Make the Move
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 12/14/2025Luke 10:19, Galatians 3:13
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to stop spiritualizing stagnation and 'make the move' toward full obedience, letting go of the past and aligning their actions with the authority Christ has already given them.
Key points
- •God has already provided believers with authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall harm those who walk in that authority.
- •Christ has rescued believers from the curse of the law; therefore, stagnant lives are often the result of choice rather than demonic spells or generational curses.
- •Delayed obedience leads to spiritual stagnation, emotional frustration, and financial limitations.
- •Success requires re-evaluating your inner circle to ensure you are surrounded by 'rooftop friends' who will carry you into the presence of Jesus.
- •The enemy uses persuasion rather than possession to convince believers they are cursed or that God is not listening.
Scripture
Obedience
Authority
Faith
Purpose
Discipleship
Life application
Identify one area where you have been delaying obedience to God and take the first concrete step toward action this week, rather than waiting for 'perfect' conditions.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life have you been 'staying in the boat' instead of stepping out like Peter?
- Are the people in your inner circle carrying you closer to Jesus or blocking your access to Him?
- What lies has the enemy used to persuade you that you are under a curse or that your past is punishing you?
- How can you shift your daily confession to align with God's Word rather than your current emotions?
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0:00There's something very unique about
0:02today's service. I don't know if you're
0:04sensing what I'm sensing.
0:08Everything seems to be connected.
0:11When Minister
0:13uh
0:16Caleb
0:18was praying,
0:20he prayed some specific things
0:24that we didn't discuss backstage or
0:27anything like that.
0:29There's something Pastor Kevin said at
0:31the beginning of the service that just
0:35connected everything together. And then
0:38just before I walked out and I gave you
0:40that word,
0:43you know, stop worrying about what God's
0:45already fixed,
0:48it just tied into this passage of
0:51scripture.
0:54Luke 10:19,
0:57the amplified version says, "Listen
1:01carefully.
1:03>> I have given you authority
1:07over all the power of the enemy
1:13>> and nothing
1:15>> shall in any way harm you."
1:20>> I want to read it again.
1:22He says, "Listen carefully. Don't get
1:25distracted.
1:27>> Don't let the enemy take this word from
1:29you.
1:31I've given you authority.
1:34You're not a weak person."
1:38In reality, you're not lacking anything
1:41because God says, "I've given you
1:44authority over all the power of the
1:47enemy and nothing." Somebody shout
1:51>> nothing
1:54>> shall in any way
1:57>> harm you. Father we thank you
2:00>> for the word that has the power to
2:03transform usth. Bless your servant now.
2:06Bless those who will hear the word today
2:10in Jesus name. Amen. Please be seated in
2:14the presence of the Lord.
2:17I just want to take a few minutes to
2:19challenge all of you on the subject make
2:24the move.
2:26>> That's it.
2:28>> Just make the move.
2:32>> And you say, "PASTOR, WHAT ARE YOU
2:34TALKING ABOUT?" CUZ YOU SEE, SOME OF YOU
2:36ARE just stagnant.
2:40And as you come to the close of another
2:42year, you are asking yourself and other
2:46people why you are still in the position
2:51that you're in. And that's because you
2:53refuse
2:55to make the move. Recently, a gentleman
2:58approached me with deep frustration. You
3:02could tell he was frustrated. He said he
3:06doesn't believe that God is listening to
3:09his prayers.
3:12Said, "I don't think God is hearing me
3:14and that he's doing everything right."
3:18Said, "Pastor, I'm doing everything
3:20right.
3:22Why am I struggling in my life and
3:25especially why am I struggling in my
3:28finances?"
3:30And [snorts] so I believe many of you
3:32who are on campus or those of you are
3:34online can relate to this gentleman.
3:39And if we're honest, there are moments
3:41when all of us at times we feel like God
3:45is silent,
3:47right? He's not talking to us. That
3:50heaven is closed, that our prayers are
3:53delayed, and our past is what? Punishing
3:58us. How many you believe that at times
4:01the past mistakes, the stuff you have
4:03done in the past, it's coming to haunt
4:06you today. And some of you have even
4:09convinced yourself that I must be under
4:13a curse.
4:16You've assumed that you are cursed, that
4:20God somehow is punishing you with a
4:23curse. But I've come today with an
4:26assignment by the Holy Spirit to tell
4:29you, you're not under a curse.
4:32>> In fact, you are called.
4:37>> You're not cursed. You are called. And I
4:39want you to hear me clearly this day and
4:42receive this in your spirit that you are
4:46not under a curse. That you are not
4:48forgotten. And that God heard every
4:51prayer you prayed. every prayer you
4:55pray. Look at what Galatians 3:13 says.
4:59It says, "Christ has rescued us from the
5:03curse pronounced by the law,
5:07he took upon himself the curse."
5:11>> So every curse that is in the natural
5:15realm, the Bible says God has rescued
5:18us. That's why we're going to celebrate
5:20Christmas. BECAUSE GOD SO LOVED the
5:24world that was under a CURSE THAT HE
5:27GAVE US HIS SON TO BREAK THE CURSE.
5:32>> So we're no longer under that curse.
5:36If Christ then redeemed you, then no
5:39curse has the legal authority
5:42over you.
5:45>> Are you hearing me this morning?
5:48What's been stopping you? AND I WANT YOU
5:49TO HEAR THIS. What's been stopping you
5:52is not a demon. It's not a demon. Stop
5:56spiritualizing and saying everything is
5:58a demon in your life. It's not a demon.
6:01It's not even a generational curse. It's
6:04not even an evil person. Some of you
6:07need to stop walking around and giving
6:09people THE CREDIT THAT THEY HAVE put
6:11some spell on you.
6:14If you're a CHILD OF GOD, NOBODY ON THIS
6:16PLANET GOT THE POWER TO PUT A SPELL on
6:19you.
6:21[applause]
6:22>> Are you hearing me this morning?
6:24>> YOU SEE, THE GREATEST OPPOSITION TO YOUR
6:27future is an unmoved
6:30you.
6:35>> IT'S WHEN YOU REFUSE TO MOVE.
6:37>> IT'S WHEN YOU REFUSE TO ACT UPON the
6:40word of God. And you see the devil keep
6:43telling you lies and telling you that
6:46you're cursed,
6:48that you uh are dysfunctional and and
6:51that your past is catching up to you.
6:54That is a lie. Because the plan of the
6:56enemy is not possession. It's
7:00persuasion.
7:02>> Wow. If he can kind of convince you that
7:07you're cursed, that God's not listening
7:10to you, that you're going to die that
7:13way, your circumstances will not change,
7:16then he would do damage to your life and
7:20prohibit you from walking into your
7:22future. John 8:44 tells us there is no
7:27truth in him, him, the devil.
7:31So for those of you who've made friends
7:33with the devil,
7:34>> he doesn't like you.
7:37>> He's a thief.
7:39>> He put thoughts in your mind
7:42>> to convince you not to believe the word
7:45of God. The Bible says when he lies, it
7:49is consistent with his character. Do you
7:53know anybody? Come on now. Do you know
7:55anybody? Anybody that you can actually
7:59say they have a lying character?
8:06>> They just lie.
8:09I mean, they just walk up to you and and
8:11and you didn't ask them nothing. Oh, I
8:14went to Paris.
8:17They ain't never left Fort Lauderdale.
8:24They just lie.
8:26>> That's the devil. That's the pattern of
8:29the devil. Satan convinces believers,
8:31watch this, to close their hearts.
8:35>> Delay obedience.
8:38>> You know, you going to obey God next
8:40week.
8:40>> Wow.
8:41>> You you you can give him your life next
8:44year.
8:45>> Delay obedience. You know, don't worry
8:48about it. I I know you're supposed to
8:50fully surrender to God, but you got some
8:52stuff you got to fix first.
8:55>> You You got TO FIX IT FIRST before you
8:59come to God. Might I suggest to you that
9:02that's that's that's the dumbest thing
9:03I've ever heard. IF YOU CAN FIX STUFF
9:06BEFORE you go to God, why do you need
9:09God?
9:14>> You need him because he's the one who
9:16can fix things.
9:18Satan also convinced believers to fear
9:22commitment. [clears throat]
9:23Commitment. Commitment. Fear it. Well, I
9:27if I commit to it, I it's the unknown.
9:30Some of us have been so robbed by the
9:34devil because we are afraid to step into
9:37the unknown.
9:41>> Because you didn't know the results of
9:45your actions. You didn't take action.
9:49>> And you're still stuck.
9:52>> The breakthrough you could have had long
9:55time.
9:56>> The miracle was there long time. All God
9:59was asking you to do, make the move.
10:04>> Make the move. Remember the story of
10:06Jesus and and and when he he came up to
10:09the disciples on the boat and and they
10:11saw him and they said, "Oh, it looks
10:13like a ghost." But Peter looked out and
10:16said, "No, it sounds like Jesus and he
10:18looks like Jesus." And then Jesus said,
10:20"Peter,
10:22come.
10:24Come, [clears throat] Peter." AND PETER
10:27PERHAPS FOR A MOMENT HESITATED, BUT HE
10:30knew if he just do exactly what the
10:34master says
10:36that he'll get good results. And the
10:38Bible says Peter just stepped
10:41completely out of the boat and witnessed
10:44a miracle. How many times God have said
10:48to you, "Come,
10:51come to me all those who are heavy
10:56>> burden.
10:59>> Heavy with your stress. Give it to me.
11:04But no, you heard him, but you stood in
11:08the boat like the other disciples.
11:11>> You just stood there. And some of you
11:13are standing by in life watching other
11:16people getting blessed.
11:19>> And some of you are so crazy enough,
11:21you're not only watching them getting
11:23blessed, but you're now gossiping and
11:25backbiting and [music] dogging them out
11:28>> for getting blessed.
11:31>> Change.
11:32move. If they moved and something
11:35happened, you can move too because God
11:37is no respector
11:40of persons. Are you hear me this
11:42morning? Satan also lies to the
11:46believer, convincing them to to stay
11:50passive.
11:52Some of you, listen now, I've come this
11:54morning, man, to upset some of you, man.
11:56To get to get you, man. Look, look you,
12:00this this season of your life, this
12:02ain't no time for you to be acting cute.
12:12>> In fact, this is no time for you to be
12:14acting and playing it safe.
12:16>> All right.
12:19If you if you going to give God
12:21everything, might as well you go ahead
12:23and give it to him now,
12:25>> cuz you've tried everything else and it
12:29didn't work. Can somebody give God a
12:31praise in the house?
12:33[applause]
12:35>> You see, when your heart is closed, you
12:38stop making big moves.
12:41Some of you have been wounded and
12:43broken. Your heart has been damaged, so
12:46you stop making big moves. So today, I
12:49want you to make the move to become the
12:51best version of yourself and walk in the
12:55will of God.
12:57>> You're not where you're supposed to be.
13:02>> You're not at your best.
13:04>> You are you are actually displaying what
13:07you're thinking.
13:12You the person you are today is based on
13:15your limited thinking.
13:19>> It is based on what people have spoken
13:22about you.
13:24>> It is based on the limitations society
13:27has placed on you.
13:29>> You're not your best self. Be honest.
13:33>> You are not your best self. Yeah.
13:37>> And I really do BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
13:39LOOKING DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND HE'S
13:41looking at you and he's LITERALLY
13:44DISAPPOINTED because he knows who he
13:48made.
13:52>> HE NEVER MADE A WEAK PERSON.
13:55>> He never made a loser. Wow.
13:59>> HE MADE SOMEONE WITH THE ABILITY TO
14:03BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES,
14:08>> but you're limiting yourself.
14:11>> So, it's time
14:13that you get your life in order.
14:19>> You got just a few more days left for
14:21this year. Get your life back in order.
14:24>> Tap your neighbor and say, "Get your
14:25life back in order.
14:28They they didn't believe you. They
14:29didn't believe you. They're kind of
14:31acting strange now because the word is
14:33hitting them right between the eyes.
14:36Find another neighbor who kind of like
14:38you and tell them it's time you get your
14:41life in order.
14:47>> You see, GOD IS NOT CALLING YOU to
14:50action
14:52>> or God is I should say he's calling you
14:54to action, not emotion.
14:57Let me say that again.
14:59>> God is calling you to action,
15:04>> not emotion,
15:06>> it's time to act. It's time to move.
15:09>> It's time not to get your emotions in in
15:13THE WAY OF BLOCKING WHAT GOD IS TRYING
15:16TO DO. THIS IS THIS IS NOT ABOUT
15:18FEELINGS RIGHT NOW.
15:21>> It's about acting.
15:23James 1:22 says, "Don't just listen to
15:27God's word. You must do what it says."
15:32>> So, here's the move God is calling you
15:35to make. Number one, let go of the past.
15:42>> Make the move to let go of the past.
15:46Isaiah 43:18
15:48and 19. Forget the former things. I'm
15:52doing a new thing.
15:54>> Why Why are you still rehearsing
15:57stuff that happened
15:59years ago?
16:03>> Why are you still carrying in your purse
16:05dead things?
16:11>> Why are you carrying dead things in your
16:13wallet?
16:17Why are you walking around
16:20smelling like dead people?
16:26>> Let it go.
16:32>> Glory to God. Let it go. Let go the
16:35past. Let go THE FAILURE. LET GO
16:38WHATEVER IT IS. LET it go. Somebody
16:42shout, "Let it go."
16:44>> Let it go. Just let it go. Why? Because
16:48you will never see the new while you're
16:50still holding on to the old.
16:54[applause] Just let it go.
16:57Let it go, man.
16:59>> Number two,
17:03I love this man. You got to re-evaluate
17:06your circle.
17:09Yes.
17:11>> One of the reasons why some of you
17:13cannot move is you've been hanging
17:15around the wrong group of people.
17:22>> Got to re-evaluate your circle. Who's in
17:24your circle? First Corinthians 15:33. If
17:28you read the word of God, it will guide
17:29you. Paul says, "Bad company corrupts
17:32good
17:33>> character."
17:37My grandma used to say, "You hang around
17:40dogs, you catch fleas."
17:49>> Next, you got to renew your mind. Romans
17:5112:2, "Be transformed by the renewing of
17:55your mind." Next, YOU GOT TO OBEY GOD'S
17:59WORD. Deuteronomy 28:1-2
18:02it says if you IF YOU FULLY fully didn't
18:07say if you obey because some of us will
18:09obey
18:12>> partially
18:15think about it remember the gentleman
18:18who asked me in the first part of the
18:20message he said he said I've done
18:22everything
18:24right
18:27but I still struggle there's the ways.
18:30And this is my answer to him. I said,
18:32first of all, doing everything right
18:34doesn't exempt you from problems.
18:40>> So, let's just get that straight. The
18:42Bible says many of the afflictions of
18:44the of not the unrighteous.
18:48>> So, just because you're born again
18:50doesn't mean that you're exempt from
18:51problems,
18:54>> right? So, get that straight. Secondly,
18:57I told the gentleman, I said, "One of
18:59the things you got to understand, man,
19:01is that when it comes to you doing
19:04things, so many times we convince
19:06ourselves that we've done everything
19:08right
19:10when that's a lie."
19:14>> Because if you check it out, since
19:16January of this year, have you really
19:18done everything right?
19:21Cuz
19:23if you're telling me you've done
19:25everything right, but God's not honoring
19:27his word, that mean he God becomes a
19:30liar.
19:34>> See, the problem is, watch this. We want
19:37to obey him 50%.
19:40>> But we want the full blessing.
19:47Yes sir.
19:48>> And the word of God, the the the
19:50manifestation of it is based on, watch
19:53this. It's based on condition.
19:57>> IF YOU FULLY OBEY,
20:00>> fully obey,
20:03>> blessings will overtake you.
20:07>> That's if you fully obey. So don't blame
20:10God for where you are
20:13>> when you know you have not fully obeyed
20:15him.
20:17>> How was your prayer life since January?
20:21>> How many scriptures have you read since
20:23January?
20:25>> How many individuals have you witnessed
20:28to and led them to Christ?
20:31>> Come on now. And you say you've done
20:32everything. How many people have you
20:34forgiven?
20:38who have offended you.
20:40>> Well, yeah, I fully obey.
20:44H
20:44>> how many cursed words have you said this
20:47year?
20:52>> Come on now. Let's reason together.
20:57>> Man, you should see the looks on some of
20:58y'all faces looking at me like,
21:02think about that.
21:05this the the secret stuff that we have
21:08done.
21:09>> And we said we have fully obeyed. No.
21:12>> Next, we must trust God fully. Proverbs
21:1535 and six, trust in the Lord with all
21:19all of your heart.
21:22>> Don't say, "I trust God, but go home and
21:25worry and fret."
21:27or when things don't happen in your
21:29time, you get frustrated and angry at
21:32God and you don't serve him anymore.
21:35>> Yes, sir.
21:36>> And some of you, some of you are
21:38treating God the way you used to treat
21:41your boyfriend in high school.
21:46>> Say, "How is that, pastor?"
21:48>> Cuz when he don't do what you want him
21:51to do when you want him to do it, you
21:53get mad. You don't want to talk to him
21:55no more. You don't go to church no more.
21:57Your cup and attitude and so forth.
22:06>> Anyway, I'm still going to preach. I
22:07don't care what you say.
22:10Psalm 91 assures us of God's covering.
22:13But notice the condition. Psalm 91 1 and
22:16two, it says, "Those who live, those who
22:20live in the shelter
22:23>> of the most high,
22:25will find rest.
22:29>> If you if you're under the shelter of
22:31God,
22:33>> you're in his word every day. You're
22:35going to find rest, my friends. You see,
22:37protection belongs to those who live,
22:41not visit God.
22:45>> Those people who allow God to live on
22:48the inside of them. I'm not talking
22:49about visiting. Oh, well, you know,
22:52Sunday morning, we put on our robe of
22:54righteousness.
22:58>> So, as we close 2025,
23:02>> please change your confession to one
23:06that is in alignment with God's word.
23:11God told me to tell you today, stop
23:14saying I'm cursed.
23:17>> Stop saying my family is cursed.
23:20Stop saying bad things always happen to
23:24me. Stop it. Stop saying fear AND
23:30ANXIETY IS CONTROLLING ME. STOP IT.
23:35Because the words you speak
23:38>> have power. Death and life are in the
23:42power of your tongue. THE SAME ENERGY
23:46YOU USE TO SAY, "I'm cursed." Uh, MY
23:50FAMILY'S CURSED. BAD THINGS ALWAYS
23:52HAPPEN TO ME. I'm so fearful. I'm full
23:55of anxiety. Turn your language and begin
23:58to say, "I'm blessed. My family is
24:02blessed.
24:03GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW ME ALL
24:06THE DAYS OF my life
24:10>> because your words are either
24:13reinforcing lies
24:16>> or releasing faith.
24:19It's all up to you.
24:21>> So, here are three wisdom gems I want to
24:24leave you with and I'll pray for you
24:26this morning that will change your life
24:28forever. Number one, obedience always
24:31produces uh excuse me, disobedience
24:34always produces failure.
24:38>> Always.
24:39>> You keep disobeying God in every area of
24:42your life, I promise you, it's going to
24:44produce failure because you're not
24:45smarter than God.
24:47>> Amen.
24:48When he tells you to do certain things,
24:50just do it.
24:52>> Obedience doesn't just affect one area
24:55of your life, but it affects everything.
24:58Joshua 18, be careful to obey. Then you
25:02will prosper. Then you be careful to
25:03obey. Then you will prosper and succeed.
25:06Because obedience or disobedience, I
25:09should say, damages your personal
25:11growth, your relationships,
25:14and your finances.
25:17Yes. When you disobey God,
25:20your personal life suffers,
25:23your relationship suffers.
25:26Whether you're dating, about to date, or
25:29you're married, parenting, when you
25:32disobey God in every role, what is your
25:36role as the male in that relationship?
25:39When you don't follow God's instruction,
25:41how do you expect the relationship to
25:43survive
25:45>> when God is not a part of it? When
25:47what's driving your relationship is your
25:50emotions
25:52and what's trending in society?
25:55>> Come on now.
25:58Number two, failure to move will leave
26:00you bankrupt.
26:04>> This is what I want to leave you with.
26:06When you fail to move, when God says
26:08move, it's going to leave you bankrupt.
26:10When God says move and you hesitate,
26:12everything suffers. Uh Ecclesiastes
26:1611:4, it says those who wait FOR PERFECT
26:19CONDITION never get anything done.
26:27>> Well, I just I I I just wait till I feel
26:30better. I I I I I'm waiting for uh 2026
26:35to come. I'm waiting for New Year's Eve
26:36to come cuz I know Bishop going to go up
26:38there and going to declare what the new
26:40theme is going to be for 26 and I'm
26:42going to make all these New Year's
26:43resolution. I tell you what, I'm going
26:45to wait for the eight days of fasting
26:47and prayer.
26:52Some of you are waiting until you feel
26:55better.
26:58Waiting on thing until things shift in
27:00your life. Oh, I'm going to wait.
27:04I'm going to wait until I hit the
27:05lottery.
27:13If I can just hit the lottery big
27:16I'm waiting till somebody dies. You know
27:18there people waiting till somebody
27:26to get blessed. If you keep waiting for
27:29the perfect condition,
27:32>> you're going to suffer.
27:34>> You see, delayed obedience produces,
27:37watch this, spiritual stagnation,
27:40>> emotional frustration, and financial
27:44limitations.
27:45>> Amen.
27:47>> Let me say that again.
27:49Delayed obedience produces spiritual
27:53stagnation.
27:56God's been telling you, "Hey, turn your
27:58life over to me.
28:02Stop wasting time.
28:05You know what you're doing is not right.
28:09It's time you go into the kingdom, but
28:12no, [snorts] I'm just going to wait."
28:15Spiritual stagnation. And you get
28:18comfortable with it. That you become
28:21numb. that when you hear somebody say
28:23it's time you surrender to God, you
28:25know, because we're all going to die and
28:27we're going to stand before God and it
28:30becomes so
28:33like a just just a bunch of noise. You
28:35tune it out now. There's no more
28:38conviction in your heart. Never get to
28:41the place that when you hear God speak
28:44to you about saying yes to him, you
28:49brush it off. That's dangerous.
28:53>> That's dangerous.
28:55>> Because you may not make it tonight.
28:59>> I'm closing.
29:03You may not even make
29:06make it to the end of this year. I'm not
29:10I'm not trying to scare you. I'm I'm not
29:12trying to intimidate you. I'm telling
29:15you today, you may not make it by
29:20December 31st.
29:25>> Delayed obedience
29:28creates spiritual stagnation
29:32where YOU GET COMFORTABLY IN THE CHURCH.
29:34No more conviction.
29:37>> WHERE CHURCH BECOMES THE PLACE THAT
29:39SATISFIES YOU INSTEAD OF YOU worshiping
29:43God.
29:45SPIRITUAL STAGNATION WHERE YOU can come
29:48into the presence of God and feel
29:51nothing.
29:55>> Delayed obedience produces emotional
29:58frustration. Don't you see how
29:59frustrated you are?
30:02>> You're edgy.
30:05>> You snap. Yeah. You snap easily.
30:08>> Snap at everybody
30:10>> and everybody else is the problem.
30:12You're just frustrated.
30:14>> Financial limitations.
30:17You're limited with your resources. And
30:20here's the truth. Here's the truth.
30:22Here's the truth. Mickey, I'm waiting on
30:24you. Here's the truth. Here's the truth.
30:29>> It's not that you don't make money.
30:37>> Please keep that lady in the service
30:39every Sunday. I like her.
30:41Thank you for backing me up. I I'm
30:44telling you,
30:45>> only one person saying amen now.
30:50>> It's not that we don't make it. We are
30:53poor managers of what God has given us.
30:58I don't need you to clap and say amen
31:00cuz you don't believe. I'm telling you,
31:02if we manage our resources better, some
31:04of the frustration we put on ourselves,
31:08>> we wouldn't cuz some of the stuff we
31:10purchase,
31:11>> we know we can't afford it.
31:14>> But we got to flow with the system.
31:18>> I say the last one and I leave you
31:19alone. Number three, know who will block
31:24you from your blessing
31:26>> versus who will carry you to it.
31:34I need you to make the move. I need you
31:36to make the move. I need you to make the
31:37move. Know
31:39>> who will block you from your blessing
31:43versus who will carry you. In Mark
31:46chapter 2, we have a paralyzed guy.
31:52Remember one of the things I said
31:54before, some of you are hanging around
31:57people who instead of helping you,
32:00they're killing you.
32:05>> This paralyzed man needed a healing.
32:10>> And the Bible says he got he had some
32:12friends.
32:14>> See, those are the kind of friends I
32:15want man.
32:17>> Come on, man.
32:19>> I I I don't want friends when When I'm
32:22down and I'm out, you're quick to bury
32:25me.
32:27>> The Bible says these guys went to Jesus
32:31cuz they heard Jesus. He's a miracle
32:33worker.
32:34>> He's the one who can heal.
32:36>> And they grab their friend and say,
32:38"Come, let's carry him to Jesus."
32:42>> Think about that.
32:43>> Don't you want people in your life that
32:46when you're in need, they carry you to
32:48the one
32:53And the Bible says when they got to the
32:55house where Jesus was, there was so many
32:57people at the house, there was so many
32:59people at the house that they couldn't
33:01get in.
33:03>> And I love these guys, man. These
33:05friends, they didn't stop there.
33:09>> THEY COULD HAVE SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? WE
33:11CAN'T GET INTO THE HOUSE. I'm not the
33:13one who need the healing. You know what?
33:15Come, let's go home. Let's take him back
33:17home." No. They were so persistent. They
33:20say, "No, we came here for our friend to
33:24be healed and to be delivered, and we're
33:28not leaving this place until my friend
33:31get healed and delivered." How would you
33:34like to have some friends in your life
33:37who will say, "We're not going to leave
33:40you until God bless you."
33:44>> THOSE ARE THE KIND OF FRIENDS we want.
33:48And the Bible says they came up with an
33:51idea.
33:52>> They went on the roof.
33:54>> Woo. Glory to God.
33:56>> I want me rooftop friends.
34:00>> That's what I want.
34:02>> And they went on the roof AND CUT A HOLE
34:05IN THE ROOF. AND PUT THAT PARALYZED
34:09friend on A ROPE AND DROPPED HIM RIGHT
34:13in the middle of where Jesus was
34:16standing and teaching.
34:20>> In this season of your life, you need to
34:21make the move.
34:24>> And you need to find friends
34:26>> who will put you in the presence of God
34:29and not outside of his presence.
34:33Are you hearing me today?
34:36So the question I have for you today is
34:39will you make the move?
34:43>> You say pastor, make the move to do
34:45what?
34:46>> Just say yes to God.
34:49>> I'm tired of fighting life on my own.
34:52>> Would you just say Lord I surrender
34:53everything over to you?
34:56>> Will you make the move
34:58>> to say, God, I'm going to do life with
35:00you.
35:02>> I'm going to pray. First person I talk
35:05to every day, it's got to be you.
35:08>> I'm going to make the move to surrender
35:10my will. I know my emotions. I know how
35:12I feel. I'm making the move, God. I
35:15turned every my heart. I want to open up
35:17my heart and give it to you, God,
35:21because I don't want to miss another
35:24moment.
35:26I don't want to be hanging around the
35:28wrong crowd
35:30>> that instead of dropping me in your
35:32presence, they drop me in the presence
35:34of hell.
35:37>> It's either Jesus
35:39>> or hell.
35:41>> I know we don't like to hear the word
35:43hell no more,
35:46>> but you're either going to find yourself
35:47in the presence of Jesus,
35:51>> in the presence of hell. Bow your heads
35:52with me. Hallelujah.
35:55>> I don't know who you are in this room
35:57this morning,
35:59>> but one thing I can promise you, you're
36:01not going to leave this church today
36:04>> and say God never spoke to you.
36:08>> That he never gave you an opportunity.
36:10He did.
36:12Will you obey?
36:15That's the challenge.
36:17Will you obey?
36:20Will you say, "Yes, Lord, I turn my life
36:22over to you. Would you, Lord, I give my
36:26finances to you?
36:28I start with you.
36:31You want to do something new in my life
36:33financially. So God, you know what? I've
36:35been holding back on these funds. I've
36:37been doing whatever I want to do. I
36:39spend money foolishly and and I'm not a
36:42good manager of it. Make the move this
36:44morning. And say, Lord, here I am
36:48>> to worship you
36:50>> in spirit and in truth. [music]
36:53I give you my life.
36:56I give you every decision I make.
36:59I give you my resources. I give it to
37:02you
37:04because I want to see a change in my
37:08life.
37:10Father, I pray this morning for every
37:13man, every woman
37:16who's under the sound of my voice today
37:20who've been procrastinating
37:24for whatever reason.
37:28They're not listening to you.
37:31They're embracing everything outside of
37:33your word.
37:36You've challenged them this morning to
37:38make the move,
37:40to make 2026
37:42a different year.
37:45You're challenging them to have a big
37:46heart, a heart that will be passionate
37:50for you and your word.
37:53And you're telling them, change their
37:56company.
37:58Be careful of the conversations they're
37:59having.
38:02Be careful of the places they put
38:04themselves
38:06and be careful of who's carrying them.
38:13>> Because the only thing that's preventing
38:15them from experiencing miracles
38:21is that they're stagnant.
38:24They're living in stagnation.
38:28[music] They're not making the right
38:29moves today.
38:32We surrender it all to you.
38:35We give it all to you. And we ask that
38:37you will strengthen them. That they'll
38:41make the move today.
38:44And Father, [music] we give you praise
38:47for those who want to say yes to you
38:51by giving their lives to you and become
38:55a part of kingdom culture. May they
38:59confess with their mouth and believe in
39:02their heart the Lord Jesus Christ. If
39:05that's you this morning and
39:07you want to make that move in
39:10surrendering your life to him, it's very
39:12simple.
39:14You pray to God. You ask him to forgive
39:16you.
39:18You read your Bible every day. Keep
39:20going to church. You need church. Trust
39:22me. You need to assemble yourself with
39:25your brothers and sisters to be taught
39:27the word of God and to [music] mature.
39:31If you're ready, would you repeat after
39:32me? Lord Jesus,
39:33>> Lord Jesus,
39:34>> I'm a sinner.
39:35>> I'm a s
39:36>> I repent of my sins.
39:38>> I repent of my s
39:39>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
39:41>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
39:44>> And today I'm born again.
39:47>> In Jesus name.
39:48>> In Jesus name.
39:50>> Amen. Come on, let's welcome those
39:52people to the family of