{"id":10599,"date":"2025-03-30T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=10599"},"modified":"2025-04-05T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:24:09","slug":"small-steps","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/small-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pastor Jesse explores how a series of “small steps” can quickly lead us to a place far from God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walk in obedience to all that the L<\/em>ord<\/em> your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper <\/em>\u2026    <\/em>Deuteronomy 5:33 NIV<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then \u2026 you will be my treasured possession. …\u201d    <\/em>Exodus 19:5 NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they listen and obey God, they will be blessed \u2026\u201d   <\/em>Job 36:11 NLT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Covenant<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Unconditional promise: Jesus died and rose again, offering forgiveness of sins and eternal life for all who believe.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Conditional blessings: While salvation is a gift, certain blessings flow from obedience to God.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • You do it one step at a time.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Then Saul attacked the Amalekites \u2026 He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs\u2014everything that was good. …    <\/em>1 Samuel 15:7-9 NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • What you allow in the moment often owns you in the future.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Where are you letting sin whisper its way into your life?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        \u201cBut I did obey the Lord,\u201d Saul said. \u201cI went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.\u201d   <\/em>1 Samuel 15:20-21 NIV<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        But Samuel replied: \u201cDoes the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice \u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Every act of obedience is a demonstration of our love to the One who loved us first.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          \u2026 this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. …    <\/em>1 John 5:3-4 NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Pastor Jesse explores how a series of “small steps” can quickly lead us to a place far from God. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper \u2026    Deuteronomy 5:33 NIV \u201cNow if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then \u2026 you will be my treasured possession. …\u201d    Exodus 19:5 NIV \u201cIf they listen and obey God, they will be blessed \u2026\u201d   Job 36:11 NLT The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10599","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10649,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/10599\/revisions\/10649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=10599"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=10599"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=10599"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=10599"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=10599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}