The Unshakable Faith Life
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 11/30/2025Jeremiah 17:7-8
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to move from a 'fake life' of superficial worship to an 'unshakable faith life' by uprooting modern idols and returning to total dependence on God. Using the example of Judah's rebellion, he calls for a transition from self-reliance to kingdom-mindedness to finish the year in restoration and peace.
Key points
- •An unshakable faith life is built on consistent surrender, not just seeking God for a quick fix during a crisis.
- •God is never the source of our stagnation; His faithfulness is constant, but our inconsistency or secret idols block His promises.
- •Idolatry is not just bowing to statues; it is trusting, depending on, or obeying anything (career, relationships, money) more than God.
- •The culture of the world is a rigged system that demands everything and returns little; kingdom citizens must fund the Kingdom to see true increase.
- •True faith means being like a tree planted by water - remaining fruitful and peaceful even in years of drought and high pressure.
Scripture
Faith
Stewardship
Surrender
Obedience
Spiritual Growth
Life application
Identify one area of your life - like your finances or a specific relationship - where you have been leaning on your own understanding. Commit this week to consulting God through prayer and scripture before making any decisions in that area, moving from self-reliance to total surrender.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have I been like Judah, trusting in God previously but allowing new distractions to become idols?
- If God looked at my calendar and my bank account from the last year, would He see a Kingdom citizen or someone following the culture of the world?
- Am I currently 'anxious in the year of drought,' or am I rooted deeply enough in God to remain peaceful despite my circumstances?
- What specific 'act of disobedience' have I been excusing that might be hindering the breakthroughs I've been praying for?
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Full transcript
0:00Jeremiah chapter 17.
0:03And I want us to read it. I want you,
0:07the audience, and those of you are
0:08streaming to read it together
0:13because
0:16where we're going this morning is going
0:18to be very important.
0:21The entire worship this morning was
0:24about lifting up the name of Jesus.
0:28I I hope you realize that
0:31>> it was about lifting up the name of
0:33Jesus. Why? Because he is truly worthy
0:38of our praise.
0:40>> How many you believe that?
0:43>> He's worthy of our praise
0:46and the fact that we are at the last day
0:50of the month of November.
0:5331 more days to go to close 2025.
1:0131. Think about that. So Jeremiah 17
1:06verse 7 and 8.
1:10We're going to read from the ESV
1:12translation. And I want all of you if
1:15you have your printed Bible, read it
1:16from there. if you've got your
1:18electronic Bible and uh because some of
1:21us are not in the word as much as we
1:23should. We've got every other app
1:27>> on our phones, but we don't even have
1:29the Bible app. So, we made it very
1:32convenient for you. It's going to be on
1:34the screen, right? So, if you will all
1:37read together. Come on now, read.
1:43Trust is the Lord.
2:03>> It says, "And is not anxious
2:07in the year of drought."
2:12It's not anxious
2:14in the year of drought. Let's pray.
2:16Father today
2:19we open up our hearts to you. We [music]
2:24confront our fears
2:27and we [music]
2:29ask you to confront our ways. [music]
2:33Heal our wounds and ignite an unshakable
2:37faith within us. And let your word
2:40uproot every idol, [music] every
2:43distraction,
2:45every deception.
2:47And plant us today
2:52beside the rivers of your truth
2:56so that we will walk in your
3:00righteousness
3:01in Jesus name.
3:03>> Amen. Let's give him a praise while we
3:05take our seat.
3:08God bless you.
3:10So, here's how we're going to close out
3:12the series.
3:14Unshakable.
3:16We're going to do it today to talk about
3:20the unshakable
3:22faith life.
3:26The unshakable faith life.
3:30For those of you who believe that living
3:32for Jesus doesn't pay off, I don't know
3:35who lied to you.
3:39>> For those of you who think that there is
3:40a different way to live your life
3:43outside of the kingdom of God, you're
3:47making a big mistake.
3:50Today is not just another Sunday.
3:55Today, I believe, is the day that God
3:57steps into your private conversations
4:01you've been having with him in
4:04frustration,
4:06tears,
4:07disappointment,
4:09and confusion. You've been talking to
4:12God.
4:14Lately, you've been questioning God
4:17about a few things. Many of you have
4:20been brutally honest with God lately.
4:23Some of you have said to God, "Lord,
4:28are you hearing me?
4:31Who am I talking to?
4:34Are you hearing me?
4:37Are you ignoring me?
4:40Why does my life
4:44Why doesn't my life reflect your
4:47promises?
4:49I go to church. I'm reading your word.
4:52And let's be honest, some of us are not
4:54reading our word. We just we just we
4:56just want to live this happy life
4:59forever. And we don't even know what the
5:02good book says about that.
5:05>> Let's be honest. We really don't know
5:07what the word of God says about us
5:11because we don't really take up the word
5:13of God. We want his blessings, but we
5:17don't want his word,
5:20his direction.
5:23And so,
5:24we're questioning God. You're saying to
5:26God, I prayed to you and Lord knows I
5:30have tried my best.
5:33So, why am I here?
5:36It's November 30th.
5:38Why am I still here? What are you
5:41talking about, Henry?
5:43Why is your life such a 360° circle?
5:49You're back at the same place you were
5:52last year. It's like a cycle.
5:56Why am I here, God? Why am I not
5:58producing success? Why am I not
6:01producing greatness? Why am I here? And
6:05if you are truly honest with yourself,
6:09for some of you, the last 5 to 10 years
6:13have not looked like the life that God
6:16has promised you. And certainly not what
6:20you dreamt of.
6:23And now you're kind of confused.
6:26And let's be honest, you're you're
6:28angry. You're angry with God. You are
6:31drained because you're just tired of
6:33trying.
6:35And some of you are physically present
6:38in church right now. Physically
6:41watching,
6:43but you have spiritually checked out.
6:49>> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. You you you you say
6:51you're a Christian. You're a part of
6:53kingdom culture, but let's be honest.
6:56you have spiritually checked out cuz you
7:00don't pray the way you should. You You
7:02don't really seek God. You're not really
7:04following his principles. You want the
7:07blessing, but you don't want to walk the
7:10walk.
7:13>> So, you've checked out.
7:16And it is that internal chaos.
7:22Some of you have now quickly blamed God
7:28for where you are. Let's talk about it
7:30this morning.
7:32>> Let's have a conversation here. Cuz
7:33you've been talking to God and you're
7:35asking him for answers. So So because I
7:38am one of his servants on the earth,
7:41he's put in me a message to give to you.
7:44Now the real question is will you
7:46embrace it?
7:50>> Will will will will you stop putting up
7:53walls and would you just for once in
7:55your life say okay God I'm willing to
7:59listen. I'm willing to hear you. You see
8:03you feel like you have done everything
8:05right and God still haven't come through
8:10for you. But before you go accusing God,
8:16let me ask you the real question that
8:18you should answer today.
8:22And that question is, have you truly
8:26truly done
8:28everything
8:30God required of you?
8:34Think about that.
8:36You You're God, why is my life where
8:39it's at?
8:40Why? Why do I not experience increase
8:43and happiness and joy and peace? Why do
8:47I not live in abundance? Why am I not
8:52content?
8:54Why am I here? Why is my family so
8:58jacked up and just living in
9:00dysfunction? Why it seems if I make two
9:05steps forward, I'd then do five steps
9:08backward? Why? What? What? What's wrong,
9:11God?
9:13The question that God really wants to
9:15ask you, and you have to be truthful
9:16about that, is have you truly done
9:20everything? I'm not talking about when
9:23you need a quick fix, you run to him.
9:28But then there are other areas of your
9:30life you have yet to surrender to him.
9:34You know that relationship,
9:37have you really given it to him?
9:41Have you really given it to him?
9:44That business, have you really given
9:46that business to God? Have you really
9:49given your children over to God? Have
9:51you really given that situation over to
9:54God? That that situation on the job,
9:57have you given it over to God? Have you
10:01really done everything?
10:04Have you completely trusted him? I'm
10:07saying completely trusted HIM OR YOU
10:10JUST SAYING WITH your mouth, God, I
10:12trust you. But when the test of life hit
10:15you,
10:17>> you fumble,
10:19>> you start acting like somebody who don't
10:22know who their God is.
10:25>> Have you fully obeyed him? I mean,
10:27really obeyed him.
10:30Have you fully obeyed him? Have you
10:33surrendered all of your decisions to
10:37him? Have you surrendered ALL OF YOUR
10:40DECISIONS TO HIM? OH, let's start with
10:42January 1. YOU'VE MADE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
10:45DECISIONS. HOW MANY OF THOSE decisions
10:48were Christ driven?
10:52>> How many
10:54How many of those decisions were Holy
10:58Spirit driven? Right? You made all kinds
11:01of decisions. You went in business. You
11:03signed contracts.
11:05You allowed people to enter your life
11:08since January.
11:11Did God have a say
11:15>> in the decisions you made?
11:18You walked away from the faith.
11:22Did God have a say in that?
11:26Think about that.
11:28You went out on dates.
11:30Did you talk to God?
11:34>> I'm going out with this guy, God, and
11:37>> because I know how men can be today.
11:42>> Please talk to me.
11:47>> Am I going out with a serial user?
11:51>> Yes, sir.
11:52>> Or am I going out with somebody who
11:54could potentially be the one?
11:57Amen.
11:58>> That's good.
11:59>> And now in November,
12:02>> stuff ain't going right
12:04>> and you have the nerve to blame him.
12:09[applause]
12:13>> From the looks of some of y'all faces,
12:15you're ready to leave. But please,
12:17please stay right there.
12:20Since January, you've made decisions
12:22with your money.
12:25Think about that. It's not that you
12:27didn't earn money.
12:29>> You had plenty of money. Come on now.
12:31Don't you be lying before God.
12:34>> You had your job. You ran your business.
12:38God favored you and put people in your
12:40life and things in your life and blessed
12:43you financially.
12:46Think about that.
12:48But you went and you purchased things.
12:49Some of you participate in what is
12:52called black market or black Friday.
12:54Sorry. Black market. Oh Jesus. Black
12:57Friday.
13:00Oh, it's black market for me. I'm
13:02telling you.
13:07Have you consulted God
13:09with your resources?
13:13Okay, God. this is what you've empowered
13:15me with. Cuz the Bible says he gives you
13:19the power, the ability
13:22>> to to gain wealth.
13:25Have you Okay, God, here's here's what
13:28you blessed me with. Thank you. Thank
13:31you.
13:33Now, teach teach me how to manage
13:39>> what you have entrusted me with.
13:42Teach me how to get rid of greed.
13:46>> Teach me how to get rid of lust.
13:49>> I got to have it.
13:52>> Teach me discipline and consistency.
13:56>> Teach me to think generational,
14:00>> not just in the moment. Have you really
14:03consulted him? And now you're at
14:05November 30th
14:09and you have the nerve to say
14:12God never blessed you.
14:17He never empowered you.
14:21Cuz have you really surrendered all your
14:24decisions,
14:26your finances, your habits, your
14:28relationships, and your desires to him?
14:31Or have you simply tried to involved God
14:37in a life in a life that is still being
14:41directed by your own will.
14:45>> See, that's what's getting us in
14:47trouble.
14:48It's our own will. the wheel to do the
14:52wheel to oh this is my life I'm gonna
14:54live it my way and and and you get
14:57sucked into the culture of the world
15:00because that's how they live
15:03and as a kingdom citizen you're not
15:05benefiting from the kingdom of God
15:07because you've adopted to the culture of
15:11the world so here are five things I want
15:14you to think about five things and I'll
15:17be out of your way five things number
15:19One, God has never stopped being
15:23faithful to you.
15:25>> Get that in your head.
15:27>> God has never stopped being faithful.
15:31You're talking about the unshakable
15:33faith life.
15:35You want to talk to some of us who are
15:38thriving and believing and trusting and
15:41God is supplying our every need in all
15:44areas of your life. You want to find out
15:46why we are living this unshakable faith
15:50life is because we know that God is
15:54faithful every single day.
15:59>> Every day.
16:02Even with the 8 billion people on this
16:05planet, God wakes you up every day.
16:10>> That's something to shout about.
16:14Even with the 8 billion people on this
16:17planet, God protects you every night.
16:22>> He not only wakes you up every day, but
16:24when you go to bed at night, God is
16:26watching over you. He sustains you
16:28physically. He keeps your mind from
16:32collapsing.
16:33If I had enough time to preach on just
16:36this just one point, he keeps your mind
16:40from collapsing. I don't know who I'm
16:43talking to in this building or who is
16:46watching online. Let's tell the truth
16:49and shame the devil. I know you look
16:51good this morning. I know you look like
16:54you got it all together. But there's
16:56been a point this year where if it had
16:59not been for God,
17:02who am I talking to?
17:06Have you EVER BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING
17:08WHERE YOU FELT YOU WERE GOING TO LOSE
17:10YOUR MIND? You thought this was it. The
17:13devil [music] backed you up in a corner
17:16and HE WAS THROWING FISTS AT YOU, but
17:19somehow you put your faith in God.
17:22Somehow you said to God, "I'm not going
17:25to give up. THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET I'm
17:30going to trust God."
17:33I want to talk to some people this
17:34morning who just learn to trust God. No
17:37matter what you're going through, no
17:39matter what the enemy is thrown at you,
17:41you're going to trust God. No matter
17:44what, I'm going to trust him without a
17:46lover or with a lover. I'm going to
17:48trust him when people walk out of my
17:51life who I once trusted. I'm going to
17:54trust him with money or no money. I'm
17:57going to trust HIM WITH A JOB or no job.
18:00I'M JUST GOING ALL OF MY DAYS. I'M GOING
18:04TO trust the Lord. Am I talking to
18:07anybody here this morning?
18:10I'm going to trust him because he never
18:12stops
18:15>> being faithful.
18:17Lamentation 322 and 23. We talked about
18:22it last week. The steadfast love of the
18:25Lord
18:27>> never ceases.
18:29>> His mercies never come to an end.
18:33>> They are new every morning. Great is
18:36your faithfulness. You see, God sees
18:40every act of disobedience.
18:42Yes, he sees it. And this is what really
18:46got me when I was putting this sermon
18:48together. This is really what got me.
18:50You know, every one of us, including
18:52this preacher, we've walked in
18:53disobedience. Man, he sees it. But watch
18:57this. When you talk about his love never
18:59ends. This is what I love about God. He
19:02sees every act of disobedience, yet he
19:06still loves us.
19:11>> I know some coldhearted people, no
19:14matter what you do, they'll they'll
19:17never love you. But when it comes to
19:20God, he still loves us. God hears every
19:24complaint. Cuz some of us are
19:26professional complainers.
19:28Yet, he still protects us. God feels
19:32every moment we have drifted away from
19:35him. Yet he still invites us back
19:42every single time. Because your lack of
19:45the blessed life
19:48has never been because God stopped
19:51loving you.
19:53It is simply because you stop being
19:57consistent with him.
20:00you stopped being consistent with him
20:02with him. Paul uh says it best. He says
20:05you did run
20:08>> well.
20:10You did run well.
20:12>> Let me take you back to the time you
20:14were fully committed to God, man. Man,
20:17you were running, man. You were running,
20:19man. I got to serve God. Praise the
20:22Lord, man. And you were just reading
20:24your Bible, man. And you were thanking
20:26God for everything that he did to for
20:28you. And you were just praising him,
20:31man. And you were just saying, "God,
20:33thank you for blessing me and my family.
20:35Thank you, God." And you were running
20:37well, man. I mean, the devil couldn't
20:39catch up with you. Nothing he put in
20:41your path would ever stop you. But all
20:43of a sudden, you allowed distractions.
20:46You allowed what people are saying.
20:48Somehow you took your eye off the prize.
20:51And Paul says, "You did run well, but
20:54you didn't even slow down." Who?
20:57>> Stop you.
21:00>> It's one thing to slow down
21:03>> cuz you're still moving.
21:07>> But Paul says, "Who stopped you?
21:10>> Who hindered you?
21:16>> You no longer look like kingdom
21:18citizens.
21:20You don't even talk the culture
21:23of the kingdom anymore.
21:26You sound just like them.
21:30You act just like them.
21:33You look just like them. You talk just
21:39like them.
21:44Number two,
21:46and here's a big question that I have to
21:49ask you this morning.
21:51How many years
21:54will you keep wasting
21:58now? Come on now. Let's reason together.
22:01May
22:02>> maybe you don't like this kind of
22:03preaching. You know, you you you just
22:06Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for
22:08encouraging me. Thank you. If if there's
22:10nobody's going to encourage me, this
22:12sister over here this morning, she just
22:14Thank you. Thank you. Please attend
22:16church every Sunday. I need you.
22:21How many years
22:24will you continue
22:26to waste?
22:29How many more Decembers will you reach
22:34>> in the same place?
22:37>> Let's talk about that.
22:41Last year you made a commitment. You
22:44will do better. 2025 is going to be your
22:47year. That's the same thing you said.
22:4924.
22:51That's the same THING YOU SAID 23. SAME
22:53THING. 22 21. Come on. You've been
22:57saying that year after year. And every
23:01December we find you at the same place.
23:06And you're saying God is the problem.
23:11>> And you're saying people
23:14are the problem.
23:17>> The people are the problem.
23:19Let's talk about that.
23:23How many more Decembers
23:26will you reach in the same place?
23:30still struggling,
23:32still frustrated,
23:35still financially stretched,
23:38still emotionally empty.
23:44You don't even pray the way you should.
23:4724 hours a day, God gets little.
23:527 days a week,
23:55everybody gets your time,
23:58>> your job, your business. your friends,
24:01your girlfriends, you have happy hour
24:05every Friday. You have happy hour.
24:11And some of you are streaming.
24:15You will go to the bar and the
24:18restaurant for happy hour as tired as
24:21you are,
24:23>> but you're too tired to come to the
24:25house of God.
24:28>> [applause]
24:30>> because it's convenience.
24:35>> No sacrifice.
24:38>> And you're quick to attack preachers
24:40like me
24:42when we preach the word till it hurts
24:46>> cuz you rather to be
24:49full of excitement.
24:52You want us to ignite excitement that
24:55brings no change cycle
24:59>> of being at the same place. But it's
25:01only the word that can transform.
25:10The truth is we're still spiritually
25:13inconsistent.
25:16No progress. And and this is what God
25:18wants me to say to you today. Do you
25:22REALLY WANT THE UNSHAKABLE faith life or
25:26do you want the fake life? You look like
25:30you're making it, but in reality,
25:33you the one ARGUING WITH GOD, WHERE ARE
25:36YOU, GOD? WHY IS MY LIFE THE WAY IT IS?
25:39IT'S not God's fault.
25:44THE UNSHAKABLE OF FAITH LIFE IS
25:46AVAILABLE,
25:48>> but you just got to live it his way.
25:52>> You see, you give your money to
25:54landlords. You give your money to
25:55lenders, family, and friends, but the
25:59things of God remain optional.
26:05>> Let's be honest, man.
26:07We wonder why there's not plenty in the
26:10storehouse in the kingdom of God. It's
26:12because we kingdom citizens
26:16fund more of the kingdom of darkness
26:20>> than we fund
26:22>> the kingdom of God.
26:25>> [applause]
26:27>> Isn't it insane that we fund the
26:29landlords, we pay our rent, we pay the
26:32lenders, we borrow stuff or money to buy
26:35stuff we really don't need, but it's
26:38greed flesh. Not saying that you can't
26:40get those things in life. Please don't
26:42walk out of here or log off thinking
26:44that this preacher is saying you can't
26:45have whatever you you you don't need to
26:47have. You you whatever you want to have,
26:50I should say. I'm not telling you that,
26:52right? We lend money to families and
26:54friends and there's a whole lot of
26:55people who owe you money
26:59>> and won't pay you back.
27:02We're quick to take our resources and
27:05give to a system that doesn't return.
27:12Just in case you don't know, I'll be
27:15bold to tell you the systems of this
27:17world and the system of America is
27:20rigged.
27:29This is rigged.
27:32>> This is rigged. That's why when people
27:34talk about, well, you know, I want to
27:35give to the church. I want to do.
27:38Have you seen what the government is
27:40doing to you?
27:46>> You run your business. You work your
27:49salary. Boom. Taxes are taken out.
27:54You leave work, your money hit the bank,
27:57you stop at the gas station, taxed
27:59again.
28:01Everything, the grocery, you're taxed.
28:04Tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax
28:10you drop dead.
28:14You're taxed.
28:17Y'all don't believe me.
28:20You leave a lot of money for people.
28:23>> You're taxed all the way
28:27>> and God simply
28:29teaches us trust him with our resources
28:33and we won't and we wonder why increase
28:36is impossible. Look at and I love it.
28:39Let's go to scripture. Forget about what
28:41you think Henry is saying. Remember
28:45every person grace the stage who say
28:48they are God's mouthpiece
28:51check what they're saying and make sure
28:53the word of God
28:56>> is validating what they're saying
29:00>> come on now
29:02the book of Haidai chapter 1 verse 6
29:06clearly said cuz this was what was
29:08happening to the people they made plenty
29:10money plenty money
29:13It's not that they weren't making money,
29:16but the Bible says you earn wages,
29:20but you put them into a bag with holes.
29:23In other words, your money just you
29:25don't even cuz you're back at again
29:27December and if you look at all the
29:30money you made this year, I mean, what
29:33what have you gained? Oh, yeah, you
29:34bought a bag. Oh, yeah, you bought some
29:36stuff. But but but beyond is it paid
29:40for?
29:44Do not get sucked into this rigged
29:46system.
29:50>> Boy, you should see the look in some of
29:51y'all faces, man. I'm Oh, Jesus. I'm
29:54hurry. I'm in a hurry with this sermon
29:56this morning.
29:57>> You see, God's not the problem. Your con
30:00inconsistency is point number three
30:05to change your life. This is it. Now, I
30:07love it. You may say, "Boy, Henry's been
30:09beating up on me all morning." No, no,
30:11no, no, no. Here's where it gets better.
30:13To change your life, you must stop
30:15living like Judah.
30:18Now, who's Judah? Well, Judah is,
30:21remember, we just read Jeremiah
30:2417. I want to give you a backstory of
30:27why those two verses, verse 7 and 8,
30:29came into play.
30:32And you have to read the entire chapter
30:34to fully understand why Jeremiah made
30:38the statement in verse 7 and 8. You see,
30:43Judah wasn't always a rebellious people.
30:49Judah wasn't always rebellious like many
30:52of us. Come on now. We're not evil
30:55people. We're not a people who just want
31:00to rebel against God and to to get out
31:05of his perfect will. Judah was one of
31:08God's
31:10favorite group of people.
31:13They walked in righteousness. They
31:15honored him. They lived up to his word.
31:20But here's the problem.
31:23They once trusted God,
31:26but over time over o over o over o over
31:28o over o over o over o over o over o
31:28over o over o over over time you did run
31:30well.
31:32Some of you you once trusted God. You
31:36loved him with all of your heart. I mean
31:37you're really you're really a Christian.
31:41You love him with all of your heart.
31:44Like Judah, they were doing things
31:47according to the will of God.
31:51But somehow
31:53the Bible says they now place their
31:58trust in idols.
32:03And this is where the meat of the
32:04message gets better. And hopefully you
32:08hear God loud and clear this morning.
32:12Judah once loved God.
32:18All of a sudden, they now started
32:22worshiping idols.
32:25We said, "Pastor, I'll never worship
32:27idols. I go to church. You know, I I
32:29serve God. I read my Bible." Well, well,
32:33let before you're quick to respond,
32:35let's let's really examine that.
32:39Who's first in your life?
32:43Every decision you're making, is it God
32:45you consult first?
32:48Think about that.
32:51Remember when before you had the job,
32:52you prayed, you fasted, you called
32:54people to help you pray and trust God
32:57for the job. Now you got the job. The
32:58job becomes more important than God. You
33:01put so much time in the job. And if God
33:03was to check the record, you haven't
33:05talked to him in a long time.
33:12>> Or you pray, "God, I need me a spouse."
33:15and you trusted and and you were really
33:17believing God. Now you got the spouse.
33:22Have you been talking to God lately?
33:26>> Some of you prayed for the business to
33:28thrive and to succeed.
33:32Where are you now?
33:35Did you allow the business to consume
33:37your life so much that it's taken you
33:41away from God
33:44>> that you're no longer fully committed to
33:46God? You're so involved in running the
33:49business.
33:51And then you are going to look me in the
33:53eye this morning and say, "Well, God is
33:56the problem."
34:00You see, for Judah, their idol was
34:03generational. Started working well,
34:06started doing everything right. But all
34:08of a sudden, there was a generation who
34:11walked away from God.
34:14And because they walked away from God,
34:16they paid the price for it. Their
34:18rebellion was intentional. Their hearts
34:21became hard. Their ears be became
34:25closed. and their worship became
34:28superficial.
34:33[sighs]
34:33Thank you, Holy Spirit.
34:37>> Some of you
34:39don't even have a clue
34:42what true worship is
34:46>> cuz your worship is superficial.
34:50>> You could tell
34:52the worship team could be singing their
34:54heart out.
34:56and nothing moves you. You could be
34:59driving in your car and hear Christian
35:03songs and music,
35:05but it doesn't do anything hard. The
35:09heart is hard.
35:12It's not fertile ground for the Holy
35:14Spirit to move and work.
35:18>> Right, Judah? A people who once loved
35:22God,
35:24all of a sudden their hearts became
35:28hard.
35:30Their marriages weren't working anymore
35:32because each person was selfish,
35:37full of pride, unforgiveness.
35:41Their families were suffering
35:45because there was no godly principles
35:48set up. Judah started hurting because
35:53now the resources that God gave them,
35:56they now turned it around and made it
35:59made it idols.
36:02Exodus 20:3
36:05Exodus 20:3 made it clear, you shall
36:09have no other gods
36:13before me.
36:16And what angered God
36:19when he looked at Judah at people who
36:22once loved him like you and me.
36:27When we were genuinely, honestly
36:30committed to serving God and fully sold
36:34out to him. What angered God
36:38was not their mistakes.
36:41Oo, I got you with that.
36:44What made God ANGRY AT JUDAH WAS NOT
36:47THEIR MISTAKE. CUZ WHAT YOU don't
36:50understand is your mistakes are not a
36:54surprise to God.
36:58Everybody makes mistake.
37:01Every one of us will make mistakes.
37:04That wasn't the thing that angered God
37:07because they made some mistake. No, no,
37:09no no no no no no.
37:11What made God very angry was their
37:14continuous choice
37:18to trust everything else except him?
37:24Because you can make a mistake and say,
37:26"Oh, God, forgive me. I trust you now.
37:29I'm running to you. You are my rock, my
37:31shield. You are my everything."
37:35But every time they needed help, instead
37:37of running to God, they decided they're
37:40going to run to idols.
37:43Jeremiah 7:17, that same chapter, verse
37:475, God got sick of it.
37:54See, we preach a lot of times about the
37:57good God, which he is good. We preach
38:00about this great God and if we're not
38:03careful, we want we paint God as just a
38:06God of greatness and love and so forth,
38:09but we don't really read scripture.
38:12That's why I'm telling you, man, do not
38:14let the system of the world and people
38:17trick you into knowing God when you have
38:21the same time and energy to go into his
38:23word, study it to discover the
38:27personality of God.
38:29He loves, but he punishes sin.
38:36>> That's not popular.
38:40>> It's not popular. He punishes punishes
38:43sin because verse five says, "Cursed is
38:47the man who trust in the man or in man
38:52and makes flesh his own strength."
38:55>> He looked at Judah and said, "Okay, you
38:57want to do things your way? Okay, fine.
39:01I pull my covering. I pull my promises.
39:04I pull my anointing. I pull my
39:07protection from you.
39:10>> I pull it from you.
39:13>> Notice he never said, "I PULL MY LOVE
39:15FROM YOU." He said, "I just pull my
39:18protection. I pull my promises from
39:20you." Because yes, you can love
39:23somebody, but step aside and let them
39:27ruin them their own lives.
39:31Just like a parent, YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR
39:34CHILDREN AND YOU CAN BEG THEM, DON'T DO
39:36THAT. DON'T go down that path and they
39:39will still disobey you and walk down
39:41that path. It doesn't mean you don't
39:43love them. YOU LOVE THEM. BUT WHATSOEVER
39:47men sows,
39:50>> you're going to reap.
39:54>> Later your children will find out you
39:57were right.
39:59Judah wasted years living outside of
40:01God's laws and they were blessed or they
40:05were blessed at one point. Then God
40:08cursed them all because of one word. And
40:12this is I'm going to clo try to close it
40:14off. One word, idolatry.
40:20Who or what is an idol to you today?
40:24Come on, let's talk.
40:26Who Who's your idol?
40:30Is it people who
40:34Thank you, Holy Spirit.
40:38How have you made that man your idol?
40:45How
40:47>> how did you get to that place
40:51>> when nobody was there for you all these
40:54years
40:56in your darkest hour, [clears throat]
41:00your most vulnerable and loneliest
41:02moments of your life,
41:05God was always there with you. When you
41:09were crying your heart out at night,
41:12nobody saw your brokenness. And now you
41:15get somebody in your life,
41:19>> another human being with flaws,
41:26that person is going to be your idol
41:28over God.
41:36Why have you made your business an idol?
41:40>> Why have you made your career an idol?
41:44You can't even sleep.
41:48>> You're not even getting enough sleep
41:52>> because of your hustle.
41:55>> All I do is hustle, hustle, hustle,
41:57hustle.
42:00Whatever. Whatever the song, y'all.
42:02Y'all y'all know y'all sing it.
42:11See anything, Watch this. Please don't
42:14let me lose you.
42:17Anything you trust more than God,
42:20anything you depend on more than God,
42:22and anything you obey more than God is
42:27an idol.
42:30It's an idol.
42:33Judah trusted culture, trends, false
42:38gods, and their own abilities, and God w
42:42withdrew his blessing from them.
42:46Please, Faith Center,
42:50the world,
42:52don't become like Judah.
42:55Don't get sucked into the culture.
42:58Don't get sucked into the trend.
43:02I get it.
43:04Being different
43:07will cause people to look upon you like
43:09you're crazy,
43:11like you don't belong.
43:15It's so easy for people to make people
43:18gods now and things gods.
43:21>> Don't get sucked into that.
43:23>> And please don't get sucked into your
43:25talent and your gifts.
43:26>> Yes, sir.
43:28Please don't you ever try to play God
43:32because you went to a four-year degree
43:35school and got a degree and you got it
43:38hanging on your wall and you walking
43:41around as if you've made it.
43:46>> Are you out of your mind?
43:49You know how many people graduated
43:52with quarter of a million dollar worth
43:54of debt
43:57>> and one medical visit
44:02made that degree means absolutely
44:06nothing.
44:12>> Judah tried God. It didn't work. Number
44:14four. Today, history is repeating
44:17itself.
44:19We're living in another Judah, a
44:22generation that has replaced God with,
44:25watch this, secularism,
44:28trends,
44:30popularity,
44:32greed lust lies
44:36and self- worship.
44:39This generation is obsessed with what
44:42feels good instead of what's right.
44:47It's unbelievable.
44:49It's unbelievable how we have lost our
44:52brain.
44:55We see right
44:58but choose feelings
45:00>> over right.
45:04>> And we think we can play God and get
45:06away with it.
45:08Jeremiah, Judges 21:2.
45:11Here's what it says. Everyone did what
45:14was right in their own eyes.
45:19That's why God had to judge them.
45:20Everyone.
45:22So, I'm going to do what I feel.
45:26He said, "People live as if there's no
45:27judgment.
45:29We live as if there's no accountability,
45:32no eternity."
45:36So the question is who who lied to us?
45:40>> You see God has not changed his
45:42standards. Galatians 6:7 says, "Do not
45:46be deceived. God is not mocked. For
45:48whatever one sws,
45:53you're going to reap it."
45:56You may not like my teaching this
45:58morning.
46:06But I rather tell you the truth
46:11>> so that all of us could change
46:15>> and don't become like Judah
46:19>> because you cannot ignore God's laws.
46:22You cannot mishandle people. You cannot
46:24pursue the world's system. live for
46:27pleasure and expect God's blessings on
46:30your life.
46:34>> So for those of you ignoring God's laws,
46:37he sent me here today to tell you,
46:40>> come back home.
46:43>> Come back and practice kingdom culture.
46:46You want to see You want to see the next
46:4831 days of your life transformed? You
46:52can finish 2025
46:55in a godly way
46:58when you stop ignoring God's laws.
47:02Stop mishandling
47:04people.
47:09>> For those of you who keep mishandling
47:11God's people, keep lying on God's
47:14people,
47:16>> keep doing God's people dirty, I'm
47:18telling you today, whatsoever you sow,
47:24I don't care if it's 10 years, 5 years
47:26from now. I promise you.
47:30And for those of you are victims of
47:32people mishandling you, do not try to
47:36retaliate.
47:39>> The battle is not yours. It belongs to
47:42the Lord.
47:44>> And if there is a God, which we know
47:46there is,
47:48>> leave them to God.
47:51Leave them to God. I don't care who they
47:53are, friends, relatives. I don't care
47:55your spouse. You might have been
47:57separated and divorced. I'm telling you,
48:00people who mishandle you, leave them to
48:04God.
48:10Number five, Jeremiah 17
48:14is a blueprint for an unshakable life.
48:18Here's what it says. And this is how we
48:20going to go home. [music] Going to
48:21receive the seed. This how we going to
48:23go home, man. Blessed is the man who
48:25trust in the Lord. That means who lean
48:28on him. Surrender total control to him.
48:32And that means to obey his word even
48:34when it contradicts your feelings
48:39to depend on him more than yourself.
48:41Proverbs 3:5 and 6. It says, "Trust in
48:44the Lord with all of your heart and lean
48:46not to your own
48:48understanding because what he'll make
48:51your or he'll he'll make straight your
48:54paths. Everything you do, God will
48:57correct it."
48:59>> Then the verse says he is like a tree.
49:01We're right at the beginning. Planted by
49:04water. What is that saying? You see, a
49:06believer rooted in God grows,
49:08flourishes, produces, and survives
49:12storms.
49:15>> Psalm 1 verse 1 to3 says he's like a
49:18tree that is planted by the stream of
49:20water that yield its fruit in its
49:25season.
49:28When you stayed anchored in God, I don't
49:31care what storm comes up against you.
49:35>> You are unshakable.
49:38>> That's the faith life.
49:41The next thing about the verse is it
49:44says he does not fear when heat comes.
49:47It didn't say he does not fear if heat
49:50comes. When? It's not if, it's when.
49:54Because heat represents trials,
49:56pressure, adversity. The unshakable
49:59believer is not moved by, watch this,
50:02bad news,
50:04>> threats, critics, lack, delays, attacks.
50:10Why? Isaiah 43:2 says, "When you pass
50:13through the fight, when you pass
50:14through," underline that word, circle
50:17that word, through. Through. Through.
50:20when you pass through. I'm I'm here to
50:22take today to tell somebody whatever is
50:26happening in your life, you're going
50:28through it. There's a reason why God
50:30allowed it. Cuz whenever you pass
50:33through the fire, you shall not be
50:36burned.
50:37>> And then it says he is not anxious in
50:41the year of drought.
50:44Drought means
50:46you know scarcity. You know things are
50:49not normal or flourishing.
50:53You know it's very rare. You can't find
50:56it. But the unshakable believer
50:57flourishes even in hard times. Why?
51:00Because God is their source. Not the
51:03economy, not culture, not people. So be
51:08not be anxious for anything.
51:12Philippians 4:6 and 7. And the peace of
51:15God will guard your heart. And he does
51:17not cease to bear fruit.
51:20Even when everyone else is breaking
51:23down, the root or the rooted believer
51:27keeps producing peace, progress,
51:30stability, harvest, and breakthrough.
51:34I want to say to you, the next 31 days,
51:38the next 31 days is going to be
51:40important to all of you.
51:43Listen to me. Those of you streaming,
51:45please hear pastor today.
51:48The next 31 days
51:51very important to you and me.
51:55We can be like Judah
51:58and still
52:00make the decision
52:03to have idols
52:06and live under a curse.
52:10If you want to do life your way, fine.
52:13Nobody's going to force you
52:15to change.
52:17But if you're not happy with where you
52:20are, you can change that. You can change
52:24it like Judah. Because the next 31 days
52:27of 2025 can be a year of blessings,
52:30restoration obedience breakthrough
52:33unshakable faith.
52:36But all these things can only happen
52:38when you choose, my friends, to move.
52:42Because nothing moves until you move.
52:45Nothing changes until you change.
52:49Nothing breaks until you obey. That
52:53cycle of unproductivity,
52:55it won't break
52:57until you obey.
53:00Nothing shifts until you trust in God.
53:05nothing will.
53:07I'm going to put up in just a moment,
53:09don't put it up yet, a declaration that
53:12I want you all to say this morning. But
53:15I want to pray for you. I want everybody
53:16to bow your heads. Please don't get
53:18distracted [music]
53:18by anybody at this time because this is
53:21a crucial moment. Those of you are
53:23streaming, follow me quickly.
53:29I know this morning's sermon
53:33wasn't probably what you were hoping
53:37for.
53:40I sense some of you it was very
53:45in fact you've interpreted as if I am
53:48attacking you.
53:51I wish to God you would put Henry
53:53Fernandez out of the picture
53:56because the moment you make this moment
53:58about a man,
54:00you miss the message.
54:04Could it be the reason why God is in
54:05your face is because he loves you and
54:08whom he loves, he'll chase.
54:12>> He'll correct.
54:15Why do you keep on taking corrections as
54:18an attack when it could be a form of
54:21love so you become conformed to his
54:23will?
54:27What's your decision this morning?
54:31What is your decision this morning when
54:32it comes to your personal life?
54:36How committed are you going to be to God
54:38this morning and say, "God,
54:41I don't want to be like Judah. I want to
54:43return back to my first love
54:48where I'll fall in love with you again.
54:50Know the song that says falling in love
54:53with Jesus
54:55is the best thing
54:58that ever could happen to me.
55:02That you start loving him the way he
55:05deserved to be loved.
55:08that you're going to make the decision
55:09today that you're going to involve him
55:11in every areas of your life, including
55:14your finances.
55:17>> Because I'm telling you this morning,
55:22the God that I am preaching about this
55:24morning knows your every financial need.
55:30And while we are going to the system for
55:34financial breakthrough,
55:36he's already said in his word, he's made
55:40provision for you.
55:42The next 31 days, it's easy for God to
55:45do anything financially for you. But if
55:49you're a kingdom citizen,
55:51are you going to follow the teachings of
55:53his kingdom, or are you going to lean to
55:56your own understanding and do things
55:57your way?
55:59So for every believer in this house
56:01today, every believer streaming,
56:04I want you to make a decision today that
56:07today's your day that you're going to
56:08fully surrender everything over to God.
56:11I mean everything.
56:14Today's the day that you're going to
56:15say, "God, I'm going to start doing
56:16things your way." And today's the day
56:18that God, I'm going to tithe. I'm going
56:22to give the offering that best
56:24represents what you have blessed me
56:27with.
56:28Think about that.
56:31Don't become like Judah. They were
56:33prosperous. They were wealthy people. He
56:36provided for them.
56:39But now
56:41they took their wealth, made an idol.
56:44Kind of remind me of the children of
56:46Israel. the very gold that God gave
56:49them.
56:51They now stayed in a cycle of 40 years
56:55of worshiping an image with the stuff he
56:58blessed them with.
57:01Just because you have a car, a house,
57:05just because you have a business doesn't
57:07mean you're thriving.
57:10That could be debt.
57:13God wants to flip it. The next 31 days
57:16can totally transform your life.
57:20I'm not here to beg you this morning.
57:23I'm simply saying to you, trust the
57:26unshakable faith life.
57:31I hope you don't walk out of this room.
57:33I hope you don't log off this morning
57:36and not say, "God, I don't care how I'm
57:40going to make this happen.
57:42Today is my day that I'm going to show
57:45you that I'm serious about following
57:49your teachings.
57:52I give from my heart this morning. I
57:54give my tithe.
57:56I give that offering that I've been
57:58passionate about lately to give.
58:01You've blessed me. They're business
58:03owners in here. I'm telling you, pastor
58:07is not begging you this morning.
58:10I am challenging you.
58:13You know what's in your heart. And while
58:17you are waiting and God says God says
58:19I'm waiting on you
58:21because it's within your power to do. He
58:24gives you the ability to do. It's all up
58:27to you. Father, thank you.
58:30Do me a favor. Everyone in the room,
58:32please raise your hands.
58:35If you're willing to surrender, I just
58:37sense that.
58:39If you're willing to surrender this
58:41morning and if this sermon meant
58:43anything to you,
58:46lift both hands. And we're about I'm
58:48about to pray for you. Father,
58:52with hands lifted up this morning,
58:57we come to you
58:59and we say, "We don't want to be like
59:01Judah.
59:04Please don't take your presence away
59:06from us.
59:09Please
59:11don't put us in a category where we're
59:13living under a curse
59:16this morning.
59:18We surrender it all to you
59:22because some of us were in desperate
59:24need of a breakthrough.
59:27We need you to fix some things. We
59:29needed to transform our finances. And
59:32because we're kingdom citizens, we're
59:34supposed to be better than the kingdom
59:37of darkness. So this morning, we give it
59:40all to you. And we say we surrender.
59:45We surrender our career.
59:48We surrender our business. We surrender
59:50our relationships. We surrender our
59:53families. We surrender this church to
59:56you.
59:58We surrender everything to you. You are
60:01now Lord over every area of our lives.
60:06And Father, we honor you with our
60:08substance this morning. In the name of
60:11Jesus, we pray. Amen. Come on, let's
60:14give the Lord a hand of praise.