I. We Are Not the Destination — We Are a Link

Exodus 3:15 – Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of

Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and

the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My

memorial to all generations.’”

• We inherited truth from those before us.

Jude 1:3 – Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common

salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend

earnestly for the faith which was ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED to the saints.

• We steward it faithfully in our time.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2 – 1Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of

the mysteries of God. 2Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found

faithful.

• We must pass it to those after us better than when we found it.

1 Corinthians 11:1 – Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

II. What We Do Today Creates Ripples Beyond Us

I. Life Operates by Jurisdiction, Not Desire

Romans 7:1 – Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has DOMINION over a man as long as he lives?

• JURISDICTION – The invisible fence that determines what is legally possible in your life.

THE MARRIAGE LAW

Romans 7:2-3 – 2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.

II. You Don’t Escape the Law — You Die to It

Romans 7:4 – Therefore, my brethren, you also have become DEAD TO THE LAW through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another— to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. (By Proxy = Jesus’ Body)

• Death is the intended outcome of God’s law.

I. Life Operates by Jurisdiction, Not Desire

Romans 7:1 – Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has DOMINION over a man as long as he lives?

• JURISDICTION – The invisible fence that determines what is legally possible in your life.

THE MARRIAGE LAW

Romans 7:2-3 – 2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.

II. You Don’t Escape the Law — You Die to It

Romans 7:4 – Therefore, my brethren, you also have become DEAD TO THE LAW through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another— to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. (By Proxy = Jesus’ Body)

• Death is the intended outcome of God’s law.

WHEN YOU SEE THE CONNECTION, YOU REGAIN YOUR DOMINION!

John 8:32 –

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I. Life Feels Out of Control When the Cause Seems Invisible

• You cannot govern what you think is accidental.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have

rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you

have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

II. God Built All Human Life on the Law of Connection

• Your outcomes are attached to your actions by design.

Galatians 6:7-8 – 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

that he will also reap. 8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap

corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

III. When You Don’t See the Connection, You Blame

• Blame relieves your feeling of responsibility, but it steals your authority.

Proverbs 19:3 – The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against

the LORD.

WHEN YOU SEE THE CONNECTION, YOU REGAIN YOUR DOMINION!

John 8:32 –

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I. Life Feels Out of Control When the Cause Seems Invisible

• You cannot govern what you think is accidental.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have

rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you

have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

II. God Built All Human Life on the Law of Connection

• Your outcomes are attached to your actions by design.

Galatians 6:7-8 – 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

that he will also reap. 8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap

corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

III. When You Don’t See the Connection, You Blame

• Blame relieves your feeling of responsibility, but it steals your authority.

Proverbs 19:3 – The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against

the LORD.

WHEN YOU SEE THE CONNECTION, YOU REGAIN YOUR DOMINION!

John 8:32 –

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I. Life Feels Out of Control When the Cause Seems Invisible

• You cannot govern what you think is accidental.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have

rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you

have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

II. God Built All Human Life on the Law of Connection

• Your outcomes are attached to your actions by design.

Galatians 6:7-8 – 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

that he will also reap. 8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap

corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

III. When You Don’t See the Connection, You Blame

• Blame relieves your feeling of responsibility, but it steals your authority.

Proverbs 19:3 – The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against

the LORD.

WHEN YOU SEE THE CONNECTION, YOU REGAIN YOUR DOMINION!

John 8:32 –

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I. Life Feels Out of Control When the Cause Seems Invisible

• You cannot govern what you think is accidental.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have

rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you

have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

II. God Built All Human Life on the Law of Connection

• Your outcomes are attached to your actions by design.

Galatians 6:7-8 – 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

that he will also reap. 8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap

corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

III. When You Don’t See the Connection, You Blame

• Blame relieves your feeling of responsibility, but it steals your authority.

Proverbs 19:3 – The foolishness of a man twists his way, and his heart frets against

the LORD.

I. You Have to Clear the Launchpad

• Nothing launches until something is removed.

Hebrews 12:1 – Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

WHAT IS STILL BOLTED TO YOUR LIFE THAT GOD ALREADY TOLD YOU TO REMOVE?

Remember: Launch is not about effort—it’s about release.

II. You Need Thrust, and Thrust Has a Cost

• Nothing lifts without force, and force is never comfortable.

Acts 1:8 – “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

James 1:2-3 – 2My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

Launch is not about effort—it’s about release.

I. Thanksgiving began with a Church, not a Country.

II. Thanksgiving was born out of Suffering, not Abundance.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

III. Thanksgiving was a display of God’s Providence.

Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

Genesis 50:20 – “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

IV. Thanksgiving is a call for families to come back to Unity.

Psalm 133:1, 3b – 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! . . . 3for there the Lord commanded the blessing—Live forevermore.

V. Gratitude is our most powerful Spiritual

I. Thanksgiving began with a Church, not a Country.

II. Thanksgiving was born out of Suffering, not Abundance.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

III. Thanksgiving was a display of God’s Providence.

Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

Genesis 50:20 – “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

IV. Thanksgiving is a call for families to come back to Unity.

Psalm 133:1, 3b – 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! . . . 3for there the Lord commanded the blessing—Live forevermore.

V. Gratitude is our most powerful Spiritual