# 491 PIVOT Series# 1, Celebrate Foundations, part 1

PIVOT Series# 1, Celebrate Foundations
By: D. Karl Thomas

Ezra 1:1-8 “He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah … with all those whose spirits God had stirred up, to go up to re build the house of the Lord…”
uwr :– to move by force, to rouse, incite, to stir up.
A gracious act initiated by a loving God. 

Ezra 3:11  “Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.”
In this time where the only constant seems to be change we must celebrate foundations.

Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Perceive:—become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand. 

Peter Diamandis — (Book) —  THE FUTURE IS FASTER THAN YOU THINK
“In the next 10 years, we’re going to reinvent every industry on this planet.”

April Rinne
“35% of the skills deemed important today will have changed in 5 years.”
“The pace of change has never been as fast as it is today and yet it will never again be this slow.”

PICTURE  How long does it take to hit 50 million users?
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-hit-50-million-users/

68 years 50 million using airlines.
62 years 50 million using automobiles.
50 years 50 million using phones.
14 years 50 million using computers.
12 years 50 million using mobile phones.
7 years 50 million using the Internet.
3 years 50 million using Facebook.
19 days 50 million playing Pokemon Go. 

The Three Largest Population Groups Are Not Nations.
They are:  Facebook – 2.4B   YouTube – 1.9B   WhatsApp 1.4B   Then China and India

Pivot:— fixed point supporting something which turns or balances.
The Unchangeable in relationship to the Changeable.

Malachi 3:6   “For I am the Lord, I do not change;”

Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”

Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’”

Deuteronomy 8:3  “He humbled you and allowed you to be hungry and fed you with manna, [a substance] which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand [by personal experience] that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
God wants you to be unshakable a world that is in a state of flux. Confident with change.
Joseph / Daniel
Their working knowledge of an unchangeable covenant relationship allowed them to master a changing world. 

Jehovah Jireh
Genesis 22:14
“And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, ‘in the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.’”

Jehovah Rapha
Exodus 15:25-26
“So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet … For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Jehovan Nissi
Exodus 17:15
“And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner; for he said, ‘Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

Jehovah Shalom
Judges 6:23-24
“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.’ So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-LORD-Is-Peace.”

Jehovah Raah
Psalms 23:1 (NIV)
“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
(AMP) “The LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.”

Jehovah Tsidkenu
Jeremiah 23:6 (ESV)
“In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’”

Jehovah Shammah
Ezekiel 48:35
“…and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

Hebrews 13:5b  “For He Himself has said, ‘will never leave you nor forsake you.’”
He is forever present!!!

Daniel 11:32b
“…but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”

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