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But go to first Timothy, and
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and we're going to talk about
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Let me just start by saying this.

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My good friend Rick Renner is
a global, apostolic voice to the

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body of Christ, and he's
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the prophetic.

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And he had released a word for
this year that a storm was coming

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and that it was actually time to.

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To batten down the hatches.

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And so what I'm going to be
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with him, and I'm gonna be
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that he released.

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And we're gonna look at what
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on the ship of our life.

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And so I just wanted to start
by honoring Rick Renner.

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By the way, Rick Renner is
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And so I'm super excited to
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time together.

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But batten down the hatches.

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That's the message today.

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That's the sermon that I'm
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And we're going to look at the hatches.

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But let me just start with
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Did you find it?

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Say amen if you found it.

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Come on.

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Where are my old school people
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I'm going to start with 18.

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This charge I entrust you,
Timothy, my child, in accordance

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with prophecies previously
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may wage the good warfare
holding faith and a good conscience.

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By rejecting this, some have
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whom are.

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And he names their name.

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Come on.

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And he says, I have handed
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not to blaspheme.

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Come on, let's just pray.

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Heavenly Father, I know that
you've given us a very clear word,

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that it's time to batten down
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And Father, as the storm
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be ready because we're going
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And Lord, the storm around us
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inside.

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And Lord, we will survive to
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And I thank you for.

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For preserving us and keeping
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in the scriptures and
everybody said across all locations,

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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So this is very important.

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Let me break this down.

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Let's look at first Timothy together.

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And please take notes with me.

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Okay?

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He says, I charge you.

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I entrust to you, Timothy, my child.

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My child.

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Let me just start by saying this.

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God does give fathers in the faith.

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Now, a father in the faith is
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of our Heavenly Father.

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Can I get an amen on that?

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But Paul uses the word when he
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So I just want to say you're
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there's no such thing as
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Of course that can get
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But we do see the Apostle
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with the one that he was over
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with somebody in the faith.

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And it's not necessarily that
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they are an extension of the
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for you.

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So he uses the term child and
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as he is helping to lead
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And then what he says is in
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made about you, that by them
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Can I just tell you that
prophecy is still for today?

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We believe that the gifts of
the Holy Spirit are still active

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and in operation today.

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We believe that people speak
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as well as the tongues of men,
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We believe in the gift of
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We believe in the gifts of the Spirit.

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Does anybody at this church
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are for today?

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Okay, I'm just trying to
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the Apostle Paul says is,
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you receive.

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Because if you can remember
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part of good warfare.

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This is so rich.

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Can I just tell you that if
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me a new word.

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Sometimes God will say, go
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See, sometimes the reason why
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is because you haven't been
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Or sometimes it's not a
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And God says the old word is
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So why don't you rest in what
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I'm not going to say it again
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it was done.

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And so coming into this storm,
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In order to rage the good
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old word.

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And now can I also go another
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And I say this in gentleness,
there is a movement that's happening

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among the Spirit filled
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are suggesting that we don't
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As a matter of fact, they're
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well, we just need to rest in
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and we just need to read our
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We just need to listen to more
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But can I tell you, we cannot
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And we have been empowered by
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And so if Paul's saying,
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your life, Timothy, that you
would make, that you would actually

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make good warfare.

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What that insinuates is that
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So bad warfare is not.

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Is what happens when you don't
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gave you.

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Matter of fact, Jesus isn't
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he gave you the authority to
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All y'all are too quiet.

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What happened?

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Did you lose your salvation
over Christmas break?

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Do I got some Holy Ghost
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devil stomping Christians up
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So here's the thing, because
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We're just gonna abide in
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warfare.

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No, you actually have to
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where Jesus sent them out two
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demons out.

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Matter of fact, you will do
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And so as a church, we have to
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by Jes to do good warfare.

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And Jesus says, take heart, I
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I have overcome the world.

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But we have to enforce what he overcame.

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That's the way to understand
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is that no, we are not
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the victory that was already won.

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Does this make sense?

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So when somebody is like, I'm
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I just need to abide in the
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No, we've got to fight good warfare.

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Depression is a deception of a
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Remember the prophecy that was spoken.

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That's your future.

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That's what Jesus said.

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Now wage some good warfare
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So no matter what this storm
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the future.

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The prophecy is the anchor
through the storm of what my future

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future will be.

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I will be who he said I will be.

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I will do what he said I will do.

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And I'm gonna clap back on any
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voice of prophecy.

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That's good Warfare.

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If the Lord told me my spouse
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what this storm looks like.

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The prophecy is certain.

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I'm gonna wage some good
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my husband starts sounding
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of a punk.

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I'm gonna raise some good
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Cause I know what the prophecy said.

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I'm trying to wake you up.

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A storm is coming.

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Batten down the hatches.

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It's not the water around that
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As a matter of fact, the boat
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stays on top of the water.

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When you close the gaps.

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Come on, push your neighbor
and say, close the gaps.

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Type it in the comments
section right now.

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Close the gaps.

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See, if we were on a ship
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would tell you, batten down
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In other words, I'm looking up
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But let me just give you wisdom.

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If you don't batten down the
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down the hatches during the
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Because if you go on the top
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and try to close gaps, you're
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it.

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So batten down the hatches is
an old phrase that was used by sailors,

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and what it meant was, a storm
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Let's close the gaps before
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And I believe that this
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And I believe that God is
giving you a message to close the

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gaps before the stor and
you're gonna make it through.

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Oh, if I'm the captain.

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If you're the captain of your
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Somebody say, batten down the hatches.

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So there are seven hatches
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And battening down basically
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strips of wood that prevented
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sinking it.

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That's what it means.

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So we're gonna close the gaps.

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So now let's go to the seven
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secure.

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Now, these are seven
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believers.

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So what I'm teaching now are
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prescribed by the scriptures.

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Now, pastor Mike, why seven?

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Because I said so.

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There could be 15, there could
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we're gonna deal with seven.

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And these are just simply New
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that I think is good,
regardless of your denomination or

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Like, this is just, like, 100%
lock it in it's true.

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But what I will say is that as
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Spirit to deliver this sermon,
I tried to do this in a sequence

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where one thing connected to
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And you could see that in succession.

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So number one of the seven
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close before the storm is the
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We are going to close the gap
and we're going to read God's word

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every single day.

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Read your Bible, pray every day.

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And you grow, you grow, you grow.

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Cha, cha cha.

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Read your Bible, pray every day.

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Some of y'all think you're too
spiritual for this song, but you

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don't read your Bible every
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Read your Bible, pray every day.

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And you grow, you grow, you grow.

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And how many of you have been
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Okay, okay.

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How many of you?

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I'm gonna confess.

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So I'm the person who
commissioned the creation of the

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journal.

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Like you're looking at Willy
Wonka right now.

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Like, I was the one who was
like, we're doing a 365 day devotional.

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I don't care what it takes.

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Let's make it.

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And even in my own family, we
have been doing it at 11:30 and we're

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finishing at 11:59.

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Am I the only one?

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Come on, let's confess our
sins to one another.

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I mean, somehow or another we get.

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The whole day goes by and I'm
like, get the girls out of the bed.

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Get downstairs right now.

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You know, and then we're all
at the table and we're reading the

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Bible together.

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How many of you know it is
very easy to leave that hatch open.

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Very easy to leave that hatch open.

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We must read the Bible.

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Can I just tell you the reason
why there's so many false prophets

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in America?

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Is because we platform them
through our biblical illiteracy.

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We would rather hear from them
via video than hear from God via

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the Scriptures.

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Don't be mad at false prophets.

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Take the responsibility of
saying God, I'm not reading your

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word.

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Okay?

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And so expose yourself.

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Let's become biblically
illiterate, right?

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Let's become biblically
literate, right?

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So we have to get to the Word.

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Matter of fact, when you read
the Bible for yourself, you'll find

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it sort of reveals how many
people haven't read the Bible.

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And so what I'm looking at,
and this is Matthew, chapter 7, verse

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24.

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So let's go there.

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Matthew, chapter 7, verse 24,
Matthew chapter 7, verse 24.

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And when you found it said amen.

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Some of you are fast.

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You're cheating.

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You're on the Bible app.

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Matthew Ch.

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It's all right.

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It's all right.

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I got Bible reading plans on
the Bible app.

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As long as you're subscribed
to them, it's okay to use that.

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Matthew, chapter 7, verse 24.

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It says everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does

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them will be like a wise man
who built his house on the rock.

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So here's what I love.

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Say the word, everyone.

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Okay, that to me is pretty obvious.

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Everyone.

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That means it doesn't matter.

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You don't have to be in full
time ministry.

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You don't have to be, have
been saved a long time.

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It's just universally everyone
who then hears these words of mine

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and does them.

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So let me just tell you,
hearing the word is not enough.

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Saying the Word is not enough.

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Satan hears the Word, demons
hear the Word.

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And by the way, Satan even
basically preached a bad sermon,

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a demonic sermon to Jesus upon
the mount.

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Am I right?

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Did Satan not use the Word?

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So even preaching the Word is
not it.

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Oh, this is deep.

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It's obeying the word.

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Satan preaches a word, but
that he doesn't obey.

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So beware.

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There's people who know the
Bible, there's people who preach

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the Bible, but it says you
must hear and obey.

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So it's obeying.

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Matter of fact, how many of
you noticed in the daily growth Journal

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that it says one of the
commitments that you sign was to

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immediately do whatever you read?

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Okay, that's biblical.

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Why?

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And it says you will be like
the house that's built on the rock.

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So I really believe that as
the storm comes, if we close the

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gap, if we batten down the
hatch of daily discipline of reading

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the Word, we will survive it.

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And I'm now convinced that the
biggest threat to Christianity is

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not Islam.

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The biggest threat to
Christianity is not atheism.

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I am now convinced that the
biggest threat to Christianity is

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Christians who do not act like Christ.

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Christians who don't love like
Christ, Christians who don't obey

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like Christ.

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And I'm telling you because
Satan himself came not with a pitchfork

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and horns, but as an angel of light.

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So it will not be light versus
darkness in this era.

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It will be light versus false light.

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It'll be led versus flame.

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Some of you glow, but you
don't burn.

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No, because I'm trying to
discern this.

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I'm looking up ahead of the
storm and it's Christians who are

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who are not like Christ.

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That is the threat that is.

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It's going to be the false light.

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It's going to be the.

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It's going to be people who
are biblically illiterate, who don't

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know how to distinguish
between those who glow and those

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who burn.

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I want to be a burning one.

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I want the fire of Espiritu Santo.

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I want that fuego.

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I want to be a burning one.

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I want to be one that comes.

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Oh, come on.

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That comes up out of the
scripture with a fresh revelation.

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Who says?

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God.

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You're still speaking to me
through the word.

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And by the way, you can learn
the word.

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My 10 year old, the first day
we started reading scripture together

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this year, she was like, dad,
can you help me?

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Dad, can you help me?

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We're four days in and
yesterday she was getting the revelation

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of the word.

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And in four days, and what I
believe I'm watching is a supernatural

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increase in her understanding.

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The bi.

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Listen to me, young man.

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The Bible will take a simple
minded person and make them wise.

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The Bible will take your understanding.

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It's not like school.

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Got to get that out in school.

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That's the natural realm.

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But this is the breath of God.

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This is spirit.

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And when you read the Bible,
it will take somebody simple and

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make you wise.

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You will suddenly it will
become real to you.

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And you will be transformed by
the reading of the word if you obey

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it.

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Okay, can we go to the number two?

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The second hatch is the hatch
of prayer.

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The hatch of prayer.

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Philippians chapter four.

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Let's go find it.

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Philippians chapter four.

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Some of you are saying he cheated.

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He has tabs in his Bible.

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Philippians chapter four.

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This is close the gap on prayer.

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Seven days without prayer
equals one week.

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It makes one week.

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You cannot be weak.

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You must build up your spirit, man.

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Some of y'all never skip a
meal, but you skip prayer.

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Come on.

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You never.

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Come on.

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Some of you, you wake up and
the first thing you grab is your

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phone.

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But you need to grab the altar.

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In the spiritual realm, we
gotta prioritize prayer.

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We have to be people of prayer.

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We have to pray without ceasing.

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But then we need to
intentionally pray.

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We have to pray, pray, pray.

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I believe that prayer can be
like we inhale and exhale.

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Prayer can be something that's
a reflex.

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It could be automatic.

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And by the way, stop praying
every single time there's an emergency.

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Pray so that you're prepared
for the emergency.

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By the way, stop praying to
ask for something.

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Pray and say that he realigns
your desires.

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So you don't even ask for
something you shouldn't have.

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Prayer is going to bring you
into proper alignment.

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Close the batten, down the hatch.

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Close the gap on prayer.

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So you're ready.

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Because if you pray in an
emergency, you're praying too late.

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If you're ready for the
emergency, it's because you prayed

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before the emergency.

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Oh, come on.

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Can I read you Philippians,
chapter four.

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Now, I'm gonna skip back up to
verse two just so I can say some

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hard things.

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Cause I'm establishing the
doctrine of our house.

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So let's go skip up a couple
of verses.

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I entreat Idia and I entreat Cynthia.

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We're not sure how to say
their names.

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E and S.

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I entreat.

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And he says to agree the Lord.

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So let me.

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What's the significance of this?

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The apostle in the first
century had to tell a group of two

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people, I entreat you to
actually agree with each other in

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the Lord.

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How many of you know that we
need supernatural unity and we need

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agreement in a world full of disagreement?

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Okay, I'm just gonna start
there because I believe that this

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reveals the heart of the Father.

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But then it says in verse three.

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Yes, I ask you also, true companion.

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Let me just stop there.

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We don't need congregants.

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We need true companions.

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Everybody has their church
membership class.

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Oh, become a member of my church.

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I don't want to do that anymore.

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I don't want church members.

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I don't want congregants.

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I want to be true companions
because the Bible says true companions.

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Oh, y'all are so quiet.

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Let me preach this hood.

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Cause you'll understand it.

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I need somebody that if I'm in
a fight, they're not going to run.

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They're going to actually kick
somebody's head in for me.

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I need somebody who's gonna
brawl with me.

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You get my back.

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I can.

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Come on.

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Pull the hair all the way out.

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Come on.

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Push their face down into the.

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Come on.

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If we're gonna rock together,
let's rock together.

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Come on.

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I'm trying to preach to you.

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Come on, Brooklyn, be my companion.

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If I get pushed, you swing first.

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Come on, be my companion.

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We've all had those friends
that when something happened, they

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ran away.

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Not in this New York.

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Now.

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Everything I said was
spiritual realm.

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I'm talking about pull demons,
hairs, you know?

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Of course our battle's not
against flesh and blood, but you

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get my point.

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Like, I need a true companion.

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I'm not talking about fighting
people Even though you know it felt

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good to say it.

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But we need the kind of people
that are real companions.

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And by the way, a true
companion will tell you, close the

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gaps, batten down the hatches.

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A true companion will tell
you, hey, you just complained to

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me for the last 20 minutes,
and I think that made you feel better.

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But it's not gonna make your
situation get better.

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And why don't you make your
supplications known to the father

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instead of dumping it on me?

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Did my friend just knife me?

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No.

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It's called a scalpel.

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And you'll know the difference
between a knife and a scalpel because

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of the results.

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A knife kills, but a scalpel heals.

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And a good friend will
circumcise your heart for you and

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be like, hey, listen, our
relationship is not let's call and

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complain to each other.

503
00:22:35,906 --> 00:22:38,730
It's if you wanna make a
prayer call, let's take this to him.

504
00:22:38,770 --> 00:22:40,314
Cause he can do something
about it.

505
00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:43,754
See, the problem with most of
you is what you think a friendship

506
00:22:43,802 --> 00:22:45,370
is is free counseling.

507
00:22:45,450 --> 00:22:47,706
You need to learn how to go to
the counselor.

508
00:22:47,818 --> 00:22:49,610
You need to learn how to go to him.

509
00:22:49,730 --> 00:22:52,788
Some of you, you know how to
lean on your friend, but you don't

510
00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:53,780
know how to lean on him.

511
00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:56,468
The Bible says, lean not on
your own understanding.

512
00:22:56,564 --> 00:22:59,108
So even your friend's not
qualified to understand.

513
00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:02,404
But in all your ways,
acknowledge him and he will direct

514
00:23:02,492 --> 00:23:03,188
your path.

515
00:23:03,284 --> 00:23:06,484
Some of you are putting a
pressure on a friend that only God

516
00:23:06,532 --> 00:23:07,092
can bear.

517
00:23:07,156 --> 00:23:09,440
And that's why they don't call
you first.

518
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:14,740
You never call me because
you're so negative.

519
00:23:14,820 --> 00:23:17,044
If they need negativity, they
can go online.

520
00:23:17,132 --> 00:23:18,920
Why do they need to get on the phone?

521
00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:23,284
My friends never call me
because they don't want to be around

522
00:23:23,372 --> 00:23:24,000
you.

523
00:23:27,420 --> 00:23:29,120
And you need to get a job.

524
00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:38,020
Your friends stop calling you
because they're going broke trying

525
00:23:38,060 --> 00:23:39,600
to carry you through life.

526
00:23:41,740 --> 00:23:42,340
So, but.

527
00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:43,380
But here's what I'm saying.

528
00:23:43,420 --> 00:23:45,964
We need true companions.

529
00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:47,080
Am I right?

530
00:23:47,780 --> 00:23:49,036
Like, we need.

531
00:23:49,188 --> 00:23:51,052
This is the hatch of prayer.

532
00:23:51,116 --> 00:23:51,500
Now, look.

533
00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:51,980
Look at this.

534
00:23:52,020 --> 00:23:53,400
Okay, Can I keep going?

535
00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:55,532
It says, but.

536
00:23:55,636 --> 00:23:56,508
But help.

537
00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:58,680
Okay, I'm gonna say this real clear.

538
00:24:00,180 --> 00:24:09,660
Help these women who have
labored side by side with me in the

539
00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:10,480
gospel.

540
00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:16,602
Not in the kitchen, not at the
coffee section, not back there in

541
00:24:16,626 --> 00:24:17,750
the kids department.

542
00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:21,098
But they labored with me in
the gospel.

543
00:24:21,274 --> 00:24:24,762
This church believes in women preachers.

544
00:24:24,906 --> 00:24:28,042
This church believes in women pastors.

545
00:24:28,186 --> 00:24:28,586
This.

546
00:24:28,658 --> 00:24:30,330
I'm not backing down.

547
00:24:30,450 --> 00:24:33,898
They labored with the apostle
in the gospel.

548
00:24:33,994 --> 00:24:35,258
Not in the kitchen.

549
00:24:35,354 --> 00:24:38,350
Not in the kids department, in
the gospel.

550
00:24:39,170 --> 00:24:41,870
So get on out of here with
that junk.

551
00:24:45,410 --> 00:24:48,810
I know my Bible and I'm sick
and tired.

552
00:24:48,890 --> 00:24:50,410
Women can't be preachers.

553
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:54,298
Well, if you were drowned in a
swimming pool, she can be a lifeguard.

554
00:24:54,394 --> 00:24:55,194
How much more?

555
00:24:55,282 --> 00:24:57,226
Saving your life through the gospel.

556
00:24:57,338 --> 00:24:58,458
Come on, somebody.

557
00:24:58,554 --> 00:25:02,442
If a paramedic showed up your
house because you got a gunshot wound

558
00:25:02,506 --> 00:25:05,082
and she was a female
paramedic, you wouldn't resist.

559
00:25:05,096 --> 00:25:06,710
Exist the life saving measure.

560
00:25:06,790 --> 00:25:10,566
And I say preach the gospel,
women, and save lives.

561
00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:12,406
Save somebody from hell.

562
00:25:12,518 --> 00:25:13,410
Come on.

563
00:25:15,870 --> 00:25:17,734
I'm just putting a line in the sand.

564
00:25:17,782 --> 00:25:20,982
If you can't go to a church
that believes in female preachers,

565
00:25:21,046 --> 00:25:24,662
then you go to one of those
dry, stale, boring churches where

566
00:25:24,686 --> 00:25:28,182
all the men sit around and
pontificate and operate in pride

567
00:25:28,246 --> 00:25:28,518
together.

568
00:25:28,574 --> 00:25:29,890
But this ain't it.

569
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,352
You know how many people on
Long island have walked out when

570
00:25:34,376 --> 00:25:36,740
my wife's gotten ready to
preach a sermon?

571
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:39,920
And you know what I say to them?

572
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,980
I'll see you in heaven if you
make it.

573
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,860
Okay, so next verse.

574
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,220
I read the Bible in 3D.

575
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,856
Can I also counterbalance that with.

576
00:25:54,008 --> 00:25:56,580
We believe in strong male headship.

577
00:25:57,410 --> 00:25:59,898
So it's not women ruling over men.

578
00:26:00,034 --> 00:26:03,866
It's the original design that
you see in creation through Adam.

579
00:26:03,978 --> 00:26:08,442
But see, but what the apostle
was saying is I labored side by side

580
00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:09,818
with women in the gospel.

581
00:26:09,914 --> 00:26:14,010
It was because he was a strong
man that he was not intimidated by

582
00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:15,190
a strong woman.

583
00:26:15,730 --> 00:26:17,658
See, this is the ingredient list.

584
00:26:17,714 --> 00:26:20,538
Like Julie is submitted to me
as my wife.

585
00:26:20,634 --> 00:26:24,170
And that submission is
liberation because I've created a

586
00:26:24,210 --> 00:26:26,698
context where her voice can go
out through this church.

587
00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:30,406
And so it's not the absence of
male leadership, it's the presence

588
00:26:30,438 --> 00:26:33,254
of strong male headship that
releases women.

589
00:26:33,342 --> 00:26:37,530
And by the way, not every
woman who has an opinion is a Jezebel.

590
00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:40,650
Huh?

591
00:26:41,710 --> 00:26:42,422
Yeah.

592
00:26:42,566 --> 00:26:45,718
And when you have a church
like V1 Church, where we have at

593
00:26:45,774 --> 00:26:48,694
every single one of our
locations, we have strong female

594
00:26:48,742 --> 00:26:49,174
preachers.

595
00:26:49,222 --> 00:26:50,262
And guess what?

596
00:26:50,366 --> 00:26:51,622
I'm okay with it.

597
00:26:51,726 --> 00:26:54,258
Because we're not intimidated
by strong women.

598
00:26:54,414 --> 00:26:58,394
Matter of fact, when the men
are leading, well, then we actually,

599
00:26:58,562 --> 00:27:00,310
I'm gonna go take a step further.

600
00:27:00,690 --> 00:27:05,002
Sometimes when we pray for
wisdom, God gave it to our wife,

601
00:27:05,066 --> 00:27:07,670
and we would be wise to listen
to her.

602
00:27:08,770 --> 00:27:16,042
Not all the time, but you see
what I'm saying to you?

603
00:27:16,226 --> 00:27:20,186
Under strong male headship,
you will see strong women thriving.

604
00:27:20,298 --> 00:27:21,722
And I'm okay with that.

605
00:27:21,826 --> 00:27:23,658
And you see that in the Bible.

606
00:27:23,834 --> 00:27:30,394
Okay, next, it says in the
Gospel, together with Clement and

607
00:27:30,402 --> 00:27:33,546
the rest of the fellow workers
whose names are in the book of life,

608
00:27:33,698 --> 00:27:34,474
verse 4.

609
00:27:34,562 --> 00:27:36,470
Rejoice in the Lord always.

610
00:27:36,850 --> 00:27:39,050
Again, I will say, rejoice.

611
00:27:39,210 --> 00:27:41,930
Let your reasonableness be
known to everyone.

612
00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:43,178
The Lord is at hand.

613
00:27:43,234 --> 00:27:43,914
Verse 6.

614
00:27:44,002 --> 00:27:48,154
And do not be anxious about
anything, but in everything, by prayer

615
00:27:48,202 --> 00:27:51,242
and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be

616
00:27:51,266 --> 00:27:52,090
known to God.

617
00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:56,278
And the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will

618
00:27:56,334 --> 00:27:58,934
guard your hearts and minds in
Christ Jesus.

619
00:27:59,062 --> 00:28:01,862
I'm gonna simply transition on this.

620
00:28:02,046 --> 00:28:06,342
I really believe that if you
will become a person of prayer in

621
00:28:06,366 --> 00:28:09,878
this next season, your life
will change and the peace of God

622
00:28:09,894 --> 00:28:11,158
will guard your heart.

623
00:28:11,294 --> 00:28:12,822
Here's what I want you to do.

624
00:28:12,926 --> 00:28:15,254
Make your request known before God.

625
00:28:15,382 --> 00:28:18,790
Because when you do, God will
speak back to you.

626
00:28:18,910 --> 00:28:21,916
Sometimes he'll say, no,
daughter, it's not time yet.

627
00:28:21,988 --> 00:28:23,932
It's the right thing in the
wrong time.

628
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:27,644
Oh, yeah, yeah, he's the right
guy, but I'm not done developing

629
00:28:27,692 --> 00:28:28,140
him.

630
00:28:28,260 --> 00:28:28,908
Come on.

631
00:28:28,964 --> 00:28:30,076
Yeah, hey, good.

632
00:28:30,148 --> 00:28:31,420
Good discernment, daughter.

633
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,772
You finally picked somebody
who's not toxic.

634
00:28:33,836 --> 00:28:35,548
But he's still a little toxic.

635
00:28:35,644 --> 00:28:36,860
Let me work on him.

636
00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:38,412
See, sometimes it's the wrong.

637
00:28:38,476 --> 00:28:40,156
It's the right thing in the
wrong time.

638
00:28:40,228 --> 00:28:43,468
Or then sometimes when you
submit your request to God through

639
00:28:43,524 --> 00:28:47,132
prayer, then he will speak to
you and say you're totally off base

640
00:28:47,196 --> 00:28:48,428
and that's the wrong thing.

641
00:28:48,484 --> 00:28:50,252
And by the way, you know it's wrong.

642
00:28:50,316 --> 00:28:53,368
You've been knowing it's wrong
and stop after it.

643
00:28:53,424 --> 00:28:54,856
Like, you always go after it.

644
00:28:54,928 --> 00:28:57,688
Because your pattern is self destruction.

645
00:28:57,784 --> 00:28:59,928
Your pattern is self deception.

646
00:29:00,024 --> 00:29:00,824
Your pattern.

647
00:29:00,952 --> 00:29:01,512
Oh, come on.

648
00:29:01,536 --> 00:29:05,240
I'm just gonna turn this white
while say it is.

649
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,480
There's many of you that
suffer from self sabotage because

650
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,940
you do the thing that you know
you shouldn't do.

651
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:17,192
But when you submit it all to
him in prayer and say, God, am I

652
00:29:17,216 --> 00:29:19,100
really supposed to move to
North Carolina?

653
00:29:19,530 --> 00:29:22,790
And he's like, no, you just
don't like Bushwick.

654
00:29:26,970 --> 00:29:28,290
That's a New York joke.

655
00:29:28,370 --> 00:29:30,590
Everybody at the other
locations, what is that?

656
00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:32,194
Don't tell them, guys.

657
00:29:32,242 --> 00:29:33,074
Don't tell them.

658
00:29:33,162 --> 00:29:33,762
Don't tell them.

659
00:29:33,786 --> 00:29:34,898
The Lord might call them here.

660
00:29:34,954 --> 00:29:36,190
Don't bias them.

661
00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:41,234
But it's like, sometimes what
happens is we let our preferences

662
00:29:41,282 --> 00:29:43,030
cancel his purposes.

663
00:29:44,090 --> 00:29:48,218
And when you bring your
petitions before the Lord, let your

664
00:29:48,274 --> 00:29:54,362
petitions end up aligning with
his purposes instead of your preferences

665
00:29:54,506 --> 00:29:56,410
canceling his purposes.

666
00:29:56,570 --> 00:29:59,706
And I'll tell you, that's what
happened with Long Island.

667
00:29:59,818 --> 00:30:03,002
The original branding of this
church said V1 Brooklyn.

668
00:30:03,146 --> 00:30:05,386
I didn't even want to go to
Long Island.

669
00:30:05,578 --> 00:30:08,922
And that's not me being Mean,
I just didn't have vision for it.

670
00:30:09,026 --> 00:30:11,882
And the Lord says, mike, but
there's grace on Long Island.

671
00:30:12,026 --> 00:30:14,106
And I just yielded to that in prayer.

672
00:30:14,138 --> 00:30:16,394
I brought it before the Lord
and said, lord, I thought I was going

673
00:30:16,402 --> 00:30:17,034
to be in Brooklyn.

674
00:30:17,082 --> 00:30:17,846
What's going on?

675
00:30:17,938 --> 00:30:21,090
And the Lord says, but I've
given you a double portion, son.

676
00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:24,750
And now look, we've got a
beautiful building on Long island,

677
00:30:24,830 --> 00:30:27,870
which, by the way, we had so
many people respond financially with

678
00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:30,414
generosity that we're now able
to fix the roof.

679
00:30:30,542 --> 00:30:31,890
Isn't that amazing?

680
00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:34,558
So God had truly answered that.

681
00:30:34,614 --> 00:30:38,142
But I could have said no to
what God was saying yes to.

682
00:30:38,246 --> 00:30:39,646
Does that make sense?

683
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:40,334
Okay.

684
00:30:40,382 --> 00:30:43,910
Uno, dos, tres, cuatron.

685
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,100
Okay, that was a test.

686
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:47,860
3.

687
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,620
The hatch of worship.

688
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:52,632
Close the hatch.

689
00:30:52,696 --> 00:30:53,064
Now.

690
00:30:53,152 --> 00:30:58,904
Acts, chapter 16, Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, and then Acts.

691
00:30:59,032 --> 00:31:02,088
So Acts, chapter 16, verse 25.

692
00:31:02,144 --> 00:31:03,780
Say amen when you found it.

693
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,540
So Acts, chapter 16, verse25.

694
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,256
Oh, this is such a.

695
00:31:09,328 --> 00:31:10,740
I'm gonna try to be good.

696
00:31:11,550 --> 00:31:13,170
I'm gonna try to be good.

697
00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:15,590
This could be a whole sermon,
this one.

698
00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:19,958
We must close the gap of worship.

699
00:31:20,134 --> 00:31:22,198
There are people who pray
every day.

700
00:31:22,334 --> 00:31:25,734
There are people who read the
Bible every day, but they don't worship

701
00:31:25,782 --> 00:31:26,614
every day.

702
00:31:26,782 --> 00:31:28,822
So we have to bring these
things together.

703
00:31:28,926 --> 00:31:31,206
And when you look at
Scripture, there's a convergence

704
00:31:31,238 --> 00:31:32,214
of these things.

705
00:31:32,382 --> 00:31:35,894
Look at Acts, chapter 16,
verse 25.

706
00:31:36,062 --> 00:31:37,778
And about midnight.

707
00:31:37,894 --> 00:31:38,710
Come on.

708
00:31:39,410 --> 00:31:49,790
Well, Paul and Silas were
praying and singing.

709
00:31:50,130 --> 00:31:53,482
See, if I was to preach this
old school, I would say some of you

710
00:31:53,506 --> 00:31:55,546
are praying but not singing.

711
00:31:55,738 --> 00:31:58,538
And there's some of you who
sing but don't pray.

712
00:31:58,714 --> 00:32:01,990
But the breakthrough happens
when you pray and you sing.

713
00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:04,314
Oh, I'm talking to somebody.

714
00:32:04,442 --> 00:32:07,350
You need a song that comes out
of you.

715
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,664
And when that song.

716
00:32:08,712 --> 00:32:09,880
And I'm talking to some of the men.

717
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,624
Oh, I can't sing on key.

718
00:32:11,712 --> 00:32:12,360
I'll tell you.

719
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,384
If you're gonna lead your home
as the priest and the prophet of

720
00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:18,728
your home, I dare you to sing
loudly, out of key.

721
00:32:18,864 --> 00:32:21,864
Because as your voice comes
out of your chest, let me tell you

722
00:32:21,872 --> 00:32:23,016
what happens, son.

723
00:32:23,128 --> 00:32:25,032
The atmosphere begins to change.

724
00:32:25,136 --> 00:32:28,536
See, you got dads who have
yelled in their house but never sang

725
00:32:28,568 --> 00:32:31,432
in their house, and that's why
their house is in chaos.

726
00:32:31,576 --> 00:32:33,288
Oh, I'm talking to somebody.

727
00:32:33,384 --> 00:32:36,552
If you would use your voice to
do something other than yelling at

728
00:32:36,576 --> 00:32:39,860
your kids, why don't you yell
towards heaven a song?

729
00:32:39,940 --> 00:32:40,964
Why don't you sing?

730
00:32:41,052 --> 00:32:42,660
Come on, break every chain.

731
00:32:42,740 --> 00:32:45,508
God, you see what I'm saying?

732
00:32:45,644 --> 00:32:46,708
It's okay to sing.

733
00:32:46,764 --> 00:32:50,100
And you got grown men that are
too ashamed to sing in their own

734
00:32:50,140 --> 00:32:50,772
house.

735
00:32:50,956 --> 00:32:53,220
I rebuke that spirit of timidity.

736
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:55,428
And I rebuke that spirit of fear.

737
00:32:55,524 --> 00:32:57,972
And I say to you, get a song.

738
00:32:58,116 --> 00:33:00,788
Get into your house and
release a song.

739
00:33:00,964 --> 00:33:02,000
Come on.

740
00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:04,818
Now, this is what begins to happen.

741
00:33:04,964 --> 00:33:09,142
It says, and the prisoners
were listening to them.

742
00:33:09,246 --> 00:33:13,050
Can I just tell you that your
captivity always has an audience?

743
00:33:15,550 --> 00:33:16,930
You didn't hear me.

744
00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:22,170
Oh, God, why am I going
through this, Lord?

745
00:33:22,510 --> 00:33:24,230
Because you have an audience.

746
00:33:24,310 --> 00:33:26,850
And you have to teach them how
to get through it.

747
00:33:27,150 --> 00:33:29,174
What if the prison wasn't for Paul?

748
00:33:29,222 --> 00:33:30,570
It was for the prisoners.

749
00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:35,502
See, God will put you in a
situation just to cause an audience

750
00:33:35,566 --> 00:33:38,590
to hear how a true believer
deals with it.

751
00:33:38,710 --> 00:33:40,430
You need to sing on your job.

752
00:33:40,550 --> 00:33:43,102
You need to learn how to pray
and sing on your job.

753
00:33:43,206 --> 00:33:43,582
Come on.

754
00:33:43,606 --> 00:33:47,550
If the Muslims pray five days
or five times a day, you pray five

755
00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:48,286
times a day.

756
00:33:48,358 --> 00:33:51,774
If the smokers get a smoke
break, homie, take a prayer break.

757
00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:53,006
Take a worship break.

758
00:33:53,078 --> 00:33:54,830
Take a praise break on the job.

759
00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:55,278
Come on.

760
00:33:55,334 --> 00:33:58,282
What if I told you it's not
your boss that's a problem?

761
00:33:58,386 --> 00:34:00,234
It's your prayer life that's
the problem.

762
00:34:00,322 --> 00:34:01,498
It's your worship life.

763
00:34:01,554 --> 00:34:03,130
Oh, these people get on my nerves.

764
00:34:03,210 --> 00:34:05,946
Yes, because your nerves
haven't been crucified yet.

765
00:34:06,018 --> 00:34:09,194
But if you crucified your
nerves, you can't get on nerves that

766
00:34:09,202 --> 00:34:10,026
are crucified.

767
00:34:10,138 --> 00:34:11,578
Come on, I'm trying to help you.

768
00:34:11,634 --> 00:34:15,642
We've got to learn how to sing
and pray in prison because we got

769
00:34:15,666 --> 00:34:16,590
an audience.

770
00:34:18,050 --> 00:34:21,786
I want my kids to remember
when dad was under pressure.

771
00:34:21,898 --> 00:34:27,782
Well, I got a song in me.

772
00:34:27,966 --> 00:34:30,950
Don't let the devil silence
your song.

773
00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,850
Don't let the critics take
your song.

774
00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:37,170
Sing when there's no music.

775
00:34:37,870 --> 00:34:41,290
Because a song comes from your
spirit when it's worship.

776
00:34:41,790 --> 00:34:42,758
And I just.

777
00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:44,614
Man, I'll tell you, you have
an audience.

778
00:34:44,742 --> 00:34:46,290
And let me tell you this.

779
00:34:46,590 --> 00:34:48,690
Your kids need to hear you sing.

780
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,372
Your kids need to hear a song
come out of you.

781
00:34:52,476 --> 00:34:54,644
And I believe that God's gonna
give you a song.

782
00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:57,924
How many of you read
yesterday's Daily Growth Journal?

783
00:34:58,012 --> 00:34:58,964
Yesterday's.

784
00:34:59,092 --> 00:35:02,020
Okay, let me give you a
revelation out of that.

785
00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:03,492
Cause it's gonna help you.

786
00:35:03,676 --> 00:35:09,652
So we actually had Herod, who
hated the wise men because they got

787
00:35:09,676 --> 00:35:10,436
a dream.

788
00:35:10,548 --> 00:35:14,548
And that dream actually caused
them to go this completely other

789
00:35:14,604 --> 00:35:15,140
direction.

790
00:35:15,220 --> 00:35:18,308
And when he found out about
that, he said, I'm going to kill

791
00:35:18,364 --> 00:35:19,204
all the firstborn.

792
00:35:19,252 --> 00:35:21,392
Y'all remember this from your
reading yesterday?

793
00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,144
But let me just help you
understand something.

794
00:35:24,312 --> 00:35:27,632
It said that when the Dream
came to Joseph.

795
00:35:27,696 --> 00:35:32,176
He went to Nazareth, and he
actually got to Nazareth because

796
00:35:32,248 --> 00:35:33,600
Herod hated him.

797
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,440
If I could just break this down.

798
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,296
Some of you want to get to the
right destination without the hatred.

799
00:35:39,488 --> 00:35:43,344
You need a Herod, because
Herod's hatred will actually cause

800
00:35:43,392 --> 00:35:45,040
you to get to your destination.

801
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,692
It was actually Herod's hatred
and his desire to kill all the firstborn

802
00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:54,700
boys that brought them to
where Joseph and Jesus and Mary got

803
00:35:54,740 --> 00:35:55,628
to Nazareth.

804
00:35:55,724 --> 00:35:59,996
Was it not Pharaoh hardening
his heart that caused the children

805
00:36:00,068 --> 00:36:02,284
of Israel to go out into the wilderness?

806
00:36:02,412 --> 00:36:06,028
See, God will use people who
hate you to put you in a different

807
00:36:06,084 --> 00:36:06,684
position.

808
00:36:06,852 --> 00:36:08,092
Let me just explain to you.

809
00:36:08,116 --> 00:36:10,044
Paul and Silas were in the
jail cell.

810
00:36:10,092 --> 00:36:15,220
And by God's infinite wisdom,
it was people persecuting them that

811
00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:18,628
actually put them in the
position to reveal God's power.

812
00:36:18,764 --> 00:36:20,004
Can I just tell you?

813
00:36:20,092 --> 00:36:21,364
Let them hate you.

814
00:36:21,452 --> 00:36:22,932
Let them persecute you.

815
00:36:23,036 --> 00:36:26,660
Let them talk about you,
because their persecution is your

816
00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:27,444
promotion.

817
00:36:27,572 --> 00:36:30,068
Their persecution is your publicity.

818
00:36:30,164 --> 00:36:31,012
Oh, yeah, yeah.

819
00:36:31,076 --> 00:36:34,180
Let them do that, because
they're going to send you to Nazareth.

820
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:35,012
Oh, come on.

821
00:36:35,036 --> 00:36:36,240
God is in control.

822
00:36:37,980 --> 00:36:39,748
That's why we don't worry
about it.

823
00:36:39,884 --> 00:36:42,350
We learn how to sing in every situation.

824
00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:44,522
Matter of fact, here's what happened.

825
00:36:44,586 --> 00:36:47,434
There was an earthquake, so
that the foundation of the prison

826
00:36:47,482 --> 00:36:51,470
was shaken, and immediately
all the doors were opened.

827
00:36:52,530 --> 00:36:57,562
I had this amazing moment with
the Daily Growth Journal where all

828
00:36:57,586 --> 00:37:01,242
of a sudden, we were doing
communion together as a family.

829
00:37:01,426 --> 00:37:05,790
And I, you know, the Holy
Spirit dwells within your spirit,

830
00:37:06,130 --> 00:37:09,674
but there's also the manifest
presence of God, which is the glory

831
00:37:09,722 --> 00:37:10,510
of God.

832
00:37:10,810 --> 00:37:14,866
And so there's his presence in
you, indwelling through the Holy

833
00:37:14,898 --> 00:37:19,106
Spirit, but then there's his
presence around you in a tangible,

834
00:37:19,218 --> 00:37:20,690
more manifest way.

835
00:37:20,810 --> 00:37:24,546
And Christians understand the
paradox of his presence.

836
00:37:24,658 --> 00:37:26,002
Are y'all with me?

837
00:37:26,186 --> 00:37:29,954
The paradox of his presence is
that God could both be dwelling inside

838
00:37:30,002 --> 00:37:34,002
of you and yet increasing your
awareness of his presence and glory

839
00:37:34,066 --> 00:37:35,138
around you.

840
00:37:35,274 --> 00:37:36,550
Does this make sense?

841
00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:40,916
So when I was growing up,
there was a moment where my mother

842
00:37:40,948 --> 00:37:44,084
and my brothers and sisters
and I were learning these sacred

843
00:37:44,132 --> 00:37:47,892
ways of God, and we were
learning worship and prayer and how

844
00:37:47,916 --> 00:37:49,204
it all goes together.

845
00:37:49,372 --> 00:37:52,244
And all of a sudden, here's
how I pray.

846
00:37:52,372 --> 00:37:53,396
I pray like this.

847
00:37:53,468 --> 00:37:55,240
This is my physical motion.

848
00:37:57,420 --> 00:37:58,600
Anybody else?

849
00:37:59,580 --> 00:38:02,276
That's why we have to have
hardwood floors, because I'll burn

850
00:38:02,308 --> 00:38:03,440
that carpet up.

851
00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:05,390
This is how I pray.

852
00:38:05,730 --> 00:38:08,650
So in this old house of ours,
I went to go pray in the.

853
00:38:08,690 --> 00:38:11,162
In the hallway, because there
was this small hallway that led to

854
00:38:11,186 --> 00:38:11,962
the living room.

855
00:38:12,066 --> 00:38:15,658
And we had this atmosphere of
praise and worship and praying, and

856
00:38:15,714 --> 00:38:17,658
the whole house was just
filling with the.

857
00:38:17,714 --> 00:38:19,114
With the sound of our worship.

858
00:38:19,162 --> 00:38:21,994
And it was my brothers and
sisters, and we were younger, and

859
00:38:22,002 --> 00:38:25,466
it was my mother at the time,
and she was in her early 40s, and

860
00:38:25,538 --> 00:38:27,690
we were just in the house, and
we were learning all this.

861
00:38:27,730 --> 00:38:28,490
We didn't know this.

862
00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:30,026
We didn't know about all this.

863
00:38:30,178 --> 00:38:33,642
And all of a sudden, I went to
go in the hallway to just walk the

864
00:38:33,666 --> 00:38:34,586
floor and intercede.

865
00:38:34,618 --> 00:38:37,818
And as soon as I took the
first step into the hallway, I fell

866
00:38:37,914 --> 00:38:39,978
over under the weight of his glory.

867
00:38:40,154 --> 00:38:43,162
And I get to the ground, I'm
laughing and I'm crying.

868
00:38:43,226 --> 00:38:43,642
And.

869
00:38:43,746 --> 00:38:46,394
Have you ever just been
hysterical in the presence of God

870
00:38:46,442 --> 00:38:47,030
before?

871
00:38:47,490 --> 00:38:50,426
And I tell my mom, mom, come
into the hallway.

872
00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:52,010
Jesus is in the hallway.

873
00:38:52,090 --> 00:38:53,498
And she's like, do little.

874
00:38:53,554 --> 00:38:54,058
Stop.

875
00:38:54,194 --> 00:38:56,170
You know, because we didn't
know the glory.

876
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,946
We didn't understand the glory.

877
00:38:58,138 --> 00:39:00,218
So she was like, oh, stop
messing around.

878
00:39:00,274 --> 00:39:01,114
We're being serious.

879
00:39:01,162 --> 00:39:01,754
We're praying.

880
00:39:01,802 --> 00:39:03,194
I said, no, no, come and see.

881
00:39:03,282 --> 00:39:06,762
And my mom goes to walk in the
hallway, and she falls over under

882
00:39:06,786 --> 00:39:09,930
the weight of the glory, and
she's laughing and she's crying,

883
00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:13,194
and then here come my
siblings, and we're all in this hallway.

884
00:39:13,242 --> 00:39:18,378
One of my favorite memories of
my life was me and my single mom

885
00:39:18,434 --> 00:39:23,002
and all my siblings laughing
hysterically and crying under the

886
00:39:23,026 --> 00:39:25,470
weight of God's glory in that
little hallway.

887
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,688
See, can I just tell you, some
of you, your home is filled with

888
00:39:30,744 --> 00:39:33,700
technology, but not filled
with the glory.

889
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,416
Some of you, your home, it's
filled with entertainment, but it's

890
00:39:38,448 --> 00:39:40,500
not filled with his presence.

891
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,940
Because a couple nights ago,
we were getting ready to do communion.

892
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,032
And, you know, I believe that
this is more than a symbol.

893
00:39:50,176 --> 00:39:55,182
I believe that communion, his
very presence is in this communion

894
00:39:55,246 --> 00:39:56,014
spiritually.

895
00:39:56,142 --> 00:39:58,670
And as a family, we were
taking communion together.

896
00:39:58,790 --> 00:40:02,446
And all of a sudden, it was
like I closed my eyes and I was leading

897
00:40:02,478 --> 00:40:03,598
my family through prayer.

898
00:40:03,694 --> 00:40:04,462
And I could.

899
00:40:04,566 --> 00:40:08,222
It's like through my mind's
eye, I guess is the best way I could

900
00:40:08,246 --> 00:40:08,846
say it.

901
00:40:08,918 --> 00:40:12,718
It's like I had a vision of
Jesus standing in my kitchen.

902
00:40:12,894 --> 00:40:16,302
And so I was praying, and my
daughters were there, my wife was

903
00:40:16,326 --> 00:40:19,920
there, and I just said, jesus,
would you come closer?

904
00:40:20,070 --> 00:40:23,292
Now, of course, I know his
spirit dwells within us, but I was

905
00:40:23,316 --> 00:40:24,828
talking about the glory.

906
00:40:25,004 --> 00:40:27,164
I was talking about his
manifest presence.

907
00:40:27,212 --> 00:40:29,740
I said, jesus, can you come closer?

908
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:34,108
And I feel like I had this
experience where he just walked by

909
00:40:34,164 --> 00:40:37,868
and he came and sat down on
this Bench at our kitchen table by

910
00:40:37,924 --> 00:40:38,700
Bella.

911
00:40:38,860 --> 00:40:39,932
And I didn't tell.

912
00:40:40,036 --> 00:40:41,372
I didn't say anything.

913
00:40:41,516 --> 00:40:43,628
Then when it was over, I asked
my family.

914
00:40:43,684 --> 00:40:45,696
I said, tell me what was happening.

915
00:40:45,868 --> 00:40:46,824
What was it like?

916
00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:49,960
And all of a sudden, Bella
said, dad, it was so weird because

917
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,320
it was like Jesus.

918
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,256
It's like he was in the kitchen.

919
00:40:53,368 --> 00:40:55,240
And then when you were
praying, come closer.

920
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,488
I felt like he walked around
and just sat right here next to me.

921
00:40:58,544 --> 00:41:02,500
And she pointed to the exact
spot that I saw the same thing.

922
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:07,420
And I just was overwhelmed by
the presence of God in that moment.

923
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,000
Why do I say this?

924
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:13,666
Because I'm trying to be like
salt so that I create a craving inside

925
00:41:13,698 --> 00:41:16,402
of you for Jesus, that you
want to go home.

926
00:41:16,506 --> 00:41:19,506
That for those of you watching
online in your home right now, you're

927
00:41:19,538 --> 00:41:22,498
looking around saying, could
this happen in our hallway?

928
00:41:22,594 --> 00:41:24,450
Could this happen in our kitchen?

929
00:41:24,530 --> 00:41:27,106
Are we having encounters with Jehovah?

930
00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:29,346
Are we having encounters with Jehovah?

931
00:41:29,378 --> 00:41:30,866
Rapha, Jehovah.

932
00:41:30,898 --> 00:41:31,650
Nisi.

933
00:41:31,730 --> 00:41:32,162
Come on.

934
00:41:32,186 --> 00:41:32,754
Jehovah.

935
00:41:32,802 --> 00:41:33,618
Jireh.

936
00:41:33,714 --> 00:41:35,938
Do we know him in all these ways?

937
00:41:36,034 --> 00:41:37,858
Is he walking in the bathroom?

938
00:41:37,954 --> 00:41:39,654
Is he walking down the hallway?

939
00:41:39,762 --> 00:41:41,006
Have we invited him?

940
00:41:41,078 --> 00:41:44,542
Have we spent more time
inviting our friends than inviting

941
00:41:44,606 --> 00:41:45,566
our Savior?

942
00:41:45,678 --> 00:41:49,534
Have we set the table and
said, jesus, I know you dwell inside

943
00:41:49,582 --> 00:41:53,210
of me through the Holy Spirit,
but come sit down with me.

944
00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:56,926
Batten down the hatches.

945
00:41:57,118 --> 00:42:00,942
The only way you're gonna
survive this storm is if Jesus is

946
00:42:00,966 --> 00:42:02,290
sleeping in your boat.

947
00:42:03,670 --> 00:42:04,174
Come on.

948
00:42:04,182 --> 00:42:05,210
Are you with me?

949
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,224
The hatch of faith.

950
00:42:07,272 --> 00:42:08,088
Number four.

951
00:42:08,224 --> 00:42:10,780
Uno, dos reis, quatro.

952
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,024
The hatch of faith.

953
00:42:14,072 --> 00:42:16,940
Somebody say faith in espanol?

954
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,168
The hatch of Faith.

955
00:42:22,344 --> 00:42:26,020
Mark, chapter four, verse 39
and 40.

956
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:27,768
Mark, chapter four.

957
00:42:27,824 --> 00:42:28,680
So go ahead and find it.

958
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:29,064
Matthew.

959
00:42:29,112 --> 00:42:31,060
Mark, we're almost done.

960
00:42:31,470 --> 00:42:35,650
Mark, chapter four, verse 39.

961
00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:37,730
It says this.

962
00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:45,270
And when he had entered, he
said to them, why are you making

963
00:42:45,310 --> 00:42:46,726
a commotion and weeping?

964
00:42:46,838 --> 00:42:48,370
Oh, no, no, no.

965
00:42:48,910 --> 00:42:49,670
Sorry.

966
00:42:49,830 --> 00:42:51,302
I was like, that is not it.

967
00:42:51,406 --> 00:42:51,910
Here it is.

968
00:42:51,950 --> 00:42:53,581
Mark, chapter 4, verse 38.

969
00:42:53,710 --> 00:42:54,294
38.

970
00:42:54,382 --> 00:42:57,334
But he was in the stern,
asleep on the cushion.

971
00:42:57,382 --> 00:43:00,450
You all know Jesus gets the
cushion if he's in the boat, right?

972
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:06,720
And they woke him and said to
him, teacher, do you not care that

973
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,048
we are perishing?

974
00:43:08,224 --> 00:43:09,824
Let's just stop right there.

975
00:43:09,992 --> 00:43:11,392
Couple things to acknowledge.

976
00:43:11,456 --> 00:43:12,780
What did they call him?

977
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:14,192
Teacher.

978
00:43:14,256 --> 00:43:17,376
Rabbi, let me just tell you
what titles do.

979
00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:19,940
Titles determine how you receive.

980
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,056
If you re.

981
00:43:21,128 --> 00:43:24,624
If you call him teacher, you
receive him as a teacher.

982
00:43:24,752 --> 00:43:29,188
But titles also limit, because
he's more than just a teacher.

983
00:43:29,284 --> 00:43:32,116
And he was getting ready to
tell them, oh, yeah, yeah, you're

984
00:43:32,148 --> 00:43:35,028
calling me teacher, but I'm
going to show you that I'm the alpha

985
00:43:35,044 --> 00:43:36,020
and the omega.

986
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:39,028
I'm going to show you that
even the winds and the waves actually

987
00:43:39,084 --> 00:43:40,308
acknowledge my voice.

988
00:43:40,404 --> 00:43:41,556
I am the Word.

989
00:43:41,668 --> 00:43:43,620
See, sometimes we limit God.

990
00:43:43,700 --> 00:43:47,156
There's some churches where
God's allowed to be Rabbi, but he's

991
00:43:47,188 --> 00:43:49,668
not allowed to be deliverer
from demons.

992
00:43:49,764 --> 00:43:50,116
There's.

993
00:43:50,148 --> 00:43:51,588
Oh, come on, I'm trying to
help you.

994
00:43:51,644 --> 00:43:53,958
There's some churches you go
into on a Sunday.

995
00:43:54,084 --> 00:43:57,570
And Jesus can be your healer,
but he can't be your deliverer from

996
00:43:57,610 --> 00:43:58,178
demons.

997
00:43:58,274 --> 00:44:01,122
We limit Jesus and we give him
one title.

998
00:44:01,186 --> 00:44:03,442
But I say, let's give him
every title.

999
00:44:03,506 --> 00:44:04,962
He is our all in all.

1000
00:44:05,066 --> 00:44:09,474
Let's take the limitations off
of Jesus and let's stop telling Jesus

1001
00:44:09,522 --> 00:44:11,074
what he can and can't do.

1002
00:44:11,162 --> 00:44:13,714
And say, God, you can do all things.

1003
00:44:13,882 --> 00:44:15,870
Somebody shout all things.

1004
00:44:16,730 --> 00:44:18,270
Yes, all things.

1005
00:44:19,130 --> 00:44:20,338
They said teacher.

1006
00:44:20,434 --> 00:44:23,330
But here's the other thing
they're saying is, don't you care

1007
00:44:23,370 --> 00:44:24,818
that we're perishing?

1008
00:44:24,994 --> 00:44:27,110
How many of you have prayed
that prayer?

1009
00:44:27,450 --> 00:44:29,950
God, I'm dying down here.

1010
00:44:30,410 --> 00:44:33,986
Don't you care that I can't go
to this job one more day?

1011
00:44:34,138 --> 00:44:37,030
Don't you care that I'm fed up
with this marriage?

1012
00:44:37,610 --> 00:44:39,010
Don't you care I'm dying?

1013
00:44:39,090 --> 00:44:41,110
Look at this picture of a storm.

1014
00:44:41,770 --> 00:44:42,834
This is the storm.

1015
00:44:42,882 --> 00:44:44,674
There's going to come moments
in your life.

1016
00:44:44,762 --> 00:44:49,000
We're like, lord, don't you
care that I'm going through this?

1017
00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:51,004
But this is what he says.

1018
00:44:51,172 --> 00:44:54,924
He awoke and he rebuked the
wind and said to the sea, peace,

1019
00:44:54,972 --> 00:44:55,708
be still.

1020
00:44:55,844 --> 00:44:58,480
And the wind ceased and there
was a great calm.

1021
00:44:59,060 --> 00:45:01,436
But this is what he said to
his disciples.

1022
00:45:01,628 --> 00:45:03,200
Why are you so afraid?

1023
00:45:04,660 --> 00:45:06,540
Have you still no faith?

1024
00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:10,252
Let me just talk to some
people who've been a Christian for

1025
00:45:10,276 --> 00:45:11,000
a while.

1026
00:45:12,110 --> 00:45:15,930
What he didn't say, oh, you
don't have any faith.

1027
00:45:16,270 --> 00:45:21,526
If you look at the text, he
says, why do you still not have faith?

1028
00:45:21,718 --> 00:45:25,782
I want to talk to some of you
who've been in this thing for a while.

1029
00:45:25,966 --> 00:45:27,686
He healed your body before.

1030
00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:29,494
Why would he not heal it again?

1031
00:45:29,662 --> 00:45:32,054
He already worked in your
finances before.

1032
00:45:32,142 --> 00:45:33,670
Why would he not do it again?

1033
00:45:33,790 --> 00:45:36,924
He already made a way where
there seemed to be no way.

1034
00:45:37,062 --> 00:45:40,176
He already opened the door
that no man can open before.

1035
00:45:40,248 --> 00:45:41,808
Why would he not do it again?

1036
00:45:41,944 --> 00:45:43,840
Why do we still not have faith?

1037
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,544
I want to be that kind of
person that finally believes.

1038
00:45:46,592 --> 00:45:49,472
Is there anybody with me
that's saying, this time I'm going

1039
00:45:49,496 --> 00:45:50,688
to operate in faith?

1040
00:45:50,784 --> 00:45:52,992
Faith is the evidence of
things hoped for.

1041
00:45:53,096 --> 00:45:55,680
Faith is the substance of
things not seen.

1042
00:45:55,800 --> 00:46:00,592
God, I know based on your
track record, if you did it before,

1043
00:46:00,776 --> 00:46:02,642
you're going to do it again.

1044
00:46:02,816 --> 00:46:07,278
I know based on your track
record, you have never left me nor

1045
00:46:07,334 --> 00:46:10,622
forsaken me, so you're not
going to forsake me again.

1046
00:46:10,726 --> 00:46:13,998
And it was almost like what
Jesus was saying in the boat was,

1047
00:46:14,054 --> 00:46:15,502
guys, I'm here.

1048
00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,382
Have I not always caused it to
work out?

1049
00:46:18,486 --> 00:46:20,770
Why are you still lacking faith?

1050
00:46:21,670 --> 00:46:24,814
So let's close the hatch and
let's operate in faith.

1051
00:46:24,862 --> 00:46:25,930
Who's with me?

1052
00:46:27,030 --> 00:46:31,012
What if here's how you know
that you're mature in your faith,

1053
00:46:31,156 --> 00:46:35,812
is when your first response to
tragedy is to actually acknowledge

1054
00:46:35,876 --> 00:46:39,940
the joy that's been set before
you and to say, God, you must know

1055
00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:41,200
something I don't know.

1056
00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:42,740
Oh, come on.

1057
00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:43,920
Did that hit different?

1058
00:46:44,220 --> 00:46:46,468
God, you must know something I
don't know.

1059
00:46:46,524 --> 00:46:48,740
And you must see something I
don't see.

1060
00:46:48,860 --> 00:46:50,724
So by faith, reveal it to me.

1061
00:46:50,812 --> 00:46:52,708
Because you know what's bad theology?

1062
00:46:52,884 --> 00:46:55,862
Bad theology is teaching
people that as soon as they accept

1063
00:46:55,956 --> 00:46:58,070
Christ, they're not going to
go through any storms.

1064
00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:00,790
That's bad theology.

1065
00:47:01,450 --> 00:47:04,226
But I thought you said Jesus
is going to make my life better.

1066
00:47:04,298 --> 00:47:04,818
Oh, yeah, yeah.

1067
00:47:04,834 --> 00:47:07,042
He's going to use the storm to
do it.

1068
00:47:07,226 --> 00:47:07,986
Oh, yeah, yeah.

1069
00:47:08,018 --> 00:47:08,322
You're.

1070
00:47:08,386 --> 00:47:08,754
He's.

1071
00:47:08,802 --> 00:47:13,026
He's got a mentorship and the
mentors that he assigned you, one's

1072
00:47:13,058 --> 00:47:15,186
name is pain, and the other's
name is suffering.

1073
00:47:15,298 --> 00:47:18,466
And as soon as you learn how
to get an A in both of those classes,

1074
00:47:18,498 --> 00:47:20,030
you'll go to your next level.

1075
00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:22,332
Come on.

1076
00:47:22,356 --> 00:47:23,440
I'm helping y'all.

1077
00:47:23,860 --> 00:47:27,080
This is really what it comes
down to is.

1078
00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:31,388
The difference is there were
many boats that were in this storm

1079
00:47:31,484 --> 00:47:36,080
that we see in Matthew 24, but
there is only Jesus in one boat.

1080
00:47:36,740 --> 00:47:39,564
See, right now, with what's
coming into the earth, there's going

1081
00:47:39,572 --> 00:47:42,444
to be many, many lives that
are affected by the storm.

1082
00:47:42,572 --> 00:47:46,540
But the question is, is Jesus
abiding in that boat with you?

1083
00:47:46,660 --> 00:47:47,720
Y'all with me?

1084
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:50,356
Hatch, number 5.

1085
00:47:50,428 --> 00:47:51,640
Relationships.

1086
00:47:52,780 --> 00:47:53,684
Relationships.

1087
00:47:53,732 --> 00:47:55,636
Everybody say relationships.

1088
00:47:55,828 --> 00:47:58,240
Galatians, chapter 6, verse 2.

1089
00:47:59,260 --> 00:48:01,680
Galatians, chapter 6th, verse 2.

1090
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:03,640
Relationships.

1091
00:48:04,140 --> 00:48:06,080
Now, here's why this is important.

1092
00:48:06,380 --> 00:48:08,960
Galatians is a hard book of
the Bible to find.

1093
00:48:09,740 --> 00:48:11,220
It's towards the back.

1094
00:48:11,340 --> 00:48:16,888
Galatians, chapter six, verse
two, says, bear one another's burdens

1095
00:48:16,984 --> 00:48:19,380
and so fulfill the law of Christ.

1096
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,000
But let me back up.

1097
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:22,580
And can I read verse one?

1098
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:27,064
If anyone is caught in any
transgression, you who are spiritual

1099
00:48:27,112 --> 00:48:30,060
should restore him in A spirit
of gentleness.

1100
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:35,672
You know, I'm thankful for the
word of God because if we would have

1101
00:48:35,696 --> 00:48:38,616
read that nowadays, it would
say, if any one of you are caught

1102
00:48:38,648 --> 00:48:41,980
in transgression, you should
cancel and expose them immediately.

1103
00:48:43,450 --> 00:48:47,506
What the Bible actually says
is you should restore him in a spirit

1104
00:48:47,538 --> 00:48:48,738
of gentleness.

1105
00:48:48,914 --> 00:48:51,986
The next line, I think, is
even more important because it doubles

1106
00:48:52,018 --> 00:48:56,310
down on it and it says, keep
watch on yourself.

1107
00:48:58,010 --> 00:49:01,954
It's almost as if the problem
was that we're looking at everybody

1108
00:49:02,002 --> 00:49:03,270
else but themselves.

1109
00:49:03,770 --> 00:49:08,002
What if I told you that God
wants you to pay attention to yourself?

1110
00:49:08,066 --> 00:49:11,362
This year, I believe that one
of the most powerful things that

1111
00:49:11,386 --> 00:49:14,242
you can do is say, God, show
me me.

1112
00:49:14,426 --> 00:49:16,786
Because have you read that
scripture that says you're pointing

1113
00:49:16,818 --> 00:49:19,666
out a beam or speck in
somebody else's eye, but there's

1114
00:49:19,698 --> 00:49:20,910
a beam in your own?

1115
00:49:21,210 --> 00:49:23,026
You want to know why we do that?

1116
00:49:23,178 --> 00:49:26,950
Because it comforts us to know
that somebody else is struggling.

1117
00:49:27,290 --> 00:49:30,226
It comforts us to know that
somebody else has something wrong

1118
00:49:30,258 --> 00:49:33,794
with them, because then we can
justify what's wrong with us.

1119
00:49:33,962 --> 00:49:37,416
But if we all look to
ourselves this year, then what's

1120
00:49:37,448 --> 00:49:39,816
going to begin to happen is
there's a healing that will occur

1121
00:49:39,848 --> 00:49:40,552
in our life.

1122
00:49:40,656 --> 00:49:43,816
And matter of fact, your
stress will be reduced because God

1123
00:49:43,848 --> 00:49:48,120
has not given you the ministry
of policing everybody else.

1124
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:49,384
You know what that's called?

1125
00:49:49,472 --> 00:49:50,008
Control.

1126
00:49:50,144 --> 00:49:52,420
Did you know that witchcraft
is control?

1127
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:54,780
Hello.

1128
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,540
Santeria is control.

1129
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,472
Santeria is control.

1130
00:50:00,576 --> 00:50:03,220
Obia, come on, where's my
Jamaricans at?

1131
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,460
Y'all don't think I know it's control.

1132
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:08,904
What?

1133
00:50:09,072 --> 00:50:10,980
Witchcraft is control.

1134
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:15,660
And by that definition, many
of you need to repent of witchcraft

1135
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,280
because you stopped doing the
sacrifices, but you're still doing

1136
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,500
the conversations.

1137
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:26,968
You stop lighting the candles,
but now you're just lighting controversies.

1138
00:50:27,144 --> 00:50:30,350
You're still involved in
witchcraft, but the witchcraft has

1139
00:50:30,390 --> 00:50:34,062
changed its form because Satan
is not coming with pitchforks and

1140
00:50:34,086 --> 00:50:34,494
horns.

1141
00:50:34,542 --> 00:50:36,494
He's coming as an angel of light.

1142
00:50:36,582 --> 00:50:38,718
And it's going to be false righteousness.

1143
00:50:38,814 --> 00:50:41,390
It's going to be prideful,
arrogant righteousness.

1144
00:50:41,470 --> 00:50:42,990
That is self righteousness.

1145
00:50:43,070 --> 00:50:44,718
That is demonic righteousness.

1146
00:50:44,814 --> 00:50:46,766
That is no righteousness at all.

1147
00:50:46,838 --> 00:50:50,530
That focuses on other people
more than it focuses on yourself.

1148
00:50:52,390 --> 00:50:56,482
Man, I know this word is
needed right now because we are stronger

1149
00:50:56,546 --> 00:50:57,150
together.

1150
00:50:57,450 --> 00:50:59,410
I need you, you need me.

1151
00:50:59,450 --> 00:51:03,190
We need each other, and we
need to bear each other's burdens.

1152
00:51:04,890 --> 00:51:07,682
You know, I just want to hover
on this because let me tell you what

1153
00:51:07,706 --> 00:51:08,990
a good church does.

1154
00:51:09,290 --> 00:51:15,378
A good church is a different
expression of Jesus to each other

1155
00:51:15,434 --> 00:51:16,590
based on Their need.

1156
00:51:16,970 --> 00:51:21,362
So if Julie can't afford food,
then the Holy Spirit, which is the

1157
00:51:21,386 --> 00:51:25,880
presence of Jesus in and
through me, I feed Julie physical

1158
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:27,400
food because that's.

1159
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,408
Because that's the expression
of Christ she needs.

1160
00:51:30,464 --> 00:51:31,580
Does that make sense?

1161
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:32,728
If.

1162
00:51:32,784 --> 00:51:34,968
If we have somebody in this campus.

1163
00:51:35,064 --> 00:51:38,200
Come on, man of God that has
devoted themselves to going into

1164
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,968
the prison systems to preach
the word of God.

1165
00:51:41,144 --> 00:51:44,712
So if you're a prisoner, what
happens is the expression of Christ

1166
00:51:44,816 --> 00:51:48,312
is, I'm going to be Jesus that
visits you in prison to give you

1167
00:51:48,336 --> 00:51:48,942
this word.

1168
00:51:49,056 --> 00:51:50,418
Does this make sense?

1169
00:51:50,594 --> 00:51:53,090
So it's like we bear each
other's burdens.

1170
00:51:53,170 --> 00:51:57,122
Means that all of you have a
ministry because the minister is

1171
00:51:57,146 --> 00:51:58,450
on the inside of you.

1172
00:51:58,570 --> 00:52:00,290
The minister is Jesus.

1173
00:52:00,370 --> 00:52:01,794
Okay, can I go a little bit deeper?

1174
00:52:01,842 --> 00:52:02,482
Look at the text.

1175
00:52:02,546 --> 00:52:04,306
Because the text says it all.

1176
00:52:04,378 --> 00:52:08,130
For if anyone thinks he is
something when he is nothing, he

1177
00:52:08,170 --> 00:52:09,430
deceives himself.

1178
00:52:09,930 --> 00:52:14,162
So even a prophet, if you're
an accurate prophet, it is the spirit

1179
00:52:14,226 --> 00:52:18,022
of Jesus through the Holy Holy
Spirit, that is prophesying to that

1180
00:52:18,046 --> 00:52:18,518
person.

1181
00:52:18,654 --> 00:52:22,214
So do you get credit for an
accurate prophecy, or does Jesus

1182
00:52:22,262 --> 00:52:24,330
get credit for being the prophet?

1183
00:52:24,990 --> 00:52:26,198
Y'all feel me?

1184
00:52:26,334 --> 00:52:29,382
Or if you lay hands on
somebody and you pray for them and

1185
00:52:29,406 --> 00:52:33,046
get healed, did you heal them
with your power, or was it his power

1186
00:52:33,118 --> 00:52:34,570
through your hands?

1187
00:52:35,070 --> 00:52:36,086
So who's the healer?

1188
00:52:36,118 --> 00:52:37,558
Is that Mike Signorelli?

1189
00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:39,446
No, it's the Holy Spirit.

1190
00:52:39,558 --> 00:52:42,418
It's the presence of Jesus
healing through our hands.

1191
00:52:42,534 --> 00:52:46,314
We just have to be a yielded
vessel that says God, I decrease

1192
00:52:46,362 --> 00:52:47,658
so that you can increase.

1193
00:52:47,794 --> 00:52:51,802
I'll get out of the way so you
can have greater he that is in me

1194
00:52:51,906 --> 00:52:53,354
than he that is in the world.

1195
00:52:53,442 --> 00:52:56,490
And therefore, we don't boast
in anything at this church.

1196
00:52:56,570 --> 00:52:59,258
But we boast on the cross of
Jesus Christ.

1197
00:52:59,394 --> 00:53:01,498
We boast on our Jesus.

1198
00:53:01,674 --> 00:53:02,910
Yeshua.

1199
00:53:03,570 --> 00:53:05,950
Come on, somebody shout Yeshua.

1200
00:53:08,780 --> 00:53:09,988
So this is what it says.

1201
00:53:10,044 --> 00:53:11,924
But we bear each other's burdens.

1202
00:53:11,972 --> 00:53:15,200
That means be for me what
Jesus can be through you.

1203
00:53:15,900 --> 00:53:17,760
Y'all aren't even catching this.

1204
00:53:18,380 --> 00:53:23,040
Be for me what only Jesus can
be through you.

1205
00:53:23,340 --> 00:53:27,360
If Jesus is prophesying
through you, then prophesy to me.

1206
00:53:27,820 --> 00:53:28,420
Come on.

1207
00:53:28,460 --> 00:53:29,840
Prophesy to me.

1208
00:53:30,140 --> 00:53:34,160
If Jesus is interceding, then
intercede for me.

1209
00:53:34,590 --> 00:53:36,982
That's how we bear each
other's burdens.

1210
00:53:37,126 --> 00:53:37,750
Enough of this.

1211
00:53:37,790 --> 00:53:39,206
Cancel culture.

1212
00:53:39,398 --> 00:53:41,366
Let's have encouragement culture.

1213
00:53:41,478 --> 00:53:43,702
Let's have restoration culture.

1214
00:53:43,846 --> 00:53:46,166
Let's have reconciliation culture.

1215
00:53:46,278 --> 00:53:47,878
Let's have healing culture.

1216
00:53:47,974 --> 00:53:49,766
Let's have building up culture.

1217
00:53:49,878 --> 00:53:51,846
Let's have construction culture.

1218
00:53:51,958 --> 00:53:53,970
Come on, let's talk about this.

1219
00:53:54,750 --> 00:53:55,654
We need one.

1220
00:53:55,742 --> 00:53:57,126
One of one another.

1221
00:53:57,278 --> 00:53:58,530
Can't even talk.

1222
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:01,840
I'm almost done.

1223
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:02,320
Only what?

1224
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:03,152
How many hatches?

1225
00:54:03,216 --> 00:54:03,820
Seventeen.

1226
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:06,128
Number six.

1227
00:54:06,184 --> 00:54:07,792
The hatch of seed.

1228
00:54:07,856 --> 00:54:09,980
Luke, chapter six, verse 38.

1229
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,460
Luke, chapter six, verse38.

1230
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:17,500
And we're going to do
communion here In a sec.

1231
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,020
6, verse 38.

1232
00:54:25,410 --> 00:54:27,738
Judge, can I go up to verse 37?

1233
00:54:27,794 --> 00:54:29,510
Because it goes with what I
just said.

1234
00:54:29,810 --> 00:54:32,350
Judge not and you will not be judged.

1235
00:54:32,690 --> 00:54:35,434
Condemn not and you will not
be condemned.

1236
00:54:35,562 --> 00:54:37,710
Forgive and you will be forgiven.

1237
00:54:38,210 --> 00:54:39,962
So the Bible doesn't say,
don't judge.

1238
00:54:40,026 --> 00:54:42,986
You know how people say the
Bible says that only God can judge

1239
00:54:43,018 --> 00:54:43,162
me?

1240
00:54:43,186 --> 00:54:43,322
No.

1241
00:54:43,346 --> 00:54:46,310
Your tattoo says that, but the
Bible doesn't say that.

1242
00:54:47,330 --> 00:54:50,442
Because you or your tattoo
artists both didn't read the Bible.

1243
00:54:50,506 --> 00:54:51,430
That's the problem.

1244
00:54:52,020 --> 00:54:54,700
So it doesn't say only God can
judge me.

1245
00:54:54,820 --> 00:54:58,320
What it actually says is,
judge not and you won't be judged.

1246
00:54:58,980 --> 00:55:02,780
And this is a principle about
sowing and reaping.

1247
00:55:02,940 --> 00:55:05,692
It says, don't condemn other
people and you won't be condemned.

1248
00:55:05,756 --> 00:55:08,480
Forgive and you will be forgiven.

1249
00:55:09,060 --> 00:55:11,420
Give and it will be given to you.

1250
00:55:11,460 --> 00:55:14,700
Good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over.

1251
00:55:14,820 --> 00:55:17,302
It'll be placed in your bosom
or your lap.

1252
00:55:17,476 --> 00:55:18,750
What does that mean?

1253
00:55:19,690 --> 00:55:22,470
Well, Pastor Mike, I don't
believe in the tithe.

1254
00:55:23,050 --> 00:55:24,306
We're not under the law.

1255
00:55:24,378 --> 00:55:26,162
Well, praise God, I agree with you.

1256
00:55:26,266 --> 00:55:31,458
But grace is sufficient to
cause you to exceed the law, which

1257
00:55:31,514 --> 00:55:32,466
means that the.

1258
00:55:32,618 --> 00:55:36,482
That Christ did not die on the
cross for us to do the minimums.

1259
00:55:36,626 --> 00:55:40,018
He empowered us to do more
than we thought we could ever do.

1260
00:55:40,154 --> 00:55:42,338
And so, praise God, we're not
under the law.

1261
00:55:42,394 --> 00:55:43,694
I completely agree with you.

1262
00:55:43,802 --> 00:55:47,350
But Jesus himself said, I did
not come to actually abolish the

1263
00:55:47,390 --> 00:55:48,822
law, but to fulfill it.

1264
00:55:48,926 --> 00:55:52,838
In other words, when you would
give financially under compulsion,

1265
00:55:52,934 --> 00:55:56,150
under the old covenant, you
didn't want to give that, but now

1266
00:55:56,190 --> 00:55:58,966
you can give freely because I
have freed you.

1267
00:55:59,038 --> 00:56:00,006
And you know what's funny?

1268
00:56:00,038 --> 00:56:03,046
Because when we say that, oh,
whom the sun sets free is free indeed,

1269
00:56:03,078 --> 00:56:05,050
but we never mean our finances.

1270
00:56:05,790 --> 00:56:07,730
We never mean we're free to give.

1271
00:56:08,510 --> 00:56:10,534
It always means another form
of freedom.

1272
00:56:10,582 --> 00:56:13,948
But here's one of the hatches
that we're going to close is we're

1273
00:56:13,964 --> 00:56:16,400
going to close the hatch of seed.

1274
00:56:16,980 --> 00:56:19,804
That's what this one is, the
hatch of seed.

1275
00:56:19,852 --> 00:56:21,004
What does that mean?

1276
00:56:21,172 --> 00:56:26,492
It means that you have to sow
before the storm because then you

1277
00:56:26,516 --> 00:56:28,508
will reap during the storm.

1278
00:56:28,684 --> 00:56:30,492
What are you talking about,
Pastor Mike?

1279
00:56:30,556 --> 00:56:32,284
It's an irrevocable principle.

1280
00:56:32,412 --> 00:56:37,880
See, the thing is, fear tells
you to withhold fear tells you to

1281
00:56:38,260 --> 00:56:40,732
basically to shrink back.

1282
00:56:40,836 --> 00:56:42,680
But faith says give.

1283
00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:44,716
Why do I say that?

1284
00:56:44,868 --> 00:56:49,884
Because you're gonna see
people that take bad theology and

1285
00:56:49,892 --> 00:56:50,060
get.

1286
00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:52,764
And make an excuse to not give financially.

1287
00:56:52,892 --> 00:56:58,400
But see, the secret is, it's
right here in the text.

1288
00:56:58,740 --> 00:57:00,460
Give, and it will be given to you.

1289
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:03,180
Good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over.

1290
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:04,800
It'll be into your lap.

1291
00:57:05,150 --> 00:57:09,526
For with the measure you use
it, it will be measured back to you.

1292
00:57:09,678 --> 00:57:14,118
I believe that generosity
actually secures us against the fear.

1293
00:57:14,214 --> 00:57:15,926
And it's an identity issue.

1294
00:57:16,078 --> 00:57:17,574
Why do I say that?

1295
00:57:17,742 --> 00:57:22,182
Because if you can't see
yourself as the person who's able

1296
00:57:22,206 --> 00:57:25,302
to give to other people, you
will never become the person who

1297
00:57:25,326 --> 00:57:26,690
will give to other people.

1298
00:57:27,310 --> 00:57:30,646
And that's why, if you will
begin to move in that direction before

1299
00:57:30,718 --> 00:57:35,924
the storm, God will cause you
to make it through the storm.

1300
00:57:36,052 --> 00:57:37,332
Number seven is the last one.

1301
00:57:37,356 --> 00:57:39,060
And then we're gonna take communion.

1302
00:57:39,220 --> 00:57:41,720
It's the hatch of spiritual vision.

1303
00:57:42,620 --> 00:57:46,260
Close the gap on your eternal perspective.

1304
00:57:46,420 --> 00:57:48,920
The hatch of spiritual vision.

1305
00:57:49,340 --> 00:57:49,940
This is.

1306
00:57:49,980 --> 00:57:51,300
And this goes right along with that.

1307
00:57:51,340 --> 00:57:51,812
You guys can.

1308
00:57:51,836 --> 00:57:53,600
Now, can you see how I did
them in order?

1309
00:57:54,220 --> 00:57:55,760
I did them all in order.

1310
00:57:56,140 --> 00:57:58,726
It's Hebrews, chapter 12,
verse 2.

1311
00:57:58,868 --> 00:58:03,090
Looking to Jesus, the founder
and perfecter of our faith, who,

1312
00:58:03,130 --> 00:58:06,930
for the joy that was set
before him, endured the cross, despising

1313
00:58:07,010 --> 00:58:10,610
the shame, and is seated at
the right hand of the throne of God.

1314
00:58:10,770 --> 00:58:12,870
There's an eternal vision.

1315
00:58:13,530 --> 00:58:18,802
The world sees terminal
cancer, but I see a vision of Jesus

1316
00:58:18,946 --> 00:58:20,962
unveiled face to face.

1317
00:58:21,146 --> 00:58:25,202
The world sees economic
turmoil, but I see a vision of Jesus

1318
00:58:25,266 --> 00:58:27,146
providing for all of my needs.

1319
00:58:27,338 --> 00:58:31,242
The world sees New York City,
where violence is increasing in our

1320
00:58:31,266 --> 00:58:35,210
streets, and we perpetually
and continually are making the news

1321
00:58:35,250 --> 00:58:36,490
for all the wrong reasons.

1322
00:58:36,570 --> 00:58:40,426
But I see a holy remnant
rising from the ashes of destruction

1323
00:58:40,538 --> 00:58:44,618
that are moving in gentleness
and meekness and kindness and long

1324
00:58:44,674 --> 00:58:45,258
suffering.

1325
00:58:45,354 --> 00:58:48,682
I see the bride of Christ in
New York City making the news for

1326
00:58:48,706 --> 00:58:49,658
other reasons.

1327
00:58:49,754 --> 00:58:53,594
Where we're showing the world
what revival looks like in a time

1328
00:58:53,682 --> 00:58:55,130
where a storm is raging.

1329
00:58:55,210 --> 00:58:57,146
We have an eternal perspective.

1330
00:58:57,258 --> 00:59:00,138
When you have an eternal
perspective, it changes everything

1331
00:59:00,194 --> 00:59:03,050
about how you operate in the
physical realm.

1332
00:59:03,130 --> 00:59:06,282
And there's many of you that
you brush your teeth, there's many

1333
00:59:06,306 --> 00:59:06,570
of you.

1334
00:59:06,610 --> 00:59:08,650
You take a shower, there's
many of you.

1335
00:59:08,690 --> 00:59:10,762
You buy new clothes, there's
many of you.

1336
00:59:10,786 --> 00:59:11,674
You eat food.

1337
00:59:11,762 --> 00:59:16,122
And if you looked at your day,
your day is a representation of almost

1338
00:59:16,226 --> 00:59:18,694
exclusively protecting the physical.

1339
00:59:18,842 --> 00:59:22,910
But if you have an eternal
existence and an eternal vision,

1340
00:59:22,990 --> 00:59:25,810
your bank account is going to
reflect eternity.

1341
00:59:26,150 --> 00:59:30,158
How you use your time and your
schedule is going to reflect eternity.

1342
00:59:30,254 --> 00:59:32,846
And when the world looks at
you, they're going to say, it doesn't

1343
00:59:32,878 --> 00:59:34,654
make sense the way they live
their life.

1344
00:59:34,742 --> 00:59:37,278
And that is going to be a
witness to them.

1345
00:59:37,414 --> 00:59:39,998
Why are you always stealing
away to pray?

1346
00:59:40,174 --> 00:59:43,406
Because when I get in that
prayer closet, I meet the one whom

1347
00:59:43,438 --> 00:59:44,570
I'm praying to.

1348
00:59:45,390 --> 00:59:48,230
Why does it seem like you keep
getting a raise, by the way?

1349
00:59:48,270 --> 00:59:53,014
I heard four stories in the
last two weeks of people who increase

1350
00:59:53,102 --> 00:59:56,934
their giving to V1 Church, and
the very next day they got a raise

1351
00:59:56,982 --> 00:59:57,970
on their job.

1352
00:59:59,070 --> 01:00:02,710
But some of you think that
he's gonna part the Red Sea and then

1353
01:00:02,750 --> 01:00:03,862
you walk through it.

1354
01:00:03,966 --> 01:00:08,422
But you gotta step up to the
Red Sea like Moses did, and you make

1355
01:00:08,446 --> 01:00:10,882
the first move, and then God
will make the next move.

1356
01:00:10,926 --> 01:00:11,226
Move.

1357
01:00:11,298 --> 01:00:15,290
You gotta operate in faith,
but you can only do that with an

1358
01:00:15,330 --> 01:00:16,826
eternal perspective.

1359
01:00:17,018 --> 01:00:20,750
I often think about the
moments before the Red Sea parted.

1360
01:00:21,330 --> 01:00:23,830
What was going through Moses mind?

1361
01:00:24,450 --> 01:00:25,242
I'll tell you.

1362
01:00:25,266 --> 01:00:28,154
He was saying, God, oh, come on.

1363
01:00:28,322 --> 01:00:28,746
I.

1364
01:00:28,818 --> 01:00:32,826
You were faithful when I was
in the courts of Pharaoh and I threw

1365
01:00:32,858 --> 01:00:33,978
down my staff and it.

1366
01:00:34,034 --> 01:00:36,042
I, you know, people think, was
he scared?

1367
01:00:36,106 --> 01:00:36,426
No.

1368
01:00:36,498 --> 01:00:39,002
I believe in the moments
before, and there's no way I can

1369
01:00:39,026 --> 01:00:42,252
prove this biblically, but I
believe in the moments before the

1370
01:00:42,276 --> 01:00:45,660
Red Sea parted, Moses was
going back and thinking about the

1371
01:00:45,700 --> 01:00:48,572
faithfulness of God and all
those different miracles.

1372
01:00:48,636 --> 01:00:52,040
And he was saying, God, you
did it then, now do it again.

1373
01:00:52,820 --> 01:00:57,388
So as we get ready to close,
we're gonna batten the hatches.

1374
01:00:57,564 --> 01:01:00,844
This is not the first time
we've been through a storm, and it

1375
01:01:00,852 --> 01:01:03,244
won't be the last time we're
going through a storm.

1376
01:01:03,372 --> 01:01:06,364
But I do believe that if you
guys will put all of these Christian

1377
01:01:06,412 --> 01:01:10,424
disciplines at the forefront
of your life and keep an eternal

1378
01:01:10,472 --> 01:01:13,128
perspective, that we're gonna
make it through.

1379
01:01:13,264 --> 01:01:14,984
And this was confirmed by a
friend of mine.

1380
01:01:15,032 --> 01:01:16,440
His name is Joseph Z.

1381
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:17,736
He's a dear friend of mine.

1382
01:01:17,768 --> 01:01:19,064
He kept saying, july.

1383
01:01:19,152 --> 01:01:20,568
I see the month of July.

1384
01:01:20,704 --> 01:01:24,392
And I just want to prophesy
over many of you that I believe if

1385
01:01:24,416 --> 01:01:28,072
you can batten down the
hatches and you can actually seal

1386
01:01:28,136 --> 01:01:31,224
up the ship of your life, that
you will make it through the storms.

1387
01:01:31,272 --> 01:01:34,634
And I believe that by July
there will be rest and there will

1388
01:01:34,642 --> 01:01:36,970
be a significant transition in
your life.

1389
01:01:37,090 --> 01:01:38,730
So write that down and mark it down.

1390
01:01:38,770 --> 01:01:40,394
How many of you are believing
for that?

1391
01:01:40,482 --> 01:01:43,882
By July, you're going to get
through the storm, and July is going

1392
01:01:43,906 --> 01:01:46,826
to represent an oasis outside
of the storm.

1393
01:01:46,938 --> 01:01:50,410
Now, everybody stand to your
feet across all locations and take

1394
01:01:50,450 --> 01:01:51,630
out communion.

1395
01:01:52,610 --> 01:01:56,470
And this communion cup, like I
said, is very special.

1396
01:01:58,540 --> 01:02:02,400
He said, as often as you do
this, do this in remembrance of me.

1397
01:02:03,740 --> 01:02:05,880
But it's more than a symbol.

1398
01:02:06,620 --> 01:02:10,596
I believe that the very
presence of Jesus through the spirit

1399
01:02:10,788 --> 01:02:14,360
inhabits this moment of communion.

1400
01:02:14,780 --> 01:02:19,540
And so you can take out your
cup and take out the wafer and just

1401
01:02:19,580 --> 01:02:20,388
get it ready.

1402
01:02:20,484 --> 01:02:23,172
And once you have it ready,
hold the wafer in one hand and the

1403
01:02:23,196 --> 01:02:24,026
cup in the other.

1404
01:02:24,148 --> 01:02:25,530
And then we're going to talk.

1405
01:02:27,270 --> 01:02:28,770
So I'll give you a moment.

1406
01:02:31,190 --> 01:02:31,662
Come on.

1407
01:02:31,686 --> 01:02:33,370
Did this message help you today?

1408
01:02:34,390 --> 01:02:35,102
Praise God.

1409
01:02:35,166 --> 01:02:36,770
So just take the communion.

1410
01:02:37,270 --> 01:02:40,158
I just wanted to give you a
message that I felt like represented

1411
01:02:40,174 --> 01:02:41,134
the heart of God.

1412
01:02:41,262 --> 01:02:45,902
To start the year, batten down
the hatches, the seven hatches that

1413
01:02:45,926 --> 01:02:48,814
you're going to close, the
seven gaps that you're going to close.

1414
01:02:48,982 --> 01:02:49,406
Okay.

1415
01:02:49,438 --> 01:02:52,308
If you have communion ready, I
want to explain something to you.

1416
01:02:52,494 --> 01:02:56,952
The apostle said that if you
take communion inappropriately, it

1417
01:02:56,976 --> 01:02:58,820
can become poison to you.

1418
01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:03,080
In other words, there is a
right way and a wrong way to take

1419
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:03,912
communion.

1420
01:03:04,056 --> 01:03:07,592
And the reason why this is
important is because if it was just

1421
01:03:07,616 --> 01:03:11,416
purely symbolic, it's very
unlikely that there would be a wrong

1422
01:03:11,448 --> 01:03:12,456
way to do it.

1423
01:03:12,608 --> 01:03:17,500
But I believe that it becomes
poison to you when you cheapen grace

1424
01:03:17,930 --> 01:03:21,538
by continually and perpetually
going back to sins.

1425
01:03:21,714 --> 01:03:25,602
Can I just tell you lovingly
as your pastor, that as you increase

1426
01:03:25,706 --> 01:03:29,650
in sanctification, as you go
longer on your journey in faith,

1427
01:03:29,730 --> 01:03:31,550
you should be sinning less?

1428
01:03:33,050 --> 01:03:36,098
I'm just telling you straight
up, you should be sinning less.

1429
01:03:36,154 --> 01:03:38,834
And by the way, I want to
prophesy this over you.

1430
01:03:39,002 --> 01:03:42,418
This is the year you stop
blaming everything on the Devil.

1431
01:03:42,594 --> 01:03:45,240
You've already gotten
deliverance seven times.

1432
01:03:45,410 --> 01:03:48,524
You've already vomited in
every barf bag.

1433
01:03:48,652 --> 01:03:50,988
You've already done John
Eckhart's books.

1434
01:03:51,084 --> 01:03:52,588
You've already done my book.

1435
01:03:52,644 --> 01:03:53,800
You've already done.

1436
01:03:54,180 --> 01:03:55,964
Stop blaming it on the devil.

1437
01:03:56,012 --> 01:03:59,020
This year, this is the year
you come into maturity.

1438
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:02,348
And this is the year you say,
I'm gonna go through a process called

1439
01:04:02,404 --> 01:04:03,600
sanctification.

1440
01:04:04,020 --> 01:04:06,604
Now, if you need deliverance,
we're gonna do deliverance.

1441
01:04:06,732 --> 01:04:08,252
But deliverance is easy.

1442
01:04:08,316 --> 01:04:10,200
Taking up your cross is hard.

1443
01:04:10,500 --> 01:04:12,892
People are like, oh, these
demons, you don't know they're so

1444
01:04:12,916 --> 01:04:13,324
powerful.

1445
01:04:13,372 --> 01:04:14,022
No, they're not.

1446
01:04:14,076 --> 01:04:14,530
What?

1447
01:04:14,650 --> 01:04:16,114
You've empowered them.

1448
01:04:16,202 --> 01:04:18,674
You're giving them more power
than they really have.

1449
01:04:18,762 --> 01:04:20,658
Deliverance is not that hard.

1450
01:04:20,794 --> 01:04:23,778
Crucifying your flesh is where
you're going to see what you're really

1451
01:04:23,834 --> 01:04:24,830
made out of.

1452
01:04:25,930 --> 01:04:30,866
And so my reason in saying
that to you is that this is the year

1453
01:04:31,018 --> 01:04:35,090
that you go on this journey of
saying, God, I don't want to go back

1454
01:04:35,130 --> 01:04:36,470
to this vomit.

1455
01:04:36,890 --> 01:04:39,090
I don't want to go back to
this sin.

1456
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:46,542
But can I go even deeper,
Lord, show me why I keep going back

1457
01:04:46,566 --> 01:04:49,530
to that false comfort instead
of you.

1458
01:04:50,070 --> 01:04:54,510
Show me why I'm still
stimulated by this thing.

1459
01:04:54,630 --> 01:04:57,054
Tell me, show me, what's the
root, God?

1460
01:04:57,182 --> 01:04:58,610
Oh, it's trauma.

1461
01:04:59,990 --> 01:05:02,250
Oh, it's trauma from my past.

1462
01:05:03,110 --> 01:05:06,370
This is the year that you're
going to deal with your childhood.

1463
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:10,232
This is a deal.

1464
01:05:10,416 --> 01:05:14,136
This year we're going there
while this storm is raging.

1465
01:05:14,248 --> 01:05:17,944
We're going to batten down the
hatches and down below in the lowest

1466
01:05:17,992 --> 01:05:19,016
levels of that ship.

1467
01:05:19,048 --> 01:05:22,200
We're going to deal with some
things that haven't been dealt with.

1468
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:23,976
Oh, I feel a grace on that.

1469
01:05:24,048 --> 01:05:25,752
I feel grace on that.

1470
01:05:25,936 --> 01:05:28,152
And you will be free this year.

1471
01:05:28,336 --> 01:05:31,992
Some of you are going to sign
up for Christian counseling, and

1472
01:05:32,016 --> 01:05:34,522
you're going to see a
Christian therapist, and you're going

1473
01:05:34,546 --> 01:05:37,786
to deal with patterns of
thinking because the demons are gone,

1474
01:05:37,818 --> 01:05:39,710
but you're going to dismantle
the nest.

1475
01:05:40,930 --> 01:05:43,802
Some of you are going to go to
the gym this year and you're going

1476
01:05:43,826 --> 01:05:46,138
to start working out because
you believe the lie that your back

1477
01:05:46,194 --> 01:05:47,130
can never be healed.

1478
01:05:47,210 --> 01:05:51,230
But the doctor said
degenerate, and the Lord says, regenerate.

1479
01:05:52,290 --> 01:05:55,434
And that trauma in your body
from the sexual abuse, you're going

1480
01:05:55,442 --> 01:05:58,058
to get into the gym and you're
going to start rebuilding the temple

1481
01:05:58,074 --> 01:05:59,050
of the Holy Ghost.

1482
01:05:59,130 --> 01:06:01,246
Because in it's not your body,
it's his body.

1483
01:06:01,318 --> 01:06:03,570
And it's time to rebuild the temple.

1484
01:06:04,390 --> 01:06:07,022
Feel the anointing on that for somebody.

1485
01:06:07,166 --> 01:06:08,862
Come on, we're about to take communion.

1486
01:06:08,926 --> 01:06:12,270
But I'm not going to let this
communion become poison to you because

1487
01:06:12,310 --> 01:06:14,814
you go through the motions and
you go yada, yada.

1488
01:06:14,862 --> 01:06:16,270
Let me go eat a burrito.

1489
01:06:16,350 --> 01:06:17,690
No, we need this.

1490
01:06:18,390 --> 01:06:19,342
So don't.

1491
01:06:19,486 --> 01:06:21,998
Some of you are going to fast
this year, and you're going to learn

1492
01:06:22,014 --> 01:06:25,022
how to starve the flesh and
feed the spirit, and you're going

1493
01:06:25,046 --> 01:06:26,336
to learn how to push the play.

1494
01:06:26,408 --> 01:06:28,512
Oh, Pastor Mike, I can't go
more than one day.

1495
01:06:28,536 --> 01:06:30,336
No, no, trust me, you can.

1496
01:06:30,488 --> 01:06:31,648
It's called Pastor Mike.

1497
01:06:31,664 --> 01:06:32,496
No, no, I'm medicated.

1498
01:06:32,528 --> 01:06:35,200
Well, then talk to your doctor
about how you can pull it off this

1499
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:35,824
year.

1500
01:06:35,992 --> 01:06:38,640
Matter of fact, there's many
stories of people fasting and not

1501
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:40,620
needing their medication when
it's Over.

1502
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:44,976
This is the year, and I want
to take you on this journey, if you'll

1503
01:06:45,008 --> 01:06:46,300
stop fighting me.

1504
01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:49,340
Let's fight the devil
together, not each other.

1505
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:52,490
I almost wore my captain hat today.

1506
01:06:52,530 --> 01:07:02,026
Jules, was that gonna be
weird, batting down the hatches?

1507
01:07:02,218 --> 01:07:04,390
Who wants to go on this
journey with me?

1508
01:07:05,250 --> 01:07:06,442
I'm gonna say one more thing.

1509
01:07:06,466 --> 01:07:08,746
Then we're gonna pray, then
we're gonna take communion, and then

1510
01:07:08,818 --> 01:07:11,590
we've only got two hours of
service left after that.

1511
01:07:14,770 --> 01:07:18,190
This is the year that you are consistent.

1512
01:07:19,150 --> 01:07:21,690
Stop missing church.

1513
01:07:22,590 --> 01:07:24,570
Stop making excuses.

1514
01:07:25,310 --> 01:07:26,166
Stop lie.

1515
01:07:26,198 --> 01:07:26,454
You're.

1516
01:07:26,502 --> 01:07:29,670
You're deceiving yourself, and
you're violating your own conscience.

1517
01:07:29,750 --> 01:07:31,526
Oh, Pastor Mike, you just care
about numbers.

1518
01:07:31,558 --> 01:07:32,998
No, homie, this is not a gym.

1519
01:07:33,094 --> 01:07:35,142
You don't scan your barcode on
the way.

1520
01:07:35,246 --> 01:07:37,094
I'm not talking about this for me.

1521
01:07:37,182 --> 01:07:39,670
Me and Julie never thought we
were gonna have a church bigger than

1522
01:07:39,710 --> 01:07:40,598
150 people.

1523
01:07:40,654 --> 01:07:41,570
Am I right?

1524
01:07:41,870 --> 01:07:42,582
So we don't.

1525
01:07:42,646 --> 01:07:47,172
We don't care at all in terms
of trying to make ourselves feel

1526
01:07:47,196 --> 01:07:47,380
good.

1527
01:07:47,420 --> 01:07:47,668
We.

1528
01:07:47,724 --> 01:07:47,940
You.

1529
01:07:47,980 --> 01:07:50,772
You would move to Tulsa if you
want to have a big church, not New

1530
01:07:50,796 --> 01:07:51,732
York City.

1531
01:07:51,916 --> 01:07:52,964
Am I right?

1532
01:07:53,132 --> 01:07:56,612
So this stupid fake narrative
out there, it's like, go on with

1533
01:07:56,636 --> 01:08:01,028
yourself, lion, devil, and all
your demonic propaganda.

1534
01:08:01,204 --> 01:08:06,000
But I will say, for your sake,
you need to go to church every week,

1535
01:08:07,340 --> 01:08:08,836
because they don't preach this anymore.

1536
01:08:08,868 --> 01:08:13,290
Jules, we used to go to church
three times a day.

1537
01:08:15,670 --> 01:08:19,490
Yeah, Sunday morning, Sunday
night, Wednesday and Friday was yours.

1538
01:08:20,070 --> 01:08:22,370
Yeah, they were extra holy at
her church.

1539
01:08:23,590 --> 01:08:25,130
But here's my point.

1540
01:08:25,430 --> 01:08:29,182
We don't have midweek service,
but we do have a service once a week,

1541
01:08:29,206 --> 01:08:30,890
and I want to see you every week.

1542
01:08:31,190 --> 01:08:33,998
And that's not because I'm
trying to make myself feel better,

1543
01:08:34,054 --> 01:08:34,670
because I don't.

1544
01:08:34,750 --> 01:08:36,096
I don't need that for my ego.

1545
01:08:36,198 --> 01:08:39,660
But I do believe that Jesus,
through the Holy Spirit in you, is

1546
01:08:39,700 --> 01:08:41,292
gonna bear someone else's burden.

1547
01:08:41,356 --> 01:08:43,996
We need each other, and I feel
like, how would your life be different

1548
01:08:44,068 --> 01:08:45,080
if you did?

1549
01:08:46,260 --> 01:08:48,812
So I want us to take this
moment now that I said all that,

1550
01:08:48,836 --> 01:08:49,900
and I said it in love.

1551
01:08:49,940 --> 01:08:51,080
Did you feel the love?

1552
01:08:51,860 --> 01:08:53,160
Let's pray together.

1553
01:08:53,460 --> 01:08:57,020
And I'm gonna leave a little
bit of room right now to where you

1554
01:08:57,060 --> 01:09:02,000
all can pray across every location.

1555
01:09:02,490 --> 01:09:05,506
Lord, forgive me, Lord.

1556
01:09:05,538 --> 01:09:07,762
Wash me with your blood, Lord.

1557
01:09:07,826 --> 01:09:09,070
Sanctify me.

1558
01:09:12,650 --> 01:09:13,954
Psalm, chapter 18.

1559
01:09:14,042 --> 01:09:16,306
I love you, O Lord, my strength.

1560
01:09:16,498 --> 01:09:20,722
The Lord is my rock and my
fortress and my deliverer, my God,

1561
01:09:20,786 --> 01:09:25,442
my rock, in whom I take
refuge, my shield and the horn of

1562
01:09:25,466 --> 01:09:27,665
my salvation and my stronghold.

1563
01:09:27,777 --> 01:09:31,297
I will call upon the Lord who
is worthy to be praised and I am

1564
01:09:31,353 --> 01:09:32,705
saved from my enemies.

1565
01:09:32,817 --> 01:09:35,313
The cords of death encompass me.

1566
01:09:35,401 --> 01:09:39,761
The torrents of destruction
assailed me the cords of Sheol entangled

1567
01:09:39,825 --> 01:09:44,337
me the snares of death
confronted me in my distress I called

1568
01:09:44,393 --> 01:09:49,329
upon the Lord so my God, I
cried for help from his temple he

1569
01:09:49,369 --> 01:09:54,364
heard my voice and my cry to
him reached his ears Then the earth

1570
01:09:54,412 --> 01:09:58,124
reeled and rocked the
foundations also of the mountains

1571
01:09:58,172 --> 01:10:02,588
trembled and quaked because he
was angry Smoke went up from his

1572
01:10:02,644 --> 01:10:07,372
nostrils and devouring fire
from his mouth glowing coals flame

1573
01:10:07,436 --> 01:10:12,252
forth from him he bowed the
heavens and came down Come on.

1574
01:10:12,276 --> 01:10:13,760
How many of you are thankful?

1575
01:10:14,180 --> 01:10:19,494
I called to the Lord he
answered and he responded Jesus,

1576
01:10:19,542 --> 01:10:21,318
wash us with your blood.

1577
01:10:21,494 --> 01:10:24,278
Jesus, forgive us of all of
our sins.

1578
01:10:24,454 --> 01:10:31,014
Jesus, blot out our iniquities
Remove even the stain, even the stench

1579
01:10:31,062 --> 01:10:32,326
of sin from our lives.

1580
01:10:32,398 --> 01:10:37,062
God, renew a right spirit
within us Renew our mind.

1581
01:10:37,246 --> 01:10:37,798
Come on.

1582
01:10:37,854 --> 01:10:39,370
Everybody said amen.