Just Start
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 8/16/2022psalm 34
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to stop waiting for perfect conditions and 'just start' moving toward their God-given purpose, trusting that God provides deliverance and strength in the process of going.
Key points
- •Fear and procrastination act as inhibitors that keep you in a motionless position, preventing you from entering the new seasons God has prepared.
- •In every season - whether good or bad - you must maintain a spirit of optimism and seek the specific lessons God is teaching you.
- •Discernment is vital because the 'counsel of the ungodly' often looks similar to the 'counsel of God' on the surface, but lacks a spiritual foundation.
- •Success is not measured by comparing your journey to others, but by remaining planted where God has placed you and trusting His timing.
- •Failure is not a dead end but a necessary part of the process that leads to ultimate success.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Spiritual Growth
Perseverance
Stewardship
Life application
Identify one area where you have been waiting for a sign or feeling 'stuck' and take one concrete step toward that goal this week, trusting that God will provide the strength as you move.
Reflection questions
- Are you currently 'on your mark' or 'set' but refusing to run the race God has already started?
- What voices or 'counsel' have you been listening to that are feeding your fears instead of your faith?
- How can you change your attitude toward your current season to find the goodness and mercy God has promised?
- In what ways are you letting the fear of past failures stop you from exploring your future potential?
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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]