1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240 But today we're going to be reading out of this select passage Acts 27 verse 41 and 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:14,700 falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground and the 3 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:20,460 four part stuck fast and remained unmovable but the hinder part was broken 4 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:25,260 with the violence of the waves and the soldiers council was to kill the 5 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:30,220 prisoners lest any of them should swim out and escape but the centurion 6 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:36,720 willing to save Paul kept them from their purpose and commanded that they 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:42,000 should that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:52,800 get to the land and the rest some on board and some on broken pieces someone 9 00:00:52,800 --> 00:01:03,000 say broken pieces let's say that again say broken pieces of the ship and so it 10 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,700 came to pass that they escaped all safe to land I want to preach today from this 11 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:16,880 thought making it on broken pieces because someone say in Jesus name amen 12 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:23,800 you may have your places at this time picture with me if you will the vast 13 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:32,200 expanse of the North Atlantic on the fateful night of April 1912 the air is 14 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:40,440 cold the waters are even colder the luxurious titantic which was deemed 15 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:48,360 unsinkable and has just met the unforgiving force of an iceberg and on 16 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,480 that dreadful and chilling night as the ship's colossal hole slipped beneath 17 00:01:53,480 --> 00:02:03,320 the waves chaos and terror reigned but amidst the darkness a glimmer of hope 18 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:14,280 was found in a surprising place the survival of Charles Jocken who was the 19 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:24,120 Titanic's chief baker as the ship plunged into the icy abyss Jocken found 20 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:31,080 himself clinging to something unexpected something that would become his 21 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:40,360 lifeline a piece of the ship itself in the midst of the freezing waters Jocken 22 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:46,720 clung with everything that he had to this floating wreckage battling 23 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:53,600 hypothermia and exhaustion for hours and as the hours passed and the darkness 24 00:02:53,600 --> 00:03:00,720 grew thicker and thicker desperation and fear must have gripped his heart as you 25 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:06,600 can imagine yet Jocken held on to those broken and shattered pieces of the 26 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:14,880 Titanic until help arrived this is an amazing story we know this a lot of 27 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:21,040 tragedy surrounding this this great Titanic ship that sunk but in the midst 28 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:26,640 of that we see one man holding on to the wreckage and Jocken story not only 29 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:32,360 reminds me of Paul's harrowing shipwreck up the coast of a little island 30 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:40,400 called Malta but it it also resonates something profound in me because I have 31 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,280 come to realize in my own faith and in my study of scripture that when trials 32 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:54,520 leave us with broken pieces God can use what's left a man somebody God can still 33 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:03,240 use what's left of our faith our desires our dreams our hopes our promises our 34 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,000 aspirations so today if you will allow me I want to speak for a few moments on 35 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,160 this thought of making it on broken pieces and show you through the word of 36 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:18,760 God how God can take whatever is left of our lives whatever is left of our 37 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:24,960 emotions of our heart I came to tell somebody today I came to prophesy and 38 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,440 inject this into your heart today anybody who just needs a word of 39 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:35,080 encouragement to know that you can make it on broken pieces come on and give God 40 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:42,680 a hand praise this afternoon somebody somebody say man act chapter 27 finds 41 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:49,760 Paul in route to Rome as a prisoner hoping to appeal his death before Caesar 42 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:56,120 the journey by sea is treacherous at any time of the year but this particular 43 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:03,560 time it was most perilous as their trip had been delayed to a time of the year 44 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:10,320 where the weather was unpredictable and tumultuous but Paul he even advised the 45 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,120 crew let's not sail at this time because he predicted that there would be 46 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:20,720 trouble but nevertheless his message of warning was ignored and they set sail to 47 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:28,240 Rome Italy anyhow and soon after their departure a violent storm proved Paul 48 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:35,720 right the storm raged for days and and days day and night they found themselves 49 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:42,560 tossed to and fro in the sea and the sea and the ship was adrift and the rolling 50 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:47,520 seas and they and they didn't know what what was going to happen until they saw 51 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:54,320 an unknown island and in the final morning on this two-week journey the 52 00:05:54,320 --> 00:06:00,480 crew noticed a babe with a beach and trying to maneuver there trying to stir 53 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,680 the boat there as best they could fighting against the the wind and the waves 54 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:12,320 they struck a reef they struck a reef and the ship ran aground and and was 55 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:19,040 shattered into hundreds if not thousands of pieces indeed this was no 56 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:26,360 ordinary storm even the most experienced captains and crewmen would have found 57 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:32,280 this storm in particular to be like no other it was to borrow a term that you 58 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:38,480 may have heard the perfect storm it was a storm that none of them no training no 59 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:43,640 no skills no experience could have prepared them for and there are just 60 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,440 times in our life where all of the things that we have learned all of the 61 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,240 the tools that we have gained everything that we think we know is going to be 62 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,800 tested there's going to be times in life where you will face a new kind of storm a 63 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:04,000 new kind of trial a new kind of test and adversity that that that really pushes 64 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:11,360 you to your breaking point it pushes the limits of what you know about God and 65 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:17,800 about yourself and this was the case for Paul and all 200 plus crewmen that were 66 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:24,080 on that ship they had never seen a storm quite like this and in fact this storm 67 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:30,440 was so extraordinary that that it had a name the storm had a name we read if you 68 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:36,440 would look there in verse 14 it tells us but not long after the tempestuous 69 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:45,640 headwind arose called Euro Clyde in this storm had a name Euro Clyde in and when 70 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:50,080 I looked at this verse I saw what I think and I believe it's the first step 71 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:58,720 toward making it on broken pieces which is number one name your storm someone 72 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:05,640 say name your storm see every severe storm has a name some of you might 73 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:14,160 remember Hurricane Katrina right or or Harvey these are stores his historic 74 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:20,480 storm that have ravaged communities and cities last week when I was in San 75 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:27,040 Diego ministering there trying to get back home my flight was canceled because 76 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:34,440 of Hurricane Hillary and I thought I hope Hurricane Bill is it coming after her 77 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:41,000 I didn't know where they got this name from Hurricane Hillary you know and I 78 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,040 guess the practice of naming storms is something that's been going on for 79 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,880 decades now ever since 1953 interestingly every did you know that 80 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,520 every name has already been predetermined they don't just I thought maybe 81 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,160 they just kind of picked a name out of the hat or something you know any meaning 82 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:03,800 my name oh what name are we gonna give this but every storm already has a name 83 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:09,160 it's already been predestined and predetermined and it rotates every six 84 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,240 years so I got I got bad news I hate to break it to you but Hillary might be back 85 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:20,920 in 2029 God forbid any storm comes back but the point is is that every storm 86 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:27,000 already has a name and you know that every trial already has a name every 87 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,520 trial everything that we go through why name a storm what's the purpose of the 88 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,480 meteorologists and those that study the climate the winds and the waves why would 89 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,480 they name the storm well what are the main purposes of naming the storms is 90 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:45,120 for identification it's about putting a face and a name on an invisible enemy 91 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:54,200 it's about putting a and giving a name and identification to an enemy that 92 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:59,600 that does not have one when a faceless and nameless enemy can do enormous 93 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:05,440 damage they put a name on it and when it has a name it won't be a mistake if 94 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:10,920 it's a name for something else it won't be confused for possibly another storm 95 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,560 that is circling in the area and it's important that they name the storm 96 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:19,480 there's been times in history where multiple storms are raging at the same 97 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:25,440 time and so having a name to each storm helps everybody understand what it is 98 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,240 that we're dealing with and as it is in the natural so it is in the spiritual 99 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:37,880 important today, you understand that you've got to name your trial and name your storm. 100 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,140 Now I know some of you might be thinking today, well why name it? 101 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:43,760 Isn't naming it kind of empowering it? 102 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,080 Isn't naming it kind of giving it more importance? 103 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:52,000 Not necessarily, because you've got to understand what it is you're up against, what it is you 104 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 want to pray for, what it is you want to rebuke in your life. 105 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,280 Oh come on, now somebody, amen. 106 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,760 You've got to be able to identify it. 107 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,960 It's no different in the spirit world. 108 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:10,040 Whether it's not, when something is not identified, you're constantly beating against the wind. 109 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,120 You're fighting a losing battle. 110 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,400 You're throwing fists against the air. 111 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,720 You're shadow boxing with the enemy. 112 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:22,440 But the moment that you identify the theme, the storm, the adversity, the problem that 113 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:28,200 is coming against you or your home or your marriage or your mind, that's the moment where 114 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:33,240 you can truly size up your enemy and understand what it is that you're dealing with. 115 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:39,120 You see, part of the problem today for somebody is that you have not yet identified the storm 116 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:45,600 that you're dealing with, possibly because you're in denial that there's a storm at all. 117 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,960 Possibly because you won't want to admit that indeed a storm is raging in your life. 118 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,040 Maybe you're afraid to call it what it is. 119 00:11:54,040 --> 00:12:00,000 Oh my God, and to call that sin what it is and call that trial what it is. 120 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,880 Don't be afraid to name whatever it is that you're dealing with in your life, whether 121 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:10,400 it's addiction, whether it's a family or a marriage crisis, whether it's an affliction 122 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,320 of your body, of your mind. 123 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,880 Don't be afraid to name what that is. 124 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:16,880 Why? 125 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,960 Because you know a name that is greater than that name. 126 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,480 Come on now, somebody, oh. 127 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,920 You've got a name that is above all names. 128 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,600 A name that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. 129 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,920 You've got a name that you can come on. 130 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,880 Does anybody know the name that I'm talking about today? 131 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,640 I'm talking about the name of Jesus. 132 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,840 While somebody shout that name today. 133 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,840 Come on, somebody shout Jesus. 134 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,640 You've got to be able to identify what it is that's coming against your children, that's 135 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,760 coming against your home, that's coming against your marriage, that's coming against your 136 00:12:54,760 --> 00:13:01,520 career because what you do not conquer or you cannot conquer what you do not confront. 137 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:06,680 If you're going to confront it, you've got to identify it. 138 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,280 Call it what it is. 139 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,400 Someone say call it what it is. 140 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,200 If it's a sin, call it what it is. 141 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,080 If it's a trial, call it what it is. 142 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,480 Don't dance around it. 143 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,480 No. 144 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,480 Call it out. 145 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,520 We're going to name this thing. 146 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,160 We're going to identify what's coming against us. 147 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,440 So we understand that we're in a spiritual battle. 148 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:33,800 The storm that raged against Paul's ship was called Euroclident. 149 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,680 Man, it even sounds like an evil villain, doesn't it? 150 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,160 Like in a movie or a comic. 151 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:39,160 Who's the enemy? 152 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,160 His name is Euroclident. 153 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:42,680 Sounds bad, huh? 154 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:43,880 Sounds bad. 155 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,880 This storm was like a monster of a storm. 156 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:47,440 It really was. 157 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,000 Nothing that they had ever seen. 158 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 It was so fierce. 159 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,560 You know what the captain did? 160 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:56,520 An experienced captain who was used to navigating storms. 161 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:57,520 He said, you know what? 162 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:58,520 Forget it. 163 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,080 He said, I'm not even going to try anymore. 164 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,200 He said, just let the waves take us wherever. 165 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:08,280 Have you ever got to a point where you say, you know, I am tired of fighting? 166 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,440 Where are my real folks at today, huh? 167 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,960 You ever got to a point, if you've never got to that point, then you've never been in 168 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,320 a battle. 169 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,280 You've never been in a battle that has really tested your fate. 170 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:21,600 Every once in a while, you deal with it. 171 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,280 You say, I am tired of fighting. 172 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,120 I'm tired of fighting this person. 173 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,520 Come on now. 174 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,240 I'm tired of fighting this sickness. 175 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,640 I'm tired of fighting this problem. 176 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,240 And the captain of the ship said, you know what? 177 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,160 I'm tired of fighting. 178 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,160 Forget it. 179 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,680 Just let what's going to happen happen. 180 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,920 And that's what the point that they got to. 181 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,440 Let this storm just sort of take its course. 182 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,280 Let nature take its course. 183 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:52,840 But the fact that they got to that point was a setup for what God was about to do in their 184 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:53,840 life. 185 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,440 But they had to name it. 186 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,840 And there's nothing wrong with naming it. 187 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,720 Sometimes a storm is named cancer. 188 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,760 Hmm, my God. 189 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,920 Sometimes it's named betrayal. 190 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:11,240 Sometimes it's named unemployment, infertility, financial hardship, mental illness, family, 191 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,560 or merit crisis. 192 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:17,640 Don't be afraid to name that storm or that trial that's coming against you. 193 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,120 Because this I know, this simple word of encouragement, I've come to deliver to you 194 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,760 that your storm is not bigger than God. 195 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Somebody give the Lord some praise today. 196 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,200 Said, your storm is not bigger than God. 197 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:36,880 I don't care how big it is. 198 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,280 I don't care how nasty it is. 199 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,760 I don't care how ugly it is. 200 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,960 That storm is not bigger than God. 201 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,760 God is greater than cancer. 202 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,120 God is greater than hurt. 203 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,600 God is greater than betrayal. 204 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,320 God is greater, oh my Lord, than mental illness. 205 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,320 God is greater. 206 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,600 Come on, do I have a witness of depression? 207 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,720 God is greater than addiction. 208 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,760 I wish I had somebody. 209 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,280 God is greater than disease. 210 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,680 God is greater than AIDS. 211 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,280 God is greater than that tumor. 212 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,000 God is greater. 213 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:19,680 There is no storm that intimidates your God because God is bigger than your storm. 214 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,200 Somebody ought to give God some praise today. 215 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,440 I said somebody ought to think of how many of you in this place know what that is. 216 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,400 Shadow of a doubt that you serve a big God. 217 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,520 I said, where are the people today? 218 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,240 I said, how many of you know what that is? 219 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,880 Can you stand up on your feet for a moment? 220 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:46,360 If you believe that you serve a big God, my God is big. 221 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,800 Is your God big? 222 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,600 Is your God mighty? 223 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,560 Is your God wonderful? 224 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,800 Is your God great and mighty as his name? 225 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,600 Come on and give your God some praise. 226 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,480 Come on and magnify him. 227 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:07,800 I think your praise ought to, oh my God, I think your praise ought to be on the level 228 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,160 of your revelation of God. 229 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:17,280 I think you ought to praise him in accordance to how big he is in your life. 230 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,080 I feel the Holy Ghost in this place right now. 231 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,400 I feel the spirit of God in this place right now. 232 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,920 Some people praise little and it's because they've got a little vision of God. 233 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:34,040 But the greater you praise, the greater your vision of God is. 234 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:39,680 He inhabits the praises of his people. 235 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:44,200 I feel something in my spirit today. 236 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,760 I've come today. 237 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,800 I've come to tell the devil that he is a liar. 238 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,480 I've come to let the devil know that you cannot have my family. 239 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Come on now, somebody. 240 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,680 I've come to tell the devil you can't have my mind. 241 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,440 You can't have my ministry. 242 00:17:58,440 --> 00:17:59,800 You can't have my marriage. 243 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,280 Come on, somebody's got to get your fight back today. 244 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:10,280 Oh, you can't have it because no weapon formed against me shall be able to prosper. 245 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:15,120 Not today's storm, not tomorrow's storm, not a storm from a year from now. 246 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:19,320 I have made up in my mind that I'm going to serve him. 247 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,120 I'm going to worship him. 248 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:26,680 I'm going to go all the way with Jesus. 249 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,760 Number two, you've got to speak to your storm. 250 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:35,920 You know that not only do storms have names, they've got ears too. 251 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,200 You know that your storm can hear? 252 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,200 They've got ears. 253 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,640 I want to remind you that storms can hear. 254 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,960 How about when Jesus was with the disciples on the Sea of Galilee? 255 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:54,880 What do you think happened to that sea when Jesus said, peace, be still? 256 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,360 I'll tell you what happened. 257 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:03,600 The storm heard him talk and it ran for safety because something and someone greater than 258 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:09,160 it spoke it out and cleared the way. 259 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:14,600 Scripture says that there was a calm after that powerful declaration. 260 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,000 It heard, my God, my God, I got a priest. 261 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,320 Someone say, go ahead. 262 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:26,000 It heard the voice of Jesus and had to run for safety. 263 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,480 Your trial has ears. 264 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,600 So I want to ask you today, what are you telling it? 265 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,280 My God, I'm going to take my jacket off in just a moment. 266 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,560 I just feel something right now. 267 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,760 What are you telling your storm? 268 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,040 What are you saying to yourself? 269 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,840 What are you saying to your spouse? 270 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,520 What are you saying to your children? 271 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,800 What kind of talk is happening among your family and around the dinner table and in 272 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,120 your prayer closet? 273 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:57,400 What are the things that you are saying because you need to know that the life in debt are 274 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,520 in the power of the tongue. 275 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,720 Oh, come on, somebody say, man. 276 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,400 And what you say has eternal consequences. 277 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,800 And sometimes you've got to check our mouths because we're saying things that don't line 278 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,480 up with the Word of God. 279 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,360 We're saying things about ourselves that God never said. 280 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:19,200 So I've come to ask you today, what are you speaking about your storm? 281 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,960 The Apostle Paul gives us a pattern for what we ought to say. 282 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,280 He stood in the midst of the sailors on that ship in verse 22. 283 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,360 He says, and now I urge you to take heart. 284 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:37,600 He said, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 285 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,840 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong. 286 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,320 How many of you know you belong to him? 287 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,080 I said, how many of you know you belong to him? 288 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,160 And whom I serve saying, do not be afraid. 289 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,440 Hey, God sent me here to tell somebody this afternoon, do not be afraid. 290 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,560 I felt that in my spirit. 291 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,200 Do not be afraid. 292 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,800 Someone say, don't fear. 293 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,600 Do not be afraid, Paul, for you must be brought before Caesar. 294 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:11,160 And indeed God has granted to you all who sail with you. 295 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:17,720 Paul's optimism that day in the sea was not based on his own positive thinking. 296 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,360 Paul was not motivated by his own willpower or intellect. 297 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,880 He didn't just have good vibes about it. 298 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,160 He wasn't just thinking happy thoughts. 299 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:32,160 What allowed Paul to stand up in the midst of that storm and all of the chaos and the 300 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,800 fear on that boat and open up his mouth and clear his throat and declare what God has 301 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:44,840 said is because he had heard a word from God that everything is going to be all right. 302 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,920 Oh, I don't know who I've got to tell somebody today, but you need to know by the word of 303 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,520 the Lord that everything is going to be all right. 304 00:21:54,520 --> 00:22:00,200 My God, I've come to tell you right now that everything is going to be all right. 305 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,840 Not because I said it, but because he said it. 306 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Is there a witness in the house of God today? 307 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:13,480 How many of you got a feeling that everything is going to be all right? 308 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:19,680 I said how many of you got a feeling that everything is going to be all right? 309 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:30,760 Would you clap your hands or just give God about 30 seconds of glory and praise? 310 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:31,760 Come on somebody. 311 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,760 I feel the Holy Ghost. 312 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:33,760 Come on. 313 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:34,760 Open up your mouth. 314 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:39,640 I feel something stirring right now. 315 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,440 I come to tell you. 316 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,880 I come to tell you that you're going to make it. 317 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,680 I come to tell you that everything is going to be all right. 318 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,400 Pastor, how do you know that? 319 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:55,440 I can't tell you how it's going to happen, but I can tell you that you belong to Jesus. 320 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,320 Oh my God. 321 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:03,920 Your God knows every hair that's on your head and every time a hair falls off of it, he 322 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,960 knows the new count of the hairs on your head. 323 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:13,680 He will not let anything happen to you without him knowing it and I need you to know today 324 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:19,760 that God's got you in the palm of his head and everything is going to be all right. 325 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,800 I wish somebody would hear what I'm saying this afternoon. 326 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:31,880 You got to know that God is with you. 327 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,640 Come on somebody in the Holy Ghost just for a few moments. 328 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:35,640 Why don't you pray? 329 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,560 I feel something happening in the Holy Ghost. 330 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,280 I didn't come today just to deliver a sermon. 331 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,800 I came to deliver a message straight from the throne of God. 332 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,560 I came to tell somebody you cannot give up and you cannot quit. 333 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,480 Now is not the time to throw in the towel brother. 334 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,920 Now is not the time to give up sister. 335 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,200 You have come too far. 336 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,120 Come on now somebody better preach with me here today. 337 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:04,080 I said you've come too far to turn back now. 338 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,880 You've come too far to look back over where you are. 339 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:13,560 You've got to keep moving ahead and believe and declare that everything is going to be 340 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,560 all right. 341 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,560 Why? 342 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Because God said it and if God said it that's all that I need to know. 343 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,760 The Lord said you're going to make it. 344 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,280 What does the word say? 345 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,280 What does the word say? 346 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,320 There's nothing more powerful than the word of God. 347 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,680 We need the word of God. 348 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,440 Somebody say we need His word. 349 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,800 We need His word. 350 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,200 The Lord says you're going to make it. 351 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,480 No matter how terrible the storm is. 352 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,000 Someone say I'm going to make it. 353 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,560 Oh come on I said somebody say I'm going to make it. 354 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,320 Oh somebody say I'm going to make it. 355 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,320 Come on say it again. 356 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,760 Say I'm going to make it. 357 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,360 You see some of you are struggling to say that because you've been talking yourself down 358 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,360 all week. 359 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,480 I'm going to need some help on the piano in a little bit. 360 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,480 Come on now brother. 361 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,480 You've been talking negative all week. 362 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,640 You've been listening to the doctor's report. 363 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,280 You've been listening to the financial forecast. 364 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,240 You've been listening to what your auntie and your uncle have been saying. 365 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,200 You've been listening to everybody else. 366 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:17,200 But God brought you into this place today so that you can hear what the saith the Lord. 367 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,040 You've been talking yourself down. 368 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,520 Say I'm never getting out of debt. 369 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,680 Can I preach like I really really want to somebody say go ahead. 370 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,160 You've been talking yourself down. 371 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,640 And say I'm never going to get out of debt. 372 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,720 I'm never going to get out of this depression. 373 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,440 I'm never going to get better. 374 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,240 My marriage isn't getting better. 375 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,160 My health isn't getting better. 376 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,200 Things are looking worse on the job. 377 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,160 My kids not coming back home. 378 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,280 My family's broken apart. 379 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:50,000 But I've come to tell you today that the devil is a liar because greater is it. 380 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,560 I come to tell you what the word of God says. 381 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:58,840 His word says that greater is he that is in you. 382 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,800 You don't believe it because you were to praise him a little bit more when I said that. 383 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,200 I said greater is he that is in you. 384 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,000 That he that is in the world. 385 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:17,520 My word says if God be for me who can be against me. 386 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,920 Somebody shout amen. 387 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,440 Come on somebody shout amen. 388 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,280 Somebody shout hallelujah. 389 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,280 Shout hallelujah. 390 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,920 Shout yes. 391 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,400 Shout yes. 392 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,200 You said pastor why do we got to make all this noise? 393 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,920 Because we got to counteract every lie you've been hearing all week. 394 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,960 Pastor why do we got to shout like that? 395 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,920 Because we got to let the devil know that we're not going to sell out. 396 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,360 We got to let the devil know that we're not going to die. 397 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:57,360 Let the devil know that we're ready to keep on moving in the name of Jesus. 398 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,040 Oh I feel faith in my spirit today. 399 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,800 I feel faith in my heart today. 400 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,480 You got to stop hanging your head low. 401 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,960 You got my God. 402 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,240 Boy your shot. 403 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,760 Stop dragging your chin on the floor. 404 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,760 Pick up your head. 405 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,960 Lift up your eyes. 406 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,000 Lift up your head and look to the. 407 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,480 Look to the hill for what's coming in your help. 408 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,920 My help somebody save my help. 409 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,360 I said shout my help. 410 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:31,760 Come on shout it again. 411 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,480 My help comes from the Lord. 412 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,280 It comes from the Lord. 413 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,440 Why don't you shout to God for about 30 seconds right now. 414 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,200 Come on somebody shout unto the Lord right now. 415 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,000 Shout unto the Lord today. 416 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Shout unto the Lord today. 417 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000 Hey. 418 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,000 Hey. 419 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,000 Hey. 420 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000 Ha la ba ba ba yosham da la ba kam da la ba yah. 421 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:06,120 Oh I don't know about you but I came to have some holy ghost time. 422 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:10,080 I don't know about you but I came to see what God can do. 423 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:16,240 I came to see what God can do and the Lord send me here today and tell you that to ship 424 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,440 my break apart brother everything in your life might crumble. 425 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,360 Hey people will walk out on you. 426 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,760 Jobs will close on you. 427 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,320 Folks will turn on you. 428 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,680 Problems will come against you. 429 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:38,680 Everything might be falling apart but the one thing I know that if God be for you. 430 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,040 Hey there's no devil in hell. 431 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,920 I wish I had a witness. 432 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,760 Y'all are being too cute for me. 433 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,920 I wish I had a witness. 434 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:54,040 There's no devil in hell. 435 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,920 Come on somebody. 436 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,760 Come on somebody. 437 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,560 Come on somebody. 438 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,160 Come on somebody. 439 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,680 You gotta get back on your feet. 440 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,440 You gotta get your mind back today. 441 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,440 Get your heart back today. 442 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,520 Get your life back today. 443 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,520 No devil in hell. 444 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,960 Hey. 445 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:20,640 Oh I feel it now. 446 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:21,640 Hey. 447 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:22,640 Oh. 448 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,640 Hey. 449 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,520 Come on somebody with the holy ghost. 450 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,520 Just open up your mouth. 451 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,520 Hey. 452 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,520 Oh see you. 453 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,520 Hey. 454 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,520 I come to serve notice on the devil today. 455 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:47,520 I come to tell him that we are an imbush. 456 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,320 We are an unstoppable church. 457 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,520 Somebody say unstoppable. 458 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,520 We're not gonna stop. 459 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:54,520 We're not gonna quit. 460 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,880 Devil is that all you've got? 461 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:05,200 Give me your best shot because I guarantee that the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. 462 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:11,800 And I bless you be the name of the Lord. 463 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,640 Hey. 464 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,440 Hallelujah. 465 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,480 Can I preach us for a few more seconds? 466 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,280 Can I preach us for a few more seconds? 467 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,400 You know why I can shout on the mountaintop? 468 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,400 You know why I can praise him through every season of my life? 469 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,400 Brother David the devil already gave me his best shot. 470 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,600 Oh hallelujah. 471 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,400 I already been stripped of everything that I had at one point. 472 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:41,400 Hey. 473 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,400 Hallelujah. 474 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:49,040 I remember about 13 years ago when I lost just about everything. 475 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,920 I lost my house, my dream house. 476 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,400 I'm lived in Southern California. 477 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,160 I lost my home. 478 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,320 I lost my dream job. 479 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,560 They foreclose on everything. 480 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,240 The creditors were coming after my cars. 481 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:10,520 I had a wife and I had a two year old baby that I had to steal by diapers and formula. 482 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,520 You all don't know what I'm hearing. 483 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:12,520 I don't know about your shunt. 484 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,320 And I didn't know what I was gonna do. 485 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,440 I was all by myself. 486 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,120 I wasn't passerine. 487 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:20,120 I wasn't this. 488 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:21,120 I wasn't that. 489 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:27,320 I was just brother Jacob sitting on the front row of the church not knowing what God was 490 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:28,320 doing. 491 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,320 My God. 492 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,320 But I learned how to praise him in the midnight hour. 493 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,320 I learned how to lift up my. 494 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,820 And the devil learned that day. 495 00:31:41,820 --> 00:31:49,320 No matter what I do to this boy, he's still gonna worship his God. 496 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:55,320 No matter what I do to him, he's still gonna lift up his. 497 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,320 Listen, listen. 498 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,320 Hey, here's your father. 499 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:01,320 Oh, hallelujah. 500 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,320 We're gonna shout right now. 501 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,320 Hey, come on. 502 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:05,320 Don't bring me down. 503 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:06,320 We're gonna shout. 504 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,320 But listen, hey, hallelujah. 505 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,920 I was there and there was a moment when I was kind of, I was really sad. 506 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,320 I said, God, what are you doing? 507 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,320 And then it finally hit me. 508 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,320 I was surrounded by broken pieces. 509 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,320 I'm gonna say broken pieces. 510 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,320 Nothing but broken pieces around me. 511 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,320 Just broken pieces. 512 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,320 I was, I couldn't even look at my wife in the eyes. 513 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,320 Oh, some of y'all don't even know what I'm talking about. 514 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:30,320 I, I, I, Brother David, I ran out of, I ran out of words to tell her. 515 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,320 I ran out of quotes and cliches and, you all don't hear what I'm saying today. 516 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,320 I ran out of songs to sing. 517 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,320 I just, oh my God, I didn't know what to say. 518 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,320 But then the Lord said, don't you start talking like that, Jacob. 519 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,320 I got some broken pieces around you. 520 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,320 And then the Lord showed me one of my broken pieces, brother. 521 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:53,320 He said, did I not call you to preach the word? 522 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:59,320 Ah, I tell you, there was a moment where the only thing I could cling to 523 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,320 was the fact that I still knew God had called me to preach. 524 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:10,320 So I grabbed a hold of that piece and I just sat there in the, in the water. 525 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,320 And I just said, Lord, I don't know where this is going, 526 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,320 but I want to go wherever it is that you lead me. 527 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,320 Let me tell you, let me tell you, oh, let me tell you what happened. 528 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,320 So I grabbed onto that piece. 529 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:24,320 Oh, yes I did. 530 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,320 I didn't know where I was going to preach. 531 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,320 I didn't know to whom I was going to preach. 532 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:29,320 I didn't know anything like that. 533 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,320 All I said is I still know that God has called me. 534 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,320 So I grabbed that piece and I hung onto it for dear life. 535 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:40,320 And that piece was just an instrument of God's grace. 536 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,320 And I just, hell, do it. 537 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,320 And then the Lord brought me back home to the Bay Area. 538 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,320 Some of y'all don't know this. I'm going to tell you right now. 539 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:53,320 And I say with all due respect, but I never intended on moving back to the Bay Area. 540 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,320 I bought a home in Southern California because I wasn't planning on leaving. 541 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,320 And oh, shakalabaya. 542 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,320 I had no plans. 543 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,320 When people asked me about City Light, I said, this was not a 10 year plan. 544 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,320 I was a dream about this all my life. 545 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,320 I had no intentions of it. 546 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:14,320 But then because I held onto a piece, that piece, my God. 547 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:21,320 It brought me all the way 350 miles back to the Bay Area. 548 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,320 Oh, hallelujah. 549 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:24,320 And then you know what happened? 550 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,320 I started attending East Palo Alto Apostolic Church. 551 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,320 And then the pastor told me, how about you start an English ministry? 552 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:34,320 I said, I never done that. 553 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,320 I don't know, but I know God has called me to preach. 554 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,320 And so how about you start with that? 555 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,320 And then for some of you are witnesses, right, brother Mario? 556 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:48,320 For a few years, we built up an English ministry in an entirely Spanish church. 557 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,320 And God blessed it and God moved. 558 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,320 I don't take any of the credit for it. 559 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:57,320 All I'm saying is it never would have happened if I didn't hold onto a piece and say, God, 560 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,320 I don't know what you're doing, but you're doing something. 561 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,320 Hey, my God. 562 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:11,320 And then while I was holding onto that piece and giving God my very best one Sunday afternoon, 563 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:18,320 I was driving down a highway one on one southbound and I looked over a mountain view and the Lord 564 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,320 said, that's it son. 565 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,320 Oh, y'all don't hear what I'm saying. 566 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:29,320 He said, this is why I brought you. 567 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,320 This is why you had to hold on. 568 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:37,320 This is why you had to hold on because you've got to plan that. 569 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,320 That's right. 570 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,320 Somebody give God some glory. 571 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,320 Somebody give God some praise. 572 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,320 And now here we are, brother Isaii. 573 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:58,320 10 years later about to celebrate 10 years next week of being a church. 574 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,320 And all I'm here to tell you, it's not because of me. 575 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,320 It's not because of how wonderful I am or who we are. 576 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:10,320 It's because when you just hold on to the broken pieces, God will shout out by your son. 577 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,320 Don't look for the big stuff. 578 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:17,320 Get your eyes off of the big screens and the big stages. 579 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,320 Get your eyes on the right stuff. 580 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,320 Get it on the pieces. 581 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:29,320 And God said, if you hold on to the pieces, you're going to make it. 582 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,320 I wonder if there's somebody right now under the sound of my voice. 583 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,320 God said, pieces, you need to hold on to right now.