Hold It Together
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 11/1/2022Colossians 1:17
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez encourages believers to remain steadfast despite life's pressures, reminding them that because God holds all creation together, their destiny is secure and their strength is built through their struggles.
Key points
- •Everything in creation is under God's control and command because He existed before all things.
- •The enemy's primary strategy is to attack the mind and emotions to destabilize a believer's faith.
- •Destiny is predetermined by God; therefore, temporary setbacks in the first three quarters of life do not dictate the final outcome.
- •Holding it together is not about pretending problems do not exist, but about maintaining character and strength through the struggle.
- •Success often requires fighting through battles and failing forward rather than quitting when things get difficult.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Perseverance
Spiritual Warfare
Life application
Identify one area where you are currently feeling overwhelmed or tempted to quit, and make a verbal confession daily that you will 'hold it together' because God is holding you. When negative thoughts about your future arise, consciously replace them with the truth that your destiny is predetermined by God.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life has the enemy been trying to occupy your mind with negative thoughts or suspicion?
- How does the truth that God holds 'all creation together' change your perspective on your current struggles?
- Bishop Fernandez mentioned that winners are determined in the fourth quarter. How can you apply this 'fourth quarter' mentality to your current season?
- Which of the five reasons to hold it together resonates most with your current situation?
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Full transcript
0:00be seated in the presence of the Lord
0:05in him
0:07all things
0:09hold together
0:13when it comes to our life struggles
0:17the Apostle Paul
0:19gave us a clear perspective
0:23of how secure we are in God
0:27how all of us are secure in God he tells
0:30us because God holds all things together
0:33the person who abides in him have
0:37nothing to worry about
0:41if you abide in him and his word abide
0:43in you
0:44then you have nothing to worry about
0:47why is this so
0:48it is so because God existed from the
0:52beginning and anything after the
0:54beginning is subjected to his command
0:59that's really what the word of God is
1:00encouraging us to believe
1:02the New Living Translation of Colossians
1:051 17 it says he exists before anything
1:09else
1:10and he holds all creation together
1:15don't miss that he holds all creation
1:18together anything that was created is in
1:21the control of God
1:24your life is in control of God
1:27can I even suggest to you that your
1:29enemies are also in control of God
1:33all creation the Bible says is in
1:36control of God so God told me to
1:39encourage you today and to reassure you
1:42that you are destined you're destined
1:46and your destiny if you will is
1:49predetermined by him
1:52therefore you shouldn't be worried about
1:55anything in life if your destiny is
1:59predetermined by him you really have
2:02nothing to worry about
2:05so for those of you who are in a season
2:07of worrying
2:09your destiny is predetermined by him you
2:13already a winner
2:15you're declared a winner you cannot
2:17afford to allow anything you face in
2:20life to break you causing you to lose
2:23your faith in Jesus Christ
2:28now I want you to listen to me carefully
2:29today
2:31the devil's intentions are to play with
2:34your mind emotions and your faith
2:39his intentions are to play with your
2:42mind your emotions your feelings and
2:45your faith
2:47so whenever you are dealing with the
2:50issues of Life Satan will always say
2:52things like these
2:54you're going to lose
2:56you're going to be defeated
2:59you are not strong enough
3:01you're going to fail
3:03so give up because it's hopeless you're
3:06never going to make it
3:07you're not loved
3:09you have made too many mistakes and
3:12therefore you cannot repair your
3:14reputation he'll tell you everyone can't
3:18be trusted so shut everybody out of your
3:22life and trust no one he'll play with
3:25your mind
3:26he'll tell you there are too many fake
3:29people around you so be suspicious of
3:33everybody and there it is you miss the
3:36angels that God will send in your path
3:39he'll play with your mind
3:42he'll also tell you that everyone comes
3:45into your life to take from you and you
3:48will never find true love
3:51he'll tell you your marriage is
3:54irreparable he'll tell you your children
3:56are lost and you will never make and
3:59they will never make you proud he'll
4:01also tell you you are broken because
4:04your father has never been in your life
4:06so so uh you know you know you can make
4:09all the excuses because you're never
4:11father and use those excuses
4:14to avoid succeeding in life
4:18he'll tell you you've come from a
4:20dysfunctional family
4:22so you will never have a functioning
4:25family
4:26he'll tell you so many negative things
4:28and the list goes on and on things that
4:32I could continue to say today and things
4:34that he will always put into your mind
4:36because that's where Satan focuses his
4:39attention
4:41he works with your mind
4:44he works with your emotions and then he
4:47works with your faith
4:49you see once Satan freely occupies your
4:54mind he also takes over your emotions
4:57and once he takes over your emotions it
5:00becomes easy for you to worry about
5:02things instead of putting your faith in
5:05God
5:06anytime you start worrying what are you
5:08worried about today
5:10what are you worried about today anytime
5:11you start worrying Satan is going to use
5:14that and he's going to work on your
5:16emotions and he'll let you panic and
5:18he'll let you worry and fret about
5:19things and he let you shut down and be
5:22suspicious of everybody and even when
5:24God is sending help along the way you
5:27shut down he'll let your emotions cause
5:29you to miss your God moment
5:33and I really don't care
5:35what you're going through this morning I
5:38really don't care what you're dealing
5:39with currently and I don't mean it in an
5:41evil way I need you listen to me woman
5:45and man of God I need you to take
5:49control over your mind
5:56take control over your mind if you don't
6:00take control over your mind yes you will
6:02be suicidal
6:04if you don't take control over your mind
6:06you will stop being a dreamer
6:10you won't have the push the tenacity to
6:13say I can do all things and I can be
6:16great I can be successful if you don't
6:19take control over your mind God will be
6:21sending help to you
6:24and you abort it
6:27because your emotions are all over the
6:29place so take control over your mind I
6:33encourage you to do that I need you to
6:35take control over your mind and make
6:38sure that you are thinking positively
6:41and living your life with great
6:44expectation every single day live it
6:48with great expectation that all things
6:51will work out for your favor
6:54come on can somebody give God praise for
6:57that
6:59you have to hold it together
7:03whether you are single married divorce
7:06in an abusive relationship
7:09dysfunctional home toxic relationships
7:13toxic workplace struggling business you
7:16have to keep it together struggling in
7:18college you have to keep it together
7:20feeling lonely you have to keep it
7:22together dealing with financial
7:24struggles or anything else you have to
7:28keep it together God wants you to hold
7:31it together you cannot break you cannot
7:34quit and you cannot surrender
7:41you cannot
7:43so please would you confess this I will
7:46keep it together
7:48say it out loud I will hold it together
7:52I will not break
7:54I will not quit
7:56and I will not surrender
7:59now if you believe that give God a
8:01praise this morning
8:07so before I pray with a few of you
8:10I want to leave you with five reasons
8:12why you should hold it together
8:15five reasons
8:17you should hold it together
8:19these are very important
8:22if you hold on to them I promise you you
8:25will win win I should say in the next
8:28quarter of this year you're in it the
8:31last quarter remember winners are
8:33determined in the fourth quarter
8:35so just because you lost first and third
8:37quarter
8:38you're in the last season of 2022
8:43and I want to leave you with these five
8:46reasons
8:48you should hold things together number
8:50one you hold it together because God is
8:53holding you together
8:58you can't break
9:00as long as God is holding you together
9:01you cannot break
9:03you will succeed
9:05you will make it you will achieve
9:08greatness you will complete your life
9:10assignment on the earth number two hold
9:14it together because your destiny is on
9:17the line
9:19the devil sees your future even if you
9:23don't
9:24the devil has an idea that God has
9:27declared blessings and prosperity and
9:30Longevity over your life he knows it
9:33that's why he's going to do everything
9:34to stop you that's why he wants to work
9:38on your mind for you to complain and
9:40live the rest of your life complaining
9:42about everybody else and mine and
9:44everybody else's business but your own
9:46and be preoccupied with other stuff that
9:50doesn't Advance your own life
9:54are you hearing me this morning
9:57you got to hold it together
9:59because your destiny who are you going
10:02to become
10:03what's your future like
10:05are you the future nurse Dr lawyer are
10:09you the future businessman businesswoman
10:11are you the future preacher are you the
10:14future politician who are you who is God
10:18destined you to be
10:21I wonder what kind of a houses and
10:23properties you're supposed to own in the
10:25future I wonder how many children you're
10:27supposed to have in the future I
10:29wondered that love that you're looking
10:31for trust me there is a loving kind
10:34honest and genuine man out there for
10:37every kind and generous woman
10:41there's a woman out there for you man I
10:44don't care how broken you are your
10:46future is set there's a good wife out
10:49there for you you've got to hold it
10:51together because your destiny hangs on
10:55it
10:56you can't give up now
10:59you can't throw in the towel now
11:02number three you gotta hold it together
11:03because you are built to last
11:08you're built to last
11:10I Know The Enemy wants to see you
11:12defeated Satan doesn't want you to
11:15succeed and can I just be honest with
11:17you there are some people from family to
11:19friends co-workers and even people in
11:22the faith
11:23who may not want you to succeed they're
11:26jealous people all over
11:29but you cannot wake up every day worried
11:32about folks who don't like you who don't
11:34want you to succeed succeed anyway
11:37ah I love that succeed anyway show them
11:42that God is with you show them that whom
11:45God blessed nobody can curse if God be
11:48for you who can be against you
11:53oh
11:54you are built to last
11:58somebody say I'm built to last
12:01you are built to last
12:03you're not going to fail
12:07the devil can't stop you
12:10the enemy is looking right now and he
12:12doesn't like the fact that you're
12:13getting this word
12:16because he knows he cannot stop a child
12:19of God
12:20are you hearing me those of you are
12:22screaming you are built to last
12:26you got to hold it together because you
12:28cannot fail man
12:30you're built to last
12:32God has already
12:35pre-destened your time on the Earth
12:38if you truly got 20 more years or 30
12:41more years or 50 more years on the earth
12:43the devil can't kill you before God
12:44permitted it
12:49you're built to last so I want to talk
12:50to a few people as I close the sermon I
12:54don't care what you are going through
12:57hold it together if you got to get up
13:00and cry in the morning cry but don't let
13:03nobody see you cry
13:06thank you
13:10I don't know who I'm talking to you
13:13gotta hold it together when you wake up
13:15in the morning you get in that mirror
13:17and you put on your makeup you fix your
13:20hair when you step out of your house act
13:23like you know you got it together
13:25don't let the world see you swear
13:31cause you're built to last
13:34[Applause]
13:35you got to hold it together number five
13:39number four thank you you're following
13:42me
13:44they're like you give me everything rev
13:46everything don't skip nothing this
13:47morning
13:49number four you gotta hold it together
13:51because that's how you defeat your
13:54enemies
13:57when you hold it together
14:00your enemies got to stand by and look
14:03though they plotted though they talked
14:05though they criticized those they did
14:08everything your enemies will stand by
14:10and say wait a minute I did everything
14:12to stop her I did everything to block
14:15him but they still get enough they still
14:18looking good they're still smiling
14:20they're still progressing come on now
14:22you gotta hold it together
14:27foreign
14:28[Applause]
14:45[Music]
14:51[Applause]
14:53and finally number five
14:57and I pray with you
14:59you have to hold it together
15:02because it reveals your strength
15:05[Applause]
15:10you cannot build weights
15:13if you don't work out
15:17you cannot shortcut
15:20training
15:22if you want to build your faith
15:25God's got to put you through some
15:27difficulties
15:30and he's going to step back and watch
15:32what you will do
15:35if when the devil hits you will you keep
15:38on ticking
15:40when the devil knocks you or throws
15:43something at you will you get up and say
15:45I Will Bless The Lord at all times his
15:48praise will always be in my mouth
15:53your strength comes from your ability to
15:58hold it together
15:59for 31 years if I would stand on this
16:03stage and tell you the hell I've been
16:05through
16:08what allows me today to gain strength as
16:11a pastor and be comfortable to where I
16:14am today it is because of everything
16:17that I have been through God showed me
16:21that it is in my struggles I develop
16:24strength as a pastor I develop character
16:27as a pastor so stop focusing on the
16:29problem and use the problems to make you
16:32stronger
16:37so hold it together
16:39in this fourth quarter of 2022 you must
16:43hold it together you are so close to
16:45winning so keep the faith and do not let
16:49the issues of life
16:52get you to quit
16:54get you to lose get you to the breaking
16:58point hold it
17:00together
17:02bow your heads with me
17:07I don't know as you're watching
17:10I wish you could be in this room today
17:13and be like the others who walk from
17:15their seat and come down to the Altar
17:17for us to pray with them
17:19but since you're not here you're
17:21streaming I'm grateful that you're still
17:24with us
17:26I want you to post right now
17:30on that message center and I want you to
17:32say I'm going to hold it together please
17:35pray for me
17:36go ahead and put your name
17:39and say please pray for me I got to hold
17:41it together
17:43I got to hold it together I'm about to
17:45pray for you but in the meantime
17:47for those of you are in the building as
17:49the worship team comes
17:51I want you if you felt that this word
17:53was for you
17:54[Music]
17:56and if you're glad that Bishop didn't
17:57close the service because the time
18:01that he was sensitive to what God wanted
18:03you to hear this moment I don't care
18:05where you're from Who You Are
18:07if you felt this word was for you and
18:10you want me to pray with you right now
18:12to seal it I want you to move from your
18:14seat as quickly as possible and I want
18:16you to make your way down here
18:17come close to the state so as many
18:19people can get into you know down front
18:23I want you to just move quickly people
18:25are coming as you're streaming as
18:27they're coming
18:28I want you to make the confession
18:31[Music]
18:32that you're going to stand no matter
18:34what no matter what the enemy throws at
18:37you
18:38after you've done all that you have
18:41tried and you know it's been difficult
18:43you gotta stay
18:45sing it as they come sing it sing it
18:52squeezing squeeze it squeeze it squeeze
18:55it
18:56[Music]
19:11don't you back
19:14[Music]
19:32oh God
19:42hold us with
19:47you and you stand
19:50ing just
20:01Stars
20:03[Music]
20:19[Music]
20:23[Applause]
20:28after you've done all you can
20:35you've gone through the Earth
20:43I want to pray for you and those of you
20:46are streaming
20:47[Music]
20:48I want you to hear this before I pray
20:50with you
20:51[Music]
20:53just because you see this guy standing
20:55on stage week after week and people like
20:58me
20:59influential people they call them or
21:02they call us
21:03just because you see us here week after
21:06week and
21:08you know
21:09to you everything is Rosy
21:13right
21:15because of maybe the clothes we wear
21:19how we articulate ourselves
21:21maybe the
21:23things we possess
21:25you were quick to assume oh they have no
21:29struggles
21:30they have no problems let me just
21:32introduce you to what the scripture says
21:35to whom much is given
21:38do not ask for Success if you're not
21:42willing to fight through it
21:47you cannot receive success without
21:51battles
21:54you have to learn every day
21:57to fight through life and make a
22:00determination that quitting is not an
22:02option for you
22:04you cannot break
22:06[Music]
22:07I want you to conclude this conclude
22:10this service today making a confession
22:12to yourself
22:14no matter what
22:16you are going to hold it together
22:23I can't tell you how many Sundays
22:26I am on this stage
22:29and I have to remember the call that's
22:31in my life
22:33it's not about you it's not about what
22:35you're going through somebody in the
22:37audience somebody's streaming is hanging
22:39on the word that God put in you so hold
22:42it together boy
22:44get out here and be what God has called
22:48you to be you're a pastor your job is to
22:51encourage those people forget about your
22:53issues forget about your problems that's
22:55irrelevant you are a man under an
22:58assignment and I've come by to tell you
23:00you are a person that's under an
23:02assignment and you've got to hold it
23:04together
23:05[Music]
23:07foreign
23:10ERS you gotta hold it together
23:14your kids depend on it
23:17I don't care if the man is not there
23:18hold it together single fathers hold it
23:21together I don't care how drama the
23:23woman is full of I don't care hold it
23:26together your business is failing hold
23:28it together I failed in this building
23:33don't tell me about failure
23:36I failed multiple times
23:38but I held it together
23:41I sat right in that front seat
23:45in 1997
23:48when I put a conference on in this
23:50building we didn't own it
23:52we rented it I lost a hundred and fifty
23:55thousand dollars it went down the drain
23:58and I sat there I'm talking about the
24:01devil speaking to your mind he told me
24:04don't you ever do something like that
24:06again you're stupid everybody in the
24:09community laughing at you now
24:11you talk about God told you to go rent
24:13this facility and have no conference and
24:15you spent all this church money and you
24:18lost it now you look like a big fool
24:22some of you are living
24:24because you don't want to
24:26for people to criticize you and laugh at
24:28you let them laugh
24:30I sat right there and when the devil
24:33told me
24:34you're a loser
24:36God whispered to me and he said do it
24:38again
24:39[Music]
24:40because it is in failing that you
24:45succeed
24:47and on this 23rd day of October 2022
24:54the building
24:55where I failed at
24:59the building that I did not own the
25:01church did not own it
25:03the devil laughed at me Who's Laughing
25:06Now
25:07[Applause]
25:14God used this Auditorium as a platform
25:18to show the devil
25:21when you hold it together
25:24[Music]
25:25you'll laugh at your enemies knock them
25:27laughing at you
25:30so I feel that God spoke to a few people
25:32in here today
25:33God spoke to a few of you streaming
25:36hold it together
25:39please you're too close
25:41to quit and lift your hands everybody
25:43those of you are streaming it's your
25:45antenna
25:46I'm going to pray with you now
25:48and then I release you
25:50and God knows I am eternally grateful
25:54for your patience
25:56it's 12 28.
25:58some people's anointing get lifted at 12
26:01o'clock
26:02but if you just hang in there with me
26:04I'm going to pray and release you
26:07father in the name of Jesus
26:10I'm so glad I listened to you this
26:13morning
26:14when in my mind I was battling should I
26:17still preach
26:19because of the hour
26:22but you spoke clearly to me and said do
26:25not worry about the time
26:29preach the word
26:33and the results prove it that somebody
26:35needed to hear this this morning
26:37[Music]
26:39somebody needed to be encouraged
26:44through their mind they hold it together
26:49because you before time held things
26:53together and all creation
26:57is in your control bless them you know
27:00exactly what they're going through
27:01individually and therefore if they put
27:04their trust in you I know all shall be
27:06well so father as I release them today
27:09I ask you in the mighty name of Jesus
27:12that you will meet them at the point of
27:14their need
27:16I pray for every woman every man every
27:18couple every business person every
27:21person with a crisis under the job every
27:23person dealing with and help the
27:25challenge every person in the hospital
27:26streaming right now every person at work
27:29every person at home somebody's even at
27:31brunch watching right now father in the
27:34name of Jesus
27:36whoever they are even students from the
27:39University of Fort Lauderdale many of
27:41them could connect with the sermon today
27:43because at some point in time they felt
27:47that they were breaking they were losing
27:49control or but you sent this word today
27:53to heal all of us
27:55even as spiritual leaders
27:59sometimes we get weak and sometimes we
28:01feel
28:03that it's not worth it what we're doing
28:07but somehow you've taught us to keep it
28:09together
28:10to hold it together I release your
28:13people
28:15to be blessed
28:17I pray that as we serve in different
28:19capacity every staff member backstage
28:22and Lord in the business office the
28:24front line workers on the outside of the
28:26inside
28:27every person every volunteer God you
28:31know what they're going through father I
28:33pray that they will hold things together
28:37thank you that you've reminded us once
28:39again that we too
28:41can walk in Victory
28:44so father I thank you for blessing your
28:47people today I thank you for anointing
28:49them I thank you that they have embraced
28:52this sermon
28:54and father we'll be careful to give you
28:56the honor the glory and the praise in
28:59Jesus name amen come on give him some
29:02praise if you received it amen
29:06I want to encourage you
29:09keep holding it together and the Lord
29:12bless you remember faith in your God
29:15will always move mountains out of your
29:19life have a great week we'll see you on
29:21Saturday God bless you we love you
29:24God bless you bless you bless you
29:28bless you bless you