Just Start
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 8/16/2022psalm 34
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez encourages believers to break out of spiritual and physical stagnation by simply starting the work God has prompted them to do, moving past fear and procrastination to embrace their divine purpose.
Key points
- •Fear and procrastination are tools used by the enemy to keep believers motionless and outside of their purpose.
- •Success in every season depends on maintaining a godly attitude: learning lessons in bad seasons and remaining thankful in good ones.
- •Being 'seated' in the right place matters; one must choose the counsel of God's Word over the deceptive comforts of the world's wisdom.
- •The process of progress starts with the simple act of moving, even when scared or lacking complete information.
- •Failure is not a dead end but a necessary part of the process that leads to ultimate success.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Holy Spirit
Spiritual Growth
Perseverance
Life application
Identify one area where you have been waiting for a 'sign' to act, and take a single concrete step toward that goal this week, trusting God to provide strength once you are in motion.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life are you currently in the 'on your mark' or 'set' position without actually running?
- Whose counsel are you currently 'seated' in - the Word of God or the opinions of negative, ungodly voices?
- How can you reframe a current struggle as a lesson rather than a reason to quit?
- What fears are preventing you from launching out into the new season God is prompting you toward?
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Full transcript
0:00praise if you're ready to receive it
0:02and be seated in the presence of the
0:04lord
0:05[Music]
0:07so i want to prompt you today
0:11to just start
0:13that's the
0:14message just
0:16start
0:18that's it
0:20god is speaking to you
0:23even in a space saturated with other
0:26voices
0:29their voice is speaking to you now
0:32their voice is saying to you ah
0:36it's too late
0:39you'll never achieve those things
0:41the voice is telling you don't even
0:43listen to that guy
0:47but he's got to tell you
0:49oh that's the church stuff
0:52the voice is telling you
0:54right now
0:55what the reason why you are where you
0:57are is because of so and so that person
1:00what they did to you
1:03or because you didn't grow up a certain
1:05way
1:06you didn't have certain opportunities
1:09voice is saying to you because of the
1:12pigmentation of your skin
1:14the color of your skin
1:17it's the reason why you have to go
1:18through certain things is the reason why
1:20you are where you are
1:22the voice is now saying to you because
1:25of certain experiences in life
1:28you are
1:29where you are
1:32but i believe that god has been
1:34prompting many of you
1:37to launch out
1:39and be
1:42launch out and be
1:44who he has called you to be
1:48launch out and be
1:51that successful man that successful
1:54woman launch out and become that
1:58influencer
2:00launch out and become that person who
2:03will change a generation god's been
2:06talking to you but for somehow
2:09or for some reason you are still trying
2:12to figure out
2:14how you're going to start whatever it is
2:18he's pushing you to do
2:22how do i do this
2:24how do i do what i feel
2:28that is on the inside of me some of you
2:31you are restless you're having some
2:34sleepless nights and somehow the spirit
2:37of god has created unsettling in your
2:40spirit and you know you know there's
2:43more to your life there's you know
2:45there's more that god is pushing you to
2:47do
2:48and somehow
2:51somehow god's pushing you to do certain
2:54things and it just don't seem to all be
2:58coming together because you're kind of
2:59confused you know because you're
3:02literally
3:03scared
3:07how much more pushing
3:10is it going to take before you start the
3:13process
3:14of getting to where god is taking you
3:18how much more pushing
3:21how much more signs do you need to see
3:25some of you lord if you just show me a
3:27sign okay he's shown you multiple signs
3:36he has shown you multiple signs and yes
3:40god wants to take you to great places
3:44maybe
3:46what is challenging for you is you
3:48struggle to decide what to do especially
3:52when you are switching from one season
3:55to the next from one season to the next
3:58that's where your struggle is no one can
4:00deny the fact that we are faced not only
4:03with challenging times but with
4:05unprecedented opportunities
4:08to advance our spiritual
4:11and physical and financial lives
4:15i know we're living in just uncertain
4:18times i get that
4:21there's a gloom in recession i get that
4:25but are you going to focus on a
4:26recession are you going to focus on what
4:29god has already declared in your life
4:34it's all about
4:36where you put your focus ladies and
4:38gentlemen
4:39there are so many opportunities out
4:41there for you to develop in your faith
4:44walk for you to experience god in ways
4:47that will blow your mind so that you
4:50will have a testimony or testimonies to
4:53share of the goodness of god so that
4:55other people may have a chance to
4:57believe in your god and come to know him
5:01god also wants to give you opportunities
5:03to experience him in the natural where
5:06you see the glory of god where you'll
5:09have a testimony just like these two
5:10women where god will move in your life
5:14because you trust him
5:17you trust him
5:20you trust him that he shall supply your
5:23every need
5:24i get it if listen if you've got a job
5:27that's making plenty of money and you
5:29can pay your bills and stack away cash
5:32god bless you maybe this sermon is not
5:34for you have fun go live your life put
5:37away your millions of dollars but
5:39everybody is not like you
5:43there's a few few people who are
5:45believing god for financial increase and
5:47don't know where the next dollar is
5:49coming from but i promise you the god
5:52that we serve is well able to blow your
5:56mind when it comes to supporting you
6:00[Applause]
6:04recently i told you
6:06that life consists of the good and the
6:08bad that regardless of what season
6:11you're in
6:12you must always you must always
6:17possess
6:18the courage to maintain
6:21optimism
6:23always
6:25if you find yourself in a bad season
6:27your response to that bad season should
6:30be
6:31what lessons
6:33can i learn
6:34from this situation
6:38what lessons
6:40your answer should be
6:41i will trust and i will have faith in
6:44god that he will help me to get through
6:47the situations successfully
6:51life consists of good bad
6:54when you're in the bad
6:56okay god what are you trying to tell me
6:59what did what are you trying to do to me
7:02i i'm in this situation
7:05i'm in this situation with my family and
7:07it's very bad and
7:10what are you trying to teach me god
7:13maybe i'm in the situation with my
7:14parents my parents are just crazy and
7:17you know doing things and okay
7:20what lessons are you trying to teach me
7:22god maybe maybe god's trying to teach
7:24you that okay all right
7:26sir
7:28you're in your teens maybe you're in
7:30your 20s maybe you're in college
7:34you see what your dad is doing
7:36it's bad
7:38it's affecting the family
7:41but son
7:43when you become a man
7:45that's what you're not supposed to do
7:50there are lessons in every bad thing
7:54when a mother is not functioning
7:56properly and doing her part or even in
7:59couples when couples don't live
8:02a good example of what marriage should
8:05be like
8:06it's bad
8:09but what you should do if you're seeking
8:11to be married
8:13why are you going to focus on child
8:14please they don't like they ain't happy
8:16together you know they're really not
8:18happy to get it there ain't no loving
8:20that why do that
8:22learn the lesson maybe god's trying to
8:24tell you
8:25when you get married
8:27don't do that
8:28[Music]
8:32it's what you focus on
8:35maybe you say well okay you know
8:37financially you know i mean lord you
8:39know man people you know we struggling
8:41and so forth
8:42maybe god's trying to tell you look at
8:44the good
8:46because
8:48if you say to yourself well you know
8:49what
8:50i know what it is to be broke or
8:53struggling financially
8:55but maybe god what you're trying to
8:57teach me
8:59is how to who thank you lord
9:02is how to manage one thousand dollars
9:05when there's a thirteen hundred dollar
9:07need
9:08because if i can somehow be creative
9:13in stretching a thousand
9:17to make sure it fits and somehow work a
9:20thirteen hundred dollar
9:22monthly budget
9:24that when god now gives me ten thousand
9:27because i manage little
9:30i won't waste a lot
9:32see some of us we waste so much because
9:36we've never managed little
9:40oh
9:42my god man this is getting so good
9:45you have to
9:47believe in the future and what the
9:49future
9:50can bring into your life
9:53you have to be that person that always
9:55pursued the goodness or the good if you
9:58will out of the bad
10:00and if you are in a bad situation should
10:02always respond to it what lessons can i
10:06learn
10:07how can i handle the conflict better how
10:10can i handle the relationship better how
10:13can i handle the transition better how
10:15can i handle the job interview better
10:19how can i handle my finances better
10:23you see
10:24whatever season you're in
10:27you need to be able to use wisdom and
10:29say god
10:30i'm in this season i have to make a move
10:34whether it's good or bad
10:36bad season good season i have to make a
10:38move you can't you cannot stay in the
10:40same position
10:42so god i need your wisdom teach me how
10:45to move in the season that i'm in
10:49so what about a good season whenever you
10:51find yourself in a good season your good
10:54season you should always have the
10:55attitude by thanking the lord by saying
10:58lord thank you for your faithfulness
11:00to the promises that you've made to me
11:03that god you will always grant me your
11:05loving kindness you'll always grant me
11:08your love and kindness i thank you you
11:09see in bad season i know we always want
11:12to pray and fast and and believe god we
11:14always want the prophet or the pastor to
11:16come and lay hands on us in bad season
11:19come on many of us we go to every
11:21revival in the city in bad season we
11:24write every tele evangelist in bad
11:26season we call all the intercessors
11:30what's your attitude in the good season
11:33what is your attitude when everything is
11:35working well for you
11:37what is your attitude when you know you
11:39got a good job you got a bit of money
11:41and you know everything is well your
11:43love life is wonderful your marriage is
11:45good you got a good boyfriend a good
11:47girlfriend
11:48you know wonderful or maybe you don't
11:49have nobody and you've satisfied being
11:51by yourself i mean when your season is
11:53wonderful what's your attitude in that
11:56season
11:58i hope
12:00that you will bless the lord at all
12:02times good or bad that you'll appreciate
12:05his kindness towards you
12:08you see you should always remain hopeful
12:10in every season
12:12thankfulness and hopefulness should
12:14always
12:15show in your attitude towards the season
12:18that you're going through
12:20regardless of what you are going through
12:23you should mirror the attitude of david
12:26what was david's attitude in psalm 34
12:28begin at verse 1.
12:30david said i will bless the lord at all
12:32times his praise shall continually be in
12:36my mouth my soul shall make her boast in
12:38the lord the humble shall hear thereof
12:41and be glad oh magnify the lord with me
12:44let us exalt his name together i sought
12:47the lord and he heard me and delivered
12:49me from all my fears they looked unto
12:53him
12:54and were enlightened they looked unto
12:57him and they were enlightened they
13:00looked unto him nobody else they looked
13:02to the heels from whence cometh their
13:04help and their faces were not ashamed
13:07anytime you look to god all the people
13:09who are wishing that you fail they're
13:11going to be embarrassed because you will
13:14not be ashamed
13:17there are some people i am telling you i
13:19don't know what it is about their
13:22character but there are some people
13:24they're sitting by every day waiting to
13:28hear the bad news that you failed
13:30but when your eyes are fixed on jesus
13:35glory to god
13:37when you know in whom you believe
13:41god's not going to let you be ashamed
13:43verse 4 says this poor man cried and the
13:47lord heard him i'm so glad when we cry
13:50out to god that god will hear us and
13:53save him out of all of his troubles oh
13:56somebody say all
13:58the angel of the lord and camping around
14:00about them that fear him and and deliver
14:02them oh taste and see that the lord is
14:05good blessed is the man that trusted in
14:09him but i want you to pay attention to
14:11verse 4 especially that part it says i
14:14sought the lord i seek
14:17i seek after god and he heard me
14:22that's where i want you to focus on this
14:25morning
14:27who are you seeking
14:31because be careful what you pursue you
14:33may get the spirit of that pursuit
14:38if you're pursuing god you'll get the
14:40spirit of god on you
14:43and we're the the where you go in the
14:46presence of the lord and wherever his
14:48presence is there's what fullness
14:50of joy
14:52so be careful what you're pursuing
14:54you see seeking god's help to better
14:57manage the issues of life is exactly
14:59what god wants you to do
15:01and trust me he will answer you by
15:04responding in a favorable manner
15:07and his answer comes with deliverance
15:10that's what the scripture says his
15:12answer will come with deliverance this
15:15is how you get rid of fear that tends to
15:17intimidate you and at times tries to
15:21cause you not to forgive yourself and
15:23even others for the results of your life
15:26i'm going to show it to you because you
15:27need to understand that fear comes to
15:30intimidate you and if you're not careful
15:32the fear of the past the fear of the
15:35present and the fear of the future
15:38will prohibit you
15:40from pursuing the things that god has
15:43for you first thing you must do you must
15:46seek the lord so he can help you in the
15:49area that you are scared
15:52in the area where you somehow
15:54possess fear you got to go after god
15:57got to be honest you got to say god you
15:59know the truth is what i'm hearing you
16:01telling me the things that i feel deep
16:04in my spirit you know that good feeling
16:06man i know you're telling me to do this
16:09but i'm literally scared god please help
16:11me
16:13help me how to deal with my insecurities
16:18help me how to deal with it god
16:20help me out a deal with that fear of
16:23being able to speak up
16:26and to truthfully express myself
16:29help me to deal with that fear
16:31with that person who's trying to
16:33intimidate me could be that supervisor
16:35on the job
16:37that person is trying to intimidate you
16:39to back you against the wall listen to
16:41me i don't know who this is for i just
16:43heard the holy spirit dropped it into me
16:45the the the resistance you are feeling
16:47something is pushing you up against the
16:50wall and the purpose for it is to get
16:53you frustrated so you quit
16:59because whenever you quit
17:00you walk outside of your purpose if god
17:03put you on the path for something
17:06so that you pursue something the enemy's
17:08job is to stop you so he's going to use
17:12anything in anybody
17:14to stop you so the resistance and the
17:16attack that you're feeling is to push
17:19you against the wall so that you be
17:21fearful and you get flustered and you're
17:24willing to quit so you walk away from
17:26the job where god placed you
17:28you walk away from the relationship he
17:30placed you in or you don't run to the
17:33relationship he's pushing you in
17:39you're hesitant because you've got
17:42options
17:43be careful the danger with options is
17:47it can confuse you to the point where
17:49you're motionless
17:57see some of you think oh i got options
17:59so i'm great i must be nice i must be
18:01great i must be handsome must be sexy i
18:02must be wonderful really
18:08if you don't have wisdom to discern
18:11what should i do your options can
18:14confuse you where you may have options
18:16but you're stuck
18:20[Applause]
18:21i don't know who that was for
18:25but you have to trust god the answer
18:29god will give it to you if you put your
18:31faith in him you got to seek the lord
18:34for help and let go of the past and move
18:38forward to the greater things that god
18:40has in store for you however fear and
18:43procrastination will hold you back and
18:46cause you to miss out on what god has
18:49for you so therefore
18:51it's time
18:53to get moving
18:56get moving
19:00do me a favor you don't have to touch
19:02them because i don't know who's got
19:03kovid but just look at them and just
19:06tell them move
19:09see some of you don't even want to talk
19:10to the person
19:13some of you need to type as you're
19:14streaming move
19:17what are you saying pastor move from
19:19where you are just
19:22start
19:24that's all you got to do
19:25i'm scared but i got to move
19:28i'm scared but i gotta take a step of
19:31faith i'm scared but i gotta move to my
19:34future just move
19:38let me explain to some of you
19:41how
19:42not
19:44to
19:47walk into
19:48the trap that the enemy has set for you
19:52how dangerous that can be
19:55then let me explain why
19:57some of you have not achieved the level
20:00of success god intended for you to have
20:03in this stage of your life i want to
20:06demonstrate that would you bring the
20:07chairs out for me please
20:10i want to demonstrate
20:13how confusing the options
20:16in life can be thank you right there
20:18how the options in life can be and how
20:21it can mess you up
20:25because you've got to understand
20:28that the holy spirit
20:31is always
20:33always
20:34pushing you
20:36to make a move
20:39always
20:42always pushing you to make a move
20:45towards somewhere
20:49but also
20:52the enemy of your soul satan
20:55is always trying to find a way
20:58to push you
21:00to move
21:03in his direction
21:06you see
21:08this is where satan knows you struggle
21:12it is
21:14the season
21:17of decision
21:20how do you make a decision
21:23when is the right time
21:25should i
21:26trust and just
21:28take a leap of faith and launch out just
21:31hey
21:33swim or drown
21:35i'm just going to do it i'm going to
21:37start that business
21:39i'm going to
21:40try dating again
21:43i'm gonna try have that baby again
21:46had two miscarriages but i'm gonna try
21:48it again doctors told me i can't have it
21:51i'm gonna try it again
21:54satan will always say i have to try that
21:56don't do that don't do he's always but
21:58when he doesn't succeed watch this when
22:00he doesn't succeed
22:02in getting you to move
22:04because if you move to god's will he'll
22:07find a way to to make the process hard
22:10for you to get there
22:13but if he can't stop you from
22:16going
22:17to the will of god where he'll make the
22:20process harder
22:22and if he can't get you to come in his
22:24direction he'll get you to do nothing
22:29because either way
22:31you're not making progress
22:33that's his goal
22:36that's his goal
22:39make no progress
22:43because god is not a god
22:47that doesn't show
22:49progress
22:51he wants you to succeed
22:54so satan has developed a plan that many
22:57of you have no insight of
23:00that he's getting you
23:02to be in a motionless position
23:06because the holy spirit has prompted you
23:09but somehow you keep choosing to yield
23:12to the counsel of the kingdom of
23:15darkness psalm 1 1 says blessed
23:19bless bless bless
23:21listen
23:22bless
23:23there is an opportunity for you to be
23:25blessed but who gets blessed
23:28happy fortunate prosperous and
23:32favored by god is the man who does not
23:36walk in the
23:38counsel
23:40of the ungodly
23:45the man who decides he's
23:47going to walk in the counsel of god
23:51is blessed
23:54the opposite is true if you decide to
23:56walk in the counsel in other words the
23:58voices you hear
24:01that's leading you away from the will of
24:03god if you follow according to the word
24:05of god following their advice and
24:08examples
24:10so satan will get you to a place where
24:13you have
24:14to make a decision
24:17but he wants you to make a decision
24:19where you go get seated in the counsel
24:22of his advice and examples
24:25now watch this here's the scary thing
24:26about it
24:28satan is cunning and he's subtle
24:32he will make the two destinations look
24:35the same
24:42there's no difference between these two
24:44chairs
24:45i could have chosen a different chair
24:48to use in one of these positions but you
24:51have to be
24:52listen you have to have the spirit of
24:54discernment
24:57because some of the things
25:00we start doing and pursuing
25:04looks like
25:06it's the will of god
25:08and we get seated in the counsel
25:12of
25:13the ungodly
25:15and we find comfort in it thinking that
25:18we're there and here's the question you
25:20won't find out
25:22until
25:24nothing has been produced here
25:27you won't find out
25:29until when you're attacked
25:32what's your attitude like
25:34because where you're seated where you're
25:35seated there's no foundation
25:38to govern by or to govern your attitude
25:41by there's no foundation you can be
25:44seated on that when you have it within
25:47you to respond
25:50come on now
25:51because there's no foundation you think
25:53you're in the will of god you open your
25:55mouth you lash out you speak out when
25:57god was saying a soft answer
26:00turn away wrath shut your mouth don't
26:02say nothing
26:03you think this is the right thing you
26:05think this is the way you're supposed to
26:07spend money invest your money but
26:09because you have no godly counsel you're
26:12not seated in the right place oh it
26:14looks like you're succeeding it looks
26:16like this is what the world says this is
26:17the success of the world the worst is
26:19this is listen don't don't don't worry
26:21about that stuff there it looks like god
26:24it looks it really looks a god like god
26:26it looks so people find comfort in this
26:29because you see god doesn't always show
26:32himself out watch this
26:34with signs and wonders right you don't
26:37see it so you see people be seated and
26:39people are like okay fine this is
26:40wonderful you go and you be seated in
26:43the lives of people some of you are
26:45dating people you have no business being
26:48with
26:50[Applause]
26:53but you're seated
26:55because it looks like
26:58this is what god wants for you
27:02so instead of you
27:04going on the path that god has for you
27:08yes you're not motionless you're now
27:10seated
27:11in the counsel of the ungodly rather
27:15and take a leap of faith
27:17you may not understand god
27:19be seated here it may get a little
27:21uncomfortable
27:23you may not understand what god is
27:25taking you through
27:27you may be waiting a long time for some
27:29stuff man
27:31you may be waiting a long time for your
27:32breakthrough
27:34over there
27:36people
27:37man they're just blooming blossoming
27:40prospering
27:42new car new house new here
27:46new suit new shoes new job
27:50opening up business
27:52on social media promoting every place
27:55they go and child they look like they're
27:58living their best life now but here it
28:01is you stuck
28:04where god has planted you
28:08and you don't see half the manifestation
28:11over here
28:12that you see over there
28:15here's the difference
28:18the difference is
28:20it's where you're seated
28:22because where you're seated people don't
28:24see it but blessed and fortunate and
28:27prosperous
28:29it's the man who is seated in the
28:32counsel of god why because where you're
28:35seated the word is right there the word
28:37is there they can't see it but the word
28:40is there
28:41they can't see it
28:43the word is there
28:45as long as i'm seated where the word of
28:47god is
28:49god's got me slap somebody tell them
28:51god's got me
28:53god's got me i'm covered by his word
28:56i'm covered by his word man i'm going to
28:59stay right here nut somebody tell them
29:02stay where god has planted you
29:04stay where god has planted you if he
29:07planted you he you will be like a tree
29:10that is planted by the rivers of living
29:13water
29:16stay where god has planted you
29:21because the word is there
29:24i'm staying with the word
29:27i don't have to prove nothing to nobody
29:30i'm staying with the word
29:32you can look good and cute all you want
29:35i don't care i don't care nappy head no
29:38hair no shoes
29:40no car no house i'm standing right here
29:44because honey if there is a god
29:47surely goodness and mercy
29:49got to follow me
29:51all the days of my life i'm gonna dwell
29:56in the presence of the lord for the rest
29:59of my life
30:01[Applause]
30:10choose to be on the path that god has
30:12chosen for you
30:14and stop looking at what others are
30:16doing focus on your journey
30:19and for god's sake
30:23travel well on the journey
30:26and enjoy the ride
30:28where's leading you travel well enjoy
30:32the ride
30:34because it's the best journey to take
30:37because you're seated
30:39in the presence of god psalm 16 11 says
30:42you make known to me the path of life
30:45you make known to me so don't tell me
30:48god won't make
30:49stuff known to you
30:51you make known to me in the path of life
30:54you will fill me with joy in your
30:56presence
30:57with eternal pleasures at my right hand
31:00or at your right hand
31:02this is what i want to challenge all of
31:05you to do as i close this message today
31:09get in the will of god by being seated
31:13where
31:15he
31:16wants
31:17you to be
31:19and where he wants you to have
31:20everything that he has purposed for you
31:24don't be afraid
31:27whatever he's pushing you to do
31:30don't be like some people
31:32motionless
31:34or they get seated in places
31:36they have no business because i'm
31:38telling you
31:39one day there's some stuff that's going
31:41to happen in your life
31:43that this wrong seat that you're in
31:51as long as there's a god you can't go
31:54wrong on the lord's side
32:01you are incapable of living out your
32:04faith
32:05potential or your full potential if you
32:08will
32:09when you're seated on the wrong side of
32:11your purpose
32:14fear will eat you alive
32:17when you're seated
32:20amongst the wrong crowd
32:25when you don't have people in your life
32:26to cheer you are
32:30some of you
32:32are hanging around too many selfish
32:34selfish i should say people
32:38they want you to applaud them
32:42but they'll never applaud you
32:49and you better believe that the people's
32:52vibes and their energy
32:56can affect your outlook and outcome in
32:59life
33:02i'm very protective of my environment
33:07very protected
33:10don't come around me with negativity
33:14don't come around me with your bad vibes
33:18[Music]
33:20don't come around me with gossip
33:23i don't need to know people's business
33:26if the lord wants me to know he'll let
33:27me know
33:31i don't need
33:32to get involved in toxic situations
33:36i don't like drama
33:38i don't like dysfunctional people
33:42i don't like it it does something to me
33:47so be careful who you're seated among
33:49there's no doubt in my mind that god has
33:52already empowered you to be great
33:55and he wants you to be great on the
33:56earth
33:58now the question is
34:01do you believe that
34:04do you believe
34:06that god has put some things into you
34:11that he wants you to be great
34:14and if you believe it
34:16what steps are you taking to start and
34:20complete
34:21what he sent you to do
34:24where are you in life
34:28what are you doing about it
34:30some of you are still at the place of
34:33revelation
34:34you have yet to start the journey that
34:36leads to manifestation
34:39you know what to do
34:41he's been prompting you
34:43to do
34:47but you still
34:49at the place
34:51of revelation
34:53i'm going to show this to you
34:56like in track and field
35:00track and field i think there's some
35:03track and field world game going on now
35:08many of you
35:09know there's a race to run you know what
35:11you're supposed to do
35:15and you get excited oh i want to see the
35:17glory of god i want to be this
35:20i want to be a business owner i want to
35:21be a doctor i want to be this i want to
35:24my kids to be great you know i want to
35:26be a wife i want to be a husband i want
35:28to be a good father i want to be a
35:30mother you know i want to get a degree
35:33in my business and i want to do this you
35:35know i want to start this whatever i
35:37want to travel the world
35:39great
35:42revelation i can track and feel
35:45this is the problem
35:47in track and field
35:49there's a thing called
35:51on your mark
35:55on your mark
35:57that's where you are
36:02you have just marked
36:04your territory
36:06[Applause]
36:08and you are protecting it with their
36:10life
36:11shutting everybody out
36:14don't want to talk to nobody
36:16because you're on your mark
36:23like a runner on your mark
36:26and for the last 10 years
36:30this is what you've been doing
36:37the gun went off already
36:41[Applause]
36:42a year of transition
36:45january 1st
36:50but you're still on your mark
36:53and then there's some of you
36:54oh you have little faith
36:57set
37:00[Applause]
37:04prior to covet that's where you were
37:102022 you're still there
37:13set
37:14haven't moved
37:16probably wrote the vision down
37:19probably got an ipad probably got a
37:21notepad in your bedroom you wrote
37:23everything down you know what you want
37:24to do and you set you're ready
37:28but this is it
37:30you come to church you hear all the
37:31sermons god's been prompting you and
37:34this is all you've been doing said
37:37i don't know about you
37:39i'm 58.
37:41if i stay in this position too long
37:45[Applause]
37:54after a while
37:56my knees gonna give out
38:00i don't know how some of you are doing
38:01it
38:03i don't know how you stay in a
38:05motionless position all this time
38:09and don't feel it
38:11and don't feel that something is wrong
38:18whatever god is pushing you to do
38:22just
38:23start
38:25[Applause]
38:29that's it
38:30just run run with him
38:33run with it run with him
38:36run with it he'll give you the strength
38:39run with it
38:41he let things and people along the
38:44pathway give you some water to refresh
38:46you run with it he'll renew your
38:49strength like eagles run with it don't
38:52be scared move from your position and
38:55run with it just start if you can start
38:59he who has begun a good work in you is
39:02able to finish you
39:05just start
39:06[Music]
39:08just start
39:11just start
39:14just all i'm sent here to tell you today
39:17just start
39:18what has he been prompting you to do
39:20what has he been telling you to do just
39:23start
39:26the race is ahead of you
39:30come on man
39:32that's why you're feeling agitated
39:35that's why you're feeling the pain
39:36that's why you feel cause you're in
39:39that position
39:41of doing nothing
39:44for years
39:46stand with me all over this building
39:51[Applause]
39:55[Music]
39:55[Applause]
39:57[Music]
40:02those of you are streaming
40:05please don't leave me yet
40:10are you going to do
40:11about the message you heard today
40:15what position
40:17are you going to take
40:21quite honestly
40:23the race is already started
40:27the instructions were already given i
40:29know you're waiting okay i know what
40:31some of you saying pastor can we get a
40:32do-over okay on your mark
40:35set
40:36pow
40:38you late
40:41you late
40:43that ain't gonna happen again
40:47you now have to move
40:50now you can catch up but you gotta move
40:54god's not gonna god's not gonna go back
40:56and say okay let me you know they slow
40:58whatever let me set reset the clock and
41:00start over it's gonna be january one no
41:05but he's a god of new beginnings he
41:07changed his thing that's why he gave you
41:09august
41:11the eighth month of the year he says
41:13it's not january but it's the eighth
41:15month but i tell you what
41:16from the eighth month to the twelfth
41:17month it's enough time for you to catch
41:19up and get everything
41:21that he has for you
41:24[Applause]
41:26you can recover it all
41:30if you're
41:32seated in the right place
41:36what are you going to do just
41:39i don't know man it's been on my heart
41:41man i was putting the sermon together
41:44and i've been praying god whomever you
41:47sent this to please let them get it
41:52just start
41:55[Music]
41:56i did that
41:58some years ago in doing several things
42:02had i not started
42:06i don't know where i would be today
42:07[Music]
42:09starting is scary
42:12because if you're like me i don't like
42:14to fail
42:18but i'm glad that god taught me
42:21that failure is a part of the process
42:24that leads to success
42:26you got to fail in some things
42:31just start
42:33whatever you know something got stirred
42:35up in you
42:36god is saying to you as you're in this
42:38sanctuary you are watching online just
42:41start
42:42when you leave here today
42:44don't be scared what's the worst can
42:46happen you succeed
42:49[Music]
42:50go out
42:53just explore the unknown explore your
42:56future take a chance
43:00at faith
43:02step out
43:04everybody may not support you but when
43:06you're seated
43:08in the counsel of god's word
43:14you're going to be okay
43:17i want to pray for all of you today
43:20i could call an altar call today
43:22and i think everybody will come now
43:26because we have been in a
43:29motionless position for too long
43:33as you're streaming that word was for
43:35you just say
43:36i receive it
43:39i receive it
43:41raise your hand everybody even those of
43:43you streaming
43:44i want to pray for you now
43:47i want to pray for you
43:49i want to pray for you
43:52i want to pray for you
43:55while your hands are lifted up
43:57even as you're streaming come on now
44:00first thing i want you to do
44:02is to let go of that fear
44:06let
44:06go see yourself letting go of fear
44:11let it go now
44:12that's it
44:14second thing i want you to do is to make
44:15a decision right now
44:17right now
44:18that you're going to go all the way with
44:20god
44:21[Music]
44:23all the way
44:25i'm going to take a chance with this
44:27fate stuff thing i'm going to take a
44:29chance with it i'm going all the way
44:32with god
44:33[Music]
44:34and if you can pass those two stages of
44:37your life
44:38get ready for what god's going to do
44:40father in the name of jesus i pray
44:43for the hands that are lifted up towards
44:45you today
44:47i preached the word you gave me i
44:49believe it was for someone
44:51now god i pray that you'll do a mighty
44:53work in their lives as they're streaming
44:56that in the mighty name of jesus
44:59the things that they've been struggling
45:02to start the things that you've prompted
45:04them to do according to your divine will
45:07for them in the name of jesus
45:09let this be the sermon that will push
45:12them
45:14into going
45:16for what you have designed for them
45:19i pray that all fear
45:22will go away
45:23i pray that they will find themselves
45:26seated in the environment
45:29that the word of god
45:32is to drive in force
45:34that they will trust your word that as
45:36long as
45:37they've hid
45:38your word in their heart they can't do
45:41anything stupid or wrong
45:43i pray in jesus name that out of this
45:47crowd
45:49virtual or on campus
45:52dreams will become a reality
45:55dreams will become a reality
45:57that people will be debt free
46:00that people find the jobs that they're
46:02seeking
46:04that people will find the love that
46:05they're seeking
46:08that people will give birth to children
46:10that they desire to have
46:12that businesses will be open father
46:15that relationship will be restored
46:19that growth in whatever area of their
46:21lives in the name of jesus i declare it
46:24today that today is going to be the
46:26birthing of something new
46:29in the name of jesus
46:32and they will be carriers of the blessed
46:35bless them now
46:37and father we thank you for this
46:38incredible word in jesus name amen come
46:43on let's receive it
46:44let's receive it
46:45[Applause]
46:47let's receive it let's receive it
46:51do me a favor just be seated i promise
46:54i'll only take five minutes and let you
46:55go
46:57let you go
46:59was that a good word today
47:03i promise you
47:06i'll let you go and for those of you
47:09streaming just give me five minutes and
47:10let you go
47:12i i want to do something special uh by
47:15the way if you have not yet given if you
47:17came in after the offering please
47:19feel free they're going to put the
47:21information on the screen
47:23go ahead and sow your seed and and thank
47:25you so much for helping us to meet our
47:26financial obligations each week
47:31but it's been a few times i've stood on
47:33this stage and
47:34made certain appeals
47:38i don't do it often because sometimes i
47:40get you know as a leader i get myself in
47:42a little bit of trouble because you do
47:43for one you don't do for the other and
47:45people start getting
47:47in into their feelings and so forth but
47:49i know when god speaks to me
47:53you've if you've been following this
47:55church for a long time you have seen
47:58the spirit of discernment
48:00would come through your leader
48:02and god would have me pick out someone
48:05from the audience and speak directly
48:07into their lives about their needs
48:09and this church has always been a
48:11blessing to supply their need
48:15but there is a particular night i'm
48:17gonna i i don't want to expose this
48:20young lady who she is most of you know
48:22who she is but i chose she didn't care
48:25i chose not to for several reasons
48:29but i've been talking with a young lady
48:32this week in a very bad situation
48:36very bad situation
48:40and
48:44she
48:45is incapable of
48:48i thinks financially survive in
48:52the next 30 days and onward
48:55she has a gift
48:56talent
48:58but things happen
49:01she's laying up in a hospital room
49:03probably watching right now
49:07in a hospital room
49:09believing god for a miracle
49:13for her and her babies
49:16one baby's two and a half pounds
49:19other is
49:21i think three and a half pounds
49:23something like that
49:26and prayed with her talked with her
49:30and
49:33she didn't know she was going to make it
49:36i prayed about it and i said well
49:39we can pray as a church
49:41but what are we going to do about it
49:44so all i'm going to ask those of you
49:45streaming i'm not asking you for the
49:47church
49:49you don't have to give
49:51but i feel
49:54this young lady
49:55and i'll never ask you for something
49:57that's not true by the way
49:59if you know who i am
50:01you know that
50:04i've chosen not to divulge who this lady
50:06is some people
50:08i think it's best to be private with it
50:12but i want us to help this lady for the
50:1531 days of this month
50:18august 31 days in august i believe
50:23and i just came up with this idea i'm
50:24not telling the holy spirit told me to
50:26do this
50:27when you see a need
50:30help
50:31help
50:32[Music]
50:33and all i'm going to ask everyone to do
50:35if you can you can't do it i get it
50:37you're streaming you can't
50:40but i know she's probably watching i
50:41don't know
50:43and she didn't know i was gonna do this
50:46all she said to me was i don't know i'm
50:48gonna make it
50:49[Music]
50:51i want us to be a blessing to her can
50:54you donate one dollar for each day of
50:56this month
50:57some of you can do two months
51:01she has her bills to pay so i know i
51:02know what you said i got my bills to pay
51:05you gonna collect for me next sunday
51:10[Music]
51:11this is this young lady season
51:15if you believe
51:16that you feel connected to this lady
51:19you don't know her
51:20but somehow you trust your pastor
51:23that the funds will go to her
51:26i want you to give 31 dollars if you can
51:29i just came up with a number one dollar
51:30a day for the month
51:32help her pay a rent
51:33help her get her on her feet
51:35and trust god for the rest why
51:38i don't know who's going to be next
51:41i don't know when your day will come my
51:42day will come where we're going to need
51:44god to work a miracle
51:46if that's you would you put up the
51:48information on the screen if that's you
51:51in the house you're going to use the
51:53offering envelopes quickly put it in the
51:55offering envelopes and come and plant it
51:57here just come out of your seat if
51:59you're given digitally go online but you
52:02must so it doesn't get mixed up with the
52:04offering for the church please put
52:07special offering
52:09there's a line that says special
52:12offering you got to do that those of you
52:14streaming that's all it's a young lady
52:19gave birth to two
52:20uh
52:22premature babies
52:24uh some of you may know
52:28but
52:28man
52:30and
52:31i want i want to stand with her
52:33i want to stand with her in prayer but
52:36also in financial support so if you
52:38quickly just come on down thank you just
52:39come on down and give it
52:42the rest of you quickly digitally give
52:44now just put special thank you thank you
52:47that's all that's all i'm asking you to
52:49do
52:50every woman in this house especially a
52:52young lady you should be moving man
52:54you know what it is
52:56to be a mother
52:58thank god she has the child's father
53:00supporting her
53:02you know what it is to struggle
53:05and the situation she's in
53:10so
53:11please
53:14remember it's special
53:15so that doesn't get mixed up with the
53:17church offering
53:18all right
53:19so thank you so much for your giving
53:22thank you and then i'll let you go
53:23that's all
53:25that's all
53:26thank you thank you for being
53:28considerate
53:29that's all a dollar a day you say i can
53:31give
53:33two dollars a day or take care two
53:35months
53:36sixty-two dollars that's fine that's up
53:38to you
53:40you don't have the 31 and what are you
53:42going to give that's all
53:44you don't have anything that's okay just
53:47pray for her
53:50that's okay pray for her thank you so
53:52much
53:53thank you
53:55thank you
53:58she would be glad
54:00to know that
54:01as a church we stood in the gap that's
54:03what we're doing as you're streaming
54:05that's all we're here to help it's not
54:07enough for us just come to church and
54:09have fun and preach and
54:11what are we doing for hurting people
54:14thank you so much thank you so much
54:17appreciate that
54:18and i believe people are giving you're
54:19forgiven online just say i'm giving
54:21pastor i'm giving make a comment i'm
54:23giving just say i'm giving online or
54:26anybody in the house just gave online
54:28wave your hands at me thank you i see
54:30that thank you
54:32give it online appreciate that thank you
54:35so much
54:36and i quickly close i just need to get
54:38this out of the way
54:39[Music]
54:41how many of you glad we just did this
54:43for this young lady is this the right
54:45thing to do
54:47amen
54:49amen
54:50thank you so much
54:52we're going to help her to make sure her
54:54rent is paid she don't get evicted
54:57because she doesn't have the rent money
54:59when she gets out the hospital we want
55:01her to have a place to go
55:03right
55:04we want her to take care of them baby
55:06we're believing that those babies will
55:07live
55:09to live
55:11[Music]
55:12we'll live
55:15amen that's the faith i have amen we
55:18just wait a few more minutes
55:20you know it's not gonna be long i still
55:22see people moving thank you thank you
55:23thank you so much
55:25thank you so much
55:27thank you you've been so kind
55:30thank you
55:32thank you
55:33all right i think that's it we got
55:35everybody please stand everybody i know
55:38you're anxious to get out here
55:40all right
55:41those of you are still online thank you
55:43so much
55:44thank you for your giving
55:46this is what church is all about
55:49isn't that true
55:51will we help
55:53i truly appreciate all of you coming
55:56today streaming especially our first
55:59time viewers and visitors the lord bless
56:02you father thank you for an amazing day
56:05thank you for the response of your
56:07people
56:08as we give to this young lady today
56:12may
56:13she put a smile on her face
56:17may our kindness
56:20be the message of hope
56:23the message of the gospel
56:26that yes
56:27in bad times
56:30god can show up
56:32i pray that those two babies will live
56:37holy spirit go to that room or hospital
56:40intensive care area and in the name of
56:43jesus breathe life into them father
56:47help them to develop
56:48and mature
56:50to full healthy babies
56:53so she will have a testimony
56:56of your goodness
56:58thank you for doing a marvelous work
57:01in her life i pray and thank you for
57:04these amazing people
57:06who stood with me in supporting her
57:08thank you for this day
57:10and we promise you we gonna get started
57:13in jesus name
57:15faith in your god will always move
57:18mountains out of your life god bless you
57:20thank you so much
57:22have a great day thank you
57:24[Music]
57:24our hearts everybody
57:26cry these
57:28[Music]