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Our goal and desire is to help each other see life from God's perspective. Whether you have visited with Driftwood on a Florida vacation, or attend regularly during the week, we want to continue to stay engaged with you. If you haven't already, download the Driftwood Church app on the iTunes or Google Play store!

  1. Stay Under His Wings, Word, and Will // Revelation 12:13-17

    May 31

    Stay Under His Wings, Word, and Will // Revelation 12:13-17

    REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN! IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT WAR ON EARTH REQUIRES A BATTLE PLAN…STAY UNDER HIS WINGS…BY STAYING UNDER HIS WILL…BY STAYING UNDER HIS WORD Ephesians 6:10-12 ESV Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. [11] Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. [12] For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. STAY UNDER HIS WINGS Revelation 12:13-14 ESV And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. [14] But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Exodus 19:4 ESV 'You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Psalm 17:8 ESV Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, Psalm 36:7 ESV How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 57:1 ESV Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. Psalm 61:4 ESV Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah Psalm 63:7 ESV for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. Psalm 91:4 ESV He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. STAY UNDER HIS WILL Revelation 12:15-16 ESV The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. [16] But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Exodus 15:11-12 ESV "Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? [12] You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. STAY UNDER HIS WORD Revelation 12:17 ESV Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea. Matthew 4:3-4 ESV And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." [4] But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" WAR ON EARTH REQUIRES A BATTLE PLAN…STAY UNDER HIS WINGS…BY STAYING UNDER HIS WILL…BY STAYING UNDER HIS WORD

    1h 9m
  2. Nobody Can Mess Up God's Plans for Anybody (Pt 2) // Revelation 12:1-12

    May 24

    Nobody Can Mess Up God's Plans for Anybody (Pt 2) // Revelation 12:1-12

    REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN! IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY GOD CHOSE ISRAEL TO BRING THE WORLD THE MESSIAH Revelation 12:1-2 ESV And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. [2] She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. SATAN, ALWAYS HAS, AND ALWAYS WILL, TRY TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL…TO MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ISRAEL…UNTIL GOD ETERNALLY PUTS HIM AWAY Revelation 12:3-4 ESV And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. [4] His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY Revelation 12:5-6 ESV She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, [6] and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. SATAN GETS THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN Revelation 12:7-12 ESV Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, [8] but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. [9] And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world-he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. [10] And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. [11] And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. [12] Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!" WHEN SATAN REALIZES THAT HE IS FOREVER THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN AND THAT HIS TIME IS SHORT…HE RELENTLESSLY GOES AFTER ISRAEL Revelation 12:13-17 ESV And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. [14] But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. [15] The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. [16] But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. [17] Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea. BUT NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY.

    1h 4m
  3. Nobody Can Mess up God's Plans for Anybody (Pt. 1) // Revelation 12:1-6

    May 17

    Nobody Can Mess up God's Plans for Anybody (Pt. 1) // Revelation 12:1-6

    REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN! IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY GOD CHOSE ISRAEL TO BRING THE WORLD THE MESSIAH Revelation 12:1-2 ESV And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. [2] She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. SATAN, ALWAYS HAS, AND ALWAYS WILL, TRY TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL…TO MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ISRAEL…UNTIL GOD ETERNALLY PUTS HIM AWAY Revelation 12:3-4 ESV And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. [4] His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY Revelation 12:5-6 ESV She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, [6] and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. NOBODY CAN MESS UP GOD’S PLANS FOR ANYBODY!

    1h 5m
  4. You Have Received Power to Be a Witness, Not a Lawyer // Revelation 11

    Apr 26

    You Have Received Power to Be a Witness, Not a Lawyer // Revelation 11

    REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN! IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT Acts 1:8-11 ESV But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." [9] And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. [10] And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, [11] and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." YOU HAVE RECEIVED POWER TO BE A WITNESS, NOT A LAWYER…AND YOUR SOLE PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE IS TO BECOME MORE LIKE CHRIST TO BRING GOD GLORY CHRIST MARKS AND MEASURES HIS WITNESSES Revelation 11:1-2 ESV Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, [2] but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. CHRIST GIVES HIS WITNESSES POWER TO PREACH Revelation 11:3-4 ESV And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." [4] These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. CHRIST GIVES HIS WITNESSES PROTECTION TO FULFILL THEIR PURPOSE Revelation 11:5-6 ESV And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. [6] They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. CHRIST GETS TO USE HIS WITNESSES IN ANY WAY THAT HE CHOOSES…BUT IT IS ALWAYS FOR HIS GLORY Revelation 11:7-14 ESV And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, [8] and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. [9] For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, [10] and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. [11] But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. [12] Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. [13] And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. [14] The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come. YOU HAVE RECEIVED POWER TO BE A WITNESS, NOT A LAWYER…AND YOUR SOLE PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE IS TO BECOME MORE LIKE CHRIST TO BRING GOD GLORY

    1h 10m
  5. Through His Word, Christ Reveals to Us What He Expects Us to Apply // Revelation 10

    Apr 19

    Through His Word, Christ Reveals to Us What He Expects Us to Apply // Revelation 10

    REVELATION IS NOT A SCARY BOOK…IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER…CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHO HE IS…IN ALL OF HIS GLORY…HE REVEALS TO US HOW IT ALL ENDS…AND WE WIN! IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT PLEASE UNDERSTAND, CHRIST DOESN’T ARGUE WHEN HE REVEALS TRUTH TO HIS FOLLOWERS…HE SIMPLY SAYS, “HE WHO HAS EARS, LET HIM HEAR.” THROUGH HIS WORD, CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHAT HE EXPECTS US TO APPLY Deuteronomy 29:29 ESV "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Revelation 10:1-7 ESV Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. [2] He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, [3] and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. [4] And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down." [5] And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven [6] and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, [7] but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets. Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. [9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. WHAT CHRIST REVEALS TO US TO APPLY, HE ALSO EXPECTS US TO SHARE…KNOWING THAT IT IS A BITTER SWEET TASK TO SHARE THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD “If you really long to save men’s souls, you must tell them a great deal of disagreeable truth.” Spurgeon Revelation 10:8-11 ESV Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." [9] So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, "Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey." [10] And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. [11] And I was told, "You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings." THROUGH HIS WORD, CHRIST REVEALS TO US WHAT HE EXPECTS US TO APPLY WHAT CHRIST REVEALS TO US TO APPLY, HE ALSO EXPECTS US TO SHARE…KNOWING THAT IT IS A BITTER SWEET TASK TO SHARE THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD HE WHO HAS EARS, LET HIM HEAR

    1h 7m

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Our goal and desire is to help each other see life from God's perspective. Whether you have visited with Driftwood on a Florida vacation, or attend regularly during the week, we want to continue to stay engaged with you. If you haven't already, download the Driftwood Church app on the iTunes or Google Play store!