Light In Action Begins With Us
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 10/4/2026
Loading…
0:00
60:18
Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to stop merely talking about their faith and start living as the light of the world, emphasizing that the unbelieving world is waiting to see a transformed life in action.
Key points
- •Every believer is a light to the world not by effort, but by identity the moment they surrender to Christ.
- •Unbelievers are watching how Christians respond to pressure, offenses, and trials to see if their God is real.
- •Light is most necessary in dark places; darkness should not be an excuse to hide but the reason to shine.
- •Transformation must be visible through fruit like love, integrity, and generosity, rather than just religious titles or attendance.
- •A life well-lived is often the first and only 'sermon' an unbeliever will ever encounter.
Scripture
Purpose
Discipleship
Spiritual Growth
Evangelism
Love
Life application
Identify one 'dark' or toxic environment you enter this week (like a stressful workplace or a strained relationship) and intentionally respond with peace and integrity instead of bitterness, proving that your faith makes a tangible difference.
Reflection questions
- If you were to disappear from your neighborhood or workplace today, would people miss the light of Christ that you bring?
- In what areas of your life are you 'announcing' your light through words but failing to 'demonstrate' it through actions?
- How can you shift from being a 'spiritual consumer' who focuses on personal blessings to being a light that serves others in their pain?
- Is there an offense or disappointment currently causing you to 'blow out' your light, and how can you surrender that to God today?
Have a question about this sermon?
Ask our AI and get an answer with citations.
Full transcript
0:00Bless your word now we pray in Jesus
0:00name. [music] And everybody shout amen.
0:00>> The Lord bless you. You may be seated in
0:02the presence of the Lord.
0:08So, I'd like to
0:12challenge all of you
0:16that the unbeliever
0:18is waiting to see your light.
0:24The unbeliever.
0:26In Matthew 5, the Bible says, "You are
0:29the light of the world." The world,
0:31that's the unbeliever.
0:33It's not talking about the global world.
0:36Because in the world you have kingdom
0:39citizens.
0:41So when Jesus says you are the light of
0:44the world, I think all of us need to
0:46understand that the unbeliever is
0:49waiting to see the light. There are
0:52unbelievers in this room this morning.
0:54There are unbelievers who are streaming.
0:56They
0:58need to see the light of Jesus Christ in
1:02all of us. And so throughout the month
1:05of September,
1:07God
1:10challenge us to ignite. Remember that
1:13was the theme last month, to ignite, to
1:16reignite our passion, to restore our
1:20spiritual fire, and to become the best
1:24version of who he has created us to be.
1:29But now that the fire has been ignited,
1:33I think we've exhausted that in
1:35September. The fire has now been
1:38exhausted been ignited, I should say.
1:42There's another question we must answer.
1:45What are we going to do with the light?
1:50If we've been ignited to follow Jesus
1:53and to live the word and to be the light
1:57of the world, what are we going to do
2:00with the light? You see, God did not
2:03ignite you to simply uh so that you can
2:07feel better just about yourself. He did
2:10not ignite that fire so that you can
2:13just say, "Oh, I'm on fire for the Lord
2:15and look at me and and you know, I'm
2:18anointed. I'm gifted. No, he ignited
2:23you so that someone else can see the
2:28better in you, the transformed you, and
2:32then in turn would want God to transform
2:37them too. That's what people are waiting
2:40for. Jesus said in Matthew 5:14, "You
2:44are the light of the world." Notice
2:46Jesus didn't say you should try to
2:50become the light. No, he said you are
2:53the light. If you're born again, you are
2:56the light. Don't try to become the
2:59light. You are the light. He's not
3:02talking about daily dying to self and,
3:06you know, walking in righteousness.
3:08That's not what he's saying here. You
3:10are already the light. The moment you
3:12surrender your life to Jesus Christ, you
3:15are the light. That means everywhere you
3:19go, you carry something this world
3:23desperately needs.
3:26You carry hope into hopeless
3:28environments. You carry peace into
3:31chaotic environments. You carry
3:34integrity
3:36into compromised environments. You carry
3:40compassion into insensitive
3:44environments,
3:46but also you carry faith into fearful
3:51environments and you carry the presence
3:54of God into places outside the church
3:59building.
4:00You carry the presence of God.
4:03God did not raise you up. For those of
4:05you are Christians now, I'm talking to
4:08you're not Christians so that you can
4:10come into this building or whatever
4:12church you attend to outshine each other
4:17>> to compete with each other
4:20>> to receive a pat on the shoulder. No,
4:24you carry the presence of God into
4:26places other than a church building.
4:31Here's what you need to know, my
4:32brothers and sisters. The unbeliever,
4:35they're watching.
4:38They're watching.
4:40They may never tell you. They may never
4:42ask you about your faith. They may never
4:45quote a scripture, but they are watching
4:48how you live.
4:50They are watching how you handle
4:52pressure.
4:54They are watching how you treat people.
4:57Oh yes. And they are watching how you
5:00respond when you are offended.
5:04They're watching you. When that boss,
5:07that co-orker, that family member, that
5:11church member, that community, your
5:13neighbor, they are watching to see how
5:16you respond
5:18to how people treat you. They're
5:21watching to see how you respond when
5:25people lie on you, criticize you, when
5:28people uh just throw you out there and
5:31you can't defend yourself. They are
5:33watching how are you responding when you
5:37get offended.
5:39They are watching whether the Jesus you
5:42talk about on Sunday is visible in your
5:46life on Monday through Saturday.
5:50They're watching you. And so your life
5:54may be the only one
5:58or the only thing it your life may be
6:00someone else's I should say first
6:02sermon. It's the only sermon they will
6:05see. And that is why God is looking for
6:08his people to become living examples of
6:12what transformation
6:14looks like. Not perfect people. He's not
6:18saying you ought to be perfect, even
6:20though you ought to strive for
6:22perfection. He knows we're not perfect,
6:25but he's looking for transformed people
6:29to show that transformation to the
6:32world. It's the people who can say when
6:34they look at you, I've been hurt, but
6:38I'm still loving.
6:41People will hurt you, but are you still
6:43loving in spite of the hurt? Too often
6:47we Christians get offended and hurt by
6:50people and instead of walking in the
6:53light of the scriptures, we are acting
6:56as bitter, angry, hurt people.
7:04God is looking for people. Yes, you've
7:07been hurt, but you're still loving.
7:11>> I've been disappointed, but I'm still
7:14believing.
7:15When are we going to get beyond this
7:18attitude that when our prayers don't get
7:21answered, we get mad and we sabotage
7:24God. We're not praying. We're not
7:26reading the word. We're certainly not
7:27going to church.
7:33>> You will get disappointed.
7:35>> Who told you that you can just wave your
7:38magic wand every morning and that's it?
7:41God must just comply to your wishes.
7:45God is looking for people who will say,
7:48"I've been knocked down, but I'm still
7:51standing.
7:53>> I've been through some dark seasons, but
7:56my light is still on.
8:00>> And I'm still going to trust God."
8:03>> Paul made this bold statement. He says,
8:06"Shine among them like stars in the
8:10sky."
8:12Shine among them. Your job as a
8:14believer, my job as a BELIEVER IS TO
8:17SHINE AMONG THE DARKNESS in the world.
8:20In other words, darkness is not an
8:23excuse for your light to disappear.
8:28>> Rather, darkness is the reason your
8:30light is necessary. Amen.
8:34>> So,
8:35ladies and gentlemen,
8:38last week I talked about Tabatha in Acts
8:42chapter 9. If you weren't here, please
8:44go listen and read and watch the message
8:47on YouTube. Tabatha was a committed uh
8:53disciple [clears throat] of Jesus who
8:55lived a life of service and generosity.
8:59Now, watch this. When she died, the
9:01people immediately recognized
9:04what had disappeared from their
9:06community.
9:08They immediate, the moment this great
9:11woman, a follower of Jesus Christ, her
9:15life was so impressive in the community
9:18that when she died, they notice IT
9:21IMMEDIATELY. SOMETHING IS MISSING.
9:24The woman of God
9:26who preached Jesus, but not only
9:28preached him, lived him because she took
9:32care of the poor.
9:34She clothed people. She did her job.
9:38She's now gone. And according to verse
9:4039, it tells us that the widows, the
9:43widows, it Tabatha is dead. She's dead
9:46now. The widows stood around Peter
9:49crying and showing him the clothing that
9:53Tabatha had made for them. Why? Because
9:56her life had made a difference. They're
9:59saying to Peter, "WE NEED TO DO
10:01SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. This woman was so
10:06needed in the community, right? Our
10:08husbands have all died.
10:11And it was this woman who kept us. This
10:14woman WHO WAS THERE, THIS WOMAN WHO GOD
10:17USED TO GET US through our difficult
10:21seasons,
10:23she's gone. And when [clears throat]
10:25Tabitha was gone, something was missing.
10:29And that should challenge all of us
10:31today. Here's the question. IF YOU
10:33DISAPPEAR from your environment, would
10:36anyone miss your light?
10:40>> God,
10:41>> would they be glad? I'm so glad you took
10:43that one out of here, Jesus.
10:47>> OR WOULD THEY SAY, "WAIT A MINUTE, GOD.
10:50>> I need to FIND ME A PROPHET. I NEED TO
10:52FIND ME A PASTOR. I NEED TO FIND ME AN
10:54INTERCESSOR BECAUSE I REFUSE TO HAVE
10:57THIS PERSON TO LEAVE MY LIFE BECAUSE
11:00their light was SO BRIGHT. I don't know
11:03how I'm going to make it without them."
11:07>> Not just your personality.
11:10Some of you got some big personality,
11:12but you don't have a light.
11:19>> You don't have the light.
11:21Not just your position. Some of you are
11:23craving about positions. You seek. It's
11:26all position, position, position. But
11:28you don't have the light. Do you not
11:30know to whom much is given?
11:35>> Much is required.
11:38>> Not just your title.
11:40Would anybody miss the God that they
11:44once experienced through you?
11:48>> Now listen,
11:50there's a light on the inside
11:53that someone desperately needs.
11:57The person you are dating needs it.
12:01Listen to me. Those of you are single,
12:04that person you are dating,
12:07they're in desperate need of that light.
12:11Cuz if you don't shine,
12:14then there's a good chance if they're
12:16shining, you're going to somehow blow
12:19their light out. It is exhausting trying
12:22to love somebody who lives in darkness.
12:30>> Come on now. Don't leave me out here by
12:32myself. It is exhausting
12:36trying to love somebody who's toxic.
12:43>> I know some of you not going to like
12:44this this morning.
12:47>> Come on now.
12:51Your husband or your wife needs it.
12:54>> Yes, sir. They need that light
12:57for the marriage to survive and for the
13:00marriage to potentially fulfill what it
13:03is capable of.
13:06They need to see your light.
13:09Not your greed,
13:12not your pride,
13:14not your selfishness,
13:17but the light.
13:20The light. Your children need it. They
13:23need that light. Your co-workers need
13:25it. Your employees need it. Your
13:28neighbor needs it. Your community needs
13:32it. Yes, everybody around you. They're
13:37in desperate need of that light. And
13:39there are unbelievers
13:41who may not be interested in hearing
13:45another sermon.
13:47They may not be interested in going to
13:49church, but they are interested in
13:51seeing whether
13:53Jesus actually makes a difference in
13:57your life.
13:59And just maybe
14:01he will do the same in their life.
14:05How long are we just going to be people
14:07who pack out an auditorium
14:10and criticize the sermon, criticize the
14:14outfits,
14:16criticize the seat that you didn't get
14:18to sit in? How long are we going to be a
14:21group of selfish people who just want
14:25people to see us as the only light?
14:32When are we going to come together
14:35>> and say it's not about us?
14:38>> It's about shining so that the world can
14:41believe in the Jesus that we believe in.
14:44Oh, somebody ought to give God a praise
14:46for that.
14:48[applause] That is why Jesus said, "Let
14:50your light," Watch this. Let your your
14:53your listen to me. Some of us as
14:56Christians, we need to stay out of
14:58people's business.
15:01and focus on our own.
15:03>> He says, "Let your light shine
15:07>> before others that they may see, not
15:12just hear, see your good deeds." What
15:16are you doing? Don't tell me you're born
15:18again and your actions don't line up
15:22>> to a transformed life.
15:26>> No. Don't tell me you are born again and
15:28you don't have the fruit of the spirit.
15:31>> Don't tell me you are born again but my
15:34goodness you are a spiritual terrorist.
15:43>> He said people want to see the light in
15:45you and glorify your father in heaven.
15:49Notice the language. He said let them
15:51see. You see, Christianity was never
15:54designed to be something we merely talk
15:58about.
16:00>> It must become something people can see.
16:04So, as we move forward to the end of
16:072026, I'm challenging you to stop
16:11talking about what you're going to do as
16:14it relates to becoming the best version
16:17of yourself and start living it
16:20according to the word of God. So, no
16:23more no more talking about how you're
16:27going to change. Just change.
16:30>> That's it. No more talking about how
16:33you're going to serve. Just serve.
16:36>> No more talking about how you're going
16:38to share your faith.
16:41>> Just share your faith.
16:43Let's share your faith.
16:45>> Cuz you know we talk. We go to the job.
16:48By the time you get home, some of you
16:50going to go to brunch. You're going to
16:51have conversations, right? Some of you
16:53are sitting right now in church on your
16:55phone. You're listening with one ear,
16:57but you're down on your phone and you're
16:59scrolling to cuz you still got to be up
17:01to all what's trending on social media.
17:04You you you you
17:10>> you're you're not even taking notes of
17:12the sermons. You know what you're doing?
17:15You're you're still you you're you're
17:16liking and you're when when just stop
17:19talking about you're going to share your
17:20faith. Start sharing it.
17:23The energy you use to be IN ALL THESE
17:26SOCIAL media trends,
17:29>> if you would redirect that
17:32>> to share your faith, I wonder how many
17:34unbelievers will come to know the light.
17:39>> Share it. No more talking about becoming
17:41the best version of yourself. Just
17:43become it.
17:45The Bible says, "Do not merely listen to
17:48words.
17:50Do what it says.
17:52Don't just just, okay, I'm do what the
17:54word of God says.
17:57God in you must become more than your
18:00confession. God in you must become
18:03visible through your actions. And so I
18:08want to leave you with two things that
18:11you must do if you're going to stay lit.
18:24If you're going to stay lit
18:27>> and show an unbelieving world how
18:31amazing your God really is.
18:36>> Please pardon me, but some of us are
18:39honestly a poor representation
18:44of this amazing God.
18:47Think about that.
18:50We are a poor representation.
18:53If you are the brand
18:55>> of Christianity,
18:58if you are the brand of salvation,
19:01if you are the brand of a transformed
19:03life
19:04>> and acting that way,
19:07>> talking that way,
19:10>> who wants it?
19:13[crying]
19:14>> Come on now. We got to do better. Look
19:16at your neighbor and say, "We got to do
19:18better." Man,
19:20>> if we're Christians, WE GOT TO DO
19:22BETTER. SO, here are the two things.
19:23Number one, live so that people can see
19:27the difference. 1 Peter 2:12 tells us,
19:31"Live such lives among the pagans."
19:34Who's the pagans? The world. That they
19:37may see your good deeds and glorify God.
19:42So if we're going to reach unbelievers,
19:46we cannot simply just tell them
19:48Christianity works. They need to see its
19:50fruit.
19:51>> Because your greatest weakness may not
19:54be what comes out of your mouth, but
19:56your greatest weakness
19:58may be what comes out of your life.
20:03It's how you conduct
20:05business. Cuz how you conduct business
20:09matters. How you treat the waiter
20:12matters. How you speak to your spouse
20:15matters.
20:16>> How you raise your children matters. How
20:20you treat people who cannot do anything
20:23for you
20:25>> matters. How you respond when someone
20:29mishandle you matters
20:33>> because people are watching
20:36to determine whether your faith has
20:40actually transformed you.
20:43According to Paul, he says if anyone is
20:46in Christ, he says you are what? New a
20:50new creation.
20:52It has come. And he says, "The old has
20:54gone, the new is here." So if Christ is
20:59transforming you and me internally,
21:03eventually there ought to be something
21:07external. There ought to be an external
21:09evidence of that transformation.
21:12People should see the growth. Yes, they
21:14should see the growth in you. They
21:16should see the maturity in you. People
21:18should see love in you. People should
21:20see what's this discipline in you.
21:24People should see what integrity in you.
21:27People should see generosity in you. You
21:31can't be a Christian and all you want is
21:34hand out every time. Bless me. Bless me.
21:36Bless me. And you never give anything
21:39away.
21:42>> It's impossible. [applause]
21:44YOUR ENTIRE FAITH WAS birthed on
21:48generosity for God. also loved the world
21:52>> that he was generous.
21:54>> Come on now. People should see
21:56forgiveness in you. Some of us as
22:00Christians, we've got to change in this
22:02area of forgiveness.
22:04Your heart is too cold.
22:07>> It is hard as a rock
22:10>> cuz you won't forgive.
22:13>> And you call yourself a Christian,
22:16>> you won't forgive. I'll never forgive.
22:18I'm never going to forget that. No, you
22:21need to get delivered.
22:29>> How dare you take God's forgiveness and
22:32you can't give it away yourself?
22:35This is good.
22:38>> PEOPLE SHOULD SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN
22:41you
22:43because Jesus said, "By this, by the
22:46difference in your life, they will know
22:50that you are my disciples if you love
22:53one another." He didn't say that they
22:56would know us by our church attendance.
22:58He didn't say that they would know us by
23:00our titles. He said that they would
23:04recognize us by how we love. Yes, sir.
23:08>> So, don't tell me how large your church
23:10is. Don't tell me how great your singers
23:13are. Don't tell me how great the pastor
23:16is. Don't tell me how nice and organized
23:20your church is. If there's no love in
23:23the church,
23:24>> you're not transformed.
23:28>> It goes from leadership all the way
23:30down. Do not judge your pastor Henry
23:33Fernandez based on how he can articulate
23:36the word and how he delivers the word,
23:38his charisma, his style. That ain't got
23:40nothing to do with is this guy a
23:43transformed guy. Is he walking around
23:45with Christian characteristics
23:49>> and the same goes for you.
23:53>> So don't just announce your light,
23:56demonstrate it.
23:57>> Let me say it again. Don't just announce
23:59it. demonstrated.
24:01>> Demonstrate it.
24:03>> Someone around you is quietly asking,
24:06"Is your God real?"
24:09>> They're asking, they may not say it to
24:11you verbally, but in their head, they're
24:13thinking, "Is your God real?" The
24:17unbeliever, they are waiting to see the
24:20light. And in this month of taking the
24:23light into THE DARK PLACES, THEY'RE
24:26WAITING TO SEE THE LIGHT. THE second um
24:30thing I want you to think about as I try
24:31to close this, take the light wherever
24:34you go in the darkness.
24:37Verse 15 says, "Neither do men light a
24:41lamp and put it under what?"
24:44They don't hide it, but instead they do
24:48what? They put it up to what? To stand.
24:52They put the light up to be seen. a
24:55lightest never or a light that never
24:58leaves the church building cannot
25:01fulfill its purpose.
25:04If the only time you put the light on is
25:06when you drive into the parking lot of
25:08555 Northwest 95th Avenue
25:13and you come in this auditorium, bam,
25:17you light up.
25:19You light up with your shout. You light
25:21up with your speaking in tongues. you
25:23light up and you're looking like a
25:25saint, like a real Christian,
25:28and by the time you get back in your car
25:31>> and your tail light gets out of the
25:33parking lot,
25:38>> you blow it out.
25:46We cannot spend all of our time shining
25:49light on people in the church who
25:53already have the light.
25:56Jesus expects us to take the light into
25:58the dark places, into our neighborhoods,
26:02into businesses, into schools, into our
26:04workplaces, into restaurants,
26:07into social media, into our
26:10conversations, into our relationships,
26:13and into our communities.
26:16That's why Jesus says, "Go into the
26:17world and preach the gospel to all
26:20creatures, or all creation."
26:24I know this is boring for some of you.
26:28>> I know this is this because the church,
26:30especially those of us who who got a
26:33little bit of mixture of Pentecostalism
26:35and word of faith.
26:39>> We do not like sound doctrine.
26:44>> We like hype
26:47>> and we like
26:49>> to hear stuff.
26:54itchy ears.
26:56>> We get bored.
26:59>> We're so disorganized and disrespectful
27:01that even when God is speaking, I want
27:03to hear this.
27:04>> We're busy. We got to go.
27:06>> Got to go do this. No wonder you don't
27:09have a light.
27:13[crying]
27:15>> No wonder you don't have And I'm not
27:16here. Don't take this sermon as this
27:19preacher cursing people. No. No. No. No.
27:20No. No. No.
27:23If he loves you,
27:25>> he'll speak to you.
27:27>> God.
27:27>> And I'm telling you this morning, God
27:30gave me this word to speak to you. You
27:32cannot go into the world to show them
27:36the light when you don't have it
27:39yourself.
27:44[music]
27:46>> The church must go into the world.
27:47Therefore,
27:49there are people around you right now
27:53who are hurting. Please hear me.
27:55Silently.
27:58Silently.
28:00People are hurting and they're looking
28:02for the light. Do you know how many
28:03people walk in this room right now
28:05streaming who are hurting silently?
28:10And God is saying, "I want to use you
28:13to be the help for them on their healing
28:18journey."
28:19Someone is discouraged right now.
28:21Someone is questioning their purpose.
28:23Some someone's marriage is struggling as
28:26I'm preaching. Someone is afraid.
28:28Someone feels forgotten. Someone has
28:32given up on church. Someone has even
28:34given up on God.
28:38And God may have strategically placed
28:42you, yes you,
28:44in that person's life.
28:48>> The person you're dating probably has
28:49been damaged so badly
28:52that God strategically placed you to
28:55show them what it means to be redeemed,
29:00to show them what it is to be the best
29:02version of yourself.
29:04You've married someone who've made
29:07mistakes or have come from a bad family
29:10and God is using you the light
29:14to show your spouse
29:17of a God that can transformed people.
29:21Someone right now is afraid. They feel
29:25forgotten. They've given up on church.
29:28And God is using you right now to say,
29:32"You're the light. give them hope. So,
29:35don't underestimate a conversation that
29:38you're having with your co-workers and
29:40your family members and friends. Don't
29:42underestimate your an invitation. Don't
29:44un underestimate an act of kindness.
29:47Don't underestimate sharing your
29:49testimony. Don't underestimate praying
29:52with someone. And don't underestimate
29:55saying, [clears throat]
29:56"Let me
29:59tell you what God has done for me."
30:01Don't
30:04When you go to the cafeteria this week,
30:07when you go out with friends and family,
30:11don't miss the moment
30:14in the midst of the conversation
30:17to say, "Let me tell you about what he
30:19did for me.
30:38cuz people are hurting.
30:45You may be okay,
30:48but there are people
30:51who are desperately need to hear
30:58that God can do it for them.
31:02>> That he can change them.
31:05>> That he can open up the floodgates of
31:08heaven and he can restore them.
31:12Because somebody has to tell them,
31:14somebody has to show them and somebody
31:17has to go and why not you? So I say to
31:21you today, stay lit
31:24because the unbeliever is waiting to see
31:27your light.
31:29September
31:31was about getting your fire back.
31:34October
31:36must now be about doing something with
31:38the fire.
31:40God did not ignite you. He didn't ignite
31:44me so that we could sit comfortable in
31:46the church building.
31:49He ignited all of us
31:51because someone outside these walls
31:56need us.
32:00I'm emotional this morning because
32:05a moment ago we were praying
32:09and there's a young woman
32:11who came down for prayer
32:16who confessed to one of our ministers in
32:18the midst of our rejoicing,
32:20I want to kill myself.
32:24People are hurting.
32:28We get caught up with our outfits.
32:31We get caught up with our cars in the
32:33parking lot.
32:35We get caught up with our titles.
32:38We get caught up with whatever has
32:41gotten to our heads, our
32:43accomplishments.
32:46Some of you are getting a little bit
32:48arrogant with God
32:51cuz you got your degree.
32:54You got a few little bit of money,
32:55emergency funds in the bank.
32:59You drive a nice car. Yes, you got your
33:01own house.
33:03And you forgot before you had it. Before
33:07you had all those things, somebody
33:10prayed for you.
33:17Somebody showed you the light.
33:22And now you don't have time.
33:25Now you're all about yourself.
33:30This week, let's walk differently.
33:33>> Let's love differently, serve
33:35differently, talk differently,
33:37walk uh work differently, give
33:39differently, treat people differently.
33:43And when God gives you an opportunity,
33:46tell somebody about Jesus.
33:51When I heard that that young lady
33:55decided she wanted to end her life,
34:01I had to keep myself together just to
34:03preach
34:06because
34:11some people
34:14are carriers of the light
34:17and they don't know it's there.
34:20So what Satan wants to do, he says, "I
34:23am determined
34:25not to have that light shine,
34:29not to let it shine." Why do you think
34:32you're going through what you're going
34:33through?
34:36If you're not important, if if you're
34:39not significant to God, why is the devil
34:43giving you so much problems?
34:46why you've been attacked the way you are
34:49right now. Could it be that he wants to
34:53wipe you out before you identify that
34:58greater is he who is in you
35:03than he that is in the world.
35:06The world is waiting
35:10because somebody's sitting in your row,
35:12somebody in your house, somebody on the
35:14job
35:15may be hurting right now and want to end
35:19their life. Or somebody may in the
35:22moment of saying, "I quit.
35:25>> There's no God."
35:27And while you are playing church,
35:31people are losing it.
35:33>> God,
35:34>> you're the light.
35:37God didn't save you so you can come and
35:39ask him for miracles every Sunday.
35:44>> If you be the light, he'll take care of
35:46you.
35:48[music]
35:49>> That's it.
35:51I want you to bow your heads. I want you
35:54to bow your heads, please. If you can
35:55just hang in there, please. Nobody
35:56moving unless you're a worker have to be
35:59in your place. But I want you to bow
36:00your heads. Please don't look around if
36:02you don't have to. And if you can,
36:04don't.
36:06But I want to pray for a group of
36:08special people here today.
36:13This month, the month of October,
36:20you want to run with this light.
36:25You you feel
36:28that you have a compassion for people
36:31and it breaks your heart
36:35that people
36:37are not actually seeing the amazing
36:40opportunity that God has presented to
36:42them even in this hour, even in this
36:44country around [music] the world.
36:48and you feel that you want to be
36:52an intercessor praying for people
36:56who
36:58like this young lady today.
37:01She,
37:03you know, they're praying for her. I
37:05think they're taking care of her and I'm
37:08praying that she'll be okay. But like
37:10this young lady,
37:12you believe that God is sending you to
37:14people
37:16to give them hope. This is not a prayer
37:19now for you. This is not a prayer for
37:21you to get your miracle. This is not a
37:23prayer for you to get a car, for you to
37:25get a job. This is not your prayer for
37:27you to get delivered.
37:29I feel in my heart
37:32that there are some tabifas who have
37:35died.
37:38>> You were doing good and you got
37:39frustrated and people have rubbed you
37:41the wrong way. people have mistreated
37:43you and you've buried the light.
37:48But just like Peter,
37:51he went prayed and Tabitha became alive
37:55once again. I believe in my heart that
37:58God is saying to you, there's a light in
38:00you. Listen to me. There's a light in
38:02you.
38:04Some of you have allowed society and God
38:07knows you've been through a lot, man. I
38:09get it.
38:11It is what you've been through that has
38:13made you this cold.
38:18Life has handed you some situations you
38:21you don't even know how to love again.
38:25You don't even know how to forgive.
38:28You don't even think God is pos it's
38:32possible for God to heal or to
38:34strengthen and to work things out for
38:36you because you've lost it. You've been
38:38so damaged.
38:42But that's a lie.
38:46There's so much left on the inside of
38:48you
38:50that the world wants to see it. I
38:53believe there are couples in here. Some
38:55of you are dating right now. You're
38:56sitting next to your spouse and you know
38:58God's talking to you today. You know
39:00both of you have not been the best
39:02version of yourself because you know
39:04what? The light that you're supposed to
39:06be shining is not shining.
39:09And I'm telling you, if you really want
39:12to seize the moment in the next quarter
39:15of this year,
39:17come on now. You got to let that light
39:20come out of you. You got to let that
39:22light shine out of you right now.
39:26And so
39:28I open this altar this morning
39:31without you trying to rush out of here.
39:34If you believe that this was the word
39:38that is now pushing you to bring the
39:41best out of you and you want pastor to
39:43pray for you, rise from your seat right
39:46now. Get down here. Let me stand in
39:49agreement and pray for you. Don't wait
39:50on anybody. You come. If this is about
39:53you, if this is about you,
39:58please do don't don't take your light to
40:00your grave.
40:02Come on.
40:05as you're streaming. If that's you, I
40:07want you to just go ahead and type in
40:09your first name. Type in your first
40:11name. [music] I want to pray for you. I
40:13want to pray for you. Come on, quickly.
40:17[music and singing]
40:18>> Sing it. Sing it.
40:23>> Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.
40:27>> It's time for your light to shine.
40:31>> Come on.
40:32[music]
40:33You don't have to give up on God. I'm
40:35telling you, this is your greatest hour,
40:38>> your greatest moment. Come on.
40:42>> Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.
40:46>> We'll wait on you. We'll wait on you.
40:48[music] Come on.
40:50>> Sing it. Sing it. Sing it.
40:55[music]
40:55>> Ministers, come on. Help me, ministers.
41:00>> Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
41:02[music]
41:03Sing it.
41:04>> We will shine.
41:06Shine. [music] Shine in the world. We
41:12will shine.
41:13>> We will shine.
41:14>> Shine.
41:16Shine in the [music] world. We [singing]
41:20will shine.
41:22Shine.
41:24[music]
41:24>> Shine in the world. We will shine.
41:30Shine. Thank you Lord. [music]
41:33>> Sing it. Sing it. Sing it.
41:35>> We will [singing] shine.
41:37>> We will shine.
41:39>> Thank you Lord. [music]
41:43>> We will [singing] shine.
41:48Shine [music]
41:51we are.
41:53>> Thank you Lord. Now listen
41:56ministers. I just want you to come
41:58behind them because we're going to pray.
42:03Um,
42:07Frederick, would you come here? Come
42:09here please.
42:12Could you Could you just let me, sir?
42:16Come here. Come here. How old are you?
42:19>> 27.
42:20>> 27.
42:22I started this church at 27.
42:27at 27.
42:29Didn't know what I was doing,
42:33but I heard God said to a damaged boy,
42:38"Shine,
42:40let me use you."
42:44It was scary.
42:47I've never been a pastor before.
42:50I don't know if people would listen to
42:51me. I don't know if I had the ability to
42:54do it.
42:5627.
43:00It was the best decision of my life. I
43:03didn't want to do this. This was not my
43:05first choice, by the way, but it was the
43:08best decision of my life. [snorts] I'm
43:1162 now.
43:14The reason why I ask you your age
43:17because and I want you and I hope if you
43:20need the video of this, I'll have my
43:22media department give it to you. Cuz I
43:25want you to hear me.
43:28You are 27.
43:32The next 30 years of your life
43:35hangs on this moment.
43:40You can choose
43:42to take the light and blow it out when
43:45you go outside and go back to the same
43:48stuff.
43:50Or you can say,
43:53I see myself 30 years from now
43:57as a man of God,
44:00highly favored of God, a successful
44:03young man. I see my future. See,
44:07speaking into your future, taking that
44:10cuz the the light is already in you. It
44:13just needs to shine.
44:16That's all.
44:18Or you can let the devil rob you.
44:22And the next 30 years of your life, I'll
44:25see you again. God's will it.
44:30And you'll hang your head down.
44:33It's up to you, sir.
44:35It's up to you.
44:37Take this moment serious.
44:4227.
44:44God, I wish I could take your age and
44:46give you mine.
44:48Don't waste it.
44:51I don't care who's in your ears.
44:54There's some separation you going to
44:55have to do after today.
44:58It's going to be hard.
45:02Trust me, it's going to be hard. When
45:05you get out of this parking lot, there's
45:07some separation. You know what I'm
45:09talking about. There's some cutting.
45:14I'm going to have to cut
45:17without explanation.
45:20>> You don't need to explain yourself to
45:22nobody
45:25because where God is taking you.
45:29You cannot play nice now.
45:34You cannot say you're naive anymore
45:37because God handpicked you for whatever
45:39reason.
45:41This is your moment.
45:44Uh, Minister Frederick, turn to Minister
45:46Frederick. I want you to personally pray
45:48for him. Get his information. Stay on
45:51him for the next 3 months. Don't lose
45:54him. Don't lose him. Don't lose him.
45:59[music]
46:00Don't lose him. [applause]
46:02Don't lose him.
46:04Don't lose him. I want the church. Would
46:07you stand? Would you stand? Those of you
46:09are standing here. We're going to do
46:10this together. Those of you are
46:11streaming.
46:13While Minister Frederick is praying,
46:14ministers, feel free to move around. Lay
46:17hands on people if you can. I know it's
46:19a lot of people. Those of you out there,
46:22please stretch your hands towards the
46:25stage. You got to help pastor now do
46:27this. Those of you are standing here,
46:29lift your hands now as a sign that
46:31you're ready to receive.
46:35Now, as I'm praying, I just need for you
46:37to believe. for you to receive.
46:40Some of you, something is is going to
46:42break on the inside of you. Don't hold
46:44back. Just release it. [music] This is
46:46not a moment to be cute. This is a
46:49moment to just birth whatever God has
46:51placed on the inside of you. So, Father,
46:53we come to you this morning.
46:57We thank you for these who have come to
46:59the altar.
47:01You know them. You know what they're
47:03going through.
47:05You know, many of them were struggling
47:08for the light to shine in them.
47:12And so I pray for them and I pray for
47:14those who are streaming.
47:17I ask you by the power of the Holy
47:19Spirit
47:20that when they leave this place, they'll
47:23be carriers of the light.
47:26that the exhaustion that they've felt
47:28for months and for years now, that
47:31burden will lift off their shoulders.
47:35They've been carrying it too long.
47:38Too long. The pressure is too long.
47:42They can't afford to hold on to it. It's
47:45too long, sweetheart. Let it go.
47:48Let it go.
47:52It's too much.
47:54Let God arise in you. Let his enemies be
47:59scattered
48:01>> in the name of Jesus.
48:04God, I declare blessings
48:07over your people's lives.
48:10God, I pray in the name of Jesus
48:13that what they cannot see in the
48:16spiritual that the Holy Spirit this
48:18morning will confirm
48:22that you've got your hand upon them. In
48:25the name of Jesus.
48:27In the name of Jesus.
48:30In the name of Jesus. In the name of
48:32Jesus. I'm sorry. Let me go past you.
48:36>> In the name of Jesus.
48:39In the name of Jesus.
48:42Oh, glory to God.
48:47I hear the Lord say, "This is your day."
48:51You prayed for it.
48:54You were hoping for it. And I hear the
48:57Lord says, "This is your day." Something
48:59new is birthing out of you.
49:03>> Everything that you've been through, God
49:05said, "I used it to prepare you for this
49:07moment.
49:09>> [music]
49:09>> Jesus.
49:11>> Ah,
49:14>> everything.
49:16Everything. God says, "I've used those
49:19things to prepare you for this moment."
49:24Get ready to see things differently.
49:28Get ready to see God taking you to
49:30greater places.
49:32Get ready to see that those who have put
49:36mounts on you, those who have said that
49:39you will never make it, get ready to see
49:42them watch you shine.
49:47In the name of Jesus,
49:50I speak it over your life. I speak it
49:53over your life in the name of Jesus.
49:57God, I declare that every individual
50:00standing before you today that in the
50:03name of Jesus, birth something new in
50:06them. Birth something new in them. Come
50:10on, I need some intercessors to help me
50:12pray right now. Birth something new in
50:16them in the name of Jesus by the power
50:19of the Holy Spirit. God in Jesus' name.
50:23In Jesus' name, birth something new in
50:26them today. In the name of Jesus, in the
50:30name of Jesus.
50:33In the name of Jesus. In the name of
50:35Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Birth
50:39something in them. Birth something in
50:42them. In the name of Jesus. In the name
50:45of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Yes
50:49[music] Lord. Yes Lord. Yes Lord. Yes
50:52Lord. In Jesus name. Thank you Father.
50:56Thank you. Thank you Father. In the name
50:58of Jesus. They'll never be the same
51:01again. They'll never be the same again.
51:05They'll never be the same again. They'll
51:08never be the same again. They'll never
51:10be the same again. They'll never be the
51:13same again. In the name of Jesus.
51:16They'll never be the same again.
51:20Oh hallelujah.
51:22They'll never be the same again. [music]
51:25Shine.
51:26Shine. Shine. I don't care what you've
51:29been through. I don't care what you've
51:31been through. Shine. I don't care what
51:34you've been through. Shine. I don't care
51:37what you've been through.
51:39>> I don't care what you've been through.
51:40>> Thank you, God.
51:41>> Shine
51:43in the name of Jesus. [music]
51:46This is the birth of something new in
51:48your life. Shine [music]
51:51>> in the name of Jesus.
51:53>> In the name of Jesus.
51:55[music]
51:56>> Touch them God. Touch them God.
51:59>> In the name of Jesus. In the name of
52:02Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name
52:05of Jesus. [music]
52:06In the name of Jesus. In the name of
52:09Jesus. Touch them.
52:15In the name of Jesus. [music]
52:17Yes, God. Yes, God. Yes, God. Yes, God.
52:22Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. [music]
52:25Do it for them, God. Do it for them,
52:28God. Do it for them, God. In the name of
52:31Jesus. Do it for them. Do it for them.
52:33Do it for them, God. [music] Do it for
52:35them, God. Do it for them, God. In the
52:38name of Jesus. Yes, God. [music] Yes,
52:41God. Yes, God. Yes God. Yes. Yes. Yes.
52:46Yes. Yes. Yes. In Jesus name.
52:52Oh hallelujah.
52:55In the name of Jesus. Yeah. [music]
52:58Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. By the
53:02power of the Holy [music] Ghost. By the
53:05power of the Holy Ghost. In Jesus name.
53:08In Jesus name. In [music] Jesus name. In
53:12Jesus name. In Jesus name. In Jesus
53:16name. In Jesus name. In Jesus [music]
53:19name. In Jesus name. Come on. Come on.
53:23Come on. Just a few more minutes. Just a
53:26few more minutes. Just a few more
53:28minutes. Come on. Let it shine. Let it
53:32shine. [music] Let it shine. Let it
53:35shine. Let it shine.
53:38Let it shine. Let it shine. [music] Let
53:40it shine. Let it shine.
53:43>> Glory to God. Glory to God. By [music]
53:46the power of Holy Ghost. By the power of
53:49Holy Ghost.
53:51>> Yeah. Yeah.
53:55[music]
53:56In Jesus name. In Jesus name.
53:58Hallelujah.
54:00Thank you. Thank you [music] Lord.
54:04Let it shine.
54:08Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. [music]
54:11Come on. Let him shine.
54:14>> Let him shine.
54:17>> Hallelujah. [music]
54:20>> Hallelujah.
54:24>> Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
54:26[music]
54:27>> Thank you, Lord.
54:36[music]
54:38Wow.
54:40Wow.
54:42Wow. Man, there's a strong presence of
54:45the Holy Spirit in this place today. Can
54:48we give God praise for what he has
54:50already done?
54:53Amen. Now, here's what you're going to
54:56do when you exit these doors. Shine.
55:00[music]
55:02>> Don't Don't hold your head down no more.
55:04Shine. become all that God has called
55:08you to be. You are the answer
55:12to someone else's problem.
55:15Please hear me. Don't get so caught up
55:18where you just focus on just what you're
55:20going through.
55:23If you go missing, somebody ought to
55:26say,
55:28"Where you at?"
55:31because you are the light that God has
55:33placed in my life. Amen. Now, listen. I
55:37want the men if you could just I just
55:40just a few guys. I'd like to talk to you
55:42before you leave [music] uh the
55:44sanctuary. So, when we dismiss, we're
55:46going to open the doors. Brothers, if
55:48you could just stay back, I really
55:50appreciate that. The last thing I'm
55:51going to ask you to do, put on the
55:52screen, there's one of our uh volunteers
55:56here at the church. He was in a car uh a
55:58motorcycle accident. He's still in the
56:00hospital, multiple surgery. Uh we've you
56:03know went to his you know to him visit
56:05him at the hospital and again so
56:08unfortunate that while he was in the
56:11hospital thieves broke into his house
56:14twice.
56:16And if you see the videos when I say I
56:19saw the video it it was like these
56:22people they wrecked this place.
56:27I mean, put holes in the wall, in the
56:30ceiling, destroyed his his uh AC unit.
56:35They when I say they wrecked it. And I
56:38was so grateful that Minister um Stefan
56:42and some of the men from our church
56:45without anybody asking them, they went
56:48to his house and cleaned it all up.
56:52Thank you, brothers. [applause] Thank
56:54you, good brothers.
56:56So, here's what I'm going to ask you to
57:00do. He didn't know I'm going to do this,
57:02but his family went and put a GoFundMe
57:06uh page up. I've given personally out of
57:09my money, my own personal money. If you
57:12have anything, we're going to put it up.
57:14We're going to put it on our church's
57:15website. If you'd like to help this man,
57:18he's a barber. He was a barber. He has
57:21no more income, right? and his house is
57:25destroyed. He's still in the hospital.
57:28He's going to have months, if not years
57:30of rehab. As a member of this church, I
57:33think it's the right thing for us to do.
57:35Give whatever you can. So, they're going
57:38to leave it. Do you have you guys have
57:40it? So, when we're leaving out, maybe
57:42they don't have it. So, um we'll we'll
57:46get it. It's a it's it's it's a video.
57:51>> Okay. Go ahead and play quickly. I
57:52thought it was a screenshot. Play
57:54quickly. Let's
57:55>> Hey, what's up everyone? I'm here at the
57:58block and we're here for a very
57:59important reason for a very important
58:02person, Javon Ferguson. We're here to
58:04give back to someone who gives so much
58:06to us.
58:07>> For those of y'all that may not know,
58:08Javon recently was in a near fatal
58:11crash. So, I do want to thank all you
58:13guys for the prayers. He has been
58:15recovering really well, but now is the
58:16time that we can pour into him
58:17physically.
58:18>> Now, [music] it's time for us to be the
58:19hands and feet of Jesus. And remember,
58:21it's never about the quantity, but it's
58:22about the quality. Give what you can,
58:24cuz anything helps.
58:25>> Javon has always been a big part of the
58:27church and the block, and he means a lot
58:29to us.
58:30>> Just remember the time when he gave us
58:32all fresh cuts.
58:33>> Javon was the first person I met in the
58:35block. He he was nice, the first one to
58:38greet me, and we're we miss you. [music]
58:41Right now, as Javvon is currently in
58:43active recovery, he will be out of work
58:44for a while. So, as a group, we set up a
58:46GoFundMe for him with a goal of $25,000.
58:49And any donation helps, big [music] or
58:51small.
58:52>> If you're not able to give, please
58:54remember that a prayer always helps with
58:56everything. [music]
59:00>> As we go, if you want to stay back
59:02captured, [music] men, please just go.
59:04They're only asking for $25,000.
59:06We can easily do this. Amen. So, please
59:10help him out. Hopefully, by today,
59:12[singing] we can declare he's got
59:14$25,000.
59:16So at least he can pay his bills while
59:18he's in the hospital and so forth. All
59:20right, let's do this. Faith in God will
59:24move mountains out of your life. Thank
59:26you so much for the extra time today.
59:28Thank you for streaming. We appreciate
59:31you. God bless you. We will see you on
59:34tomorrow and on Wednesdays. Brothers,
59:37would you stay back? Stay back, please.
59:39Brothers, I'll be waiting right here for
59:41you. Thank you. Thank you.
59:44All the men, if you can, I promise you
59:4810 minutes. That's all I need. 10
59:50minutes. God bless you. And again, thank
59:52you for streaming. God bless you.