Worship Unfiltered
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 2/2/2026John 4:23–24, Isaiah 29:13
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to move beyond religious performance and 'filtered' church habits to embrace raw, honest, and unfiltered worship rooted in a personal encounter with God.
Key points
- •Authentic worship requires a genuine encounter with God that strips away religious pretense, masks, and excuses.
- •Worship is not merely an external activity or a musical segment of a church service; it is an internal surrender to God's authority.
- •Many believers suffer from 'filtered' worship because they lack knowledge of Scripture, often knowing more about social media and pop culture than God's Word.
- •Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman reveals that God is not looking for a specific location or ritual, but for those who worship in spirit and in truth.
- •True worship brings alignment and reverence, transforming the believer into a 'well' of living water that remains present in everyday life, not just during a Sunday service.
Scripture
Worship
Scripture
Discipleship
Surrender
Repentance
Life application
This week, identify one 'religious mask' you wear-such as pretending to have it all together or only praying in public-and consciously set it aside to spend fifteen minutes in raw, honest, and 'unfiltered' prayer with God.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life are you currently chasing 'water' that leaves you thirsty again?
- When you enter a worship service, do you rely on the stage performers to 'crank you up,' or do you arrive with a praise already in your heart?
- How does your knowledge of God's Word compare to your knowledge of current events or social media trends?
- What does 'internal surrender' look like for you in your current season of life?
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Full transcript
0:00So this month, the Lord has led me to
0:03walk us through a series centered on
0:08worship unfiltered.
0:11Pastor Kevin and Minister Carlen
0:15just a moment ago shared with you that's
0:18the theme for the month of February.
0:23If we're going to understand what the
0:26word unfiltered
0:28mean or
0:30what unfiltered worship really is, we
0:34must first understand what the word
0:37unfiltered
0:39means.
0:42Unfiltered means something raw,
0:48something unrefined,
0:51something presented, watch this, without
0:55censor or disguise.
0:59[snorts]
1:00And here is the truth about every
1:03believer that we must understand and
1:06that there can be no authentic authentic
1:11worship. There can be absolutely no
1:14authentic unfiltered worship under God
1:17without a genuine encounter
1:22with God.
1:24>> Not an encounter with religion.
1:27[clears throat]
1:27Not an encounter with a pastor, a
1:30prophet, a prophetess. I'm talking about
1:34a genuine encounter with God.
1:38Whenever you experience a divine
1:41encounter,
1:42when God's word confronts your sins,
1:47your patterns,
1:49and the lifestyle choices that have
1:52caused you to walk away from him, watch
1:57this. It strips you of pretense.
2:02It forces you to come before God without
2:06mask, without excuses and without
2:09religious performance.
2:12You see, when you come before God with
2:15unfiltered worship, it's raw, it's
2:20honest, and it's open.
2:23Jesus makes it clear in John chapter 4
2:27at verse 24. He says, watch this, God is
2:33spirit
2:35and it is necessary to worship God or to
2:39worship God in spirit and in truth. So
2:43God's not man who looks for affirmation,
2:47who looks to be um entertained or to be
2:52worshiped. God's not desperate of our
2:55worship. Yes, sir. He exists even if you
2:59don't worship him.
3:01>> He's a spirit. The Bible says and it is
3:05necessary. In other words, it is in him
3:08we live. That's a scripture. In him we
3:10live and move and exist. So what this
3:13word is telling us, God is spirit. It is
3:16necessary to worship him in spirit and
3:18in truth. That we can only exist
3:23when we worship him.
3:24>> Amen. Amen.
3:26>> That when we worship him unfiltered,
3:29you see, there's a widespread
3:31misconception
3:33in the body of Christ that worship is
3:36simply
3:37the praise and worship portion of the
3:40service when someone on stage instructs
3:43you to lift your hands and open your
3:46mouth and to sing along.
3:49But that is not what Jesus was talking
3:52about here.
3:54You see, you can sing every song, lift
3:58up both hands and still never worship
4:03God.
4:05>> Because worship is not external
4:07activity. It is an internal surrender.
4:13>> Oh, you ought to hear me this morning. I
4:16got to say it again. Worship is not
4:19external activity. It is an internal
4:23surrender.
4:24So when we say worship unfiltered, we're
4:28saying take the mask off. Worship God in
4:33spirit and in truth. Not to attract
4:36attention to yourself. Not to feel as if
4:39that you are holy and righteous to God
4:41because you lift your hands and you
4:43start crying and you're getting
4:45emotional. No, worship is nothing
4:48external. [gasps]
4:50How is the internal part of you? Have
4:54you surrendered fully to God? You see,
4:56some people only worship God publicly
4:59with their lips,
5:02but their hearts ARE FAR from him.
5:06>> And this is not a new issue in the
5:09church. Isaiah addressed this a long
5:12time ago. Can we go to the word? Let's
5:14go to Isaiah 29 2:es 13 and 14.
5:20Look at what this says. I And can you
5:23put it on the screen? I want everybody
5:25to read it. I want you to read out loud
5:26because perhaps you're not going to
5:28believe me. I want you to read it so you
5:30can meditate on it. Come on, read these
5:33people. Come on.
5:41their worship of me is based on what
5:46>> that
5:48Paul says these people he's talking
5:51about the religious people he's talking
5:53about people who gets excited because
5:56they're in a worship mode if you will he
5:59said these people draw near with their
6:02mouths and They honor me with their
6:05lips. They get excited with their lips.
6:09They shout it out. I worship God. They
6:12scream. They yell. But in their hearts,
6:15that inner man, he says, are far from
6:19me. Their worship of me is based on
6:23merely human rules
6:26that they have been taught in the
6:30church. Lift their hands and praise the
6:32Lord. worship the Lord. Nothing wrong
6:34with that. But the reason why sometimes
6:37the worship leaders or the pastor
6:40struggle to get participation from the
6:43audience, it's more performance.
6:48>> It's not from the heart.
6:52Because when you don't depend on the
6:54stage to engage you into worship the
6:58moment you enter into his gates, you
7:02come with thanksgiving. Lord, I made it
7:05through another week. Lord, I thank you
7:07that you kept me on the job. Lord, I
7:10thank you that I'm still in my right
7:12mind. Lord, I thank you that I'm still
7:15among the living. I GIVE YOU PRAISE the
7:18fact that I can remember my name. I
7:21mean, you just come into the sanctuary
7:24already with a praise in your belly. Can
7:28somebody give God a worship by the
7:30clapping of your hands this morning?
7:34This is what Paul or the the PROPHET
7:36ISAIAH WAS TALKING ABOUT. He said,
7:39"Their worship of me is based on merely
7:42human rules." You see, unfiltered
7:45worship goes far beyond the words we say
7:48in private or public places.
7:52>> It goes beyond the rituals we repeat
7:56week after week. It goes beyond routine
8:00church attendance and religious habits.
8:04Not only that, it also goes beyond so
8:07many things. that goes beyond, you know,
8:10uh the the pretense that we we find
8:12ourselves doing constantly because
8:15unfiltered worship is approaching God
8:18with a sincere heart. No pretending,
8:22no religious camouflage,
8:25no ulterior motives. It's just standing
8:29before God
8:31exactly
8:33as you are allowing him to transform
8:37you.
8:39>> That's worship unfiltered.
8:41You see your faith journey is always
8:45always to be your faith journey I should
8:49say will always be shallow if you
8:52approach God the same way you approach
8:55people.
8:57See, every day we leave our homes and we
9:00put on the best face to the world. Isn't
9:04that true?
9:05>> We groom ourselves. We dress ourselves,
9:08right? We filter ourselves because the
9:11world doesn't get to see the real us.
9:15And that may work socially, but it
9:19doesn't work spiritually.
9:22>> You you you can't fool God.
9:25The Bible says God's not mocked.
9:28>> Whatsoever a man sow,
9:31>> he's going to reap.
9:33>> So unfortunately,
9:35this is how many people approach God. We
9:38come with self-righteousness
9:40instead of repentance.
9:44We come with self-righteousness.
9:46We come in and we dress up our
9:50self-righteousness with an image, a
9:53style, a walk, a sound.
9:58Come on now. Because the way we talk, we
10:01sound religious. The way we walk, we
10:03sound religious. The way we dress, you
10:06know, we sound religious. But that
10:08that's not worship unfiltered.
10:11You see, we worship safely in crowds.
10:16So, we look spiritual.
10:19Come on now. We're here and and we
10:21worship. But how do you worship at home?
10:24What about your car? What about in those
10:27private places?
10:30BECAUSE BEHIND ALL OF THAT, the mask
10:32that we put on, many of us are empty.
10:36We're thirsty. We're broken. And here's
10:38the word, we're dysfunctional.
10:40Yes, we are.
10:43>> Come on now. And we're chasing things
10:46and people that cannot satisfy us.
10:53Happens all the time.
10:56Women are chasing after things that will
10:59not satisfy. Men are chasing after
11:02things that will not satisfy. Young
11:05people are chasing after things that
11:08will not satisfy.
11:10And we lack authentic worship
11:14because we've got these masks on. That
11:19is why we have lost sight of our
11:21purpose. That is why we have lost sight
11:24of our saltiness.
11:28Instead of being uh full of hope and uh
11:32instead of bringing hope and clarity to
11:35the world, we have confused it with weak
11:39faith and powerless religion.
11:44Many believers
11:46feel no conviction about prayerlessness.
11:51>> None. None. None whatsoever. So how can
11:55you worship if you don't pray?
11:59How how can you worship if you do not
12:04pray? Because we lack prayer. No urgency
12:08about studying God's word. No passion
12:12for gathering in God's house to be
12:15equipped and trained for evangelism.
12:19And yet we find pleasure in going
12:22[singing and music] to other places that
12:24will drift us or pull us away from God.
12:30>> Come on now. Don't shout me down now.
12:33I know it's cold on the outside. Please
12:35don't let it be cold on the inside.
12:39And so we have lost our moral compass.
12:43God has entrusted us with financial
12:47resources. Yet many have become
12:49consumers of the world
12:52with little conviction to support the
12:55kingdom of God.
12:58>> Consumers of the world, no conviction
13:02because we have lacked the whole concept
13:06of worship.
13:09Unfiltered worship brings alignment. And
13:12alignment produces, watch this,
13:14reverence.
13:15>> [snorts]
13:15>> Anytime you're in alignment with God, I
13:19am telling you, it brings conviction. It
13:23forces you to reverence God.
13:28>> When your heart is in alignment with
13:30God, generosity becomes natural, not
13:33forced.
13:35Recently, someone asked me why
13:38millennials and honestly many
13:41generations
13:42struggle with tithing.
13:45And the person says, "Is it rebellion?"
13:48My answer was simply this. It's not
13:51rebellion. It is ignorance to the word
13:54of God.
13:55>> Because you cannot live what you do not
13:58know.
14:01>> I got to say that again. You cannot live
14:05what you do not know. And why many
14:07believers lack
14:10worship unfiltered is because they don't
14:13know the book.
14:16We don't listen, let's be honest. We
14:19don't know the book. I'm not talking
14:20about the church here and and the world.
14:22I'm talking about the church. We don't
14:24know the Bible. Oh, ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW
14:27EVERYTHING about social media.
14:32>> We know how the algorithm works. We know
14:35how to block this and do this. We study
14:38as they put out an app, as they put out
14:40an update. We can we can LITERALLY
14:43PERFORM A class
14:47>> and how it works.
14:52>> WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GRAMMY
14:54that's going to be here tonight.
14:57>> We know every performer. We know when it
14:59comes to the Oscar award or all of these
15:01award. We know every actor. We know
15:03their age. We know WHO THEY HAVE DATED.
15:06We know who they've divorced. We know
15:08how many children THEY HAVE. WE KNOW
15:10EVERYTHING about Hollywood but not the
15:14book.
15:19[applause]
15:20>> And we wonder why we cannot have worship
15:22unfiltered.
15:24>> You cannot live what you don't know.
15:28>> You're living what you know. The world.
15:32>> That's who you know. You're living the
15:35world. So the church has become like the
15:38world. We're consuming more of the
15:40world's content than God's truth. We
15:43listen to it, we watch it, we read it,
15:45and then we give God a few minutes per
15:50Sunday.
15:52>> If we all do it, cuz you know, we run
15:54about two hours IN OUR SERVICE. AND YOU
15:56KNOW, SOME OF YOU DO NOT COME TO CHURCH
15:59for two hours
16:01>> cuz you're late all the time.
16:05>> So, it's not like you did give God two
16:07hours. You gave him an hour and a half.
16:17>> I hope you still love me. You know,
16:21I mean, it's the truth.
16:23>> I'm not trying to bash you. I'm just
16:25telling it's the truth.
16:27>> We know more of everything out there,
16:30but no reverence
16:33>> to God.
16:34>> No reverence to God.
16:36>> Amen. But reverend man more
16:40>> we comply more. You go on a flight
16:44and they say remain in your seat until
16:46the plane taxis to the gate. You comply
16:52but by the time I'm getting ready to
16:54close this sermon.
17:03[applause]
17:04>> You're not going anywhere. It's not work
17:05you're going, but it's just a habit. No
17:09reverence.
17:15>> You see, worship unfiltered
17:18means God is no longer an event you
17:22attend.
17:24>> It becomes the center of how you live
17:28your life.
17:29[applause]
17:32When you truly encounter God, you want
17:35to know him more.
17:39>> And when you know him more, you want
17:41others to know him. And when you love
17:45him, you invest in what he loves,
17:49>> his kingdom and his mission.
17:52You see, that is why Jesus intentionally
17:54revealed the truth of this woman in John
17:58chapter 4. In John chapter 4, he brings
18:03us to a story
18:07of an encounter he had with a woman. And
18:10I'm quite sure we have heard the story
18:12over and over, but I think we missed the
18:14message behind it.
18:16In John chapter 4, beginning at verse 5,
18:19Jesus showed this woman that worship is
18:23not about a location.
18:25>> It's not about culture.
18:27>> It's not about tradition.
18:29It's about true truth, I should say, and
18:33total surrender to God.
18:35>> It's about being honest to God. Come
18:39before him
18:41and being honest. This is who I am.
18:45>> Broken.
18:47Tried everything out there
18:50>> and I'm still thirsty.
18:53>> I tried my job. I tried my career. I
18:55tried the multiple degrees. I TRIED
18:58STARTING BUSINESSES. I'VE TRIED
19:00EVERYTHING. I tried dating. I tried
19:03marrying. It just didn't satisfy me
19:09>> until I draw from that water.
19:13>> Can we go to John chapter 4?
19:16>> And I want to begin at verse five.
19:19John chapter 4.
19:22And please bring it up. Verse five, not
19:26seven. I need verse five. Verse 5. Let's
19:29start at verse five.
19:31And so,
19:33and I want you go fast with me here. And
19:37so, we find this woman. The Bible says,
19:41this woman who came before Jesus. I'm
19:44trying to look at the scripture and I
19:45don't have the correct version I'm
19:47looking for. But the Bible says, "This
19:49woman come uh from Samaria came to draw
19:53water. And Jesus said to her, "Give me a
19:58drink."
19:59>> Or she said to Jesus, "Give me a drink."
20:03For his disciples, go back to verse, you
20:06got to verse eight. Why you get jump to
20:08verse eight. Go back to verse five. I
20:11think you have the wrong thing on the
20:13screen there. Please help me out here.
20:15Go back. Let me go turn around. Verse
20:16five.
20:19So So
20:21go to verse six. Go to six because
20:28>> verse seven. All right, go to verse
20:30seven. Maybe I'm Maybe I'm the one
20:32that's wrong. Go to verse seven.
20:34>> Hey, there you go. Thank you. I
20:36apologize backstage. You're going to get
20:38me. I'm [snorts] wrong. I was the one
20:41messed up. I thought we were going to
20:42start from verse five, but let's go. A
20:44woman from Samaria came to draw water.
20:46Jesus said to her, "Give [snorts]
20:49me a drink."
20:52For his disciple had gone away into the
20:55city to buy food. The Samaritan woman
20:59said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew,
21:04how is it that you, a Jew, how is it
21:07that you, who is different from me,
21:12>> asked for a drink from me, a woman of
21:17Samaria?"
21:18She's bringing culture into it
21:23>> because him being a rabbi
21:26should not be mixing with these kinds of
21:29a people, especially a woman at that.
21:34So, I'm quite sure there's a whole lot
21:36of things that was going on in her mind.
21:39First of all, he's a Jew. What he he has
21:42no business talking to me, a Samaritan.
21:44and on top of that a woman by herself.
21:50>> Follow me here. The Samaritan woman said
21:52to him, "How is it that you, a Jew,
21:55asked for a drink of me, a woman of
21:58Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings
22:00with Samaritans?" Jesus answered her,
22:03"If you knew the gift of God and who it
22:07is that is saying to you, give me a
22:10drink, you would have asked him, and he
22:13would have given you living water."
22:17Notice living water, not temporary
22:20water, not something that will satisfy
22:24for a moment. Cuz that's what we do in
22:27society. We're going after things that
22:30what? just satisfy us for the moment our
22:33jobs just to satisfy cuz honey I don't
22:36care how good your job is. I don't care
22:38how much money it pays you. You're not
22:40going to work forever.
22:42>> Yes.
22:43>> Amen.
22:44>> And how many of you know you can build
22:46up a company and generate a lot of money
22:49but honey they find somebody else better
22:52than you, you are out.
22:59And you may brag, "Oh, well, I got so
23:01many degrees and so forth." Your degree
23:04is only as good as your memory.
23:13>> All right. ALL RIGHT.
23:15>> YOUR DEGREE IS AS ONLY good
23:18>> as your memory.
23:19>> As your memory,
23:21>> you know how many people with degrees
23:23but can't remember?
23:26remember a thing. So before you go
23:27bragging about what's hanging on the
23:29wall,
23:31>> be careful of the things you're chasing.
23:36>> That's why David says, "As the dear pass
23:38it
23:40>> after the water, so my soul." That's
23:42authentic worship. That's worship
23:45unfiltered. Jesus answered her. Okay,
23:48let's go to the next verse. We we read
23:50that the woman said unto him, "Sir,
23:53you have nothing to draw water with, and
23:58the well is deep." Well, pause for a
24:00moment. See, she doesn't have any idea
24:04who she's standing before.
24:07Because you see, everybody would come to
24:09the well with a container. But Jesus
24:12showed up at the well without a
24:15container. He doesn't need a container.
24:17He's the whale.
24:20>> Oh, y'all y'all not with me now.
24:23>> He's the well.
24:25>> Come on now. So, she got it twisted,
24:28right? And he says, "And the well is
24:30deep." She said, "And the WELL IS DEEP."
24:32WHERE do you get that living water? Next
24:35verse, please. Are you greater than our
24:37Here she comes bringing all this
24:38religious stuff.
24:41>> And watch this. The worshiping
24:44[laughter] of religious leaders.
24:50She's bringing in religion
24:54>> and
24:56turning religious leaders into idols.
25:01>> She says,
25:03"Are you greater than our father Jacob?
25:08>> He gave us the well and drank from it
25:10himself."
25:13>> You don't even understand what you're
25:15saying.
25:17that you're saying Jacob built the well
25:20and Jacob himself have to drink from
25:23that well. That mean Jacob ain't greater
25:26than you.
25:28>> That's it.
25:30>> When you see a preacher up there, I
25:32don't care how gifted that preacher is.
25:34That preacher is no different from you.
25:38>> Don't you turn that man or that woman
25:40into a god. Amen.
25:41>> Amen.
25:43>> Don't you come in no building worshiping
25:45who is standing there, who's got the
25:47title as a leader CUZ ALL OF US GOT to
25:51drink from the same well.
25:56So she continued as did his sons
26:00generation. It's a pattern. Next verse
26:03please. In verse
26:0713 to of 12 13 Jesus said to her,
26:11"Everyone who drinks of this water will
26:14thirst." Just confirm what I just said.
26:18If you keep drinking from the systems of
26:21the world,
26:23>> if you keep going after the wrong
26:25things,
26:27>> if you keep making your your pursuit in
26:31life all about what you can achieve,
26:35>> you're going to end up being thirsty.
26:38That's why out of everything you've been
26:40through, come on now, you dated some
26:42good guys, you've dated some good women,
26:45but what did they produce?
26:51I'm going somewhere with this as I'm
26:53closing cuz this is powerful. I've read
26:56this over and over and something popped
26:59out of me that blew my mind that when
27:04you recognize that it don't make no
27:07sense, you come pretending before God.
27:10>> Amen.
27:10>> All right. All right. If you truly
27:13understand worship unfiltered,
27:15the next time you start worshiping
27:17privately, you take the mask off.
27:20>> The next time you come to church, you
27:22take the mask off.
27:24>> You stop impressing people.
27:26>> Yes, sir.
27:27>> You don't wait for the pastor to say
27:30something for you.
27:33That's right.
27:34>> Something should be said in the service.
27:35If nobody clap,
27:39if nobody say hallelujah, hallelujah.
27:42Because if they're in tune with the
27:44spirit, when you clap,
27:48>> she will clap. He will clap. When you
27:51say hallelujah, that same spirit that's
27:54in you, when you're pulling from the
27:56same well, oh, I got a hallelujah, too.
28:00Can somebody give God praise in the
28:03house today?
28:05So notice Jesus said to her, "EVERYONE
28:09WHO DRINKS OF THIS WATER WILL BE THIRSTY
28:13AGAIN. IF YOU TRY RELIGION,
28:17>> you're going to be thirsty.
28:19>> You try people, you're going to be
28:21thirsty." NEXT VERSE, PLEASE. BUT
28:23WHOEVER DRINKS OF THE water that I'll
28:26give you will never thirst again. And
28:28the water that I give him will become in
28:32him a spring of water welling up to
28:37eternal life. So in you out of your
28:41belly shall flow rivers of living water.
28:46You don't even KNOW IT. YOU ALREADY
28:48POSSESS THE ABILITY to worship God. YOU
28:52ALREADY POSSESS THE ABILITY to give God
28:55a praise and to thank him for the rest
28:58of your life. IT'S ALREADY IN YOU.
29:02SOMEBODY SHOUT IT. IT'S ALREADY IN ME.
29:06It's in you.
29:09>> It's in you. You just got to give birth
29:12to it.
29:13>> But watch this next verse, please. The
29:16woman said to him, "Sir," watch this.
29:19And it gets good, man.
29:20[gasps and snorts]
29:21Give me this water. Thank God.
29:25>> She's switching her thinking. Her
29:27attitude has changed so that I will not
29:30be thirsty. Wait a minute. Here's this
29:32woman. I don't know who this is for.
29:34This woman is saying, "Okay, I don't
29:36want to be thirsty again."
29:39She said, "Or have to come here [snorts]
29:43to draw water.
29:50I don't have to go to church
29:52to get my spirit in the right place.
29:57Go to church. But notice what I said. I
30:00don't have to go back to church week
30:03after week to get the anointing, to get
30:05the power, and to get the word because
30:08wherever I go, the word is with me.
30:12ARE YOU HEARING ME?
30:15THAT'S WHAT THIS WOMAN WAS EXPERIENCING.
30:19WHEREVER SHE WENT, SHE WAS THE WHALE.
30:22GOD WAS FILLING HER UP. And then Jesus,
30:26now this is where the mask comes off.
30:31Come on now. Cuz all of us in here, come
30:32on now. We got our mask on. Look at us.
30:35Look at us. Look at us. We look all
30:36mighty and well, but the truth be told.
30:39If the truth be told, Jesus knows you.
30:42Come on now. All that fake smile you got
30:44on right now, he knows you. Notice what
30:47he said. JESUS SAID TO HER, "GO CALL
30:50your husband."
30:52>> He never said, "Husbands."
30:56>> Here's the revelation.
30:58>> FAR TOO LONG. WE THOUGHT THIS WOMAN HAD
31:01five men at the same time. Read the
31:04text.
31:07>> Call your husband and come here. Next
31:10verse. Watch this. The woman answered,
31:12"I HAVE NO HUSBAND." Jesus said to her,
31:16"You are right in saying that I have no
31:19husband." Keep going. Keep going. FOR
31:21YOU HAVE HAD FIVE HUSBANDS. In other
31:25words, five husbands. Watch this. To
31:28prove my point, she didn't have five men
31:30at the same time. At the same time, AND
31:33THE ONE YOU NOW HAVE, [snorts] in other
31:36words, the woman went through FIVE MEN.
31:40SHE TRIED ONE, it didn't work. She left
31:42him divorced. I don't know what she did,
31:44but she tried another one, and she tried
31:46another one, and she tried another one.
31:48CAN I JUST TELL SOME OF YOU WOMEN HERE,
31:50STOP trying men to get fulfillment. A
31:55man cannot, I promise you, a man cannot
32:01satisfy
32:03you.
32:08and all the brothers hate me now.
32:15>> That should be a scripture for every
32:17woman.
32:20So this thirst, I got to have a man in
32:23my life. I got to have a man in my life
32:26to be there for me and to to support me
32:28and to stop being desperate.
32:40You should see the look in some of these
32:41brothers faces
32:44and the one you now now have is not your
32:49husband.
32:50What you have said is true. Come on now.
32:54Next verse. And the woman said to him,
32:56"Sir,
32:59only you,
33:02watch this, [laughter]
33:06men are so blind.
33:10It took Jesus to see right through her
33:15>> and say, "All these men you chasing,
33:18>> they couldn't satisfy you." She said,
33:20"It took a prophet
33:23>> to know that." Next verse.
33:26Our fathers worship on the mountain on
33:29this mountain. But you say that in
33:32Jerusalem is the place where people
33:34ought to worship. Keep going.
33:37Jesus said unto her,"Woman,
33:40>> believe me.
33:42>> This is where I want to end the sermon."
33:46Jesus said,"Woman,
33:48>> believe me.
33:50The hour is coming
33:54>> when neither on this mountain
33:57>> or in Jerusalem will you worship the
34:00father.
34:02>> You worship what you do not know. We
34:06worship what we know. For salvation is
34:11from the Jews. Come on now. And but the
34:15hour is coming, and now it is here, when
34:20the true worshippers will worship the
34:23Father in spirit and in truth. For the
34:28Father, he seeketh such to worship him.
34:41Whenever
34:42you have a true encounter with Jesus,
34:47>> it strips you of your mask,
34:51>> your phoniness,
34:54>> strip you of trying to hide behind
34:57religion
34:59>> or trying to think that you are all of
35:01that and a bag of chips.
35:05When you have a true encounter with God,
35:08>> you understand the command Jesus gave
35:11>> that the father is looking in this day
35:13and time in America.
35:16>> Those of you streaming wherever you are
35:17around the world, the father is looking
35:20for unfiltered worship.
35:25>> We tried everything else. Our churches
35:28in America, we have tried everything
35:30else.
35:32We've tried new programs.
35:35>> We've tried the stage, the lights, the
35:39LED screens.
35:42We've tried all of this.
35:44>> We've tried all of these new programs.
35:47We've hired strategists
35:50>> to come in
35:52to work on how we can be better.
35:57But I'm telling you,
35:59>> the hour that we're in in America,
36:03>> it's going to take worship unfiltered
36:07>> to get us back
36:09into the presence of God.
36:14>> Stand with me, everybody.
36:16>> Lord,
36:17>> stop following
36:21>> the men
36:23>> who can give temporary
36:27satisfaction.
36:29>> Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah.
36:32>> Stop.
36:34>> Lord,
36:35>> not just men in the sense of having a
36:37fiance.
36:39>> I'm saying stop following the patterns.
36:44>> Stop following multiple people thinking
36:47that those multiple people are the
36:49people who are going to bring you in the
36:50presence of God. Cuz if you keep doing
36:54that, you're going to constantly walk
36:56around seeking for a well, seeking for
37:00something to fill you only to come up
37:02empty.
37:05>> Got to be serious with God.
37:09>> How many more sermons you're going to
37:11come to the faith center to receive?
37:14>> To be
37:16real before God,
37:20God, I tried my career. I tried my job.
37:22I tried money. I tried I tried looking
37:26successful
37:27and it never worked. God,
37:31I tried.
37:34I tried church hopping
37:36from one church to the next. You don't
37:38like this preacher, you go to the next
37:39preacher and so forth. Honey, I'm tell
37:41if you come here for me, you going to be
37:44disappointed.
37:50>> Amen. Stop following people.
37:54>> Become the well.
38:02>> When he pours in you, woo, glory to God.
38:07>> Then your worship is for real.
38:11>> That nobody when you come into the
38:13presence of God, we don't have to crank
38:15you up.
38:17>> Come on now. You don't have to have 15
38:21minutes of praise and worship this and
38:22that. No. From your house.
38:27>> Woo. Glory to God. You get in that car,
38:31you can feel the presence of God. You
38:34get into the parking lot, you can feel
38:37the presence of God. You get into the
38:39sanctuary, you can feel the presence of
38:42God. It gets better. When you leave
38:44church, you're still in the presence of
38:46God. It gets better when you go to that
38:49job tomorrow. I don't care how toxic
38:52that place is. You're still in the
38:55presence OF GOD. WHY? YOU ARE THE WHALE.
38:58YOU ARE THE WHALE. Cuz you're no longer
39:01thirsty for another church service.
39:05[music]
39:07>> Cuz wherever you go,
39:09>> you bring the water.
39:14>> Are you hearing me? WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU
39:16BRING THE WATER, YOU BRING THE POWER,
39:19YOU BRING THE ANOINTING.
39:25>> Bow your heads with me.
39:27>> If you don't know the Lord as your
39:29personal savior today,
39:32I need you just to surrender to him. I
39:34don't know what you're going through.
39:36Listen man.
39:38I don't know what you're going through,
39:39and I don't know why you have not drank
39:41from this well.
39:44But I encourage you, [clears throat] try
39:46Jesus. I promise you, you try him,
39:50you'll find there's nobody like him.
39:53>> Nobody.
39:55Wherever you are in this room or you're
39:57streaming, just try him today.
40:00Just surrender.
40:02Just say, "Lord, come into my heart. I I
40:05don't know what I'm doing. I'm confused.
40:07I'm broken.
40:08But I need you. I need you to change me.
40:11I I need I need something to change in
40:14my life.
40:16And he'll change you. And just just be
40:19real. Be honest.
40:22You don't need to pretend.
40:24Don't be religious.
40:27Please don't be religious. Pick up your
40:29Bible. Get to know him. Be around
40:32positive people.
40:35I invite you to come to this church to
40:37be fed every week, whether virtually or
40:39on campus.
40:40But if you're in the area, listen, you
40:43cannot grow and mature in the word of
40:46God if you don't make an effort to
40:49assemble yourself together. You got to
40:51do that. How bad do you want this
40:56water that will never let you thirst
40:57again. You got to do something. You
41:00confess with your mouth. You believe in
41:01your heart. If you're ready to do that,
41:04I want you to say, "Lord Jesus, Lord
41:07Jesus,
41:07>> I'm a sinner. my s
41:09>> I repent of my sins.
41:10>> I repent of my s
41:12>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
41:14>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
41:16>> I declare with my mouth
41:17>> I declare with my mouth
41:18>> that I'm born again
41:20>> that I'm born again
41:20>> in Jesus name.
41:22>> in Jesus name.
41:22>> Father, thank you for their confession
41:24today.
41:26Thank you that they're now part of the
41:28kingdom of God. Help all of them to
41:31understand it is their responsibility to
41:33work out their own salvation
41:36by making sure that they first share
41:39their faith with people. [music] Get in
41:41the word
41:43and that they attend the classes that we
41:46will have available here for them.
41:50I pray for all of us as we leave this
41:53week
41:55to go and to do business and whatever we
41:58find ourselves doing that we'll become
42:00the well
42:03that you will pour [music] into us
42:06and no longer our religious beliefs and
42:10attitude and all the stuff that we mask
42:14every day
42:16will control us.
42:19Bless us tomorrow as we return as a
42:21church
42:22>> to pray for one hour.
42:26>> One hour to be in your presence
42:31whether it is cold, hot or in between
42:34that we come back to the temple to
42:36reverence you
42:39to pray and to receive prayer.
42:43Bless our Bible study this Wednesday in
42:45advance as we come to study your word.
42:48We declare that we will have a
42:50successful week this week. Why? Because
42:52we are kingdom citizens
42:55and we're taking the word of God and
42:59kingdom principles to the streets. Thank
43:03you for their attendance. Thank you for
43:05those who stream today. Thank you for
43:08those who gave and swed into the
43:11ministry to help us
43:14to take care of our financial
43:16obligations.
43:18May your blessings be with us. Now, as
43:21we all lift our hands
43:24and we're going to say a confession, but
43:26before we do, if you
43:29stated the sinner's prayer, they're
43:31going to put the QR code the moment we
43:33say our confession, our benediction.
43:36I want you to scan it. We'll get in
43:39contact with you and believe [music] me,
43:41we want to see you win in your faith
43:43journey. Please scan that before you
43:46leave today. Let's say the benediction
43:48out loud, everybody. Faith in God will
43:52move mountains out of our lives. God
43:55bless you. Love you. See you tomorrow
43:56night. [music]
43:57Become the well. We'll see you. God
43:59bless.