1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:00,560 Foreign. 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:12,160 We are in a series called Rooted, and this is the third installment 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:13,040 of Rooted. 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,840 And, you know, Pastor Sandra opened us up. 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,560 Pastor Sandra, you might know her as Mama Moses. 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,640 Pastor Moses. 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,120 My kids call her Pastor Nana. 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,080 And she. 9 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:26,880 She gave them permission to call her that. 10 00:00:27,190 --> 00:00:28,870 You can't call her that, but they can. 11 00:00:29,670 --> 00:00:33,830 And she opened us up, and we had so many amazing leaders represented 12 00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:36,030 last Sunday at every campus. 13 00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:40,230 I was hearing testimonies of them just going off at every single 14 00:00:40,230 --> 00:00:41,190 one of the campuses. 15 00:00:41,190 --> 00:00:44,230 And I want to shout them out because they did amazing. 16 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:48,790 And I am grateful to be in a house that raises up leaders, that 17 00:00:48,790 --> 00:00:52,550 pours into leaders and deploys them and raises voices. 18 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:56,800 And so, you know, I can't say enough of this house. 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,720 Of course I'm biased, but just so amazed to be here and speak on 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,480 Rooted, because that's one of the things that goes deep into my 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,480 heart and into my soul. 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,400 And, you know, I was thinking back to how we commenced this series, 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,680 and Pastor Sandra opened us up, and she just started, like, hopping 24 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:16,280 on stage. 25 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,320 Y' all remember that? 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,200 It was to the imagery to talk about church hoppers. 27 00:01:20,470 --> 00:01:23,350 And I was like, I don't think anyone has ever done that before 28 00:01:23,830 --> 00:01:24,790 from the stage. 29 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:29,230 And, you know, it just got me to thinking, because we do live in 30 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:33,510 a generation that celebrates movement, and we move from job to 31 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,670 job, and we move from city to city. 32 00:01:35,990 --> 00:01:39,950 We move from church to church, and people move from relationship 33 00:01:39,950 --> 00:01:43,830 to relationship, and we celebrate movement, but oftentimes 34 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:45,590 at the expense of commitment. 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,560 And, you know, we talk about rooted, you know, in this series, 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,600 particularly even rooted into the things of the Lord and rooted 37 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,720 into the local church. 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,040 It's not about attending. 39 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,360 It's not just about attending. 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,000 It's about covenant, and it's about actually coming together and 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,560 God, what do you have for me? 42 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,600 What are youe speaking to me? 43 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,840 Where do youo want me to move? 44 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,320 Where do youo want me to plant my feet? 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,240 And that's what this message is for. 46 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,520 This message is a call to deeper roots. 47 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:17,420 As I get into this. 48 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:22,700 And, you know, we plant seeds. 49 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:26,780 We don't plant seeds in the air, but it's roots that actually 50 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:30,820 hold us to the ground and the soil of life. 51 00:02:30,820 --> 00:02:34,620 So I want to reference Psalms chapter 92, verse 13. 52 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:41,660 And it says, they are planted where in the house of the Lord. 53 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:45,700 They flourish in the courts of our God. 54 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:52,540 And when you study New Testament, house of the Lord is oftentimes 55 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:57,460 referred to as the local church or the body or place of gathering 56 00:02:57,940 --> 00:02:59,700 where they corporately got together. 57 00:03:00,340 --> 00:03:04,580 And so the psalmist says, they are planted in the house of the Lord. 58 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:07,780 They flourish in the courts of our God. 59 00:03:08,830 --> 00:03:12,110 And many of you have heard my testimony, but I'll give a quick 60 00:03:12,110 --> 00:03:12,910 synopsis. 61 00:03:13,310 --> 00:03:16,670 I've lived many, many, many years of my life attending church 62 00:03:16,670 --> 00:03:19,510 and showing up and going to church. 63 00:03:19,510 --> 00:03:22,350 But I was never really rooted in. 64 00:03:22,510 --> 00:03:24,149 I was never really committed. 65 00:03:24,149 --> 00:03:28,550 I was just showing up because in my mind that, you know, that was 66 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:29,470 all I had to do. 67 00:03:29,790 --> 00:03:31,150 I was checking off the box. 68 00:03:31,150 --> 00:03:32,430 I went to church today. 69 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:36,810 I knew of Jesus, but I didn't have a personal relationship with 70 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:37,170 him. 71 00:03:37,730 --> 00:03:40,970 And it wasn't until that I decided to go deep. 72 00:03:40,970 --> 00:03:41,930 God, where do you want me? 73 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:42,730 What do you want to do? 74 00:03:42,730 --> 00:03:46,450 I'm ready to go into this process that I started to see a shift 75 00:03:46,450 --> 00:03:49,330 in the atmosphere of my heart and in my mind. 76 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:56,130 And at that time, you know, I was spiritually dry and disconnected. 77 00:03:56,530 --> 00:03:59,410 And those are the kind of things that we go through when we're 78 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:00,130 not rooted. 79 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:06,180 And I saw a shift in my home, a shift in my marriage, even a shift 80 00:04:06,180 --> 00:04:07,220 at my workplace. 81 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:08,460 Something happens. 82 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:11,540 And there's a shift that happens in our life when we're actually 83 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:13,540 done with trying to do us. 84 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:17,500 And we actually open the door to say, God, whatever you want to 85 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:17,780 do. 86 00:04:17,860 --> 00:04:21,700 I'm making the decision to go deep, to go out where you want to 87 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,100 plant me, where you want to develop me. 88 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:28,370 God, what do you want me to go? 89 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:30,410 And where do you want me to plant my roots? 90 00:04:32,330 --> 00:04:35,450 But the first question I want to propose is, why do roots matter? 91 00:04:36,730 --> 00:04:38,730 We're going through this series of rooted why? 92 00:04:38,730 --> 00:04:39,690 Why do roots matter? 93 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:43,850 And so I want to Reference Colossians Chapter 2. 94 00:04:43,930 --> 00:04:47,890 If you're taking notes, and I urge y' all to take notes, we are 95 00:04:47,890 --> 00:04:49,130 a church that takes notes. 96 00:04:49,370 --> 00:04:52,010 And, you know, apostle says this all the time. 97 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:55,040 Don't just take my word for it, because I am man. 98 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,200 You take these notes and you go back home and you go deeper, you 99 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,960 dig deeper, and you allow God to minister in a special way. 100 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:13,600 So Colossians chapter 2, verses 6 to 7 says, Therefore, as 101 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:19,900 you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and 102 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:24,740 built up in him and established in faith, just as you 103 00:05:24,740 --> 00:05:27,900 were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 104 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:30,220 So why are roots important? 105 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:35,980 Roots are essential for strength, for stability, for development, 106 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:37,740 for growth. 107 00:05:39,420 --> 00:05:42,060 Because trees can't bear fruit without roots. 108 00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:45,860 And a lot of us walk in, and it's like, I want to walk in and 109 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:47,660 immediately just want to bear fruit. 110 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:51,020 Now, all the things that can be seen from the outside, but there's 111 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:51,410 no root. 112 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,240 And Sometimes we have to go through a process first of saying, 113 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,000 God, that my roots grow deep. 114 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,040 Where are my roots? 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:05,000 Develop my roots so that the fruit can be, can bear witness. 116 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:12,680 And so the challenge is that for many of us, whether you might 117 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,600 know it or not, our roots grow deep somewhere. 118 00:06:17,970 --> 00:06:21,490 And for some of us, we're rooted in the wrong places. 119 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:28,930 Some of us, our roots can grow deep in pride, in rejection and offense, 120 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:29,890 in addiction. 121 00:06:32,930 --> 00:06:36,290 And dealing with the symptoms or cutting the root from the surface 122 00:06:36,290 --> 00:06:38,770 isn't going to deal with what's below the surface. 123 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:42,290 And a lot of us try and go on this journey to deal with the symptoms 124 00:06:42,290 --> 00:06:43,010 of the sin. 125 00:06:43,010 --> 00:06:46,400 If I can just stop doing this one thing, if I can stop that, then, 126 00:06:46,470 --> 00:06:47,230 then I'll be good. 127 00:06:47,230 --> 00:06:51,150 And then you find yourself constantly falling to the same things 128 00:06:51,150 --> 00:06:53,310 because you're just dealing with surface level things. 129 00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:56,230 But there's a deeper rooted problem. 130 00:06:56,870 --> 00:06:59,350 You guys ever hear that phrase, deeper rooted issues? 131 00:06:59,350 --> 00:07:00,710 Deeper rooted problems. 132 00:07:01,190 --> 00:07:03,950 And so a lot of the times, like we can mow the weeds on the 133 00:07:03,950 --> 00:07:07,270 top, but they're going to continue to grow back and multiply 134 00:07:07,350 --> 00:07:11,150 if we actually don't do the work of getting dirty and digging 135 00:07:11,150 --> 00:07:15,590 into the soil to reveal how deep those roots actually grow and, 136 00:07:15,740 --> 00:07:18,220 and allowing God to reveal some things. 137 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:26,340 And if you're asking God, I'm ready to go on that journey, it's 138 00:07:26,340 --> 00:07:29,780 not just going to be allowing him to move, but it's going to require 139 00:07:29,780 --> 00:07:30,940 some things from you. 140 00:07:31,659 --> 00:07:35,460 And he'll show you the path, but he's going to want you to have 141 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:38,780 to do the work and get your hands dirty to dig into that soil. 142 00:07:47,750 --> 00:07:52,510 See, by simply saying yes to God, I don't think we realize that 143 00:07:52,510 --> 00:07:54,870 there's going to be a call for us. 144 00:07:55,510 --> 00:07:59,230 Cause some of us might have some things in our life that nobody 145 00:07:59,230 --> 00:07:59,910 knows about. 146 00:08:00,150 --> 00:08:03,830 And you think it's just me and God and you know, I'm working this 147 00:08:03,830 --> 00:08:05,190 thing out with God. 148 00:08:05,270 --> 00:08:08,750 Some of you might not even know the depths to what you're dealing 149 00:08:08,750 --> 00:08:09,030 with. 150 00:08:09,030 --> 00:08:13,020 And your process is gonna be asking God to continue to bring revel 151 00:08:13,090 --> 00:08:14,850 revelation into your mind and your heart. 152 00:08:15,090 --> 00:08:17,250 Lord, what is it that keeps tripping me? 153 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:20,930 What is it that I'm tied to reveal it so I know how to come against 154 00:08:21,090 --> 00:08:21,490 it. 155 00:08:21,650 --> 00:08:24,730 Father, I need you to just bear, just show the revelation. 156 00:08:24,730 --> 00:08:28,530 I'm ready to go on this journey to go deep and dig up some 157 00:08:28,530 --> 00:08:28,850 things. 158 00:08:31,650 --> 00:08:36,370 But symptom management, we can't settle for symptom management 159 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:40,520 because surface change never transforms the depths of our soul. 160 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,400 And God wants to dig deep and replant you into truth. 161 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,480 But you first have to go into the process of getting dug up to 162 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:51,480 be replanted. 163 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,800 I don't know if many of you know this when. 164 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,760 When you replant something, it goes through a shock season because 165 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,360 it's still trying to get used to its environment. 166 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,160 And that what you thought was going to give you fruit, that first 167 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:07,560 year doesn't bear fruit. 168 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:09,680 And it might not bear fruit a second year. 169 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,060 And it might be more than years, but that uprooting and replanting 170 00:09:14,060 --> 00:09:17,820 might take some time because it's not your time, it's God's time. 171 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:21,340 And there's a process we got to go through to say, God, I feel 172 00:09:21,340 --> 00:09:21,740 you're. 173 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:23,620 You're replanting me somewhere. 174 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:27,420 And I gotta get to go deep in with these people, get to know who 175 00:09:27,420 --> 00:09:27,860 they are. 176 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:31,140 They're actually for me, and get used to the environment. 177 00:09:31,540 --> 00:09:34,780 There's a shock season, but all we want to do is come in and 178 00:09:34,780 --> 00:09:36,420 bear fruit from the forefront. 179 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:38,940 But God wants to put us through a process. 180 00:09:44,140 --> 00:09:48,300 When God replants, see, he never takes away, he replaces. 181 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:55,420 And that's why God isn't just gonna uproot you and leave you abandoned, 182 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:57,260 but he'll replant you somewhere. 183 00:09:57,580 --> 00:10:01,340 But it's up to us to make the decision to say God. 184 00:10:01,580 --> 00:10:02,820 You start arguing with God. 185 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:04,300 Is this really where you want me? 186 00:10:04,810 --> 00:10:06,170 I know this is where I'm at. 187 00:10:06,250 --> 00:10:07,610 What do I do from here? 188 00:10:07,770 --> 00:10:09,650 And we start wrestling with God. 189 00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:10,930 Mess around and break a hip. 190 00:10:10,930 --> 00:10:11,730 Wrestling with God. 191 00:10:11,730 --> 00:10:16,490 I'll tell you what, if you know your Bible, but the local church 192 00:10:16,490 --> 00:10:17,530 is God's garden. 193 00:10:21,290 --> 00:10:24,410 Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 16. 194 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:29,050 From who? 195 00:10:29,050 --> 00:10:36,550 The whole body joined and held together by every joint with which 196 00:10:36,550 --> 00:10:42,430 it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body 197 00:10:42,590 --> 00:10:46,190 grow so that it builds itself up in love. 198 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:49,390 See, God did not make you for isolation. 199 00:10:50,590 --> 00:10:52,190 Isolation is not of God. 200 00:10:52,190 --> 00:10:54,670 God made us to be in communion. 201 00:10:54,990 --> 00:10:58,450 You go back to Genesis and God made us perfect. 202 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:01,130 And the Bible says that God walked with man. 203 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:05,050 And we were made to be in communion with God and in community 204 00:11:05,130 --> 00:11:05,810 with God. 205 00:11:05,810 --> 00:11:07,530 He didn't make you to be isolated. 206 00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:14,410 But it's so easy for us to walk in and see everybody serving 207 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:15,250 in a different area. 208 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:17,730 And it's like, no, no, no, they don't need me. 209 00:11:17,730 --> 00:11:18,970 I'm not gonna join the team. 210 00:11:19,130 --> 00:11:20,250 I'm just gonna come. 211 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:21,610 I'll sit, receive. 212 00:11:21,690 --> 00:11:22,970 What does God have for me? 213 00:11:22,970 --> 00:11:23,530 And leave. 214 00:11:23,910 --> 00:11:26,630 And God's asking, I want to see what you have for me. 215 00:11:27,830 --> 00:11:28,430 You're coming. 216 00:11:28,430 --> 00:11:29,950 Okay, let's see if it's good today. 217 00:11:29,950 --> 00:11:32,550 What can I receive today and take with me? 218 00:11:32,790 --> 00:11:36,350 And God's asking you to come to his house and give what you have 219 00:11:36,350 --> 00:11:38,390 to his feet and pour it out. 220 00:11:38,950 --> 00:11:41,190 How are you building his kingdom? 221 00:11:44,150 --> 00:11:47,310 Why do you think that the moment you feel offended, you want 222 00:11:47,310 --> 00:11:48,230 to isolate. 223 00:11:48,230 --> 00:11:50,710 The moment you feel rejection, you want to run. 224 00:11:50,990 --> 00:11:51,670 And it's like, I don't. 225 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:53,230 I don't want to talk to nobody today. 226 00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:56,350 I'm not going to go because I don't want to see those people today. 227 00:11:56,590 --> 00:11:58,510 I don't want to hear what they have to say. 228 00:11:58,590 --> 00:12:00,990 And he fights so hard to isolate. 229 00:12:00,990 --> 00:12:01,310 Why? 230 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:03,310 Because it's easier to pick you off. 231 00:12:04,430 --> 00:12:08,190 It's easier to pick you off when you're isolated and alone. 232 00:12:10,350 --> 00:12:13,070 Isolation is not what God created us for. 233 00:12:13,470 --> 00:12:15,470 You grow best in relationship. 234 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:17,310 You grow best when you're seen. 235 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,150 You grow best when you're known. 236 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:22,030 And you grow best when you're held accountable. 237 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,000 And a lot of people don't like to hear that. 238 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,520 Nah, nobody's gonna call me out. 239 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,120 You tell me what I need to do, I'll do it even less. 240 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,000 That was me. 241 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:34,920 That was me. 242 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,880 My marriage was not perfect. 243 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,080 And the more you ask me to do something, I ain't gonna do it. 244 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,840 I'll do it when I want to do it naturally. 245 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:43,240 Why? 246 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:50,060 We're born into sin, but we grow in the midst of community. 247 00:12:51,260 --> 00:12:56,060 When God places leaders and group facilitators that's gonna walk 248 00:12:56,060 --> 00:12:59,020 it through with us, Walk through with it with us, pray with 249 00:12:59,020 --> 00:13:02,700 us, give us wise counsel, the leaders that God has placed before 250 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:03,180 us. 251 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:05,540 It's like, you know, past. 252 00:13:05,540 --> 00:13:06,020 I just. 253 00:13:06,020 --> 00:13:07,820 I need some wisdom in this area. 254 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,820 We don't go around, we go up. 255 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:12,940 The things that you go through, you don't take it around 256 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,100 and start spreading it with those around you. 257 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:18,760 You start taking it up to the leaders that God placed before you. 258 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,960 And God will use those leaders to share wise counsel. 259 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:29,760 And we won't make your decision for you, but you go on that 260 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:30,760 journey with God. 261 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,160 That's why we have to always be like the farmer with our hands 262 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:42,360 at the plow, doing the work, digging into the soil with evidence 263 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,050 of being dirty, of having to do the work. 264 00:13:46,090 --> 00:13:47,610 Digging in the ground ain't easy. 265 00:13:49,290 --> 00:13:50,090 Hard ground. 266 00:13:51,210 --> 00:13:55,610 You need heavy machinery in a lot of these. 267 00:13:55,850 --> 00:13:58,330 The farms, they use heavy machinery because the ground has 268 00:13:58,330 --> 00:14:02,650 been impacted with the stomping of, you know, all these 269 00:14:02,650 --> 00:14:03,370 different things. 270 00:14:03,370 --> 00:14:07,450 But what happens is that when we allow God to grow us, and it's 271 00:14:07,450 --> 00:14:08,370 like, God, use me. 272 00:14:08,370 --> 00:14:10,850 Where do you want Me, I'm ready to do whatever you will of 273 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:11,010 me. 274 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:13,210 And then he gives you a task, and it's like, wait, wait, wait, 275 00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:13,530 wait. 276 00:14:13,690 --> 00:14:14,690 That's not what I wanted to do. 277 00:14:14,690 --> 00:14:17,850 That's too hard or that's too messy, or I've already come that 278 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:18,970 area in my life. 279 00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:23,930 I'm above that, dare I say it. 280 00:14:24,650 --> 00:14:30,170 But what happens is that in those moments, God will use you to 281 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:36,010 pull weeds, to plant seeds, and to water someone else's breakthrough 282 00:14:36,010 --> 00:14:38,810 when you yourself are waiting for your own breakthrough. 283 00:14:39,620 --> 00:14:43,580 And that's why we run from wanting to serve people, because 284 00:14:43,580 --> 00:14:44,740 we're in need ourself. 285 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,700 God, you know, I've been petitioning for this from you. 286 00:14:47,780 --> 00:14:49,900 You know, I need healing in my body. 287 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:52,900 How am I gonna pray for healing in someone else's body? 288 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:54,780 I need help in my marriage. 289 00:14:54,780 --> 00:14:57,780 I need help at my job and my circumstance. 290 00:14:57,860 --> 00:15:02,340 But God wants to use your yes to see, let me see the faith that 291 00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:06,140 they have to say, God, wherever you want to place me, I 292 00:15:06,140 --> 00:15:07,140 will worship you. 293 00:15:08,110 --> 00:15:09,790 Well, grow my faith in you. 294 00:15:09,790 --> 00:15:12,630 But we don't want to do that hard work because it's messy and 295 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:13,070 it's hard. 296 00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:14,750 But that's where fruit is developed. 297 00:15:15,150 --> 00:15:16,430 That's where fruit is made. 298 00:15:17,230 --> 00:15:20,430 And you want to bear fruit without doing the work of getting 299 00:15:20,430 --> 00:15:21,630 your roots down deep. 300 00:15:24,830 --> 00:15:27,870 So is fruit what we want to bear? 301 00:15:28,830 --> 00:15:31,150 Because we have to abide to bear fruit. 302 00:15:31,790 --> 00:15:36,590 We have to abide in the areas of God, in his word and in community. 303 00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:38,540 And Lord, build me up. 304 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:48,900 I want to talk about nourishment, because nourishment 305 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:54,060 is crucial not just for planting, not just for the roots 306 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:57,220 to grasp its roots down. 307 00:15:57,220 --> 00:16:00,500 But those roots eventually will get to a depth where they reach 308 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:00,980 the water. 309 00:16:00,980 --> 00:16:03,020 And now they have to grow out for stability. 310 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,240 They have to grow down and out to be able to withstand all that's 311 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,160 going to come for it. 312 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,360 So nourishment is what's going to feed that. 313 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,040 But you know what nourishment is. 314 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,760 Nourishment comes through connection. 315 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,920 Hebrews chapter 10, verses 24 and 25. 316 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:34,050 Listen to these key words and let us consider how to set up, to 317 00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:41,450 stir up one another, to love and good works, 25 not neglecting 318 00:16:41,450 --> 00:16:47,090 to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one 319 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:51,730 another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near. 320 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:54,850 Now, can someone grow on their own? 321 00:16:54,850 --> 00:16:56,660 Can they grow by themselves? 322 00:16:56,660 --> 00:16:57,940 To a certain extent. 323 00:16:58,820 --> 00:17:02,660 But you need nourishment to continue to go deep and go out. 324 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:06,420 You need nourishment to be able to feed those nutrients that 325 00:17:06,580 --> 00:17:08,100 are Going to make it healthy. 326 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:14,180 Nourishment comes from fellowship, prayer, discipleship, 327 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:17,220 correction, and encouragement. 328 00:17:18,660 --> 00:17:21,300 And in the church, we have a lot of people that are spiritually 329 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:22,100 malnourished. 330 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:26,780 Not because you don't love God. 331 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:28,140 You love God. 332 00:17:28,460 --> 00:17:32,220 But we have people spiritually malnourished because they're disconnected 333 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:35,420 from Christ and the body that he's placed before them. 334 00:17:36,780 --> 00:17:41,540 Because nourishment comes not from yourself, but abiding into the 335 00:17:41,540 --> 00:17:43,420 community that God will pour into you. 336 00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:46,860 And people want to come in and show how great of a leader I am, 337 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,460 because they've been through some things, and maybe somewhere 338 00:17:49,460 --> 00:17:52,260 else they were leading, and they come in, I just want to lead. 339 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:53,260 Let me prove myself. 340 00:17:53,260 --> 00:17:55,920 And they're striving, and they're trying to get some things 341 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:56,160 done. 342 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,720 Let me show you that I can lead people. 343 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,640 Let me show them the talents I have, the talents that God gave me. 344 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,960 And we're trying to see, you might be a great leader, but can 345 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:05,720 you submit? 346 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,840 You're trying to show how great of a leader you are, but can 347 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:09,560 you submit? 348 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,760 Can you submit to the discipleship pathways that are in 349 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:13,080 place? 350 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,080 Can you submit to the groups that are there? 351 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,400 Can you submit to the process? 352 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,200 Can you submit to the leaders that the Lord has already placed 353 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:21,920 before you? 354 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,440 Your time will come in God's time. 355 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,800 But a lot of times we're trying to bear fruit with rotten 356 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:32,160 roots. 357 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,799 And God is trying to take us on a journey to make sure we got 358 00:18:35,799 --> 00:18:39,960 healthy roots in place so that when we actually bear fruit, it's 359 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,560 not just for ourselves, but we can minister to others. 360 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,360 And we're always declaring, God, use me. 361 00:18:45,740 --> 00:18:47,900 I want to be a golden vessel for your glory. 362 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:50,380 If you could use anybody, use me. 363 00:18:51,580 --> 00:18:53,740 But when he gives that assignment, it's like, wait, wait, 364 00:18:53,740 --> 00:18:54,060 wait. 365 00:18:54,140 --> 00:18:54,460 Not. 366 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:55,980 Not that, though, you know, they. 367 00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:58,700 They must not know the talents I have that God gave me. 368 00:18:58,700 --> 00:18:59,660 I don't want to do that. 369 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:03,340 And they want the microphone, but not pick up the toothbrush. 370 00:19:03,980 --> 00:19:05,540 That's a V1 college reference. 371 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,980 If y' all didn't get that in Rowan V1. 372 00:19:12,070 --> 00:19:16,630 But every time you say yes to the enemy, you say no to your destiny. 373 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:23,110 And you were never meant to maintain that fire alone. 374 00:19:24,710 --> 00:19:28,190 I was in V1 youth a couple of weeks ago, and one of the youth said, 375 00:19:28,190 --> 00:19:32,510 you know, I feel God is putting coals in each of us, and 376 00:19:32,510 --> 00:19:33,510 we bear fire. 377 00:19:33,830 --> 00:19:36,590 And you're not meant to bear that fire alone, because even through 378 00:19:36,590 --> 00:19:37,430 the local church. 379 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:39,420 Church and discipleship, we show. 380 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:41,700 How do you fan that flame? 381 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:42,900 How do you tend to it? 382 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:43,980 How do you feed it? 383 00:19:43,980 --> 00:19:47,340 2nd Timothy 1:6 says, Fan into the flame. 384 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:48,220 What? 385 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:51,740 The gift of God, which is in you. 386 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:56,740 And what we have today is a lot of encounter chasers or church 387 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,900 hoppers or, where's the revival right now? 388 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:00,140 Where's revival happening? 389 00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:01,260 I need to go there. 390 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:02,260 I need to jump over here. 391 00:20:02,260 --> 00:20:03,260 Revival's over there. 392 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:06,500 And it's like, where's the closest place that I can travel to 393 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:07,220 still make it? 394 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:10,900 And we become encounter chasers and those. 395 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:12,260 Those events and those. 396 00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:13,540 That's not the problem. 397 00:20:13,540 --> 00:20:16,660 The problem is that if you're not encountering God at home and 398 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:20,460 you're living off of the encounters of these events, you got 399 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:24,580 to learn how to tame that in your own home, in the private place. 400 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:31,950 And I see a lot today that there's a lot of revival hunters 401 00:20:31,950 --> 00:20:33,070 or encounter chasers. 402 00:20:33,070 --> 00:20:34,950 And, you know, they're jumping, jumping, jumping. 403 00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:37,430 Then they'll come into the local church, and it's like, isn't 404 00:20:37,430 --> 00:20:38,070 this amazing? 405 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:41,070 I got this fire in my living room, in the middle of my living 406 00:20:41,070 --> 00:20:43,950 room, and it's big and it's tall and it's hot. 407 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:45,470 Isn't this amazing? 408 00:20:45,470 --> 00:20:46,110 It's great. 409 00:20:46,510 --> 00:20:47,950 And then a leader will come in. 410 00:20:47,950 --> 00:20:48,990 The local church comes in. 411 00:20:48,990 --> 00:20:50,190 It's like, this is amazing. 412 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:50,710 But. 413 00:20:50,710 --> 00:20:53,150 But let's take that fire that's in the middle of the living 414 00:20:53,150 --> 00:20:57,210 room and let's put it into the fireplace where it'll sustain. 415 00:20:57,210 --> 00:20:59,690 And they get offended, and it's like, wait, wait, wait, wait, 416 00:20:59,690 --> 00:20:59,970 wait. 417 00:20:59,970 --> 00:21:02,930 Because if you put this into the fireplace, you're gonna smother 418 00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:03,690 the fire down. 419 00:21:03,770 --> 00:21:05,130 That's not what I need. 420 00:21:05,370 --> 00:21:08,010 Oh, no, they get offended because it's like they're just trying 421 00:21:08,010 --> 00:21:12,970 to quiet those talents God put in me, and they get offended. 422 00:21:12,970 --> 00:21:14,490 And, yes, they even leave the church. 423 00:21:14,490 --> 00:21:18,490 But no, what the church tried to do was disciple and correct you 424 00:21:18,490 --> 00:21:21,210 to tend to the flame so that it goes far. 425 00:21:21,210 --> 00:21:23,210 If you want to go fast, you go alone. 426 00:21:23,290 --> 00:21:25,530 But if you want to go fast, far, we go together. 427 00:21:25,930 --> 00:21:28,690 And when we go together, there's some things we learn from 428 00:21:28,690 --> 00:21:29,210 each other. 429 00:21:29,370 --> 00:21:33,010 And God's going to teach you how to chop the wood, keep a backstock 430 00:21:33,010 --> 00:21:36,250 of the firewood, how to tend to it, how to feed that fire. 431 00:21:36,250 --> 00:21:40,330 Because what happens is you become so blindsided that by the 432 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:44,810 time you take a step back, you didn't even realize that that wildfire 433 00:21:45,050 --> 00:21:49,610 burned down the house, and now you can't make it to the next event. 434 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:52,930 Now you have no roof and you have no covering, and you're left 435 00:21:52,930 --> 00:21:56,830 exposed to the one that First, Peter says, is prowling around looking 436 00:21:56,830 --> 00:21:58,230 for someone to devour. 437 00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:02,710 In the words of Pastor Moses, get out of here with that junk. 438 00:23:17,481 --> 00:23:23,761 We're trying to develop and empower you in such a way that you'll 439 00:23:23,761 --> 00:23:29,081 be able to run the race to the end and you learn how to sustain 440 00:23:29,701 --> 00:23:31,861 and feed that fire for the long run. 441 00:23:35,621 --> 00:23:37,021 But I'm going to keep it real with y'. 442 00:23:37,021 --> 00:23:37,221 All. 443 00:23:38,421 --> 00:23:40,181 There's no running away from the storms. 444 00:23:40,821 --> 00:23:44,741 We're going to go through some things and the storms are not optional. 445 00:23:45,460 --> 00:23:47,381 And they're not if they're when. 446 00:23:49,781 --> 00:23:52,501 Some of you might be in the middle of the worst storm you've 447 00:23:52,501 --> 00:23:57,031 ever faced in your life, others of you might be at the cusp 448 00:23:57,031 --> 00:23:58,511 of entering that storm. 449 00:24:00,511 --> 00:24:01,951 You will face the storm. 450 00:24:01,951 --> 00:24:07,031 I'll keep it real, but I'll also let you know that in the midst 451 00:24:07,031 --> 00:24:10,551 of the storm, it's the roots that will determine whether you can 452 00:24:10,551 --> 00:24:11,711 endure it to the end. 453 00:24:12,591 --> 00:24:16,951 It's the roots that will determine that no matter how hard 454 00:24:16,951 --> 00:24:20,991 the storm is going to hit, will you be able to sustain to the 455 00:24:20,991 --> 00:24:23,731 end, to go up into the next level? 456 00:24:26,691 --> 00:24:31,171 First Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 26. 457 00:24:37,731 --> 00:24:41,331 If one member suffers, all suffer together. 458 00:24:42,691 --> 00:24:46,131 If one member is honored, all rejoice together. 459 00:24:47,981 --> 00:24:50,541 See, shallow Christianity looks good on Instagram. 460 00:24:51,021 --> 00:24:54,861 Shallow Christianity looks good for a moment, but when it's 461 00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:56,541 shallow, it won't sustain. 462 00:24:57,021 --> 00:25:00,461 It looks good on the outside, but under the ground, it's weak. 463 00:25:00,781 --> 00:25:03,781 And when things start to happen, when there's betrayal, when 464 00:25:03,781 --> 00:25:07,461 the storm hits, when someone comes against them, there's no one 465 00:25:07,461 --> 00:25:08,301 to talk to. 466 00:25:08,781 --> 00:25:12,261 And then you really start to see the strength of the roots that 467 00:25:12,261 --> 00:25:12,861 are beneath. 468 00:25:13,791 --> 00:25:15,071 And there's no one to lean on. 469 00:25:15,071 --> 00:25:17,631 Because hard times don't grow isolation. 470 00:25:17,871 --> 00:25:19,471 Hard times grow church. 471 00:25:20,031 --> 00:25:22,991 And people fail to realize that because when they go through 472 00:25:22,991 --> 00:25:25,551 something, a hard time is when they want to isolate. 473 00:25:25,791 --> 00:25:28,391 But hard times grows the church because you're not meant to 474 00:25:28,391 --> 00:25:29,310 do life alone. 475 00:25:29,631 --> 00:25:32,111 The Bible says when you suffer, we suffer. 476 00:25:32,191 --> 00:25:33,631 We're in this thing together. 477 00:25:33,951 --> 00:25:34,831 We're here to. 478 00:25:34,831 --> 00:25:36,151 To provide resources. 479 00:25:36,151 --> 00:25:38,031 We're here to pray with you, to. 480 00:25:38,031 --> 00:25:38,601 To pray for. 481 00:25:38,751 --> 00:25:39,311 For you. 482 00:25:39,951 --> 00:25:43,471 And if you don't allow your roots to go down and out, we can't 483 00:25:43,471 --> 00:25:47,631 have an intricate root system to bear the storm together. 484 00:25:48,111 --> 00:25:52,991 Cuz even the tallest trees, when their roots are weak, will fall. 485 00:25:55,631 --> 00:25:57,111 See Pastor Exica. 486 00:25:57,111 --> 00:26:00,191 For those who follow Pastor Exa, shout out Pastor Exa in Long 487 00:26:00,191 --> 00:26:00,591 Island. 488 00:26:00,911 --> 00:26:01,551 Come on. 489 00:26:03,471 --> 00:26:06,441 She shared a photo on social media last week. 490 00:26:07,401 --> 00:26:09,481 And she said it was a windless night. 491 00:26:10,921 --> 00:26:14,761 And a tree that looked tall and it looked wide and it looked 492 00:26:14,761 --> 00:26:17,961 strong fell over in a. 493 00:26:17,961 --> 00:26:19,241 In a windless night. 494 00:26:19,401 --> 00:26:19,801 Why? 495 00:26:21,401 --> 00:26:24,761 Because even a tree that looks sturdy and strong on the outside, 496 00:26:25,401 --> 00:26:29,721 with weak roots, will not withstand what comes against it. 497 00:26:30,931 --> 00:26:34,851 And you need church family to hold you up when you can't stand 498 00:26:34,851 --> 00:26:35,651 on your own. 499 00:26:38,131 --> 00:26:43,331 See, in a tree grove, even here in Miami, there's palm tree 500 00:26:43,331 --> 00:26:43,891 farms. 501 00:26:44,051 --> 00:26:47,931 And when the hurricane hits and the storm hits, you tend to see 502 00:26:47,931 --> 00:26:51,411 the trees that are on the perimeter that fall down, but within 503 00:26:51,491 --> 00:26:54,691 the grove, they're always standing strong. 504 00:26:54,771 --> 00:26:55,171 Why? 505 00:26:55,811 --> 00:26:59,611 Because there was an intricate root system where each tree interlocked 506 00:26:59,611 --> 00:27:00,291 with each other. 507 00:27:00,811 --> 00:27:03,771 And it doesn't matter if you get blown to the left, you get blown 508 00:27:03,771 --> 00:27:04,411 to the right. 509 00:27:04,491 --> 00:27:07,611 When something comes straight on from the front or from the back, 510 00:27:07,691 --> 00:27:10,571 when your roots are intertwined with those around you 511 00:27:10,571 --> 00:27:14,011 in church, family, and in community, you'll stay standing to 512 00:27:14,011 --> 00:27:14,571 the end. 513 00:27:14,731 --> 00:27:18,411 Because together we go far for what God has for us. 514 00:27:23,531 --> 00:27:25,131 But to bear fruit. 515 00:27:28,421 --> 00:27:30,501 To bear fruit comes from remaining. 516 00:27:32,581 --> 00:27:35,061 To bear fruit comes from staying. 517 00:27:37,141 --> 00:27:41,861 And it's not an easy process because the flesh is weak. 518 00:27:44,261 --> 00:27:49,781 But to bear true fruit comes from remaining. 519 00:27:50,501 --> 00:27:51,628 John 15. 520 00:27:51,754 --> 00:27:52,321 5. 521 00:27:57,361 --> 00:28:01,761 I am the vine, you are the branches. 522 00:28:02,641 --> 00:28:11,841 Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit. 523 00:28:12,161 --> 00:28:15,041 For apart from me, you can do nothing. 524 00:28:16,721 --> 00:28:18,721 Fruit is not produced by striving. 525 00:28:19,891 --> 00:28:21,811 Fruit is not produced by the works. 526 00:28:22,051 --> 00:28:23,651 There's nothing you can do. 527 00:28:23,811 --> 00:28:26,691 There's like, I just gotta show them everything I can do. 528 00:28:27,171 --> 00:28:31,051 I just got to be able to do everything that I feel God is calling 529 00:28:31,051 --> 00:28:32,131 me to, but it's not. 530 00:28:32,771 --> 00:28:36,931 You can't bear the fruit by striving or by your works. 531 00:28:39,491 --> 00:28:44,291 You bear fruit by staying, staying in his word, staying in prayer, 532 00:28:44,841 --> 00:28:48,721 staying in community, staying through the offense, staying through 533 00:28:48,721 --> 00:28:51,801 the correction, staying when it's easier to run. 534 00:28:52,361 --> 00:28:55,801 Fruit doesn't appear overnight, but trees connected into 535 00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:57,481 the vine will never go barren. 536 00:28:58,441 --> 00:29:01,681 And you might be in a shock season where you're here and it's 537 00:29:01,681 --> 00:29:03,041 like, God, I'm rooted. 538 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:04,041 I've been rooted. 539 00:29:04,041 --> 00:29:07,481 But you might be going through a process in God's timing before 540 00:29:07,481 --> 00:29:08,521 you could bear fruit. 541 00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:12,001 Are you abiding into the process that God has been putting 542 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:12,441 you on? 543 00:29:16,141 --> 00:29:18,461 Because the fruit that you bear is not just for you. 544 00:29:21,421 --> 00:29:25,101 The fruit that you bear is for those around you. 545 00:29:27,501 --> 00:29:29,421 You become shade to the weary. 546 00:29:30,141 --> 00:29:32,461 You become nourishment for the hungry. 547 00:29:33,421 --> 00:29:35,501 You become strength for the weak. 548 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:42,191 Even when you're looking for strength for yourself, Church, you 549 00:29:42,191 --> 00:29:43,271 can stand to your feet. 550 00:29:46,791 --> 00:29:55,751 I feel God is Talking to some of us today, some of us have been 551 00:29:55,751 --> 00:29:59,351 rooted and we're questioning, how deep do my roots actually go? 552 00:30:02,391 --> 00:30:05,831 Others might be questioning, was I ever rooted to begin with? 553 00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,911 See, rooted people move in powerful obedience. 554 00:30:16,631 --> 00:30:17,751 And you can ask, what? 555 00:30:17,751 --> 00:30:19,031 What is it that I need to give up? 556 00:30:19,031 --> 00:30:20,391 What is it that I need to do? 557 00:30:21,271 --> 00:30:25,431 But the Bible is very clear that obedience is greater than sacrifice. 558 00:30:26,071 --> 00:30:30,111 And if God has called you to something, if God has called you 559 00:30:30,111 --> 00:30:34,511 to join something, and you are not abiding into what God has called 560 00:30:34,511 --> 00:30:39,031 you for, the most dangerous place you can be is not the worst 561 00:30:39,031 --> 00:30:43,071 area in some city of the world, but the worst place you can 562 00:30:43,071 --> 00:30:44,911 be is outside of God's will. 563 00:30:44,991 --> 00:30:48,311 And if there's somewhere he wants you to abide in and you're 564 00:30:48,311 --> 00:30:53,391 fighting with God, go back to that word. 565 00:30:55,631 --> 00:31:03,501 Luke 5:5 says, Master, we've toiled all night and caught nothing 566 00:31:04,781 --> 00:31:09,341 but nevertheless at your word I will let down the net. 567 00:31:10,781 --> 00:31:15,461 Nevertheless is the word of a rooted disciple nevertheless is the 568 00:31:15,461 --> 00:31:18,981 word that we declare nevertheless is the word that we 569 00:31:18,981 --> 00:31:23,261 have to adopt into our lives, into every scenario that we are in. 570 00:31:27,751 --> 00:31:33,551 Learn to declare nevertheless over your circumstance it's what 571 00:31:33,551 --> 00:31:39,231 you say when you're tired but still trusting it's what you say 572 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:45,391 when you're broken but you're still believing nevertheless is what 573 00:31:45,391 --> 00:31:51,341 gets you to dig again, pray again, to try again, to serve again 574 00:31:52,141 --> 00:31:55,381 nevertheless this would lift you up from the circumstance and 575 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:58,941 the weight that you were never supposed to carry the burden that's 576 00:31:58,941 --> 00:32:02,781 on your shoulders but nevertheless, God, I give it to you 577 00:32:02,861 --> 00:32:07,101 I carry your yoke for it is light and I will abide in your word 578 00:32:07,101 --> 00:32:13,661 and where you want me to be when the diagnosis is not what I 579 00:32:13,661 --> 00:32:19,011 hoped for Nevertheless I will worship when my prayers haven't been 580 00:32:19,011 --> 00:32:24,611 answered yet Nevertheless I will keep praying when the job didn't 581 00:32:24,611 --> 00:32:29,611 come through Nevertheless I trust in Jehovah Jireh, the provider 582 00:32:30,651 --> 00:32:34,971 when the betrayal cut deep nevertheless I choose forgiveness 583 00:32:36,011 --> 00:32:40,931 When I feel unseen and overlooked Nevertheless I know God 584 00:32:40,931 --> 00:32:46,741 sees me When I'm tired from the weak Nevertheless I show up and 585 00:32:46,741 --> 00:32:53,821 bring my worship When I've been hurt in church before Nevertheless 586 00:32:53,821 --> 00:33:03,981 I will not let my pain disconnect me from God's plan Everybody 587 00:33:03,981 --> 00:33:08,391 here and everybody at every campus and every revival home is 588 00:33:08,391 --> 00:33:12,831 going through something and I might not know specifically or personally 589 00:33:12,911 --> 00:33:16,791 what you're going through or the circumstance that you're in but 590 00:33:16,791 --> 00:33:20,431 when you declare nevertheless over that circumstance there's something 591 00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,991 that shifts in the atmosphere of your mind Something that shifts 592 00:33:23,991 --> 00:33:25,391 in the atmosphere of your Heart. 593 00:33:25,391 --> 00:33:29,391 And no matter what was bringing you down, declaring nevertheless 594 00:33:29,391 --> 00:33:33,261 carries you into his glory and his fire will come and see. 595 00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:37,891 Consume the sacrifice when you give it to him. 596 00:34:28,342 --> 00:34:32,302 Learn to declare nevertheless over the circumstance and watch what 597 00:34:32,302 --> 00:34:50,672 God will use behind your yes, your nevertheless is the beginning 598 00:34:50,752 --> 00:34:51,872 of your breakthrough. 599 00:34:54,272 --> 00:34:56,872 And there's breakthrough at every location. 600 00:34:56,872 --> 00:34:58,272 There's breakthrough in the room. 601 00:34:59,872 --> 00:35:04,512 But it's when we learn to go low and allow for him to go high, 602 00:35:04,832 --> 00:35:08,632 when we allow that our circumstance is not who we are or 603 00:35:08,632 --> 00:35:09,392 our identity. 604 00:35:09,632 --> 00:35:12,672 And we say, God, we declare you over the circumstances. 605 00:35:13,012 --> 00:35:16,092 I don't know how I'm going to get out of it, but I know he who 606 00:35:16,092 --> 00:35:17,492 is the miracle worker. 607 00:35:17,572 --> 00:35:19,572 I know he who can deliver me. 608 00:35:19,652 --> 00:35:21,892 I know he who can bring the healing. 609 00:35:21,972 --> 00:35:25,332 I know he who can provide in a moment of need. 610 00:35:25,492 --> 00:35:28,692 And you start to declare nevertheless, I abide in you. 611 00:35:28,932 --> 00:35:32,052 Nevertheless, I'll show up because I'm covenanted. 612 00:35:32,132 --> 00:35:36,332 I'm not just showing up to show up, but I'm covenanted to you. 613 00:35:36,332 --> 00:35:44,702 God nevertheless is the bridge between disappointment and destiny. 614 00:35:46,302 --> 00:35:49,662 And a lot of us live our life in a moment of disappointment and 615 00:35:49,662 --> 00:35:51,502 circumstances of disappointment. 616 00:35:55,422 --> 00:36:00,822 And declaring nevertheless is the bridge that mends the gap from 617 00:36:00,822 --> 00:36:03,422 disappointment to the destiny that God has for you. 618 00:36:05,751 --> 00:36:12,751 Church, I don't know what you guys are going through, but I'm going 619 00:36:12,751 --> 00:36:15,991 to ask that you raise your hands in believing that God's about 620 00:36:15,991 --> 00:36:19,591 to work something in your life, that God's about to shift something. 621 00:36:19,751 --> 00:36:23,151 He's about to shift an atmosphere and a mindset that when 622 00:36:23,151 --> 00:36:27,071 you start to abide in covenant with what God has placed before you, 623 00:36:27,071 --> 00:36:28,231 something changes. 624 00:36:28,551 --> 00:36:31,822 And God will send people into your life that are going to raise 625 00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:33,142 you up and develop you. 626 00:36:33,302 --> 00:36:36,782 But you got to be able to say, God, I'm going to allow that my roots 627 00:36:36,782 --> 00:36:40,182 go deep before you can actually bring the fruit into my 628 00:36:40,182 --> 00:36:40,462 life. 629 00:36:40,462 --> 00:36:43,982 I might be in a shock season, but, God, you're going to. 630 00:36:43,982 --> 00:36:46,342 You're going to change something in me. 631 00:36:48,422 --> 00:36:49,502 If you're believing that. 632 00:36:49,502 --> 00:36:55,462 Raise your hands at every location and align your faith with 633 00:36:55,462 --> 00:36:56,662 mine as we declare. 634 00:36:56,662 --> 00:37:01,972 Father God, we pray that you encounter every scenario, every circumstance 635 00:37:01,972 --> 00:37:02,932 that we are facing. 636 00:37:03,412 --> 00:37:08,772 We believe that you are the almighty God, the alpha and the Omega. 637 00:37:09,012 --> 00:37:12,972 And Father, we just plead that you intercede that you actually encounter 638 00:37:12,972 --> 00:37:16,652 into every scenario, that you strengthen our faith where we lack 639 00:37:16,652 --> 00:37:20,852 faith, that you plant us deeper that you plant us deeper into 640 00:37:20,852 --> 00:37:24,602 the things of you, that you give us the strength, spirit of nevertheless, 641 00:37:24,602 --> 00:37:30,082 when it's easier to run, Father God, that we declare nevertheless 642 00:37:30,562 --> 00:37:32,242 when the flesh wants to run. 643 00:37:32,482 --> 00:37:34,562 When the flesh wants to stay home. 644 00:37:34,722 --> 00:37:38,802 When the flesh wants to isolate that, we dig in. 645 00:37:38,962 --> 00:37:42,802 Help us to build your church and not just attend it. 646 00:37:43,122 --> 00:37:48,082 Father, I give you my life to use as a golden vessel that my re. 647 00:37:48,162 --> 00:37:52,382 My roots go deep and out as you develop me church. 648 00:37:52,382 --> 00:37:55,182 If you believe that, can we just plead amen?