Change--- Searching For New Things

HOW WE SEARCH FOR NEW THINGS...

By Wade martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

I. WANT TO DISCUSS A NEW LIFE?

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE COUPLE THAT WORKED ALL THEIR LIVES AND

SAVE MONEY AND INVESTED WISELY?

A.They finally achieved financial security.

They purchased a huge double axle motor home.

They never needed sleeping bags, building a fire, hauling water from streams...

Their new motor home was so nice. It had running water, hot or cold.

They rented a concrete slab to park level. They hooked up to water lines, sewer lines,

electricity...

They had a satellite dish and NET FLEX... they could order any movie on the market.

They never had to fight a fire or smoke, THEY COULD GO CAMPING OUTSIDE AND

STAY INSIDE IN HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING with a huge screen digital television...

B. THEY HAD A BRAND NEW LIFE... IN NEW SURROUNDINGS, BUT STAYED

TRAPPED BY OLD HABITS AND OLD LIFE-STYLES... nothing changed...

they may have driven to a new place but they continued their old ways...

C. THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY NEW... THEY HAD THE COMFORTS OF THEIR

OLD WAYS...

MAYBE IN JESUS WE NEED TO LET GO OF SOME OF THE OLD STUFF AND

COMFORTABLE PATTERNS

TO GAIN A NEW ATTITUDE AND A NEW LIFE OF JOY AND PRAISE????

II. HOW CAN I CHANGE YOU?

WHAT HAPPENS TO NEWLY-WEDS?

HOW WONDERFUL THE HONEY-MOON PERIOD IS IN LIFE?

A. Can you tell me where HONEYMOONS GO?

B. WHILE WE ARE DATING OPPOSITES ATTRACT...

WHEN WE ARE MARRIED OPPOSITES ATTACK!

C. Maybe the honeymoon last from the bridal toast to the burnt toast?

Maybe the honeymoon is the time between dating and DEBATING?

Seems we make a fuss over each other until we make a fuss with each other...

D. HOW CAN I CHANGE YOU... OUR MOTTO OF DESTRUCTION...

III. GOD CAN CHANGE A MAN FROM A DONKEY CHASER TO AN ANOINTED

MAN OF GOD BECOMING A NEW MAN WITH A NEW HEART AND A NEW LIFE

AND A NEW ATTITUDE...

A. SAUL WAS ASSIGNED LITTLE MENIAL CHORES...

SAUL MUST HAVE KNOWN THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO LIFE THAN CHASING

DAD'S DONKEYS...

B. Saul found a NEW THING SPENDING TIME WITH THE OLD PREACHER...

C. Your life can change when you hear CLEAR DIRECTIONS FROM GOD...

1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy

with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

Ever feel like you are chasing donkeys?

D. NEW IS A GIFT OF GOD... WHY SETTLE FOR THE SAME OLD...

1 Samuel 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel,

God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the

Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied

among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto

the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it

became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

IV. LET US CHANGE THE RULES... AND PLEAD IGNORANCE...

HOW INSANE IS IT TO TRY AND CHANGE EVERYONE ELSE...

AND YOU STAY THE SAME?

A. ELI SAW A TERRIBLE BATTLE COMING AGAINST GOD'S GOD'S ...

B. A FAMILY REFUSES TO REPENT, CHANGE AND BECOME NEW...

Hophi and Phinehas knew this battle will be a total loss WITHOUT GOD GOING

WITH US...

They had the external WORSHIP DOWN TO A TEE...

GRAB THE ARK OF THE COVENANT...

THEN SHOUT REAL LOUD...

1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark

of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the

two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the

covenant of God.

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted

with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and

Phinehas, were slain.

C. THERE WAS NOTHING NEW IN THE CAMP...

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES...

V. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IS IN A NEW PLACE...

THE ENEMY DEVELOPED A GREAT RESPECT FOR THE ARK OF GOD...

A. THE NEW THING IN THE ENEMY'S HANDS BACKFIRES...

1. Their old god: Dagon is destroyed...

2. SICKNESS COMES AND MANY DIE...