WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.679 declaring by faith that the drought is over. 00:00:05.139 --> 00:00:07.820 Now, I know everybody has a different drought, 00:00:08.740 --> 00:00:12.339 but no matter what drought you have, we all have 00:00:12.339 --> 00:00:17.510 the same God. And so, um, he's a God that, uh, 00:00:17.670 --> 00:00:21.089 that overflows us. And, you know, we started 00:00:21.089 --> 00:00:24.070 these last three weeks of our here's home series 00:00:24.070 --> 00:00:27.429 and say, God, we gonna get this thing together 00:00:27.429 --> 00:00:31.719 before the new year. And so, I'm so excited about 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:34.159 today's message. It's centered just around what 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.399 they were singing. You know, what a privilege 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:41.140 we have to carry everything to God in prayer. 00:00:41.950 --> 00:00:45.090 And as a church, our prayer lives are in the 00:00:45.090 --> 00:00:47.850 grave somewhere. And by the end of this message, 00:00:47.950 --> 00:00:50.350 prayerfully, our prayer lives will come out of 00:00:50.350 --> 00:00:53.909 that grave and have some glory on it. Go ahead, 00:00:53.909 --> 00:00:55.189 go ahead, look at your neighbor. You know I love 00:00:55.189 --> 00:00:56.590 you looking for your neighbor. Say, hey neighbor, 00:00:57.009 --> 00:01:03.359 I'm declaring greater glory over your prayer 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:10.099 life that um let me say this a believer that 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:12.140 doesn't seek god is a believer that doesn't know 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:17.620 god and so we cannot find ourselves in an alignment 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:22.519 with a god we do not seek in prayer what a privilege 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:27.079 that song is so rich what a privilege we have 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:31.409 to carry everything to god in prayer because 00:01:31.409 --> 00:01:34.590 at one point in time you couldn't just take what 00:01:34.590 --> 00:01:37.890 you had to God in prayer but what a privilege 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:42.209 due to the life of Jesus the sacrifice of Jesus 00:01:42.209 --> 00:01:47.609 that we live beneath an open heaven that heaven's 00:01:47.609 --> 00:01:52.430 ears are open to your request that is a privilege 00:01:52.430 --> 00:01:57.109 that is an honor that when we speak we have a 00:01:57.109 --> 00:02:03.340 God who listens that hears you The heartfelt 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:06.719 fervent prayers of the righteous availeth much 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:13.689 and are dynamic, powerful in their working. And 00:02:13.689 --> 00:02:19.539 man, I'm just stirred up about what I know is 00:02:19.539 --> 00:02:22.740 going to happen and break out in our lives as 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:29.840 a result of returning back to that. And so if 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.580 you would, go me the book of Haggai. I'll get 00:02:33.580 --> 00:02:35.180 it right before the end of the year, y 'all. 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:45.430 verse one and we'll go to verse five. I'm reading 00:02:45.430 --> 00:02:50.370 the ESV version and it says now therefore thus 00:02:50.370 --> 00:02:56.009 says the Lord of hosts consider your ways you 00:02:56.009 --> 00:02:59.750 have sown much and have harvested little you 00:02:59.750 --> 00:03:04.889 eat but you never have enough you drink but you 00:03:04.889 --> 00:03:08.729 never have your fill you clove yourselves but 00:03:08.729 --> 00:03:14.139 no one is warm he who earns wages does so so 00:03:14.139 --> 00:03:19.740 does so to put them into a bag with holes verse 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:24.860 7 thus says the Lord of hosts consider your ways 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:27.919 what is happening here and we've been studying 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.259 the book of Haggai what is happening here you 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:31.819 guys should be able to tell me what's happening 00:03:31.819 --> 00:03:35.129 right now but we'll keep we'll get together together 00:03:35.129 --> 00:03:38.580 but what is happening right now is the prophet 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:42.120 Haggai had came to the people of Israel at that 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.240 time and they didn't realize and they were not 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:52.129 aware of why they were working so much yet not 00:03:52.129 --> 00:03:57.210 living a blessed life. Um, they were perplexed, 00:03:57.210 --> 00:04:00.870 confused and were unable to connect the dots 00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:04.530 of why they were going through what they were 00:04:04.530 --> 00:04:08.300 going through. And so Haggai says this simple 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:14.439 thing, consider your ways. And it's amazing sometimes. 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:16.759 And it's one of the greatest attempts of Satan 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:23.290 is he loves to disconnect our present situations 00:04:23.290 --> 00:04:28.069 from our kingdom alignment. He really loves for 00:04:28.069 --> 00:04:32.569 us to not point towards our kingdom alignment 00:04:32.569 --> 00:04:35.389 when it comes to what we are going through naturally. 00:04:36.430 --> 00:04:39.949 He wants us to never connect those two dots. 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:44.060 He wants us to look at our lives naturally and 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:46.459 think it has nothing to do with how I'm walking 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:52.160 spiritually. But Haggai said, consider your ways. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.199 Because as it turns out, as believers, the lives 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:01.879 we live is directly connected to the kingdom 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.029 pursuit we have. That everything about your life 00:05:06.029 --> 00:05:09.970 is the fruit of how you are prioritizing the 00:05:09.970 --> 00:05:14.639 kingdom of God. That as you prioritize the kingdom 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:20.199 of God you can expect a life full of glory Because 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:24.579 of your alignment not even your ability Y 'all 00:05:24.579 --> 00:05:26.220 gotta rock with me a little harder than that 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:29.000 because that's the blessing. That's that supernatural 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.410 effect that it's no longer my education that 00:05:32.410 --> 00:05:35.949 determines my altitude because of my alignment 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:39.329 with God's kingdom I have a grace on my life 00:05:39.329 --> 00:05:42.610 and so the limitations I once had as a person 00:05:42.610 --> 00:05:46.949 without God they are now no longer on my life. 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:50.959 that I live a life according to God's desires 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:54.620 and plans for my life. I have disconnected from 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:57.680 this world system and I'm now a part of the kingdom 00:05:57.680 --> 00:05:59.819 of God. That's where we get this boldness and 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:02.779 we say I'm in this world but not of this world, 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:04.699 right? Look at Jeremy said, I'm in this world 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:08.399 and I'm not of this world. and so this world 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.779 has a system and the kingdom has a system and 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:14.220 Satan loves for you to be so consumed by the 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:17.259 world that you forget how I act in the kingdom 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:20.399 determines how I live in this world I've been 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.100 elevated to y 'all y 'all getting excited already 00:06:23.100 --> 00:06:28.629 y 'all know we got a long way to go but my god 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:34.209 we are not subject to we don't have to conform 00:06:34.209 --> 00:06:39.199 to we don't have to listen to that headlines 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:43.300 To determine our altitude no more because we 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:49.379 have a god who sees us loves us Overlooks all 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:52.459 of the things concerning our lives and says I 00:06:52.459 --> 00:06:55.279 love the bible says who is man that you are so 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:59.120 mindful of them You have a god who is mindful 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:01.639 of you thinking about you and you ain't even 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:09.189 thinking about him It's revealing truth I'm so 00:07:09.189 --> 00:07:11.709 glad there's a God who thinks about me when I'm 00:07:11.709 --> 00:07:15.579 not even thinking about him That's the beauty 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:19.490 of being a child of God And he says he's greater 00:07:19.490 --> 00:07:22.250 than a natural father, right? And you know throughout 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:25.050 the day there's times right there's times You 00:07:25.050 --> 00:07:27.829 know where I'll be just at my home Amber will 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:30.569 be at school and something will just hit me like 00:07:30.569 --> 00:07:38.029 man Brian pray Don't worry Don't be concerned 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:41.339 You get that little notification on your phone 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:43.660 that someone's broken into a school, but you 00:07:43.660 --> 00:07:45.839 haven't been able to research which school, so 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.480 that Satan tries to attack your mind to think 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.939 that something is happening to your child. Here's 00:07:50.939 --> 00:07:53.980 the thing, we are not subject to what the world 00:07:53.980 --> 00:07:57.620 is subject to, that you have a kingdom, kingdom 00:07:57.620 --> 00:08:01.100 relationship, that you can call down heaven from 00:08:01.100 --> 00:08:04.740 wherever you are to invade wherever they are, 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:08.180 and you can call angels to mount guard around 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:10.759 your child. that you don't even have to be physically 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:13.259 holding them for them to be held. Y 'all hear 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:16.360 what I'm saying? What a God that I don't even 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.259 have to be in proximity to cover and protect 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:25.600 my family. What a God. What a God. What a privilege 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:32.139 we have to carry everything to God in prayer 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:35.240 that as soon as it hits us, we have the ability 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:39.909 to know that heaven hears us. Angels are beside 00:08:39.909 --> 00:08:43.450 us and we have the ability to speak and they 00:08:43.450 --> 00:09:01.960 go This is what we call a part of your new covenant. 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:06.179 You didn't work for it. You didn't earn it and 00:09:06.179 --> 00:09:10.950 you sure don't deserve it We're not gonna talk 00:09:10.950 --> 00:09:14.879 about how you don't deserve it. We all know We 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:21.830 already know but what a God so gracious So kind 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:30.379 that he doesn't act like we do Judge our love 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:39.370 based on how we've been loved, you know, the 00:09:39.370 --> 00:09:43.970 thing was their lives were in ruin They're walking 00:09:43.970 --> 00:09:47.549 around worried about things That they shouldn't 00:09:47.549 --> 00:09:50.669 have to worry about because of how is it more 00:09:50.669 --> 00:09:53.750 distracting than y 'all than it is to me? I'm 00:09:53.750 --> 00:09:55.549 looking at one by way. Everybody's trying to 00:09:55.549 --> 00:09:57.909 locate the cell phone. You know I'm saying I'm 00:09:57.909 --> 00:10:00.169 having to look past y 'all looking the cell phone 00:10:00.169 --> 00:10:05.759 itself and keep on preaching Lord Jesus My little 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.659 pause cuz until it turned off y 'all ain't even 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:10.659 gonna look y 'all know y 'all listening and looking 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:23.830 Amen and so They're at this place to where? What 00:10:23.830 --> 00:10:27.870 should be working ain't working just to make 00:10:27.870 --> 00:10:34.950 it plain and had guys Prophecy and word to them 00:10:34.950 --> 00:10:39.610 was consider your ways Why am I saying this? 00:10:40.690 --> 00:10:43.549 Because everything we just shout about is true 00:10:44.299 --> 00:10:47.980 And so you have to ask yourself, if you are not 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:52.610 experiencing that, what is going on? You have 00:10:52.610 --> 00:10:59.679 to consider your ways. I think this is a good 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:03.169 moment. Look at your neighbor again. Say, hey 00:11:03.169 --> 00:11:10.190 neighbor, I didn't get a chance to say this when 00:11:10.190 --> 00:11:13.539 you was complaining to me earlier in the week. 00:11:14.309 --> 00:11:17.830 But now that we in church and there's a grace 00:11:17.830 --> 00:11:22.549 available, for me to tell the truth I heard everything 00:11:22.549 --> 00:11:31.379 you said but have you considered your ways right 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:36.000 so you got to use the grace that's available 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:37.779 in the sanctuary you were gonna got cussed out 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:40.100 if you would have said that on Wednesday but 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.000 on Sunday you could get away with a little more 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:46.279 truth I heard what you said I don't see how you 00:11:46.279 --> 00:12:01.230 haven't connected that you causing it but check 00:12:01.230 --> 00:12:06.299 this out go with me to Haggai 2 in 19 If you 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:08.980 move in more than one page you going too far. 00:12:24.370 --> 00:12:34.100 It said is the seed I think I want to go further 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:42.700 back. Nobody got a cell phone that can ring right 00:12:42.700 --> 00:13:04.519 now. I want to go to verse 6 so I'll go way back 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:12.100 put a tab on 19 It says for thus says the Lord 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:17.450 of hosts Yet once more in a little while I will 00:13:17.450 --> 00:13:21.370 shake the heavens and the earth and the sea the 00:13:21.370 --> 00:13:25.639 dry land and I will shake all the nations so 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.860 that the treasures of all the nations shall come 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:34.450 in and I will fill this house with glory says 00:13:34.450 --> 00:13:37.429 the Lord of hosts the silver is mine the gold 00:13:37.429 --> 00:13:40.750 is mine declares the Lord of hosts the latter 00:13:40.750 --> 00:13:44.889 glory of this house shall be greater than the 00:13:44.889 --> 00:13:47.730 former says the Lord of hosts and in this place 00:13:47.730 --> 00:13:53.490 I will give it peace declares the Lord And so 00:13:53.490 --> 00:13:57.679 I wanted you to put a pin here because once you 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:01.929 see the sequence, because this sequence truly 00:14:01.929 --> 00:14:05.389 works and stands true in our lives today. What 00:14:05.389 --> 00:14:09.629 was spot number one? Things weren't operating 00:14:09.629 --> 00:14:12.289 the way they should. And by mean the way they 00:14:12.289 --> 00:14:16.029 should, I'm saying not at the rate of your effort, 00:14:16.549 --> 00:14:21.169 but at the rate of his glory. That as believers 00:14:21.169 --> 00:14:24.210 our lives are should not be living at an even 00:14:24.210 --> 00:14:28.190 exchange You shouldn't be living at the level 00:14:28.190 --> 00:14:31.690 of your qualifications The evidence that we are 00:14:31.690 --> 00:14:34.830 believers of God is that our life supersedes 00:14:34.830 --> 00:14:38.629 our qualifications I know God's hands on me because 00:14:38.629 --> 00:14:41.529 everything my hands touch is bigger than me. 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.610 That's That's the life of a believer. I told 00:14:44.610 --> 00:14:46.409 you all the time, you may not be suffering, but 00:14:46.409 --> 00:14:49.889 if your life is living one for one, you still 00:14:49.889 --> 00:14:53.169 need more glory to come because you should be 00:14:53.169 --> 00:14:55.629 in a position that's greater than your education. 00:14:56.070 --> 00:14:58.049 You should be living somewhere that's greater 00:14:58.049 --> 00:15:01.669 than your ability to afford. You should be driving 00:15:01.669 --> 00:15:04.029 something. Everything about your life should 00:15:04.029 --> 00:15:07.330 have a level of glory on it. What is that? That's 00:15:07.330 --> 00:15:09.730 God's evidence that His hand is on your life. 00:15:10.029 --> 00:15:12.490 There should be, your life should not make sense. 00:15:14.789 --> 00:15:17.730 And so it's not just about a drought of saying, 00:15:18.250 --> 00:15:22.889 I'm missing. It's also a drought of saying my 00:15:22.889 --> 00:15:29.179 life is lacking supernatural. Y 'all rocking 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:31.139 with me. Just trying to make sure everybody in 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:34.330 the room is listening. Cause you may not have 00:15:34.330 --> 00:15:36.909 no issues, but you also don't have no glory. 00:15:37.470 --> 00:15:41.090 So what's the, all right. I told you these last 00:15:41.090 --> 00:15:43.950 two weeks gonna be a little different. Just a 00:15:43.950 --> 00:15:48.419 little different. That's it. That's it, you know 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.100 You know go we call you come out that grave and 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:56.639 you in there on us sleeping on a what they call 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.320 that mattress Always mess it up. You got one 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.559 of them see Lee. So you got a sleep number You 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:05.179 got a sleep number in a in a grave with a sleep 00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:10.250 number Comfortable in the grave. You know what 00:16:10.250 --> 00:16:13.779 I'm saying? That thing is temp. You got a temperature 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:17.159 control mattress, you know Sleeping in life, 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:20.360 and I know to sleep is good, but you ain't supposed 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:24.759 to be laying Horizontal in life you're supposed 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:39.080 to be vertical about the Lord's Word So they 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:41.779 start to consider their ways Watch this sequence 00:16:42.389 --> 00:16:47.669 what we just read there God then Gives them a 00:16:47.669 --> 00:16:57.000 promise. That's what this is He says hey as you 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:05.730 seek me I will cause The latter house to be greater 00:17:05.730 --> 00:17:11.259 than the former house that you're not just Seeking 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:15.660 me without knowing the fruit of your seeking 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:21.130 But as we've been saying to every promise There 00:17:21.130 --> 00:17:25.829 should be a path and so he keeps saying consider 00:17:25.829 --> 00:17:30.680 your ways You are very aware of where you are 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:35.980 You are also aware of what God has promised But 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:39.460 you have not experienced the fruit of what he 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:44.099 promised and he's saying To us like he was saying 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:49.500 to them You don't have a promise problem You 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:56.500 don't have a God problem You have a consideration 00:17:56.500 --> 00:18:03.200 problem. You have yet to connect Where you are? 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:15.480 To what you doing? Y 'all all right now, let's 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:25.609 go to verse 19. It says the seed yet in the barn 00:18:25.609 --> 00:18:29.250 indeed the vine the fig tree the pomegranate 00:18:29.250 --> 00:18:32.589 the olive tree have yielded nothing but from 00:18:32.589 --> 00:18:39.960 this day on I will bless you so right so we have 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.500 three points that first point stuff ain't where 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:46.700 it's supposed to be had y 'all consider your 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:50.099 ways as they begin to consider their ways God 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:57.230 says promise I'm across the ladder To be greater 00:18:57.230 --> 00:19:00.329 than the former About time we get the verse 19. 00:19:00.410 --> 00:19:04.250 He said the seed is yet in the barn yet today 00:19:04.250 --> 00:19:12.450 I call you blessed. So what happened? So they 00:19:12.450 --> 00:19:18.470 started to reprioritize God's way in Between 00:19:18.470 --> 00:19:21.210 them verses they considered their ways and realize 00:19:21.210 --> 00:19:24.269 we have not putting been putting the kingdom 00:19:24.269 --> 00:19:26.789 first At that point they have been putting their 00:19:26.789 --> 00:19:29.039 comfort first they've been putting many things 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.119 first some of us are putting many things first 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:36.180 and we haven't considered that maybe God is withholding 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:40.380 the rain for you to reconsider your ways and 00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:46.569 so they reconsidered their ways and this is where 00:19:46.569 --> 00:19:48.369 you see the supernatural whenever you see me 00:19:48.369 --> 00:19:53.369 smiling it's a good thing he said the seed is 00:19:53.369 --> 00:20:06.910 yet to be planted yet today I call you ladies 00:20:06.910 --> 00:20:10.970 and gentlemen see this is what we call supernatural 00:20:12.089 --> 00:20:16.589 because what God was telling them although you 00:20:16.589 --> 00:20:21.400 haven't even enacted the biblical principle of 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:27.579 seed time and harvest because of your immediate 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:31.660 consideration and immediate reprioritization 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:37.460 I now call a supernatural blessing on you before 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:40.259 the harvest has even arrived from the crops you 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:43.500 are planting to plant but I see your heart is 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:47.380 now fixed on doing what I'm saying should be 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:50.299 prioritized and because of your heart posture 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:54.990 alone you haven't even done the work yet but 00:20:54.990 --> 00:20:58.250 your heart is shifted and said you know what 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:02.089 from now on for me in my house We are going to 00:21:02.089 --> 00:21:05.390 serve the Lord. We have yet to actually serve 00:21:05.390 --> 00:21:08.029 him, but we know a God that judges the hearts 00:21:08.029 --> 00:21:11.690 and the intents of men. You come to find out 00:21:11.690 --> 00:21:15.569 that there was only 23 days in between the curse 00:21:15.569 --> 00:21:19.700 and the blessing. Was less than a month turn 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:23.039 around from their consideration to their overflow 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.019 y 'all rocking with me just a little like God 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:30.160 said I see that your heart is in the right place 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.279 and I'm the type of God that I don't have to 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.220 wait on your natural ability to enact my Supernatural 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:40.559 capabilities. He said the sea is still in the 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:49.529 barn yet today you shall be blessed see God All 00:21:49.529 --> 00:21:54.579 knowing he's omnipotent and so he already knows 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:56.960 what you're gonna do before you gonna do it And 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.619 so he didn't have to wait for them to do it to 00:21:58.619 --> 00:22:00.480 know they was gonna do it because he lives both 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:03.460 in there the request and in the response of it 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:05.839 and So because he knows that they were going 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:08.460 to do it, which they did do it He didn't decide 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:11.859 to wait on them to do it. He decided right now 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:17.789 bless He declared the drought over before the 00:22:17.789 --> 00:22:24.059 seed hit the soil. You got to hear this Simply 00:22:24.059 --> 00:23:09.650 because with all sincerity said God enough so 00:23:09.650 --> 00:23:25.289 not to leave you somewhere Wondering there's 00:23:25.289 --> 00:23:28.289 three things that God told us as a church. We 00:23:29.789 --> 00:23:36.529 have gotten out of Alignment and today is about 00:23:36.529 --> 00:23:45.230 Seeking say hey neighbor. It's time to seek him 00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:55.029 first thing about that is The bible tells of 00:23:55.029 --> 00:23:57.029 course y 'all know the matthew 6 and 33 to seek 00:23:57.029 --> 00:24:00.910 ye first the kingdom of god And his righteousness 00:24:00.910 --> 00:24:04.509 and what all these things will be added onto 00:24:04.509 --> 00:24:06.750 you What is it talking about? It's talking about 00:24:06.750 --> 00:24:09.589 every natural thing you need in life is a by 00:24:09.589 --> 00:24:13.569 -product of prioritizing Him. What's the promise? 00:24:13.809 --> 00:24:16.859 You ain't got to worry about nothing What's the 00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:23.309 pathway? Pray about everything and if we're gonna 00:24:23.309 --> 00:24:27.789 be a honest church today We ain't praying about 00:24:27.789 --> 00:24:40.289 everything definitely and in most cases a lot 00:24:40.289 --> 00:24:43.950 of people they're not even praying with the pure 00:24:43.950 --> 00:24:51.390 heart so even the prayers they are praying fall 00:24:51.390 --> 00:24:56.059 short and so the power activated through prayer 00:24:56.059 --> 00:25:03.039 is also missing because believe it or not not 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:12.029 every prayer is responded to not everything you 00:25:12.029 --> 00:25:19.869 say God gonna do he has no obligation to respond 00:25:20.650 --> 00:25:24.980 To what you say that doesn't align with his way 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:34.990 none Matter of fact is very clear that Don't 00:25:34.990 --> 00:25:37.930 even expect power in your prayer when it's not 00:25:37.930 --> 00:25:44.150 first aligned with my way Y 'all alright We already 00:25:44.150 --> 00:25:48.309 shot us so we should be able to dive in now Because 00:25:48.309 --> 00:25:51.710 here's the truth truth is the fruit of prioritizing 00:25:51.710 --> 00:25:55.269 God's way is a life overflowing with this glory 00:26:00.230 --> 00:26:03.839 Here's the other truth. The truth is when the 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:07.819 kingdom God is no longer prioritized. I switched 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:13.119 this one up Life grows heavy and peace becomes 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:17.109 distant. I Switched that one up and I was standing 00:26:17.109 --> 00:26:19.769 over here and worship. That's what it was coming 00:26:19.769 --> 00:26:23.119 in the church They good, but ain't that fast, 00:26:26.369 --> 00:26:28.089 right? Don't write Well, you know right now whatever 00:26:28.089 --> 00:26:39.000 applies to you one last point before we move 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:46.549 forward that want you to see and it's very simple 00:26:46.549 --> 00:26:53.900 very simple just just take Don't let nobody mess 00:26:53.900 --> 00:27:01.640 with this. God is always eager to bless you. 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:12.359 This is important because if I have solidified 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:17.660 in my heart, in my mind that God is always eager 00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:22.880 to bless me, then I'm always stirred up about 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:31.769 being aligned with him. But if I think that he's 00:27:31.769 --> 00:27:35.819 not eager to bless, I will walk delayed in my 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:39.029 alignment. The reason why we read through that 00:27:39.029 --> 00:27:46.500 is because he was eager to bless them. He blessed 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:50.150 them before they start doing the work, because 00:27:50.150 --> 00:27:54.390 God is always eager to bless us. What do you 00:27:54.390 --> 00:27:56.750 mean, Pastor Brian? The moment you committed 00:27:56.750 --> 00:27:59.849 to salvation, he gave you all spiritual blessings 00:27:59.849 --> 00:28:04.400 in heavenly places. He gave you the ability to 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:07.440 know that your eternity is secured in heaven. 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:10.960 You didn't do a thing. And he did everything. 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:16.500 Because God is always eager to bless you. I'm 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:19.299 gonna shout that at y 'all neighbor. Say, hey 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:46.579 neighbor, God is always eager to bless you. So 00:28:46.609 --> 00:28:54.140 here's home. Has it been about us living with 00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:59.220 those truths? And also understanding that God 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:05.049 doesn't like double -minded people. So the first 00:29:05.049 --> 00:29:14.259 thing I need to consider is have I declared home 00:29:15.890 --> 00:29:21.640 so that that eager God can flow the way he desires 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:26.509 to. Because a double -minded man is unstable 00:29:26.509 --> 00:29:29.069 in all his ways. He should not expect to believe 00:29:29.069 --> 00:29:36.279 he's received anything from God. And I tell this 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:42.539 to people, if you there, You might as well be 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:51.440 fully committed where your body is located because 00:29:51.440 --> 00:30:02.099 there's an eager God who flows according to undivided 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:08.490 people so it's of my benefit that even if I don't 00:30:08.490 --> 00:30:13.670 like it, I still remain committed to where my 00:30:13.670 --> 00:30:22.230 body is because if there's gonna be a Supernatural 00:30:22.230 --> 00:30:26.970 moment in this God is waiting for me to agree. 00:30:26.970 --> 00:30:35.339 I'm staying where he gonna bless Well, we try 00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:39.279 to say God bless it so I'll stay Baby, that ain't 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:47.700 faith That's manipulation and if we're not careful, 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:54.009 that's exactly what our prayers sound like show 00:30:54.009 --> 00:30:59.130 me God So that I can finally commit to where 00:30:59.130 --> 00:31:03.480 I am Wait a minute. So you're saying right now. 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:07.950 You don't know if you commit it Because my word 00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:11.470 wasn't enough So now you need physical evidence. 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:15.940 When faith is the substance of things hoped for, 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:19.440 the evidence of things not seen. So you're praying 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.980 for me to bless what you ain't even committed 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:31.519 to staying in. Ladies and gentlemen, that's a 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:36.119 double -minded person. And then positioning your 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:39.140 prayers as though God has to do what you say 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:43.759 so that you can finally do what he say. The Bible 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:47.140 has never worked like that. The Bible is always 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:50.640 going in the other direction That because of 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:54.839 what I said You now step out in trust in faith 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:57.759 knowing that I'm a promise keeper and I'm eager 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:01.559 to bless those who are aligned with what I desire 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:05.200 So our question isn't God. What should I be doing? 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.059 I'll tell you all time. I'll tell you all time 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:09.529 We'd be we'd be waking up in the morning and 00:32:09.529 --> 00:32:13.799 be praying all wrong Don't wanna hear it. We 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.900 wake up and say God. What do you want me to do? 00:32:16.849 --> 00:32:24.400 Wrong. The prayer is, God, what are you doing 00:32:25.109 --> 00:32:32.630 that I can be a part of? Because you, you are 00:32:32.630 --> 00:32:37.579 doing God. The blessing is out here today. Something's 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:41.619 going to be glorified. The grace is available 00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:46.220 today. Right now, God is moving miraculously 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:50.299 somewhere. And if you think you could convince 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:53.440 him to move his somewhere to where you are you 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.839 wrong No, you supposed to pray to him So you 00:32:56.839 --> 00:33:00.319 where he is not so that he goes where you are? 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.680 Because where you are might not be where you 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:05.460 supposed to be and what happens when God starts 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:07.880 blessing places We no longer supposed to be in 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:29.990 we stay around Preach with me. This is himself. 00:33:32.250 --> 00:33:39.079 I will and we wake up everyday screaming God 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.750 like Our will be your will. It's never been it. 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:51.099 I like him. I like her. God, make it work. Interested. 00:33:53.869 --> 00:33:57.930 I like this. I'm comfortable here. These people, 00:33:57.930 --> 00:34:03.309 they treat me straight. It goes vice versa. Because 00:34:03.309 --> 00:34:05.430 I've been in some seasons where, God, I don't 00:34:05.430 --> 00:34:12.860 like them. When did I ask you, Brian? God, change 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:15.760 them. And he's like, I'm trying to change you. 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:24.900 Bit them. I'm using them. To help you sharpen 00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:36.380 your ways. I'm trying to tell you I'm trying 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:39.940 to tell you God had given me this beautiful vision 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.039 of this thing I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.079 to keep this light because this is real and I 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.099 ain't trying to get in deeper trouble But hear 00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.340 me when I say what I'm saying is very real, but 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:54.280 I'm leaving the parties uninvolved God had given 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:57.199 me this beautiful vision bringing people together 00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:05.909 the first person I brought in Sued me I was about 00:35:05.909 --> 00:35:16.039 his man Boy boy boy boy Just ignorance on overload 00:35:16.289 --> 00:35:19.769 Ignite statement after ignorant statement and 00:35:19.769 --> 00:35:22.190 it was I know it was chat GP talking cuz you 00:35:22.190 --> 00:35:24.449 ain't never put a sentence together like that 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.280 and if y 'all don't know there's certain things 00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:36.139 I'm all right with and When you know hear what 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:41.750 I'm saying when you know where home is you fight 00:35:41.750 --> 00:35:53.460 different They said sue I said go ahead not a 00:35:53.460 --> 00:36:10.090 problem for me that thing the prayer first of 00:36:10.090 --> 00:36:11.909 all my prayers sounded a lot like a lot of y 00:36:11.909 --> 00:36:13.710 'all prayers sounded prayerfully before this 00:36:13.710 --> 00:36:16.110 service and they change after this one I said 00:36:16.110 --> 00:36:19.989 God get rid of them move them make this seamless 00:36:19.989 --> 00:36:23.409 make this easy father may you just give me the 00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:26.269 wisdom and all this stuff all this stuff all 00:36:26.269 --> 00:36:30.550 this stuff all this stuff I don't know how long 00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:32.909 I was on that street it was I ain't gonna lie 00:36:32.909 --> 00:36:37.150 to y 'all it wasn't a quick turnaround It took 00:36:37.150 --> 00:36:39.150 a long time for me to realize God was shouting 00:36:39.150 --> 00:36:44.650 consider your ways y 'all know cuz prayer changes 00:36:44.650 --> 00:36:48.050 things The problem is prayer changes everything 00:36:48.050 --> 00:36:51.170 God wants to change Prayer doesn't change anything. 00:36:51.170 --> 00:36:55.059 He wants to stay the same That's the other half 00:36:55.059 --> 00:37:03.659 of it that they need more on a t -shirt So I'm 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:07.300 praying all the stuff about ready to throw oil 00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:12.010 or anything and everything It ain't doing nothing 00:37:12.010 --> 00:37:21.989 intensifying and then God when I finally Stop 00:37:21.989 --> 00:37:30.369 trying to impose my want to My desire what I 00:37:30.369 --> 00:37:34.050 wanted to see happen. I finally heard heaven 00:37:34.050 --> 00:37:42.500 open up and God says take notes They are testing 00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:45.139 everything that's missing about what needs to 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:51.340 be structurally sound you get this right and 00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:53.639 Everything's set up and safe for everybody to 00:37:53.639 --> 00:38:03.079 come. This wasn't free. I'm just one short process. 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:11.719 So I hire an attorney Say if somebody were to 00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:14.219 say these same things, what do we need to have 00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:16.780 in place? What needed to be this and what needed 00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:19.900 to be that and what needed to be this? God was 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:23.119 helping me to protect what he was designing to 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:33.469 never fail. So Man, it was amazing from that 00:38:33.469 --> 00:38:37.809 moment. I would just be at random places Ask 00:38:37.809 --> 00:38:40.070 people just casual conversations. What do you 00:38:40.070 --> 00:38:44.889 do? I'm an entertainment attorney God start putting 00:38:44.889 --> 00:38:50.699 people in my path to help me Move forward now 00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:53.940 that my heart was open to what he was desiring 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:57.019 to do I could have been in them same places But 00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:59.340 with a closed heart because I think somebody 00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:02.309 doing me wrong and it's not what God wants But 00:39:02.309 --> 00:39:04.570 now that I'm in the location realizing, you know 00:39:04.570 --> 00:39:07.570 what? God is a part of what's happening and God 00:39:07.570 --> 00:39:10.809 is shaping me in what's happening. So now my 00:39:10.809 --> 00:39:13.590 heart is open in the same locations. So now when 00:39:13.590 --> 00:39:15.869 they say I'm an intern, an entertainment attorney, 00:39:16.269 --> 00:39:18.510 I'm saying to myself, God, you put another person 00:39:18.510 --> 00:39:37.280 in the path. Y 'all all right? I'm about to have 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:51.039 to stop rocking because um, put John, first John 00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:53.659 five and 14. First of all, give it up for the 00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:56.239 worship team. I was trying to understand what 00:39:56.239 --> 00:40:00.289 type of worship team coordinates Leopard. What's 00:40:00.289 --> 00:40:05.650 that color? Enteal. Boy, I said, y 'all know 00:40:05.650 --> 00:40:07.989 y 'all show know how to dress. Y 'all hear me? 00:40:08.289 --> 00:40:12.250 I said, Leopard Enteal? That's crazy. Y 'all 00:40:12.250 --> 00:40:15.300 saw how coordinated they were? Some y 'all got 00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:17.199 a, what? Y 'all got on Leopard too. Y 'all got 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:22.019 the memo? You didn't get the memo. You was in 00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:24.679 the spirit. You got the memo though. you got 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:31.409 the memo you got the memo did you get the memo 00:40:31.409 --> 00:40:33.329 some y 'all be praying for you put on your outfit 00:40:33.329 --> 00:40:43.280 huh anyway i was giving them time to put first 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:47.679 john up there first john five and 14 it's all 00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:50.119 right y 'all it's all right to have uh we you 00:40:50.119 --> 00:41:03.840 know there it is this is the confidence which 00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:11.159 we have before him that if we ask anything What 00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:27.170 church he hears us 15 the blood brothers also 00:41:27.170 --> 00:41:31.289 wearing red ties and black outfits I thought 00:41:31.289 --> 00:41:36.469 I'd do another commercial there it is and if 00:41:36.469 --> 00:41:42.550 we know that he hears us in whatever we We know 00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:46.510 that we have the request which we have asked 00:41:46.510 --> 00:41:50.849 for him in other words that When your prayer 00:41:50.849 --> 00:41:56.519 is aligned with God's will The request is granted. 00:41:59.230 --> 00:42:01.849 So what is this saying to us? What's the promise? 00:42:02.349 --> 00:42:06.969 The promise is a God who says yes. What's the 00:42:06.969 --> 00:42:10.630 pathway? A request that's aligned with what he 00:42:10.630 --> 00:42:14.670 wants. Y 'all got to hear this. This is really 00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:17.869 big because I'm about to, you got to hear this. 00:42:18.789 --> 00:42:23.969 This is big. This is big. So, but this is the 00:42:23.969 --> 00:42:28.139 foundation to that point. The promise is a God 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:36.110 who says yes. Put it in the ELT NLT. It's a little 00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:39.440 Some of y 'all like that NSB got me tripping 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:46.019 pastor go back to 14 It says and we are confident 00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:50.079 that he hears us whenever we ask for anything 00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:57.159 that Him and since we know he hears us when we 00:42:57.159 --> 00:43:00.280 make our requests We also know that he will give 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:06.280 us what we ask for So, what's the promise? God 00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:12.019 says yes to prayers. What's the path? What I'm 00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:17.659 asking for pleases him. So if the request pleases 00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:22.889 him, the answer is what? I'll do this one more 00:43:22.889 --> 00:43:26.440 time because I need to say something. So if the 00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:34.619 request pleases him, the answer is yes. This 00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:37.409 is so important that you see this. Because it 00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:41.289 also lets us know there are things we need that 00:43:41.289 --> 00:43:53.340 require a request There are things God is waiting 00:43:53.340 --> 00:44:00.769 on your requests So he can grant it try to get 00:44:00.769 --> 00:44:03.889 you stirred up about praying Because none of 00:44:03.889 --> 00:44:07.409 this matters if there aren't things waiting. 00:44:07.409 --> 00:44:12.829 He's waiting for us to request What are you saying? 00:44:12.929 --> 00:44:16.510 That's right. There are things that God is eager 00:44:16.510 --> 00:44:27.380 to do That he's waiting on you to request Because 00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:32.829 prayer isn't just me asking God for things. It's 00:44:32.829 --> 00:44:40.230 evidence that I'm aligned with him Okay, so prayer 00:44:40.230 --> 00:44:46.440 Isn't me asking God for things Prayer is evidence 00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:50.619 that I am aligned with him Because anything that 00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:54.900 I ask in prayer that pleases him. He says yes, 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:58.110 so it tells me What should I be praying? I should 00:44:58.110 --> 00:45:01.889 be praying what's in a line with his will. My 00:45:01.889 --> 00:45:06.150 prayer is evidence. I am for y 'all the smart 00:45:06.150 --> 00:45:11.920 church. And so prayer is important because it's 00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:15.840 physical evidence that my heart and my mind are 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:20.909 aligned with heaven's ways. So it's not just 00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:30.360 casual. It's not just an option. It is how I 00:45:30.510 --> 00:45:36.449 show others, God, that my heart is where his 00:45:36.449 --> 00:45:46.929 is. And so every day I wake up and align my prayers 00:45:48.559 --> 00:46:02.119 with his desires. This isn't something I do out 00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:08.369 of mere routine. This is something I prioritize. 00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:20.579 I cannot expect to have an open heaven while 00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:29.590 living an unaligned life. So God, I wake up. 00:46:42.610 --> 00:46:48.269 I want to turn to this day. Without you getting 00:46:48.269 --> 00:46:52.030 the ability to capture desires that are not of 00:46:52.030 --> 00:46:54.530 you and stopping them before I even start walking 00:46:54.530 --> 00:46:57.909 towards them Hey God, this is what I'm planning 00:46:57.909 --> 00:47:01.550 on doing today When's the last time you presented 00:47:01.550 --> 00:47:03.829 your schedule before God before you left the 00:47:03.829 --> 00:47:09.489 door with it father not my will Your will be 00:47:09.489 --> 00:47:14.210 done. I'm sitting here Asking you as my father 00:47:14.210 --> 00:47:18.010 the one who watches over me the one who sets 00:47:18.010 --> 00:47:20.949 my paths above any natural thing I could do in 00:47:20.949 --> 00:47:24.050 my own strength. Father, if there's anything 00:47:24.050 --> 00:47:27.869 here that's not of your will, make it plain to 00:47:27.869 --> 00:47:30.150 me. If there's anything here that you don't want 00:47:30.150 --> 00:47:32.409 me a part of, make it plain to me. If there's 00:47:32.409 --> 00:47:34.829 places I was planning on being for a little while 00:47:34.829 --> 00:47:37.409 that you want me to stick along longer, let me 00:47:37.409 --> 00:47:41.599 know, Father. I call this playing less. but also 00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:44.539 give you the opportunity to mold it, to shift 00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:47.179 it. We're living in a world where I cannot afford 00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:50.760 to be where I ain't supposed to be. People out 00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:53.679 here shooting, people out there, car wrecks all 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:56.820 over the place. There's fear on the airways, 00:47:57.059 --> 00:48:00.579 and God has not given me a spirit of fear, but 00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:04.070 of love. power, and a sound mind. You know what? 00:48:04.230 --> 00:48:06.570 Now that I'm done praying over my schedule, hand 00:48:06.570 --> 00:48:08.809 me my child's schedule. Because these are the 00:48:08.809 --> 00:48:11.710 classrooms they'll be walking in, and the teachers 00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:14.030 they'll be before. Not just my child. Hand me 00:48:14.030 --> 00:48:16.329 my wife's schedule. Hand me my husband's schedule. 00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:19.170 Hand me my grandma's schedule. Show me, God, 00:48:19.230 --> 00:48:22.150 what there will be. I will anoint every place 00:48:22.150 --> 00:48:25.289 that their feet will tread before they take a 00:48:25.289 --> 00:48:29.019 step into it. Father, surely grace and mercy 00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:32.340 shall be with me in my house. I'll plead the 00:48:32.340 --> 00:48:35.739 blood of Jesus over everything and every space 00:48:35.739 --> 00:48:38.900 we will touch. Heaven will show up before we 00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:42.250 even enter the room. God! Bring me the business 00:48:42.250 --> 00:48:45.110 plan for the day. Let's anoint that too. God 00:48:45.110 --> 00:48:47.929 bring me this ship Let's anoint that too before 00:48:47.929 --> 00:48:51.650 our foot leaves this place We will declare the 00:48:51.650 --> 00:48:55.429 goodness of God over everything We touch and 00:48:55.429 --> 00:48:58.849 no plot or enemy plan from satan will come near 00:48:58.849 --> 00:49:02.670 our house as for me in my house We shall serve 00:49:02.670 --> 00:49:06.349 the lord. We will walk in peace. We walk in prosperity. 00:49:06.449 --> 00:49:09.179 We will have security We will have stability 00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:13.239 This is the day you have made and we choose to 00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:16.460 rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it God you're 00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:19.980 giving us supernatural wisdom beyond our understanding 00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:22.659 You're touching each one of us right now turning 00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:26.079 any hearts of stone to hearts of flesh God you're 00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:28.940 flipping repeat people around they came in with 00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:31.699 the evil plan But they will meet good and the 00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:35.739 goodness of God will turn it all around I present 00:49:35.739 --> 00:50:01.239 this To you calling healing that vision down 00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:04.500 before I ever take a step outside of this house 00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:12.260 I'm gonna bless everywhere. We go Praying church. 00:50:14.539 --> 00:50:19.630 Are we seeking church? Are we truly pleading? 00:50:19.809 --> 00:50:23.469 The blood and the promises of god over our life 00:50:23.469 --> 00:50:25.949 i'ma tell you the truth and it's okay. We're 00:50:25.949 --> 00:50:40.219 not but we need to consider our ways we need 00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:46.219 to consider our Because there is a God who is 00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:51.489 eager to bless you, yet while the seed is still 00:50:51.489 --> 00:50:57.250 in the barn. And I can testify, he's blessed 00:50:57.250 --> 00:51:00.210 me so many times when the seed was still in the 00:51:00.210 --> 00:51:04.579 barn. I didn't even get going in what the thing 00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:12.239 was. But you can never underestimate what God 00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:14.159 would do with a heart and a life that's submitted 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:27.449 to him. Never underestimate it. I'm gonna end 00:51:27.449 --> 00:51:30.150 right here. I'm gonna have them send it out to 00:51:30.150 --> 00:51:36.610 you. But I did, I'ma just say it, but right, 00:51:36.610 --> 00:51:42.630 prayer has three functions. Speaking, a listening, 00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:47.900 and a being present. When you pray, there's parts 00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:50.659 where you speak, there's parts where you listen, 00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:55.130 and parts where you're just present. I said what 00:51:55.130 --> 00:51:59.190 I had to say. Now I'm listening to what you have 00:51:59.190 --> 00:52:03.250 to say. And now I'ma sit, because there may be 00:52:03.250 --> 00:52:12.260 something that needs to change. So we speak, 00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:29.110 we listen, we enter those gates with thanksgiving. 00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:34.559 We enter them courts with praise. Thank you, 00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:48.139 God. Prayer aligns our focus. It aligns our hearts 00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:58.440 and it postures us. So I wanna leave that moment 00:52:58.440 --> 00:53:06.559 with him, trusting that he'll be with me. I wanna 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:10.019 leave that moment having surrendered my grip 00:53:10.019 --> 00:53:14.599 on what should be and submitted it to what he 00:53:14.599 --> 00:53:25.239 desires it to be. I don't leave that moment. 00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:28.280 You know, we all go into a day with a goal at 00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:31.969 the end. But the last thing you want to do is 00:53:31.969 --> 00:53:51.789 say, God, what is your goal? Church, let me just 00:53:51.789 --> 00:53:55.190 say this upfront. This won't happen in the comfort 00:53:55.190 --> 00:54:01.460 of your current schedule. It won't. It won't. 00:54:04.329 --> 00:54:06.349 And I'm going to say something, because it just 00:54:06.349 --> 00:54:10.329 has to be said, that if you're not in a place 00:54:10.329 --> 00:54:12.309 where you're willing to put down your comfort 00:54:12.309 --> 00:54:16.050 for this, I pray that in the day you're trying 00:54:16.050 --> 00:54:18.869 to figure out what's going on, that you remember 00:54:18.869 --> 00:54:29.000 this message and consider your ways. I pray that 00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:32.570 you never question. the power of prayer the eagerness 00:54:32.570 --> 00:54:35.050 of your god to bless you and that there's a hope 00:54:35.050 --> 00:54:39.349 in heaven above you those things are all true 00:54:40.980 --> 00:54:46.860 but god is not required to do anything that's 00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:54.760 not aligned with his way and he gives us an opportunity 00:54:54.760 --> 00:55:02.710 every day to make sure we are aligned with him 00:55:02.710 --> 00:55:12.019 what privilege what a privilege it is to take 00:55:16.809 --> 00:55:21.940 Father God, I pray for your people that are here. 00:55:22.659 --> 00:55:26.199 I pray that this word settles deep down in their 00:55:26.199 --> 00:55:30.480 souls. I pray that they begin to water this word 00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:33.440 and they begin to walk boldly with this word. 00:55:34.659 --> 00:55:37.900 I pray that they realize that new life requires 00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:42.219 new community, that they bring accountability 00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:44.960 into this. I pray that before they leave this 00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:47.440 sanctuary, leave this day, that the same way 00:55:47.440 --> 00:55:49.260 they would get in a group chat about meeting 00:55:49.260 --> 00:55:52.579 at the gym, I'm in one of those, that they get 00:55:52.579 --> 00:55:56.460 in a group chat about praying together seeking 00:55:56.460 --> 00:56:00.559 you. Are you up yet? Have you prayed yet? May 00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:04.579 that become common language amongst your people. 00:56:05.210 --> 00:56:08.050 May we give the same fervency that we do to our 00:56:08.050 --> 00:56:12.690 natural goals, to our spiritual life. May we 00:56:12.690 --> 00:56:16.670 not take this and hide it in our little cubby 00:56:17.820 --> 00:56:20.760 But may we be bold and say I've considered my 00:56:20.760 --> 00:56:25.239 ways help me brother Help me sister. I need to 00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:27.500 go where I haven't been and rarely do people 00:56:27.500 --> 00:56:32.050 get to another level by themselves May we be 00:56:32.050 --> 00:56:35.550 just as radical about prioritizing his kingdom 00:56:41.719 --> 00:56:44.460 God showed me something and it broke my heart. 00:56:46.250 --> 00:56:50.389 We have to be serious about this God showed me 00:56:50.389 --> 00:56:55.909 said we are witnessing the last generation of 00:56:55.909 --> 00:57:05.050 praying grandmamas. Because these mamas don't 00:57:05.050 --> 00:57:09.800 know how to pray. And whatever one generation 00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:14.260 neglects, the next forgives. And so if we don't 00:57:14.260 --> 00:57:18.539 get this generation of mamas serious about prayer, 00:57:20.570 --> 00:57:23.130 these testimonies of us hearing that it was a 00:57:23.130 --> 00:57:26.489 grandmama standing in the gap, they will cease 00:57:26.489 --> 00:57:35.599 to exist. And so I had Miss Melissa opened up 00:57:35.599 --> 00:57:38.940 the service because that's a praying mama. I 00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:41.440 asked Pastor Deborah to come up. She's a praying 00:57:41.440 --> 00:57:45.090 mama. And if there's any mamas in here and you 00:57:45.090 --> 00:57:49.130 want to be stirred up, future mamas, babies mamas, 00:57:49.369 --> 00:57:57.780 y 'all know mamas, mamas, all the mamas. I want 00:57:57.780 --> 00:58:00.699 you to come up front. Pastor Deborah is going 00:58:00.699 --> 00:58:03.159 to lay hands on you and we're going to believe 00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:06.480 in faith that the same power and fervency she 00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:10.730 has on prayer comes upon your life, because we 00:58:10.730 --> 00:58:14.670 cannot have a generation of mamas who don't know 00:58:14.670 --> 00:58:18.510 how to pray, because we will have a generation 00:58:18.510 --> 00:58:24.929 of wild boys who have no covering. So I want 00:58:24.929 --> 00:58:28.440 my mamas to come on up, mamas, babies, mamas, 00:58:28.579 --> 00:58:37.449 mamas, drama, anything, everything. Mama, Pastor 00:58:37.449 --> 00:58:41.639 Debra's gonna lay hands on you. We gonna turn 00:58:41.639 --> 00:58:44.909 this city upside down. And if you know a mama 00:58:44.909 --> 00:58:46.750 that ain't in the room, tell them there's something 00:58:46.750 --> 00:58:50.210 I got to tell you because we will not be a statistic. 00:58:51.980 --> 00:58:55.199 We will not be the church that neglected prayer. 00:58:55.480 --> 00:59:02.019 We will not be the mamas that let a generational 00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:10.940 beautiful thing die. No, no, no. We call in that 00:59:10.940 --> 00:59:13.519 prayer, them praying grandmamas out the grave. 00:59:21.559 --> 01:00:25.960 Pastor Deborah, you can start praying. May the 01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:30.800 fire of my altar never burn out. Make me a house 01:00:30.800 --> 01:00:35.679 of prayer. May the fire of the altar never burn 01:00:35.679 --> 01:00:39.360 out. May the fire of my altar never burn out. 01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:43.739 May the fire of my altar never burn out. Make 01:00:43.739 --> 01:00:48.409 me a house of prayer. May the fire of my altar 01:00:48.409 --> 01:00:52.590 never burn out. May the fire of my altar never 01:00:52.590 --> 01:00:56.570 burn out. May the fire on my altar never burn 01:00:56.570 --> 01:01:01.130 out. Make me a house of prayer. May the fire 01:01:01.130 --> 01:01:05.289 on my altar never burn out. May the fire on my 01:01:05.289 --> 01:01:09.389 altar never burn out. May the fire on my altar 01:01:09.389 --> 01:02:10.039 never burn out. Make me a house of prayer. May 01:02:10.039 --> 01:02:14.320 the fire of my altar never burn out May the fire 01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:18.340 of my altar never burn out May the fire of my 01:02:18.340 --> 01:02:25.840 altar never burn out May the fire of my altar 01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:33.400 never burn out May the fire of my altar never 01:02:33.400 --> 01:02:37.340 burn out May the fire of my altar never burn 01:02:37.340 --> 01:03:45.000 out to receive some communion when you walked 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:49.309 in today as a tradition every first Sunday of 01:03:49.309 --> 01:03:52.750 the month we take communion as a church to being 01:03:52.750 --> 01:03:55.610 remembrance of the sacrifice of Jesus, the life 01:03:55.679 --> 01:03:58.920 he lived, the sacrifice he made, and the new 01:03:58.920 --> 01:04:04.989 covenant that we have. And so, I want you to 01:04:04.989 --> 01:04:13.039 take the bread. It represents the body of Jesus. 01:04:15.360 --> 01:04:18.840 We eat this in remembrance that he was beaten, 01:04:21.280 --> 01:04:27.960 ridiculed, mocked, put to shame. We do this because 01:04:27.960 --> 01:04:30.739 Satan will try to tell you that somehow, someway, 01:04:30.880 --> 01:04:33.260 you are due punishment because of what you've 01:04:33.260 --> 01:04:38.869 done. But we know it's not that no one got punished. 01:04:39.730 --> 01:04:42.820 Jesus took on the punishment. And so we eat this 01:04:42.820 --> 01:04:46.340 in remembrance of the punishment he took in place 01:04:46.340 --> 01:04:49.960 of us. It's called substitutionary atonement. 01:04:51.309 --> 01:04:54.210 It means that someone took the penalty you deserved. 01:04:55.019 --> 01:04:56.599 So we eat this in remembering him. You can eat 01:04:56.599 --> 01:05:04.579 this at this time. This represents the blood 01:05:04.579 --> 01:05:13.909 of Jesus. A covenant cannot be ratified or put 01:05:13.909 --> 01:05:17.519 into action. where there's no blood shed. So 01:05:17.519 --> 01:05:21.119 they previously used to shed lambs and goats, 01:05:23.940 --> 01:05:29.480 but Jesus came as the final sacrifice, the holy 01:05:29.480 --> 01:05:34.139 lamb of God. And so when they pierced his side 01:05:34.139 --> 01:05:37.369 while he was on that cross, they were unaware 01:05:37.369 --> 01:05:39.610 that they were sealing this new covenant that 01:05:39.610 --> 01:05:43.050 we now live in. As his blood came out of his 01:05:43.050 --> 01:05:48.110 body, the covenant was ratified that we now, 01:05:50.480 --> 01:05:54.550 are forgiven of our sins. We now live underneath 01:05:54.550 --> 01:05:57.989 an open heaven. Our eternity has been sealed. 01:05:59.250 --> 01:06:02.210 All spiritual blessings aren't earned, they're 01:06:02.210 --> 01:06:06.619 given. The grace of God is upon you. You have 01:06:06.619 --> 01:06:10.300 unearned, undeserved, unmerited favor everywhere 01:06:10.300 --> 01:06:14.000 you go because of the blood that was shed. So 01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:15.860 we drink this in remembrance of that covenant. 01:06:16.139 --> 01:06:21.110 You can drink it at this time. Now if anybody's 01:06:21.110 --> 01:06:23.590 here, You're not saved. You haven't received 01:06:23.590 --> 01:06:25.829 Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. 01:06:26.400 --> 01:06:31.000 We would love to introduce you to Jesus Simple 01:06:31.000 --> 01:06:32.860 thing I'm gonna ask you to do in this moment 01:06:33.210 --> 01:06:36.369 is to say this prayer along with me The Bible 01:06:36.369 --> 01:06:38.110 says if you confess with your mouth and believe 01:06:38.110 --> 01:06:40.489 in your heart that Jesus died and rose again 01:06:40.489 --> 01:06:43.409 You shall be saved. It's a confession and a belief 01:06:43.409 --> 01:06:46.309 that leads to salvation. We're gonna say it together 01:06:46.309 --> 01:06:52.519 but Father God, I thank you for your son Jesus 01:06:52.519 --> 01:06:57.030 I believe He died and he rose again. And when 01:06:57.030 --> 01:07:00.369 he rose again, he rose with my forgiveness, my 01:07:00.369 --> 01:07:04.070 redemption. I'm now justified. I've been set 01:07:04.070 --> 01:07:10.019 apart. Woo! I'm the light of this world. Heaven 01:07:10.019 --> 01:07:15.579 is my home. I now have a good work with my name 01:07:15.579 --> 01:07:20.849 on it. If you said that prayer for the first 01:07:20.849 --> 01:07:22.349 time, church, let's celebrate those who said 01:07:22.349 --> 01:07:25.449 that prayer for the first time. You are saved. 01:07:25.559 --> 01:07:27.860 Listen if that's you whether you're here in person 01:07:27.860 --> 01:07:30.920 or online Let us know the decision you made if 01:07:30.920 --> 01:07:33.199 you're online write us inboxes if you're in person 01:07:33.199 --> 01:07:35.360 Meet us in the first room on the left as you 01:07:35.360 --> 01:07:37.340 leave and we'll be glad to tell you more about 01:07:37.340 --> 01:07:41.739 what your Decision to follow Jesus means a man 01:07:41.840 --> 01:07:45.079 Also at this time we're gonna receive today's 01:07:45.079 --> 01:07:46.960 offering y 'all know here at reveal the truth 01:07:46.960 --> 01:07:50.099 ministries We believe in one type of giver a 01:07:50.099 --> 01:07:52.980 cheerful giver whose heart is in their giving. 01:07:53.079 --> 01:07:55.159 What does that mean, Pastor Brian? That means 01:07:55.159 --> 01:07:57.860 that you and God had a conversation about what 01:07:57.860 --> 01:08:00.139 you are to give, and in obedience to what he 01:08:00.139 --> 01:08:02.260 says, you respond. The Bible tells us we are 01:08:02.260 --> 01:08:05.400 not to be forced, coerced, or manipulated into 01:08:05.400 --> 01:08:08.440 giving, so we take no parts in that. That is 01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:11.099 something you and God have a conversation about, 01:08:11.119 --> 01:08:14.280 and in response to what he says, you sow. We 01:08:14.280 --> 01:08:17.380 talked about it last week, that sowing is telling 01:08:17.380 --> 01:08:19.800 God my heart. Is with you the bible says where 01:08:19.800 --> 01:08:22.479 your treasure is your heart is also so it's not 01:08:22.479 --> 01:08:24.899 a financial thing It's a posture thing that says 01:08:24.899 --> 01:08:28.649 god i'm down with the bo god And so that's what 01:08:28.649 --> 01:08:31.659 we sow And I can tell everybody god is not forcing 01:08:31.659 --> 01:08:33.619 you to do anything that is not in your heart 01:08:33.619 --> 01:08:36.899 to do amen And so you guys may sow at this time 01:08:36.899 --> 01:08:42.199 And as you are sowing there's two um Announcements 01:08:42.199 --> 01:08:46.100 don't don't put that music on y 'all keep doing 01:08:46.100 --> 01:08:49.359 what y 'all doing. You know i'm saying my god 01:08:49.710 --> 01:08:51.689 Y 'all see me flowing and y 'all gonna change 01:08:51.689 --> 01:08:54.449 the music. You don't say Appreciate it though. 01:08:54.710 --> 01:08:56.609 They're just cute to do it whenever these announcements 01:08:56.609 --> 01:08:59.550 come up. So they didn't do the wrong thing but 01:08:59.550 --> 01:09:03.229 uh Because then y 'all be like y 'all keep messing 01:09:03.229 --> 01:09:05.529 passed up. No, they not I'm getting in the way 01:09:05.529 --> 01:09:10.819 of what they are trained to do. But anyway There's 01:09:10.819 --> 01:09:15.770 an announcement Why are we showing this to you 01:09:15.770 --> 01:09:19.789 for your prayers we have been planning our Bahamas 01:09:19.789 --> 01:09:24.500 missing strip and this is going to be the biggest 01:09:24.500 --> 01:09:28.979 one we've embarked on yet. And so our vision 01:09:28.979 --> 01:09:32.020 is always to extend what is happening in our 01:09:32.020 --> 01:09:35.979 house to the world. And so what we are planning 01:09:35.979 --> 01:09:37.979 to do, check this out y 'all, y 'all ready to 01:09:37.979 --> 01:09:40.869 hear something amazing? We're planning to bring 01:09:40.869 --> 01:09:44.289 our Christmas production that we do here, there. 01:09:46.319 --> 01:09:49.649 And so the beautiful part about it is, They have 01:09:49.649 --> 01:09:52.090 the same heart for creativity and art that we 01:09:52.090 --> 01:09:54.210 have. And so we're planning on joining forces 01:09:54.210 --> 01:09:56.569 with them. And so they'll be playing some parts. 01:09:56.630 --> 01:09:58.590 We'll be playing some parts. It'll be a united, 01:09:58.810 --> 01:10:01.670 soul -winning effort. We also write, Big Brother 01:10:01.670 --> 01:10:04.369 Thaddeus has taken over the joy given here in 01:10:04.369 --> 01:10:06.649 Tampa, Florida, but we do the joy given down 01:10:06.649 --> 01:10:09.010 in the Bahamas now. So we'll be giving away hundreds 01:10:09.010 --> 01:10:12.409 of gifts to kids in the community. It's just 01:10:12.409 --> 01:10:15.710 amazing. We'll visit foster homes. We'll visit 01:10:17.149 --> 01:10:20.210 Boys prisons and we visit girls prisons. Um, 01:10:20.529 --> 01:10:23.609 it's ministry. It's creativity. It's everything. 01:10:23.729 --> 01:10:28.149 It's a lot I was telling this yesterday in the 01:10:28.149 --> 01:10:30.149 gym. There's a that go to there's a quarter wall 01:10:30.149 --> 01:10:32.829 My dad's coat says um, I will not quit therefore 01:10:32.829 --> 01:10:35.050 I cannot be defeated but the one immediately 01:10:35.050 --> 01:10:38.529 to the right says stop complaining about a full 01:10:38.529 --> 01:10:41.489 plate when you ask God to eat and So we're a 01:10:41.489 --> 01:10:43.609 ministry that we don't complain about what God 01:10:43.609 --> 01:10:46.489 is having us to do We think of from having a 01:10:46.489 --> 01:10:50.340 full plate and so there's a graphic right i never 01:10:50.340 --> 01:11:00.010 saw it did y 'all see it not yet but that being 01:11:00.010 --> 01:11:01.770 said something else has happened i want y 'all 01:11:01.770 --> 01:11:08.890 pray about um tomorrow um man the outreach that 01:11:08.890 --> 01:11:10.689 god has given us of the creative collective of 01:11:10.689 --> 01:11:13.310 reaching artists here in the city um we do it 01:11:13.310 --> 01:11:16.810 in seasons and so tomorrow starts the fresh season 01:11:16.810 --> 01:11:20.869 of us inviting creatives every evening to our 01:11:20.869 --> 01:11:23.109 church to show them how they can use their gift 01:11:23.109 --> 01:11:26.189 of creativity to advance the kingdom of God and 01:11:26.189 --> 01:11:28.350 so we started by doing this one night a week 01:11:28.350 --> 01:11:31.449 we're officially going to four nights a week 01:11:31.449 --> 01:11:35.449 um it's amazing we did something yesterday that 01:11:35.449 --> 01:11:38.210 has never happened in the city of Tampa y 'all 01:11:38.210 --> 01:11:41.430 here it is we actually hosted a Christian movie 01:11:41.430 --> 01:11:44.920 premiere here at the church One of the creatives 01:11:44.920 --> 01:11:47.000 that are part of the creative collective they 01:11:47.000 --> 01:11:49.140 believe God has called them to shoot films about 01:11:49.140 --> 01:11:51.979 faith And so last night in our performance house, 01:11:52.060 --> 01:12:29.409 they showed that film You guys can stand to your 01:12:29.409 --> 01:12:31.869 feet and we'll be dismissing y 'all enjoy church 01:12:31.869 --> 01:12:37.590 today And so next week we'll conclude the here's 01:12:37.590 --> 01:12:41.810 home series We talked about getting in alignment 01:12:41.810 --> 01:12:45.210 prioritizing the kingdom in three areas sewing 01:12:45.210 --> 01:12:48.539 seeking and next week I'm afraid to say it because 01:12:48.539 --> 01:12:51.449 y 'all might not show up. But I'm going to say 01:12:51.449 --> 01:12:54.149 it. Just be ready. We're going to talk about 01:12:54.149 --> 01:12:59.819 serving. Those are three areas. When you ever 01:12:59.819 --> 01:13:02.659 wonder, God, what's going on in my life, consider 01:13:02.659 --> 01:13:10.090 your ways. See your ways. But now what to him? 01:13:10.960 --> 01:13:14.420 That is able. Y 'all give it up for the mamas. 01:13:19.340 --> 01:13:23.439 That went to him. That is able to keep you from 01:13:23.439 --> 01:13:26.439 falling and to present you faultless. before 01:13:26.439 --> 01:13:30.189 the presence of his glory with exceeding joy 01:13:30.189 --> 01:13:35.250 to the only wise God our savior be glory in majesty 01:13:35.250 --> 01:13:39.090 dominion in power boy satan ain't got a chance