Red Light, Green Light
About this sermon
In “Red Light, Green Light,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, gifts of the Holy Spirit, holiness. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Chronicles 16, Jeremiah 17, John 16, the teaching emphasizes that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes.
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Odle focuses on the condition of the heart. The message argues that the inner life must be healed, guarded, and brought under the truth of God’s word. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the heart while working through Jeremiah 17, John 16. The message argues that the inner life must be healed, guarded, and brought under the truth of God’s word. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through John 16, John 10, Romans 8. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Acts 16, Colossians 3. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Jude 20. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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[Music] we declare you are the king of kings and the lord of lords we declare god that you're worthy to be worshipped and you're worthy to be obeyed and honored you're worthy to be feared and and reverenced god you're worthy lord that we should tremble at your word that we should respect your laws and your ways and that we should obey your word and your spirit as you lead us god you're worthy god you are the creator you made us and not we ourselves lord we are bought with a price lord we could not redeem ourselves and you died on the cross and shed your precious blood that we might be redeemed and then you rose from the dead to seal it to show us that there is the only way to everlasting life there is the only way to to spiritual power and and freedom and deliverance is through the blood and the resurrection of jesus christ we thank you lord because you are worthy lord all heaven declares that you are worthy that you are holy holy holy that you are the only one worthy is the lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world you are the only one worthy that you god took on flesh died upon a cross and rose from the dead for us to wash our sins away so that we could have a chance to know you and to make it to heaven and spend eternity with you lord we know that life down here is temporary everything we see is temporary yet god why do we cling to it [Music] lord we cling even to things that are destructive lord help us get our eyes off of this world and the things in this world and lay hold upon you fully god i really believe you're looking your eyes lord your word says the eyes of the lord run to and fro through the whole earth seeking to find people that you can show yourself strong on their behalf [Music] man lord let that sink down because you want to show yourself strong on our behalf jesus jesus god our pride stands in the way sometimes our sins of lust our sins of laziness and neglect of you help us to just keep praying for him just talk to him for a minute in your own
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words that he would help me what if this world holds you jesus but i want to remind you guys of something you know the bible says that in the church he said there should be when we come together tongues and interpretation that should be a regular thing and that tongues and interpretation according to first corinthians 14 is the equivalent to the gift of prophecy operating and so the gift of prophecy is operated this morning through tongues and interpretation and last week and i and i want to say this even if even a couple of months ago i remember patrick was sitting right there and god used him and to give a warning and i want to say this i remember these things and i remember even when we were in the building in opalica what god has been saying and it's interesting at different times and through different means is he's been saying follow me follow my word follow my spirit and i'm going to give you i'm going to give you the glory and the revival and a move of god that you long for this is this is what he's saying and i just want to say as the pastor of this church i you know the bible says let the prophet speak let the others judge and i have judged so far that every time there's been a gift whether it was jonathan operating or patrick or last week with kevin or with jared that it's been from the lord each time and that's that's a blessing to have i hadn't had to correct anything or say that what in the spirit of god or anything like that i'm just saying that that's the spirit of god and i know that's what he's saying the same word came forth last week and what's interesting is both times last week the tongue and the interpretation confirmed what i was going to preach on this week the tongue interpretation confirmed what i was going to preach on the part where he said we have got to follow god learn to follow his word and his voice and he will do the thing and that's what i want to talk about this morning i want to get into a little bit about being led by the spirit of god and it's not always as easy as you think and it doesn't always look like what you think but god willing as the spirit of god leads me i've been looking at in these last few weeks about getting on the gifts of the spirit and things but we may be starting part one here i don't know how this is going to start but being led by the spirit of god so let's let's establish this in the word real quick that the holy spirit of god wants to speak to you amen does the bible teach that and then are we are we to um how are we to judge those things and discern those things but i just want to say this i i want you
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to the grasp behold just write this verse down because this is not really right now part of the message but this verse is in second chronicles and it's in 16 second chronicles 16 and verse 9 and i just felt real strongly as we were ending worship there but the eyes of the lord says run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him but we ought to let that sink down ii chronicles 16 verse 9. matter of fact i guess it kind of does go with what we're doing because think about this you guys and i know sometimes i preach kind of hard on on things and deal with sin and and purity of heart and in in those matters and but i want you to know that there the flip side of that coin the flip side of that coin is that the grace and the mercy and the love of god really does want to manifest to show himself strong through some people that have even been screw-ups you know what i'm saying that have even been sinning and compromising in in god's heart is to show himself strong he's looking for people think about that god wants to show off through you god wants to show off his glory he wants to show off his power he wants to show off what it means to have a a transformed life what it means to be saved from sin not saved so you can sin what it means to be truly truly having a pure heart and a pure mind what it means to to truly be free from sexual addictions and bondages what it means listen this world out there wants to see they want to see god showing himself strong through some people and god wants to do it that's the good news but what does he say here his eyes are constantly looking for people he can show himself strong through whose heart what is perfect toward him doesn't mean a perfect person but whose heart is perfect means the heart that wants god and wants god's will and wants god's purity and holiness and honor more than anything else the heart that longs to hear from god and to follow god david was known as the man after god's own heart not because he was a perfect man we know that he blew it in some big ways okay but he was known as the man after god's own heart because deep within him he longed for the presence of god he longed for the honor of god he longed for the purity of of heart and mind he longed for holiness in his own life even though he didn't always accomplish it he longed
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for it he hungered and thirsted for god he he wanted to teach transgressors and sinners the ways of god i mean he had this burning passion for god and so listen i know those of us in here we've stumbled listen this thing about following god and being led by the spirit you're not always going to do it perfectly i'm not going to always do it perfectly but the thing about it is is your heart perfect toward god do you do you get up and say i'm going to still go after god when i don't understand or when it doesn't work out the way i want it to work out this is something that i was going to get into this morning as we get in the scriptures about this maybe i don't even know exactly how we're going to do it but but it doesn't always you know even being led by god even even when god leads you into something sometimes doesn't always look like what you thought it was going to look like do you still trust when you don't understand do you still trust and believe that you're hearing even when it doesn't make sense to you you know sometimes we get in our mind listen we live in a society that is so success mind focused and you know what they've fallen into the trap of what timothy paul told timothy not to fall into and that is that gain is godliness that somehow if you're successful at everything you do that that means god's with you no sometimes god has led you right into a place where it doesn't work remember god led the children of israel out of egypt right into a dead end a sea in front of them they couldn't cross mountains on both sides that they couldn't cross and the most powerful army in the world behind them who was determined to kill them not a good place right right where god put them though and what's interesting is god could have killed pharaoh's army before they left egypt god could have split the red sea before the egyptian army got there but no what does he do he takes his the the representation of his presence with them the cloud and the fire and he sets it between them and the little gap they had in that range that mountain range and he lets them stay there all night long while an east wind blows to park and see god get a part to see instantly why did he do that why does god do some of the things he does the way he doesn't because you know why he's testing most of the time he's testing our hearts to see what we're going to do now why you say why does god test our hearts he knows what we're going to do the test is really not for him
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