Wednesday Service | FUTURE BLOCKERS: Getting The Stuff That’s Been In The Way Out Of Your Way | Part 2 – My Attitude | Jordan Brawner

DEFINITION: A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition

[1] Here is the question… are we ?

• God is a leader… God calls leaders to serve… but God requires everyone to

• Israel in the desert unfortunately teaches us what not to do as followers

[2] Israel routinely what God had done for them

Psalm 106:7-13 (NIRV)

⁷ When our people were in Egypt, they forgot about the Lord’s miracles. They didn’t remember his many kind acts. At the Red Sea they refused to obey him. ⁸ But he saved them for the honor of his name. He did it to make his mighty power known. ⁹ He ordered the Red Sea to dry up, and it did. He led his people through it as if it were a desert. ¹⁰ He saved them from the power of their enemies. He set them free from their control. ¹¹ The waters covered their enemies. Not one of them escaped alive. ¹² Then his people believed his promises and sang praise to him. ¹³ But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.

• Forgetting my blessings leads to

[3] Israel against their leaders

Psalm 106:16, 25 (NIRV – NIV)

¹⁶ In their camp some of them became jealous of Moses and Aaron. Aaron had been set apart to serve the Lord… They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the Lord.

[4] Israel fell into the same idolatry as everyone else

Psalm 106:20-22 (NIRV)

²⁰ They traded their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass. ²¹ They forgot the God who saved them. They forgot the God who had done great things in Egypt. ²² They forgot the miracles he did in the land of Ham. They forgot the wonderful things he did by the Red Sea.

[5] Israel shows us… continued disobedience grows into

Psalm 106:24, 33-37 (NIRV)

²⁴ Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn’t believe God’s promise.

³³ They refused to obey the Spirit of God. So Moses spoke without thinking. ³⁴ They didn’t destroy the nations in Canaan as the Lord had commanded them. ³⁵ Instead, they mixed with those nations and adopted their ways.³⁶ They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and daughters as offerings to false gods.

[6] BUT… God takes time to show us his

Psalm 106:8-13 (NIRV)

⁸ But he saved them for the honor of his name. He did it to make his mighty power known.
⁹ He ordered the Red Sea to dry up, and it did. He led his people through it as if it were a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them from the power of their enemies. He set them free from their control. ¹¹ The waters covered their enemies. Not one of them escaped alive. ¹² Then his people believed his promises and sang praise to him. ¹³ But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.

[7] AND… God and has for our pain

Psalm 106:44-46 (NIRV)

⁴⁴ Yet he heard them when they cried out. He paid special attention to their suffering.
⁴⁵ Because they were his people, he remembered his covenant. Because of his great love, he felt sorry for them. ⁴⁶ He made all those who held them as prisoners have mercy on them.

[8] Transformation of my attitude happens when I…

Psalm 106:47-86 (NIRV)

⁴⁷ Lord our God, save us. Bring us back from among the nations. Then we will give thanks to you, because your name is holy. We will celebrate by praising you. ⁴⁸ Give praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and ever. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord.

[9] Transformation of my attitude happens when I… treat others

Psalm 106:3 (LB)

Happiness comes to those who are fair to others and are always just and good.

[10] Transformation of my attitude happens when I… invite God’s

Psalm 106:4 (LB)

⁴ Lord, remember me when you bless your people. Help me when you save them.

[11] Transformation of my attitude happens when I… choose and

Psalm 106:4-5 (NIRV)

⁴ Lord, remember me when you bless your people. Help me when you save them. ⁵ Then I will enjoy the good things you give your chosen ones. I will be joyful together with your people. I will join them when they praise you.

[12] Transformation of my attitude happens when I… choose and thoughtful

Psalm 106:6 (NIRV)

⁶ We have sinned, just as our people of long ago did. We too have done what is evil and wrong.