Guard Your Heart: A Message That Will Change Your 2026
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 12/7/2025Proverbs 4:23, Ezekiel 36:26, Proverbs 23:26
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to guard their hearts as the spiritual control panel of their lives, urging them to trade small, fear-based thinking for a 'big heart' capable of making bold, kingdom-centered moves.
Key points
- •The heart is the control panel of your spiritual identity, governing emotions, desires, character, and moral compass.
- •Living a kingdom culture requires moving beyond emotions and past wounds to operate in discernment and Holy Spirit-led decisions.
- •God promises a new heart to those who are dysfunctional or stuck, replacing small, fear-based thinking with an expanded capacity for big moves.
- •Character is the primary tool for influencing the world; Christians must stop acting 'shady' and embrace a life that looks different from the world.
- •A generous life and financial peace are only possible through a faith life that trusts God as the primary supplier rather than relying on one's own hustle.
Scripture
Spiritual Growth
Character
Faith
Purpose
Stewardship
Life application
This week, identify one area where fear or a past 'drop' (betrayal or failure) is shrinking your perspective, and consciously choose to make a decision based on God's promises rather than your emotions.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you allowed your emotions or past wounds to shrink the size of your heart and your expectations for the future?
- Are the people in your inner circle 'eagles' who push you toward your purpose or 'chickens' who keep you grounded in small thinking?
- Bishop Fernandez mentioned being an 'ex-con' of grace - how does acknowledging your own need for forgiveness change how you view others who fall?
- What is one 'big move' you feel God calling you to make that you have been avoiding due to fear of what others might think?
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0:01There are two scriptures I'd like to
0:03base the sermon on today.
0:07Two scriptures.
0:10The first is Proverbs
0:124 verse 23.
0:15Proverbs
0:164 verse 23.
0:21And it says, "Above
0:24all else, guard your heart." It says,
0:31"For everything
0:33you do flows from it."
0:37Above all else, the Bible says, "Guard
0:40your heart, for everything you do,
0:43everything you do flows from it." Let's
0:47go to Ezekiel 36:26.
0:53It says,"I will give you a new a new
0:57heart and put a new spirit in you." Let
1:03me read that again.
1:04>> And I want you to think about this. He
1:07says, "I will give you a new heart."
1:12That is suggesting
1:14that there is a present heart that is
1:18not good.
1:21That there's something wrong with that
1:23heart. Because you only replace
1:27something old with something new,
1:30something dysfunctional,
1:32not operating properly.
1:35He says, "I will give you a new heart
1:39and then put the right spirit, a new
1:41spirit in you."
1:44This past Wednesday,
1:47we began exploring the kind of heart
1:51that God desires from his people.
1:55I reminded you that when scripture
1:59commands give your heart to God
2:03according to Proverbs 23:26,
2:06it's not referring to the organ that's
2:09beating in your chest.
2:12It's not referring to the physical
2:13heart. How many of you know that? Right?
2:17It's not referring to the physical heart
2:20that's beating in your chest. You see,
2:22the heart in scripture is the center of
2:27your spiritual identity.
2:30The center the center of your spiritual
2:33identity. It's the control panel that
2:37governs, watch this, your emotions,
2:41desires,
2:43your character, beliefs, decisions,
2:47moral compass, and your capacity to
2:51love, trust, and obey God.
2:56that core central part of your spiritual
3:00life.
3:02If your heart is big, you will make big
3:06moves
3:08in controlling your emotions.
3:14Kingdom culture requires us to control
3:17our emotions.
3:19When your heart is not controlled or
3:22influenced by God, then your emotions
3:24get you to doing things that sabotage
3:28your progress.
3:31>> Yes, sir.
3:32>> So
3:33when God says the central part of your
3:36spiritual identity is putting your
3:39emotions in check, that's what makes you
3:43a healthy Christian.
3:45What about your desires? You see when
3:47your heart is big and it's after God
3:50like David when he says as the deer path
3:52it after the water so my soul path it
3:56after thee after thee I go after thee
3:59what David was really saying God my
4:02passion and my desire is to know you and
4:06THIS IS WHERE THE CHURCH IS MISSING IT
4:10WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PEOPLE
4:13PERSONALITY AND OUR OWN SELF-INTEREST
4:16DEPRESSED and nothing about God.
4:22>> Come on now. Don't shout me down. Now
4:25>> when your heart is big and it's after
4:28God, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? IT SHAPES YOUR
4:31CHARACTER. AND LET'S deal with this now.
4:34I know I don't have time to deal with
4:36it, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO fix our character
4:41as Christians.
4:42>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
4:46Some of us are just doing some shady
4:48stuff.
4:55>> You can't be the light and be shady like
4:58the kingdom of darkness.
5:06>> We have lost the passion
5:09to have good character.
5:16We don't want to have good character
5:17anymore
5:20>> because you can only influence the world
5:23when you look, talk, and act different
5:27from the world. Come on now.
5:28>> Yes, sir.
5:33>> You see, this is why Proverbs 4:23
5:36instructs us to guard our heart above
5:40everything
5:41else,
5:43>> ABOVE EVERYTHING that you do. GUARD YOUR
5:46HEART. GUARD THAT CENTRAL PART OF YOUR
5:50SPIRITUAL LIFE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT
5:52CAREFUL, the enemy will come into your
5:56life and your emotions will be all over
5:58the place. You'll make decisions based
6:00on your feelings and not by discernment.
6:06>> Your desires will no longer be godly.
6:10You'll have no character. Your belief
6:13system will be twisted. The decisions
6:16you make will not be Holy Spirit driven.
6:18And you will have no moral compass.
6:24So I submit to you today that many
6:27believers are struggling to live the
6:30generous life
6:32because the core of the heart is still
6:35being influenced,
6:37manipulated
6:38and deceived by the enemy.
6:41How's your heart?
6:44Can I talk to you this morning?
6:47How is your heart?
6:52What kind of heart do you have?
6:55Are you a nice person?
6:59What's your motive?
7:04Who are you hurting
7:06and it doesn't affect you?
7:12How are you living your life as a
7:14kingdom citizen and knowing what you're
7:17doing is wrong
7:21but it doesn't affect you.
7:25Think about that
7:27because the thief there is a thief
7:32>> who is after
7:34your spiritual destiny.
7:40If you ever think for one moment that
7:43the way you're living that you're just
7:45living it, just carrying on doing what
7:48you're going to do and and and and
7:50there's no attack
7:53after you, you're lying to yourself.
7:56>> You think the devil wants you to max out
7:58your full potential?
8:00>> You think he wants you to be the best
8:03version of yourself? You think he wants
8:06you to live kingdom culture and have an
8:09identity that's in Christ?
8:12>> Oh, he's coming after you.
8:15>> He's coming after your mind.
8:18>> He's coming after your emotions. That's
8:19why he wants you to make decisions that
8:22will cause you to be right today, be
8:24wrong today. Don't not sure what to do
8:26tomorrow. He He He'll let your emotions
8:29just fluctuate.
8:30>> Yes, sir.
8:31>> He's coming after you. He doesn't want
8:34your relationships to be strong.
8:38>> He doesn't want you to find a good man.
8:40He doesn't want you to find a good
8:42woman. So, he'll keep you with a nasty
8:44attitude.
8:45>> Yes, sir.
8:47>> Amen.
8:48>> He'll keep you running your mouth.
8:52>> My
8:53>> He'll keep you being so suspicious of
8:55people. He'll keep you still broken and
8:58wounded and hurt. So you miss what God
9:03has for you in the future
9:06>> because the heart, the central part of
9:09you is not fixed.
9:12It's not fixed. So John 10:10 tells us
9:16that the thief comes only. There's only
9:19one assignment. So for those of you,
9:21watch this. For those of you who love
9:24the works of darkness,
9:26He's coming to kill you.
9:29[snorts]
9:31>> He's coming to kill you.
9:33>> Well, I don't know. I don't need God
9:34now. I just want to live my life. I I'll
9:37get to church. I'll give God my life in
9:39a few years from now, but I just want to
9:41live and just I'm too young. Oh, you can
9:45die
9:46>> tomorrow.
9:49>> A lot more young people dying
9:51>> than seniors.
9:552 Corinthians 4:4 teaches us that Satan
9:59blinds the minds of unbelievers.
10:04So if you're not a Christian, I know
10:06half the stuff I'm saying you may not
10:08like. You may not even believe.
10:12You may be sitting there watching TV
10:13right now, watching the service, and you
10:16probably summoned this guy up from head
10:18to toe. Look at him. I don't believe who
10:19him. And you can have your own
10:21assumptions of me
10:26because you're blind.
10:30>> So when you have unbelievers dog the
10:33church out, look at them people. They're
10:35crazy. They go pack this place out every
10:37Sunday and they just go talk about they
10:39worshiping God and they give their money
10:41to the preacher.
10:45>> They blind.
10:46>> Blind. They don't understand.
10:50>> See, that's how they talk. Blind people
10:53can't see.
10:56>> So, how am I going to let you who don't
10:58know where you're going and can't see
11:00try to correct me and tell me
11:02>> what I already know?
11:05That's stupid.
11:08That is stupid.
11:10>> I know where I'm going. I've seen the
11:12light.
11:15Come on now. So, Satan wants to keep you
11:18ignorant to what God says about you,
11:21what God has made available to you and
11:24the potential that God placed on the
11:27inside of you. So, he pushes you, watch
11:31this, into thinking small, small
11:34thinking.
11:36He pushes you into limited expectations,
11:41fear-based decisions, self-pity,
11:44constant doubt, emotional instability,
11:48distrust of God's promises, and a
11:50lifestyle that questions everything but
11:54discerns nothing.
11:59>> Some of you, you ask too much question.
12:02And the more questions you ask is the
12:04more confused you get because you have
12:06no spirit of discernment.
12:13>> Do me a favor. Tap your neighbor and
12:15say, "I like that guy. I like that guy.
12:17I like that guy."
12:23>> You question everything.
12:26>> Everything. Everything you question IN
12:28LIFE. AND CAN'T YOU SEE, YOU'RE ASKING
12:30TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE NOT
12:32GETTING ANYWHERE AHEAD IN LIFE BECAUSE
12:34YOU HAVE NO DISCERNMENT.
12:38>> BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE DISCERNMENT, YOU'LL
12:39ASK less questions
12:41>> cuz God will reveal things to you. This
12:45is good, man.
12:48>> So today, I believe that God gives you
12:51and I the opportunity to expand our
12:53heart
12:54to believe again. This is the purpose of
12:57this month to get your heart to think
13:01big like God. To get to a big place
13:04where you understand there's no limit to
13:07what you can do and you can make big
13:10moves. The reason why you're not making
13:12big moves is because of the capacity
13:16>> of your heart.
13:18>> That central part of you is thinking too
13:23small because it's been damaged. It's
13:26been hurt and it's been shrinkedked by
13:29the company you keep.
13:40>> Watch the people who's in your your
13:41inner circle. Can't you see? Let look
13:43look let look let look let look let look
13:43let cuz you have no discernment. I got
13:45to discern for you. Don't you see
13:48everybody in your inner circle
13:51are so worse off?
13:55>> They're not improving.
13:57>> No great success story.
14:00>> They're always criticizing people.
14:02Always playing the victim.
14:05>> How are you going to grow in that
14:06environment?
14:10>> You're eating. How
14:14how are you going to grow when all you
14:17do is hang around chickens?
14:26>> I want to fly. I believe I can fly.
14:31>> I believe I can touch the sky. You
14:35cannot touch the sky when you're a
14:38chicken.
14:42It ain't going to work.
14:45>> If you're going to fly, you have to be
14:47what?
14:51>> And I'm telling you, eagles do not have
14:54conversations with chickens.
15:02>> Am I helping anybody in this building
15:04today? Eagles don't have conversations
15:08with chickens. Why? You're not of the
15:10same mindset.
15:13>> I got to move on here.
15:16>> Jeremiah 29:11 declares to us that God's
15:20plan for us is to what?
15:22>> Prosper us, not to what? Harm us. And to
15:26give us what?
15:28>> THAT'S THE SIZE OF GOD'S HEART for us.
15:33>> Is to give us a future. So don't you let
15:36anybody tell you when somebody's
15:38empowering you that you're going to have
15:40a SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AND GOD WANTS the
15:43best for you. AND WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS
15:45PLANET, HE WANTS YOU TO BECOME THE BEST
15:47VERSION OF YOURSELF. And they're going
15:49to tell you, don't listen to no preacher
15:51like that. DON'T LISTEN TO NOBODY
15:53telling you like those things and so
15:55forth. Don't you listen to them people
15:58because those people, their minds are
16:01not renewed.
16:04and their central
16:07spiritual
16:09part of them is toxic and have no
16:13revelation.
16:15Psalm 37:4 it says, "Delight yourself in
16:17the Lord." Delight. Delight yourself in
16:19the Lord and he will give you the
16:21desires of your heart. That means you
16:24were designed, come on, catch this real
16:26quick. You were designed to max out your
16:29full spiritual capacity.
16:33Yes.
16:34>> You are to live boldly.
16:36>> You are to pursue purpose without fear.
16:39You are to love generously, give freely,
16:44believe God for big things, and make big
16:47moves in faith.
16:50You are designed
16:53to live a big, loud life.
17:03YOU WERE DESIGNED TO PURSUE YOUR
17:04PURPOSE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SITTING IN
17:07THIS ROOM AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
17:09FURTHER IN LIFE, BUT YOU'RE LIVING IN
17:12FEAR. And what what aches me as a leader
17:16IS TO SEE THE POTENTIAL IN YOU. AND you
17:19come week AFTER WEEK AND YOU GO INTO THE
17:22MARKETPLACE AND YOU GO HOME AND YOU GO
17:24TO YOUR JOB AND YOU GO TO YOUR PLACE OF
17:26BUSINESS AND YOU COULD HAVE MADE THE
17:28MOVE but you're fearful
17:35>> cuz you're worried about if you fail and
17:38here's the bigger part. If you fail,
17:40then your enemies will laugh at you.
17:45>> Whenever you consume your life
17:49>> worried about what people think or will
17:51say about you,
17:53>> you'll never make it in life.
17:58>> You just got to get to a place in life.
18:00God, I don't disrespect people. I love
18:03people. You love me. But it really
18:05doesn't matter what they think about me.
18:12Oh, what? Look at him with his arrogant
18:14self. It's called confidence, baby.
18:18>> Praise God.
18:22>> You see, when you believe in yourself,
18:24people will say you're arrogant. I'm not
18:26arrogant. I know who I am. I know who I
18:29belong to. I know what he said about me.
18:32And every day I'm going to get up and
18:33I'm going TO BE THE BADASS HENRY Bonita
18:36Antony Marshall FERNANDEZ I CAN EVER BE.
18:45>> AND IF THAT OFFENDS YOU, SOMETHING IS
18:48WRONG WITH YOUR THINKING.
18:52>> YOU HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE
18:56BEST AT WHAT YOU DO.
19:00And don't worry about what people think.
19:04>> There's some people they are hired by
19:07the devil to hate you for the rest of
19:09your life. And ain't nothing you can do
19:12about it. So, might as well you live and
19:15show them that you're going to do what
19:17God has called you to do and you going
19:19to be the best you can be.
19:27So, do not believe the lie. Do not
19:30believe the lie. Don't believe the lie
19:33that you are unworthy, unlovable,
19:37unforgivable, or you're disqualified
19:40from the future God has designed for
19:43you. Let me talk to some of you who who
19:46you've you've lost your self-worth
19:51>> because you've been dropped.
19:56You've been dropped.
19:58>> Ladies,
19:59there many of you
20:02>> who once was held by a man.
20:08>> He held you
20:09>> and you trusted him.
20:11>> Yes.
20:12>> You gave him
20:14>> your life, your vulnerability.
20:18>> He dropped you.
20:20>> Yes, sir.
20:21>> He dropped you.
20:24and you've been bruised
20:26and you've lost your identity
20:29and you've broken your wounded
20:32>> because it's not easy to trust a man
20:37>> and opened up to him
20:40and he ruined that trust.
20:44>> For some of you men,
20:47you've been dropped by a woman.
20:50Yes, you've been dropped by a woman.
20:54You loved her.
20:56You worked your behind off.
21:00And you've given her what you could not
21:03give yourself.
21:04>> My God. My God.
21:05>> But she dropped you.
21:08>> She left you.
21:10>> And go find another
21:14dude.
21:22Some of you,
21:25your parents dropped you.
21:30>> You're still walking around with the
21:33fragments of your hurt.
21:37>> Your father dropped you.
21:43And what hurt you is to know he just
21:46lived down the street
21:49>> and he dropped you and he's never been
21:52there for you and never supported you.
21:56No calls,
21:58no money,
22:01didn't visit your school events.
22:03[snorts]
22:04>> He dropped you.
22:06>> And with all of that, you feel unworthy,
22:10>> unlovable.
22:12There are women watching, you feel
22:14unlovable to the point now you protect
22:18yourself, watch this, with this lie that
22:21well, you know, I'm just going to be by
22:23myself for the rest of my life because
22:25you don't believe you are worthy
22:27>> for another one.
22:31>> But I want to encourage you this
22:33morning.
22:37I know a man who specializes
22:40in picking up people who been dropped.
22:44Woo! Glory to God. WHEN GOD PICKS YOU
22:47UP, BABY, AND BRUSH YOU OFF AND POLISH
22:51YOU DOWN AND GET YOU READY FOR THE NEXT
22:54MOVE, I'M TELLING YOU, BABY, THAT'S THE
22:57GREATEST THING THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN TO
22:59YOU.
23:02So I don't care how you feel. Unlovable,
23:04unworthy unforgivable.
23:08>> Yes, you've done some stuff you're not
23:09proud of. And this is where the church
23:11has missed it.
23:13We are so quick to cast away people who
23:18fall.
23:21>> I'm not telling you this is a license
23:23now for you to go say, "Okay, God will
23:25forgive me."
23:26>> No, but we miss it.
23:28>> Yes.
23:30The kingdom culture is about
23:32forgiveness.
23:35>> And some of you have done some things
23:37that you think is unforgivable
23:41>> and you've allowed society and people
23:42and your own voices
23:45in your head.
23:47>> You're talking to yourself and the
23:48spirit of the enemy is talking to you.
23:51You know you committed the abortion.
23:55>> You know you did it.
23:59And you feel, God,
24:02how could I be forgiven of that?
24:06You know you done wrong. You know you
24:08stole
24:09>> some stuff.
24:12You know,
24:14you know you've been doing some shady
24:16stuff
24:17>> and you're thinking you're those things.
24:20No, no, no, no, no, no. You see, when
24:24you give God your heart, that's the key.
24:27Amen.
24:28>> When you give God your heart, he changes
24:32everything on the inside of you
24:38>> to make you now worthy. Cuz can I tell
24:41you something? Can I just tell you
24:43something? I know some of you not going
24:44to like it. Everybody in here and
24:48everybody watching, we're all excons.
24:58Look at your neighbor. I know they're
24:59not going to like it. You're an excon,
25:01too.
25:02>> Yes. You done some stuff. You done some
25:07stuff. I know. Look at somebody,
25:09especially that one who didn't turn
25:11their head. Look them in the eye and
25:14tell them, "Yes, you're guilty.
25:18>> You're guilty."
25:23>> All right.
25:27All of us are excons,
25:29>> but for the grace of God,
25:37>> we got a lot of policemen in here. And
25:39I'm telling you that some of you should
25:40just go like this. Arrest me right now
25:43cuz I'm guilty. I'm guilty. Come on now.
25:48You see, you surrender your inner
25:50desires to God
25:53>> so that they come become conformed
25:56to his perfect will for your life. It
25:59means allowing God, watch this, to
26:01govern your attitudes,
26:03to govern your thoughts, your motives,
26:06your perspectives, your reactions, your
26:09decisions.
26:11That's what that is all about. asking
26:14God, please change my heart so I can
26:17make big moves.
26:20>> So let God transform you into a new
26:22person by changing the way you think
26:26>> without fully surrendering your
26:28spiritual life to God will always be
26:32restricted. If you don't surrender your
26:34heart to him, that spiritual life, that
26:38journey that you're on will always be
26:41restricted. And this is why many
26:43Christians do not reflect kingdom
26:46culture because watch this. Their inner
26:49desires now
26:51are shaped by watch this social trends
26:58>> pressure.
27:00>> Emotions,
27:02fears,
27:04offense,
27:05offense.
27:07People talk about you, you're going to
27:09be offended. Yes. the influence of the
27:12world and popular opinions.
27:15But kingdom culture, I'm closing,
27:20is born in the heart before it is
27:24expressed in actions.
27:29>> Kingdom culture
27:32>> is birthed in the heart.
27:36When David says, "Create in me,
27:42cuz he knew.
27:45He knew who he was. He knew
27:49the stuff he did.
27:53He knew he was not in right standing
27:55with God. Listen, don't let nobody trick
27:58you to believe
28:00that when you come before God with a
28:03repentant heart that God is going to
28:06reject you. No. is when you sit there
28:08knowing
28:10that you've done wrong
28:12and you turn a blind eye to it.
28:16David says, "Change my heart."
28:20>> Cuz if your heart is not changed,
28:24>> you're going to do and think and act
28:27>> in a way that is not
28:29reflective of kingdom culture. Here is
28:34why many never live the gener the
28:37generous life
28:40the life that makes you be consistent.
28:43Why a lot of people can't live it is
28:46because
28:47they have been limited in their
28:50thinking.
28:52Limited here overpowered by their
28:55emotions. Shaped by fear influenced by
28:59negative voices.
29:01Conditioned by past experiences,
29:04bound by selfishness,
29:07then generosity becomes difficult. Trust
29:11becomes hard. Obedience becomes, watch
29:14this optional.
29:19Obedience becomes optional.
29:27I wish I could choose
29:31to react.
29:35I wish I could
29:39choose to
29:41h
29:43I'm not going to do that, God.
29:47But I can't. Why? A heart
29:52been conditioned.
29:54So when your heart is in alignment with
29:56God, your capacity expands beyond human
29:59limitations. Watch this. You become
30:01bold. You become generous.
30:05You start living by faith and you stop
30:08settling
30:10for small things.
30:14You become bold.
30:17The generous life forces you to become
30:22bold.
30:25But you get up every day
30:27and you say, "God, hey,
30:31I'm going to make it throughout the day,
30:35you have empowered me to live in this
30:37moment. [music]
30:39So God, I'm going to fulfill my duties
30:41on my job, my workplace, my place of
30:44business.
30:46I'm going [music] to fellowship and go
30:48to church. I'm just going to do life
30:52and I'm going to do it with excitement.
30:56>> I'm going to make big moves. I'm going
30:58to become generous. I'm going to live
30:59the faith life. And I got to close with
31:03this man. I don't have much time.
31:05Listen,
31:07why are you calling yourself a Christian
31:11and a follower of Jesus Christ and he
31:13promises you all of these blessings
31:17and you're not cashing in on them?
31:24>> Does that make sense
31:28that you can the faith life is
31:30available? He says trust his word.
31:34Why aren't you trusting him with your
31:37life? Everything about you, every
31:40decision you make. I'm not asking you
31:42about what you're dealing with right now
31:44as an individual. Everybody's got got
31:46problem. Everybody's been challenged in
31:49some way or the other.
31:51>> I'm not asking you about that.
31:53Will you believe God
31:58>> that he can come into your situation
32:01>> and help you to live the faith life?
32:05But you will live the generous life.
32:06You'll get up every day. You'll be
32:08generous to love people even when
32:10they're unlovable.
32:12>> Forgive people even when they're doing
32:14you dirty.
32:16>> And every day you will get up and you
32:18will sow. You will give to [music] God.
32:22>> I pray this church, listen, this is one
32:25of the prayers I've been praying all
32:26year long.
32:28I pray this church will tap into the
32:30generous life, the faith life.
32:33Many of you, your finances could have
32:36changed long time.
32:39Please hear me now. I don't want you to
32:41let the enemy now begin to start poison
32:44your thinking now cuz he's very subtle.
32:46His whole purpose is to never get you to
32:50discern the truth. Yes.
32:54>> But the reason why many of you are not
32:56able
32:58to successfully go through life healthy
33:01in your finances, you are not living the
33:05faith life.
33:08>> Yes, sir.
33:11>> Because your sustainability
33:14is based on what you make. Amen.
33:19>> So, you're hustling every week,
33:22>> you get your check.
33:24>> And you look in your bank account when
33:26the money is is is transferred from your
33:29employment and you're fig and I got to
33:32pay this, I got to pay that, and I got
33:33to do all and you are stressing yourself
33:37out trying to make ends meet.
33:43>> Keep living that way.
33:45Let's see how far you'll get.
33:47>> But when you live the faith life
33:51>> and you say, "God, you will supply."
33:56Woo! Glory to God.
33:58>> And there's a few of us in this room who
34:00can tell you the only reason why we're
34:04in fact we're trying to figure out how
34:07in God's name we're still making [music]
34:10it. Bills are paid. Stuff is happening.
34:13Come on now. And we ain't doing nothing
34:15illegal. We ain't stealing. Somehow God
34:20meets our need every month in. [music]
34:24Can somebody give the Lord a hand of
34:26praise?
34:31Amen. Do me a favor, everybody. Stretch
34:34your hands out. Come on. Just like that.
34:36Those of you are streaming, stretch your
34:38hands out just like that. Couple of
34:42weeks ago, I think it was in a prayer
34:43service, I challenged the people to do
34:45this.
34:48>> You said, "Pastor, why why are you
34:49asking me to do this?"
34:52Because when you stretch your hands out,
34:53if I say, "Hey, I want to give you
34:55something."
34:57Instantly, you put your hands out to
34:59receive.
35:01I am asking you by faith right [music]
35:03now to open your heart and
35:07say "God I
35:10I'm totally surrendered to you.
35:14Whatever you have in this season for me,
35:18I'm ready to receive it.
35:22>> My hands are out.
35:24>> Just bless me.
35:27>> BLESS ME INDEED. ENLARGE [screaming] MY
35:30TERRITORY.
35:33>> YES.
35:35>> I believe THERE'S A BLESSING COMING TO
35:37ME BEFORE THE END OF this year. IT WILL
35:40NOT TAKE YOU 12 MONTHS TO DO IT, GOD, IN
35:43THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF DECEMBER. IF I LIVE
35:47EXPECTING YOU TO MOVE, you will.
35:51>> So, I'm ready to receive the increase.
35:54I'm ready to receive the increase. I'm
35:56ready to receive it. I'm ready to make
35:58big moves. Big moves, God. I cannot make
36:02big moves with smallminded mindset or
36:05[music] small thinking. I got to do it,
36:07God, with a big heart.
36:10>> So, Father, as your people stretch their
36:12hands out, [music]
36:14I believe many have been convicted this
36:16morning. So, may you touch them. May you
36:18anoint them. May they live expecting
36:22you to do miraculous things and
36:25blessings and favor and financial
36:28increase upon them for the rest of this
36:30year. [music] We bless what we will
36:33return to you this morning. We give our
36:36first fruit. We give the best offering
36:38we [music] can give. You're not asking
36:40us to give more than what you've
36:42empowered us to give. And I believe this
36:44morning you're speaking to [music]
36:46people. You're challenging people. put
36:48you first
36:50and watch what you will do for [music]
36:52them by the end of this month.
36:56>> We believe the seed is blessed
36:58>> in Jesus name.
37:00>> Amen. Come on, let's give the Lord a
37:02hand of praise. [music]
37:04Amen.