”

“Never get too hungry, too angry, too lonely, or too tired (HALT)—these four states compromise our spiritual and emotional decision-making.”

“God uses your professional skills and career as your net to reach others for the Kingdom.”

“Struggle sits with grace when we mend our nets before being sent out into our next season.”

“God is not the author of your trauma or pain; His grace knits our story together to demonstrate His goodness.”

This Week

Practice self-awareness using the HALT framework (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) to avoid making major decisions or reacting out of human weakness when compromised.

Identify one area of your life where you have resisted change, and invite God to renew your perspective and make you flexible for His next direction.

Reflect on your professional skills and daily work, asking God how He can use your career as a 'net' to reach and minister to others.

Seek healing through prayer, counseling, or honest conversation for lingering past hurts or generational struggles so your net is mended before your next assignment.

Replace anxiety with holy expectation by thanking God daily for the good plans He has for your future.

Collaborate and build intentional partnerships with other believers instead of trying to carry out God's vision isolated and on your own.

Reframe your testimony around God's grace and goodness rather than glorifying human effort or wrestling.

Remember This

Stepping into God's next season requires remaining humble, allowing His grace to mend past wounds, and remaining flexible enough to contain the new blessings He is pouring out.

A Challenge for You

Stay humble, believe God when He shows you something in your character that needs fixing, sew your story with His grace, and get ready to walk with holy excitement into your next.

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