1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,000 I got a word for y' all. 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,080 Someone said, man, I came down. 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,080 I came to be to. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,280 To pull on heaven. 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:13,840 Amen. 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,000 Come on, give God a praise. 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:18,640 God's good. 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,320 Amen. 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,000 Good morning. 10 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:21,920 The one Amen. 11 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,120 Y' all may be seated. 12 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,240 Praise the Lord. 13 00:00:27,770 --> 00:00:30,250 Y' all make a brother want to go back to praising again. 14 00:00:31,450 --> 00:00:42,970 Man, I want to just give thanks to Pastor Mike and his lovely 15 00:00:42,970 --> 00:00:45,610 wife for giving me this opportunity to come. 16 00:00:46,010 --> 00:00:46,730 Thank you. 17 00:00:47,050 --> 00:00:47,770 Thank you. 18 00:00:48,330 --> 00:00:51,690 And man, I'm excited. 19 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:52,730 It's so. 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,640 This is a dream come true. 21 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:56,720 I'm serious. 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,720 It's a dream to be here with you all. 23 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:00,320 Amen. 24 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,120 Really quick, for those that don't know me, my name is Joey. 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,039 I'm from Hammond, Indiana. 26 00:01:09,039 --> 00:01:11,600 I pastor a wonderful church called Northgate. 27 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:14,960 I'm so blessed. 28 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:15,520 Amen. 29 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,360 I've been married for 30 years. 30 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,880 I'm going to be 31 on August 18th. 31 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,200 God is good. 32 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:25,470 That's my best friend. 33 00:01:25,470 --> 00:01:26,470 She's back at home. 34 00:01:26,470 --> 00:01:30,790 She couldn't come with me, but man, that's everything for me. 35 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:34,870 That's my cheerleader, my ride or die. 36 00:01:35,750 --> 00:01:37,910 Before I come here, I had to hear her voice. 37 00:01:37,910 --> 00:01:41,670 She was praying over me and I said, baby, man, that's all I need. 38 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:42,390 Thank you. 39 00:01:42,790 --> 00:01:43,830 She's a gift. 40 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:45,430 Amen. 41 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:46,950 She's my treasure box. 42 00:01:48,790 --> 00:01:50,310 I'm trying to get brownie points. 43 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,030 Amen. 44 00:01:56,450 --> 00:01:57,970 She is really my best friend. 45 00:01:57,970 --> 00:02:00,050 I have four amazing sons. 46 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:01,730 They all love Jesus. 47 00:02:01,730 --> 00:02:02,370 Amen. 48 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:06,530 And I got three wonderful daughter in laws. 49 00:02:06,610 --> 00:02:08,130 They too love Jesus. 50 00:02:08,450 --> 00:02:11,690 Man, I could keep going because I'm talking about lasting 51 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:12,050 fruit. 52 00:02:12,050 --> 00:02:12,610 Amen. 53 00:02:13,410 --> 00:02:16,610 And I got nine grandchildren. 54 00:02:16,610 --> 00:02:17,890 That's why I got white hair. 55 00:02:20,930 --> 00:02:21,930 They're amazing. 56 00:02:21,930 --> 00:02:26,210 And it's awesome to be a grandfa, a grandpa, you know, I'm 57 00:02:26,210 --> 00:02:27,570 papa, you know, at home. 58 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:31,670 And it's definitely an amazing gift. 59 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:32,270 Amen. 60 00:02:32,350 --> 00:02:34,630 And I have my son Julian with me. 61 00:02:34,630 --> 00:02:36,390 Would you all applaud my son? 62 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:38,110 He came out here to hang out with me. 63 00:02:38,110 --> 00:02:38,670 Amen. 64 00:02:40,990 --> 00:02:46,550 And man, I'm honored because y' all don't know Mike the way I 65 00:02:46,550 --> 00:02:47,230 know Mike. 66 00:02:48,030 --> 00:02:53,230 Pastor Mike, that man, I was at his house yesterday and, man, 67 00:02:53,230 --> 00:02:54,750 did we start reminiscing. 68 00:02:54,750 --> 00:03:02,390 And when I saw Pastor Sandra, man, he says that I make him feel 69 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:05,790 young, but when I saw Pastor Sandra, she was making me feel young 70 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:07,430 because we go way back. 71 00:03:08,230 --> 00:03:10,230 I walked in and all I did was like. 72 00:03:11,109 --> 00:03:11,750 And just. 73 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:13,350 Man, I was wrecked. 74 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:18,950 You know, we go back, back, and I remember Mike being. 75 00:03:20,070 --> 00:03:20,870 He ain't lying. 76 00:03:20,870 --> 00:03:21,870 We were in the hood. 77 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:28,160 I'm going to tell you, he ain't lying in that Same hood. 78 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,520 I was stabbed in that same hood. 79 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,840 I was shot at in that hood. 80 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:37,560 I got jumped by 10 guys, got my head smashed. 81 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:42,120 I mean, you talk about the hood, but Jesus did something. 82 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,920 And he says, not today, Satan. 83 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,520 I'm saving this one for me. 84 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,560 Amen. 85 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,200 Mike came on board. 86 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,520 You know, he was one of my youth. 87 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,400 And, you know, one thing that I don't tell much, folks, and I was 88 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,760 just sharing that with Sister Sandra in the green room. 89 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,840 I said, you know, one thing that I don't tell too many folk about 90 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,000 Brother Mike, he had an anger issue. 91 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,360 Yeah. 92 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:16,840 The life that, you know, that he went through, you know, And I 93 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,200 say this to say this. 94 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:23,419 God will put you in places where folks can love that thing right 95 00:04:23,419 --> 00:04:24,019 out of you. 96 00:04:25,939 --> 00:04:27,419 And he became my youth. 97 00:04:27,419 --> 00:04:28,739 And that's all I did. 98 00:04:28,739 --> 00:04:33,419 When Mike came into my youth, I said, oh, man, I see Jesus all 99 00:04:33,419 --> 00:04:33,939 over him. 100 00:04:33,939 --> 00:04:34,659 And he be. 101 00:04:36,179 --> 00:04:37,859 You know, I said, no, that's okay. 102 00:04:38,019 --> 00:04:39,139 We gonna love you. 103 00:04:40,099 --> 00:04:42,979 And sure enough, you know, we. 104 00:04:44,099 --> 00:04:47,699 Man, when Mike went to my church, and, man, I didn't even think 105 00:04:47,699 --> 00:04:50,179 about this, to be honest with you, but he went to my church and 106 00:04:50,179 --> 00:04:52,720 he said, Pastor Joe was my youth pastor. 107 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,800 And, boy, he did nothing. 108 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,920 No fun to the youth. 109 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,840 It was straight boot camp with him. 110 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,440 I said, oh, man. 111 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,800 And I was in the back and I shrunk. 112 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,080 And I told my wife I sucked as a leader. 113 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Good God, you know, because honestly, I tell everyone I was riding 114 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:17,360 on a wave of my first love, and I wanted all my youth that I 115 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,440 led to experience that love. 116 00:05:20,370 --> 00:05:21,370 I made these youth. 117 00:05:21,370 --> 00:05:25,410 Now, mind you, 14, 15 years of age, I was making these youths fast. 118 00:05:27,330 --> 00:05:29,210 And I'm not talking this craziness. 119 00:05:29,210 --> 00:05:31,850 Well, I'm going to fast from YouTube and I'm going to fast from 120 00:05:31,850 --> 00:05:32,210 TV. 121 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,130 No, we didn't even have that. 122 00:05:34,690 --> 00:05:35,890 All we had was water. 123 00:05:35,890 --> 00:05:37,890 I said, y' all going to be fasting, and we're going to just 124 00:05:37,890 --> 00:05:39,890 drink water at 6 in the morning. 125 00:05:39,890 --> 00:05:42,450 We're going to rise up and we going to praise the Lord. 126 00:05:43,730 --> 00:05:48,780 Now, the adults weren't even doing this, man. 127 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:54,340 All of a sudden, we were in the lower part of our church and 128 00:05:54,340 --> 00:05:55,580 the youth started to grow. 129 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:58,660 I had a meeting with my dad. 130 00:05:58,660 --> 00:06:01,500 I said, hey, Dad, y' all ain't got a lot of adults. 131 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:02,700 I need that sanctuary. 132 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:09,420 So they had to go down to the little room, and I filled half that 133 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:10,940 sanctuary up with youth. 134 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:12,860 Amen. 135 00:06:12,860 --> 00:06:14,220 Come on, let's give God a praise. 136 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:14,660 Amen. 137 00:06:16,260 --> 00:06:17,540 God was doing something. 138 00:06:17,540 --> 00:06:18,740 All right, Pastor Mike. 139 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:22,900 And then I had all the families drop off all their youth 140 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:24,020 in the morning. 141 00:06:24,020 --> 00:06:25,300 On a Saturday morning. 142 00:06:25,380 --> 00:06:25,940 Come on. 143 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:28,740 There's no youth that don't like coming to church at no Saturday 144 00:06:28,740 --> 00:06:29,420 morning at no. 145 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:30,020 7, 8. 146 00:06:32,020 --> 00:06:35,220 But I met man, they came and they were ready. 147 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:37,220 They said, what are we doing today? 148 00:06:37,220 --> 00:06:40,050 I said, we're going to walk around these blocks and this hood. 149 00:06:40,050 --> 00:06:41,250 Yeah, this hood. 150 00:06:42,130 --> 00:06:44,610 We're going to walk around her, and we're going to walk around 151 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:45,970 her like Jericho. 152 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:49,090 We're going to declare salvation for the lives of every 153 00:06:49,090 --> 00:06:49,650 person here. 154 00:06:51,730 --> 00:06:54,290 Big old person like me, and then a whole bunch of little people 155 00:06:54,290 --> 00:06:54,930 back at me. 156 00:06:54,930 --> 00:07:00,090 We're over there preaching and worshiping and praying in Jesus name. 157 00:07:00,090 --> 00:07:01,490 I said, all right, Mike, your turn now. 158 00:07:01,570 --> 00:07:02,570 He get up in there. 159 00:07:02,570 --> 00:07:04,610 In Jesus name we declare. 160 00:07:04,610 --> 00:07:05,650 He go praying. 161 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:09,820 And after we finished that one, he tapped the next one. 162 00:07:09,820 --> 00:07:10,900 All right, Robert, your turn. 163 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:12,780 In Jesus name we declare. 164 00:07:12,780 --> 00:07:14,780 And everyone in the back just said, yes. 165 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:15,300 Amen. 166 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,020 Hallelujah. 167 00:07:16,020 --> 00:07:17,100 Yeah, let's go. 168 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:17,700 Let's go. 169 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,180 Ain't nobody doing none of that. 170 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:25,260 But, man, we had a vision. 171 00:07:25,260 --> 00:07:27,060 We saw people coming to Christ. 172 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:31,180 And the more we were doing these radical things, the more the 173 00:07:31,180 --> 00:07:31,940 youth grew. 174 00:07:34,860 --> 00:07:40,460 That's why today we want to talk about the topic of fruit that 175 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,020 remains. 176 00:07:41,580 --> 00:07:42,220 Amen. 177 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:48,140 That's why I entitled today's message, fruit that outlives you. 178 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:53,820 Someone say, man, fruit that outlives me is for me. 179 00:07:54,940 --> 00:07:55,580 Amen. 180 00:07:56,220 --> 00:08:01,140 Now, that kind of fruit, it takes one for you to have that kind 181 00:08:01,140 --> 00:08:04,160 of fruit, it's going to require you to abide. 182 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,760 That's when we have to take off the watches, because, you know, 183 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,800 the apple watch, you know, it's a distraction. 184 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,320 You know, it's when you get your phone and say, you know what? 185 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,440 I got to put this away because I'm going to dwell. 186 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:16,400 I'm going to abide. 187 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,279 I don't want no distraction. 188 00:08:18,279 --> 00:08:19,520 Let me take off the time. 189 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,200 I don't want to know about the time. 190 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:22,720 God, it's me and you. 191 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,880 I want fruit that's going to last. 192 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:34,090 Is anyone out there watching me say fruit that lasts? 193 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:40,730 And here is the truth, like I was saying earlier, in Christ, when 194 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:44,570 we remain in Christ, it does not remove the struggle. 195 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:48,650 It gives us strength for the struggle. 196 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:50,170 Amen. 197 00:08:51,290 --> 00:08:53,890 Just because I am abiding doesn't mean that he is going to 198 00:08:53,890 --> 00:08:54,810 remove the problem. 199 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:57,930 No, he gives me the strength to endure the problem. 200 00:08:58,870 --> 00:08:59,270 Come on. 201 00:08:59,270 --> 00:09:03,110 There's a story about a young little boy that saw a cocoon. 202 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:04,870 I don't know if y' all ever heard about this story. 203 00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:09,390 And he saw this cocoon and he saw this butterfly was trying to 204 00:09:09,390 --> 00:09:12,750 break out of it and he said, you know what, I'm going to help 205 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:13,750 this little guy out. 206 00:09:14,390 --> 00:09:19,030 And so he opened it a little bit so that it would make the job 207 00:09:19,030 --> 00:09:23,270 easier for this butterfly to get out when the butterfly came out, 208 00:09:23,270 --> 00:09:24,590 because he made it easy for him. 209 00:09:24,590 --> 00:09:26,630 The butterfly came out, but he couldn't fly. 210 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:30,740 Why couldn't he fly? 211 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:32,660 He said to himself, why couldn't this? 212 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:36,420 I made it easy for you to get out, why didn't you fly? 213 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:39,140 I'm going to tell you something. 214 00:09:40,660 --> 00:09:44,100 While he was in that cocoon and was wrestling and struggling 215 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:49,540 to get out, it was strengthening his wings. 216 00:09:51,220 --> 00:09:54,900 But because somebody made it easy, he came out premature. 217 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,720 And when it was time to fly, he fell. 218 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,520 There's some people you've been asking God, let me get out, 219 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,400 let me get out. 220 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,600 God said, be quiet because when you get out, you're going to 221 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,800 be able to sustain. 222 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:13,120 Who am I talking to? 223 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,000 You're going to be able to stand on your own two feet. 224 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 You're going to know how to pray for yourself. 225 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,120 You're going to know how to encourage others because you know 226 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,640 what it took to stay in and to finally break out. 227 00:10:25,540 --> 00:10:28,740 And nobody can get credit other than God. 228 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:31,620 Tell your neighbor, leave me alone. 229 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:37,620 When my time is my time, I'll. 230 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:42,660 I ain't trying to die prematurely. 231 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:45,180 Don't send someone. 232 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:48,260 Just look at your Pastor Mike and say, don't send me out too early. 233 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:56,590 Uh huh, uh oh Pastor. 234 00:10:56,590 --> 00:11:00,070 All this time I thought, now they ain't going to tell you nothing 235 00:11:00,070 --> 00:11:00,510 no more. 236 00:11:01,230 --> 00:11:08,670 I gotta fly man. 237 00:11:08,670 --> 00:11:09,310 Y' all make. 238 00:11:11,310 --> 00:11:16,590 Remaining in Jesus, Amen will turn tears into testimonies. 239 00:11:17,830 --> 00:11:22,790 If I just stay connected, my waiting will turn into a refining. 240 00:11:23,990 --> 00:11:28,430 If I could just stay abiding a little longer, my pain will turn 241 00:11:28,430 --> 00:11:29,350 into purpose. 242 00:11:30,630 --> 00:11:33,990 If I could just stay connected, there will be grace for 243 00:11:33,990 --> 00:11:34,790 my race. 244 00:11:36,470 --> 00:11:39,670 I can't be in your lane because there's no grace for me. 245 00:11:39,670 --> 00:11:44,600 But let me stay in my lane and watch me fly because there's only 246 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,160 grace for my race. 247 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,880 I can't preach like you, I can't sing like you. 248 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:51,720 And that's okay. 249 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,520 But I got grace for my. 250 00:11:55,280 --> 00:12:00,400 Someone said, man, forgive me for looking at you, let me get back 251 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,200 in my lane. 252 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,480 Jesus said to John, but if you remain in me and my words in you, 253 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:12,380 you can ask anything. 254 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:18,300 Someone say anything and it will be given notice what he says. 255 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:21,180 Anything comes when you learn to abide. 256 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:21,980 Every time. 257 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:25,260 I'm going to say that again. 258 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:28,940 See, we want everything, but we don't Want to abide every time. 259 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:32,660 We want everything. 260 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:35,980 Yeah, give me the car, give me the ministry, give me the microphone, 261 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:36,660 give me the light. 262 00:12:36,660 --> 00:12:38,540 And God said, but you won't give me a minute. 263 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:47,090 You want me to open up the cocoon only so that you can die prematurely. 264 00:12:49,170 --> 00:12:52,410 I'm going to let you sit in there a little longer until you stop 265 00:12:52,410 --> 00:12:53,970 complaining and start praising. 266 00:12:58,450 --> 00:13:02,890 I'm going to let you stay a little longer until you learn to 267 00:13:02,890 --> 00:13:07,770 give me praise and you stop your complaining. 268 00:13:07,770 --> 00:13:09,370 You know what complaining does, right? 269 00:13:09,370 --> 00:13:10,810 Complain means to remain. 270 00:13:13,770 --> 00:13:17,210 That's why Israel never got out of their mess, because they kept 271 00:13:17,210 --> 00:13:18,410 on complaining. 272 00:13:18,730 --> 00:13:20,410 And complain means to remain. 273 00:13:20,410 --> 00:13:22,890 But praise means that God makes a way. 274 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:23,370 Why? 275 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:26,410 Because he inhabits in the praises of his people. 276 00:13:27,770 --> 00:13:28,650 My, my, my. 277 00:13:31,220 --> 00:13:39,180 I want to pitch my tent here, though, in John 15:16, this is where 278 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:40,500 we're going to pitch our tent. 279 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:47,940 You did not choose me, but I, the Lord chose you. 280 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,300 Someone said, when he picks you, he doesn't make a mistake. 281 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:55,940 He don't make mistakes. 282 00:13:57,740 --> 00:13:58,180 We got to. 283 00:13:58,180 --> 00:13:58,620 Unbelievable. 284 00:13:58,620 --> 00:13:59,900 That's got to be your reality. 285 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:03,180 Because if that's not your reality, every time he calls you 286 00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:05,900 to something, you're always going to doubt it. 287 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:08,860 He don't make mistakes. 288 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:12,780 If he called you to it, that means there is grace for it. 289 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:17,300 That means that you don't have to rely on your strength anymore. 290 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,260 There is grace to get you to it. 291 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:20,540 Amen. 292 00:14:22,230 --> 00:14:22,710 My, my. 293 00:14:23,110 --> 00:14:26,150 He says, you did not choose me, but I chose you. 294 00:14:26,150 --> 00:14:26,950 And here it is. 295 00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:29,030 I love the words I was saying this morning. 296 00:14:29,110 --> 00:14:31,910 When you read the verse, you got to know how to read it. 297 00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:37,350 When he says he chose me, I sit there for a minute, I pitch a 298 00:14:37,350 --> 00:14:40,350 tent, and just on that, I don't even go any further until I 299 00:14:40,350 --> 00:14:42,630 understand that, okay, he chose me. 300 00:14:42,950 --> 00:14:47,990 The God of heaven and earth, the Creator of heaven and earth, 301 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:51,230 the helper of all my Amen. 302 00:14:52,750 --> 00:14:54,110 He chose me. 303 00:14:55,310 --> 00:14:57,390 He chose you when you were broken. 304 00:14:57,390 --> 00:15:01,390 He chose you when you didn't think you were enough. 305 00:15:01,390 --> 00:15:03,390 He said, yeah, it's you that I want. 306 00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:06,910 I'm into broken goods. 307 00:15:08,830 --> 00:15:09,910 He chose you. 308 00:15:09,910 --> 00:15:11,870 And then he said, and I appointed you. 309 00:15:11,870 --> 00:15:13,710 Which means there was a selection. 310 00:15:13,870 --> 00:15:16,270 There was a purpose for him choosing you. 311 00:15:16,670 --> 00:15:18,950 He didn't just choose you to steal oxygen. 312 00:15:18,950 --> 00:15:19,940 He didn't tell you to. 313 00:15:20,330 --> 00:15:23,290 He didn't choose you so you can suck up or steal somebody's chair. 314 00:15:23,450 --> 00:15:25,050 No, there was a purpose. 315 00:15:25,050 --> 00:15:27,330 And there's a reason why you do what you do. 316 00:15:27,330 --> 00:15:29,170 Because you have been assigned to do that. 317 00:15:29,170 --> 00:15:30,650 That's why no one can move you. 318 00:15:30,650 --> 00:15:31,130 That's why? 319 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:34,530 They can dog you and talk about you, but they cannot move you 320 00:15:34,530 --> 00:15:36,250 because they never put you there. 321 00:15:36,490 --> 00:15:40,410 When God is before you, who can be against you? 322 00:15:43,450 --> 00:15:46,570 If he appointed me, that means you can't move me. 323 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:53,150 You can talk about me, but you're going to have to sit there 324 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:55,190 and watch me be blessed. 325 00:15:56,310 --> 00:15:56,950 Come on. 326 00:16:00,550 --> 00:16:04,630 You can join me and we can be blessed together, or you can complain 327 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:05,350 and remain. 328 00:16:08,230 --> 00:16:11,830 And he says, I appointed you for this reason because there's always 329 00:16:11,830 --> 00:16:13,350 a reason why he appoints us. 330 00:16:13,350 --> 00:16:13,830 Amen. 331 00:16:14,220 --> 00:16:16,380 He doesn't just appoint you, just pick you. 332 00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:16,820 Amen. 333 00:16:16,820 --> 00:16:18,780 He says, so that you may go. 334 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:20,060 We got to stop there. 335 00:16:20,060 --> 00:16:20,540 Amen. 336 00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:21,660 We got to highlight that. 337 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:22,740 So where am I going? 338 00:16:22,740 --> 00:16:25,540 Because if I'm going somewhere, then when am I supposed 339 00:16:25,540 --> 00:16:26,060 to be going? 340 00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:30,060 Don't give me direction and just say, you know, hey, just go. 341 00:16:32,620 --> 00:16:34,140 There's no TikTok in here. 342 00:16:34,140 --> 00:16:34,700 Amen. 343 00:16:35,420 --> 00:16:37,180 What are you supposed to do when I'm here? 344 00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:39,980 What people do when they here? 345 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:40,940 No, no, no, no. 346 00:16:41,390 --> 00:16:43,910 God, he's telling us. 347 00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:46,670 He says that you may go. 348 00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:49,550 I appointed you. 349 00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:54,750 I put you here in New York so that you may go. 350 00:16:56,270 --> 00:17:00,910 I assigned you at a church so that you may go. 351 00:17:02,190 --> 00:17:03,390 So here we go. 352 00:17:03,470 --> 00:17:04,990 Let's talk about it a little bit. 353 00:17:05,550 --> 00:17:08,550 You know, go is a word. 354 00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:09,310 It's an action. 355 00:17:09,870 --> 00:17:13,320 It's moving with purpose. 356 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:13,840 Amen. 357 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,080 He said, I want you to go. 358 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:19,840 And here's the thing. 359 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:27,360 God knows that you were not created to be stagnant. 360 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:31,680 Can I tell you this? 361 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,040 That stagnant water, we all know it stinks. 362 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,080 It becomes a breeding ground for bacteria and parasites. 363 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:46,690 When water is not moving, when God says, I want you to bear fruit, 364 00:17:46,690 --> 00:17:48,890 but you got to first learn to abide. 365 00:17:49,130 --> 00:17:52,170 Because when you abide, then you're empowered to go. 366 00:17:53,370 --> 00:17:55,770 When you're empowered to go, then you can grow. 367 00:17:57,690 --> 00:17:58,249 Amen. 368 00:17:58,810 --> 00:18:01,130 He's telling you, don't be stagnant. 369 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:03,170 Because we know what stagnant does. 370 00:18:03,170 --> 00:18:03,970 It stinks. 371 00:18:03,970 --> 00:18:06,010 And no one wants to be around stinky things. 372 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:13,540 And the enemy knows that if he can have you focus on the wrong thing, 373 00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:14,980 you'll be like water. 374 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:18,740 You won't gravitate. 375 00:18:18,820 --> 00:18:22,380 No one will be gravitated to anything that stinks unless they're 376 00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:23,140 stinky, too. 377 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:30,660 But someone that knows that it smells, they avoid it. 378 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:33,940 So you only attract what stinks. 379 00:18:38,810 --> 00:18:41,130 And God says, I want you to go. 380 00:18:42,170 --> 00:18:43,210 I chose you. 381 00:18:43,530 --> 00:18:44,570 I appointed you. 382 00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:45,330 I selected you. 383 00:18:45,330 --> 00:18:46,530 There's a purpose now. 384 00:18:46,530 --> 00:18:47,690 I want you to go. 385 00:18:49,050 --> 00:18:50,810 I want you to move with purpose. 386 00:18:51,770 --> 00:19:00,740 And he says this, and I want you to bear Fruit, comma, Fruit that 387 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:01,460 will last. 388 00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:05,180 Now, see, you look at a comma, but you may not look at it the way 389 00:19:05,180 --> 00:19:05,900 I look at it. 390 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:08,740 Because comma, means there's an ongoing sentence. 391 00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:10,660 A period means that it stops here. 392 00:19:10,660 --> 00:19:13,140 And he didn't put a period on the first fruit. 393 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:20,980 If you put a comma, it's because he wants you to understand 394 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:22,980 this is not where it stops. 395 00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:29,100 I want you to bear fruit, but, comma, I want it to be fruit that 396 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:29,820 will last. 397 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,300 Fruit that will last. 398 00:19:34,220 --> 00:19:36,460 Then when he said last, then there was a period. 399 00:19:39,660 --> 00:19:44,580 See, he knows that the world will allow you to bear fruit. 400 00:19:44,580 --> 00:19:47,420 But the fruit that the world gives comes with an expiration date. 401 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:49,220 Come on. 402 00:19:49,220 --> 00:19:51,260 That fruit will spoil at the end of the week. 403 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:55,180 And sometimes he'll try to trick you long enough to make you 404 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:58,050 think that you got the right fruit by making it last for a month, 405 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,720 only to discover that in that month, it's going to die. 406 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,600 So in order for me to go, I need to be connected. 407 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,920 Because in order for me to grow, I need to be connected. 408 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,520 Everything has to do with connection. 409 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,920 Pastor Mike is connected to the vine. 410 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,560 In fact, you are the reason you are here. 411 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,000 Because he never stopped being connected. 412 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:28,960 Amen. 413 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,480 It started in the hood. 414 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:32,880 Come on. 415 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,720 So don't look at the hood wrong. 416 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:41,360 Amen. 417 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,200 Good things happen in the hood. 418 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,120 In fact, Jesus came out of the hood. 419 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,080 Y' all didn't want to talk about it, though. 420 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,480 What good could come out of Nazareth? 421 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,000 What good could come out the hood? 422 00:20:56,270 --> 00:20:57,510 Jesus says, peekaboo. 423 00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:58,270 Here I am. 424 00:20:58,910 --> 00:20:59,630 Let's go. 425 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:00,990 Where you at now? 426 00:21:01,950 --> 00:21:03,150 Where you at now? 427 00:21:07,070 --> 00:21:08,470 Our Savior came out. 428 00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:12,110 See, some of us, if it wasn't for the hood, you wouldn't be as 429 00:21:12,110 --> 00:21:13,230 tough as you are, right? 430 00:21:20,670 --> 00:21:21,230 Come on. 431 00:21:21,230 --> 00:21:22,590 Y' all know what I'm talking about. 432 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:33,580 You were chosen. 433 00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:34,100 Church. 434 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:35,940 You were chosen. 435 00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:37,540 You were chosen. 436 00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:41,860 I came to convince somebody that was hanging on a string. 437 00:21:41,860 --> 00:21:43,540 You were chosen. 438 00:21:45,060 --> 00:21:45,620 God. 439 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:47,460 Abba. 440 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:48,660 Dad. 441 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:51,060 I pick you. 442 00:21:51,780 --> 00:21:54,020 To bear fruit that will last. 443 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:59,700 They're not here by accident, I said earlier. 444 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:03,060 But God initiated the relationship. 445 00:22:04,819 --> 00:22:06,740 Aren't you glad he initiated it? 446 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:08,580 Amen. 447 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:12,100 When fear paralyzed you, he initiated it. 448 00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:15,020 When you didn't think you were enough. 449 00:22:15,020 --> 00:22:16,260 He initiated it. 450 00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:19,030 His relentless pursuit. 451 00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:23,430 I'm here because of his relentless pursuit. 452 00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:26,630 I'm glad he was running after me. 453 00:22:27,910 --> 00:22:28,630 Come on. 454 00:22:29,510 --> 00:22:31,190 It was by his goodness. 455 00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:35,910 Doesn't the Bible say His goodness that caused me to repent? 456 00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:38,110 His goodness. 457 00:22:38,110 --> 00:22:38,990 Man, he was so good. 458 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,230 I couldn't help it no more. 459 00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:42,430 I couldn't turn away from him. 460 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:43,670 He kept telling me he Loved me. 461 00:22:43,670 --> 00:22:45,750 Okay, I love you back. 462 00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:51,990 I'm ugly, though. 463 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:54,390 God says I love every piece of it. 464 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:56,070 I died for it. 465 00:22:58,550 --> 00:22:59,950 I know your background. 466 00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:04,710 I know what you're struggling, and I still pick you. 467 00:23:07,110 --> 00:23:08,150 My, my, my. 468 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:14,080 This is so good. 469 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,920 It's like this church. 470 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:27,440 Abraham had to leave his country so that he can gain. 471 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,160 See, first of all, where Abraham had to leave. 472 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,960 He had to leave his country because it was familiar. 473 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,770 And he had to leave what was familiar to gain what was unfamiliar. 474 00:23:40,770 --> 00:23:41,810 What was unfamiliar. 475 00:23:41,970 --> 00:23:42,690 Having children. 476 00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:49,490 The disciples had to leave their net so they can become real 477 00:23:49,490 --> 00:23:50,850 fishermen of men. 478 00:23:53,810 --> 00:23:58,770 There's fruit that God wants you to have, and it's called lasting 479 00:23:58,850 --> 00:23:59,330 fruit. 480 00:24:00,850 --> 00:24:06,180 I said earlier, people around you should not be hungry because 481 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:07,780 you should be fruitful. 482 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:12,900 If there's anyone that's hungry, they should want to come 483 00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:13,060 around. 484 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:16,220 You say every time Joey comes around, every time Pastor Mike come 485 00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:20,620 around, every time Billy or Sally come around, they got fruit 486 00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:21,300 all the time. 487 00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:24,900 Every time they come, I feel better. 488 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:35,960 No one around you should be hungry because you always have fruit. 489 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,320 You have fruit that don't expire. 490 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,760 Come on, church, you got fruit that don't expire. 491 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,880 Going means this church. 492 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,440 Reaching others with the gospel. 493 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,560 Going means this serving in love. 494 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:00,930 Going means making disciples. 495 00:25:03,570 --> 00:25:04,770 You know, Can I tell you this? 496 00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:07,690 Disciples don't mean that I get to see you at church once a month 497 00:25:07,690 --> 00:25:08,610 or once a week. 498 00:25:09,730 --> 00:25:11,570 Disciple is doing life. 499 00:25:13,089 --> 00:25:15,330 It's calling each other, man. 500 00:25:15,330 --> 00:25:18,330 My son Julian, he's here today, and, man, does he know how 501 00:25:18,330 --> 00:25:18,610 to. 502 00:25:18,930 --> 00:25:20,930 Man, he just. 503 00:25:21,330 --> 00:25:26,150 Every time I come around him, he got folk around him, and I'm not 504 00:25:26,150 --> 00:25:29,950 like, choo choo, how do you do it, Papi, you got a baby at the house. 505 00:25:29,950 --> 00:25:32,190 And now, mind you, my little evergreen, she's beautiful. 506 00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:34,070 And my little teddy. 507 00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:36,590 But he has a vision. 508 00:25:37,790 --> 00:25:42,870 And people will always come around you because they know that 509 00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:44,190 you got something to eat. 510 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:49,790 When people come to you and say, man, this happened to me, don't 511 00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:50,430 dismiss them. 512 00:25:52,420 --> 00:25:55,460 They are hungry and they know you have something to give them. 513 00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:01,460 Well, I don't understand why everybody tells me their problems. 514 00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:03,460 That's because you always give them fruit. 515 00:27:15,991 --> 00:27:18,871 When was the last time you heard of someone dying of starvation 516 00:27:19,111 --> 00:27:21,671 locked up in a grocery store? 517 00:27:24,471 --> 00:27:24,871 Right? 518 00:27:34,131 --> 00:27:35,171 I'm being serious. 519 00:27:35,411 --> 00:27:35,811 Right? 520 00:27:37,571 --> 00:27:42,531 My question to you all today, what are you planting that your children, 521 00:27:42,611 --> 00:27:46,771 your church and your community will harvest later when you're long 522 00:27:46,771 --> 00:27:47,331 and gone? 523 00:27:52,061 --> 00:27:55,101 What will your children harvest once you are gone? 524 00:27:55,101 --> 00:27:59,261 I said earlier today, will your community miss you when you 525 00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:00,061 are long and gone? 526 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:08,941 Will your children say, man, I remember how dad got out of this 527 00:28:08,941 --> 00:28:09,741 circumstance. 528 00:28:09,901 --> 00:28:12,661 I remember him praying, seeking the face of God. 529 00:28:12,661 --> 00:28:16,381 And God showed up and showed out, made a way where there was no 530 00:28:16,381 --> 00:28:17,981 way, man, I'm telling you. 531 00:28:19,211 --> 00:28:22,731 I one time had this neighbor that came to my. 532 00:28:22,891 --> 00:28:28,451 I have parking in front of my house and this man in my neighborhood. 533 00:28:28,451 --> 00:28:30,611 I am the pastor of everybody in that block. 534 00:28:30,611 --> 00:28:31,531 Everyone knows me. 535 00:28:31,531 --> 00:28:32,971 They say, oh, there's Pastor Joe. 536 00:28:32,971 --> 00:28:33,891 Oh, that's Pastor Joe. 537 00:28:33,891 --> 00:28:34,811 Hey, Pastor Joe. 538 00:28:34,891 --> 00:28:35,491 Hey, guys. 539 00:28:35,491 --> 00:28:36,411 How y' all doing, man? 540 00:28:36,411 --> 00:28:39,331 Yeah, I'm their pastor now. 541 00:28:39,331 --> 00:28:42,411 They don't none of them go to church, but they get to see the church. 542 00:28:45,181 --> 00:28:45,581 Come on. 543 00:28:45,581 --> 00:28:46,061 Amen. 544 00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:48,781 And just because they don't go to church yet, don't mean that I 545 00:28:48,781 --> 00:28:50,141 need to stop being the church. 546 00:28:51,341 --> 00:28:52,661 That ain't discouragement. 547 00:28:52,661 --> 00:28:53,261 Amen. 548 00:28:53,741 --> 00:28:54,981 That's what happens in the hood. 549 00:28:54,981 --> 00:28:57,501 You don't get discouraged, man. 550 00:28:57,501 --> 00:28:59,381 You go through some hell in high waters. 551 00:28:59,381 --> 00:28:59,821 Amen. 552 00:29:00,141 --> 00:29:03,501 And one time, I was parking my car and my neighbor comes out. 553 00:29:03,501 --> 00:29:04,541 He knocks on my window. 554 00:29:04,541 --> 00:29:09,421 He says, joey, his wife was named Chris. 555 00:29:10,281 --> 00:29:11,481 Christina, we called her Chris. 556 00:29:11,481 --> 00:29:15,161 And Marty says, jo, come to my house and pray for Chris. 557 00:29:15,161 --> 00:29:15,881 She can't walk. 558 00:29:15,881 --> 00:29:17,081 It's been already a week. 559 00:29:17,561 --> 00:29:19,481 She's going on her second week, she can't walk. 560 00:29:19,561 --> 00:29:24,201 She sits on a sofa and she's hungover and she can't bend back 561 00:29:24,201 --> 00:29:25,241 and she can't get up. 562 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,881 I said, well, yeah, let's go do this. 563 00:29:28,121 --> 00:29:29,801 You can't turn those moments down. 564 00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:32,241 That's fruit. 565 00:29:32,241 --> 00:29:33,241 Someone was hungry. 566 00:29:34,761 --> 00:29:37,731 Someone needed some fruit, and boy, I had it. 567 00:29:37,971 --> 00:29:39,251 I said, let's go, Marty. 568 00:29:39,331 --> 00:29:40,611 And there were elderly people. 569 00:29:41,331 --> 00:29:44,931 So I go in there and sure enough, I see Chris and she's hungover. 570 00:29:45,411 --> 00:29:46,891 And I said, chris, what's going on? 571 00:29:46,891 --> 00:29:48,251 She said, I can't bend up. 572 00:29:48,251 --> 00:29:49,571 I can't stand up. 573 00:29:49,571 --> 00:29:50,451 My back hurts. 574 00:29:51,571 --> 00:29:54,491 And immediately I hear the Lord say, she's going to walk today, 575 00:29:54,491 --> 00:29:55,011 Joe. 576 00:29:57,571 --> 00:30:01,691 But as soon as that word came, the other voice spoke, said, joey, 577 00:30:01,691 --> 00:30:03,251 if you hurt her, you're going to get sued. 578 00:30:06,211 --> 00:30:08,211 Come on now, let's be real. 579 00:30:08,211 --> 00:30:09,091 But she's hungry. 580 00:30:09,091 --> 00:30:09,931 She got fruit. 581 00:30:09,931 --> 00:30:10,931 She wants fruit. 582 00:30:12,371 --> 00:30:13,571 I got to make a decision. 583 00:30:15,651 --> 00:30:18,771 The devil's a liar, so we know we ain't got it. 584 00:30:19,091 --> 00:30:19,731 Amen. 585 00:30:21,091 --> 00:30:22,771 When you get into your word, you know that. 586 00:30:22,771 --> 00:30:25,611 So you know how to counterattack this devil, this dog 587 00:30:25,611 --> 00:30:26,691 face gremlin, right? 588 00:30:28,291 --> 00:30:29,571 I said, okay, you know what? 589 00:30:30,711 --> 00:30:31,751 This is what we're going to do. 590 00:30:31,911 --> 00:30:32,231 Ms. 591 00:30:32,231 --> 00:30:34,871 Chris, I'm going to need you to get up. 592 00:30:34,871 --> 00:30:35,831 She says, what? 593 00:30:36,391 --> 00:30:38,471 I said, I'm going to pray for you, but you're going to have to 594 00:30:38,471 --> 00:30:38,871 get up. 595 00:30:39,591 --> 00:30:44,391 She says, joey, if I get up, I'm not going to be able to stand 596 00:30:44,391 --> 00:30:45,671 up, and it's going to be painful. 597 00:30:45,751 --> 00:30:46,791 I said, that's all right. 598 00:30:46,951 --> 00:30:47,911 We're going to pray. 599 00:30:47,911 --> 00:30:52,231 And when I say praise, when I say amen, I need you to stand up. 600 00:30:53,591 --> 00:30:55,761 I got to praying, praying. 601 00:30:56,641 --> 00:30:57,761 God, you are awesome. 602 00:30:57,761 --> 00:30:59,361 You can do anything by your stripes. 603 00:30:59,441 --> 00:31:00,321 We are healed. 604 00:31:00,561 --> 00:31:03,201 And you said, if I lay hands on the sick, they shall recover. 605 00:31:03,201 --> 00:31:04,001 I'm going in. 606 00:31:06,401 --> 00:31:07,921 I said, okay, Chris, Amen. 607 00:31:08,161 --> 00:31:09,121 She looked at me. 608 00:31:09,121 --> 00:31:10,721 I said, then, marty, over here. 609 00:31:11,121 --> 00:31:12,641 Joe, don't hurt my wife. 610 00:31:12,961 --> 00:31:13,961 Marty, go sit over there. 611 00:31:13,961 --> 00:31:15,841 Marty, go sit over there. 612 00:31:18,321 --> 00:31:19,761 Don't mess with me right now. 613 00:31:19,921 --> 00:31:20,901 I'm focused on. 614 00:31:22,011 --> 00:31:22,851 I don't need no doubt. 615 00:31:22,851 --> 00:31:23,931 I ain't trying to get sued. 616 00:31:28,251 --> 00:31:29,931 I grabbed that lady's arms. 617 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:32,171 I said, all right, Chris, let's go. 618 00:31:32,331 --> 00:31:33,091 She stood up. 619 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:36,051 She says, joe, I said, amen. 620 00:31:36,051 --> 00:31:37,211 Now I need you to walk. 621 00:31:37,211 --> 00:31:37,491 Now. 622 00:31:37,491 --> 00:31:39,371 She never walked without her cane. 623 00:31:39,771 --> 00:31:41,611 She forgot she had it that day. 624 00:31:42,891 --> 00:31:44,091 She said, like this. 625 00:31:44,971 --> 00:31:46,091 Look at me, Marty. 626 00:31:46,251 --> 00:31:47,171 I'm walking. 627 00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:47,611 Marty. 628 00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:48,411 Marty. 629 00:31:48,911 --> 00:31:50,751 And Marty still can't. 630 00:31:50,991 --> 00:31:52,151 Chris, look at your cane. 631 00:31:52,151 --> 00:31:53,711 I said, man, throw that cane out the way, man. 632 00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:54,151 Come on. 633 00:31:54,151 --> 00:31:55,071 Come on, Chris. 634 00:31:55,231 --> 00:32:01,151 Come on, man. 635 00:32:01,151 --> 00:32:01,871 I made the call. 636 00:32:01,871 --> 00:32:02,711 I cut my phone. 637 00:32:02,711 --> 00:32:03,671 I said, lethal. 638 00:32:03,671 --> 00:32:04,711 You need to come next door. 639 00:32:04,711 --> 00:32:05,551 What was I doing? 640 00:32:07,711 --> 00:32:09,951 I needed my son to witness this. 641 00:32:11,231 --> 00:32:13,471 Because fruit's got to grow somebody. 642 00:32:13,711 --> 00:32:14,991 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 643 00:32:15,311 --> 00:32:19,191 This is what you do when the devil says, you're going to get soothed. 644 00:32:19,191 --> 00:32:23,131 And this is what you do when God says, the devil is a liar. 645 00:32:24,251 --> 00:32:25,531 Rise up and walk. 646 00:32:30,411 --> 00:32:31,731 I prayed for that woman. 647 00:32:31,731 --> 00:32:34,651 That woman got up, she started moving. 648 00:32:35,851 --> 00:32:37,411 Leto looked at what happened. 649 00:32:37,411 --> 00:32:39,731 She couldn't move for a week or something, Leto. 650 00:32:39,731 --> 00:32:40,811 And God healed her. 651 00:32:40,811 --> 00:32:43,691 He stood in the maze and Marty said, I don't know how he did it, 652 00:32:43,691 --> 00:32:44,291 Lito. 653 00:32:44,291 --> 00:32:45,691 He did it, Lito. 654 00:32:46,491 --> 00:32:47,371 She walking. 655 00:32:47,371 --> 00:32:52,581 Lido neither will never forget that. 656 00:32:54,341 --> 00:32:55,781 He'll never forget that. 657 00:32:58,421 --> 00:33:01,061 But isn't that what Jesus was doing? 658 00:33:03,461 --> 00:33:04,741 Do you know what Jesus did? 659 00:33:05,141 --> 00:33:08,181 Because he's all about fruit, you know, lasting fruit. 660 00:33:10,101 --> 00:33:12,741 I don't know about y' all, but I think about what. 661 00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:17,011 Jesus took a group of people, not just a group, about 5,000 men, 662 00:33:17,251 --> 00:33:18,771 not including the women and children. 663 00:33:19,571 --> 00:33:30,291 He purposely, purposely leads them to a remote place on purpose. 664 00:33:32,291 --> 00:33:35,011 Who leads people to a remote place? 665 00:33:35,251 --> 00:33:37,091 And then, you know, they're going to get hungry. 666 00:33:37,891 --> 00:33:39,011 Who does that? 667 00:33:40,701 --> 00:33:44,181 If it were me back then, my crazy butt, I would have went downtown 668 00:33:44,181 --> 00:33:46,461 and said, you can pick any restaurant you want. 669 00:33:48,621 --> 00:33:52,141 But Jesus is about lasting fruit. 670 00:33:53,981 --> 00:33:56,661 He says, all right, I'm going to show you what the kingdom is all 671 00:33:56,661 --> 00:33:56,941 about. 672 00:33:58,941 --> 00:34:00,301 I got 15 minutes, right? 673 00:34:01,341 --> 00:34:01,861 Amen. 674 00:34:01,861 --> 00:34:03,101 I just want to be respectful. 675 00:34:03,101 --> 00:34:03,821 Yeah, Amen. 676 00:34:07,031 --> 00:34:10,711 Jesus is sitting down and he tells his boys, like I told my boy, 677 00:34:13,191 --> 00:34:16,951 first the disciples come and they say, jesus, the people are hungry. 678 00:34:17,111 --> 00:34:18,311 I think it's that time. 679 00:34:18,471 --> 00:34:19,191 Send them away. 680 00:34:19,191 --> 00:34:20,511 So they go get something to eat. 681 00:34:20,511 --> 00:34:21,871 Because we're in a remote place. 682 00:34:21,871 --> 00:34:23,751 Jesus said, I know we're in a remote place. 683 00:34:24,471 --> 00:34:25,591 I led you here. 684 00:34:31,441 --> 00:34:33,121 Of course we're in a remote place. 685 00:34:33,281 --> 00:34:36,401 It is by purpose and design. 686 00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:39,761 It is the canvas. 687 00:34:42,721 --> 00:34:50,561 I created the atmosphere so that you would see what heaven looks 688 00:34:50,561 --> 00:34:50,881 like. 689 00:34:53,041 --> 00:34:55,721 He says, go and find out if there is any food out there. 690 00:34:55,721 --> 00:34:56,721 Jesus knew there was food. 691 00:34:56,721 --> 00:34:57,761 Why would he tell him that? 692 00:34:59,781 --> 00:35:02,621 Brothers, come over there and chicken nuggets and burgers or whatever, 693 00:35:02,621 --> 00:35:03,781 bring them all over here. 694 00:35:04,501 --> 00:35:05,861 Filet, fish sandwich. 695 00:35:05,941 --> 00:35:07,541 That's where McDonald got it from. 696 00:35:12,261 --> 00:35:13,461 Bunch of cheaters. 697 00:35:15,461 --> 00:35:16,581 They stole that. 698 00:35:16,821 --> 00:35:18,341 Jesus came up with that. 699 00:35:21,541 --> 00:35:23,181 He said, bring them over. 700 00:35:23,181 --> 00:35:24,981 And Jesus, of course, we know the story. 701 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,840 Jesus grabs the food, he blesses it and breaks it. 702 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:35,080 And he says to the disciples, now go feed. 703 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,400 Go feed. 704 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:39,640 What was he saying? 705 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,840 The same thing he's still saying today. 706 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,080 You're made of fruit. 707 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:46,120 You got fruit. 708 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,160 Stop telling Pastor. 709 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:50,520 Stop telling the neighbors. 710 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,280 People in New York are hungry. 711 00:35:52,681 --> 00:35:54,281 Then feed them. 712 00:36:49,052 --> 00:36:50,972 You got what they need. 713 00:36:51,932 --> 00:36:53,772 You got what they want. 714 00:36:56,652 --> 00:36:58,012 Give them Jesus. 715 00:37:00,412 --> 00:37:01,372 Let them eat. 716 00:37:03,212 --> 00:37:06,492 There's a crowd around you, and they're hungry. 717 00:37:08,152 --> 00:37:10,792 And you have what they need. 718 00:37:12,472 --> 00:37:14,552 I want to share this illustration. 719 00:37:17,752 --> 00:37:19,112 If my son can come up. 720 00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:20,072 Where's my son? 721 00:37:21,352 --> 00:37:23,192 He's probably already making his way here. 722 00:37:26,312 --> 00:37:28,712 There's a story about a Chinese bamboo tree. 723 00:37:33,282 --> 00:37:36,762 When you plant its seed and you water it and you care for it, 724 00:37:36,762 --> 00:37:42,682 and you fertilize the ground for five years, you will not see 725 00:37:42,682 --> 00:37:44,242 nothing on the surface. 726 00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:49,842 A bamboo tree. 727 00:37:50,642 --> 00:37:54,482 There's a seed you put into the ground and you can water it, 728 00:37:56,322 --> 00:37:58,802 but nothing will happen for five years. 729 00:38:02,032 --> 00:38:03,952 Some of us, we give up in a week. 730 00:38:05,632 --> 00:38:09,552 Some of us look at our spouse and say, God will never change them. 731 00:38:09,632 --> 00:38:10,912 And it's only been a month. 732 00:38:11,632 --> 00:38:15,872 But something about this bamboo tree, that when you plant 733 00:38:15,872 --> 00:38:20,272 it for five years, it gives other people an impression that you 734 00:38:20,272 --> 00:38:21,792 are only watering soil. 735 00:38:23,152 --> 00:38:27,302 But they don't know that there is a seed that is breaking ground 736 00:38:28,502 --> 00:38:29,782 in the dark. 737 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:34,902 So even though you can't see the growth, it's still growing. 738 00:38:35,622 --> 00:38:39,062 When you're telling your friends about Jesus you may not see 739 00:38:39,062 --> 00:38:43,702 the signs of growth yet, but I'm here to remind you that growth 740 00:38:43,942 --> 00:38:45,222 happens in the dark. 741 00:38:48,262 --> 00:38:50,742 Don't stop watering because you can't see nothing. 742 00:38:52,832 --> 00:38:53,952 Don't stop sharing the love. 743 00:38:53,952 --> 00:38:55,152 Don't stop serving in love. 744 00:38:55,152 --> 00:38:57,832 Don't stop doing what God has called you to do because you can't 745 00:38:57,832 --> 00:38:58,512 see nothing. 746 00:38:58,512 --> 00:39:01,712 I'm here to remind you growth happens in the dark. 747 00:39:04,352 --> 00:39:12,432 The thing about this seed, it takes five years to grow a foundation 748 00:39:14,512 --> 00:39:17,872 in order to sustain the weight of what it's about to produce. 749 00:39:20,652 --> 00:39:27,532 Your prayers are so big you forget how much root it has to grow 750 00:39:27,692 --> 00:39:31,612 to sustain that which you're believing God for. 751 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:36,972 You're complaining, but God says I need the foundation to be 752 00:39:37,772 --> 00:39:38,332 perfect. 753 00:39:39,132 --> 00:39:44,172 Because what you're believing, what you have underneath cannot sustain. 754 00:39:45,832 --> 00:39:49,912 And if I help and let you get out prematurely, you'll only die. 755 00:39:49,992 --> 00:39:51,592 You'll collapse under the weight. 756 00:39:51,672 --> 00:39:53,832 You'll collapse under the pressure. 757 00:39:53,832 --> 00:39:55,912 And God says, I love you too much. 758 00:39:59,432 --> 00:40:01,912 So I'll let you complain and do all that murmuring. 759 00:40:02,232 --> 00:40:05,512 And during all that, you're going to know that I've been there. 760 00:40:05,512 --> 00:40:06,552 I never left you. 761 00:40:06,552 --> 00:40:07,512 I was always there. 762 00:40:07,512 --> 00:40:08,712 I saw your tears. 763 00:40:08,712 --> 00:40:09,952 I was cheering you on. 764 00:40:09,952 --> 00:40:11,362 And you thought that you got to pray. 765 00:40:11,512 --> 00:40:12,992 Point A to point B by yourself. 766 00:40:12,992 --> 00:40:14,792 No, honey, I picked you up. 767 00:40:14,952 --> 00:40:16,632 That was when you were at your lowest. 768 00:40:16,712 --> 00:40:17,672 That's when you just. 769 00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:18,832 You wanted to give in. 770 00:40:18,832 --> 00:40:19,992 But I didn't let you. 771 00:40:19,992 --> 00:40:23,552 Because I kept reminding you through my spirit that dwells on 772 00:40:23,552 --> 00:40:26,832 the inside of you, then reminding you of why you even started 773 00:40:26,832 --> 00:40:27,992 the race, that you're. 774 00:40:32,312 --> 00:40:33,592 I know what I'm doing. 775 00:40:33,752 --> 00:40:36,712 I know that you can't see what you've been promising. 776 00:40:37,192 --> 00:40:38,272 I promised you so. 777 00:40:38,422 --> 00:40:39,622 But it's not ready. 778 00:40:44,102 --> 00:40:47,262 And you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself because everybody 779 00:40:47,262 --> 00:40:57,542 else is doing whatever you're not, whatever I've called you for 780 00:40:57,542 --> 00:40:58,102 greatness. 781 00:40:58,182 --> 00:41:00,742 And greatness needs time. 782 00:41:04,432 --> 00:41:06,352 You're not a microwave gimmick. 783 00:41:08,192 --> 00:41:09,952 You're not yesterday's project. 784 00:41:12,192 --> 00:41:14,032 You're not a five minute meal. 785 00:41:17,152 --> 00:41:18,912 There's lasting fruit in you. 786 00:41:19,792 --> 00:41:21,792 And I need you to stay connected. 787 00:41:25,072 --> 00:41:27,232 I need you to stay connected. 788 00:41:32,202 --> 00:41:34,602 I know it hurts, but stay connected. 789 00:41:36,762 --> 00:41:39,802 It doesn't make sense, but it will soon. 790 00:41:41,722 --> 00:41:42,922 Stay connected. 791 00:41:46,762 --> 00:41:48,042 Stay connected. 792 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:52,362 Abide. 793 00:41:53,642 --> 00:41:54,682 Dwell with me. 794 00:41:55,652 --> 00:42:01,252 Can you sit at my feet like Mary did? 795 00:42:04,852 --> 00:42:06,612 Like Mary did? 796 00:42:12,292 --> 00:42:14,612 Can you move all the distraction? 797 00:42:16,612 --> 00:42:18,292 Can you look at me? 798 00:42:20,782 --> 00:42:24,942 See, daughter, see, son, I love you. 799 00:42:26,702 --> 00:42:29,182 I haven't forgotten about you. 800 00:42:29,422 --> 00:42:32,542 But I just can't open it and make it easy. 801 00:42:35,262 --> 00:42:39,982 You got so many places to fly to. 802 00:42:42,622 --> 00:42:49,042 There's so many things you need to accomplish, and you need 803 00:42:49,042 --> 00:42:50,202 that strength. 804 00:42:51,802 --> 00:42:53,562 So don't complain. 805 00:42:56,442 --> 00:42:57,482 Don't complain. 806 00:42:59,322 --> 00:43:01,402 I'm working, says the Lord. 807 00:43:04,282 --> 00:43:04,922 I'm working. 808 00:43:04,922 --> 00:43:08,762 I hear the Lord keep telling me, I'm working, baby, I'm working. 809 00:43:10,202 --> 00:43:11,642 It may not look like it. 810 00:43:11,802 --> 00:43:13,442 Something about this bamboo, though. 811 00:43:13,442 --> 00:43:15,242 Let me tell you about this bamboo tree. 812 00:43:16,932 --> 00:43:24,092 On the fifth year, it will sprout up, but it only takes a couple 813 00:43:24,092 --> 00:43:29,412 of weeks to grow up to 90ft. 814 00:43:32,532 --> 00:43:33,812 A couple of weeks. 815 00:43:37,732 --> 00:43:41,852 That's when you know that you've stood and you waited. 816 00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:43,812 See, your waiting is not a waste of time. 817 00:43:43,812 --> 00:43:45,612 It is an important investing time. 818 00:43:48,972 --> 00:43:54,372 God says, I know what I want to do, and it takes time because 819 00:43:54,372 --> 00:43:57,052 I love you too much for you to die prematurely. 820 00:43:58,572 --> 00:44:01,052 You've never seen a mannequin half dressed. 821 00:44:01,212 --> 00:44:04,332 And neither will you see my daughter or son in that manner. 822 00:44:04,812 --> 00:44:07,572 When I put him on the front line, you're going to know that it 823 00:44:07,572 --> 00:44:08,252 was me. 824 00:44:09,852 --> 00:44:13,942 That's why you can never judge anybody's praise or worship because 825 00:44:13,942 --> 00:44:15,262 you don't know their story. 826 00:44:16,462 --> 00:44:17,982 The crazier their praise. 827 00:44:18,142 --> 00:44:22,622 It's probably where God saved them from some crazy stuff. 828 00:44:24,062 --> 00:44:25,102 Just look at your neighbors. 829 00:44:25,102 --> 00:44:29,182 Don't judge my praise if you don't know my story. 830 00:44:33,342 --> 00:44:34,262 Those two right here. 831 00:44:34,262 --> 00:44:35,582 Can you all come to the front? 832 00:44:36,862 --> 00:44:37,982 Yes, you, sir. 833 00:44:39,102 --> 00:44:39,952 Is this your wife? 834 00:44:40,422 --> 00:44:40,702 Yes. 835 00:44:40,702 --> 00:44:41,462 I knew it. 836 00:44:42,582 --> 00:44:43,462 Come to the front. 837 00:44:51,782 --> 00:44:53,222 Just lift up your hands. 838 00:44:54,902 --> 00:44:56,341 I see you. 839 00:44:58,822 --> 00:44:59,662 This is what I hear. 840 00:44:59,662 --> 00:45:04,582 The Lord said, I not only see you, but I chose you. 841 00:45:07,792 --> 00:45:08,832 It's not a mistake. 842 00:45:08,832 --> 00:45:10,752 I don't make mistakes, says the Lord. 843 00:45:10,752 --> 00:45:14,912 When I said I chose you, I chose you. 844 00:45:16,832 --> 00:45:17,792 I'm not fit. 845 00:45:18,512 --> 00:45:19,872 The devil is a liar. 846 00:45:21,712 --> 00:45:24,672 I equip those I appoint. 847 00:45:26,992 --> 00:45:28,112 This is your year. 848 00:45:31,402 --> 00:45:35,562 It has been hard, but God says there's a reason. 849 00:45:37,642 --> 00:45:38,602 There's a reason. 850 00:45:39,162 --> 00:45:43,202 I could have opened up the cocoon a long time ago, but if I 851 00:45:43,202 --> 00:45:45,642 would have did that, I would have did you a disservice. 852 00:45:45,802 --> 00:45:50,682 But God says it's time to fly. 853 00:45:52,842 --> 00:45:54,522 Come on, let's give God a praise. 854 00:45:55,402 --> 00:45:57,082 Come on and give God a praise. 855 00:46:01,882 --> 00:46:02,922 It's time to fly. 856 00:46:27,082 --> 00:46:36,032 Sam.