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Tear Down The Wall
David Redmill
30 April 2017
• Do you want to do God’s will?
• Are you fully outworking all of God’s will for you?
• If not, why not?
1. Enemy walls
2. Defensive walls
3. Internal walls
Enemy Walls
• Crossing the Jordan– Making a start
• Circumcision at Gilgal– Purification
• Passover– Celebration
• Marching and trumpets– Prayer & proclamation
• Shouting– Claiming victory
Defensive Walls
• Walls we build for our protection
• Generally good
• Can hinder us:
– Limit growth / expansion
– Limit our interaction with the world
Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. Isaiah 54:2
Internal Walls
• Walls we build
– which separate us from God
– prevent us from doing his will
Bricks in the wall - 1
Its too big a task for me
I’m scared
I’m not worthy
I don’t know enough
Bricks in the wall - 2
I’mToo old/young
Too big/small
Wrong race/gender/social class
I’m not called to be a apostle/prophet/teacher/evangelist
I’m not Richard Brown
Bricks in the wall - 3
I’m not good at public speaking
I don’t want to talk to them
I haven't got the time
I haven't got the money
Bricks in the wall - 4
I’ve got a other things to do
I’ve got a family
I’ve got a full time job
I deserve a rest
Bricks in the wall - 5
Our church doesn’t do it that way
We don’t want those sort of people in our church
• What’s common about all of these?
• They all centred on I, me or we and not God
Tear Down the Wall
If your “I” causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away.
Matthew 5:29
Not my will but yours
Summary
• External walls
– Start, purification, celebration, prayer, proclamation, claiming victory
• Defensive walls
– Make room for expansion
– Don’t let them restrict you
• Internal walls
– Tear them down
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