The Shed
5/31/26 pour over
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  • Have you ever worn the wrong shoes to the wrong event?
    Not just uncomfortable shoes— I mean the wrong shoes.
    Maybe heels to an outdoor event. Flip-flops when you had to walk farther than you expected. Dress shoes when you should’ve worn tennis shoes.
    At first, everything looked fine… but after a while, every step became work—even painful.
    You started walking slower. More carefully. More frustrated.
    Not because you forgot how to walk— but because you were wearing shoes that weren’t made for where you were going.
    Spiritually, many of us end up in the same place. Our walk with God becomes exhausting because we are trying to move through life wearing the wrong shoes in the wrong places.
    Different shoes were made for different functions;
    Sneakers are made to move. Boots are made for hard and messy places. Heels are made for presentation. Slippers are made for comfort.
    If you were running a marathon, you wouldn’t wear high heels, would you?
    But spiritually, some of us are trying to run in heels. Trying to fight battles in slippers. Trying to climb mountains in shoes that were only meant for sitting.
    And many of us are exhausted because we are wearing what looks good instead of what God assigned.
    The problem comes when we choose shoes based on what feels good in the moment instead of checking where God is leading us.
    Paul speaks directly to this in Ephesians.
    Ephesians 4:1 NASB95
    1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
    Let’s break this down:
    Paul first identifies himself as “a prisoner of the Lord.”
    He does not define himself by his circumstances or his suffering, but by his devotion and allegiance to Christ.
    Wherever Christ leads him, he follows.
    Then he says, “I implore you.” urging believers to remain faithful despite hardship.
    And then he says, “walk in a manner worthy.”
    The word “walk” means more than physical movement.
    It means the way we live every day: our choices, our conduct, our lifestyle.
    The word “worthy” does not mean earning God’s love or repaying Him for salvation. The Greek word paints the picture of a balance scale. It means our everyday lives should reflect the weight and value of the grace we have received through the Gospel.
    In other words: the way we walk should match the calling we carry.
    What you believe about God should be evident in the way you live. Sound doctrine should produce a softer heart, deeper compassion, and a greater ability to love others well.
    Simply put: Paul is telling us that believers should live lives that reflect their faith.
    But we cannot walk this out on our own.
    On Mother’s Day, God gave us a word about releasing the burdens we were never meant to carry. That freedom prepared our hearts to receive this word. to walk with God in a manner worthy of the call on our lives without carrying unnecessary weight.
    But in order for us to go where God is calling us, we have to put on our shoes— and not just any shoes. Shoes fitted for our assignment.
    Turn to your neighbor and ask them: “Do you have your shoes on?”
    Galatians 5:16 NASB95
    16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
    Different Bible translations:
    ESV: "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh."
    NLT: "So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves."
    KJV: "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."
    The flesh is our natural human impulses and sinful tendencies. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit living within believers.
    And how do we receive the Holy Spirit? By receiving Jesus Christ as Lord.
    Paul is teaching us that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we can walk on purpose. When we rely fully on God and obey Him,
    His Spirit guides us and gives us what we need to walk worthy of the calling He has placed on our lives.
    Paul wrote these words because false teachings had spread,
    saying that following Jesus was not enough—that salvation depended on works and human effort.
    But Paul reminds believers that we are empowered by the Spirit, not sustained by striving.
    That’s why Ephesians 6:15 says:
    Ephesians 6:15 NASB95
    15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
    Paul specifically mentions our feet because your walk matters.
    Christianity was never meant to only be something you believe in your head. It is something you walk out daily.
    Who you walk with matters.
    What you walk in matters.
    When you walk, matters.
    Where you walk matters.
    Why you walk, matters.
    And How you walk matters.
    The enemy loves exhausted and distracted believers. And what better way to exhaust and distract us than convincing us that someone else’s shoes—or someone else’s path—was meant for us?
    That same lie appeared in the Garden of Eden. The enemy convinced Adam and Eve that what God withheld was somehow better.
    But God wants your feet fitted with peace. Not comparison. Not striving. Not insecurity. Peace.
    Because peace stabilizes you.
    When your feet are planted in peace: you stop panicking, you stop competing, you stop trying to prove yourself.
    Because you know who you belong to.

    Some of us don’t need a new destination. We need new shoes.

    Stop shrinking to fit places God called you to outgrow.
    Isaiah 54:2 NASB95
    2 “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs.
    We need shoes that fit the size of the vision God placed before us.
    Many of us have mastered survival but never stepped fully into authority. We are trying to run in shoes that are too small.
    This verse challenges us to expand the size of our vision and expectations. To go all in with faith. To remove the limits we have placed on ourselves.
    Sometimes limiting ourselves looks like: staying quiet, keeping everyone else comfortable, minimizing our gifts, hiding our intelligence, dimming our light.
    But God did not call you to disappear. He called you into the light.
    Some of us have spent years apologizing for: being gifted, being strong, being discerning, being ambitious, being different.
    But there is a difference between humility and hiding.
    Sometimes we blame others for not supporting us when the truth is we buried what God gave us.
    Like the servant with one talent in…
    Matthew 25:24–25 NASB95
    24 “And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. 25 ‘And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
    Like the servant, some of us have hidden our voice because of fear: fear of rejection, fear of criticism, fear of failure, fear of being misunderstood, fear of being called “too much.”
    But delayed obedience is still disobedience.
    Which is why we need to

    Check the condition of your shoes.

    Psalm 139:23–24 NASB95
    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
    This is about spiritual self-examination.
    Many believers are walking around with spiritually damaged shoes.
    Some shoes are: worn down by bitterness, cracked by disappointment, stained by compromise, weakened by insecurity, tight from comparison.
    Some people look strong publicly but are broken privately.
    You cannot walk confidently into destiny while secretly falling apart emotionally.
    Not every strong person is healed.
    Strength without surrender can turn into pride, control, and emotional walls.
    The enemy attacks our identity because he knows influence flows from confidence in God.
    Joshua 1:3 NASB95
    3 “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.
    God is not only calling us to belong to Him. He is calling us to be whole.
    And part of becoming whole means refusing to wear shoes that belong to someone else.
    1 Samuel 17:39 NASB95
    39 David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them off.
    Comparison will have you questioning a calling that was never the problem.
    Some of us are exhausted because we are trying to borrow someone else’s armor, instead of the armor God assigned to us.
    Trying to wear: somebody else’s ministry, somebody else’s marriage, somebody else’s personality, somebody else’s beauty, somebody else’s calling.
    Comparison kills confidence.
    What works for someone else may not work for you.
    You cannot walk effectively in what God designed for somebody else.
    Had David tried to look like one of the soldiers, or warn armor that wasn’t made for Him, He might have lost that day.
    Armor was tailor made for soldiers so that it fit just right. But he knew God has already equipped Him with confidence because of his encounter with the Bear and the Lion.
    1 Samuel 17:34–37 NASB95
    34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36 “Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.” 37 And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
    God created us fearfully and wonderfully.
    And He didn’t stop there. He then equipped us with armor for the journey, if we wisely choose it.
    Since the rise of social media, people have learned how to look full externally while remaining empty internally.
    You do not need their shoes. You need their obedience.
    Because what fits them may suffocate you.
    God never called you to be like them. He called you to be like Him. He called you to be Faithful to what He has called you to.
    True transformation comes through the work of the Holy Spirit.
    Think about it this way:
    You sign up to run a race. But instead of wearing running shoes, you show up wearing high heels.
    At first, you look polished. Everything appears impressive.
    But once the race starts, every step becomes harder than it should be.
    You cannot move freely. You are unstable. Your feet hurt.
    Meanwhile, the runner beside you is wearing shoes made for the race.
    And this is where comparison creeps in.
    “Why are they ahead of me?” “Why does this seem easier for them?” “Why am I struggling?”
    But the issue is not your ability. The issue is what you are wearing.
    Comparison is dangerous because it changes your focus.
    The moment Peter looked away from Jesus and started looking at the wind and waves—he began to sink.
    Matthew 14:22–33 NASB95
    22 Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. 23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. 24 But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. 26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” 28 Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” 29 And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”
    And some of us are sinking emotionally and spiritually because we’ve become consumed with watching everybody else’s walk.
    Spiritually, many of us are trying to run our race wearing: comparison, insecurity, people-pleasing, a need to impress, old labels, someone else’s expectations.
    And then we wonder why we are exhausted.
    Comparison will make you forget what God already said about you.
    You don’t win your race by watching someone else’s feet.
    You win by staying in step with God.
    2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB95
    17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
    When we come to Christ, we take off the old shoes and put on new ones.
    Yet some of us are still choosing to walk in the shoes of bondage.
    Someone who understands this well is Ruth.
    Ruth chapter 1, reminds us that Ruth walked out of the grief of a dead future and into one of destiny.
    Ruth 1:16–17 NASB95
    16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. 17 “Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the Lord do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.”
    There are people in this room who need to leave behind: toxic cycles, secret sin, unhealthy relationships, low self-worth, spiritual laziness, emotional dependence.
    You cannot walk into purpose being dragged ack by chains.
    We can’t have a new season while entertaining old habits.
    We cannot gain elevation while feeding dysfunction.
    At some point, deliverance requires a decision.

    Nice shoes mean nothing without a submitted walk.

    Romans 10:15 NASB95
    15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”
    That’s saying that spreading the Gospel of Jesus is an authorized mission.
    This verse shows us the partnership we have between God who call us, and the community, the church, who sends them out!
    The Peace we have is the message of salvation!
    We are called to go and spread that news.
    Back then messengers had to run across miles if rough terrain to deliver news of victory.
    He is calling the feet of those who are travel worn from delivering that good news, beautiful because of what they are delivering!
    God is not impressed by the appearances of clean shoes.
    A person can: look polished, speak eloquently, dress beautifully, lead publicly, and still be spiritually empty.
    What God honors is submission.
    A submitted person: prays when nobody sees, repents quickly, forgives deeply, serves faithfully, obeys completely.
    That kind of person shifts atmospheres for those around them.
    (Take off one shoe)
    But, One shoe cannot take you where God is calling you.
    Some people have been limping spiritually because one foot is in faith and the other is in fear.
    One foot in worship. One foot in compromise. One foot in purpose. One foot in people-pleasing.
    But today God is asking us: “What shoes will you wear?”
    Because walking out a Christlike life requires: courage, discipline, healing, obedience, and holy confidence.
    So, people of God we must: walk worthy, walk healed, walk bold, walk holy, walk free.
    And don’t just wear shoes that look good. Wear the shoes God prepared for your journey.
    Ephesians 6:15 NASB95
    15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
    The enemy should hear your footsteps and recognize the sound of Jesus walking. Because we are wearing HIS shoes. Made for our assigned battle.
    ALTAR CALL
    (Play Pad)
    So runners— it’s time to change shoes.
    You cannot walk into a new season wearing old shoes.
    Before you leave today, God is asking you to make a decision: Will you keep walking in what no longer fits you, or will you walk in what God has called you to become?
    I don’t ever want Sundays to be just another service. God did not bring us here for performance. He brought us here for transformation.
    Today we yield to the Holy Spirit.
    This is, after all, Pentecost Sunday— the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the Church and empowered believers to carry the Gospel.
    I believe God is shifting this church. People are beginning to step up, serve, use their gifts say yes, step into their calling recognize needs, and are moving in obedience.
    God is separating observers from runners.
    Now is the time to lace up your sandals and move.
    I want everyone to close their eyes. Focus on your own heart. Your own walk. Your own shoes.
    The questions I want you to ask yourself today is;
    Will you walk in what God has called you to?
    Are you walking in it already?
    If not, what do you need to remove that is hindering your ability to do what God has asked?
    Here in a moment, the worship team is going to begin, and Im going to open up the altar for those who need prayer.
    Altars are a physical outward representation of a spiritual inward sacrifice.
    This is where we come before the Lord and lay it all down at His feet.
    It is for nobody else but you and jesus.
    And you can make an altar right where you're at, God doesn’t need the physical altar to work.
    Or you can come forward, as a declaration to yourself and to God,
    and allow others to pray with and for you.
    God will meet you wherever you are.
    Search your heart and your spirit. Ask God to reveal to you what He wants you to do.
    Maybe you came in wearing: fear, insecurity, bitterness, compromise, exhaustion, pretending, pain.
    And today God is saying: “Child, take those off.”
    If you need healing emotionally, mentally, or spiritually— come.
    If you have been playing small because of fear— come.
    If you need repentance and surrender— come.
    No pretending. No masks. No image management. Just surrender.
    People of God: You are not forgotten. You are not overlooked. You are not disqualified.
    You are chosen for such a time as this. You are called to spread the good news. You are equipped to do the work. You are anointed for the task.
    Now we need to walk like it.
    CLOSING PRAYER
    Lord, we lay down everything that is not like You. Purify us. Wash us. Renew us. Create in us clean hearts. Restore right spirits within us. Teach us to walk worthy of the calling You placed on our lives. We surrender our plans, our pride, our pain, our relationships, our future, our identity, our will. Have Your way in us.”
    In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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