Social Responsibility
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 4/2/2020
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez teaches that even in times of crisis and social distancing, believers are responsible for their reactions, calling the church to love deeply, serve with their gifts, and maintain a hospitable spirit without complaining.
Key points
- •The way a believer responds to crisis, conflict, and chaotic seasons is their personal responsibility, not God's or the world's.
- •Social responsibility begins with loving others deeply; this means digging past surface emotions to offer grace that covers offenses.
- •Hospitality should be practiced without grumbling, emphasizing that a kind and welcoming attitude is a duty of the believer regardless of their natural personality.
- •Every person has been given unique spiritual gifts intended for the service of others rather than self-elevation.
- •Believers must guard their speech to ensure they are speaking the 'very words of God' rather than venting frustration or negativity.
Scripture
Love
Purpose
Spiritual Growth
Discipleship
Character
Life application
This week, intentionally reach out to one person who has offended you or a family member you have been struggling with, and simply tell them 'I love you' or 'I am praying for you' to practice the discipline of deep love and social responsibility.
Reflection questions
- How have you been responding to the current 'drama' or crisis in your life? Is your reaction based on panic or on your responsibility as a believer?
- Bishop Fernandez mentioned that you don't have to befriend everyone, but you must love everyone. Who is someone you find hard to love, and how can you extend God's grace to them today?
- Are you currently using your spiritual gifts to serve others, or are you waiting for others to serve you?
- In what ways can you use your social media or daily conversations to speak life and hope instead of complaints?
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Full transcript
0:08praise the Lord everybody god bless you
0:11and welcome to our service tonight we're
0:15glad that you have joined us and it is
0:18my prayer that as we worship the Lord
0:21digitally
0:22if you will online it's our a church
0:25that our worship will be acceptable unto
0:28the Lord man this is a great day in
0:31spite of what's happening in our world
0:33this is a great day it is a great day
0:37why because we are above ground you know
0:41we're here and we have a lot to give God
0:44thanks for and I am so grateful that you
0:48have joined us so let me just remind you
0:51of a couple of things first of all we
0:52welcome all of the first time there's
0:55those of you are connecting with this
0:57ministry for the very first time the
0:59faith Center we're glad that you're here
1:01and then also fate Center members we
1:04welcome you home to our family we're so
1:07glad that we're still able to worship
1:09the Lord together in the beauty of
1:12holiness also please would you do me a
1:14favor some of you right now are watching
1:17by social media I'm actually looking at
1:19it right now you're making your comments
1:22Patricia thank you so much Paulette for
1:25making your comments your saying thank
1:28you for for sharing god bless you flora
1:31good evening to you Angela you're saying
1:34good evening to everyone Carol and then
1:38we've got so many people and then you're
1:40streaming do me a favor I want you on
1:43social media I want you to hit that
1:45share button right now that's your link
1:47just click on it that way
1:49other people on your feet or we're
1:52following you are able to watch this
1:55service also and then also I'm gonna ask
1:58that to make it a watch party those of
2:00you familiar with the language of social
2:04media just make this a watch party and
2:06let's get as many people as we can to
2:09hear the gospel and to receive a message
2:12of hope and
2:13the rest of you your streaming call a
2:15friend tech somebody open the window
2:18yell to your neighbor do something and
2:20just invite somebody to be a part of
2:23this great service so that they can join
2:26you can we pray father we thank you for
2:29this moment thank you for the
2:31opportunity that we have that in spite
2:35of how we're practicing social distance
2:38in that Lord we're able to communicate
2:41we're able to fellowship via the
2:44internet or social media were able Lord
2:47God to still hear the gospel preached
2:50we're also able Lord to help others be
2:54empowered somebody's watching right now
2:56they're going through something they're
2:58feeling the stress they're feeling
3:00confused they're feeling hopeless thank
3:03you thank you for this opportunity to be
3:06able to share the message of hope with
3:09them would you bless them now father
3:11I declare wherever they are I declare
3:14your healing power I declare that
3:16there's a peace that surpasses all
3:20understanding rest upon them now rest
3:24upon them that they won't lean to their
3:26human understanding but Lord God they
3:28would look to the hills from whence
3:31cometh their help thank you for blessing
3:33them thank you that you've empowered me
3:35to bring hope to so many who are
3:39watching now in Jesus name Amen amen
3:43praise God well let's get straight in
3:47the Word of God again we thank you for
3:50watching we're so glad that you're a
3:52part of this message and this service
3:55keep telling people that they can watch
3:59it just hit the share link and make it a
4:01watch party make your comments please
4:03and I will go back and forth so let's
4:05just make this friendly and nice and
4:07comfort in now for the last five weeks I
4:11have been teaching a series of messages
4:14that brings our attention to how we
4:18should be responsible over every area of
4:22our lives that it's our responsibility
4:26take charge over every area of our lives
4:29I mean not just okay our kids not just
4:34our relationships but it is our
4:37responsibility to make sure that our
4:40faith journey is stronger each and every
4:45day in spite of the obstacles that you
4:47may face in spite of the disappointments
4:50in in spite of the setbacks it is our
4:54responsibility to take charge and to
4:59control the destiny of our lives you
5:03know some people will say well that's
5:05not really our responsibility it's God's
5:07responsibility to chart the destiny of
5:10our lives well well please understand
5:12where I'm going with this
5:13you know God will speak to us and He
5:17will give us clear instructions in his
5:20word for His perfect will for our lives
5:23that's it he wants all of us to be in
5:27His perfect will but it's our
5:29responsibility to find out what that
5:32perfect will is and then act it out
5:35that's not going to act it out for us in
5:39spite of setbacks this coronavirus
5:41pandemic is is plagued in not only the
5:44United States but everywhere around the
5:47world we cannot allow this pandemic to
5:51stop us from being responsible of
5:54Chardon our destiny well I understand
5:58the season that we're living in but
6:00remember we have a destination to reach
6:02we have a purpose to fulfill and
6:05therefore it is our responsibility to
6:08make sure we don't get distracted we
6:11don't panic we don't be fearful and
6:14parked our lives at a place of going
6:18nowhere and forgetting that God wants us
6:21to reach a perfect place in him so the
6:26truth is even if we're in the midst of
6:28crisis we are required to take control
6:32of how we respond in the crisis you know
6:38let's just deal with that for a
6:40how how are we responding to the crisis
6:45that develops in our lives each and
6:47every day each and every season how do
6:49we handle conflict how do we handle
6:52disappointments how do we handle chaotic
6:56moments how do we handle chaos on the
6:58job how do we handle disagreements with
7:01siblings and family members and how do
7:05we handle disagreements even in ministry
7:07how do we end handle disagreements with
7:10theological differences and of opinions
7:14and so for how do we really do that we
7:16have to answer that question because it
7:18is our responsibility to make sure that
7:21we properly function in the midst of
7:24crisis what happens when you lose your
7:26money what happened is when you lose the
7:29norm you know how do you handle that
7:31because I can tell you for me as a
7:34pastor this is not the norm this is not
7:38the norm
7:38I'm used to doing this when I'm kind of
7:42doing my TV stand-up when I record my
7:45programs for television I'm normally in
7:48the studio or in the send to Airy
7:50and the cameras are positioned to me and
7:52it's only my workers in the building and
7:54I would record and then they'll edit it
7:57and they'll send it out to the stations
7:59and and there it is the message will go
8:01out well this has become a new norm for
8:02me you know literally preaching normally
8:06on a Wednesday and a Sunday to this
8:08amazing building I just wish they could
8:10show one of the cameras and show the
8:12empty auditorium maybe they can turn to
8:14one of the cameras turn one of the
8:16cameras to the audience I don't know if
8:18they can do that I'm speaking to people
8:20in the control room but I'm just kind of
8:22getting outside the box here for a
8:23moment
8:24I'm not used to this you know and and
8:28there it is it's it's this is odd there
8:32it is I'm standing there and I'm talking
8:34and this is not the norm all over the
8:38world this is exactly what's happening
8:41so the question then is how do you
8:44handle things when God just changed the
8:50order of things when things are not
8:52when they're not ordinary we're living
8:55in you know to me extraordinary times
8:58you know how do you handle that you know
9:01I could get depressed over this empty
9:04auditorium I could say Lord I'm losing
9:08my church so hard I'm I'm loose you know
9:11I could come up with all kinds of
9:14thoughts but I'm responsible for control
9:18and how I think I'm responsible for
9:21telling myself that this too shall pass
9:23that maybe there's a lesson in all of
9:26this maybe God's trying to teach me
9:29something hey I know you've been
9:31dependent on the crowd for years but
9:33what happens when I pull your comfort
9:36zone away from you I pull the crowd away
9:38from you and you can't feed off them
9:40anymore will you still be passionate
9:43about preaching the gospel to a world
9:46that you may never see are you willing
9:49to do that I mean all of this is
9:52changing our norm you know most of you
9:55are at home and you're confined to an
9:58area you know and and that's it you know
10:01you're stuck you know you can't go
10:03anywhere and you're saying how long am I
10:06going to be confined to this area you
10:09know and you're getting depressed now
10:11you're about fighting maybe you fighting
10:12your spouse you're about to choke the
10:15dog you're about to kill the cat I mean
10:17all kinds of stuff is going on in your
10:19head and you're saying Lord what am I
10:21gonna do you're responsible for how you
10:24act the amazing thing about it is God's
10:29not gonna hold the world and the people
10:33who are coming against us or the system
10:36that's challenging us accountable for
10:39our actions no he's gonna hold us
10:43responsible for how we react to things
10:46so I want to talk to people all over the
10:49world right now
10:50how are you reacting to this drama I
10:53call the drama how are you reacting to
10:55it
10:56what's your response are you taking
10:58responsibility over the fact that this
11:00is not normal however you know what God
11:04I try
11:05you got I believe that you're doing
11:07something I believe no matter the
11:10outcome or how this thing originated I
11:14just believe that God you're going to
11:17make away for me I just believe that
11:20somehow I'm coming out better on the
11:23other side I mean you're responsible for
11:25that or you can choose to get depress
11:28and defeated and you know and said lord
11:30I don't know what I'm going to do you
11:33see failure to take responsibility over
11:37all errors of your life will result in
11:42you missing the many God moments that
11:46are afforded you the many God
11:48opportunities that are afforded you you
11:52have to take responsibility over every
11:55area of your life for the last five
11:58weeks I've been teaching about
12:00responsibility about several things
12:02responsibility last week we did
12:04responsibility over your finances you
12:06know responsibility over your health
12:09responsibility over your mind over what
12:11you think people can't force thoughts
12:14into your mind you have to open your
12:18heart to the thoughts and you've got to
12:21embrace them and you you're gonna be the
12:23one to say will I receive that or will I
12:26reject it right it's it's all up to you
12:29you've got you're gonna have to take
12:31responsibility over the direction of
12:33your relationships because some
12:36relationships you just need to shut it
12:38down and then some relationships you
12:42need to cultivate it but you have to
12:44take responsibility over that so I want
12:48to focus the rest of the teaching
12:50tonight on the subject of social
12:53responsibility it's amazing that all of
12:58these subjects were planned months ago
13:01months ago and it's amazing that given
13:05the climate that we're in that I find
13:08myself now teaching on social
13:11responsibility as we live in a world now
13:14that is practicing social distancing
13:18you know it's amazing God has a real
13:21good sense of humor I think I mean here
13:25it is we're practicing social distancing
13:28and now how do we take responsibility
13:32over social interaction with people how
13:36do we really do that I want to lay a
13:38foundation here with one passage of
13:40Scripture or one thought from first
13:43Peter chapter 4 if you have your Bible
13:46you're at home so let's just get into
13:50the Word of God let's get into the word
13:51I'm loving this right it says in 1st
13:54Peter chapter 4 beginning at verse 8
13:57there several things at least four
14:00things I want to point out in this
14:03scripture that will help you and I to
14:08see the kind of responsibility that is
14:13given to us on a daily basis he says
14:17here above all that's after everything
14:19has been said and done after you've come
14:21up with your own thoughts our own ideas
14:23at the end of the day let's put it in
14:26our modern term at the end of the day
14:32love each other deeply then he says
14:37because love covers over a multitude of
14:42sins offer hospitality to one another
14:46without grumbling each of you should use
14:50whatever gifts you have received to
14:52serve others as faithful stewards of
14:56God's grace in its various forms if
15:00anyone speaks they should do so as one
15:05who speaks the very words of God if
15:09anyone serves they should do so with the
15:13strength of God or the strength God
15:15provides so that in all things god may
15:19be praised through jesus christ to him
15:24be glory and the power forever and
15:29ever so social responsibility the first
15:33thing God is telling us here that we
15:35need to do is that we need to love one
15:38another that is our duty
15:41we have to love one another this morning
15:44I went on Facebook and Instagram and
15:46like I'm doing every day now between 9
15:49a.m. and 9:30 I go live and I call it
15:53spiritual nuggets you know I just impart
15:55that to people and try to encourage them
15:57and so forth and today I dealt with the
16:00subject of forgiveness forgiveness it's
16:03a huge subject it's a it's a topic that
16:06a lot of people don't like to deal with
16:08because there's so much bitterness in
16:10our hearts unforgiveness you know people
16:13have heard us offended us and and the
16:16Word of God taught us that that in
16:19Matthew that unless we are willing to
16:22forgive those who trespass against us
16:25our heavenly father will not forgive us
16:27and when I read that for a moment it
16:32just hit me that our forgiveness from
16:35God hangs on our willingness to forgive
16:38the offender the one who has offended us
16:42so we can ignore the fact that we are
16:46not forgiving people and walk around
16:49bragging I'm a Christian I know God I
16:52love God and I'm on my way to heaven
16:53when that scripture really nullifies
16:56that thought that unless you're willing
16:59to forgive the person who has offended
17:01you God's mercy is not extended to you
17:05why am I saying this I'm saying it
17:09because a lot of people find the love
17:13language a struggle because of the
17:17condition of their hearts anytime you
17:20harbor unforgiveness it breeds
17:23bitterness strife Envy and to the point
17:31malice grudge I mean all kinds of works
17:35of darkness and whenever that sets in
17:39it's hard to love it's hard to love and
17:41some of you were saying you know there's
17:43just some people I am NOT going to love
17:46you know here's the door and I said this
17:49to the church so many times years ago
17:51years ago the Lord spoke to me and he
17:53said look I've never commanded you to
17:56befriend everybody but I've commanded
18:01you to love everybody there's a
18:03difference and I said wow what a
18:07revelation that God is not pushing me
18:11and forcing me and making it a strict
18:14commandment for me to befriend everybody
18:17that you've got to be in my space you
18:19got to be in my circle you got to be in
18:21my life that I gotta put up with you no
18:26that's not what the word is saying he's
18:29commanding us to love everybody loving
18:31you doesn't mean I have to be a friend
18:34see loving you is loving you to the
18:38point where the God love that has been
18:41extended to me I'll extend it to you
18:44that I love you in spite of how you've
18:46offended me that I would love you it's
18:49my responsibility talking about
18:51responsibility here Peter is telling us
18:53he says above all love each other but
18:57don't do it on the surface well you know
19:01I love you until that's not deep love
19:06you know listen I love you but boy if
19:09you rub me the wrong way can't do that
19:12he says love deeply that means you got
19:15to dig deep deep into your heart deep
19:19into your emotions to love and then I
19:23get it please don't think that I'm
19:25standing here as this holy guy who just
19:29loved everybody was so easy to love
19:31listen there's some people I had to fast
19:34for days to love just be honest with you
19:40there are some people I had to have a
19:42conference call with God God this
19:46scripture right here don't pertain to
19:48that one cuz I am lovin them now can we
19:52just be honest I mean just
19:54tell the truth man there's some can I
19:58just be truthful there are some people
20:00you are among right now just don't look
20:03at them just look straight at the
20:04television look straight at the phone
20:07look straight at the computer there are
20:10some people in that room with you right
20:11now you know it takes two Father Son
20:15Holy Ghost grace everything that the
20:17gifts of the Spirit the gift of the
20:20Spirit to love them but you have to it's
20:23your duty it is your responsibility to
20:26love you know you know what our stage
20:29God's stage let's put it that way our
20:32churches are filled with so many fancy
20:35sermons and things that will make people
20:38feel good but sometimes I think what's
20:40missing is the purity of the Word of God
20:43that when we hear it it really
20:45challenges us to do better because the
20:48word should transform us watch this not
20:51excite us any time you get a word that
20:55excites you it is based on what touches
21:00your passion it's based on how you feel
21:03it makes you feel good but what happens
21:07when the word hits you between the eyes
21:10can it change you and I tell you what I
21:13rather a word that will make me say oh
21:16Jesus forgive me
21:20let me change he's saying here love one
21:24another deeply deeply and I think what
21:29we need to do on this journey leading up
21:32to Passover Resurrection Sunday Easter
21:36Sunday that we need to begin to examine
21:39that God wants us to be transformed it
21:42is our duty stop waiting for people to
21:45make peace with you that's it some
21:50people it's the fool thank you Lord some
21:52people say don't worth it they don't
21:56deserve that kind of a attention don't
21:59wait on them for them to pardon
22:04themselves or you pardoning them
22:07you do it it's your responsibility you
22:10said well Henry how do I do that
22:11well oh this is gonna be tough for some
22:14of you now
22:14maybe you just need to pick up the phone
22:16and say look you know what forget it
22:18forget it I'm sorry I heard you I heard
22:25what you just said you just said the
22:27devil is alive I am doing that well it's
22:31your responsibility because you see when
22:35you're transformed by the renewing of
22:37your mind then you act like Christ you
22:41have the nature of Christ you do what is
22:44right you change your attitude so you'll
22:48be you the view be the bigger one and
22:51you take a step of faith and you say you
22:53know what let's be better reach out to
22:55the person whether by text or by email
22:58and just just stop practicing I love you
23:02some people will hate you for it I love
23:04you their parents right now your kids
23:06have done you wrong
23:07go ahead text them I love you
23:10some of you your parents have done you
23:12wrong go ahead text them I love you give
23:15them that important phone call say I
23:18love you right say say that co-worker
23:21that's driving you crazy hey love you
23:25praying for you right don't don't don't
23:27let those evil thoughts get into your
23:29mind right that spouse that's driving
23:32you crazy no I love you I said that
23:35person you're dating I love you I mean
23:38that's our job that's what it is saying
23:40and you know I'm trying to leave this
23:42love thing here but I feel something
23:44pulling on me he says love each other
23:46deeply because love covers over a
23:51multitude of sins you see what what the
23:55Word of God is telling us that when you
23:57don't have love then it's hate it's
24:00bitterness and what it does it exposes
24:03wrong it's constantly bringing up the
24:07wrong and all its doing is sowing seeds
24:10this scored and soin seeds of bitterness
24:13and and malice and so forth and any
24:16definite it doesn't hide the shame it
24:20doesn't hide what is wrong and it is
24:22your responsibility as a believer please
24:25listen to me it doesn't matter where
24:27you're watching from around the world it
24:30is your responsibility to love deeply
24:33and cover the wrong so many of us as
24:40Christians somehow we get excited and we
24:44think it's a deep spiritual act to
24:47always want to expose expose expose
24:49expose and it please don't you ever walk
24:52away and think that this guy tries to
24:54compromise and wants to water the dots
24:57but down awarded things down go go if
25:00you if you really want to be a Christian
25:01look at the life of Christ when he was
25:05on the earth he did everything to point
25:08people the right way
25:09there were many occasions where the
25:11religious people would test him because
25:15they wanted to see how he was going to
25:17react towards what they were the
25:22challenges if you will that they put
25:23before him but Jesus over and over
25:27showed compassion and what if what a
25:30world it would be what a world it would
25:33be like if all of us would just show
25:36compassion can you imagine if all of us
25:41would love people to the point where we
25:45won't throw them under the bus but we
25:48would put them in the bus and transport
25:52them to their destination that's what
25:56happened in the Bible about the parable
25:58of the Good Samaritan to religious
26:01people were so religious and busy that
26:04they left the man to die and an unlikely
26:08source a Samaritan came and went beyond
26:13the call of duty
26:14he loved deeply that's what he did he
26:19loved deeply let me move on here then it
26:22says off
26:23hospitality to one another without
26:26grumbling so not only should we love one
26:28another but we should be hospitable to
26:31one another that means we ought to be
26:34friendly be welcomed into strangers and
26:37don't complain about it just it's just
26:40cheap listen you know people will say
26:43well this is just my personality god
26:46never gave you a mean personality so
26:49don't say that but well this is just my
26:51personality I just don't like to talk to
26:54people just like to be by myself no
26:56that's one the devil that's not of God
26:59remember loving a person doesn't mean
27:01you have to befriend the person and what
27:04Peter is saying here that we must be
27:06hospitable to people you know I grew up
27:09in a time and and I noticed the culture
27:12has changed right I get that but I grew
27:15up in a time when my parents taught me
27:16you see people especially when they're
27:19adults you don't ever pass an adult and
27:22don't say hi you don't have to know them
27:25and I know some of you you're like
27:27where's this guy from Mars or somewhere
27:30this is a different time because can I
27:34be honest with you even in church God
27:37has afforded me to Pastor a great church
27:39love this church and I see it all the
27:43time I'll be in the lobby or I'll see
27:45people walked up and down the aisles in
27:48the sanctuary and they will just step
27:51past each other and like strangers does
27:55it cost you to us to say hi does it cost
27:59you to say good morning be hospitable
28:02and don't grumble about it that's what
28:06the word says be nice be kind how are
28:09you you know be good true story this
28:13just happened today maybe God allowed it
28:15to happen to be for it to be a part of
28:17my sermon this just happened today
28:19here it is I'm in the driveway or the
28:22drive-through I should say going to this
28:24famous fast-food restaurant like if I
28:29call the name you'll be shocked because
28:30they're known to have some of the
28:33greatest people who will just be
28:37their hospitality is just second to none
28:40they're great put it that way and I'm in
28:42the drive-thru line got up and they took
28:46my order and everything so I went up and
28:49I told the lady I needed extra something
28:51because I and I don't want to give the
28:53company away because I'm not trying to
28:54bash the company and I need extra
28:57so-and-so and for a specific amount I
29:00did ask for a specific amount and you
29:04know I always I learned this now I
29:06always check my bags my stuff my order
29:09because it has happened to me so many
29:11times I get home and they and especially
29:14when you know you're you live quite a
29:17distance away from that restaurant you
29:20go home and then you find that they
29:22didn't put the rice in there they didn't
29:24put this in there
29:25so I always check so I started checking
29:26and when I checked I noticed they didn't
29:30give me enough so I said ma'am that's
29:35not right I needed four more in with an
29:39attitude you know I I said man four more
29:43and she gave me that could I and walked
29:48up and just hand it to me and I'm like
29:51wow I mean I'm supporting you I'm
29:56supporting your company I'm helping you
29:59put food on your table and I wasn't rude
30:04I'm just telling you the order was wrong
30:08just be hospitable hey I apologize sir
30:13here you go
30:15have a great day that's all
30:18unnecessarily I mean this was just
30:20totally unnecessary she went off and I
30:25didn't you see it was my responsibility
30:26to react cuz you know come on now come
30:30on I don't care you are there are times
30:34people will rub you the wrong way and
30:37you about to and you have to remember
30:39I'm saved I'm born again hallelujah
30:42praise the Lord can I just be honest how
30:45many of you you can put it on Facebook
30:47right now you can post it right now tell
30:49me me - Bishop me too me too
30:51I'm guilty how many of you you you are
30:54about to say something and it wasn't
30:58good and you had to catch yourself and
31:01you yeah praise God hallelujah thank you
31:05Jesus that's not what you were gonna say
31:07I mean you did thank you Jesus
31:12hallelujah praise the Lord am I the only
31:15one somebody sent me to hear John said
31:18me to me somebody screaming me I'm do
31:23you know how many times I almost would
31:26go off but I say hey they may know I'm a
31:30pastor they may know who see it's my
31:34responsibility though somebody will
31:36trigger you and and and really tick you
31:40off it's your responsibility to say I'm
31:44gonna be socially nice I'm not gonna let
31:48what you do upset me I'm not gonna get
31:50bitter over it you know and I'm not
31:53gonna complain about it either do you
31:55know how many born-again believers and
31:58even those of you are not born again do
32:00you know how many people live in their
32:01lives every day watch this doing things
32:04and complaining about it that's not
32:07right according to this scripture it
32:09says be hospitable to one another
32:12without grumbling don't complain about
32:16it don't complain about providing for
32:19your family come on brothers don't
32:22complain about well you know I'm
32:23providing for my wife I'm fighting for
32:25my kids I'm providing my provider that's
32:27your duty don't complain about it I said
32:32and ladies don't complain about your man
32:35he's doing this and then oh that's your
32:37husband
32:37I said don't complain the IDS dear
32:41children getting on my last nerve I
32:44don't want to cook for them I don't want
32:45to do nothing I want to pay nothing for
32:47them now don't complain about it think
32:50about don't complain about these things
32:53right don't go to a church and keep
32:57going there every Sunday but yet still
32:59you complain about the church that
33:01doesn't make sense
33:03don't go to a job and everyday you go to
33:06the job
33:07you cut the boss down to everybody why
33:09if you don't like the job quit those
33:13somewhere else don't go to a gas station
33:16pumping gas I'm so sick and tired of
33:19this place I hate this place why do you
33:21pump gas there every time what do you do
33:25that you know I don't like this
33:27boyfriend I don't let his girlfriend
33:29know why are you still with the person
33:30if you don't like them leave save
33:36yourself a lot of headache I don't know
33:38you said oh my goodness I died and come
33:40to the service to hear this it is your
33:42responsibility to make sure you make
33:45peace with yourself you love people and
33:47that you show kindness to people that's
33:49really what the Apostle was really
33:51saying here and then he says let's
33:53continue to read each of you should use
33:56whatever gifts you have receive to serve
33:59others so number three that we should
34:02serve others with our gifts what what's
34:05your gift what is your gift or gifts
34:08those of you watching by social media
34:10even by the internet make your comment
34:12do you identify what your gift is or
34:15your gifts are you know do you know cuz
34:17I had to search for years and said what
34:20I really want to know my gift are my
34:22gifts because that's my niche that's
34:25that's the anointing that I can best
34:28flow in and you will not have a
34:32fulfilled life until you discover your
34:35gifts so he's saying here use your gifts
34:39to serve others so that's what you're
34:42supposed to do I'm using one of my gifts
34:45to serve others I'm preaching to you I'm
34:47empowering you I'm here faithfully
34:51regardless of whatever happens I am
34:53committed to this no it doesn't matter
34:56if my own personal life is falling apart
34:58maybe I'm struggling with sickness or
35:01struggling financially it don't matter
35:02no matter how I feel my gift is to serve
35:06you is to empower you it's to strengthen
35:10you it's to bring life to your dead
35:12situation that's my gift and I'm gonna
35:15walk in it
35:17are you doing the same do you know what
35:19you're called to do use your gift to
35:21serve others especially in a time like
35:23this there's a lot of people who really
35:26are looking for hope
35:28why don't you change the conversation
35:31from negative to the positive with your
35:34words that God I believe you know great
35:37things about to happen god I believe
35:39that that something good is gonna come
35:41out of this don't panic my friends no no
35:43don't don't get frustrated don't don't
35:45get discouraged God's gonna turn it
35:46around you see you see your gifts should
35:50be used to serve others not always
35:54wanting people to serve you use a gift
35:57to serve others and then number four he
36:00says here as faithful stewards of God's
36:03grace in its various forms then he says
36:07if anyone speaks they should do so as
36:10one who speaks the very word of God
36:15so number four speak the word be careful
36:19of what you're speaking be careful be
36:22careful be careful be careful because if
36:24you speak your frustration if you speak
36:26just venting and not the word then
36:29you're not given life life and death or
36:34death and life are in the power of the
36:37tongue it's up to you to speak life to
36:41speak life and say lord I speak your
36:45word because it says if anyone serves
36:47they should do so with the strength God
36:51provides so so you're not serving people
36:56and speaking the Word of God with your
36:59own strength you see the reason why I'm
37:03doing what I do right now is because God
37:05is and he has empowered me to do so this
37:10fragile body is not able to do all of
37:14what I do my strength comes from the
37:17Lord and you should believe that too you
37:21should believe that Lord I trust you you
37:24know that you you have empowered me to
37:29ooh everything that you've put in me
37:32that I'm gonna serve people now it's the
37:36time the world they're panicking they
37:39don't know what to do this is our
37:41greatest moment Church and you can
37:45choose to add to the clutter become a
37:50part of the mess become a part of the
37:52confusion become a part of the
37:54dysfunction oh you can choose to serve
37:58Lord how can I help the seniors how can
38:02I help the church the global church give
38:06a message of hope how can i guide my
38:09heart and my mind and love people
38:11because most people who always find
38:15fault with other people truly struggle
38:19with the issue of love but when you have
38:23love deep on the inside of your heart
38:24when you take on that responsibility
38:26that Lord I will love no matter what
38:30then all of a sudden you see men as
38:35trees meaning you see an ocean or a
38:41field of opportunity and the opportunity
38:45is I got to preach the gospel I got to
38:48give those people hope or at home right
38:51now discouraged don't know what to do
38:53those people who were trusting in the
38:55system that Lord
38:57I got a preach I got to be a messenger I
39:00got to open my mouth and I got to show
39:02them love that I can't be easily ticked
39:06off I have to show love now the Lord I
39:09have to be hospitable after welcome
39:11people I have to show people love now
39:13more than ever before I have to let
39:15people know I care I have to let people
39:18know that they matter that's really what
39:21this whole teaching is all about so
39:24here's a couple of things I want to
39:26challenge you to do I want you to spend
39:29quality time with your family maybe
39:32you've got a friend there which you
39:34spend quality time you know what this is
39:36a moment I think God is using this also
39:40to to quiet us down
39:42to bring a calmness we've been too busy
39:47too busy running out in doing all kinds
39:51of stuff now we're forced to pick one
39:53place to talk to have quality time to
40:01chill to rest in the Lord some of you
40:05this is a great opportunity for you to
40:07because through the internet and through
40:10YouTube and through social media you're
40:14able now to hear the word because you're
40:17so busy even if we had offered it before
40:19you were too busy you have time for this
40:22right now you depend on it because it's
40:24your only hope you see like me I've
40:27decided I shut the meter off it's it's
40:29just too bad I shut it down because
40:33whatever goes here gets here and affects
40:36all of here
40:38affects all of my body so I train my
40:41mind now I'm gonna get into the word and
40:44focus on things that are good and honest
40:47and of good report and that gets into my
40:50heart and it changes my attitude it
40:53changes my outlook on life I want you to
40:57the exhibit love in all your
40:59interactions exhibit love some of you
41:02it's going to be a test of your faith
41:04stop blaming people shut it down
41:08no no okay I understand they did all of
41:10that but Lord I'm commanded to love them
41:13I have to love them I forgive them and I
41:16love them I love everybody I'm not gonna
41:18be so suspicious of everybody some of
41:21you you need to break that antenna off
41:22the top of your head it's always you see
41:25everybody be bb-bb-bb-bb-bb-bb-bb your
41:27skin in the bbbb baby baby oh that's a
41:29bad one baby baby that's a good one no
41:31stop it just stop it let people prove
41:35who they are but don't judge them before
41:38you know don't have a judge a book by
41:40its cover
41:42give them an opportunity to prove
41:44themselves be present in every
41:48conversation in every conversation be
41:51present what did I mean by that in every
41:54conversation God will give you an
41:56opportunity to share your faith to share
42:00your faith and to share the goodness of
42:03God and to interject the word that will
42:05totally give answers and change the
42:09direction of that conversation I want
42:13you also to have family devotion family
42:16dinner time and then not only that this
42:20is this is something I recommend I tried
42:23my best to do it my kids and I said look
42:26when we around the table we have in
42:28dinner and so forth there's just certain
42:30things put away all of the distractions
42:33this is what social distancing has done
42:36for us there's a lot of things that's
42:38been distracting us it's gone maybe when
42:42you're having dinner with your spouse or
42:44with your children your family your
42:46siblings whatever just put away all the
42:48devices for a moment I'm not telling you
42:50I don't know you're pushing back now Oh
42:51crazy pastor no you know I'm not saying
42:54get rid of it all I'm just saying just
42:58certain times just put it away when
43:01you're having some conversations just
43:03put it away and then finally use your
43:06social media platforms I told you so
43:08you're gonna use it at times you know
43:10user social media platforms as a
43:13witnessing tool it's your responsibility
43:16it is everybody's responsibility not the
43:19pastor alone the evangelists are the
43:21fivefold ministry the teacher the
43:23Prophet no no no it is everybody's
43:25responsibility to share the gospel with
43:28everyone you come in contact with let's
43:32pray Lord you have spoken to us directly
43:36about our responsibility when it comes
43:41to our social interaction would be
43:46and in this time of social distance in
43:51we still have a community of people
43:54among us still a community of people in
43:57our homes wherever we are that we can
44:00communicate with help us to demonstrate
44:04love help us to be kind to them help us
44:09to serve them and help us to share our
44:12faith the gospel with them would you
44:16bless that person do me a favor as
44:18you're watching just by an act of faith
44:20would you stretchy the one hand or both
44:23hands towards that screen now and as I
44:27direct my hands towards that screen I am
44:30praying that the favor of God would rest
44:33upon your life that this will be a
44:36season where you will experience the
44:39love of God in such a way that you would
44:43want to pass it on to others I'd declare
44:46right now that there's a healing that's
44:50taking place in your heart that God has
44:53given your heart transplant that he's
44:56renewing your heart so that you can
44:59forgive that you can love
45:00unconditionally that God is touching
45:03your home and God is touching your
45:05connections and God is touching your way
45:08of life he's touching every area of your
45:10life and father I decree it now that
45:14those hands that are lifted up that they
45:17are blessed
45:18they are instruments for your honor and
45:21for your glory in Jesus mighty name I
45:24pray now father I thank you for those
45:27who are going to sew into the ministry
45:28tonight
45:29thank you for people all over the world
45:32that they're going to understand in this
45:35climate that we're in most people are
45:38not able to come physically to the house
45:40of God so they can give their offerings
45:44so as we do it electronically whatever
45:48method we use to give our seed I ask you
45:52tonight bless every person around the
45:55world who will keep the light of the guy
45:58spoole burnin in the darkness that's in
46:02the earth in the uncertainty that's in
46:04the earth every Church not just the fate
46:06center every Church Father help pastors
46:09not to panic
46:11about where the resources are coming
46:13from god help them to understand if you
46:16started that church you'll get them out
46:19of this but if that thing was started
46:22because they needed money they were
46:23trying to use your name for their fame
46:26then god they should shut it down they
46:30should walk away and go in their calling
46:32but if you've called them to this thank
46:35you that you're raising of men and women
46:37and they're going to see father out of
46:39the abundance of their hearts they're
46:41not going to allow media or people or
46:44their feelings because you've never
46:45forced anybody to sow a seed it's always
46:50a proposition you said if they give it
46:52shall be given back to them in good
46:55measure so for everyone especially the
46:58fete Center family who will use this
47:00moment now to seed I pray your blessings
47:03upon them now and for those who are
47:05struggling with it lord I pray that they
47:07too one day we'll have a revelation that
47:10is more of a blessing to give than to
47:13receive in Jesus name Amen amen
47:17praise the Lord don't you go anywhere
47:20stay right there I want to give an
47:23opportunity to seed right now there are
47:25several ways you can give your offerings
47:27let me read them out to you and
47:30encourage you right now first option let
47:33me talk about the conventional givers
47:34many of you you could you know you would
47:37normally be here on a Wednesday and you
47:39would give well there's no way we can
47:42get that seed in the ground so what
47:44we're going to ask you to do our offices
47:47are open in fact the lines the phone
47:49lines are open right now I want you to
47:51call that number that's right on the
47:53screen nine five four seven four two
47:55seven eight three two go ahead and call
47:58that number right now if you're given
48:00conventionally meaning you normally give
48:02your checks or you give your credit card
48:05they can take that information right
48:08now and they will process it right now
48:10if you've got your cash offering then
48:12here's what we suggest that you do call
48:14that number and they'll make arrangement
48:17they'll tell you when we're open and if
48:19it's convenient for you you can come by
48:22the business office and you can drop
48:24your seed in the ground remember when
48:27you give your seed no need to complain
48:28no need to grumble or you know complain
48:31about it just give it I'm speaking
48:33directly to those cheerful givers those
48:37people are not turned off by giving
48:39those people understand just like
48:41everything else the church needs
48:43resources to run the ministry and if
48:46you've been blessed by this ministry use
48:48that option by calling that number now
48:50and someone is right there if the lines
48:53are busy just pause for a moment keep
48:55calling will be courteous to you and
48:58we'll make sure you get your seed in the
48:59ground the text to give information is
49:01right there take your phones
49:03those of you on social media the
49:05information is right there I can see it
49:07right now please would you so can you
49:09can if everybody out there do me a favor
49:12I'm gonna challenge you if you don't
49:15have it God's not forcing you
49:17I definitely not forcing you to do that
49:20but if those of you out there and you
49:22say Henry I have it within me I'll never
49:25ask you to give what you don't have but
49:28you have it within you say Henry I want
49:30to help me the budget of the church you
49:32know what I can give a seed of a hundred
49:34dollars or I can give 50 dollars look
49:37I'm not telling you that's what you have
49:39to give I have to repeat myself because
49:42I know sometimes the enemy he takes our
49:44positive words and then he grabs it
49:47because words are life and he will twist
49:50it in the mind so let your mind be
49:53renewed now if you just if you have a
49:55fifty dollar seed or a hundred dollar
49:57seed could you give that with your tithe
49:59you know and if you don't find why am I
50:02asking you for that so that we can take
50:05care of the nest the necessary things
50:07that we need to take care of right here
50:11at the church so you can text to give
50:13you can use the cash app it's right
50:14there or you can go online go to our
50:17website the faith Center int org
50:20and click on the give link and give
50:22right now I'll let them put that up for
50:24a moment while I just make a few
50:26announcements I really want you to give
50:28so don't log off don't just shut down
50:32now just go ahead everybody fakes on a
50:34family we're dependent on you keep us
50:37going keep this ministry going and you
50:41can be a partner with us right you can
50:44be generous you can be kind and we so
50:46appreciate that I want to thank all of
50:49you for joining we'll have a rebroadcast
50:52of this and for those of you we listen
50:54to the rebroadcast you do your part and
50:56the Lord richly bless you
50:58and we'll see you again right here on
51:01the same platform that you use then this
51:04coming Sunday at 10 a.m. and I want to
51:07remind you that faith in your God will
51:12always move mountains out of your life
51:16god bless you they're gonna sing god
51:18bless you keep on giving
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