Leaving Home - Gladstone

Every change begins with a loss. Even positive, desired changes still require leaving something behind. When Jesus called the disciples to follow, the first thing they had to do was drop their nets and leave their old life behind. Change will require a willingness to leave something behind, trusting that God can and will lead us to something better. We will look at the story of the Israelites at the shore of the red sea. God is about to answer their prayer for deliverance, but they are scared about leaving Egypt, as awful as Egypt was. I will talk about the first fear we experience in change, the fear of losing something familiar, comfortable, and stable for the prospect of something new.