NO TURNING BACK: “Do You Not Perceive It?”

<p>SERMON NOTES — Sunday, September 13, 2020</p> <p>NO TURNING BACK: “Do You Not Perceive It?” Isaiah 43:16-19 NIV</p> <p>This is what the Lord says — he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.</p> <p>Where God calls, God creates. Where God directs, God delivers. Where God guides, God provides. Where God leads, God intercedes.</p> <p>“We’re not supposed to live in the past… We’re supposed to learn from the past.”</p> <p>“We don’t look to the past for the past… We look to the past for the pattern.”</p> <p>Connection — Collaboration — Commission — Celebration RelationSHIP — OwnerSHIP — PartnerSHIP — WorSHIP</p> <p> NEXT STEPS: “What new thing do you perceive God is doing?” “How is God calling/directing/guiding/leading you to respond?”</p> <p> </p> <p>DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS Week of September 14-19</p> “NO TURNING BACK” (New Sermon Series)   MONDAY Exodus 14 TUESDAY Exodus 15 WEDNESDAY Exodus 16 THURSDAY Exodus 17 FRIDAY Exodus 18 SATURDAY Exodus 19   PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK: “Gracious and Loving God, Thank you for Your faithfulness in the past and present, That points us towards the future You have in store for us. We give You thanks that when You call us, You create opportunities for us to respond. We give You thanks that when You direct us, You deliver us from the evil around us. We give You thanks that when You guide us, You provide us with everything we need. We give You thanks that where You lead us, You intercede for us in more ways than we will ever know. In Jesus’ name, AMEN.” OBSERVATION (“What?”)What is one thing that I observed in the passage? IMPLICATION (“So What?”) What does that mean for me and my life? APPLICATION