Fully Devoted to Christ
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 1/14/2021
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to live fully devoted to Christ by aligning every word and deed with God's character, emphasizing that true spiritual worship is the sacrifice of self-interest for the cause of the Kingdom.
Key points
- •True devotion is characterized by the conviction that to live is for the cause of Christ and to die is a gain of eternal reward.
- •Every believer is responsible for taking inventory of their words and deeds to ensure they reflect the nature and character of Jesus.
- •Spiritual worship is defined not just by music, but by presenting the body as a living sacrifice through holiness and righteousness.
- •A focused mind is essential for devotion; believers must actively dwell on what is true, honorable, just, pure, and commendable.
- •Victory in the Christian life comes from being 'crucified with Christ,' where self-interest dies so that Christ can live through the individual.
Scripture
Spiritual Growth
Holiness
Purpose
Worship
Character
Life application
This week, take a 'spiritual inventory' of your recent conversations and social media posts; ask yourself if your words have been 'just and pure' or driven by anger, then consciously choose to speak only what builds others up in the name of Jesus.
Reflection questions
- If you were to die today, could you honestly say your works would speak well of your commitment to God?
- In what areas of your life have you allowed your own 'self-interest' to take priority over the cause of Christ?
- How can you better utilize the guidance of the Holy Spirit to ensure your deeds are done in the 'name of the Lord'?
- Which of the virtues listed in Philippians 4:8 (truth, honor, justice, purity) do you struggle with most in your daily thoughts?
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0:00[Music]
0:06i appreciate you joining us in the
0:09service
0:10this evening thank you so much for being
0:13a part
0:14of our spiritual development
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0:19first time
0:20we've been waiting for you thank you so
0:22much
0:23for joining us and for those of you who
0:26are part of the tfc family
0:28thank you so much for um you know
0:31joining and loving your church therefore
0:33you're
0:34building your church that was an
0:37awesome worship from our worship team
0:40and i'm so glad that the lord has just
0:43strengthened them during this pandemic
0:46to be able to lead us into worship all
0:50right let's just pray father we thank
0:51you for this moment
0:53we ask that you bless your word
0:56speak through me empower your people
0:59in jesus name amen
1:03all right let's get right into the word
1:05if you've got your printed bible
1:07or perhaps you have an electronic bible
1:11let's get into the word of god and we're
1:14going to talk about
1:16you being fully devoted to christ
1:19so our subject matter is fully
1:23devoted to christ let's start out with
1:27um philippians 1
1:30verse 21 it says
1:34for to me to live is christ
1:37and to die is gain
1:40the apostle paul made this bold
1:44statement and he said for me to live
1:49it is christ i'm i'm going to fully
1:51devote my
1:52entire life to the cause
1:56of christ and then he says
2:00and to die is to gain
2:03this was an amazing way to
2:08write down or to document his
2:11commitment to the faith
2:14he was actually saying if i live i'm
2:18doing it
2:18for christ and when i die
2:22i am actually doing it for christ
2:24because
2:25i am going to gain my reward
2:28when i get to heaven what an amazing way
2:33to live your life as a believer
2:37that you're living it for the cause of
2:40christ
2:42you are fully devoted to god in
2:45everything that you do everything that
2:48you do
2:49because according to what paul is saying
2:52for me to live in other words
2:53for him to breathe
2:56god's air for him to be on the planet
3:01it is for the cause of christ
3:04are you hearing me so you have to ask
3:07yourself the question
3:09whatever you're doing now whatever you
3:11have done
3:12in 2020 was it
3:15for the cause of christ
3:19or was it for selfish reasons
3:24or was it to promote the kingdom of
3:26darkness
3:28instead of the kingdom of light and then
3:31according to paul
3:33you know will your dying
3:36gain you anything in the life
3:39after when you die do you have
3:43peace with god are you at peace
3:47knowing when you die that you're going
3:50to
3:50gain a crown of righteousness that
3:53you're going to hear
3:54god say to you well done
3:58good and faithful servant
4:01because make no mistake about it every
4:04one of us
4:05will eventually receive a reward from
4:08the lord
4:09for the works that we do on the earth
4:12you know there's a song our seniors
4:15would sing
4:16may the works i do
4:19speak for me so the question is
4:24the things that you are doing the works
4:27you are doing
4:28are they speaking for you are they
4:31speaking well
4:33of your commitment to god where you're
4:36fully devoted to god you're sold out to
4:38god
4:40or
4:43is your commitment in question if you
4:45will
4:46or are you ashamed because
4:50you're not really doing the will of god
4:53you're not really in the will of god
4:57so i would hope that you and i today
5:02will live the life that paul
5:05um you know lived and
5:08documented in in uh philippians 1
5:1221 where he actually
5:16was saying it it makes no difference if
5:19i live
5:19i'm doing it for christ if i die
5:23at least i know while i was living i did
5:26the works
5:27i did my part in pleasing god
5:32and now that i die i don't have to worry
5:35that i'm going to be in eternal
5:37damnation
5:38i know that god
5:42is going to reward me are you hearing me
5:46so i i hope i hope you and i
5:50will understand that it is our duty
5:53to live for christ it is our
5:57responsibility to make sure
6:00that we're fully devoted to him
6:03completely
6:04devoted to him let me take you to
6:09colossians 3 17.
6:13we're talking about being fully devoted
6:16to god here
6:17being completely sold out to him
6:21uh here we find paul again
6:25bringing to our attention
6:28what we ought to do because remember he
6:32said before in philippians
6:34he said whatever you do or whatever he
6:36did
6:38in life was for christ and
6:41he is assured that when he dies
6:44that he is going to gain some things
6:50so then he says here in colossians 3 17
6:54and whatever you do pay attention now
6:58whatever you do in word or deed
7:02do everything in the name of the lord
7:05jesus
7:06given thanks to god the father
7:10through him now this is amazing
7:13please listen i i hope you're getting
7:16this man
7:17paul is saying whatever you do so the
7:20question right now
7:21is what are you doing and
7:24the things that you're doing in word or
7:28deed is it
7:31done to glorify god
7:34all the things you did this year
7:37all the people you met the conversations
7:40you've had with them
7:42all the postings you did on social media
7:45all the events you have attended you
7:47know all the things that you have done
7:49the things that you thought in your mind
7:53the places you've been the environment
7:55that you had
7:56influenced over how did you handle that
8:02how did you function into those
8:05environments
8:06think about that for a moment as we come
8:09to the close of another year
8:12another season god is thrusting us
8:15into a new year you have to
8:18listen to me carefully you have to pause
8:21for a moment
8:22and take inventory and assess what you
8:25have done
8:27so far these last 11
8:30and a half months to make
8:34sure that the way you're living
8:38it is for christ and
8:42knowing that when you die there's a
8:44reward
8:45there for you the moment you die
8:49you want to know that there is
8:52a reward for you
8:56are you hearing me so he says whatever
8:58you do
9:00in word or deed let's talk about that
9:03for a moment
9:04in word what words are you speaking what
9:07words
9:08have you spoken in the entire year
9:13um and the are those words
9:16given life or are those words this
9:19destroying people or yourself
9:22think about that the words you speak
9:27must be able to give life to yourself to
9:30people
9:31and they must be done in the will of god
9:37and of course your deeds now it's not
9:40just what you say
9:41because a lot of people say stuff but
9:43they're just not doing
9:45what they're saying so paul is making it
9:48clear
9:48here whatever you say and whatever you
9:51do
9:52do everything in the name of the lord do
9:55it in
9:55the character of god the nature of
9:59god the will of god that's really what
10:02he's saying
10:04and i and i and i want to be honest man
10:06some of us
10:07and i'm including myself this year we
10:10haven't
10:11said all the right things and we haven't
10:14done all the right things
10:16but here's what i'm so excited about
10:19it is the fact that god has given you
10:22and me
10:23another opportunity an uncommon
10:26opportunity to end the year
10:30right and to cross over into 2021
10:35with the right attitude
10:38are you hearing me how many of you are
10:41so
10:42committed to making sure that you are
10:45going to be
10:46fully committed to god in 2021.
10:50do i have a witness out there can i get
10:53somebody if it's just even one
10:56maybe this other person who is in in
11:00in atlanta or probably somebody right
11:02here in miami or fort lauderdale
11:04deerfield
11:05maybe they don't they don't even care
11:07about what i'm saying maybe they're not
11:08interested in being fully devoted to
11:11christ
11:12committed to him and they don't want to
11:14be sold out but but i believe there's
11:16somebody
11:17in some other parts of the world the
11:20country
11:21this region who will say henry i
11:25want to be fully committed to god in
11:282021
11:33that's my testimony that is my
11:36commitment
11:38that i want to make sure whatever i say
11:42and the things i do
11:46i want to make sure i do them in the
11:49name
11:50of the lord jesus ah
11:54glory to god i want to make sure i do
11:57that
11:58because yes we can listen and i know
12:00some of you are thinking
12:01well you know henry you know you've been
12:03preaching man this stuff for a long time
12:05and
12:06you know you make it sound so easy but
12:08it's hard man we can't
12:10do this and you know you know we
12:13it's impossible for all of our words
12:16to be done in the name of the lord jesus
12:20because
12:21there are times man i just want to say
12:24some stuff
12:25that i know jesus is not pleased with
12:28hello do i have a witness out there
12:32do i have a witness out there where
12:34somebody can be
12:36honest to say look henry
12:39this year listen i am not going to sit
12:42up here
12:43and watch this service and make you
12:47or everybody else think that every word
12:51i
12:51spoke they were spoken in the name
12:55of jesus no no it's not true
12:58there are words we have spoken they were
13:02spoken
13:02in the name of our name our character
13:06our anger our bitterness
13:09and can i just be real and some of the
13:12words we
13:13spoke we don't even want anybody else to
13:17hear them
13:18hello talk to me here now
13:22you see this scripture paul is really
13:25throwing it to the believer for us to
13:28examine ourselves
13:30are we that fully committed to god that
13:32even the things we say
13:34and the things we do will be done
13:37in the name of jesus so that means your
13:41steps must be
13:42ordered by jesus everything you do
13:45must be ordered by god that's why you
13:47have to fully devote
13:49yourself to him your life everything you
13:52do
13:53you have to be driven by the holy spirit
13:56the the holy spirit has to be your guide
13:59by the way he's a comforter he's a guide
14:02that's one of his purpose on the earth
14:05is
14:06to guide you so lord guide my words and
14:09guide my deeds
14:13that should be the cry of every believer
14:16and it's not too late to do that it's
14:18not too late to do that
14:21before the end of 2020
14:24because let's tell the truth man this
14:27year
14:28we have said some things we know we
14:31don't have no business saying
14:32hello can i have some real people to say
14:37ouch you know
14:40come on now we've said some stuff you
14:43know you've been cussing
14:44yeah yeah i said it you know you've been
14:46cussing
14:47i mean i'm not even saying cursing you
14:49know i'm talking about cursing
14:51you know you have said some stuff out of
14:53your mouth that you're like oh
14:55jesus don't repeat it to nobody
14:59you know you have said some hurtful
15:02things
15:03about people you know you have used your
15:06mouth
15:06in conversation and uh you know
15:10and instead of building people up in
15:13those conversations that you've been
15:15having throughout the year
15:16you've said some stuff man that you know
15:20you know uh jesus is not in that
15:26come on now jesus is not in that
15:30he wasn't in that conversation you had
15:33when you were
15:34gossiping and destroying and cutting
15:36down that person and
15:38and and maybe what you were talking
15:40about
15:42was uh true and you know you were just
15:46calling it out okay however
15:49it still doesn't change the fact that
15:51paul is saying
15:53whatever you do he didn't say some of
15:55the things you do
15:57you know do them in the name of the lord
16:01jesus
16:03that whatever he is saying everything
16:07are you hearing me everything and
16:10you are having a fit over what i just
16:13said
16:13because what you were saying is henry
16:15come on this you're getting close to the
16:17end of the year
16:18and don't mess with me henry because you
16:20just you making this thing
16:23sound like it's possible for all of us
16:27to say the right things
16:31because we're led by god do the right
16:34things
16:34because we're led by god but henry it's
16:37impossible
16:38so you say but it's not
16:41because the same paul said in
16:44philippians 4
16:4513 he said i can do
16:49all things wait a minute all things
16:52include in
16:54what he wrote in colossians 3 17
16:57and whatever you do that word whatever
17:01is talking about all things
17:04you can do whatever according to
17:07philippians 4 13
17:09you want to do through christ
17:12who strengthens you it is god who's
17:15going to give you the ability
17:17to be fully devoted
17:20to god to be fully committed
17:24to god
17:27it is jesus your connection
17:30your relationship with jesus christ
17:34getting in the word that's why i don't
17:36know i keep asking myself the question
17:39how do people go month after month
17:43all throughout this year all throughout
17:46the pandemic
17:48no word little bit of word in them don't
17:50take up their bible
17:52you know just live off two hours or so
17:56of word once a week how do people do it
17:59i don't get it how do they get up every
18:02day
18:02and just go through 24 hours
18:06minding their business and getting in
18:09other people's business
18:10saying stuff and doing things
18:14without the leading or the influence of
18:18the holy spirit
18:19how do they do that i don't know because
18:22i know i could not
18:23survive i know i could not at the end of
18:29the day
18:30say when i die
18:33i will gain because
18:37i believe i would have had missed
18:39opportunities
18:40i wouldn't be able to see the uncommon
18:43opportunities
18:44hidden in
18:47the issues of my life
18:50are you hearing me so when you
18:54think it's impossible for you to do
18:57all things and say all things
19:01in the name of the lord so he's pleased
19:03with you
19:05then you're calling paul a liar because
19:07he says
19:09i can do all things through christ
19:12who strengthens me we have the ability
19:16we can do this tell yourself i can
19:21yes you can you can do it well romans 12
19:241 we know it is a very familiar passage
19:27of scripture
19:28paul again speaking and he's saying
19:31i appeal to you therefore brothers of
19:34course he's relating
19:36to vote um gender
19:39he's saying here by the mercies of god
19:42to present your bodies
19:44as a living sacrifice holy and
19:47acceptable to god
19:49which is your spiritual worship
19:53catch that real quick now
19:57when you present your body to god
20:01you present it according to him how
20:05in holiness listen your
20:08worship doesn't necessarily mean
20:12only to do praise and worship this is
20:15where the body of christ has gotten it
20:17wrong
20:17okay you know praise and worship we go
20:20crazy over it fine
20:21i believe in that i think it sets the
20:24tone for the rest of the service so okay
20:26so people get all excited about okay
20:29we're
20:29doing praise and worship and you know
20:32you cry and you
20:33bow down and you worship and you lift
20:35your hands and you dance and you do all
20:38those things
20:39and you now you're saying to yourself
20:41okay when i do those things
20:43those are the things that god would use
20:46to bring me closer to him but not
20:49according to what paul
20:50is saying here paul says what makes
20:54worship spiritual oh
20:57this is good are you hearing me man
21:01what makes worship spiritual
21:05is when you present your body
21:08to god how in holiness
21:11righteousness if i had time i would
21:15you know try to break down the
21:17righteousness of god because so many
21:18people
21:19think the righteousness of god is a
21:22dress code or they place
21:23more emphasis on how you dress
21:26and yes i believe that as a christian
21:30you ought to dress appropriately you are
21:32to dress
21:33in such a way it give no offense i get
21:36that
21:36but ladies and gentlemen you can dress
21:40like a saint you can dress like what
21:43they
21:44say is holiness which is a false sense
21:46of holiness
21:47you can dress with it with your your
21:50sleeve of your
21:51shirt all up to your neck nothing's
21:54showing
21:54now you may be like in the middle east
21:56just your eyes no
21:58not even your cheekbones you can dress
22:01in a way that you deem yourself
22:05righteous but
22:08if it's not based on the righteousness
22:11of god
22:12because righteousness has nothing to do
22:15with a dress code
22:18it has everything to do with
22:21you watch this living a life
22:26that is pleasing to god whoo that is
22:29good
22:30that is good you see so many people
22:33think this faith journey is a difficult
22:35journey to
22:37to complete no it's not
22:40i'm telling you man if you do it in
22:43christ
22:44then it becomes easier because the holy
22:46spirit
22:47is guiding you so he says here let me
22:50repeat the
22:52verse 1 of romans 12 i appeal to you
22:55therefore brothers
22:56by the mercies of god to present your
22:58bodies a living sacrifice
23:00holy and acceptable to god which is your
23:05spiritual worship
23:09one translation will say reasonable
23:12reasonable
23:15the only way based on
23:20how filthy and sinful we are
23:24our reasonable service
23:28the only thing that comes
23:31close to being equal
23:34oh glory to god to what
23:38god has done for us
23:42is to worship him by
23:45presenting ourselves
23:48in the righteousness of god to god
23:52so that he can accept us oh
23:55this is good this is good
24:00that's listen when you present your body
24:03under god
24:06now you are you now you are making that
24:08true confession
24:11that you are
24:14fully devoting yourself unto god
24:19that you are sacrificing the desires
24:22of the flesh and the cravings
24:25of the mind in exchange
24:30for being right with god
24:34are you hearing me being fully committed
24:38to god
24:38when you're fully committed to god it
24:41changes your
24:42entire outlook on life
24:47i'm telling you it changes your entire
24:50outlook in life
24:52and it's not too late for you to get on
24:55the right
24:56side before the end of the year
25:00but you have to make the decision nobody
25:02can make that decision for you
25:05nobody it's unfortunate that that so
25:07many people have allowed
25:09the pandemic and the changing of the
25:12norm
25:14you know to really mess them up i mean
25:17they've lacked commitment earlier i
25:19i told you i say so many people they go
25:21through the year
25:23without praying they go through the day
25:25without
25:26praying and reading the bible they just
25:28go through their
25:30month each month
25:33doing life having very little regard
25:37about their spiritual development and in
25:40most cases
25:41is when their backs are against the wall
25:44that's when they try to play god
25:46play church play like the desperate
25:50and and and they get frustrated because
25:52you know they may get
25:53quick fixes for a moment but you see
25:56they don't have watch this they don't
25:59have that spiritual
26:01encounter with god
26:04that will make them make the statement
26:06like the apostle paul
26:08for me to live is christ
26:12no matter what i'm going through when i
26:15live
26:15through my situation i'm living for
26:18christ
26:19well what did christ go through when he
26:20was living on the earth
26:22everybody didn't like him hello
26:24everybody didn't care much about him
26:26they criticized him
26:28and they'd set traps for him even his
26:31very own betrayed him
26:33and then he suffered and he was
26:35crucified
26:36and he died come on now so for me to
26:39live is to go through the same things
26:43that christ
26:44went through because i know when i die
26:48glory to god i'm going to gain some
26:51stuff
26:53and back to what i was saying previously
26:55there's so many people
26:58throughout this year have allowed the
27:01issues of life
27:02including the pandemic to weaken their
27:05faith
27:06they're no longer committed they don't
27:10even stream
27:10services that much because now to them
27:14well i guess that scripture that says
27:16don't forget the assembling of the
27:18saints
27:19is no longer relevant because we're not
27:21going to no church no more
27:23we're not going to the building so we're
27:24not supposed to do that well what are we
27:26doing here
27:27i thought this was assembling ourselves
27:30together virtually
27:32i thought that's what we're doing
27:35i thought when the scripture teaches us
27:37that we are to develop in our faith and
27:39we are to
27:39mature as young christians and
27:43mature and become stronger and rooted in
27:45the word of god
27:46i thought that's what we're supposed to
27:48do but so many
27:50of god's people
27:53cannot say for me to live it's christ
27:57it's actually for me to live
28:01is pay my bills is
28:04find a woman find a man keep my marriage
28:07together
28:09help take care of my kids education
28:12um build my business build my career
28:16try to deal with my medical issues and
28:18challenges
28:20and so forth uh you know i just want to
28:22get through this pandemic i just want to
28:24go travel i want to do this
28:25i mean that that's their lifestyle
28:30and i hope i hope i hope this message is
28:33convicting you right now
28:35listen to me man of god listen to me
28:37carefully woman of god
28:40if you find yourself on this day
28:45the 16th day of december 2020
28:52where you find yourself not
28:55living for the cause of christ not being
28:57fully devoted
28:58to christ because you have
29:02allowed yourself to drift away from the
29:04truth
29:06it's not too late get back
29:10on track get back on track
29:13listen you're not that good
29:17where you can outsmart god
29:21you're not that perfect you don't have
29:24it
29:25all together you don't have enough
29:28backup plans that if god
29:33would turn his back against you
29:36if god would shut off his grace over
29:39your life
29:41that you will survive ah i am telling
29:45you
29:46i'm telling you notice he's not looking
29:48for perfection
29:50he's just looking for sincerity
29:53there's a difference you just being
29:56honest to yourself
29:58saying god i gotta change my life
30:01god i put i gotta put you first i gotta
30:04seek first the kingdom of god and his
30:06righteousness
30:07so that oth other things can be added
30:10unto my life god
30:14i want to make sure that my mind is
30:17focused it's fixed on the things
30:20that would bring you glory that should
30:23be your cry
30:25because if it's not you are
30:28you are literally threading on
30:35serious grounds
30:38you are actually on the verge
30:43of something hitting you
30:46that it will humble you
30:50hear me today
30:53you ought to be like the apostle paul
30:55everything you do
30:57your life must be hidden in
31:00him oh you hear me
31:04what kind of a life have you lived in
31:052020 i'm not talking about
31:07the life that people want you to live
31:09the life that you want to live
31:10i'm talking about the life that christ
31:12wants you and me
31:14to live what's on your mind what's on
31:18your heart
31:19what have you been focused on
31:22these last 11 and a half months
31:26are you fully devoted to god because if
31:29you're fully devoted to god
31:32fully committed to him there are some
31:35things that you will produce there's
31:37some things that are going to come out
31:38of you my friend that
31:41they they they're going to be godly
31:44that's why paul said in philippians 4 8
31:48and verse 9 and this is this is this
31:51listen this has helped me for years
31:55this scripture have helped me stay
31:57focused because
31:58the distractions are there
32:02trust me they are there do you know how
32:04many people
32:06who were with us in the sense that they
32:08were
32:09in the word but of course there are
32:12things they're
32:13issues that has caused them to drift
32:15away from the word
32:17some hurt by church some hurt by people
32:20some hurt by co-workers
32:21you just i mean life it's life but
32:24for me to live
32:28is christ glory to god
32:32philippians 4 8-9 it says finally
32:36brothers again both gender
32:39finally at the end of the day
32:42when it comes to the bottom line
32:45the conclusion is whatever
32:49is true whatever is honorable
32:52whatever is just whatever is pure
32:55whatever is
32:56lovely whatever is commendable
32:59if there is any excellence
33:03if there be any worthy of praise
33:07think about these things that you have
33:10learned
33:10and received and heard and seen
33:13in me practice these things
33:17and the god of peace will be with you
33:20now i want to jump out of my chair and
33:23go in the sanctuary
33:25do my dance on the stage so that brother
33:29mickey
33:29and brother jeremy and the others can
33:32dance and play
33:33so i can dance and come right back here
33:36and try to teach this word cause i'm
33:38telling you
33:39like james brown i feel good
33:44i'm telling you man i feel
33:47good are you feeling this
33:51are you feeling this man i feel good
33:54he is saying at the end of the day stick
33:57to what's true
33:59because you can never be fully devoted
34:02to god
34:03if your mind is polluted with lies
34:06is polluted with fake news is polluted
34:10with everything else than the truth
34:17because when you focus on these things
34:19that i'm about
34:20to list that paul listed in his writings
34:24you're going to see that there's an end
34:27result
34:28so he said whatever is true true
34:32stick to truth don't always believe what
34:35you've heard
34:38don't always believe what you sense
34:42don't always believe don't always let
34:45someone else poison you
34:47about anything and i'm talking about
34:49anything
34:52don't allow the society and the news and
34:55the stuff that you've heard
34:56people and the little clicks that you
34:58have don't
34:59allow those groups to twist truth is
35:03truth this is something that we have
35:05lost the ability
35:08to distinguish truth
35:12from lies fiction
35:16propaganda he said stick to the truth
35:20whatever is honorable because we must
35:24give honor
35:25and oh don't let me start with that do
35:27not let me start with the word
35:29honor we have lost that
35:33at all levels children no longer
35:37honor parents the way the bible says
35:40they are
35:40on appearance children are disrespectful
35:44to parents
35:46and i know you may think well you just
35:47don't know my mom or my daddy no
35:49no no honor your parents
35:55give honor to your spouse
35:58not now that's that's something i could
36:00preach
36:01give honor to your spouse well you don't
36:05understand my spouse don't deserve it
36:07i'm just telling you what paul is saying
36:09he says
36:10finally whatever whatever is
36:14honorable you have to give honor give
36:17honor
36:17especially when somebody is doing right
36:22when somebody has has
36:25worked on their character or worked on
36:27their personality
36:29a work to do what is right
36:32they have worked their life to do what
36:35is right
36:36honor them honor your boss
36:39honor your supervisor honor the
36:42authorities
36:43that are over you honor honor honor
36:47we've lost that honor spiritual leaders
36:51honor the brothers and sisters of the
36:54faith
36:54whatever is just just
36:58don't let me start with this now man
37:01whatever is
37:01just if paul was here during this
37:05last two years in this political climate
37:08paul would would really rebuke the
37:11believer
37:12the church especially those who call
37:15themselves
37:16evangelicals paul would have said
37:21whatever is just don't fabricate lies
37:25don't twist the word of god just to
37:28advance
37:29certain religious agenda justice must be
37:33served
37:33equally to everyone come on now whatever
37:37is just
37:40if you're going to be fully committed to
37:42god he's going to force you because
37:44in all of us there's some racism
37:49in all of us in all of
37:52us and we have to die daily to get rid
37:55of it
37:57die daily it's right in the church
37:59whatever is
38:00just right is right wrong is wrong
38:04and you don't ever lean justice
38:07come on now right on
38:10the wrong side just to advance your
38:13agenda and we've seen this
38:15we've seen people who see wrong and will
38:19not call it out all because they are
38:21loyal
38:24i don't want anybody to be loyal to me
38:27and and not call me out when i'm wrong
38:29as long as it's done
38:31in an honorable way call me out
38:34you know henry that's wrong and if i
38:36don't humble myself god's gonna take
38:38care of me
38:41but if i'm if i'm living for christ when
38:44you call me out and it is
38:46factual it is just okay all right i just
38:49humbled myself
38:50but but whatever is just
38:54and in this country we need justice
38:58we need justice that's what paul is
39:02saying
39:02whatever is pure pure
39:05not contaminated with with with our lies
39:09and
39:10our hidden agendas and so forth no
39:12whatever is pure
39:14whatever is lovely oh my goodness
39:18i'm i'm getting all excited here man i'm
39:20running out of time man
39:22he says whatever is commendable when was
39:25the last time you commend someone for
39:28doing something
39:31we always want to pat on our shoulders
39:34when was the last time
39:35as an adult you said to your parents
39:38thank you for what you have done
39:40children young people you're watching
39:42when was the last time mommy i
39:43appreciate you daddy i appreciate you
39:46on to whoever raised you when was the
39:49last time
39:50you said to your brothers and your
39:51sisters thank you for all that you have
39:53done
39:54when was the last time you said to your
39:56co-workers your supervisor your boss
39:58the person who's responsible god placed
40:01them on the earth
40:02to help you make a living so you can
40:05raise your family and
40:06take care of your obligations your
40:08financial obligations on the earth
40:10when was the last time you just said
40:13thank you not only that when was the
40:16last time
40:17based on the works they have done
40:20you commended them
40:24because we're so quick to criticize but
40:27very few people want to commend
40:29when was the last time you said good job
40:31great job
40:33man that was really good and meant it so
40:38he said whatever is commendable
40:40if there be any excellence if there be
40:42any worthy of praise
40:43then he said think on these things all
40:46the things i just mentioned
40:48think on these things and then he says
40:53what you have learned and received and
40:56heard
40:56and seen in me whoa
41:00paul was bolding the power saying now
41:02listen now i'm not going to tell you to
41:03do something that i
41:05myself is not doing
41:09think about that think about that for a
41:12moment
41:13that's how each and every one of us
41:15should be we should be so
41:17sold out so committed to god
41:21that we can say to the world and
41:24everybody around
41:25us do the things you see me do
41:30the things that i practice the things
41:33that i've been
41:34teaching you the things that i have
41:37said in conversations around you
41:40the things you've heard and seen in me
41:43practice
41:44those things let me ask you a question
41:47i wonder if you would say to someone
41:51i want you to
41:54practice the things you saw in me
41:58or you saw me do in
42:012020 from january to this very moment
42:06would that person say wow
42:09that's amazing i saw
42:14truth i saw you as an honorable person a
42:18just person
42:19a pure person a lovely person
42:23i commend you for the outstanding life
42:27that you've lived before
42:28me would they say that about you
42:34because according to paul he was bold
42:36enough he's saying
42:37whatever you see whatever you've heard
42:43i want you to practice those things
42:45because when you do all of that
42:47when you do the things i'm telling you
42:49to do and when you look at my life
42:52and see that the things i've been
42:53telling you to do that you ought to do
42:56them
42:57then god's peace is going to be with you
43:01[Applause]
43:02i'm so excited about this man god's
43:05peace hello follow me stick with me
43:09god's peace is going to be with you
43:12listen to me i rather have god's peace
43:16around me in my life than somebody
43:20handing me a million dollars
43:22and you may say you only say in that you
43:24please somebody hand you a million
43:26dollars
43:26you will take it notice what i said i
43:28didn't say i wouldn't take the million
43:30dollars
43:31but if the million dollars is given to
43:34me
43:36to choose between that
43:40and the peace of god oh i'll tell you i
43:43will take the peace of god any day
43:45because i may take the million dollars
43:48but
43:48if i don't have the peace of god i'm
43:50going to lose it
43:51live in misery i'm going to be out of
43:54the will of god
43:55and then when i die
43:58i'm not going to be able to gain
44:00anything because
44:02what will it profit a man to gain the
44:05things of the world
44:07and lose his soul
44:11are you with me so it's so important
44:13that you and i
44:17fully devote ourselves listen it's it's
44:20not too late man
44:22it's not too late you still got time
44:25fully devote yourself for the cause of
44:27christ
44:29are you hearing me fully commit in
44:32yourself
44:33it's a dying it's a dying of oneself
44:36well
44:37here's what he said paul again i love
44:39paul man
44:40paul in galatians 2 20 he says i have
44:44been
44:44crucified with christ
44:47it is no longer i who live
44:51but christ who lives in me
44:54and the life i now live in the flesh in
44:57the flesh you're not talking about some
44:59spiritual life after
45:03i lived by faith in the son of god who
45:07loved me and gave himself for me
45:11i'll finish with this because this is i
45:13got more scriptures but i got to stop i
45:15gotta stop
45:16man i gotta stop cause some of you
45:18already
45:20you're sleeping i can't believe you're
45:22laying in that bed
45:23i'm preaching good i'm fired up
45:27you in that kitchen and some of you in
45:29the bedroom
45:31and you fast asleep look at you i'm
45:33gonna pray for you man
45:35galatians 2 20 crucified with christ
45:40what is he saying that the same
45:43process that christ went through i've
45:47embraced
45:48that kind of life
45:51because i no longer live for myself
45:53listen that's the key
45:55stop living for your own self-interest
46:00that's what paul was saying stop living
46:02for your own self-interest
46:04live for the cause of christ then he
46:07says
46:08it is christ who lives in me and the
46:11life i now live
46:12in the flesh he's talking about the
46:13fleshly life he said the things i
46:16do i want to make sure the works
46:19i do it will speak for me so that when i
46:23ask you to follow
46:24the examples that i have laid
46:27those examples will be a reflection
46:31of jesus christ this is good man
46:37this is good man so you want to know how
46:41to close this year
46:43devote yourself to god be
46:46fully committed to him
46:49fully committed to christ
46:52give him your all man and watch
46:56him bless your life i could go
46:59on and on you're sleepy
47:03it's about time for you to go to your
47:05bed
47:07and i just want to pray for you father
47:09thank you
47:10[Music]
47:12i've done my part
47:15i delivered the mail
47:18it got to their mailbox
47:23it's for them to check their box
47:27receive it open up the word
47:30and let it empower them somebody just
47:33got a spiritual email
47:35this rich word was sent
47:39directly to them to tell them yes
47:42they can finish 2020 strong
47:45yes lord they can finish this year
47:49being fully committed to you even though
47:52they haven't done so
47:55the rest of the year
47:57[Music]
47:59i pray that your anointing will rest
48:02upon them
48:03i pray father that before they ask you
48:07for another miracle
48:08before they ask you for another
48:10breakthrough before they ask for
48:12things god they will ask you
48:15now to give them the strength
48:20to believe that they can do this
48:25that they can live for you
48:28in this life that would bring you glory
48:32so that when they die with assurance
48:36they can say i'm going to gain
48:40in my death bless them now i pray thank
48:44you lord
48:47during this pandemic people they stayed
48:50with us
48:51they watched our services
48:54they fellowshipped with us they've been
48:56empowered
48:58many can be honest if it was not for
49:01this
49:02ministry they don't know how they would
49:04have gotten through this pandemic
49:07every service brought a rhema word to
49:09them
49:12thank you for touching them thank you
49:14lord for those who faithfully
49:16supported our ministry
49:18[Music]
49:19many who gave and it's not that
49:23some had it in such
49:26great ways that they could just easily
49:29give it
49:31some it was a sacrifice some
49:34have made the decision given their tithe
49:37and their offerings is a non-negotiable
49:40part of their lives they don't even
49:41debate that anymore
49:44they have just gotten into the habit of
49:46saying god here's your tenth
49:50i don't have enough anyway
49:54and my given is proven that you will
49:58provide for the faithful
50:02bless our given this very moment
50:05as we sow our seed i pray
50:09that lord that their storehouses will
50:11never be empty
50:14your ministry the needs will be met
50:19even in the midst of a crisis
50:22because it was in the midst of a famine
50:25that isaac
50:26sowed his seed
50:29because it's a biblical principle bless
50:32them in their given now we pray
50:34in jesus name amen
50:37amen i'm going to do something on this
50:41wednesday tonight
50:45because there's no more wednesday night
50:46services for the rest of the year
50:50um our next service will be on sunday
50:53hope you can join us join us um
50:57then we'll have christmas eve service
51:01i hope you'll be a part of it it's going
51:03to be fun starts at 8 o'clock christmas
51:06eve 8 p.m and then
51:09on december 27th we'll have our sunday
51:12service again
51:14and then we won't have another service
51:16until it's new year's eve
51:17it will be virtual so it's going to be
51:19different so this is the last wednesday
51:21and i felt i needed to read
51:23our given confession they're going to
51:26put it on the screen and i want you to
51:28listen
51:28i want you to make a commitment do not
51:32close
51:32this year without you being faithful
51:36with your given to god
51:38that's it i'm not here begging you to
51:41give i'm not here trying to use
51:44scriptures and jokes and trying to hold
51:47you hostage for you to sow a seed no
51:50i don't play those games i think we're
51:52intelligent people enough to know that
51:54ministry
51:55has its resources its expenses and it
51:58needs resources
52:00just like your own personal life your
52:01home it takes money to run
52:04the ministry and if it's in the bible
52:07for you to give
52:08then you live for the cause of christ
52:11you're fully devoted to christ if it's
52:12not in the bible
52:14then don't listen to me or no other
52:15preacher ever
52:17don't don't obey but if it's in the word
52:21go ahead and do it yes just go ahead and
52:24do it
52:26there's several ways you can give you're
52:29going to give
52:30through the digital platforms cash app
52:32dollar sign
52:33tfc give that's it it's very easy
52:36download the cash app if not if you have
52:39it just put the dollar sign tfc give
52:41you'll find us or text to give
52:46you context it to the word tfc give
52:49using the number 73256
52:52it's very easy it's right there websites
52:55henryfernandez.org if that's
52:57you know the platform you came under
53:00to watch the service or the
53:03faithcenterint.org slash
53:04give or you can pick up the phone
53:07the phone number is right there
53:11954-742-7832
53:13get your credit card your debit card and
53:14just say to them hey
53:16i want to get my seat in the ground i
53:18don't have time to get on my phone
53:19whatever
53:20here's my number you know it's a secure
53:22line so you don't have to worry about
53:24that
53:24just give it to them and they'll process
53:26your seed i want to thank those of you
53:28who come on the west side of our
53:30property
53:30because you live in the area you have a
53:32dropbox where you drop your seed there i
53:34appreciate you
53:35let's say our confession i i just felt
53:37like we need to do it we're confessing
53:40over our seed
53:41over our money and i'm telling you
53:45some of you may not embrace this but i'm
53:48telling you
53:50when it comes to resources finances
53:53you'll be shocked at the power of your
53:56words
53:57what your words can produce when you
54:00speak things into existence
54:01so here we go in the name of jesus
54:04i declare that things are getting better
54:07though my beginnings were small
54:09yet shall my latter end greatly increase
54:12i thank you father that you are doing a
54:16good work
54:17in me and it is marvelous in my eyes
54:20i have the peace of god i am whole
54:23there's nothing missing nothing lacking
54:25nothing broken in my life
54:27i thank you father that i'm being
54:30transformed by your word
54:32and i have new ideas and a new attitude
54:35i walk in prosperity
54:37i have a prosperous mind and a
54:39prosperous soul
54:41and a prosperous body i thank you father
54:44that you have given me the power to get
54:46wealth
54:46so that your covenant may be established
54:49i declare
54:50that i'm a child of the most high god
54:53and i can boldly say that i'm more than
54:55a conqueror
54:56i am an overcomer and no weapon formed
54:58against me shall prosper or stand
55:00god you have given the command to bless
55:03and it cannot be reversed
55:06therefore i declare that i'm blessed to
55:08be a blessing
55:09until all the families of the earth have
55:12been
55:12blessed that's your declaration give
55:15right now
55:16go ahead and give in the lord bless
55:20you my goodness i had fun with you guys
55:24tonight
55:25and i pray you two enjoyed the service
55:28thank you for making your comments
55:30and please make sure like i said that
55:34you join us
55:35this sunday it's going to be great it's
55:37our christmas production
55:38it's going to be done virtually it's
55:40going to be great and i hope you'll be a
55:42part
55:43of it now here's the worship team
55:46they're now in the sanctuary i'm going
55:49to send it back to you guys
55:51take these people out in worship and the
55:54given information will be
55:56on your screen i love you this is henry
55:59fernandez saying to you
56:01faith in your god will always move