1 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:13,460 It says in Matthew, chapter 6, verse 34, say amen if you found it. 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,112 Now, we don't have enough time to read the entire chapter six. 3 00:00:17,216 --> 00:00:20,520 And for the sake of our service time, we're gonna. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,712 I believe that verse 34 is a perfect summary of the sermon that 5 00:00:24,736 --> 00:00:26,552 he was preaching in this chapter. 6 00:00:26,696 --> 00:00:29,608 It sort of encapsulates all of what I believe he. 7 00:00:29,744 --> 00:00:32,692 The essence of what Jesus was trying to communicate communicate 8 00:00:32,836 --> 00:00:34,628 in this portion of the Bible. 9 00:00:34,724 --> 00:00:38,004 And so it says, therefore, do not be anxious. 10 00:00:38,132 --> 00:00:40,964 And if you're inclined to write in your Bible, just underline 11 00:00:41,012 --> 00:00:42,260 the word anxious. 12 00:00:42,420 --> 00:00:46,916 Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will 13 00:00:46,988 --> 00:00:48,840 be anxious for itself. 14 00:00:49,180 --> 00:00:53,160 Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 15 00:00:53,580 --> 00:00:56,756 So the word that we're looking at is the word anxious. 16 00:00:56,868 --> 00:00:57,652 Okay? 17 00:00:57,796 --> 00:01:01,940 The only moment that you're guaranteed is this moment right now. 18 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:06,864 And so we have to learn how to live fully today, in today. 19 00:01:06,952 --> 00:01:12,256 And that's not just wisdom, that is worship to live in the right 20 00:01:12,328 --> 00:01:12,848 now. 21 00:01:12,984 --> 00:01:15,088 And this word anxious. 22 00:01:15,264 --> 00:01:18,560 Right now, we are dealing with very high levels of anxiety. 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,144 We've got Donald Trump's inauguration tomorrow. 24 00:01:22,272 --> 00:01:26,048 We've got these impending storms that happen. 25 00:01:26,184 --> 00:01:29,968 We have some news about wars and rumors of wars. 26 00:01:30,064 --> 00:01:32,220 We've got the reports about this. 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,112 First we had a pandemic. 28 00:01:34,176 --> 00:01:35,380 Now we have a quad. 29 00:01:36,740 --> 00:01:39,772 Like they're saying that there's four different viruses that 30 00:01:39,796 --> 00:01:41,980 have potential for this next thing. 31 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:45,148 And I'm like, lord Maranatha, come quickly. 32 00:01:45,324 --> 00:01:46,460 You know what I'm saying? 33 00:01:46,580 --> 00:01:51,004 And so I think that what is going to make our church so unique 34 00:01:51,052 --> 00:01:56,492 in this era is that in a world that fears the future, we are going 35 00:01:56,516 --> 00:02:02,536 to learn how to embrace today, and we are going to actually calibrate 36 00:02:02,568 --> 00:02:03,460 our concern. 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,780 So for the note takers, that's the phrase, calibrate concern. 38 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,552 And we're gonna talk about what that means. 39 00:02:10,736 --> 00:02:15,912 So anxiety is living in a future that hasn't happened yet. 40 00:02:16,016 --> 00:02:19,660 But peace is worshiping God in the present moment. 41 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,600 And now we gotta talk about the Greek language, because most 42 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,592 of the New Testament was written in Greek. 43 00:02:27,736 --> 00:02:31,746 So now let's look at another scripture that uses the exact same 44 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:35,170 word, that for anxiety, this Greek word. 45 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:37,650 And let's look at it in another scripture. 46 00:02:37,730 --> 00:02:39,570 Cause it's gonna help unlock the meaning. 47 00:02:39,650 --> 00:02:40,194 So hold. 48 00:02:40,282 --> 00:02:41,602 Hold where you're at now. 49 00:02:41,706 --> 00:02:45,042 And as you hold there, let's go to Philippians chapter 2, verse 50 00:02:45,106 --> 00:02:45,710 20. 51 00:02:46,090 --> 00:02:48,430 Philippians chapter 2, verse 20. 52 00:02:49,130 --> 00:02:51,790 Philippians chapter 2, verse 20. 53 00:02:53,050 --> 00:02:55,390 And then say amen when you found it. 54 00:02:56,250 --> 00:02:57,910 You know, I'm getting angry. 55 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:03,188 I am a professional preacher, and I don't know how you're finding 56 00:03:03,204 --> 00:03:04,948 these scriptures faster than me. 57 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:06,788 I'm a little competitive. 58 00:03:06,964 --> 00:03:10,468 So when I'm saying, say amen if you found it, I'm competing with 59 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:11,120 you. 60 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,740 And when you all keep saying Amen, I'm like, you listened to me 61 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,660 last service, and I seen. 62 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,468 This is what I seen Pastor Jocelyn do. 63 00:03:18,524 --> 00:03:19,400 Mm. 64 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:23,540 If you got one of these, I know what you did. 65 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:25,600 Don't be saying amen like you know. 66 00:03:28,150 --> 00:03:31,690 Okay, so Philippians, chapter 2, verse 20. 67 00:03:32,150 --> 00:03:34,890 And it says this so good. 68 00:03:35,190 --> 00:03:38,814 Now, basically, Timothy and. 69 00:03:38,982 --> 00:03:39,982 Well, let me back up. 70 00:03:40,006 --> 00:03:43,422 I didn't do this in the other services, but it says, I hope in 71 00:03:43,446 --> 00:03:47,742 the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I, too, may be 72 00:03:47,766 --> 00:03:52,686 cheered by news of you, for I have no one like him who will be 73 00:03:52,758 --> 00:03:55,380 genuinely concerned for your welfare. 74 00:03:55,510 --> 00:03:57,140 So underline the word concern. 75 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,740 This is mind blowing, what I'm about to tell you. 76 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:07,140 The word anxious in the first scripture we read and the word concern 77 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,080 in a completely different New Testament book of the Bible is the 78 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,696 same Greek word. 79 00:04:12,888 --> 00:04:14,616 It's identical. 80 00:04:14,808 --> 00:04:18,360 The only difference is the interpretation of the word based 81 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,660 on the context. 82 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,870 So let me help you. 83 00:04:26,090 --> 00:04:30,082 Concern needs to be calibrated because it's on a spectrum. 84 00:04:30,226 --> 00:04:32,114 Concern is on a spectrum. 85 00:04:32,242 --> 00:04:35,670 If you're overly concerned, that's called anxiety. 86 00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:39,250 If you're under concerned, that's called apathy. 87 00:04:39,410 --> 00:04:41,890 And both of them are destructive. 88 00:04:42,050 --> 00:04:43,666 So let me explain. 89 00:04:43,858 --> 00:04:44,658 There have been. 90 00:04:44,714 --> 00:04:48,050 Okay, I'm gonna be very transparent. 91 00:04:48,210 --> 00:04:51,330 Have you ever been on a diet for a long time and you just get 92 00:04:51,370 --> 00:04:53,254 sick and tired of being on that diet and you're. 93 00:04:53,362 --> 00:04:54,814 I truly don't care. 94 00:04:54,902 --> 00:04:59,070 And I'm willing to gain five pounds because it's Mickey D's time 95 00:04:59,110 --> 00:05:00,010 right now. 96 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:06,958 And, you know, once you have six cheat meals in a row, that's 97 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:07,970 a new diet. 98 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:10,894 But you get to, like. 99 00:05:11,062 --> 00:05:14,430 It's like almost this apathy where you're like, I don't care. 100 00:05:14,550 --> 00:05:17,470 And that apathy will cause you to make the wrong decision. 101 00:05:17,590 --> 00:05:18,158 Right? 102 00:05:18,294 --> 00:05:21,966 And then on the other end of the spectrum, being overly concerned 103 00:05:21,998 --> 00:05:22,878 is anxiety. 104 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:27,082 And there is such thing as medical anxiety where people are, 105 00:05:27,106 --> 00:05:29,754 like, constantly worried about something that could happen that 106 00:05:29,842 --> 00:05:33,578 truly hasn't happened, or even in their body, it can produce body 107 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:38,330 dysmorphia, which is also incredibly destructive. 108 00:05:38,410 --> 00:05:39,590 Are y'all with me? 109 00:05:39,970 --> 00:05:41,030 So watch. 110 00:05:41,330 --> 00:05:44,554 Anxiety is destructive, but so is apathy. 111 00:05:44,682 --> 00:05:47,110 Now, if I were to go a little bit deeper on this. 112 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:52,170 Somebody can smoke weed, somebody can smoke cigarettes, vape. 113 00:05:52,250 --> 00:05:55,306 Somebody can drink too much alcohol and get drunk, and they're 114 00:05:55,338 --> 00:05:57,214 Doing that because of apathy. 115 00:05:57,322 --> 00:05:59,622 They're basically saying, I don't care what happens to me. 116 00:05:59,646 --> 00:06:00,822 I'm just gonna live my life. 117 00:06:00,926 --> 00:06:02,070 I really don't care. 118 00:06:02,190 --> 00:06:05,286 But then there could be somebody else who gets high and gets 119 00:06:05,318 --> 00:06:07,270 drunk because of their anxiety. 120 00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:09,286 And they're using it to medicate. 121 00:06:09,398 --> 00:06:13,490 So sometimes even the outcome is the same, but the root is different. 122 00:06:14,990 --> 00:06:16,902 So you gotta deal with the root. 123 00:06:16,966 --> 00:06:20,310 Like when you're an effective minister, you gotta look, say, okay, 124 00:06:20,390 --> 00:06:22,278 the fruit of it is vaping. 125 00:06:22,374 --> 00:06:25,046 But one person's vaping because they're apathetic. 126 00:06:25,078 --> 00:06:27,930 And the other person's vaping because they have anxiety. 127 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,616 And so, like, when we look at this word, the reason why I wanted 128 00:06:32,648 --> 00:06:36,072 to break this down for our church is because it says, therefore, 129 00:06:36,136 --> 00:06:38,460 do not be anxious for tomorrow. 130 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,500 Now, I'm married to a beautiful woman named Julie. 131 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,340 And there's this phenomenon that happens in the Signorelli house. 132 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,328 When my wife is traveling and she's not home. 133 00:06:52,464 --> 00:06:54,300 I don't lose anything. 134 00:06:54,690 --> 00:06:56,394 I know where everything's at. 135 00:06:56,482 --> 00:06:59,610 And when I put it down in a place, when I come back, it's in 136 00:06:59,650 --> 00:07:00,990 that same spot. 137 00:07:01,490 --> 00:07:05,466 Then when Julie comes home from her trip, things just start 138 00:07:05,538 --> 00:07:06,362 disappearing. 139 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:09,630 I go back to the same spot I put it and it's gone. 140 00:07:10,050 --> 00:07:14,282 And so I don't, you know, she claims she's not doing it. 141 00:07:14,386 --> 00:07:16,938 I don't think the devil has access to my house. 142 00:07:16,994 --> 00:07:19,066 I don't think it's a malevolent entity. 143 00:07:19,178 --> 00:07:20,650 And somebody's doing it. 144 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:21,734 It's not me. 145 00:07:21,922 --> 00:07:25,214 So this morning I wanted to brush my teeth before I preach to 146 00:07:25,222 --> 00:07:25,770 you. 147 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:29,422 And so I go to reach for my toothbrush, and I'm like, my toothbrush 148 00:07:29,486 --> 00:07:29,966 gone. 149 00:07:30,078 --> 00:07:33,870 And over almost 20 years of marriage, I said, I know who it is. 150 00:07:33,910 --> 00:07:34,910 It's not the devil. 151 00:07:34,990 --> 00:07:36,210 It's Julie. 152 00:07:37,510 --> 00:07:40,014 And I said, julie, where's my toothbrush? 153 00:07:40,062 --> 00:07:41,838 I don't know where your toothbrush is. 154 00:07:41,974 --> 00:07:44,830 And I'm like, well, I didn't move my toothbrush. 155 00:07:44,990 --> 00:07:49,450 And then we start this 20 year argument up that we've been having. 156 00:07:49,910 --> 00:07:52,094 And all of a sudden, you know, she's like. 157 00:07:52,182 --> 00:07:54,586 And I'm like, julie, I didn't move my toothbrush. 158 00:07:54,618 --> 00:07:57,098 I put it in the same spot you were probably cleaning. 159 00:07:57,114 --> 00:07:58,474 And you moved it where? 160 00:07:58,562 --> 00:07:59,578 I don't know where your toothbrush. 161 00:07:59,594 --> 00:08:00,426 I'm gonna help you. 162 00:08:00,498 --> 00:08:01,146 And we. 163 00:08:01,218 --> 00:08:02,442 And I'm like, it had to be you. 164 00:08:02,466 --> 00:08:03,066 Now we're arguing. 165 00:08:03,098 --> 00:08:05,110 I'm like, I gotta minister to God's people. 166 00:08:06,450 --> 00:08:09,070 And then I said the famous words. 167 00:08:10,450 --> 00:08:11,950 Yeah, last words. 168 00:08:13,970 --> 00:08:15,910 Another wife is Helping me. 169 00:08:16,210 --> 00:08:19,110 I said, julie, calm down. 170 00:08:20,420 --> 00:08:21,560 It didn't work. 171 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:23,948 I don't know why. 172 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:25,100 It's never worked. 173 00:08:25,180 --> 00:08:26,572 And so I said, julie, calm down. 174 00:08:26,596 --> 00:08:28,360 She was like, what do you mean, calm down? 175 00:08:28,820 --> 00:08:29,980 And we were just. 176 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:31,404 It was a whole thing. 177 00:08:31,572 --> 00:08:35,740 And I think a lot of times when we read this verse, it's like 178 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:39,340 we think Jesus is telling us, like, we're having a panic attack. 179 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:43,468 And Jesus is like, my daughter, do not have anxiety for 180 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:44,348 tomorrow. 181 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,044 You're like, what do you mean, Jesus? 182 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,628 Why are you telling me to calm down? 183 00:08:47,684 --> 00:08:49,204 You're making me more angry. 184 00:08:49,372 --> 00:08:54,276 But when you look at the Greek meaning of the word anxious, it actually 185 00:08:54,348 --> 00:08:55,604 means two different things. 186 00:08:55,692 --> 00:08:57,028 So let's break this down. 187 00:08:57,164 --> 00:09:01,460 The first thing it means, the root word in the Greek means to be 188 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,040 drawn in many different directions. 189 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:07,560 To be drawn in many different directions. 190 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:13,668 So what could have been meant by this phrase is do not be drawn 191 00:09:13,764 --> 00:09:15,720 in many different directions. 192 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:18,840 How many of you know that produces anxiety? 193 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:22,724 Like, when I'm running all over my house looking for my toothbrush, 194 00:09:22,772 --> 00:09:24,020 I'm like, it should be right there. 195 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:25,860 But I'm like, maybe it's here, maybe it's there. 196 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:27,428 Where did the toothbrush go? 197 00:09:27,564 --> 00:09:32,820 And so a lot of times in life, what produces anxiety is the accumulation 198 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:34,964 of all the decisions we have to make. 199 00:09:35,132 --> 00:09:37,060 And one of the things that we struggle with. 200 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:39,880 Have you ever heard the phrase multipotentiality? 201 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:44,132 Sometimes what that means is because you're capable of doing multiple 202 00:09:44,196 --> 00:09:48,350 things, you feel anxiety about being able to do all of them, not 203 00:09:48,390 --> 00:09:50,330 knowing which one's the right one to do. 204 00:09:50,710 --> 00:09:54,290 And, oh, did you hear the groan over the congregation? 205 00:09:55,190 --> 00:09:55,854 It's like. 206 00:09:55,942 --> 00:09:59,822 And so sometimes it could be a burden to have many different talents. 207 00:09:59,886 --> 00:10:02,766 Because when people say, well, you know, when you ask somebody, 208 00:10:02,798 --> 00:10:04,174 well, what do you wanna do with your life? 209 00:10:04,262 --> 00:10:04,798 I don't know. 210 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:06,702 There's many things that I can do. 211 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:11,390 And so it's almost like the root word of the Greek in this context 212 00:10:11,470 --> 00:10:15,982 could be saying, hey, don't go in so many different directions that 213 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:20,106 it caus to go too far into anxiety about tomorrow. 214 00:10:20,138 --> 00:10:21,130 But here's the other. 215 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:27,034 The full word in Greek actually means concern, but it's 216 00:10:27,082 --> 00:10:29,034 an obsessive concern. 217 00:10:29,202 --> 00:10:32,458 It's don't obsess over tomorrow. 218 00:10:32,554 --> 00:10:36,090 And the reason why I have to say this is because the other way 219 00:10:36,130 --> 00:10:41,230 people hear this verse is if Christians are just quoting Bob Marley. 220 00:10:41,570 --> 00:10:45,018 So in other words, like, hey, how do you feel about all this stuff 221 00:10:45,034 --> 00:10:46,074 that's going on in the world? 222 00:10:46,162 --> 00:10:51,944 Coo, coo, coo, choo, dude, you know, life is Life, you know, don't 223 00:10:51,992 --> 00:10:59,060 you worry about a thing does every little thing gonna be all right 224 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:06,376 I rise up this morning you didn't think I knew, did it so. 225 00:11:06,528 --> 00:11:08,600 But that's apathy. 226 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,104 That's being like, I don't care. 227 00:11:10,192 --> 00:11:12,216 That's not what the verse is saying. 228 00:11:12,368 --> 00:11:17,112 The verse is saying, be concerned, but don't have obsessive 229 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:17,780 concern. 230 00:11:18,270 --> 00:11:20,650 Okay, can I go a little bit deeper? 231 00:11:21,070 --> 00:11:25,622 Be concerned about your children, but obsessive concern will 232 00:11:25,646 --> 00:11:29,610 turn into control, and control is witchcraft. 233 00:11:31,150 --> 00:11:35,190 So be concerned about your children, but if you become obsessively 234 00:11:35,270 --> 00:11:39,130 concerned, you will control them, and your control will be witchcraft. 235 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:44,550 Be concerned about your husband, but don't be obsessively 236 00:11:44,630 --> 00:11:47,910 concerned, because then you'll turn into his mom instead of being 237 00:11:47,950 --> 00:11:48,730 his wife. 238 00:11:49,780 --> 00:11:50,252 Come on. 239 00:11:50,276 --> 00:11:51,916 Ain't nobody amen in this service. 240 00:11:51,988 --> 00:11:52,524 They almost. 241 00:11:52,612 --> 00:11:55,212 Y'all must need an altar call after this. 242 00:11:55,396 --> 00:11:57,324 Y'all must be like, just let me repent. 243 00:11:57,372 --> 00:11:58,476 You're reading my whole mail. 244 00:11:58,508 --> 00:12:00,524 The newspaper, the magazine, my phone. 245 00:12:00,572 --> 00:12:03,372 He's reading everything, Right? 246 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:06,732 Wives that are overly concerned with their husband end 247 00:12:06,756 --> 00:12:08,320 up becoming moms. 248 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:11,720 Right? 249 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:13,020 Right. 250 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:16,172 You want him to sit down and watch a sermon, but you can't sit 251 00:12:16,196 --> 00:12:17,800 down and watch a football game. 252 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,180 That's the problem. 253 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,512 Come on. 254 00:12:23,536 --> 00:12:26,340 Somebody just signed up for NFL.com over here. 255 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,240 Because it's like, I don't think anybody wakes up and says, 256 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,980 I'm going to become a witch today. 257 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:40,104 But they begin the process of witchcraft because the root is overly 258 00:12:40,152 --> 00:12:41,020 concerned. 259 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,376 Let me just tell you this. 260 00:12:42,448 --> 00:12:46,492 Be concerned about your pastors, but if you're overly concerned 261 00:12:46,556 --> 00:12:50,800 and obsessive, you might end up wanting to control your pastors. 262 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:55,164 And that's how you can be a witch from your seat, because it's 263 00:12:55,212 --> 00:12:55,800 control. 264 00:12:56,260 --> 00:12:59,708 See, it's like, we spend more time critiquing than we do praying. 265 00:12:59,804 --> 00:13:01,884 And that's why we're a control freak. 266 00:13:02,012 --> 00:13:03,532 And so it's like, bring. 267 00:13:03,636 --> 00:13:05,612 Matter of fact, I keep thinking about that scripture that 268 00:13:05,636 --> 00:13:09,244 says, bring your prayers and your supplications before the Lord. 269 00:13:09,372 --> 00:13:11,852 It's like, do you have a complaint department or do you have 270 00:13:11,876 --> 00:13:13,040 a prayer closet? 271 00:13:15,150 --> 00:13:18,198 See, you see it like, you know what I mean? 272 00:13:18,334 --> 00:13:19,158 Okay, I'll be. 273 00:13:19,214 --> 00:13:20,630 Lord, please, Jesus, help me. 274 00:13:20,670 --> 00:13:22,438 I want to be compassionate to these people. 275 00:13:22,494 --> 00:13:23,366 Jesus. 276 00:13:23,558 --> 00:13:27,398 I don't know why, but when I only got the Jesus that flips tables, 277 00:13:27,414 --> 00:13:29,450 I didn't get the one who gives hugs. 278 00:13:29,950 --> 00:13:31,250 I don't know why. 279 00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:35,650 Lord Jesus, teach me how to hug people with love today. 280 00:13:36,030 --> 00:13:37,510 But I'm preaching to myself. 281 00:13:37,590 --> 00:13:38,464 You understand? 282 00:13:38,662 --> 00:13:40,860 I'm preaching to myself, okay? 283 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:42,396 Because the word is concern. 284 00:13:42,468 --> 00:13:44,760 And you gotta calibrate your concern. 285 00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:48,280 Matter of fact, I don't know why I feel led to say this. 286 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:52,320 The more you control, the less you trust. 287 00:13:54,260 --> 00:13:58,560 So if you don't give up control, you can't have trust. 288 00:13:59,060 --> 00:14:00,092 And my thing is. 289 00:14:00,116 --> 00:14:02,620 Cause people all the time are like, pastor Mike, how do you have 290 00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:03,916 seven locations of this church? 291 00:14:03,948 --> 00:14:05,196 How do you have all the eldership? 292 00:14:05,228 --> 00:14:06,540 How do you have the worship teams? 293 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:08,940 And they're like, man, you really trust people. 294 00:14:08,980 --> 00:14:12,420 And I said, no, no, I TR the Holy Spirit in them. 295 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,488 It's not that I trust people. 296 00:14:14,544 --> 00:14:16,456 It's I trust the Holy Spirit in them. 297 00:14:16,528 --> 00:14:19,740 It's his job to convict, not my job to condemn. 298 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,152 So what if the Holy Spirit says to them what I would wanna say? 299 00:14:24,256 --> 00:14:27,240 What if God fights my battles, right? 300 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,880 And so it's like, there's something about you have to give 301 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,384 up to go up, and some of you gotta make an exchange. 302 00:14:33,512 --> 00:14:37,128 Like, I'm gonna decrease my control so I can increase my trust. 303 00:14:37,224 --> 00:14:39,950 But it's not necessarily that you're trusting man. 304 00:14:39,990 --> 00:14:43,358 It's that you're trusting the Holy Spirit inside of them. 305 00:14:43,414 --> 00:14:46,190 And if he's not inside of them, you're trusting that God is 306 00:14:46,230 --> 00:14:47,582 going to be the Vindicator. 307 00:14:47,726 --> 00:14:49,358 Does that help anybody? 308 00:14:49,534 --> 00:14:52,894 Okay, so then I want to take you to the Old Testament now. 309 00:14:53,062 --> 00:14:57,370 Because I'm trying to disciple you into a whole Bible approach. 310 00:14:57,830 --> 00:14:59,070 Because we've got to look at. 311 00:14:59,110 --> 00:15:02,974 The Bible is a collection of books, 66 books. 312 00:15:03,022 --> 00:15:04,110 It's a collection. 313 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:08,984 So let's go down to Exodus, chapter 16, verse 4. 314 00:15:09,072 --> 00:15:09,928 Okay, here we go. 315 00:15:09,984 --> 00:15:11,460 Say amen when you found it. 316 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,580 Exodus, chapter 16, verse four. 317 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,584 Exodus, chapter 16, verse 4. 318 00:15:30,672 --> 00:15:35,232 It says, Then Lord said to Moses, behold, I am about to rain 319 00:15:35,296 --> 00:15:37,088 bread from heaven for you. 320 00:15:37,224 --> 00:15:41,584 And the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every 321 00:15:41,672 --> 00:15:43,840 day that I may test them. 322 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,392 Okay, now, if you're prone to write in your Bible and I give you 323 00:15:47,416 --> 00:15:49,540 permission, I think it's okay to write in your Bible. 324 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,032 I want you to underline this part. 325 00:15:52,136 --> 00:15:56,544 That I may test them whether they will walk in my law or not. 326 00:15:56,712 --> 00:16:00,620 That I may test them that they will walk in my law or not. 327 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:05,836 I waited the whole sermon for this moment because this ministered 328 00:16:05,868 --> 00:16:06,876 to me so deeply. 329 00:16:06,908 --> 00:16:10,476 And I hope it ministers to you, God. 330 00:16:10,588 --> 00:16:14,156 So the children of Israel are walking through the wilderness. 331 00:16:14,268 --> 00:16:18,028 And they don't have the ability to plant seeds and to wait 332 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:21,180 for them to come up and to hunt and to build fires. 333 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:22,444 So they were nomadic. 334 00:16:22,492 --> 00:16:25,260 They were on a Journey to what was permanent. 335 00:16:25,420 --> 00:16:28,842 Listen, they were on a journey to what was permanent. 336 00:16:28,996 --> 00:16:31,182 They were on a journey to legacy. 337 00:16:31,326 --> 00:16:33,966 But you have to go through impermanence. 338 00:16:34,078 --> 00:16:37,342 You have to be nomadic and you have to learn how to travel. 339 00:16:37,406 --> 00:16:38,446 Be a sojourner. 340 00:16:38,478 --> 00:16:39,774 Like, you're not home yet. 341 00:16:39,862 --> 00:16:42,750 You gotta learn the daily existence, right? 342 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:45,486 And so then all of a sudden, the Lord says to Moses, I'm gonna 343 00:16:45,518 --> 00:16:47,438 rain bread from heaven. 344 00:16:47,534 --> 00:16:48,798 Which is crazy. 345 00:16:48,894 --> 00:16:52,014 I'd be like, lord, send a chopped cheese, Lord, please. 346 00:16:52,182 --> 00:16:53,502 Double quarter pounder. 347 00:16:53,566 --> 00:16:54,610 Please, Lord. 348 00:16:55,590 --> 00:16:58,638 So he's raining bread from heaven, and he says, you're gonna 349 00:16:58,654 --> 00:17:00,290 get a day, everybody. 350 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:04,450 Thousands of people are all gonna be able to catch from the sky 351 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:05,726 this daily bread. 352 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,310 They're gonna get a daily portion. 353 00:17:07,390 --> 00:17:08,250 That's it. 354 00:17:08,710 --> 00:17:10,990 Not enough for tomorrow, not enough for next week. 355 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:14,542 Just today and every day you're gonna grocery shop from the 356 00:17:14,566 --> 00:17:15,326 sky. 357 00:17:15,518 --> 00:17:16,734 Think about it. 358 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,970 This is literal, by the way. 359 00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:20,414 This is literal. 360 00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:23,316 When I say daily bread, I'm not speaking in metaphors. 361 00:17:23,478 --> 00:17:26,232 Like, I'm saying literally, somebody got hit in the head with 362 00:17:26,256 --> 00:17:27,020 a loaf. 363 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,304 Somebody wasn't watching and was like, I just got hit in the head 364 00:17:31,392 --> 00:17:32,552 with a heavenly bread. 365 00:17:32,616 --> 00:17:35,340 And it was probably an angel throwing it at a bad kid. 366 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,424 That was a joke, okay? 367 00:17:38,472 --> 00:17:40,696 For the theologian, that was a joke. 368 00:17:40,888 --> 00:17:42,312 So this is the context. 369 00:17:42,376 --> 00:17:44,620 I wanna make sure you understand the context. 370 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,280 But here's the thing I saw in the verse. 371 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:52,344 I have never heard a pastor explicitly focus on. 372 00:17:52,432 --> 00:17:54,024 Let's look back at the text. 373 00:17:54,152 --> 00:17:55,620 This is what it says. 374 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,776 It says, they shall go out and gather a day's portion every day 375 00:18:00,928 --> 00:18:02,980 that I may test them. 376 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,512 See, the way that we preach it is that God is gonna give you daily 377 00:18:07,576 --> 00:18:09,288 bread to bless you. 378 00:18:09,424 --> 00:18:13,672 But what the Bible says is he gives you daily bread to test you. 379 00:18:13,856 --> 00:18:16,340 So it's not to bless, it's to test. 380 00:18:17,450 --> 00:18:18,590 Oh, come on. 381 00:18:19,530 --> 00:18:24,110 So the thing is, everything you have in your life is a test. 382 00:18:24,490 --> 00:18:26,498 So people are like, blessed life. 383 00:18:26,554 --> 00:18:26,978 No, no. 384 00:18:27,034 --> 00:18:28,750 Hashtag test life. 385 00:18:29,210 --> 00:18:30,066 Like, we are. 386 00:18:30,138 --> 00:18:32,882 Matter of fact, Christians are notorious for calling something a 387 00:18:32,906 --> 00:18:33,470 season. 388 00:18:34,170 --> 00:18:34,706 That word. 389 00:18:34,738 --> 00:18:36,274 I want it to go away this year. 390 00:18:36,362 --> 00:18:39,510 We're not gonna call it a season, we're gonna call it a semester. 391 00:18:39,930 --> 00:18:43,218 Because when it's a season, you can blame God, but when it's 392 00:18:43,234 --> 00:18:46,350 a semester, you blame yourself for not passing your test. 393 00:18:47,010 --> 00:18:49,338 So we wanna graduate this semester. 394 00:18:49,434 --> 00:18:52,650 And what happened in this wilderness is they kept going through 395 00:18:52,690 --> 00:18:53,082 this. 396 00:18:53,186 --> 00:18:56,110 They took the same semester for a generation. 397 00:18:56,930 --> 00:19:01,210 If you think about it, it was not supposed to be a long season, 398 00:19:01,330 --> 00:19:02,794 but it was a semester. 399 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,070 They couldn't pass. 400 00:19:04,530 --> 00:19:07,418 And so by that, some of you are like, I'm in a single season. 401 00:19:07,554 --> 00:19:08,986 No, you're selfish. 402 00:19:09,098 --> 00:19:12,602 And why would God entrust you to take care of somebody else when 403 00:19:12,626 --> 00:19:14,870 you want them to only take care of you? 404 00:19:15,410 --> 00:19:17,050 It's not that you're single. 405 00:19:17,130 --> 00:19:18,714 The problem's not that you're single. 406 00:19:18,762 --> 00:19:20,590 The problem's that you're selfish. 407 00:19:21,250 --> 00:19:25,722 Because to have a mate is you asking God, will you give me permission 408 00:19:25,786 --> 00:19:28,910 to take care of myself and somebody else? 409 00:19:29,490 --> 00:19:31,750 Nobody gets married for that reason. 410 00:19:32,770 --> 00:19:34,830 You get married cause you want to kiss. 411 00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:37,630 Y'all are nasty. 412 00:19:38,130 --> 00:19:41,172 I know what you want to do, but think about it. 413 00:19:41,196 --> 00:19:44,360 Who gets married saying, I want to increase my responsibility, 414 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:47,380 but when I'm in marriage counseling, that's what I'm asking. 415 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:50,840 Are you ready to take care of them and yourself? 416 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:54,068 Specifically the men I'm talking to, right? 417 00:19:54,204 --> 00:19:55,908 Because it's not a season. 418 00:19:55,964 --> 00:19:57,012 It's a semester. 419 00:19:57,076 --> 00:20:00,036 And sometimes, if you can pass that test, you'll go into what's 420 00:20:00,068 --> 00:20:00,404 next. 421 00:20:00,492 --> 00:20:02,804 You'll come out of the temporary, into the permanent. 422 00:20:02,852 --> 00:20:03,956 Y'all with me. 423 00:20:04,108 --> 00:20:05,908 Okay, so it's a test. 424 00:20:05,964 --> 00:20:07,360 Somebody say, it's a test. 425 00:20:08,060 --> 00:20:11,956 And the test is, what will you do with the temporary? 426 00:20:12,148 --> 00:20:13,508 Like, I know you don't. 427 00:20:13,524 --> 00:20:13,796 Like. 428 00:20:13,868 --> 00:20:16,724 Many of you are like, I don't like where I live, but will you clean 429 00:20:16,772 --> 00:20:17,920 it like you do? 430 00:20:18,460 --> 00:20:19,636 Oh, come on. 431 00:20:19,788 --> 00:20:20,212 Come on. 432 00:20:20,236 --> 00:20:25,380 I'll just face this way, because the Lord is asking, will 433 00:20:25,420 --> 00:20:26,720 you take care of. 434 00:20:27,020 --> 00:20:28,240 Here's the thing. 435 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:30,084 Let's talk about Hebrew. 436 00:20:30,132 --> 00:20:33,060 Now, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. 437 00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:36,132 So out of curiosity, I was like, you know, I never looked this 438 00:20:36,156 --> 00:20:36,340 up. 439 00:20:36,380 --> 00:20:38,888 What does the word manna mean in Hebrew? 440 00:20:39,044 --> 00:20:40,816 I was like, it's probably got some crazy meaning. 441 00:20:40,848 --> 00:20:42,480 And I was shocked. 442 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:48,140 The word manna literally means translated in Hebrew, what is this? 443 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,624 The word manna means, what is this? 444 00:20:52,712 --> 00:20:54,336 You fact check me, Millennials. 445 00:20:54,368 --> 00:20:56,700 Go look it up on ChatGPT right now. 446 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,752 It means, what is this? 447 00:20:58,856 --> 00:21:03,536 So what was happening was, as the bread was raining down from heaven, 448 00:21:03,648 --> 00:21:06,546 the Israelites were looking up, going, what is this? 449 00:21:06,688 --> 00:21:09,650 And what is this in Hebrew is manna. 450 00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:12,030 So this is what's so funny about it. 451 00:21:12,150 --> 00:21:16,670 Oftentimes, when God sends you provision, it comes in a form that 452 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:18,142 you didn't expect it. 453 00:21:18,246 --> 00:21:21,050 Therefore you're asking the question, what is this? 454 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:25,598 It showed up in a way you didn't expect it to. 455 00:21:25,734 --> 00:21:28,590 So it is God, but it doesn't feel many of you. 456 00:21:28,630 --> 00:21:30,718 This is how you look at your check every week. 457 00:21:30,854 --> 00:21:32,010 What is this? 458 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,180 This is God's provision. 459 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,504 But we look at it. 460 00:21:36,512 --> 00:21:38,152 And we're like, what is this? 461 00:21:38,256 --> 00:21:43,208 We treat God's provision like how the Israelites treated manna. 462 00:21:43,304 --> 00:21:47,880 And we say, because in our mind, I should be a baller by now. 463 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,768 I should be a shot caller right now. 464 00:21:49,824 --> 00:21:54,152 Like, how am I supposed to live my Instagram fantasy off of 465 00:21:54,176 --> 00:21:54,740 this? 466 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,592 It's gonna have to be an Airbnb rental. 467 00:21:57,736 --> 00:21:58,740 Not at least. 468 00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:00,470 Just joking. 469 00:22:01,290 --> 00:22:04,370 Come on, Y'all don't think we know that you pull the rental car 470 00:22:04,410 --> 00:22:07,522 sticker off the car and take the picture with it like you own 471 00:22:07,546 --> 00:22:08,110 it? 472 00:22:08,970 --> 00:22:10,626 You don't think we know that? 473 00:22:10,778 --> 00:22:12,418 Come on, now, somebody. 474 00:22:12,514 --> 00:22:14,018 You don't have an online business. 475 00:22:14,074 --> 00:22:18,750 You're just online faking somebody out. 476 00:22:19,290 --> 00:22:20,210 Okay, I'll be not. 477 00:22:20,250 --> 00:22:21,266 Please, Jesus, please. 478 00:22:21,338 --> 00:22:22,750 Please, Jesus, please. 479 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:26,028 I'm just keeping it 100. 480 00:22:26,084 --> 00:22:29,244 Because when we look at our check and we treat it like man, and 481 00:22:29,252 --> 00:22:30,476 we say, what is this? 482 00:22:30,628 --> 00:22:34,092 But what God is saying is, we need to change the question, what 483 00:22:34,116 --> 00:22:34,732 is this? 484 00:22:34,836 --> 00:22:36,200 To who is this? 485 00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:39,772 Because the thing is, many of you say, if this was bigger, I would 486 00:22:39,796 --> 00:22:41,100 be more generous. 487 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:44,588 But the thing is, what you do with this is what you would do with 488 00:22:44,644 --> 00:22:45,196 more. 489 00:22:45,348 --> 00:22:48,940 The thing about it is, the question is not, is this check generous? 490 00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:52,028 It's is the person who received the check generous? 491 00:22:52,124 --> 00:22:55,420 Because if the identity determines the outcome. 492 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,752 And so this is what Israel did not understand. 493 00:22:57,856 --> 00:22:59,448 It's the same thing with Brooklyn. 494 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:01,672 People are like, oh, I'm getting out of Brooklyn. 495 00:23:01,816 --> 00:23:04,536 I'm moving back to Puerto Rico where the weather's better. 496 00:23:04,608 --> 00:23:06,280 I'm going to at least Florida. 497 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:09,592 You know, we make these plans, and it's funny, because we'll curse 498 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:13,624 the community that we live in, but somebody else with a different 499 00:23:13,712 --> 00:23:17,096 vision will show up, and they'll start a revival and a movement 500 00:23:17,128 --> 00:23:19,020 in the same place you cursed. 501 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,792 And so this is. 502 00:23:20,896 --> 00:23:23,144 We're always asking, what is this? 503 00:23:23,232 --> 00:23:26,180 Instead of asking, God, show me, what is this? 504 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:28,740 Like, change me. 505 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,304 And y'all are so quiet that probably I'm stepping on your toes 506 00:23:33,352 --> 00:23:34,872 and mashing your toes right now. 507 00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:35,656 And that's okay. 508 00:23:35,688 --> 00:23:38,420 You can be quiet, but I'm trying to get you free. 509 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,992 Because my whole life, I've been surrounded by people with victim 510 00:23:42,056 --> 00:23:45,480 mentalities that think that they got to change their geography, 511 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,368 they got to change their spouse. 512 00:23:47,464 --> 00:23:50,312 Matter of fact, they change everything in their life except for 513 00:23:50,336 --> 00:23:50,968 themselves. 514 00:23:51,064 --> 00:23:54,340 And they end up in the same mental condition they started. 515 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,220 Some of us don't know the difference between moving and escaping. 516 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,056 Like, I need to move. 517 00:24:05,128 --> 00:24:05,760 I need to move. 518 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,968 Are you moving or are you escaping? 519 00:24:08,144 --> 00:24:11,420 Because if you think that you get peace by changing your address. 520 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:18,432 You get peace by changing your mindsets saying, holy Spirit, tear 521 00:24:18,496 --> 00:24:20,080 down these strongholds. 522 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,216 Tear down these. 523 00:24:21,288 --> 00:24:24,016 You know, in the book that I just wrote, inherit your freedom, 524 00:24:24,048 --> 00:24:27,580 I have this section where I talk about how when we moved to Queens, 525 00:24:27,660 --> 00:24:31,548 I was remodeling our house and I tore the walls out and there was 526 00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:33,020 rat's nest in the wall. 527 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,640 But the guy said, oh, no, these are very old. 528 00:24:35,940 --> 00:24:39,356 And I was thinking about, many of you got delivered from demons 529 00:24:39,388 --> 00:24:40,924 in the last couple of years. 530 00:24:41,092 --> 00:24:41,756 And it's. 531 00:24:41,788 --> 00:24:45,040 The rats are gone, but the nests remain. 532 00:24:46,420 --> 00:24:48,480 Nests are ways of thinking. 533 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:54,822 And it's like, the problem is Jesus does not inhabit nests. 534 00:24:54,886 --> 00:24:56,518 He sits on a throne. 535 00:24:56,694 --> 00:25:00,342 And sometimes you gotta dismantle a demonic nest so that 536 00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:03,046 you can put a throne in its place and say, okay, Jesus, rule 537 00:25:03,078 --> 00:25:04,450 and reign in this place. 538 00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:05,670 And let me tell you why. 539 00:25:05,710 --> 00:25:08,246 Cause we gotta learn how to live off a daily bread. 540 00:25:08,358 --> 00:25:10,006 How many of you doing this? 541 00:25:10,158 --> 00:25:11,318 How many of you are with me? 542 00:25:11,374 --> 00:25:13,590 You could still get one if you haven't gotten one. 543 00:25:13,710 --> 00:25:16,134 All around the world, we're doing these daily growth journals. 544 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:16,966 And you know, it's funny. 545 00:25:16,998 --> 00:25:18,662 Cause some of you are like, you saw this? 546 00:25:18,686 --> 00:25:20,406 And you're like, I'm shocked. 547 00:25:20,518 --> 00:25:22,998 I thought it was gonna be so much more profound. 548 00:25:23,174 --> 00:25:25,862 I thought we were gonna do Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic and 549 00:25:25,886 --> 00:25:27,238 historic context and all this. 550 00:25:27,294 --> 00:25:30,290 He's asking me, who can I encourage today? 551 00:25:30,590 --> 00:25:32,410 This is so basic. 552 00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:37,210 Yes, Sometimes basic is the most profound. 553 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:41,238 Because sometimes you're asking God to take you where your 554 00:25:41,294 --> 00:25:43,450 negativity is not allowed. 555 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,160 You want God to promote you to a level where you cannot come into 556 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,488 that place a critic. 557 00:25:49,584 --> 00:25:52,112 You've got to come into that place with the heart and mind of 558 00:25:52,136 --> 00:25:52,512 Christ. 559 00:25:52,616 --> 00:25:54,864 And so that question, who can you encourage today? 560 00:25:54,952 --> 00:25:59,060 Did you know that the base level of prophecy is encouragement? 561 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,624 So it's literally training wheels for the prophetic is encouragement. 562 00:26:04,752 --> 00:26:07,936 We got too many people walking around Old Testament prophets. 563 00:26:07,968 --> 00:26:13,332 In a New Testament era, you want to prophesy doom and gloom when 564 00:26:13,356 --> 00:26:14,564 Jesus died on the cross. 565 00:26:14,612 --> 00:26:18,164 For redemption, we need new covenant prophets that understand 566 00:26:18,252 --> 00:26:19,364 how to encourage. 567 00:26:19,492 --> 00:26:20,900 And so where's that at? 568 00:26:20,940 --> 00:26:24,772 And it's not that we stop talking about sin. 569 00:26:24,836 --> 00:26:27,956 It's that we tell people, God sees what you're doing, but he's 570 00:26:27,988 --> 00:26:30,516 calling you higher through sanctification. 571 00:26:30,628 --> 00:26:33,332 And there's a new covenant prophet that comes out of the midst 572 00:26:33,396 --> 00:26:33,844 of that. 573 00:26:33,932 --> 00:26:37,142 But this book, as we've been going through it, it says, you know, 574 00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:38,838 what are you grateful for today? 575 00:26:38,974 --> 00:26:44,422 Let me just tell you gratitude is the hinges by which the doorway 576 00:26:44,486 --> 00:26:46,566 to greatness is hinging. 577 00:26:46,598 --> 00:26:47,638 And so the way that you. 578 00:26:47,694 --> 00:26:50,570 It's like some of you wanna be great without being grateful. 579 00:26:51,550 --> 00:26:54,918 You will not ever become great without being grateful. 580 00:26:55,094 --> 00:26:59,302 And if you can't be grateful for what God has right now in your 581 00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:01,090 life, you will never. 582 00:27:01,790 --> 00:27:04,454 It's not like you get to this place where you finally say, wow, 583 00:27:04,502 --> 00:27:08,694 now I'm grateful because we're on a journey of stewardship. 584 00:27:08,822 --> 00:27:15,190 And I just believe that when you will begin to be grateful, then 585 00:27:15,230 --> 00:27:16,870 you will step into greatness. 586 00:27:17,030 --> 00:27:21,942 And Maybe you need 365 times this year where you're asked the 587 00:27:21,966 --> 00:27:23,798 question, what are you grateful for? 588 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:26,902 You know, it's funny because when human beings get together, we 589 00:27:26,926 --> 00:27:30,214 do not organically talk about what we're grateful for. 590 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,174 Our default mode is what? 591 00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:34,050 Grumbling and complaining. 592 00:27:34,790 --> 00:27:37,822 And so when they were in the wilderness and the daily manna was 593 00:27:37,846 --> 00:27:40,958 coming, they weren't saying, I'm grateful for this. 594 00:27:41,014 --> 00:27:42,890 They were saying, what is this? 595 00:27:43,270 --> 00:27:44,862 And then they were like, then guess what? 596 00:27:44,886 --> 00:27:47,570 They said, let's go back to Egypt. 597 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:50,110 Let's go back to Egypt. 598 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:53,810 Because when you're not grateful, you'll end up going backwards. 599 00:27:55,190 --> 00:27:56,142 You'll end up. 600 00:27:56,246 --> 00:27:59,610 You'll miss how God is provisioning you in the present, 601 00:28:00,030 --> 00:28:03,478 and then you'll actually long for something in the past. 602 00:28:03,614 --> 00:28:05,814 And God's speaking to many of you right now. 603 00:28:05,902 --> 00:28:10,982 And when I think about these verses, it's the daily bread. 604 00:28:11,046 --> 00:28:15,718 I know right now your life is not in the permanence that you want. 605 00:28:15,854 --> 00:28:17,330 I know that it's not. 606 00:28:17,710 --> 00:28:21,238 Many of you are like, hey, you know, I don't like where I live. 607 00:28:21,294 --> 00:28:21,910 I don't like this. 608 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:22,726 I don't like that. 609 00:28:22,798 --> 00:28:27,914 But the journey to legacy is through being grateful in the present 610 00:28:28,002 --> 00:28:30,890 moment for what God is providing for you. 611 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:32,470 Is this helping you? 612 00:28:37,570 --> 00:28:42,266 You know, I was at the dentist this week because I had a crown break. 613 00:28:42,338 --> 00:28:45,018 Like, one of my crowns broke, which I'm like, that's not supposed 614 00:28:45,034 --> 00:28:45,750 to happen. 615 00:28:46,130 --> 00:28:48,026 And it was such a weird experience. 616 00:28:48,178 --> 00:28:52,090 And, you know, like, when I go to the dentist or anywhere I go, 617 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:54,394 there's like, different, you know, Personas. 618 00:28:54,442 --> 00:28:55,514 It's like, hey, I'm Mike. 619 00:28:55,562 --> 00:28:59,334 When I call, I don' Global Apostle Mike Signorelli. 620 00:28:59,382 --> 00:29:01,878 And, you know, it's just like, hey, I'm Mike. 621 00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:03,398 I'm here to get my whatever. 622 00:29:03,494 --> 00:29:06,518 So I walk into the dentist office, and all of a sudden the woman 623 00:29:06,574 --> 00:29:07,382 at the desk is like. 624 00:29:07,406 --> 00:29:10,390 And who I don't know is like, hey, Pastor Mike. 625 00:29:10,470 --> 00:29:13,718 And I'm like, uh, oh, what's going on here? 626 00:29:13,774 --> 00:29:15,846 And I was like, it's gotta be YouTube. 627 00:29:15,958 --> 00:29:16,630 And then. 628 00:29:16,750 --> 00:29:19,446 Then this other woman comes up and she's like, hey. 629 00:29:19,558 --> 00:29:22,764 And I recognize her from our Manhattan campus. 630 00:29:22,942 --> 00:29:25,376 And she's like, pastor Mike, it's so good to see you. 631 00:29:25,448 --> 00:29:27,296 I'm like, yeah, we're talking or whatever. 632 00:29:27,408 --> 00:29:30,992 So she starts telling me about the Daily Growth Journal and how 633 00:29:31,016 --> 00:29:35,456 she's been doing this every day and how she's getting all these 634 00:29:35,528 --> 00:29:37,200 prophetic confirmations. 635 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,000 Like, she'll read something and then that day it'll happen. 636 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:40,912 Or vice ver. 637 00:29:40,976 --> 00:29:42,240 Wave at me if that's happened to you. 638 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,768 Anybody that's happening to you where you're reading something. 639 00:29:44,904 --> 00:29:48,688 And so she's talking about that, and as she's explaining it, 640 00:29:48,744 --> 00:29:50,800 and she tells this story, which I won't tell. 641 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,068 It's her story to tell. 642 00:29:52,184 --> 00:29:55,804 And as she's telling the story, all of a sudden, the co worker 643 00:29:55,932 --> 00:29:59,292 that I don't really know her, she just starts, like, tearing up, 644 00:29:59,316 --> 00:30:01,692 and these tears are forming, and she's wiping them away. 645 00:30:01,796 --> 00:30:02,924 And she's like, you see? 646 00:30:03,012 --> 00:30:05,868 Every single time she starts talking about the Bible and talks 647 00:30:05,884 --> 00:30:07,548 about God, this is what happens. 648 00:30:07,644 --> 00:30:08,492 She's like, you know what? 649 00:30:08,516 --> 00:30:10,172 I just need to go to this V1 church. 650 00:30:10,236 --> 00:30:13,084 Pastor Mike would like, can I watch it online or something? 651 00:30:13,252 --> 00:30:18,252 And what I'm thinking in my heart is this woman is being softened. 652 00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:21,516 Her heart is being softened by the Holy Spirit. 653 00:30:21,628 --> 00:30:23,160 And the Holy Spirit is. 654 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:24,744 Here's what I thought. 655 00:30:24,832 --> 00:30:28,648 That member of our church that works in a dentist office is not 656 00:30:28,704 --> 00:30:30,456 trying to escape the office. 657 00:30:30,608 --> 00:30:34,020 She's trying to bring the presence of God into the office. 658 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:39,000 And she's being salt and being light and she's leading her co workers, 659 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:40,184 and there's a little. 660 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:43,940 A dentist office revival that could take place. 661 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,496 You know what I'm saying? 662 00:30:45,648 --> 00:30:48,872 And so I think for us, we're always obsessed with God. 663 00:30:48,936 --> 00:30:50,184 Promote me God. 664 00:30:50,232 --> 00:30:51,464 Give me another job. 665 00:30:51,552 --> 00:30:55,192 But what if instead of you leaving your job, you bring Jesus 666 00:30:55,256 --> 00:30:56,100 into your. 667 00:30:56,460 --> 00:30:58,500 Like that was the prayer of Jesus. 668 00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:03,588 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 669 00:31:03,684 --> 00:31:04,436 And I just. 670 00:31:04,508 --> 00:31:06,628 When I was in that dentist office watching. 671 00:31:06,724 --> 00:31:09,796 This woman is not a global apostle. 672 00:31:09,908 --> 00:31:12,724 She is a young woman who attends our church. 673 00:31:12,852 --> 00:31:17,640 But just her telling her co worker about what she's reading daily 674 00:31:17,980 --> 00:31:21,200 has caused a little mini revival up in that place. 675 00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:23,850 And we need more believers like that. 676 00:31:25,190 --> 00:31:26,170 We need. 677 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:31,050 Oh, me sticking up on me like that, bro. 678 00:31:31,910 --> 00:31:32,798 Wrong with you. 679 00:31:32,854 --> 00:31:34,130 I'm from the hood. 680 00:31:38,710 --> 00:31:40,250 You let him get through. 681 00:31:42,070 --> 00:31:44,010 Both y'all are in trouble now. 682 00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:47,296 Okay, that was a joke. 683 00:31:47,478 --> 00:31:49,120 Because it was an illustration. 684 00:31:50,020 --> 00:31:54,524 See, it's one thing to be concerned, but when you're overly 685 00:31:54,572 --> 00:31:56,480 concerned, it becomes anxiety. 686 00:31:57,140 --> 00:31:57,756 Now watch. 687 00:31:57,828 --> 00:31:58,412 He didn't do. 688 00:31:58,436 --> 00:31:59,932 You didn't do nothing to me. 689 00:32:00,116 --> 00:32:04,236 But because of what happened to me in my past, somebody walking 690 00:32:04,268 --> 00:32:08,140 up behind me could be interpreted as a threat, when in 691 00:32:08,180 --> 00:32:09,400 fact, it was support. 692 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:14,172 He wasn't walking up to hurt me. 693 00:32:14,276 --> 00:32:16,284 He was walking up to help me. 694 00:32:16,372 --> 00:32:20,776 But because of what happened to me, my concerns turned into anxiety. 695 00:32:20,968 --> 00:32:23,096 So really, it had nothing to do with him. 696 00:32:23,168 --> 00:32:25,016 It was everything to do with me. 697 00:32:25,168 --> 00:32:27,864 So can I just tell you, there's many of you in this church. 698 00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:32,264 I never hurt you, but because another pastor hurt you, you're acting 699 00:32:32,312 --> 00:32:34,500 like I just acted a few minutes ago. 700 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,984 And sometimes you gotta get out of the PTSD trauma response, 701 00:32:39,112 --> 00:32:43,608 and you need to grow in your discernment to say, God, am I actually 702 00:32:43,744 --> 00:32:46,820 fighting the people that you have sent to help me? 703 00:32:47,470 --> 00:32:51,494 Am I pushing back on somebody that is really coming to support 704 00:32:51,582 --> 00:32:52,070 me? 705 00:32:52,190 --> 00:32:56,534 So when he came up to play the keys, he came to help me. 706 00:32:56,702 --> 00:33:00,870 But my own past can misinterpret when they walk into 707 00:33:00,910 --> 00:33:01,730 my life. 708 00:33:02,190 --> 00:33:03,810 See, there's many of you. 709 00:33:04,830 --> 00:33:06,726 David felt the same thing. 710 00:33:06,798 --> 00:33:10,150 He was being stalked by Saul to be murdered. 711 00:33:10,230 --> 00:33:13,130 And you know what David said in the midst of being stalked? 712 00:33:13,810 --> 00:33:18,970 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. 713 00:33:19,090 --> 00:33:22,430 He prophesied the opposite of his situation. 714 00:33:22,770 --> 00:33:24,890 He was being stalked by Saul. 715 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:28,874 But he literally said, no, no, I'm being chased down by goodness 716 00:33:28,922 --> 00:33:29,898 and mercy. 717 00:33:29,994 --> 00:33:33,098 I'm not gonna live a PTSD trauma response. 718 00:33:33,194 --> 00:33:36,026 I'm not gonna be fighting the people who are here to help me. 719 00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:40,314 And if God's gonna make me the king, I'm gonna learn how to rule 720 00:33:40,362 --> 00:33:42,202 and reign before I get there. 721 00:33:42,306 --> 00:33:42,842 I'm gonna. 722 00:33:42,906 --> 00:33:44,860 I'm training for raining. 723 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,300 And this goes back to daily bread. 724 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,528 It's like, many of us are like, what do you think about V1? 725 00:33:51,584 --> 00:33:53,512 I don't know what I think about V1 Church. 726 00:33:53,576 --> 00:33:56,536 Well, listen, what would your opinion be if you had never gotten 727 00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,060 hurt at the other church? 728 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,240 What kind of person would you be? 729 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,900 How would you act if you never got hurt? 730 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,860 That's the true you. 731 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,900 And I think for many of us, this year is a year of healing. 732 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,252 This is a year of getting through the triggers, through the 733 00:34:13,276 --> 00:34:17,360 trauma, and simply saying, God, thank you for your help. 734 00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:20,160 Thank you for your help. 735 00:34:23,340 --> 00:34:25,520 I just want an excuse to hug him. 736 00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:28,160 He said, what is this? 737 00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:34,052 That's how we are. 738 00:34:34,156 --> 00:34:35,440 We don't get it? 739 00:34:36,070 --> 00:34:38,850 God is miraculously sending provision. 740 00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:40,222 You go to church. 741 00:34:40,286 --> 00:34:41,326 What is this? 742 00:34:41,478 --> 00:34:43,598 Hey, that's your daily bread. 743 00:34:43,774 --> 00:34:45,774 I'm getting you to the promised land. 744 00:34:45,862 --> 00:34:47,370 But this is a test. 745 00:34:47,910 --> 00:34:49,214 See, this is. 746 00:34:49,382 --> 00:34:50,302 This is just. 747 00:34:50,406 --> 00:34:51,742 Hopefully this is helping you. 748 00:34:51,766 --> 00:34:54,170 I want to look at one more verse before we close. 749 00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:57,566 We got done two and a half hours early. 750 00:34:57,638 --> 00:34:58,638 Praise God. 751 00:34:58,814 --> 00:35:00,410 James, chapter four. 752 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,568 I'm preaching on some hard things. 753 00:35:04,704 --> 00:35:08,056 And if I've been funny today, it's literally just to help the medicine 754 00:35:08,088 --> 00:35:08,900 go down. 755 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,740 Remember that song, A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. 756 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:18,472 I'm giving you some really high dose of medicine, and it's called 757 00:35:18,496 --> 00:35:19,640 the Word of God. 758 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,480 And if we've joked today, it was just to help you deal with some 759 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:28,720 heart issues because some of you are the greatest asset to come 760 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,104 to V1 Church in the last 18 months. 761 00:35:31,192 --> 00:35:34,832 But you have refused to get into community and relationship because 762 00:35:34,856 --> 00:35:36,640 you were hurt at the last church. 763 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,560 And you're willing to hold back the gift God gave you and hold 764 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,248 it back from God's people because you were hurt by another 765 00:35:43,304 --> 00:35:44,500 group of Christians. 766 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:49,808 Even in your marriages. 767 00:35:49,904 --> 00:35:52,384 God's going to do a work next month, in the month of February, 768 00:35:52,432 --> 00:35:53,460 in your marriages. 769 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,224 And I believe that God can reconcile. 770 00:35:56,272 --> 00:35:58,416 God can heal, God can restore. 771 00:35:58,528 --> 00:36:02,500 But oftentimes we're looking outward when we need to look inward. 772 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,688 This is the message, the victim mentality. 773 00:36:06,864 --> 00:36:08,000 Victim God. 774 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,160 There's something about that in this service. 775 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,464 Specifically, the Lord keeps telling me, mike, break that victim 776 00:36:14,512 --> 00:36:15,980 mentality off of them. 777 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:20,144 Because what happens is, and I'm seeing this so clearly in the 778 00:36:20,152 --> 00:36:20,842 spirit. 779 00:36:21,016 --> 00:36:25,718 When you're engaging in a church and you have a victim mentality, 780 00:36:25,814 --> 00:36:29,382 you'll either become extremely apathetic where you're just like, 781 00:36:29,406 --> 00:36:29,702 you know what? 782 00:36:29,726 --> 00:36:32,502 I'm just gonna come, I'm gonna attend, and I'm gonna leave, and 783 00:36:32,526 --> 00:36:35,238 I'm gonna stay away, and I'm gonna get a good word and I'm gonna 784 00:36:35,254 --> 00:36:36,838 get some good worship, and I'm gonna leave. 785 00:36:36,854 --> 00:36:40,310 And you're apathetic, or on the other end of the spectrum, you 786 00:36:40,350 --> 00:36:43,718 will start trying to control everything, to mold this church into 787 00:36:43,774 --> 00:36:45,702 your vision instead of God's vision. 788 00:36:45,766 --> 00:36:49,214 And then you'll end up becoming a witch or a warlock. 789 00:36:49,262 --> 00:36:50,450 Christian version. 790 00:36:50,870 --> 00:36:54,782 So it's like a healthy church is not full of apathetic people who 791 00:36:54,806 --> 00:36:58,770 are just coming to hear a sermon and be a spiritual consumer. 792 00:36:59,590 --> 00:37:02,686 And a healthy church is also not a whole bunch of people fighting 793 00:37:02,718 --> 00:37:05,246 over what they think the church should look like. 794 00:37:05,398 --> 00:37:09,118 But a healthy church is somewhere in this tension between 795 00:37:09,174 --> 00:37:11,610 the Two to say, God, I trust you. 796 00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:15,774 I trust your holy spirit in Pastor Mike. 797 00:37:15,902 --> 00:37:19,074 I trust your holy spirit in the eldership of the church. 798 00:37:19,182 --> 00:37:20,234 I trust you. 799 00:37:20,322 --> 00:37:22,554 And you gave me this gift. 800 00:37:22,682 --> 00:37:26,634 So now, instead of being a spiritual consumer, I'm gonna actually 801 00:37:26,722 --> 00:37:29,162 use what you've given me in the house. 802 00:37:29,346 --> 00:37:30,570 And I'll just tell you this. 803 00:37:30,610 --> 00:37:32,922 Some of you might need to start on the coffee team. 804 00:37:33,106 --> 00:37:34,710 Shout out, Coffee team. 805 00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:39,470 The only legal addiction a Christian can have is caffeine. 806 00:37:40,290 --> 00:37:41,450 I give you permission. 807 00:37:41,530 --> 00:37:43,150 Cause I give myself permission. 808 00:37:44,530 --> 00:37:49,882 Joking aside, the coffee team, I believe that we could have some 809 00:37:49,906 --> 00:37:53,270 of the greatest preachers of our church start in the coffee team. 810 00:37:53,970 --> 00:37:54,666 It just. 811 00:37:54,738 --> 00:37:57,978 Where you start is not an indicator of where you're going. 812 00:37:58,034 --> 00:38:01,690 Matter of fact, oftentimes the lower you start is revealing how 813 00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:03,498 high God wants to take you. 814 00:38:03,634 --> 00:38:07,450 Because Joseph, he was on the ground level, but he was gonna go 815 00:38:07,490 --> 00:38:07,850 so high. 816 00:38:07,890 --> 00:38:09,482 The Lord said, put him in the well. 817 00:38:09,586 --> 00:38:11,946 Let him go even lower than the ground level. 818 00:38:12,018 --> 00:38:15,310 Cause the lower you take him, the higher I can take him. 819 00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:18,470 And so it's like, we have no shame in the coffee team because 820 00:38:18,510 --> 00:38:21,782 we know the coffee team is just where I start, it's not where 821 00:38:21,806 --> 00:38:22,650 I finish. 822 00:38:23,150 --> 00:38:25,574 Because I trust in God. 823 00:38:25,702 --> 00:38:31,158 This whole spirit of rebellion is really a lack of trust, but it's 824 00:38:31,174 --> 00:38:33,030 not a lack of trust in man. 825 00:38:33,150 --> 00:38:35,130 It's a lack of trust in God. 826 00:38:35,470 --> 00:38:38,090 Because the Bible says that God promotes. 827 00:38:38,430 --> 00:38:41,590 So when you trust in God, you're like, nobody can stop what 828 00:38:41,630 --> 00:38:42,550 God started. 829 00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:44,534 And he's gonna put me in place. 830 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:48,610 They can't cancel me because they didn' they can't stop me because 831 00:38:48,650 --> 00:38:49,906 they didn't start this thing. 832 00:38:49,978 --> 00:38:52,098 He started it with a prophetic dream. 833 00:38:52,194 --> 00:38:54,386 He started it with a confirmation. 834 00:38:54,578 --> 00:38:59,842 So I trust God, but rebellion occurs when you trust yourself more 835 00:38:59,866 --> 00:39:00,670 than him. 836 00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:04,338 And I really believe there's something different about this 1230 837 00:39:04,394 --> 00:39:04,658 service. 838 00:39:04,714 --> 00:39:08,034 And, you know, I don't ever speak like that because I try to 839 00:39:08,042 --> 00:39:12,370 keep it relevant to people watching for the next 20 years, this 840 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:12,706 sermon. 841 00:39:12,738 --> 00:39:15,944 But I'm speaking right now to this servant where I believe the 842 00:39:15,952 --> 00:39:22,328 Lord is divinely causing some people to say, and we're done, we're 843 00:39:22,344 --> 00:39:22,900 done. 844 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,060 I'm not going back to Egypt. 845 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,024 Hey, hey. 846 00:39:28,072 --> 00:39:31,580 There's stake in Egypt, but so is slavery. 847 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,700 I'd rather have bread in the wilderness. 848 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,280 Give me my daily bread, God. 849 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,664 Matter of fact, there's so many people who've been in the faith 850 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:44,692 for decades who are confessing to me that they were eating steak 851 00:39:44,756 --> 00:39:47,972 once a month, but now they're eating bread every day. 852 00:39:48,076 --> 00:39:52,036 You know, you can still starve to death by having steak once a month, 853 00:39:52,188 --> 00:39:54,356 but you won't if you have bread every day. 854 00:39:54,508 --> 00:39:56,692 There's something about daily bread. 855 00:39:56,836 --> 00:39:58,340 There's something about observing. 856 00:39:58,420 --> 00:39:59,956 And we're gonna pray in a moment. 857 00:40:00,068 --> 00:40:05,012 You know, when I was younger, I was on construction and I used 858 00:40:05,036 --> 00:40:06,212 to flip houses. 859 00:40:06,356 --> 00:40:09,668 And I remember this guy told me he was in his 70s. 860 00:40:09,764 --> 00:40:11,700 And my young wife and my. 861 00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:14,084 You know, Bella was walking around with a crunchy diaper. 862 00:40:14,132 --> 00:40:16,724 You know when they're wearing the diaper and you hear a crunching. 863 00:40:16,772 --> 00:40:19,732 That was my favorite, that crunchy diaper sound. 864 00:40:19,796 --> 00:40:21,040 You know what I'm talking about? 865 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:21,796 Yeah. 866 00:40:21,828 --> 00:40:24,520 When she'd be walking, you hear that little crunchy diaper. 867 00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:28,948 And so every day for lunch, Julie and Bella would come visit 868 00:40:29,004 --> 00:40:32,036 me and bring me a lunch while I was doing construction. 869 00:40:32,228 --> 00:40:34,420 And I remember that guy pulled me aside. 870 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,660 Cause it was only me and him working in this house. 871 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:39,668 And he said, hey, I know I didn't ask permission to do this, 872 00:40:39,724 --> 00:40:40,772 but can I just kind. 873 00:40:40,796 --> 00:40:41,860 I want to speak into some things. 874 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:42,756 And I say something. 875 00:40:42,828 --> 00:40:43,726 I said, yeah. 876 00:40:43,868 --> 00:40:47,722 He said, I'm older now, and you've got a young wife, and you 877 00:40:47,746 --> 00:40:49,754 have a baby that's walking around. 878 00:40:49,922 --> 00:40:54,602 And he said, there's many times where your wife and your kid 879 00:40:54,666 --> 00:40:55,990 come to visit you. 880 00:40:56,370 --> 00:41:02,282 And I'm jealous because I'm old now, my house is empty, and I 881 00:41:02,306 --> 00:41:04,950 would do anything to go back to that season. 882 00:41:06,050 --> 00:41:10,110 And he said, would you do me a favor? 883 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,900 I noticed that when they're around you, you're not paying attention. 884 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,660 Would you just pay attention to them? 885 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:21,288 And I think what he was doing in some ways, was talking to himself 886 00:41:21,384 --> 00:41:22,340 in the past. 887 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,008 It's like he was also. 888 00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:26,536 He was trying to talk to himself through me. 889 00:41:26,688 --> 00:41:29,220 Cause he was saying, I wish I would have done that. 890 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:34,696 So I started deepening my relationship with Bella and Bella 891 00:41:34,728 --> 00:41:37,640 and Julie in that season and paying more attention. 892 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:41,514 But it's so funny because we just celebrated Bella's 18 birthday, 893 00:41:41,642 --> 00:41:44,350 and she's no longer in a crunchy diaper. 894 00:41:46,050 --> 00:41:50,058 But I thought back the other day to that guy who probably has 895 00:41:50,114 --> 00:41:51,030 passed away. 896 00:41:51,410 --> 00:41:53,066 You know, I don't know. 897 00:41:53,218 --> 00:41:55,290 I couldn't tell you where that guy's at. 898 00:41:55,410 --> 00:41:58,190 And I was like, it's gone so fast. 899 00:41:59,570 --> 00:42:04,058 Can I just tell you, I know that in your negativity and in your 900 00:42:04,194 --> 00:42:09,020 critical mind, you keep cursing the day, but what if I told 901 00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:11,560 you that you're in the good old days right now? 902 00:42:12,180 --> 00:42:16,120 I know it's hard to believe, and I think that one of the most 903 00:42:17,940 --> 00:42:22,524 supernatural sermons I can preach in an impending inauguration 904 00:42:22,652 --> 00:42:23,996 with a quademic. 905 00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:29,580 With all this craziness around us, is that we can actually be at 906 00:42:29,620 --> 00:42:30,988 peace in worship. 907 00:42:31,084 --> 00:42:33,164 And we could actually be enjoying. 908 00:42:33,212 --> 00:42:36,988 I know this is a revolutionary thought, but we can have joy. 909 00:42:37,084 --> 00:42:40,986 It's not the same as happiness, because it's not conditional. 910 00:42:41,098 --> 00:42:43,210 Joy is a fruit of the spirit. 911 00:42:43,290 --> 00:42:46,650 And we could say, everything's not like how I want it. 912 00:42:46,770 --> 00:42:48,026 I hate this house. 913 00:42:48,098 --> 00:42:49,786 God, you know I hate this house. 914 00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:50,570 But I'm. 915 00:42:50,650 --> 00:42:53,098 I'm contending for a hallway revival. 916 00:42:53,194 --> 00:42:55,610 And I want your presence in this hallway. 917 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:58,026 And I want yout glory to abide in this. 918 00:42:58,098 --> 00:43:00,602 Lord, you know I can't stand that job. 919 00:43:00,706 --> 00:43:04,298 But, Lord, if youf presence will come into this job, if youf 920 00:43:04,354 --> 00:43:06,840 glory will reside with me in this place. 921 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,144 God, you know I don't like this. 922 00:43:09,232 --> 00:43:11,688 I sometimes want to go back to Egypt. 923 00:43:11,784 --> 00:43:14,136 But, God, I've got my daily bread. 924 00:43:14,248 --> 00:43:17,780 And please, Lord, let your spirit be here with me. 925 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:24,648 I'd rather have a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night than 926 00:43:24,704 --> 00:43:27,100 go back to Egypt under Pharaoh. 927 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,120 And we need to be people of the cloud. 928 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,820 We need to be people of the pillar of fire. 929 00:43:34,250 --> 00:43:37,330 I am thankful for the Lord's provision. 930 00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:41,790 It wasn't more than enough, but it was always just enough. 931 00:43:44,410 --> 00:43:45,426 I don't want to look. 932 00:43:45,498 --> 00:43:47,186 Oh, God, what's this? 933 00:43:47,338 --> 00:43:48,962 I want to say, oh, Lord. 934 00:43:49,026 --> 00:43:50,322 Thank you, God. 935 00:43:50,466 --> 00:43:52,034 Oh, Lord, thank you. 936 00:43:52,122 --> 00:43:55,394 I'm going to learn how to be generous with a hundred dollars. 937 00:43:55,522 --> 00:43:58,600 So when you make me a millionaire, they still call me me 938 00:43:58,640 --> 00:43:59,500 generous. 939 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:04,584 Those who are faithful with little will become ruler over much. 940 00:44:04,672 --> 00:44:08,780 I can't give you Canaan until you master the wilderness. 941 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:14,900 Stop asking God for more and start asking God to enlarge you. 942 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,144 God, make me bigger. 943 00:44:17,272 --> 00:44:18,344 God, and I don't pray. 944 00:44:18,392 --> 00:44:19,704 God, give me a big church. 945 00:44:19,752 --> 00:44:23,128 I say, God, make me a big person so that I can. 946 00:44:23,184 --> 00:44:25,556 I can contain all that you have for me. 947 00:44:25,728 --> 00:44:27,400 So here's what I want you to do. 948 00:44:29,140 --> 00:44:29,900 I think about. 949 00:44:29,940 --> 00:44:32,640 The reason why I'm crying is I'm thinking about manna. 950 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:37,120 I remember one time somebody gave my mom a purse. 951 00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:40,760 She opened it up, there was a $100 bill in it. 952 00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:42,380 Just, you know. 953 00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,480 Anybody have stories of manna? 954 00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:46,876 Stories of manna? 955 00:44:47,068 --> 00:44:48,200 It's a test. 956 00:44:48,580 --> 00:44:50,480 He didn't do it to bless. 957 00:44:50,830 --> 00:44:52,450 He did it to test. 958 00:44:54,750 --> 00:44:56,970 Did you tithe off that hundred dollars? 959 00:44:58,270 --> 00:45:01,610 See, because what happens is fear makes you selfish. 960 00:45:02,510 --> 00:45:04,330 Faith makes you selfless. 961 00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:07,862 So what we're gonna do in this moment is just close your eyes to 962 00:45:07,886 --> 00:45:13,290 remove the distractions Manna is not your forever meal. 963 00:45:14,590 --> 00:45:17,010 It's a semester that you have to pass. 964 00:45:17,740 --> 00:45:21,092 So what we're gonna do right now, if you're willing, and I just 965 00:45:21,116 --> 00:45:25,652 ask you to close your eyes to remove the distractions, we're not 966 00:45:25,676 --> 00:45:28,040 always gonna be in the Brooklyn Monarch. 967 00:45:28,380 --> 00:45:32,772 We're not always going to be in the Lutheran Church in Huntington 968 00:45:32,836 --> 00:45:33,960 on Long Island. 969 00:45:34,380 --> 00:45:38,532 But see, what happens is God's taking us through these venues to 970 00:45:38,556 --> 00:45:39,520 change us. 971 00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:42,240 He's renovating us. 972 00:45:42,550 --> 00:45:46,462 He's tearing our walls apart and pulling the rat's nest down out 973 00:45:46,486 --> 00:45:49,490 of them and putting a throne in place of a nest. 974 00:45:50,070 --> 00:45:52,690 Man, I feel the glory of the Lord's triumph. 975 00:45:54,390 --> 00:45:59,518 I've been so upset the last two weeks during this 12:30. 976 00:45:59,654 --> 00:46:02,654 And I told our leaders, I said, these people are so broken. 977 00:46:02,702 --> 00:46:05,130 I can feel it when I'm preaching to them. 978 00:46:05,510 --> 00:46:07,630 These people are so broken. 979 00:46:07,790 --> 00:46:09,850 I don't know what happened to you. 980 00:46:10,530 --> 00:46:12,250 I'm sorry that it happened. 981 00:46:12,330 --> 00:46:14,666 Matter of fact, some of you need to hear that from a man. 982 00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:20,826 I'm sorry that it happened to you, but when that. 983 00:46:20,898 --> 00:46:24,634 When he came walking up to play the keys and the way I reacted, 984 00:46:24,682 --> 00:46:26,910 that's many of you in the spiritual realm. 985 00:46:27,970 --> 00:46:30,910 And I feel like the word of the Lord for you is abide. 986 00:46:31,810 --> 00:46:33,950 I want to release the word abide. 987 00:46:34,610 --> 00:46:35,470 Abide. 988 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,020 Because the Lord wants to heal you this year. 989 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:43,860 So here's my. 990 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:52,232 I know I don't know you, but I love you because I know you by the 991 00:46:52,256 --> 00:46:53,048 spirit. 992 00:46:53,224 --> 00:46:56,184 And some of you are like, but I've never even had a conversation 993 00:46:56,232 --> 00:46:57,208 with my pastor. 994 00:46:57,304 --> 00:47:01,660 Listen, conversations are superficial, but pastoring is supernatural. 995 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,840 Matter of fact, conversations are the worst form of data because 996 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:07,728 you'll tell me what you think I want to hear. 997 00:47:07,784 --> 00:47:10,060 The Spirit shows me what I need to know. 998 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,792 And I'm looking at many of you in the Spirit, and I know you by 999 00:47:13,816 --> 00:47:16,592 the spirit, and I have a great compassion for you. 1000 00:47:16,616 --> 00:47:19,376 I know I preach hard sometimes, but it's because I. 1001 00:47:19,448 --> 00:47:23,648 I have been given the responsibility to preach to legends. 1002 00:47:23,824 --> 00:47:24,400 If I. 1003 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,376 Cause I see many of your future, I see what the Lord's desiring 1004 00:47:27,408 --> 00:47:29,536 to do, and I'm trying to hold you accountable. 1005 00:47:29,568 --> 00:47:35,110 And I know sometimes it's harsh, but it's out of love because 1006 00:47:35,150 --> 00:47:36,438 I see what you could become. 1007 00:47:36,494 --> 00:47:40,230 But you've gotta stop making excuses, and you have to stop being 1008 00:47:40,270 --> 00:47:44,086 a victim and you have to stop being ungrateful. 1009 00:47:44,278 --> 00:47:47,190 And I want us to take this next several weeks and just start 1010 00:47:47,230 --> 00:47:49,734 saying thank you in the wilderness and just eat our daily 1011 00:47:49,782 --> 00:47:52,370 bread and say, God, I'M about to pass this test. 1012 00:47:52,670 --> 00:47:55,478 So if you're willing to say, okay, Lord, I'm here, I'll sign up. 1013 00:47:55,534 --> 00:47:56,966 Just lift both your hands towards heaven. 1014 00:47:56,998 --> 00:47:57,690 Heaven. 1015 00:48:01,390 --> 00:48:01,942 Come on. 1016 00:48:01,966 --> 00:48:02,918 Praise God. 1017 00:48:03,094 --> 00:48:05,014 I see many of your hands now. 1018 00:48:05,022 --> 00:48:07,094 Here's what you did when you lifted your hands. 1019 00:48:07,142 --> 00:48:08,630 It's a sign of surrender. 1020 00:48:08,790 --> 00:48:12,246 But also the Lord showed me a vision of you reaching towards heaven 1021 00:48:12,278 --> 00:48:14,530 and pulling the daily mana down. 1022 00:48:15,070 --> 00:48:17,462 And when you lifted your hands, it's like you're pulling the 1023 00:48:17,486 --> 00:48:18,278 daily mana. 1024 00:48:18,374 --> 00:48:20,450 God, my job is not enough. 1025 00:48:21,230 --> 00:48:22,774 You need to change that to God. 1026 00:48:22,822 --> 00:48:23,890 It's just enough. 1027 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:25,656 God. 1028 00:48:25,848 --> 00:48:28,808 There's something about he's locking your heart into position 1029 00:48:28,944 --> 00:48:34,632 because you will inherit a legacy and it will not be able to 1030 00:48:34,656 --> 00:48:35,940 be taken away. 1031 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,840 You will be deeded homes. 1032 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:39,480 You will. 1033 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:43,096 I'm telling you, you're gonna be the first in your bloodline to 1034 00:48:43,168 --> 00:48:43,832 own. 1035 00:48:44,016 --> 00:48:46,200 You are no longer a slave. 1036 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:50,760 You are a child of God and you will not always be in this situation. 1037 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,704 But you have have to pass your test. 1038 00:48:53,872 --> 00:48:57,620 The Lord said, I'll feed them every day to test them. 1039 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:17,016 Oh, Lord, let's pray together. 1040 00:49:17,088 --> 00:49:18,024 You can use my words. 1041 00:49:18,072 --> 00:49:22,680 Just say, heavenly Father, thank you for manna. 1042 00:49:23,820 --> 00:49:25,960 Jesus, you're the daily bread. 1043 00:49:28,060 --> 00:49:30,120 I will feast on your word. 1044 00:49:31,020 --> 00:49:33,160 I will feast on your presence. 1045 00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:36,640 I will be grateful in this season. 1046 00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:44,452 Break off every mentality that's not from you, Lord, that I 1047 00:49:44,476 --> 00:49:45,960 will speak your word. 1048 00:49:46,660 --> 00:49:50,860 I will align my tongue to speak your word. 1049 00:49:50,940 --> 00:49:54,080 God, I will bless and not curse. 1050 00:49:55,620 --> 00:49:59,960 And I will begin to declare your word like never before. 1051 00:50:00,340 --> 00:50:04,440 Say, heavenly Father, I thank you for this season. 1052 00:50:04,980 --> 00:50:11,640 That is a semester and I am being equipped to pass the test. 1053 00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:14,710 And Lord, I thank you for legacy. 1054 00:50:15,610 --> 00:50:18,930 In Jesus mighty name, can somebody say amen?