Make Your Life Count
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 9/23/2022Genesis 12:2, Ephesians 2:10
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez encourages believers to recognize their divine identity as God's workmanship, urging them to overcome fear and temporary setbacks to fulfill their assignment of being a blessing to the world.
Key points
- •God created every individual as his workmanship with an intentional plan for greatness and good works before they were ever born.
- •Selfishness and isolation prevent you from fulfilling your purpose, which is to be a conduit of blessing to others in your sphere of influence.
- •Temporary circumstances, including trauma, health issues, and financial crises, should not lead to permanent consequences like quitting or despair.
- •Three primary obstacles that prevent a life from counting are fear of failure or opinions, a lack of self-confidence in one's God-given identity, and a lack of kingdom knowledge.
- •God often uses 'divine blocks' and personal losses to steer believers away from mistakes and toward a better, more significant future hidden in Christ.
Scripture
Purpose
Faith
Blessing
Perseverance
Spiritual Growth
Life application
This week, take a 'hard look' at your schedule and spiritual power level. Identify one area where fear or a lack of confidence has caused you to shrink back, and consciously choose to move forward, trusting that God has equipped you to handle the challenges he has permitted.
Reflection questions
- Am I currently living on '5 percent' spiritual power, or am I staying plugged into God to handle the journey ahead?
- Which of the speaker's six questions (e.g., 'Are you on schedule with where I want you to be?') convicts or encourages you the most right now?
- Can you identify a past 'loss' that you can now see was actually a 'setup' for something better from God?
- Who in your area of influence is waiting for you to become the blessing you were created to be?
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0:01foreign
0:07[Applause]
0:07[Music]
0:11on the subject make your life count
0:16make your life
0:19count
0:22I firmly believe that God sent me here
0:25today to
0:26clear up some things in your life some
0:29questions that you have concern in your
0:32own life
0:33Where You Are where you should be
0:37and what's your purpose here on the
0:40Earth
0:41I'm sent here to bring Clarity to that
0:46because you and only you have the
0:49ability and the responsibility to
0:52control the direction of your life only
0:55you
0:56you are the caretaker of your own life
1:00and Destiny
1:02therefore you must live in such a way
1:05that everything you do in life is geared
1:08toward making your life count
1:13everything you do
1:15must be geared toward making your life
1:17count
1:19become in that person of change becoming
1:23that person that God can use in your
1:27area of influence so let me remind you
1:30that
1:31it is no accident that God allowed you
1:34to enter your mother's womb and
1:37ultimately be birthed into the world
1:40it's not an accident according to
1:42Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 the Bible
1:45tells us that we are his workmanship
1:48created in Christ Jesus we are his
1:53workmanship
1:55in other words God went through uh you
2:00know a huge extent if you will to create
2:03you he took time out to form you
2:08you are according to the word of God his
2:11workmanship
2:13created the Bible says in Christ Jesus
2:16for good works not bad works
2:19we were never created to perform bad
2:24yet we do at times
2:27but according to what the word of God is
2:29saying about our assignment on the earth
2:31is simply this we were created to do
2:35good that's what the word of God says
2:38because according to the word which was
2:40prepared beforehand
2:43in other words beforehand before you
2:46were formed in your mother's womb God
2:49ordained it that you do good works so
2:52your pursuit in life should always be
2:54about doing good
2:58it's your god-given nature it is the
3:01will of God for your life there is a
3:04purpose for you being on the earth and
3:06although the issues of life may
3:08sometimes cause you to feel that you
3:12would rather die
3:14but you would rather die and not go
3:17through the issues of life
3:19you know I'm here today to tell you that
3:23that is not a good way of looking at at
3:26your purpose in life sometimes you
3:28always want to think that everything
3:30that's coming at you is to beat you up
3:32and is to is to suppress you and to to
3:36make you a failure but you cannot look
3:38at life that way you cannot look at the
3:41issues of life and say that you rather
3:44not be here you'd rather die and go to
3:48heaven because you think that is your
3:50way of solving your problems
3:53you can't think that checking out of
3:55here is solving your problems because
3:58the truth is my brothers and sisters
4:00those feelings are not if they are not
4:03immediately denounced
4:05they will cause you to lose out on what
4:09life has to offer you
4:12whenever you feel
4:14that life is coming at you too much
4:17and it's too much to deal with the the
4:20drama the trauma that's in your life
4:23your health issues issues with your
4:26family
4:27issues in your love life issues in your
4:30marriage issues with your finances your
4:33career your job your place of business
4:35Society maybe even issues with the
4:38church whenever you feel bombarded or
4:40overwhelmed with those issues
4:43and and you embrace them and and you
4:46think that you know what I I just rather
4:48die whenever you start having those
4:50feelings
4:53life is going to rob you of your best
4:56self
4:59because the enemy will corner you and
5:01get you to a place
5:03where you feel isolated
5:05Suicidal Thoughts starts coming in low
5:09self-esteem a sense of worthlessness
5:13that you don't belong here
5:15do not allow life to rob you of the
5:19things that God has in stored for you I
5:23want you to listen to what Genesis 12
5:25verse 2 says
5:27it says and I will make you a great
5:31nation
5:32and I will bless you and make your name
5:35great so that you will be a blessing now
5:39there are four things I'd like to point
5:42out here from that verse number one it
5:45says we are made to be great
5:50God says I'll make you a great nation
5:54you're a part of his Nation
5:57he said I'll make you it's not a mistake
6:01it is not an accident while you are on
6:04the planet God said when I put you here
6:06before I formed you and put you in your
6:08mother's womb I'm going to make you a
6:10great person
6:12so he says in this verse Genesis 12 2
6:15we are made to be great so say it with
6:19me I am made to be great
6:23come on say it again I'm made to be
6:25great
6:26second thing in the verse it says that
6:28we are blessed to be great we are made
6:32we are created formed to be great and
6:36then we are blessed or anointed to be
6:40great
6:42that's powerful
6:45so because you are created to be great
6:48God then empowers you to be great and if
6:52you ever get a hold of that Revelation
6:55you'll walk around on the planet
6:57understanding that you are equipped to
6:59be great
7:01you're equipped to be a good man you're
7:04equipped to be a mighty man of Valor
7:06you're equipped to be a great brother a
7:09great father your Crypt to be a great
7:12husband a great boyfriend you're
7:14equipped to be a great woman a great
7:16mother a great wife a great sister
7:17you're equipped we are equipped equipped
7:21to be great because we are blessed to be
7:23great
7:25then he says our name which is our
7:28identity is great
7:31the name you carry
7:33you carry you walk around with a name
7:36I'm not talking about your first name my
7:38name is Henry your name whatever your
7:40first name is I'm not really talking
7:42about that
7:43because you know you know some of the
7:45parents you know I don't know what they
7:46were thinking when they were naming
7:47something was I don't know I don't know
7:49yeah let me just get off on that subject
7:51there for a moment
7:52but I'm not talking about your name I'm
7:55talking about who you were created to be
7:59that God blessed you before you were
8:03born
8:05placed you in your mother's womb and
8:08said I bless you
8:12I said man if you ever get a hold of
8:15that you'll start walking around this
8:17planet understanding that your identity
8:21is great that you're a child of the most
8:24high God you're anointed from the crown
8:27of your head to the soles of your feet
8:29you're equipped you are empowered to do
8:32great
8:35you're empowered to do great and then it
8:38says we are blessed to be a blessing we
8:42are blessed to be a blessing we are
8:45blessed to be a blessing we are so
8:48equipped and so anointed that that God
8:51says beyond what I've put in you I put
8:56overflow in you that you cannot contain
8:59all the blessing that I've given you I
9:03want you to pour some of it out of you
9:05into others
9:10that's why selfishness is something that
9:13God doesn't like
9:16when we are selfish and self-centered we
9:19keep things to ourself it it evolves
9:22around us
9:24and God has created you to influence
9:27others
9:28[Music]
9:30but on top of being blessed
9:32you have the ability
9:34to be a blessing to others
9:38so in fact my brothers and sisters
9:41that's one of the reasons you are so
9:44needed in the Earth
9:47you possess an anointing to be a
9:52blessing to the people in your area of
9:56influence
9:58you may sometimes feel like checking out
10:02of here I want to just depart the world
10:05but you cannot afford to die before you
10:10finish your assignment before you
10:13release the blessings that God's put in
10:16you to others
10:21you cannot allow circumstances and
10:25situations of life to deprive you of
10:28living your best life and fulfilling
10:31your responsibility to help others
10:34do not let circumstances deprive you of
10:37being your best self
10:40the thing that you're troubled by right
10:42now the thing that you are upset about
10:44the thing that that you're depressed
10:47over the thing that you're worried about
10:48right now don't don't you understand
10:50it's a temporary thing
10:52[Music]
10:54why are you going to allow temporary
10:56situations to cause you to have
10:59permanent consequences
11:03trouble don't last always
11:06feelings don't last always
11:09God has created you to be greater so
11:12listen everyone no matter who you are
11:18no matter the the challenges you will
11:20encounter in life regardless of whatever
11:24you've encountered in life during your
11:27lifetime I want you to know that God is
11:31with you and you must make your life
11:34count
11:37you must make your life count wherever
11:40you are right now I don't care how
11:42broken you are I don't care how fragile
11:44you are I don't care how disappointed
11:46you are I don't care how messed up you
11:48are you've got to make your life count
11:51you've got to pick up the broken pieces
11:54and you've got to stand tall and you've
11:56got to say I cannot fix the past I
11:59cannot take care of that that's in the
12:01past but I have made a decision today
12:04that I am going to live my best life now
12:08for the glory of God I've got a bright
12:11future and I know I'm going to step into
12:13my future with greatness I know I'm
12:16going to step into my future because God
12:19has promised me a good future am I
12:21talking to anybody in the house or
12:23streaming today
12:26thank you
12:29see how you handle
12:31the challenges of life will determine
12:33whether or not
12:35you'll make your life count
12:37how you handle the challenges of life
12:40right now will determine will you make
12:43your life count so what if you got
12:45disappointed
12:48so what if you had some failures
12:52so what if people turned their backs on
12:54you
12:55so what if you were criticized whether
12:58it was justified or unjustified
13:02so what if you became a failure so what
13:05if if you had a lot of losses
13:08my question to you today
13:11are you choosing to have a pity party
13:14over your life
13:16are you choosing to uh kind of reflect
13:20on what should have taken place and what
13:22didn't take place in your life are you
13:25going to make a decision to say once God
13:28is in my life once I put my life into
13:32his hands I believe I can step out of
13:35this and I believe I can become greater
13:37I believe that God has better for me is
13:41there anybody out there who believes
13:43that God has better for you
13:50the Bible tells us in First Corinthians
13:527 verse 17 each one of you and I love
13:55this you got to hear this man it says
13:58each of you should continue to listen or
14:03to live I should say in whatever
14:05situation the Lord has placed you in
14:10love this he says each of you should
14:13continue to live in whatever situation
14:15the Lord has placed you and remain as
14:20you were when God first called you do
14:23not let situation change your faith in
14:27God do not let circumstances weaken your
14:31beliefs in God
14:33don't
14:35remain steadfast
14:37remain faithful
14:40remain hopeful
14:42it says here that you should continue to
14:46live in whatever situation God will
14:49place you in some circumstances you may
14:52not have the answer to why
14:55but if he placed you in them
14:57then you have to remain faithful
14:59according to the word of God here
15:02and the Bible says this is what we ought
15:05to be teaching to the churches
15:07this is the word we ought to be teaching
15:09to the churches in other words Paul is
15:11saying that we must make our lives count
15:14by accepting what life gives us and live
15:18in those situations by faith
15:22wouldn't it be wonderful wouldn't it be
15:24wonderful that in the year of transition
15:27we could all exchange problems
15:33wouldn't it be wonderful if I give you
15:36my problems I take yours would it be
15:39wonderful if we could walk around the
15:41planet and pick and choose the problems
15:43we will have
15:46come on now just think for a moment
15:47wouldn't be wonderful if we had the
15:49ability to to choose whatever problems
15:52we want to deal with
15:54I mean I certainly won't be choosing
15:56some of the problems I'm dealing with
15:58right now
16:00I mean the only problem I think I would
16:05have in the world is that you you know I
16:08don't have access to all the money
16:11come on work with me here
16:13I certainly wouldn't choose the problems
16:15I have right now
16:17but that's not a reality
16:20we are to accept the problems that God
16:24allow us to live in
16:26because he will never give you more than
16:30what you can bear
16:35now I want to read that same verse in a
16:38different translation First Corinthians
16:407 verse 17 the new King James version
16:44says
16:46But as God has distributed to each one
16:52to each one to each one to each one
16:57he has chosen to give you your sex male
17:01or female
17:03he has chosen to place you where you
17:06were born originally
17:08he has placed you with your personality
17:10type your blood type
17:13you know certain special features about
17:17you he he has chosen God has distributed
17:21to you all of those things
17:23also the situations of life
17:29he chose to put you in that bad
17:31relationship
17:36he chose
17:38for you to be in that Health crisis
17:42he chose for you to be in that financial
17:45crisis
17:49he chose for you to deal with that that
17:52that business that's failing
17:55because it says it says according to the
17:57verse here but as God has distributed uh
18:01uh to each one as the Lord has called
18:04each one he called you he equipped you
18:07and he has put purpose in you
18:11according to that it says so let him
18:15walk walk into your purpose walk through
18:20what God has assigned you to
18:25walk through you're going through it
18:27listen to me honey you're going through
18:29it walk through the situations that God
18:32has assigned you to that's why you need
18:35to take your nose out of people's
18:37business and deal with your own trauma
18:41that's it
18:43because the problems you've got to deal
18:46with you've got to walk through it by
18:48yourself with you and God you can get
18:51through it are you hearing me
18:53so let me share with you three things
18:55that I am convinced
18:57will prevent you from making your life
19:00count these things will prevent you from
19:03making your life count number one fear
19:07fear will make you miss out on what God
19:12has for you I'm talking about being
19:14afraid of failure or the uh negative
19:19opinions of others
19:22fear
19:24it's unbelievable
19:27how fear has gripped the hearts of so
19:30many people
19:32we're fearful
19:34we're we're living in fear we don't even
19:36want to own up to it
19:39and fear will cause you not to make your
19:43life count
19:45when God is challenging you to take big
19:47steps
19:49big steps
19:51watch this when God is challenging you
19:54to take steps that requires him
20:00to help you
20:01because the move you're about to make
20:05is going to violate every Common Sense
20:08principle
20:11you see the law of gravity says there's
20:14a stage here
20:15I can stand on it it's normal
20:19this is normal for me to walk
20:22but the law of gravity says I cannot
20:27walk on air
20:31the law of gravity said to Peter when
20:34Jesus said to him come
20:37Peter at first was I'm human beings are
20:42not supposed to walk
20:44on water
20:46a boat can float on water but to walk
20:50you can swim
20:52you can float but you can't walk
20:55God will push you to do things
21:00that will force you out of the natural
21:03Realm oh
21:07is anybody hearing me fear number two
21:10lack of self-confidence
21:13this is when you are not sure of who you
21:16are and the abilities you possess
21:19when you don't know who you are
21:21when you're not sure of the abilities
21:24you possess
21:26you lose self-confidence you lose the
21:28ability to believe that I can do all
21:31things
21:32through Christ who gives me the strength
21:35and number three
21:37when you lack knowledge
21:40by that I mean
21:42you're not being exposed to information
21:44outside of your circle that could
21:47potentially change your life for the
21:49better I can't tell you how many people
21:53have boxed themselves
21:56into
21:58a circle
22:00of limited information
22:04and if you're not willing to step out
22:06and to learn and to gain knowledge the
22:10Bible says in all thy get and get
22:11understanding the reason is you can gain
22:14everything else in the world and if you
22:16don't have the knowledge of how to deal
22:18with it and maintain it
22:20you're going to lose it
22:23that's why knowledge is so important
22:25that's why you know I I tell the younger
22:28generation I says look you can't always
22:30go by your feelings
22:34you can't always go by your feelings
22:37and you can't always just go by what you
22:40can acquire in life
22:42you need knowledge
22:45what's the purpose of certain things in
22:47your life you've got to ask yourself
22:48that question
22:50so in these three things
22:53I believe you know if these three things
22:56any one of these three things or all
22:58three have dominated your life
23:01then your life will be meaningless
23:04you see you can never become your best
23:06self when you don't know who you are
23:10you can never
23:12it's impossible to become your best self
23:15when you don't know who you are when you
23:16have little or no self-confidence
23:19when you are fearful of failure and
23:23fearful of what people may think of you
23:25and the people that you may let down
23:27when you don't make the effort to seek
23:31the wisdom of God
23:33to make your life count you're going to
23:36have to take a long hard look at
23:40yourself and answer a few serious
23:42questions
23:45you can't just keep coming to church
23:47keep declaring that you're a Christian
23:49and keep reading your Bible if you're
23:51reading your Bible you can't keep
23:53professing that you are a child of the
23:57most high God that you're a peculiar
23:59person a holy person a royal priesthood
24:02if you're living beneath your privileges
24:10and God sent me here today to tell you
24:12who are in the building those of you are
24:14streaming that you can be better you can
24:17be greater
24:20you can transition from where you are
24:22now to something greater to make your
24:25life count you're going to have to take
24:28that hard look at yourself my brothers
24:29and sisters
24:31you have to
24:34and then you you have to answer a couple
24:36of questions here
24:38and I hope that you'll be truthful
24:41in answering these questions what if God
24:45would walk into this room today
24:48and what if God would stand on this
24:50stage you're out there whether you're
24:52streaming or you're in uh the audience
24:54there what if God was to ask you these
24:57very important six questions what if he
25:01was to ask you these questions today
25:03number one do you know do you know do
25:09you know who I have created you to be
25:14God's speaking
25:16do you know who I have created you to be
25:22because you're not
25:25what you think you are
25:28you are not who you think you are
25:31failure
25:33you are not do you really know who I've
25:35created you to be
25:37second question
25:38are you that person
25:41and if you're not what you believe God
25:43has created you to be what changes are
25:45you going to make
25:48think about that for a moment
25:50do you know me do you know me God's
25:53speaking do you know me or do you just
25:56know about me
25:59there's a difference
26:01do you know me or do you just go to
26:03church and whatever the pastor says
26:04that's as much as you know about me do
26:07you really do you have a an experience
26:11with God because ladies and gentlemen
26:13until you have an experience with God
26:16you will always waver you will always be
26:20shaky in your thinking unstable but
26:24anytime anytime you have a Divine
26:27encounter with God nobody can cause you
26:30to turn your back on God
26:34when you have a personal Encounter With
26:36Jesus Christ
26:38church folks can act funny
26:40you won't turn your back on God people
26:43can say well there is no God you won't
26:46turn your back on God because you know
26:48him for yourself
26:51oh somebody ought to give God a praise
26:53here today
26:56next question
26:57[Applause]
26:59are you on schedule
27:02with where I want you to be
27:05are you on schedule where I wanted to be
27:10it's 2022.
27:13are you exactly where I want you to be
27:17are you off schedule
27:19think about that
27:21and if we be honest a whole lot of us
27:22we're off schedule real bad
27:25I mean don't even look at your neighbor
27:27look at yourself
27:30you are off schedule real bad
27:34real bad
27:37and don't listen it ain't no 12 months
27:41some of us are off schedule 5 10 15
27:43years
27:46real bad
27:48number five
27:50are you performing at your best self
27:55are you performing at your best self
27:58number six how are you handling the
28:01challenges I have remember the scripture
28:04I have permitted to enter your life
28:09how are you handling those challenges
28:13are you getting angry are you getting
28:15upset
28:16are you getting frustrated
28:19are you quitting
28:22have you quit
28:25how are you handling those things that I
28:27have permitted in your life
28:32you see answering each of these
28:34questions truthfully will help you to
28:36become your best self if you lie to
28:39yourself
28:41and don't truthfully own up to answering
28:46each of those questions
28:48honestly fully or truthfully then you
28:51know what you're not you'll never be
28:53your best self
28:55because maybe this is the reason why the
28:57church's losses influence over the world
29:00we have lost our influence over the
29:02world and we've lost becoming our best
29:05self because we are a bunch of people
29:08trying to impress others and at times
29:12we've become
29:13our own destructive selves because we
29:18seek only our own self-interest
29:22that's it
29:24we're not the PowerHouse that God has
29:28called us to be
29:30we lack
29:31the power and the anointing
29:34so we perform
29:36to a certain degree maybe 50 percent 70
29:40percent but we are not fully charged
29:44we're not
29:46it's amazing how we pay attention to our
29:50telephone and our tablets and we watch
29:53that little uh thing there you know
29:55indicator up there that tells us how how
29:59much we are charged it tells us you are
30:0172 right now I'm 72 percent charged
30:07and we watch this when when we go to our
30:10bed at night we watch it because we're
30:12going to plug it into the wall because
30:14we want to be at a hundred percent and
30:17you know if you're about to travel
30:20what do you do
30:23you make sure you have enough power in
30:26your phone
30:27why is it you are traveling in life and
30:31you don't ensure that you are stayed
30:34powered up
30:37that's silly
30:39because if you're traveling one of the
30:41worst thing is to be at a place where
30:43you have no power
30:46and you want to use your phone it has
30:48happened to me many times
30:51I I I'm there and I forgot to charge my
30:56phone
30:56and I need to communicate
30:59and there's no worse feelings than to
31:02see five percent
31:10five percent and you've got a long way
31:13to go
31:14and you're at five percent can I just be
31:17honest to some of you some of you have
31:19got a long way to go but you're
31:21operating on a small percentage of your
31:24faith oh
31:28and you're going to run out you're going
31:30to run out of Hope
31:32you're going to run out of faith
31:35when you're not fully charged or powered
31:37up
31:39so in conclusion today I want you to
31:42become your best self I want you to
31:45trust what God is doing in your life
31:48I want you to play your role follow the
31:51script that he has given you and play
31:53your role on the Earth
31:55and as Christians
31:57if we fail in our duties
32:00and don't make our life counts for the
32:02glory of God
32:03we're going to suffer the consequences
32:05thereof
32:07we have to make our life count it's the
32:11only way to honor and to please God
32:14final scripture Ephesians chapter 2
32:16verse 8 to verse 10. the Bible says for
32:19by Grace you have been saved through
32:22faith and this is not your own doing it
32:25is the gift of God so for those of us
32:27who brag and boast and talk about we've
32:29been in church 50 years 30 years 10
32:30years and because we know we've got a
32:33title or whatever it may be and we think
32:35that's what's cutting it Paul is saying
32:37listen we're saved by the grace of God
32:43laughs
32:46we're in this building today we got our
32:48suits on our nice outfits on and we're
32:51looking wonderful but don't you ever
32:54make the mistake and think just because
32:56you look like a Christian
33:01meaning that you're one
33:06don't you ever think for one moment that
33:10it is your posture that makes you a
33:13believer
33:15you're not saved because you don't wear
33:17makeup
33:26you're not saved because you go natural
33:30[Music]
33:33you're not saved because you speak in
33:35tongues
33:37you're not saved because you wear long
33:40dresses and nothing below above your
33:42knee
33:46you are not saved just because you wear
33:48loose clothes and not tight ones
33:52okay
33:55boy I got some folks mad right now
34:02Paul listen quit boasting about all of
34:04that trash
34:05that doesn't make you a born again you
34:08are saved because God decided to love
34:11you in your mess
34:14glory to God
34:17that's what makes you born again
34:20[Music]
34:21it's a gift somebody say I received the
34:23gift
34:25then verse 10 says not a result of your
34:28works it's nothing you do so quit
34:32bragging about what you do for the
34:33church
34:35stop it it's your reasonable service
34:40and then verse 10 I love it
34:42that's where I took my
34:45uh Foundation of scripture from
34:48for we are his workmanship
34:52where his workmanship
34:54and we are created
34:57in Christ in in Christ Jesus
35:02the only way
35:04we can make our life count
35:08it is when we are hidden in him
35:11is when we do things his way
35:16is when we follow the pattern of Christ
35:20it is when we live for his glory
35:23is when we make a decision to say
35:27I'll follow you God where you lead me
35:31my flesh is wrestling against it and I
35:34it because it doesn't make sense
35:36I'll follow you where you lead me
35:39[Music]
35:41you're telling me to trust you
35:44and don't fight it
35:46with my flesh
35:49and Lord I I trust you
35:52that I can make my life count
35:55by not calculating things the way I see
35:59them
36:03not saying okay
36:06I make a move here
36:08and if I study and get my degree
36:13then I land me a job
36:15then I'll
36:16make this much money
36:19then I get married here
36:21then I have children here
36:24I got money here
36:25go on vacation here
36:28maybe I open a business here
36:31and then after that I opened a business
36:33then okay
36:36I may win the lottery here
36:38and if I win the lottery here I may meet
36:42some good friends over here
36:44you know and and retire this age and
36:51all of us have our plans
36:53[Music]
36:54but if it's not done in Christ Jesus
36:59yeah
37:01your plans won't be established my
37:03friends
37:06could be ruined that's why you panic
37:09when the board shifts
37:11when Satan like the game of chest right
37:14Satan comes and he does things and you
37:17lose a couple of things and you're
37:19panicking over the losses
37:22no life is not like that
37:25life has to be where you're hidden in
37:28him
37:31so that
37:33if you lose some things
37:36you know it is for the glory of God
37:38like Tracy said all the losses she's had
37:43she could panic
37:46she could panic over it
37:49but she knew
37:51her faith was in Christ
37:54she said I gave I believe his word
37:58and I'm just going to trust the process
38:01she had no idea listen
38:05I'm glad you didn't get what you wanted
38:08[Applause]
38:13you better be glad that God Blocked It
38:22you better be glad that God Blocked that
38:25thing
38:27because had you went out and gotten it
38:29you would be crying today
38:33so many of you the losses you have had
38:36was a setup
38:38for something greater
38:40[Applause]
38:43I don't know who I'm preaching to
38:45[Music]
38:46you couldn't see it you couldn't see it
38:49but God would block some things
38:52and pull some stuff away from you to
38:56show you I got better for you bow your
38:58heads with me
39:00father thank you
39:02thank you for this word today
39:06I don't know who needed to hear it
39:10but I released it
39:13but God I ask you today
39:16that you will speak to people are
39:17streaming
39:19people in this building today and help
39:21them to understand
39:23that they have to make
39:25this season of their lives count not
39:28tomorrow not next year now
39:33take full advantage of it
39:36do what it takes to transform
39:39their life
39:41by making sure
39:43they're hidden in you
39:47I don't know who is in this room God is
39:50disappointed
39:52over some losses they've had
39:55but you sent me here today to encourage
39:57them to let them know
39:59better is on the way
40:02better
40:03[Music]
40:05but in the meantime you just have to
40:08make their life count right now
40:12I bless them
40:14I blessed them today whoever's dream in
40:17God as their Post in this word spoke to
40:20me this word spoke to me this was my
40:22word go ahead and post that this is my
40:24word this was my word today go ahead
40:26this was my word today if God spoke to
40:28you today
40:29[Music]
40:30I want you to respond and for those of
40:33you in the building this shouldn't take
40:35more than five minutes
40:37if you really believe that you truly
40:39want to make your life count and you've
40:42had a lot of losses and somehow you're
40:45willing to say God I am going to recover
40:47everything that the enemy stole from me
40:50that I'm supposed to have and not only
40:53that I'm going after everything that I
40:55have yet to achieve
40:57if that's you you know I believe in
40:59prayer
41:00you know I believe in prayer there's
41:03something about when we come together
41:04and we pray together I want to pray for
41:07you today if you say Pastor I want my
41:10life to count I've had so many many
41:14obstacles but I want you to pray with me
41:16move from your seat really quick we can
41:18do five minutes it can only take five
41:20minutes I want you to get down here
41:22really quick you got to make your life
41:24count you got to make your life count
41:26you got to make your life count this is
41:28the moment this is the moment as you're
41:30streaming come on type that's it that
41:32word was for me that word was for me
41:34that word was for me that word was for
41:37me I got to make my life count worship
41:39leaders come on I gotta make my life
41:41count I gotta make my life count come on
41:43come on make your way down quickly
41:45quickly quickly quickly quickly quickly
41:48quickly
41:49come on make that decision to be
41:53whatever God has ordained you to be come
41:56on sing it sing it
41:59I'll say yes
42:01Hallelujah
42:02[Music]
42:04Lord I agree do you agree
42:06[Music]
42:09created you to be great
42:12come on let's worship everybody
42:14[Music]
42:24that's what I have come on would you
42:27lift your hands and let's sing it I will
42:29be come on let's make that confession
42:32I will be
42:37say yes I'll say yes Lord hallelujah
43:01foreign
43:06[Applause]
43:10[Music]
43:41One More Time come on let's sing it I
43:45believe
44:14foreign
44:20just before I pray with you and those of
44:23you who are streaming
44:25I truly hope
44:28this message today really hit home
44:33only you and you
44:37are responsible for the destiny of your
44:40life
44:43so many times we put that responsibility
44:45on people
44:47but only you sir
44:50and while we are so caught up and
44:52worried about what people think
44:55and giving people power
45:00to really make us feel that we will
45:04never become what God has called us to
45:06be and sometimes calls causes people's
45:09behavior to interrupt our purpose
45:12I'm telling you today
45:15you need to make a decision
45:18that you're going to make your life
45:20count yeah listen to me whenever you
45:23make that decision here's a couple of
45:24things that's going to happen and you've
45:25got to be prepared for this that's why
45:27you need self-confidence I spoke about
45:29that in the sermon the moment you decide
45:32to make your life count
45:34I promise you here's what's going to
45:37happen you ready for this
45:39you're going to lose some people
45:40[Music]
45:43if you're not ready
45:45[Music]
45:46you're going to lose some people
45:50because some people don't want to change
45:54and they don't want you to change
45:57let me say it again some people don't
45:59want to change
46:00and some people don't want you to change
46:03so if you're going to make your life
46:04count if you're going to take ownership
46:06now and say you know what I see my
46:08future I know what God has in store for
46:10me I see my best days ahead of me
46:14the moment you focus on that you're
46:16going to lose some people
46:18and guess what number two and this is
46:21also equally as hard and difficult like
46:23the first one
46:24are you ready for this
46:26you are going to feel lonely
46:31like you're in this by yourself
46:35it's okay
46:37it's okay listen to me the road to
46:40success is a lonely path
46:45I know we always would like people you
46:49know like the queen who just recently
46:51died we couldn't imagine you sit there
46:53and you see people idolizing these
46:55people and so forth wouldn't it be
46:56wonderful you wake up every day and
46:59there's people just lined up on the
47:01pathway of your life waving to you Queen
47:03whatever your name is
47:06ever your name wouldn't be wonderful if
47:08you if if people would just applaud you
47:12you say you did well that would be great
47:17but I've discovered
47:19when you are serious about making your
47:21life count
47:22[Music]
47:23Ries
47:25sometimes the people you expect to
47:26applaud you
47:30said in traps for you
47:33ah y'all not ready for this
47:37it's a lonely road
47:39[Music]
47:40and you have to be prepared to go it
47:42alone and by the way you're not alone
47:46you've got the heavenly father with you
47:49you're not alone
47:52let me pray with you and those of you
47:54are streaming lift your hands all over
47:55everybody in the auditorium would you
47:57just stand if you don't mind and let's
47:59just do this together as we close out
48:01the service Lord your people are before
48:04you today
48:06they saw the need to step out of their
48:09seats get down the aisles
48:13wrap themself around this stage
48:16because they're confessing they want to
48:18be their best self
48:20they want to be their best self
48:24I pray in the name of Jesus
48:27that you'll begin to touch bless
48:31anoint them give them the strength
48:33to go this journey with you alone
48:38because if you are with them who can be
48:40against them
48:42I speak into the life of every man today
48:45that God that they will become their
48:48best self that God is their streaming
48:51that they will make their life count
48:53every woman in this Auditorium Every
48:56Woman streaming they'll make their life
48:58count God they'll become their best self
49:00I speak it I release every spirit of
49:03fear from them now and father I declare
49:07that they will become the great woman
49:09the great man that you've called them to
49:11be yes they've had some setbacks yes
49:14we've all made mistakes yes God we've
49:17all missed the mark but in the name of
49:19Jesus every young lady a rep who wrapped
49:23herself around this altar are those who
49:26are streaming every young lady who felt
49:28that you've made mistakes who felt that
49:30she's gone so far in life that she
49:33cannot return to normalcy in the name of
49:35Jesus I declare that God you have
49:38anointed her and she will surpass all of
49:41her failures and she will be come great
49:43every man father who've made mistakes in
49:46the name of Jesus I pray that father he
49:49will see himself redeem powerful God may
49:52have seen many examples of other men
49:55other men who have had some horrible
49:57past but God you bless them and you've
50:00touched them and father they've become
50:02Mighty Men God in society and in the
50:05kingdom and in the name of Jesus I pray
50:07over their lives today
50:09that the world will experience a great
50:13man a great woman because you have
50:15anointed them because they have stood
50:17the test and they have been faithful to
50:19you bless them now I pray and father as
50:23I release them and is on this day we
50:25celebrate and mem and commemorate
50:28September the 11th
50:30many years ago when the Twin Towers were
50:34destroyed so many lives were lost
50:36touched the family members who are still
50:39remembering on this day when their
50:41families left their homes
50:43never to return
50:45we have compassion on them Holy Spirit
50:48Comfort them I pray Comfort this world
50:51Comfort this world Comfort the United
50:54States Lord as we remember
50:58this horrible incident that took place
51:00in New York City blessed Lord and we
51:03thank you that as we prepare ourselves
51:05to go ready for service on Wednesday in
51:09person may your Holy Spirit Minister may
51:13your people see the need of coming to
51:15church or streaming on Wednesday and to
51:17hear a powerful word from you again and
51:20we give you all the praise the honor the
51:22glory in Jesus name amen come on would
51:26you praise him today
51:28amen
51:30God bless you I'm going to release you
51:33if you're staying for prayer just sit in
51:34your seat and the Lord bless you faith
51:36and your God will always move mountains
51:39out of your life if you have not yet
51:40given you're watching online please
51:43follow the instructions there and sow
51:45your best seed into the kingdom of God
51:47God bless you amen if you want to hang
51:50out with us in prayer please
51:52be seated and I'll be right back out to
51:55go into prayer with you God bless you
51:57worship team take it from here
51:59[Music]
52:02thank you
52:04foreign
52:06[Music]