Anointed To Carry
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 7/26/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor challenges the church to recognize their divine commission as carriers of the Gospel, urging believers to shake off the dust of past discouragement and walk in the authority and peace of Jesus Christ.
Key points
- •Believers are commissioned as ambassadors of Christ, carrying a message of hope that angels and animals were not authorized to deliver.
- •Just as shoes carry hitchhiking seeds from one location to another, our lives and feet carry spiritual influences wherever we go.
- •Believers must purposefully shake off the 'dust' of past rejection, bitterness, and disappointment so these 'weeds' do not grow in a new season.
- •The 'Gospel of Peace' is a literal part of the spiritual armor that provides a firm foundation and authority over the enemy.
- •A healthy church member does not just come to service to 'get fire' but brings the fire of the Holy Spirit with them from their secret place of prayer.
Scripture
Evangelism
Purpose
Spiritual Warfare
Peace
Authority
Life application
This week, perform a 'spiritual shoe check' each morning. Intentionally pray for the Gospel of Peace to be on your feet, and look for one person at work or in your neighborhood to share a word of hope or a testimony with.
Reflection questions
- What 'dust' or 'weeds' from your past have you unknowingly been carrying into your current relationships or church life?
- Who has God placed in your path recently that might be a 'divine appointment' you haven't engaged with yet?
- Are you coming to church primarily to be filled, or are you bringing the joy and fire of the Holy Spirit with you to share with others?
- How can you practically 'take authority' over the atmosphere in your home or workplace this week?
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0:00[snorts]
0:01He wants you.
0:19>> [music]
0:22>> Hallelujah.
0:29>> He just wants you.
0:32[snorts]
0:32That's what God's been after.
0:36Ever since the moment he went chasing
0:38Adam and Eve,
0:40he's been after his people. He wants
0:43you. When Jesus comes back, he's not
0:47coming back for this building.
0:49He's not coming back for the gold and
0:52the silver. He's not coming back for
0:54other systems. He's not coming back for
0:57other kingdoms as other thrones. He's
1:00coming back for a bride. He's coming
1:02back for a church. He's coming back for
1:05people. Coming after you because he
1:08desires to be with you.
1:12Don't sell yourself short. He loves you.
1:19He loves you.
1:22We learned about it in Sunday school.
1:24Jesus loves me.
1:28This I know,
1:31for the Bible [singing]
1:33tells me so.
1:37Little ones, [snorts] to him belong,
1:42they are weak, but he is strong.
1:47Come on. Can I take you back to Sunday
1:49school? Yes.
1:52Jesus
1:53loves me. [singing]
1:57Yes,
1:59Jesus
2:01loves me.
2:04>> Yes, [singing]
2:06Jesus
2:08[music] loves me.
2:12>> The [singing] Bible
2:15>> tells
2:17me so.
2:19>> If you never had a mom or a dad tell you
2:22verbally say, "I love you." If you never
2:25had someone that walked up to you and
2:27just in all sincerity said, "I love
2:30you." I want you to know today that
2:33Jesus loves you.
2:36I love you.
2:40His word tells us so. That Jesus loves
2:45you.
2:47Doesn't matter what you've done, where
2:48you've been, or who you did it with. He
2:52loves you. Amen.
2:56Can I preach to you just for a few
2:57moments this morning? I promise I won't
2:59be long.
3:01But if you got your Bible, [music] turn
3:03to Romans chapter 10.
3:08Speaking of Sunday school, children,
3:12I do want to
3:14warmly welcome some new members of New
3:18Life that are here this morning with us
3:21in the house of the Lord. We got some
3:24beautiful babies in the house. Olivia
3:27Jean Groves has made it to New Life St.
3:30Louis.
3:32Arland Dean Stefins is in the house, has
3:35made it to New Life St. Louis. Why don't
3:38you thank God for these families and
3:40beautiful children that are in the house
3:42this morning?
3:46We love the Groves and the Stefan
3:48families and we are so happy for them.
3:51Children are an inheritance of the Lord
3:56and uh we thank the Lord today for his
3:58favor and blessing on their families.
4:01Next Sunday, I am excited about next
4:03Sunday and I hope that you'll bring
4:05somebody with you. Bring yourself, bring
4:07your family and friends.
4:10Downstairs is going to be Evangelist
4:12Jeremy Joyce with our children for our
4:14last VBS service. It's going to be a
4:17powerhouse of our children, receiving
4:19truth, feeling the love of God, being
4:21filled with the Holy Ghost. It's going
4:23to be an incredible time downstairs for
4:25our children. And upstairs, we're
4:27bringing back the incomparable
4:28evangelist David Smith in the house. I
4:31promise you'll want to show up just to
4:33see what he's going to say next. So, you
4:36want to come, God's going to move.
4:38There's going to be some incredible
4:39miracles of faith that are going to
4:41happen in this house. And so, join with
4:43us next Sunday. Amen. I want to thank
4:47you for giving of yourself to the Lord
4:50in your time and your energy and your
4:53finances. Some offerings have been asked
4:56and you have generously committed and
4:58given of yourselves. I don't believe
5:00it's coincidence because the word of God
5:03talks about it that whenever we give, we
5:06make room for God to do the
5:08supernatural. I believe God is
5:10stretching myself, my family. I believe
5:13he's stretching our church family right
5:15now to give. [music] And as we give unto
5:18the Lord, God is going to continue to
5:21water the seed that was planted in the
5:23ground before we ever got here. And I'm
5:25thankful that God is going to perform
5:27his word and do what he said he's going
5:30to do. Amen. Praise God. Let's turn to
5:33Romans chapter 10 and let's go to verse
5:3711.
5:39Praise God.
5:41Thank you, Jesus.
5:44Romans chapter 10 and verse 11 through
5:47verse 15. For the scripture saith,
5:50whosoever believeth on him, this is
5:52speaking of Jesus, whosoever believeth
5:55on him shall not be ashamed. For there
6:00is no difference between the Jew and the
6:03Greek. Paul writes, "For the same Lord
6:05over all is rich unto all that call upon
6:09him. For whosoever shall call upon the
6:13name of the Lord shall be saved.
6:18Whoever calls on the name of the Lord
6:21shall be saved. I want to make a small
6:24note here because some have been taught
6:26to believe that that verse [music] is
6:29merely saying a prayer. But Paul
6:31described how he himself obeyed that
6:34very command to call upon the name of
6:36the Lord when Ananas told him in Acts
6:39chapter 22, "Arise and be baptized, wash
6:43away thy sins, calling on the name of
6:47the Lord." Paul's own testimony shows
6:51that calling on the name of the Lord was
6:54not merely saying a prayer. It is
6:56invoking the name of Jesus in obedient
7:00faith at baptism. And if you are
7:03baptized in the name of Jesus, Jesus
7:05said, "He that believeth and is baptized
7:09shall be saved." And when you call on
7:11that wonderful name of the Lord,
7:14salvation is yours. Somebody say,
7:16"Amen."
7:18>> But how shall they call on him in whom
7:22they have not believed? How shall they
7:25believe in him? Um, whom have they have
7:27not heard? And how shall they hear
7:31without a preacher? How shall they
7:34preach except they be sent as it is
7:38written? And here is where I want to
7:40draw my message this morning. How
7:44beautiful are the feet of them that
7:48preach the gospel of peace and bring
7:51glad tidings of good things.
7:55We are urged to call on the name of the
7:58Lord and be saved. But they will not
8:01call on his name unless they've been
8:03moved to believe in him. They can't
8:05believe in him unless they hear about
8:08him. and they can't hear about him
8:10unless somebody brings them the news.
8:13And no one can bring them the news
8:16unless they're commissioned to do so.
8:19Which is why I'm glad Jesus spoke to us
8:21and he said, "Go ye into all the world
8:26and preach the gospel to every
8:29creature." So I'm going to preach for a
8:31little bit this morning and I'm watching
8:33the time, but I want to preach from this
8:35subject. Anointed to carry. Anointed to
8:40carry. I wish you turn to two, three
8:42people around you. Just let them know,
8:43I'm anointed to carry.
8:47Oh, I wish you'd turn to somebody else
8:49and just say it with a little bit more
8:51faith than gusto and say, I'm anointed
8:53to carry. I'm anointed to carry.
8:58Praise God. Heavenly Father, thank you
9:01for your people this morning. Thank you
9:03for the prayer and the praise that's
9:04gone on. I pray that you would stir our
9:06hearts with understanding and faith to
9:08be mixed with the word and them that
9:10hear it. In Jesus name we pray. And
9:12everybody said, "Amen."
9:14>> Amen. You can be seated in the name of
9:16Jesus. I was walking in my yard the
9:19other day and I was dismayed to see a
9:22flowering weed in the middle of my grass
9:25that I've worked hard to keep out of my
9:27yard.
9:30It baffled me how this weed could end up
9:33in our yard after I've been diligent in
9:36spraying and seeding our grass year
9:39after year for these particular weeds. I
9:40believe we got a picture of it there.
9:42There it is. I didn't give it much more
9:44thought until my friend Pastor Brad Dong
9:47and I went downtown this week to pray at
9:50the Gateway Arch. We are praying over
9:52our city. I was praying over you and
9:55praying over his congregation and all of
9:57those associated with us. and asking God
9:59to send labors for the harvest he has in
10:02the greater St. Louis area. We walked
10:04the pave paths all over the grounds, but
10:07I also walked through the grass beneath
10:09the arch. For a moment, my prayer was
10:11interrupted when I looked down and I saw
10:14that exact same species of weed beneath
10:17the arch.
10:18It intrigued me because those weeds were
10:21not prevalent around the arch. the
10:23groundkeepers. I saw them as they
10:25traveled around on their little tractors
10:27and uh little vehicles. They did their
10:30best to make it stay beautiful and nice.
10:33The grass was wellkept. And yet, in
10:35spite of all that, this weed stood alone
10:38and bold in this beautiful patch of
10:40green. And I pondered how this weed
10:43could have gotten to this particular
10:44location. Now, from experience and
10:47education, I've learned, like you have,
10:49that the wind and water can carry seeds
10:52short distances. We were by the mighty
10:54Mississippi River. Birds and other
10:56animals participate in seeds traveling.
10:59Lawnmowers can throw seed heads or
11:01clippings and cause things to grow in an
11:03area that they wouldn't otherwise be.
11:07But as I looked around underneath the
11:09arch, there was one more mega
11:10participant in this phenomenon that
11:13perhaps had also traversed through my
11:15lawn as well. People,
11:18masses of people walking through the
11:21grass. Hundreds and thousands of people
11:24every day carrying things on the bottom
11:27of their feet every single day. A hiker
11:31can unknowingly carry seeds from one
11:33valley to another. Those tiny seeds may
11:36eventually establish an entirely new
11:38population of plants. These tenacious
11:42and invasive weeds can be spread through
11:45mud and dirt that gets stuck in shoes.
11:47Feet that carry them from one place to
11:50the other. Soil and seeds that can
11:52attach to your cleats, your heels, the
11:54soles of your shoes can carry them from
11:56one yard to another. In fact, I'd
11:58venture to say there's not one person
12:01sitting here this morning, with the
12:04exception of a few weirdos that would
12:06take off their shoe and lick the bottom
12:09of it right now
12:11from the toe to the heel. No matter how
12:13much money you were offered,
12:16you wouldn't do it because you know your
12:18feet have walked through enough dirty
12:20and filthy things to make it unsanitary.
12:24No telling what's on the bottom of your
12:26shoes, brother Odarion, right now.
12:30That's why the women in our life make us
12:32take off our shoes at the door before we
12:35walk across their clean carpets.
12:38Amen. I thought I'd get a little
12:39response right there.
12:42And walking in that park, my thoughts
12:45became intrigued by the feet of people
12:47delivering unknown hitchhikers to
12:50destinations miles away. And as I
12:53pondered that, I came to a sign in the
12:55park telling the story of men like Henry
12:58Wells and William Fargo. Wells and
13:01Fargo. Yeah, that Wells and Fargo. Your
13:03wallet may have heard of them. They saw
13:06America's rapid westward expansion as an
13:08opportunity not just to build a wealthy
13:10business, but to carry something people
13:13desperately needed. In the 1850s, they
13:16established routes to deliver mail and
13:18packages from St. Lewis to California in
13:2225 days or less, which in that time
13:24period was amazingly fast, across an
13:28incredible 2,812
13:30mile journey. Every letter, every
13:32package, every message reached its
13:34destination because someone was willing
13:38to move their feet. The message didn't
13:40deliver itself. Somebody had to carry
13:42it.
13:442014, I had the opportunity to travel to
13:48Jerusalem Israel.
13:50This is one of the photos that I took. I
13:53think they've got to show you this
13:54morning. Now, this particular photo was
13:56taken in 2014, long before I had New
13:59Life's incredible creative photography
14:02team. So thankful for our incredible
14:04creative team.
14:06Yeah.
14:08So the image quality may not be the
14:10greatest but the reminder of it capture
14:13the reminder rather that it captures has
14:16stayed with me forever since because one
14:18of the most impactful moments for me
14:21wasn't standing on the mount of olives
14:23or even visiting the garden tomb as you
14:25would expect. It was descending on this
14:28narrow staircase with amber lighting and
14:30handrails and carved rock beneath the
14:33modern city of David into the
14:35archaeological excavations where they
14:38had uncovered recently the pilgrimage
14:40road that led from the pool of Saleom to
14:43the temple. The very street, the only
14:46street that Jesus and his disciples
14:48would have walked as they came up to the
14:51temple. and I stood on stones that
14:55Jesus's sandaled footsteps would have
14:58traversed dozens of times. I still get
15:00emotional thinking about it. It was a
15:03wonderful, surreal moment as I stood
15:05there. And then as I walked those
15:08ancient stony paths, I couldn't help but
15:11think about the feet of my Jesus. Those
15:14feet carried him from town to town,
15:17proclaiming the message Isaiah
15:19prophesied. The spirit of the Lord is
15:22upon me. To preach good tidings to the
15:24meek, to bind up the brokenhearted, to
15:27proclaim liberty to the captives. Isaiah
15:3061. It was those feet that walk dusty
15:33roads to reach the forgotten, the
15:36broken, the lost, the disenfranchised.
15:38Those feet climbed the hill called
15:41Golgtha so that hope could come to every
15:44one of us. feet nailed to an old rugged
15:47cross so that our feet could be free
15:49from the shackles of sin and shame. His
15:53feet brought us the good news. The
15:56Apostle Peter wrote that Jesus left us
15:59an example so that we could follow in
16:02his footsteps. God did not commission
16:05the angels to carry this gospel.
16:08Although they're swifter and mightier
16:10than us, when the angel showed up to
16:12Cornelius's house in Acts chapter 10, he
16:15didn't preach the gospel to them. He
16:17said, "You need to call for a man named
16:19Peter who will teach and preach to you
16:22the way of salvation." God didn't send
16:24the angels. God didn't send the animals
16:28to preach the wonderful hope of Jesus
16:30Christ. No, he called the fragile,
16:33finite, fickle human beings to be his
16:36ambassadors and emissaries. What is man
16:39that thou art mindful of him or the son
16:41of man that thou visitest him? You've
16:44made him a little lower than the angels.
16:46And yet, somebody say, "Yet."
16:48>> And yet, you've crowned him with glory
16:50and honor. God has commissioned us to
16:53preach the good news, to speak his hope
16:56and his light. And that's why Paul could
16:59write, "How beautiful are the feet of
17:02them that preach the gospel of peace in
17:05Romans chapter 10." Our feet become
17:08beautiful when they carry the same
17:10message that Jesus's feet carried. Hope
17:13for the hopeless and freedom for the
17:15captives and healing for the broken and
17:18salvation through Jesus Christ. I'm not
17:21sure that we really truly recognize many
17:24times the powerful, wonderful message of
17:27Jesus Christ that we carry within our
17:29heart. That same message you heard that
17:32brought you freedom and brought you hope
17:34and may have even brought tears to your
17:36eyes this morning is the same message
17:39that some drug and and some alcoholic
17:42and and somebody that strung up this
17:44morning and on their 10th marriage and
17:46relationship that they need to hear this
17:49morning. That same message that you've
17:52been free, there's people out there that
17:54need to hear it. And I'm just not sure
17:56that we always recognize the powerful
17:59message that we have on the inside of
18:02us. The [clears throat] beautiful hope
18:03of redemption that we have to give to
18:06people that Jesus lives and loves them.
18:09The very word that you heard this
18:12morning before the message was ever
18:14preached is the message you've got in
18:16your tongue. And you don't need to be
18:18intimidated whatsoever of any questions,
18:21of any hatred, of anybody coming against
18:24you. You've got enough testimony on the
18:26inside of you that'll tear the gates of
18:28hell down. For the gates of hell shall
18:32not prevail against the church. They
18:34can't take away your experience. They
18:36can't take away what God has done for
18:39you. They can't take away your hope.
18:41They can't
18:44That's a response this morning to
18:46somebody who's been set free. To
18:48somebody who's been delivered. We live
18:50comfortable lives in comfortable pews on
18:53comfortable carpet. But you got a
18:55message right now that can bring the
18:56sinner out of the gutter. That can bring
18:58the depressed into freedom. That can
19:00bring light to those that sit in
19:02darkness. Is anybody thankful for the
19:04message of hope and gospel of Jesus
19:07Christ that he's given to you? Would you
19:09give him praise this morning?
19:12[applause]
19:19So, I've got a question for you. Have
19:20you taken this message with you this
19:22summer?
19:26Have you carried the good news to your
19:27neighbor's porch, to your co-worker's
19:30cubicle, to a room across the hall, to a
19:34friend's table, to a coffee shop, to a
19:36funeral, to a ball field for Pentecost
19:40every day to become more than a slogan
19:42and a pen that we wear in our lapels?
19:44Then our feet must be on a mission every
19:47day to carry the good news. Be ready
19:49always, the Apostle Peter wrote to give
19:51an answer to every man that askketh you
19:54a reason for the hope that's within you.
19:56Have your feet carried that hope to
19:59anyone lately? Have you told anyone
20:02about Jesus? Have you carried the good
20:04news? Where have you taken your feet
20:08this summer?
20:12Pastor Brad and I left the arch. We
20:14headed to a little restaurant for lunch
20:16together. We had barely walked through
20:18the door and brother Brad recognized a
20:20young backsliden man connected to his
20:22church. So we stood there talking for a
20:25few minutes encouraging him, reminding
20:26him how much God loves him. Brad and I
20:29sat down to eat. We smiled at each other
20:31and we said that wasn't an accident. God
20:34ordered our steps.
20:37About 10 minutes later, that restaurant
20:39door swung open. and a backsliding young
20:42man connected to our church came walking
20:46in behind me and he called me out,
20:47"Well, Aaron Bachelor." We got up, I
20:51hugged him, we laughed, we spent a few
20:53minutes talking and Brad and I walked
20:55out of that restaurant full of emotion
20:57and faith. Two young men, two divine
20:59appointments, two reminders that God
21:02still pursues people, still loves
21:04people. He still orchestrates our steps
21:06so that his message of peace can reach
21:09somebody at the right moment. Come on.
21:11Can I preach to you this morning?
21:13Beautiful feet don't just take you to
21:14church on Sunday morning and Bible study
21:17on Wednesday nights. Beautiful feet are
21:19walking through restaurants and
21:21neighborhoods and workplaces and schools
21:23and grocery stores with a message that
21:26can deliver the bound and can deliver
21:28those that are in prison and bring light
21:30to those that are discouraged. What's on
21:32your feet?
21:34>> [applause and cheering]
21:38>> Woo.
21:40What What did you carry in with you
21:43today? What's on the bottom of your
21:44feet? Because I got to tell you this
21:46morning, you always carry something on
21:48your feet.
21:50>> Everywhere you go, your feet are
21:53carrying traces of where you've been.
21:57That's why Jesus told his disciples in
21:59Matthew 10 and:e1 14 and whosoever shall
22:03not receive you nor hear your words when
22:05you depart out of that city or or house
22:08or city shake off the dust of your feet.
22:12In other words, leave the dust, not your
22:16peace.
22:19>> Leave the rejection, not your peace.
22:22>> Leave the burden there. Don't leave your
22:24peace there.
22:26Why are so many things taking your peace
22:28from you?
22:30>> Where did you leave your peace at?
22:34>> Where did you leave your hope at?
22:36>> Why is it that you have to walk in every
22:38Sunday morning in order to get refired
22:40and rekindled and reouraged up? And I
22:42don't mind doing that because I'm pastor
22:44and I love preaching to you and I love
22:46strengthening you. But what happened to
22:47a people of God who's been redeemed and
22:49set free and anointed with the spirit?
22:51And every one of us may walk through a
22:53valley of the shadow of death. And I'm
22:55not saying we don't go through sorrow
22:56and hurt, but what happened to the
22:58people of God to cause us to feel like
23:00we can't even make it a week without
23:02crawling ourselves back on a Sunday
23:04morning up the steps to our pew, sitting
23:06there hoping they sing the right song
23:08and he preaches the right message to get
23:10me stirred back up and hopeful again so
23:12I can walk out. I haven't seen some
23:14people so miserable in all of my life
23:17outside like I've seen in the church.
23:20I'm going to preach it like I feel it.
23:22You can vote me out if you want to in
23:23August, but I'm going to preach it to
23:25some of you. If it's not you, that's all
23:26right. But to some of you that had
23:28dragged yourself in here, and I wonder
23:30what did Christ die for in the first
23:32place. What did he do all that suffering
23:34for? What did he all that shame, all
23:36that pain, and all that agony? He said,
23:38"Cast your cares upon me because I care
23:41for you." And if I'm not casting my
23:43cares, there must be a little bit of
23:45pride in me that says, "I must be able
23:48to do this by myself." But when I walk
23:50into the house of God, I don't come for
23:52fire. I want to let you in on a secret.
23:54I don't come for fire as a believer. I
23:57bring the fire with me. [cheering]
24:01I bring the praise with me. I bring the
24:04shout with me. I bring the prayer with
24:06me because he said, "My house shall be
24:08called a house of prayer." I bring the
24:11love with me. I bring the joy with me. I
24:14didn't need it from the praise team. I
24:15didn't need it from the preacher. But
24:17what I brought with me this morning,
24:19Jesus gave to me in the secret place.
24:22And what I've got with me this morning
24:24is something that the world didn't give
24:26and the world can't take it away. That
24:28my bank didn't give and my bank can't
24:31take away. My job didn't give it to me
24:34and my job can't take it away.
24:37I wish I had somebody redeemed in this
24:39house right now that believe that what
24:42Jesus has done for you, uh, it's
24:44everlasting. Uh, it'll endure. that he
24:47that the Son has set free is free
24:49indeed.
24:52[applause]
24:58Leave the dust, not your peace.
25:01Leave the burden there, but don't leave
25:03your peace there. Leave the
25:05responsibility to them and the judgment
25:07up to God. Shake the dust
25:10off your feet.
25:12>> [snorts]
25:12>> Some disappointing things from your
25:14journey will try to hitchhike with you
25:16to the next place you go. And you got to
25:17shake it off. Help me, Holy Ghost.
25:20Otherwise, weeds of discouragement and
25:22weeds of rejection and weeds of pride
25:24and weeds of bitterness and weeds of
25:26offense and weeds of worry and anxiety
25:29and weeds of jealousy will grow in
25:31places they were never meant to. You got
25:33to shake the dust off of your feet.
25:37Holy Ghost, help my tongue right now and
25:39my spirit right now because I think God
25:42has come to a place where he is tired of
25:44having to come and sweep the dust off
25:46our feet every single time. And he's
25:48compassionate and he's gentle and he's
25:50long-suffering and he's slow to anger
25:52and merciful. But I think that our
25:54heavenly father may get irritated a
25:57little bit sometimes at those of us who
25:59can't simply believe and trust him. even
26:02the closest disciples that were with
26:03him. He said, "Oh, ye of little faith."
26:06He corrects those whom he loves. And I
26:09think God gets a little irritated at
26:11some children whom he's redeemed and
26:13saved and made promises to, but they
26:15can't believe him on a Monday and they
26:17lose their faith on a Tuesday and they
26:19don't come on Wednesday.
26:21[cheering]
26:22>> So, they struggle through Thursday. They
26:24try to find some entertainment on a
26:26Friday. On Saturday, they're hanging out
26:28with their friends and they drag
26:30themselves to Sunday, hoping they can
26:32get picked back up again. What has
26:34happened? Oh, God, help me right now. I
26:36feel in the vein of the Holy Ghost. What
26:38has happened to the church that has been
26:40bloodwashed? We've been brainwashed
26:43instead of blood wal. We need to rise
26:45back up and say, "We're on a mission.
26:48We're ambassadors. We're empowered by
26:50the Holy Ghost. We're filled with the
26:52spirit of God. I got purpose. I've got a
26:55calling. I've got a message that's
26:57greater than anything uh this world
26:59could ever throw at me.
27:01[cheering and applause]
27:02Shake the dust. Come on, say it. Shake
27:04the dust off your feet. Come on. There's
27:07some things from your history that can't
27:09go with you into your destiny. You got
27:11to shake it off. You got to disrupt the
27:14thoughts and negative emotions of your
27:16past. Don't let them abide in your mind.
27:19Refuse to let them have dominion over
27:21you.
27:27I'm going to slow this down just for a
27:28minute because somebody needs to hear it
27:29this morning. Refuse
27:32>> to let them take you down the same way
27:34of discouragement you've been down
27:36before.
27:38Shake the dust off your feet. Come on.
27:41Shake the dust off your feet. That's why
27:44you haven't been able to step into your
27:45new season with with favor and joy and
27:47peace cuz you still got dust on your
27:49feet and carrying weeds into a new
27:51season that God's called you into. You
27:53got to shake the dust off your feet.
27:55Forgetting those things which are
27:56behind. Reaching forward to those things
27:59that are before. I know it hurts. I know
28:01it's painful. But you don't know pain
28:03like Jesus knows pain. You don't know
28:05hurt like Jesus know hurt. And he
28:07identifies. He knows. Uh he's acquainted
28:10with all of our suffering. And so baby,
28:12if you're hurting, bring it to Jesus. If
28:14you're wounded, bring it to Jesus. If
28:16you're in pain and discouraged, bring it
28:18to Jesus. And shake the dust.
28:27Oh God, help us right now.
28:29>> God, help us right now. Help us right
28:31now. Help us right now. Shake the dust
28:33off your feet. Get it off your feet.
28:36Some of you right now, you're not going
28:37to listen to pastor. You're going to
28:38call Joy and set up an appointment with
28:40me so you can talk about the dust you've
28:41been dealing with that you've been
28:42afraid. God, help me right now to dust
28:44off. I don't mind meeting with you. I
28:46love people. I love meeting you. We're
28:48going to talk with you, but I ain't
28:49going to be able to help you. Not until
28:50you make up in your mind, I'm shaking
28:52the
28:53[cheering]
28:55I know what they did to you. I know they
28:56talked about you. I know people walked
28:58away from you and it hurt and it stings.
29:00But Jesus didn't call us to a bed of
29:02roses. He called us to a way of
29:03suffering. Because the Bible says if we
29:05suffer with him, we shall also reign
29:08with him.
29:12>> You got to shake the dust. I wish you
29:14tell somebody, shake the dust.
29:16>> Shake the dust off your feet. You're
29:17going to talk yourself blue in the face
29:20if you don't shake the dust off of your
29:22feet. You're going to run yourself
29:23rampant unless you shake the dust off of
29:25your feet. We're standing on holy
29:28ground. I don't see devils everywhere. I
29:30see the glory of God. I see a holy God.
29:32I see a perfect God. I see a peacefilled
29:35God. I see a righteous God. I see a
29:37loving God. Everywhere that I walk, I'm
29:39shaking dust off of my feet because
29:41where I'm going, my past is not going to
29:44be able to follow me. It's under the
29:45blood in the name of Jesus. and where
29:47I'm going. I need this message. I need
29:49this gospel of peace.
29:52[applause]
29:56Got to shake the dust.
30:00>> My sister, you've been carrying it for
30:0125 years. You got to shake the dust.
30:05Come on. That man left you ages ago.
30:08>> Shake the dust.
30:11>> Shake it off. Well, he done pay alimony
30:13and he's not call. He not doing what
30:14he's shake the dust.
30:18>> Oh god, I'm in it right now. Come on.
30:20Some of you been waiting on somebody
30:21else when Jesus is standing right there
30:23as your all in all. We used to sing
30:25that, mom and dad back in the day. He's
30:27my all in all. When did Jesus become
30:29havsies with us?
30:33>> Oh, God help me. I'm not trying to be
30:34mean. I'm not trying to step on your
30:35toes this morning. I'm trying to wake us
30:37up. I'm trying to shift the church into
30:39a new thinking here this morning cuz we
30:41just came through a summer of wonderful
30:42time and fun and uh exercise and family
30:45vacations. I'm for all of that. We just
30:47got off ours. I'm thankful for that. But
30:49don't forget that you've got a message
30:50that God has called you to carry. Don't
30:52forget that your feet are carrying
30:54something. And while you shake off the
30:56dust, you also got to put on something.
30:58You got to put some things on your feet.
31:00Cause the Apostle Paul said that we're
31:02in a spiritual warfare. He said that
31:04we're in a battle right now. We're in a
31:06fight, not with flesh and blood, but
31:08principalities and powers and spiritual
31:10wickedness in high places. And we've got
31:12things that we've got to cast down.
31:13Wicked imaginations and every high thing
31:16that exalts itself against the knowledge
31:19of God and bringing into captivity every
31:21thought. I can't let my thoughts run a
31:23muck. I cannot let all of those fearful,
31:26anxious thoughts pass through my mind so
31:29I relive the same cycle of offense that
31:32I've lived with for weeks and years. No,
31:34I got to bring it all together. I got to
31:36submit it to the Lord Jesus Christ. I
31:39got to shake the dust off my feet and I
31:41got to put on the gospel of peace. Put
31:43on the whole armor of God. Cuz baby,
31:46you're not going to be able to stand in
31:47this last day until you get something on
31:50your feet that gives you a pure
31:52foundation that gives you confidence and
31:54boldness and peace in your mind.
31:57[cheering]
31:57Put it on your feet. You got to put the
31:59gospel on your feet so that everywhere
32:01you go, the enemy knows I come in the
32:03authority of the Holy Ghost. Uh I come
32:05in the power and the peace of Jesus
32:07Christ. I come in the authority of the
32:10wonderful name that's above every name,
32:12the name of Jesus.
32:19>> So we walked all over that arch and
32:21everywhere that I walked, I remembered
32:22the word that the Lord had spoken to his
32:24prophet Moses and the children of
32:26Israel. Everywhere that your feet tread,
32:28he said, "I'm going to give it to you.
32:30I'm going to give it to you." So, I took
32:32that authority in Jesus name. And
32:33everywhere that I'm walking, I'm taking
32:35authority. Everywhere that you go,
32:36church, you ought to take authority
32:38right now. You ought not have to walk
32:39into your home this afternoon. Lord,
32:41help us right now for that to be a place
32:43of chaos.
32:48>> That'll be a place of peace.
32:53>> But Jax is with us this morning. Don't
32:54mean to call you out, sir. I'm glad
32:56you're back. He came for our citywide.
32:58He's running for an office. Look him up.
33:00He's a good man. Thankful for what the
33:01Lord's doing in his life. But we ought
33:03not, and we talked about this this week,
33:05but we ought not to be worried about
33:06what the other politicians and people
33:08are doing and the things and decisions
33:10that they're making. We just know what
33:11to do to do the right thing. And we step
33:13into it. We're in the gospel of peace on
33:15our
33:18>> Come on. Ain't that what Daniel did?
33:19They even threw him in the lions. But he
33:21had peace and he went to praying. I said
33:24he went to praying. That's what we've
33:25got to do. We got to be praying. We've
33:27got to continue to believe even though
33:29the enemy comes in like a flood. Even
33:31though the enemy is fighting against us,
33:32I got something on my feet. I've got the
33:34armor of God. And everywhere that I go,
33:36I'm leaving footprints of the peace of
33:39God. The prince of peace. I'm leaving
33:41footprints.
33:45>> Got to put it on. You got to take
33:46something on your feet cuz we're in a
33:48spiritual warfare. Tell somebody there's
33:50a war going on. [snorts]
33:52Musicians, you can come. I'm done. And I
33:54told you I'm going to be short this
33:55morning.
33:58There's a war going on and we're not the
33:59only ones in it.
34:05Some are fighting, brother Ferini for
34:06their lives with invisible forces
34:09they're not even aware of. And that's
34:12why Jude told us he said others save
34:15with fear pulling them out of the fire
34:19hating even the garments spotted by the
34:21flesh.
34:23You got to put on the whole armor of
34:24God. You got to get that gospel of peace
34:26on your feet because you're not just
34:27trying to save yourself from this unto
34:30generation. You're trying to save other
34:31people.
34:34You're trying to bring other people.
34:36Brother Sir Bryson, I want you to come
34:37stand up here, bud. Come stand up here.
34:39Right here.
34:40Get as close as you can to this altar
34:42right here.
34:45You got to put the armor of God on cuz
34:48there are other people that are
34:49drowning. Other people that are getting
34:52burned up by hell itself.
34:55Other people whose garments are spotted
34:58by addiction,
35:00spotted by pride and lust and fear. They
35:03got all this stuff on them. I don't hate
35:06the sinner. I hate the garments that the
35:08enemy has tried to place on them.
35:12But Jesus died on that cross so that we
35:14could have garments of hope and
35:15righteousness placed on the inside of
35:17us. Give me your hand, brother. So, we
35:19got to we got to reach down to where
35:21they are. You ready to hop up here with
35:24me, man? All right. He was already He
35:25knew where pastor was going. All right.
35:29We got to reach down cuz I'm not just
35:31fighting for myself.
35:38>> Not fighting for myself, Sir Bryson. I'm
35:41fighting for you. It's why I can't give
35:42up and leave when the pressure gets hot.
35:45That's why I can't walk in and be
35:47selfish and think, "Lord, if only this
35:49service could just meet my needs,
35:53>> cuz I'm reaching for somebody else."
35:59>> Oh, God.
36:00>> I ain't trying to be ugly. I'm not
36:02trying to be mean this morning.
36:09Some of us need to get over ourselves
36:12>> and reach down. Come on.
36:19help you out
36:23[applause] cuz I got I got my son who
36:28I'm trying to reach.
36:30The world's after him.
36:33Enemy's trying to take him down.
36:36>> And dad's got responsibilities and I've
36:38got pressure and I've got things that he
36:41perhaps doesn't quite understand as of
36:43yet. And that's okay. He needs to live
36:44his life right where he's at. But I
36:46can't get so wrapped up, fathers, you
36:48hear me? I can't get so wrapped up in my
36:50own world and my own life that I forget
36:52that I got people following me and
36:54watching me in my own home.
36:58Come on. I got to reach him.
37:00Yeah,
37:04that one was tough. He's getting a
37:05little bigger than dad is.
37:08I think I could still take him, but I'm
37:10not sure.
37:12But I got to reach him.
37:15I got to reach you.
37:18Sister Darla, can I use you? I'm not
37:19going to pull you up here. We're going
37:21to use the steps cuz we're wise like
37:23that. See, I got a sister. Hold on one
37:26second. I got a sister down here who
37:28represents those that may have been in
37:29the church a long time. I'm not going to
37:31ask you. It's probably been 16, 17
37:32years. Some like
37:36some that are weary in the faith and
37:38some that are struggling. They just need
37:40a hand. They need somebody to reach them
37:43with peace and lift them up. Come on,
37:46[snorts] I got you. We're in this
37:48together. We're fighting this together.
37:50I need you. You need me. We're in this
37:53together.
37:58Come on. We got to reach each other.
38:01Got people that need help.
38:04What you got on your feet this morning?
38:08What's on the bottom of your feet? What
38:09are you carrying?
38:12Lord, help us right now because some of
38:14the chaos that you seem to find every
38:17place you go.
38:23You've been tracking something, man.
38:28Who tracked this mud in here?
38:31Who stepped in the dog stuff?
38:38I'm watching myself since the last time.
38:41[snorts]
38:44Anybody done that besides me? Got under
38:47the whole family and then I looked at
38:48the bottom of my shoes
38:52and I carried it into work and I carried
38:56it into my house.
39:00Sometimes dad wasn't carrying the right
39:02thing on the bottom of his feet.
39:04My brother, my sister, check what you
39:08got on your feet.
39:11It's got to be the gospel of peace.
39:14Everywhere I go, I'm a peacemaker.
39:18Everywhere I go, I'm bringing
39:20deliverance. I'm bringing a word. I'm
39:23bringing freedom. I'm bringing hope.
39:26[snorts] I'm bringing Jesus with me.
39:27Everywhere that I go, I'm walking into
39:30the bedroom
39:33of that boy [snorts]
39:35who's been far away from God. But I'm
39:37going to bring peace.
39:42I'm [snorts] walking into the bedroom of
39:43a spouse who's not living for God, but
39:45I'm bringing peace.
39:48I'm walking on a job that's got my
39:50nerves up to here, but I'm bringing
39:53peace.
39:55Come on, friends. walking away from you,
39:57disturbing you, issues happening. Bring
40:00it all to Jesus. But I'm walking in
40:02peace. [snorts] I'm walking in favor.
40:05I'm walking in mercy. I'm going to be
40:08tracks. I'm going to be tracks of God's
40:10mercy and God's love. I'm going to make
40:13tracks of God's mercy and God's love and
40:16God's peace. I'm going to go into the
40:17hospital and I'm going to bring the
40:19peace of God. What's on the bottom of
40:22your feet? Stand with me if you will.
40:23Brother Groves, it's good to see you
40:25this morning. I love you. my missionary
40:26brother, this man of God,
40:31whether it's in Africa, Brother Groves,
40:34or whether it's my backyard,
40:37I got to take peace
40:40with me
40:42cuz I don't know, I don't know, Sister
40:44Darla, what restaurant I may walk into.
40:48And I think this is what I love about
40:49you is because everywhere you walk, I
40:51know you bring peace. I know you connect
40:53with people. You've been doing that for
40:55years. and decades and relationships
40:56with people that have been in this place
40:59before but perhaps are not here yet and
41:01yet you keep on loving them and you keep
41:02on reaching. You keep on praying and we
41:04talk about them every once in a while
41:06but everywhere you go your feet are
41:08bringing peace. What you got?
41:11Check your feet.
41:14Let's bow our heads right now and close
41:16our eyes in Jesus name.
41:19[snorts]
41:28>> [snorts]
41:33>> Jesus
41:36[snorts]
41:39God,
41:42[snorts]
41:42you can't leave this place, carry the
41:46same burdens and the same frustrations
41:49and the same fear and expect a different
41:53Now come where you're going.
41:57You got to shake the dust off your feet
42:00[snorts] and you got to put on the
42:02gospel of peace today.
42:04I wonder if there's anybody here today
42:06that would just right where you're
42:08standing if you'd examine yourself and
42:10say, "God, help me. [snorts] Help me to
42:13put on some peace today. Give me
42:16boldness. God, give me love. Help me to
42:19see people the way that you see them.
42:21Could you lift your voice and pray like
42:23[music] that right now? Could you let
42:25the spirit of God stir your heart right
42:27now where you're at and say, "God, give
42:29me a burden.
42:31[snorts] God, forgive me for my
42:33selfishness, oh God, my self-righteous
42:35ways. And Lord, forgive me for my
42:37apathy, oh God. And forgive me, oh Lord,
42:40for things that I've carried with me, oh
42:42Lord, that have brought a disturbance
42:44into my house, into my workplace. God,
42:46I'm shaking the dust off my feet this
42:48morning." Come on. right where you're
42:51at. In the name of Jesus,
42:55I [snorts] speak peace into your life
42:57right now. I speak the glory of God into
42:59your family. In the name of Jesus, I
43:02speak the hope of Jesus Christ into
43:05[music] your life right now. [snorts]
43:10Come on, offer yourself to him right
43:12now. God, I'm I'm yielding myself to you
43:14right now. When I walk out of this place
43:16here today, Lord, I want to go in the
43:19authority and the power of your spirit.
43:21I want to go with your presence and your
43:23anointing. I want to walk, oh Lord. I
43:25want to walk with peace. I want to walk
43:27with boldness. I want to walk with
43:29compassion. I want to walk, oh Lord, as
43:32you walked.
43:34Oh God.
43:37Oh God.
43:39Oh God.
43:48Oh god.
43:56Oh God, help your people this morning.
44:06Help your people this morning.
44:12Oh God.
44:22[snorts] Come on. That's it. Lay it
44:24down.
44:25Lay it down. Shake it off.
44:28Come on. Shake it off.
44:31Stop letting the enemy torment your
44:33mind.
44:35Shake off that depression and that fear
44:38thing that's plagued your mind. Take it
44:40under authority in Jesus name. Submit it
44:44to God right now and shake it off. Come
44:46on. That apathy, that carnality, those
44:49things that you've allowed to take up
44:50your time, cause you to be bothered and
44:53worried about everything else that's
44:55going on. Shake it off right now in
44:57Jesus name.
45:03Oh, there's a move of the Holy Ghost in
45:05this house right now. Somebody's making
45:08up their mind right now in the name of
45:10Jesus. Somebody's making up their mind
45:12right now. Lord, I'm going to walk in
45:14peace. I'm going to walk in the power of
45:17the Holy Ghost. I'm going to walk as an
45:18ambassador. I'm going to walk filled
45:20with the spirit of God. I'm going to
45:22walk according to your truth, according
45:24to your ways in the name of Jesus. Come
45:26on, it's happening right now. [snorts]
45:32Oh, in the name of Jesus,
45:35[snorts]
45:37would you pray and ask God right now to
45:39lay somebody on your heart and on your
45:41mind that you could reach, that you
45:43could talk to this week? Come on, he's
45:46coming again soon. Would you ask God
45:48right now? Say, "Who do I need to pray
45:50for?
45:51[snorts] Who is it that I need to reach?
45:54Would you lead me? Would you guide me?
45:56Would you help me, Lord?" Come on. Would
45:59you ask him right now? And if you know
46:00their name, call their name out. If you
46:03already got somebody or people that
46:05God's already working on, why don't you
46:07just go ahead and begin to pray for them
46:08in this moment. Come on. This is our
46:10altar call right now in the name of
46:12Jesus.
46:14This is our altar call, new life right
46:16now.
46:18Come on, call that name out before the
46:20Lord. Lord, I'm asking you to save. I'm
46:24asking you to save and bring them
46:26freedom and bring them hope and deliver
46:28them. Oh God, deliver them. Lord, I pray
46:31in the name of Jesus.
46:37Oh Jesus.
46:39[snorts]
46:42Oh Jesus.
46:50Oh.
46:52foreign.
47:05[snorts]
48:21Jesus.
48:27In the name of Jesus.
48:38Hallelujah.
48:41[snorts]
48:43Hallelujah.
48:49Hallelujah.
48:50This altar is open. If you want to come,
48:52pray. If you want to seek the Lord,
48:55you're more than welcome to come. If you
48:56need to be dismissed, you're dismissed
48:57in the wonderful name of Jesus. If you
49:00want to be baptized [music] in the name
49:01of Jesus and you feel the call to call
49:03on the name of the Lord, raise that sign
49:05up over there if you will. If it's over
49:07there, I want you to step over here to
49:09be baptized in Jesus name. But for those
49:11of you that are hungry and still seeking
49:13and want the Lord and you [music] want
49:15to continue to pray, this altar is open
49:17for you. For those that need to be
49:18dismissed, God bless you today. Thank
49:20you so much for being with us in Jesus
49:22name.
50:11See?
51:36Heat.
51:54Heat.
52:38Heat. Heat.
53:39Heat. Heat.
57:06Heat. Heat.
58:02Amen.
58:08Amen.
58:30Heat. Heat.
60:14All
60:32right.
60:43Heat. Heat.
61:56Sorry.
62:04Hold your nose.
62:15We're so excited today that KJ has
62:18decided to [music] call on the name of
62:20the Lord and be baptized in Jesus' name.
62:23And so wherever you are right now, if
62:25you would just maybe extend a hand and
62:27pray with us. [music] God, we're so
62:28thankful for this opportunity, God. The
62:30word that's been spoken and this call to
62:32action that you've put on [music] his
62:34heart. And I pray, God, that today you
62:36would begin something spectacular in his
62:38life and his family's life and those
62:39around him. And you would just shadow
62:41him, God. Be around him, God. Cover him
62:44in [music] your mercy today in Jesus
62:46name.
62:47Are you ready KJ?
62:49on the authority of the word of God and
62:51your profession in the name of Jesus
62:53Christ. It's my privilege to baptize you
62:55in the name of Jesus Christ.
62:59Hallelujah.
63:03Hallelujah.
63:05[music]
63:24>> [music]
63:31[music]
63:38>> Heat. Heat.
63:40[music]
63:42Heat.
64:05Hey, heat. Hey, heat.
64:09>> [music]