Revival Begins With Us
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 9/27/2026
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez concludes the 'Ignite' series with a call to move beyond emotionalism and survival, urging believers to 'get up' from complacency and fear to actively partner with God in their own transformation. Using the example of Tabitha, he demonstrates that when we rise from our 'dead' situations, our lives become a powerful testimony that draws others to Christ.
Key points
- •Revival is not a passive waiting game for a miracle; it is an active response to what God has already empowered you to do.
- •Fear and faith are two opposing forces, and believers must consciously choose which currency they will operate in daily.
- •Self-perception is the greatest barrier to progress; like the ten spies, many people see themselves as 'grasshoppers' when God sees them as overcomers.
- •Spiritual maturity means moving from prayers of survival (just getting by) to prayers of advancement (asking God what He can do through you).
- •Many believers are in a state of 'full-term pregnancy' regarding their purpose, where the challenge is no longer conceiving the dream but having the courage to push and deliver it.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Perseverance
Spiritual Growth
Revival
Life application
Identify one area where you have been waiting for a 'magical moment' from God, and instead, take one concrete step of movement this week-whether that is an application, a hard conversation, or a new discipline. Practice 'talking less and moving more' by replacing a complaint about your situation with a specific action of faith.
Reflection questions
- In your current situation, are you being pulled more by the familiarity of fear or the uncertainty of faith?
- What 'narrative' have you been telling yourself about your limitations that contradicts God's promises?
- Are you currently praying just to survive your circumstances, or are you asking God to show you how to build through them?
- What 'spiritual baby' have you been carrying for too long that it is now time to 'push' and deliver into reality?
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0:00is [music] God's mercy
0:00>> towards all of us. Do me a favor. If you
0:02don't mind, would you hold the hand of
0:04the person you're standing next to? And
0:07let's just pray and ask God to just
0:09reveal his word to us this morning.
0:11Father, we stand united as a people,
0:16one church,
0:18ready to receive the conclusion of this
0:21series Ignite.
0:25Once again, I pray that you'll use me
0:29so that the words
0:31that I will speak today will not only be
0:35words
0:37from yours truly, but they're inspired
0:40words
0:42to help your people
0:45to understand what you're thinking about
0:47them
0:49and what your desires for all of us in
0:52this season of our lives.
0:55So I pray that we'll receive today.
0:59We'll pay attention. We'll listen
1:01carefully.
1:03We'll not allow the enemy to distract
1:05us.
1:08But we will zoom in to this rama word
1:13that will transform us. Heal your people
1:16today.
1:18and we give you all the praise, the
1:20honor, and the glory
1:23in Jesus name. Amen. Can we just worship
1:27him one more time?
1:30And you may be seated in the presence
1:34of the Lord.
1:37So, my goal today
1:40as we bring this Ignite series
1:45to a close
1:48is to move you, yes you, beyond
1:52excitement,
1:54emotionalism,
1:56and desperation into a life where you
1:59are empowered
2:01by faith.
2:04That's the goal. that you're empowered
2:06by faith, not only faith, but by the
2:11wisdom of God, that you become a
2:14disciplined individual
2:16and that you take action.
2:19Because faith is not simply about
2:22getting excited, but it is also about
2:25what God can do in your life.
2:29Faith is also about becoming
2:33and equipping yourself
2:36to bring the best in you to bring out I
2:41should say the best in you because that
2:45is the will of God.
2:48The moment you understand that God did
2:51not place you on this earth merely to
2:54survive
2:56by constantly looking for miracles. I
3:00get that some of us we get caught up. We
3:03want miracles
3:05looking for magical moments or for quick
3:09fixes if you will. The moment you
3:12understand that God didn't merely want
3:15you to look for miracles, look for magic
3:18moments or quick fixes, that's when your
3:20perspective of his will for your life
3:23will completely change.
3:27And yes, God performed miracles. He
3:30does. He performs miracles in our lives
3:32if we trust him. Yes, I also believe
3:35that he will intervene supernaturally in
3:38all areas of our lives. And I also
3:42believe that he can open doors that no
3:44man can close.
3:48But God has also given you wisdom to
3:52make decisions,
3:54faith to confront uncertainty,
3:58and strength to endure difficult
4:01seasons, and discernment to do what is
4:04right. In other words, you have a part
4:06to play. Not just waiting for magical
4:09moments. You have a part to play when it
4:13comes to your faith journey. God never
4:17intended for you to spend your entire
4:20life waiting for him to do for you what
4:24he has already empowered you to do.
4:28>> Now, sometimes
4:30the miracle is not God changing your
4:34situation overnight. Let me say it
4:36again. Sometimes the miracle is not God
4:38changing your situation overnight.
4:41Sometimes the miracle is God changing
4:45you so that you can handle the situation
4:48differently.
4:52There's a difference. So when you
4:54understand
4:56that what I just mentioned, your entire
4:59perspective of God, church, faith, and
5:02your purpose in life begins to take on a
5:06complete different meaning.
5:08Some of you need to stop asking God,
5:12God, when are you going to change this?
5:15What are you going to change in my
5:17situation? Instead, you need to begin to
5:19ask God, God, what have you already
5:24placed on the inside of me that I need
5:27to ignite?
5:30what's already inside of me that I need
5:32to ignite to be able to handle the
5:35situation that is before me. That is
5:39where I believe transformation begins.
5:43As I lay the foundation, I want you to
5:46understand that God did not bring you
5:48through everything. You have survived
5:52just for you to become comfortable with
5:56where you are.
5:58God did not bring you this far just for
6:02you to become comfortable with where you
6:05are in life. And some of you, I I got to
6:09tell you, man, you're too comfortable
6:11where you are.
6:14>> You are too comfortable where you are.
6:17God has already placed in you the
6:20ability
6:22to survive, but also to thrive. And
6:26that's why this morning I want to end
6:28the series with what may be a topic that
6:31may not mean anything to some of you,
6:33but this topic this morning is simply
6:37get up.
6:41[applause]
6:44>> I talked to you in the series about get
6:47out of your own way.
6:49>> Some of you are sabotaging yourself
6:51because you're literally standing in
6:53your own way. You think people are
6:55standing in your own way. You think it's
6:58your past is standing in your own way.
7:00But you're the one standing in your own
7:02way. And this morning, I'm tasked with
7:04the responsibility to help you to begin
7:08the transformation of your life and just
7:11simply stop having this pity party over
7:16your life and get up and do something
7:19with what God has already empowered you
7:22to do.
7:23>> [applause]
7:27>> because I believe that he has brought
7:29you through because there's much more in
7:32you. You have more faith, more purpose,
7:36more potential, more capacity, more
7:39influence, more ministry left inside of
7:43you, more vision, more life. So, as we
7:47conclude this series, I believe that God
7:50has given me one final thought for you.
7:54And it's two words, two words. Just get
7:56up, man. Get up. Get up from
7:59disappointment. Get up from your fear.
8:02Get up from complacency. Get up from the
8:05opinions of people. Get up from what
8:08didn't work. Get up from what they have
8:12said about you. Get up from what
8:14happened to you. Get up from the version
8:17of yourself that has been merely
8:20surviving.
8:21Because I believe in this hour, you're
8:24standing AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT in the
8:27history of your life. And it's time to
8:31get up and do something with your life.
8:35[applause]
8:37>> This is not a season to lie down as if
8:40you are dead having no hope. Wow.
8:45>> So, if you've come here this morning and
8:47you're you've logged on this morning
8:49thinking that this church is just going
8:50to excite you and make you feel good and
8:53try to do abracadabra over your life and
8:56try to promise you a whole list of
8:58miracle miracles, if you will, and so
9:00forth. That's not why we're here. We're
9:03here today to ignite the fire of God in
9:06you. For you to get up and work out your
9:09own salvation. for you to get up and
9:12pray to your God, believing that your
9:15God will reveal himself to you.
9:19>> This is a season FOR YOU TO GET UP.
9:23SO, let me leave you with just some
9:25simple examples of what you need to
9:29think about in this season of your life.
9:32I want every woman in this place, every
9:34man, and those of you are streaming to
9:36pay attention because I'm telling you,
9:39one year from now, your life can change
9:43drastically
9:45>> IF YOU SIMPLY GET UP FROM HAVING A pity
9:49party and start working your faith. IF
9:53YOU SIMPLY GET UP FROM YOUR BROKENNESS,
9:55from your disappointments, and say,
9:57"God, I'M GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT of
10:00my life," your life will change.
10:04>> So the first thing I need you to
10:05understand is that you are standing
10:08between
10:10fear and faith.
10:14>> That's where you are. YOU'RE AT A
10:17PIVOTAL POINT IN YOUR LIFE where you're
10:19standing between
10:22Fear
10:23and faith. Christopher, would you come
10:25here, please? Come here. Come on.
10:27Quickly. Quickly. Move. Is your name
10:29Christopher?
10:31You looking at me? Christopher, come on.
10:32Come on. Come on. Stand over here. All
10:36right. Let me get somebody else. I need
10:38a a lady. Would you come here? Come
10:40here. Yes. Come here. I don't mind you.
10:42Let me use a lady. Come here.
10:45I'm going to show you something here.
10:48Thank you.
10:50I want you to stand over here.
10:53This is where you are right now.
10:56You have a decision to make.
10:59Will you allow fear to pull you in its
11:03direction
11:04with all the stuff that you're going
11:06through? Because fear is it it has a
11:10magnetic pull.
11:14>> It's pulling you every single day. Don't
11:18believe
11:19Don't try again.
11:22Don't make the effort. This is a
11:24decision you have to make. Which
11:27currency or current or force is going to
11:32pull you? Is it fear or is it faith?
11:38>> Faith is desperate for you to come on
11:42its side. Now watch this. You are not
11:45fear and you are not faith. H explain
11:49that pastor. You are not fear and you're
11:53not faith. You are not fear because the
11:56Bible says God has not given you
12:00>> the spirit of fear.
12:02So when you're operating in fear, God
12:05never gave it to you, never intended for
12:09you to be fearful.
12:13You're not faith. Because if you are
12:16faith, then you don't need faith because
12:19you ALREADY POSSESS FAITH. YOU SEE, GOD
12:21has given you the spirit of power, love,
12:24and of a sound mind. You have the
12:27ability to faith things, not fake it.
12:32Faith things. Every step of the day,
12:36every week, every month, every year, you
12:39have the ability to walk in faith. You
12:42can take on the spirit of faith or you
12:45can take on the spirit of fear.
12:50>> SO YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT now on this
12:52day, the 27th day of September, 2026,
12:58approximately 11:34
13:02a.m.
13:04to make a decision.
13:07>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BROKEN YOU ARE. IT
13:10DOESN'T MATTER how you are down and out
13:13and depressed AND THINGS ARE NOT GOING
13:15the way you want it to go in your life.
13:17You have a decision to make. You are
13:20standing between fear and faith. Some of
13:24you are not able to discern that you are
13:27standing on the edge of something
13:31significant in your life.
13:35You cannot fully explain it, but you
13:40know something is shifting.
13:46>> SOMETHING INSIDE OF YOU KEEPS SAYING to
13:49you, THERE HAS TO BE MORE. MORE OF GOD,
13:54MORE OF PURPOSE, MORE FULFILLMENT, MORE
13:58IMPACT, more than simply waking up,
14:02going through the routine EVERY DAY,
14:05JUST PAYING YOUR BILLS, dealing with
14:07problems, and repeating the same cycle
14:11month after month, week after month,
14:12year after year. THERE HAS TO BE MORE.
14:15SOMEBODY SHOUTED, "THERE has to be
14:17more."
14:17>> There has to be more.
14:18>> There has to be more to your life.
14:22There has to be more. Don't settle for
14:24where you are.
14:26>> DON'T YOU ACCEPT THAT THAT THAT'S THE
14:29ONLY GOOD THAT CAN come out of your
14:31life.
14:32>> Whenever you arrive at a pivotal moment
14:35in your life, you will often feel
14:38yourself being pulled into two different
14:42directions.
14:44Something is pulling you towards what is
14:47familiar.
14:49Stay where you are.
14:51Don't take the chance.
14:54Don't try again.
14:56Don't trust again.
14:59Don't believe again. Don't dream too big
15:03cuz you did the last time it didn't
15:05work. Because at least, watch this.
15:09Because at least what is familiar
15:13feels safe. So now you're hugging fear.
15:17>> My God.
15:18>> Oh. And he will hug you back.
15:22cuz that's where you are now. I'm
15:24hugging fear because I'm safe here
15:28because to faith things
15:33requires me
15:36to let go and let God.
15:40That's the thing. THAT'S THE SCARY THING
15:42ABOUT FAITH IS HOW DO I FAITH IT WHEN I
15:46CAN'T CONTROL IT?
15:51SEE, this is where many of you are
15:52hurting. YOU YOU YOU YOU CAN'T CONTROL
15:55WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO So you know, FAITH
15:58IS GOING TO PUSH YOU TO STEP UP OUT OF
16:01THE BOAT. FAITH IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO
16:04STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
16:09>> And so you're scared and you want don't
16:12want to do it because faith says step
16:15out. Faith says try again. Faith says
16:19believe again. Faith says build again,
16:22dream again, pray again, expect again.
16:26And now you have this decision to make.
16:30Will I allow fear to determine my
16:33future?
16:35Will I allow fear to determine my
16:37future? So maybe the next 10 years of my
16:40life because I've been sucked in by
16:43fear,
16:45I die
16:48not having the ability to tap into all
16:53of what God had for me in those 10
16:56years.
16:58And you will die and go to the grave.
17:01And people will come and pack out an
17:03auditorium to cry about an unttopped
17:08potential.
17:12[applause]
17:13It's up to you. It's up to you TO LAY
17:16DOWN THERE. OH, I HAD A BAD MARRIAGE. I
17:18HAD A BAD RELATIONSHIP. OH, I HAD THIS
17:21and I I had a [laughter] a bad family uh
17:24upbringing AND AND THE LIST GOES ON. YOU
17:26CAN STAY THERE AND let fear hug you and
17:30you will die
17:34unfulfilled.
17:37>> You will be a person who went to the
17:40grave who did not tap into their best
17:44self.
17:47>> So you have this decision to make
17:49because fear can become watch this a
17:52prison. Yes.
17:55>> Unfortunately, you may not like me for
17:58saying this, but some of you, you're in
18:02prison.
18:06You are literally locked up with
18:09invisible chains.
18:12Chains of doubt,
18:15chains of a negative mindset,
18:18change of brokenness,
18:22chains of I'm never tried it again.
18:27I'm not loved. Nobody cares for me.
18:32My family is dysfunctional.
18:34And so because my family is
18:36dysfunctional, I will be dysfunctional
18:38too.
18:40change of saying life will never get
18:43better for you.
18:46And the most dangerous prison is the one
18:50where the door is unlocked,
18:54but you've convinced yourself you cannot
18:57leave.
18:59It's most dangerous prison
19:04>> is to BE AT A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE
19:07the power to control you. But you have
19:11convinced yourself, I can't leave.
19:16>> I can't leave. Some people will spend
19:20the NEXT 10 YEARS TRAPPED INTO places
19:25God gave them permission to leave long
19:29ago.
19:31>> All because, watch this, they're waiting
19:35to feel ready.
19:38[cheering]
19:41>> Some of you have been talking about, I I
19:42I'm ready. I'm ready for something new.
19:44And some of you need to stop it. every
19:47January 1st
19:49>> New Year's resolution. Well, I'm
19:51believing God, you know, I'm going to do
19:53this AND AND AND BY THE END OF MARCH,
19:59you go right back to prison.
20:03But faith, watch this now. Faith doesn't
20:06always wait until you feel ready.
20:11Faith says if God says move, your
20:15response should be I'm moving.
20:19>> If he says move, I'm going to move. So,
20:22it's time to experience God's anointing
20:27at another level in your life. Thank
20:29you. Would you give them a hand? Thank
20:32you so much.
20:35[applause]
20:36So, I want to go to number two. Number
20:39two, it's time to experience God at
20:43another level in your life. I believe
20:45some of you are about to experience God
20:48in ways that will absolutely blow your
20:50mind. You have experienced God at one
20:53level, but don't assume that that's the
20:56highest level God can reveal himself to
20:58you.
21:00>> You know him as the God who kept you.
21:05Now you need to experience him as the
21:08God who advances you.
21:11>> You know him as a God who brought you
21:14out.
21:15>> Now you need to experience him as a God
21:18who brings you into.
21:22>> You know him as a God who helped you
21:24survive. Now experience him as a God who
21:29helps you build.
21:32Just just don't survive, man. It's time
21:35to build. You have prayed to survive
21:38long enough. You've prayed prayers like
21:41this. Lord, just just just get me
21:43through. Lord, just help me make it.
21:47Lord, don't let me lose anything. And
21:50God's answer to those prayers are and
21:54and and and he has answered, I should
21:55say, those prayers. And you're still at
21:58the same place where you're at. But I am
22:01here today to tell you what you need to
22:03be praying is God show me what you can
22:07do through my life. Show me what
22:11obedience can produce. Show me what
22:15happens when I stop playing small. When
22:19I stop playing things small. Some of
22:21you, I hate to tell you, man, you've got
22:24a small thinking mentality.
22:28Yes sir.
22:28>> The God that you serve says, "The earth
22:30is his and the fullness thereof." You
22:33ought to be praying, "God, show me what
22:35happens when I completely surrender my
22:38gifts, my resources, my ideas, my
22:41relationships,
22:43and my future to you." Number three,
22:47stop calling yourself a grasshopper.
22:50>> You know the scripture. I I taught it
22:52last week in the sermon. Last week, I
22:55reminded you of the spies that were
22:58sent. Moses sent the spies out to assess
23:02the land. And it says, "Come back and
23:05give me a report." The spies went out.
23:09Watch this. saw the same land, the same
23:13fruit, saw the same opportunities, saw
23:16the same giants,
23:19but they came back with two completely
23:24different perspectives.
23:27>> Some of them, 10 of them came back and
23:29said, "We can't.
23:32There is no WAY WE CAN GO TO that land
23:35that God promised us." Number one, okay,
23:38it's got some big fruits over there,
23:40man. I tell you, the the the the
23:42agriculture is is wonderful. We we can
23:45eat. We can survive. But they got some
23:47big people living over there.
23:50Them people are huge.
23:53We call them giants. They'll devour us.
23:58We can't make it over there. However,
24:00there was two guys,
24:03>> Joshua and Caleb.
24:06They came back and they said, "We can."
24:09>> Numbers 13:13 tells us Caleb SAID, "WE
24:13SHOULD GO UP AND TAKE POSSESSION OF THE
24:16land for we can certainly DO IT." SEE,
24:19THESE are the kinds of people I'm trying
24:21to tell you to hang around.
24:23>> Some of you are hanging around people
24:26who see themsel and you in a small way.
24:3210 spies came back and said, "Uh, no, we
24:36can't make it." And I want you to listen
24:38to this carefully. They said, "We cannot
24:41make it cuz there's some big giants over
24:43there."
24:45But Caleb and Joshua, Caleb said, "We
24:48should go up and take possession of the
24:50land cuz WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT."
24:54>> Look at what verse 33 says. Now, watch
24:57this. These are the people and I don't
25:00know some of you need to when you leave
25:03here today you need to go home and you
25:05need search your phone.
25:11>> Search your list of the people you call
25:13friends
25:14>> on your quick dial or whatever you call
25:16it because you need to look for these
25:19people who are I call them the numbers
25:231333 people.
25:26They said we seemed like grasshappers
25:31in our own eyes.
25:34>> We look like grasshoppers
25:37>> in our own eyes. THE GIANTS DID NOT CALL
25:41them
25:42>> grasshoppers.
25:46Some of you, it's not that people have
25:49told you what you believed.
25:51>> You told yourself.
25:56The giants never called them small
25:58insignificant people. THEIR GREATEST
26:01ENEMY WASN'T THE SIZE OF the giants.
26:05Their greatest enemy was how they saw
26:08themselves. Watch this. In comparison to
26:11the giants, some of you, God has ALLOWED
26:14YOU TO WALK INTO rooms that you were not
26:18really qualified for.
26:20>> Come on now.
26:23But because you believe THAT YOU'RE NOT
26:27QUALIFIED, you tell yourself, "I'm not
26:30qualified to be in THE ROOM." WELL, IF
26:32GOD PLACED YOU IN THE ROOM IN THE first
26:35place,
26:37what makes you believe that God wouldn't
26:39equip you? Can I get a witness here
26:41today?
26:42>> So, I'm encouraging you today to stop
26:45talking yourself
26:48>> out of what God is trying to talk you
26:50into.
26:52I want you to stop saying, "I'm too old.
26:55I'm too young.
26:57>> I don't have enough. I I don't have the
27:00right people around me. I I'm not ready.
27:04I'm I've already failed. I don't have
27:06the education. I don't have the money. I
27:09don't have the influence.
27:11I've made too many mistakes." [snorts]
27:15>> Stop rehearsing your limitations
27:18>> and start remembering God's promises.
27:23Number four. I'm almost there. Number
27:25four. Oh, this is a big one.
27:28>> Talk less, man, and move more.
27:32[applause]
27:35>> Talk less,
27:36>> move more.
27:38>> Now, here's where the message gets very
27:40uncomfortable for some of you, cuz the
27:44the problem is, let's just be honest,
27:47look at the preacher now, cuz some of
27:48you not going to like this. Some of you
27:51your problem is you talk too much.
27:55Yes, you talk too much.
27:58You talk too much.
28:02You have talked yourself.
28:05>> Talked yourself about, you know, you
28:08don't have enough, man.
28:11You have talked about starting. You've
28:15talked about changing. You've talked
28:17about going back to school. You have
28:19talked about getting your finances
28:21together, about getting healthier, about
28:26repairing the relationship, about
28:28writing the book,
28:30>> launching the business,
28:32>> getting serious about God,
28:35>> about serving
28:37>> and about forgiving.
28:40And at some point in time, you just got
28:44to stop talking, man,
28:46>> and just get up and start moving.
28:50[applause]
28:52>> You see, faith requires movement.
28:55>> NOAH DID NOT just believe a flood was
28:58coming.
29:00>> He started preparing for the flood
29:03>> by building. Abraham did not just
29:06believe God for another place for him.
29:11He actually left where he was
29:15>> to get to the new location. Some of you,
29:17I want to do this. I want to see myself
29:19in the future doing this. I want to see.
29:21Then why are you still there?
29:24>> Why are you still stuck where you are?
29:28>> You got to move.
29:29Peter didn't just believe Jesus
29:33COULD HOLD HIM UP ON THE WATER. He
29:37stepped out of the boat. David didn't
29:40just stand there discussing Goliath all
29:44day. He ran towards him. And there there
29:48comes a moment in your life when faith
29:51has to become an action.
29:54>> You've prayed about things. You've cried
29:56about things. You thought about doing
29:58things and discussing things and
30:00reaching things and analyzing things,
30:04but now it is time for you to get up.
30:06It's time for you to make the call.
30:08Submit the application. Start serving or
30:11saving, I should say. Start building.
30:14Start start joining the ministry. Start
30:16serving. Apologize when necessary.
30:20Forgive. Make the appointment. Open the
30:22document. Oh, some of you got some
30:24emails. You never know. There's money in
30:26emails and you still haven't even opened
30:29it up.
30:30Open the document, develop a plan
30:34>> and take the first step.
30:37>> Number five, stop letting other voices
30:40control your movement.
30:43>> You must also be careful about those
30:47voices or whose voice has the permission
30:50to direct your life.
30:52Everyone who has an opinion about your
30:56future does not have the authority
30:59>> to determine your future.
31:02>> Some people will talk you out of
31:05something
31:07>> all because they are afraid to do it
31:10themselves.
31:13>> Proverbs 29:25 tells us, "Fear a man who
31:17proves to be what? Snare.
31:20BUT WHOEVER TRUSTS in the Lord is what?
31:23Kept safe. So if you constantly need
31:28someone's approval because before you
31:30obey God, I should say, you will always
31:32spend your life living according to
31:35other people's limitations.
31:38David understood this when he arrived at
31:41the battlefield. Goliath was bigger. He
31:44was stronger. He was more experienced
31:47and better equipped.
31:49But David had the people questioning
31:53whether
31:55uh they belonged there.
31:58David had the people questioning whether
32:02he I should say belonged there cuz
32:06people looked at David look at you
32:10short little fellow
32:14cuz the society will sum you up. Look at
32:17you. We make the mistake. LISTEN, I I
32:21DON'T care what you say. Short people
32:22are blessed.
32:28We We
32:33Oh, we are blessed. [laughter]
32:36I just wanted to That was free. I just
32:38wanted to throw that in. That That was
32:41not in That was not in the notes.
32:44That was according to Henry's version.
32:49>> [laughter]
32:50>> David told Saul, "Watch this.
32:56I fought the lion, [clears throat]
32:59>> fought the bear,
33:01>> and a giant ain't no different.
33:06>> I'm going somewhere with this." In other
33:08words, my past has prepared me for this
33:12moment.
33:14Everything you have survived was not
33:17wasted.
33:19Every battle taught you a lesson. Every
33:22disappointment developed something in
33:25you. EVERY REJECTION STRENGTHENED
33:27SOMETHING IN YOU. EVERY CLOSED DOOR
33:30REVEALED SOMETHING. AND IN EVERY SEASON
33:34WHEN NOBODY APPLAUDED YOU, GOD was
33:37developing you.
33:42Number six,
33:44it's time to use
33:46what's in your hand.
33:49>> It's time to use what's in your hand.
33:50David didn't just defeat Goliath.
33:53>> That's right.
33:54>> With Goliath's weapon. He used what God
33:58had already trained him to use. A sling,
34:02a stone,
34:04>> and faith in his God. So stop believing.
34:08You need what everybody else has before
34:13you can become who God called you to be.
34:17>> Yes.
34:18Someone may have more money than you,
34:22>> have more influence,
34:24have better connections,
34:26maybe have a larger platform than you,
34:29>> maybe some people are in more powerful
34:32places.
34:34And yes, there may even be people who
34:37have the ability to create the
34:38narratives
34:40that you
34:42that that that that you are completely
34:45uh kind of just, you know, not the
34:48person that you ought to be and and that
34:50you know, you're inconsistent and what
34:52they may come up with their own
34:53narrative of who you are, but your
34:55future is not ultimately controlled by
35:00people's narrative.
35:02>> You got to believe that. Yes.
35:03>> And which brings me to my final two
35:06points. Some of you are in a season of
35:09full term.
35:12When I tell you you need to get up,
35:15you're in a season of full term. Now,
35:18I'm not a woman, so I'm going to try to
35:20interpret this
35:24the way the women
35:26>> know
35:28the way it should be.
35:32You have been pregnant long enough.
35:39>> Work with me ladies.
35:42>> And when I say that you are pregnant, I
35:44mean spiritually.
35:47>> Let me just be clear.
35:50There are dreams
35:52you have been carrying,
35:55>> ideas you have been carrying, ministries
35:59you have been carrying, businesses that
36:01you have been carrying, books that you
36:04have been carrying,
36:07changes you have been carrying,
36:09assignments you have been carrying, and
36:12some of you keep asking God to put
36:15something new on the inside of you.
36:19When the issue is not conception,
36:22the issue is delivery.
36:28[applause]
36:30>> No pregnant woman will walk around with
36:34a big belly.
36:36>> Could you pregnant me again?
36:39>> I want to be pregnant again.
36:42>> Most of you, the issue is not pregnancy.
36:46>> You're already pregnant.
36:48The problem is delivery.
36:56>> You're already carrying it.
36:58>> YOU'RE ALREADY CARRYING ALL THAT GOD has
37:01designed for you to be.
37:06>> It's already developed on the inside of
37:08you. You have prayed over it. You've
37:10cried over it. You've protected it.
37:12Watch this. You You have even waited on
37:15it. And now you are fullterm.
37:20>> And I have to tell you at this point in
37:23your life, what you have been carrying
37:26has to be born.
37:30>> A woman who is fullterm doesn't need
37:33again another pregnancy.
37:37>> She needs to do what? Push the baby out.
37:42Yeah.
37:43>> And again, MOST WOMEN WILL TELL YOU,
37:46MOST WOMEN WILL tell you
37:49>> giving birth to a baby naturally. I'm
37:51not talking about a C-section.
37:54A C-section is an easy way. I know
37:56you're like, "Don't don't attack me now,
37:58woman. Come on. Don't don't don't
38:01leave me alone.
38:03I told you I'm not a woman. I'm a man.
38:08I'm speaking from a man's perspective.
38:11a C-section. It's lifethreatening,
38:16>> but it ain't nothing
38:20>> like when a woman have to push
38:26ladies. Help me.
38:29[applause]
38:30It's painful.
38:32It hurts.
38:34You love what you're carrying, but it
38:36hurts. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, PASTOR? SOME
38:39OF YOU ARE CARRYING SOMETHING that is
38:41hurting you. It's too much pressure. BUT
38:45TODAY, GOD TOLD ME TO TELL YOU, it's
38:47time to push.
38:50Push it out.
38:52[applause]
38:54Look at your neighbor and say, "Push it
38:55out."
38:59>> I want to close with this.
39:01Number eight.
39:04Number eight. I believe I gave you
39:07number seven.
39:09Number eight,
39:12>> Tabatha.
39:15Get up.
39:18>> Tabatha.
39:20>> My name is not Tabatha.
39:24>> Maybe you're wondering who is Tabatha.
39:28See, she's a woman in the Bible.
39:31>> In Acts chapter nine.
39:34>> You don't hear much about her. In Acts
39:37chapter nine, I want to talk to some
39:39people because you have no idea that
39:41what you're going through, God is
39:44allowing you to go through the pain
39:47of birthing something great
39:50because it's bigger than you.
39:53>> God is using your life experiences.
39:57He understands that you are down. You're
40:00out. He wants to pick you up at this
40:04stage of your life
40:07to showcase you to the unbeliever
40:10that you serve an amazing God.
40:14>> This woman Tabitha in Acts chapter 9:36,
40:18the Bible tells us that she was always
40:22doing good and helping the poor. Some of
40:24you in the room, you're always doing
40:27good. And this is the painful thing
40:29about it.
40:31It's it's it's as if good people are the
40:35ones who struggle the most.
40:37>> Good people are the ones who are
40:39attacked the most. Watch this. Good
40:42people are the ones who whose dreams
40:47never seem to come to fruition.
40:50This was a good woman. Tabitha was a
40:53disciple and a devoted follower of Jesus
40:56Christ. The woman was all in when it
40:59comes to her fa her faith in Jesus
41:01Christ. Watch this. She served people.
41:05Yes, she helped people. SHE MADE
41:08CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE. PLEASE go and read
41:10it.
41:12She helped. She was SEWING CLOTHES FOR
41:15PEOPLE in the community. She cared for
41:18the people who needed help. She was a
41:22valuable asset to her community. And in
41:26Acts chapter nine,
41:29the Bible tells us something happened to
41:32Tabatha.
41:35The woman who helped
41:37sew in close
41:39was always there like some of you.
41:44She died.
41:49She died.
41:53You ever wonder why
41:57good people seem to be the ones who are
41:59dying
42:02>> faster than people?
42:04Come on. Some of you know you've you
42:06you've had phone calls with Jesus.
42:11Jesus,
42:12if you going to kill anybody,
42:16I have an address.
42:18I can tell you where to go. Come on now.
42:22This woman did not deserve to die,
42:26>> but the Bible says she died. Has
42:29something died in you? I wonder how many
42:32people
42:34are hurting because you have lost your
42:38fire.
42:40>> I wonder if your the person you're
42:42dating is not getting the best of you.
42:46The person you're married to is not
42:48getting the best of you. Your children
42:50are not getting the best of you. You're
42:53not getting the best out of your study.
42:55You're not getting the best out of your
42:57education. You're not getting the best
42:59out of your job, your career, or your
43:02business
43:03because something has died.
43:07She died.
43:10And the Bible says
43:12that the people were troubled. They were
43:15troubled about Tabatha dying.
43:19And they ran to the apostle
43:22and he says, "Wait, the woman, please
43:24don't miss this, the woman who is
43:27valuable to our society is gone."
43:32And they STARTED SHOWING THE CLOTHES
43:34that Tabitha made for them. And they
43:38said, "Man of God, we can't afford to
43:41miss this person in our community. We we
43:45we got to do something about her." Man,
43:48think about this. Whose lives have you
43:51impacted so much
43:54>> that when you're missing,
43:57>> they can go to God and say, "God, no.
44:01>> No, she's lost her passion. He's lost
44:05his passion. I don't see the drive in
44:08that person on the job anymore." They
44:10don't come in with that spirit of
44:12excitement anymore. They're not NO
44:14LONGER HAPPY. AND GOD BECAUSE THEY'RE
44:17NOT FUNCTIONING in their gifts,
44:20we can't survive.
44:22That's the WORLD OUT THERE. THE WORLD IS
44:25LOOKING FOR a church, the Tabatha
44:28church.
44:30THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SAY WITHOUT
44:33THE CHURCH, we cannot survive.
44:38>> So therefore, THE CHURCH HAS TO GET UP.
44:42So the Apostle Peter,
44:45>> I love what he did. Follow me. And I'm
44:47trying to close this. He said to them,
44:51"Leave."
44:53>> He asked everybody around to leave.
44:58Sometimes
45:00to get clarity,
45:05>> listen. to get clarity
45:08and for God to do what he wants to do in
45:10your life, you have to put some people
45:14out of your life. [music]
45:19In order for you to get up,
45:23you have to put them out. Peter put them
45:25out.
45:27And watch this. He prayed. He prayed
45:30over the dead woman. The dead woman. You
45:34think that you don't stand a chance
45:37anymore.
45:39>> You think that ain't nothing good can
45:41come out of your life. You've gone too
45:44far, too many crazy stuff. You're
45:46thinking all kinds of crazy stuff. I get
45:48it. But there was another story in the
45:50Bible where where God looked at Ezekiel
45:53and say, "Look at them bones."
45:59And I WANT YOU TO PROPHESY TO THE DRY
46:02BONES to live again.
46:06>> That's in the Old Testament. Now in the
46:08New Testament,
46:10Peter went prayed for Tabatha.
46:14>> And instantly
46:16she got up.
46:19>> That was another resurrection in the
46:20Bible. You didn't know.
46:23She got up
46:25and when Peter brought Tabatha
46:29to the crowd, this is where I close it.
46:33>> The crowd went crazy. Watch this. They
46:38went crazy. But here's the best part of
46:42the noise of the crowd. Look it in in
46:46the Bible. It's there. The Bible says,
46:49"When they saw Tabatha,
46:53They believed in Jesus Christ.
46:58[music]
47:01>> You know what God is saying to you?
47:04When people see you get up out of your
47:07dead situation,
47:10>> when people see you get your fire back,
47:13when people see that you are on fire for
47:17Jesus Christ, then they will start
47:20believing in your God. Can somebody give
47:24God a praise in this?
47:28So,
47:31I am saying to you this morning as I
47:34pray the prayer and if you could just
47:35hold your seat,
47:37I'm saying to you [music] this morning,
47:39get up.
47:40>> Get up.
47:42>> Get up, Tabitha.
47:46>> Because God wants to use your life as a
47:50testimony to be a witness to others.
47:53Here's what I'm going to ask everybody
47:54to do right now. Please pay attention.
47:56Don't miss this moment.
47:59It's probably a weird way for pastor to
48:01end the service. Those of you are
48:03streaming, here's what I want you to do.
48:06Listen to me.
48:08If you
48:10believe that this series was for you and
48:14especially today's message,
48:17that it somehow
48:19connected with your spirit.
48:22God gave me an idea
48:26and I want you to participate in it.
48:28It's not costing you a dime.
48:31It's simply
48:34need for you to do like what the people
48:36did
48:38when Tabatha died.
48:41They were the lifeline I believe who
48:45went to the right source.
48:47They found a prophet
48:51>> and said, "We refuse
48:54to believe that there won't be any more
48:57Tabatha in the city."
49:00There's a QR code I'm going to ask them
49:02to put on on the screen.
49:06This QR code if you sign, if you scan
49:08it,
49:10it once again gives you the declaration
49:13that I gave you at the beginning of the
49:16series.
49:18You'll have it again. I want you to
49:20declare that over your life for the rest
49:22of the year.
49:25Added to that, I've just added another
49:29statement.
49:30It's a challenge. It's a motivation.
49:34It's something to help you pick yourself
49:37up
49:39because I'm not here to excite you for
49:40you to come cry and scream and walk
49:43through these doors and do nothing.
49:47>> No, you need to take ownership over
49:49where God wants to take you. And could
49:51it be this sermon could be what you need
49:57in order to take your life to the next
49:58level? I want you to scan it. Those of
50:00you streaming, scan it.
50:03You're going to love what we have put
50:05together. And I please do not miss the
50:09moment.
50:11And just follow the prompts. It's not
50:13asking, listen, let me just declare cuz
50:15some people get scared. I'm not asking
50:17you for a penny. I'm not asking you for
50:19your information. All I'm asking you, do
50:23you want to get up? And if you want to
50:26get up from where you are, this sermon
50:30is concluded with this QR code. Father,
50:33thank you
50:35that you have spoken to us today
50:41to get up
50:43to be resurrected
50:46to be a people of hope.
50:49So that others who are down, others who
50:53are without hope, the unchurched
50:57can see that we serve an amazing God, a
51:01God who will transform
51:04our lives
51:06today. I thank you for the obedience of
51:09your people, [music] their willingness
51:11to hear this sermon and apply it to
51:14every area of their lives. As we walk
51:16out of this place today, never out of
51:18your presence, as they log off today,
51:22let your Holy Spirit go with us. Help us
51:25to take ownership of this week. That we
51:28have to change. We have to get up from
51:31discouragement. Get up from negativity
51:35and believe that our best days are ahead
51:37of us. Yes sir.
51:38>> May you touch those who are streaming
51:41that today they too will understand that
51:45you want the best for them. I pray for
51:47all the students at UFTL. Give them an
51:50incredible week this week. I pray for
51:52the faculty. I pray father for the staff
51:56members. I pray for those who support
51:58UFTL.
52:00God, I pray for everyone in this
52:02building and especially for those who
52:04don't know you as Lord and Savior that
52:07today they will say the sinner's prayer
52:10and they will become a part of the
52:13family of God, the kingdom of God and we
52:16thank you for it. Now listen, if you
52:18don't know the Lord as your savior
52:19simply you you're just not a Christian.
52:21You don't believe. Maybe you believe but
52:23you not you're not fully surrendered to
52:25God. That's you today. I want you to
52:28simply say this prayer with me. Say,
52:30Lord Jesus,
52:31>> Lord Jesus,
52:32>> I'm a sinner.
52:33>> I'm a s.
52:34>> I repent of my sins.
52:35>> I repent of my s.
52:36>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
52:39>> I embrace the free gift of
52:41>> I declare with my mouth
52:43I believe in my heart that I'm born
52:46again. In Jesus name. Amen. Would you
52:51welcome these people to the family of
52:52God.
52:54Please stand everybody as we conclude uh
52:57the service. Thank you so much. Don't
52:59forget everybody please stand. You don't
53:01want you don't want to go home. No.
53:03>> Okay. You don't want to go home. Praise
53:05the Lord. Well, please in the lobby, I
53:08believe it's on the east side. The
53:10University of Fort Lauderdale is having
53:12their bake sale. Please support them.
53:14The funds are very important to them.
53:17So, please make sure you do that. Invite
53:19someone to Wednesday service this
53:21Wednesday. Those of you who want to
53:23become members, this is very important.
53:24Now, if you'd like to become a member of
53:27the church, right? I know people are
53:29leaving, but if you can come, take your
53:31belongings and meet me down here. If you
53:33feel this is home for me, this is my
53:35church. I'm not officially a member of
53:38the faith center, would you move
53:39quickly? Move quickly. Move quickly. I
53:41want you to get you out of the crowd. If
53:43you're going to be a member, meet us
53:44down here real quick. Real quick. Come
53:46on. Welcome these people. Welcome these
53:48people. Come on. Quickly. Quickly.
53:51Quickly, quickly, quickly. Those of you
53:55are e members, you also can just stay on
53:58if you'd like to become an e- member of
54:00the church. I'm just trying to get the
54:01people out of the crowd first before we
54:03do the benediction. God bless you. Thank
54:05you so much for your patience. Is there
54:07anybody else? Anybody else? They're
54:09they're coming. My goodness. Come on.
54:11Come on. Come on. Come on. Welcome home.
54:14Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome
54:16home. All right. All right, everybody,
54:19lift your hands. Let's close out. Let's
54:21say our confession loud. Faith in God
54:25will move mountains out of our lives.
54:27God bless you. See you on [music]
54:29Wednesday. Bring somebody next Sunday.
54:32All right. Remain here, please. If you
54:34would like to join the church, come on
54:36down, please. Thank you [music] so much.
54:39Go and support the University of Fort
54:41Lauderdale. Thank you. Thank you,
54:44everybody.
54:45Thank you. Thank you. Just remain right
54:48there. Thank you. Come on. Thank you.
54:50Thank you. All right, ministers. In just
54:52a minute, I'm going to need you to help
54:55me [music] get them seated in the first
54:58two rows or three rows. All right. Thank
55:00you so much. Thank you. All right. Now,