Believe Big
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 4/8/2024Isaiah 59:1, Hebrews 4:12, Isaiah 55:11
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez challenges believers to stop living in doubt and start 'believing big' for miracles, restoration, and significant opportunities. By trusting in the living power of God's Word and rejecting the labels of the world, we can step into a season of limitless potential and divine favor.
Key points
- •God's power is limitless and His timing is perfect, even when it feels like He is silent.
- •The Word of God is 'alive and powerful,' carrying the inherent potency to perform exactly what God intends.
- •Believers must choose to believe big, rejecting societal limitations, past mistakes, and negative influences to align with God's perfect plan.
- •Faith requires action; we must 'help ourselves' by stepping out of comfort zones and taking leaps of faith to meet God's extended hand.
- •Success and blessings are not for bragging but are tools to prove God's faithfulness to others and to influence key sectors like business, politics, and healthcare.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Blessing
Evangelism
Authority
Life application
Identify one area of your life where you have 'played it safe' due to fear or past failure. This week, make a concrete step of faith in that area-whether applying for a position, praying for a specific miracle, or sharing a big dream with a trusted friend-while confessing daily that God's hand is not too short to reach you.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you been putting 'God in a box' by only asking for small, manageable things?
- Isaiah 55:11 says God's word won't return empty; what specific promise from Scripture are you currently standing on?
- Are the people in your inner circle pushing you toward God's big vision or pulling you back into average living?
- What 'baby step' of faith can you take today to show God you are ready to be pulled out of your current 'pit'?
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Full transcript
0:01Isaiah 59 let's start there Isaiah
0:0659 the very first verse in the New
0:09Living
0:11Translation it says this
0:15listen the Lord's arm is not too weak to
0:18save
0:19you nor is his ear too deaf to hear you
0:26call the hand of the Lord is not short
0:30he won't come up short there's no
0:33limitations when it comes to
0:36God and like you heard Kesha said
0:39praying for so many
0:41years that God is always an untimed
0:46God Grandma used to say he may not come
0:48when you want
0:50him but he's
0:52always on
0:54time so no matter what the
0:57challenges of life may be
1:01don't let them overwhelm you to the
1:03point of you losing hope in God's
1:06control over your
1:09future regardless of how you feel don't
1:12ever lose hope over what God can do in
1:16your future never underestimate the
1:18power of God's word especially as a
1:22believer of Jesus
1:25Christ the word of God has power within
1:28it
1:30to deliver you and to bless your life
1:34Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is
1:39alive and
1:41Powerful let me say that again the word
1:44of God is alive and it is
1:48powerful so please understand that the
1:50word of God is potent meaning it has the
1:53power to perform whatever God
1:57desires whatever he desires
2:01the word is going to perform it so you
2:03have to begin to ask yourself the
2:05question what do you want God to do in
2:07your
2:08life I mean if you're reading his word
2:11I'm not talking about just listening to
2:13a pastor or listening to somebody tell
2:15you what God said if you take up the
2:18Bible yourself and begin to read it and
2:20ask the Holy Spirit to uh reveal God's
2:24will to you I promise you you will find
2:27that the word of God is literally
2:29powerful it's alive it's active and it
2:33can do great things in your life Isaiah
2:3955:1 it says so shall my word be that
2:43goes out from my mouth God speaking it
2:47shall not return to me empty it says it
2:51won't return to me empty but it shall
2:53accomplish that which I purpose and
2:57shall succeed in the things for which I
3:00sent it now that's a mouthful by itself
3:03it says the word of God that goes out of
3:06God's mouth it's not going to return
3:09empty or
3:11unaccomplished so when God spoke
3:13blessings over your life what God is
3:16saying that those words will not come
3:19back to him void or
3:22empty but the devil want you to think
3:25that you know whatever God promised you
3:27will never come to pass why because
3:29we're anxious and the Bible says be
3:31anxious for nothing so when when when
3:33God promised you healing right and and
3:36you prayed today and you don't get it by
3:38Monday morning and you start concluding
3:41that God didn't listen or maybe he's he
3:44doesn't exist or maybe doesn't care
3:46about you when when when when that's not
3:49true right if he says he's going to heal
3:52you he's going to heal you according to
3:55his
3:57timetable and you have to understand
3:59saying that that word healing once he
4:02speaks that word and he says you're
4:04healed you're healed now it may take
4:08five years it may take two years but if
4:10you hold on to the word of God because I
4:13promise you God cannot
4:15lie he cannot lie and understanding your
4:20rights and privileges as a Believer
4:22empowers you to trust God for all his
4:26promises without doubt and hesitation I
4:29have to submit to you so many of you in
4:32this room and those of you are streaming
4:34you are living your life in doubt and
4:40hesitation you're you're kind of
4:42hesitant I I don't know I I don't know
4:45if God's going to do it for
4:46me I'm not quite sure things are going
4:50to work out in my favor me if you are
4:54doubting at your age that you will ever
4:56see the goodness of the Lord in your
4:58life
5:00you're doubting that you will ever come
5:02out of whatever situations that you find
5:05yourself in you're doubting that that
5:07generational curse will be broken over
5:09your family you're doubting that your
5:11son your daughter who has walked away
5:14from the will of God and living a life
5:17that is displeasing to God you're
5:19doubting that God can save your child
5:21why because you've seen that kid do so
5:24many things that have broken your heart
5:26and you have rendered that child
5:28hopeless when all God wants you to do is
5:32to have faith and no matter what keep
5:35believing keep believing keep beli it
5:38keep believing as long as you have
5:40breath in your body keep believing that
5:43God is a way
5:45maker so I want you to know that
5:47believing in God's faithfulness to
5:50fulfill every one of his promises can
5:54radically transform your life in a
5:56positive way that every day you wake up
6:01and you tell yourself God's favors on my
6:04life that if God be for me who can be
6:07against me that I'm coming out of that
6:10situation you know what your problems
6:11are that you're coming out of that
6:13situation you got to believe you got to
6:16believe you got to believe you got to
6:17separate yourself from negative people
6:20negative environments and you got to
6:22retrain your mind to think that there's
6:24nothing impossible with God the god that
6:27you serve can do the impossible
6:29[Applause]
6:31so in this season of your life you have
6:34to make some
6:36choices you do have choices to
6:39make that's what the Lord sent me here
6:41to tell you you do have choices to make
6:44in this season of your life you can no
6:46longer sit back in a passive way and
6:49saying okay you know whatever no you
6:51have choices to make today right you
6:54have to choose to believe or to live in
6:58fear and doubt
7:00it's up to you choose to
7:04believe so I want to talk to you about
7:06the subject today believe
7:09big
7:12big now some of you are scared just to
7:15hear the word
7:16big because all of what's in your head
7:19it's limitations and and and and and and
7:22what the devil want you to think that
7:24that you can't come out of the box that
7:27he has built to hold you hos ostage to
7:30his plans but I'm telling you the god
7:33that you serve is big and great all
7:36powerful and it's time you believe big
7:40somebody shout big big come on one more
7:43time big big and then make that
7:46confession I believe big I believe big
7:49you got to believe
7:51that this is not a sermon to excite you
7:54and to motivate you you got to live this
7:57every day believe
8:00big I don't care what your impossible
8:02situation is right now believe big
8:05believe that before the end of this year
8:08God will give you a significant
8:10opportunity that would radically change
8:12your
8:15life if you're living in the bottom
8:18believe that by December 31st God will
8:20bring you from the bottom to the
8:23top believe that if your family members
8:26have walked away from the will of God
8:28you ought to believe that every one of
8:30your family members will become a
8:32Christian you ought to believe big man
8:36that promotion that you're looking for
8:38you got to believe I don't care if
8:39you're not qualified I don't care if you
8:41don't fit the profile you got to believe
8:44if God says that promotion is yours then
8:48you ought to believe
8:50big come on now now some of you going to
8:53love this man if you believe in God for
8:55a spouse and so forth you just stay in
8:58your lane do your right thing and serve
9:00God but believe big that somewhere along
9:03the line God's got your spouse I don't
9:05care if God's got to move him from Korea
9:08to bring him to the United States you
9:10ought to believe big that if God's got a
9:13spouse for you you don't have to settle
9:15for no little thing that the devil will
9:18throw in your face believe
9:20[Applause]
9:25big you got to believe that this is your
9:28moment that this is your season so you
9:32got to
9:33believe but don't fear or
9:36doubt you have to make the choice to
9:38choose to trust God for
9:41forgiveness in a bright
9:44future or you can dwell in
9:47self-pity condemnation fear and
9:51uncertainty you can say
9:54God you know I trust you I made a lot of
9:57mistakes I've walked out of your will
10:00and I ask you to forgive
10:02me that's all I ask you to forgive me of
10:06my sins you can choose to do that and
10:10then enter into the the kingdom of God
10:13as a Kingdom citizens a citizen I should
10:16say and allow the word of God to bear
10:20fruit in your life or you can dwell in
10:24self-pity poor me you know things will
10:27never turn in my favor I've committed
10:31too many sins I've done done too many
10:34bad things so God can never forgive me
10:38you know you can dwell in that you can
10:41condemn yourself in fact the word of God
10:43says there is no condemnation to those
10:46who
10:47believe if you believe you're not
10:51condemned and you can choose listen you
10:54can choose to say God I know over the
10:57years I've made some stupid
10:59dumb
11:01decision if you're a
11:04man you choose to believe this morning
11:07that God I made some bad decisions in my
11:11life made bad decisions I got with the
11:14wrong
11:15crowd I got
11:18arrested I'm doing all kinds of stuff
11:21smoking drinking going out doing all
11:23kinds of stuff I'm
11:25living God I've done all of those things
11:29right I've got a lot of baby mamas
11:32around
11:34town I have children I'm not
11:37supporting I've cost I've done all kinds
11:40of stuff maybe you've murdered somebody
11:44and they don't even know about it I
11:46don't care what you have done you got to
11:50believe that even with all of those
11:54things that I am
11:57forgiven you you got to believe
12:01that as a woman you got to believe that
12:04no matter the mistakes you've made in
12:06your
12:07life that once you've asked God to
12:10forgive you you got to believe that
12:13there's hope for you don't condemn
12:16yourself don't allow yourself to believe
12:18the lies of the devil that you are
12:21hopeless that God doesn't love you that
12:24you can't go to church you can't serve
12:26God I understand that sometimes church
12:29people can act funny and we can act
12:33crazy and we'll condemn you and we don't
12:35want you in the building because you're
12:37too bloody you're too messy and so forth
12:40but when it comes to God you have to
12:42understand this if you believe that you
12:44are forgiven when it comes to God nobody
12:47in the building owns the building nobody
12:51in the building come on now have a
12:53heaven or a hell to put you in once you
12:57know you're connected to God the Father
12:59that's all that
13:02matters come on now so you have to
13:05choose to believe that you are forgiven
13:09and don't condemn
13:11yourself don't don't bathe yourself in
13:15fear and
13:17self-pity and worry about what your
13:19future is going to be while you're
13:21sitting in this room or streaming today
13:24and you're worried about your bills and
13:26worried about your children and wor
13:27about your spouse and worried about your
13:29job and word about your money the god
13:32that sits high and look low is not word
13:34at all he says the Earth is minds and
13:37the fullness thereof and he says I shall
13:40supply your every need I love what David
13:43said I'm young old I've never ever seen
13:47the righteous forsaken or his seed
13:50begging bread as a Believer God will not
13:53stand by and let you beg for bread he'll
13:57provide for you every single
14:01time would you look at somebody and tell
14:04them God Will Make A Way Every
14:07time he'll make a way every time I don't
14:11care how your back is against the wall
14:14he'll always make a way ask me how I
14:17know that oh honey let me tell you
14:19something how much time do you have how
14:23much time do you have when my back was
14:26against the wall he's always been there
14:29for me do I have anybody in the room to
14:34testify he'll always make a way he'll
14:38always make a
14:42way the third choice you have is to
14:44believe God's kingdom has everything you
14:47need to live a life that reflects a
14:52child of
14:53God or you can believe my friends the
14:57lies of the devil that says the word of
15:00God is Not Enough it's not enough for
15:04you and that's the lie some of you are
15:07believing the word of God is not
15:09enough but you got to have more to it
15:14and before you have to believe for big
15:16things or settle for the average or
15:19settle for what the systems of the world
15:22and the people say you should and should
15:25not have if you're not careful the
15:29system of the world will tell you what
15:31you shouldn't have or what you should
15:34have they'll tell you as a
15:37Christian you really are supposed to be
15:40humble to the point where you become a
15:42popper a
15:44beggar they'll tell you as a Christian
15:47that you shouldn't really have nice
15:50stuff and I get it sometimes we need to
15:52be careful we never use wealth or money
15:55or status watch this to brag
16:00don't ever do that don't ever do that so
16:03that's why when you get your car your
16:05house your land your job your career or
16:08you dress nice never use that to
16:11broadcast it that you're better than
16:14people never use it right to brag and to
16:18show off as people will say that's not
16:20the purpose of your
16:22blessings right your purpose of your
16:24blessing is to prove to others that the
16:26same God who did it for you can do it
16:28for them them he's no respect of
16:31persons right we need to grow to the
16:34level where when you see people wearing
16:36nice clothes when you see people driving
16:38nice cars when you see people living
16:40good decent homes and look like they got
16:43a little bit of money don't get jealous
16:44over them right don't don't even worry
16:47you don't even know how they paying for
16:48it cuz half the people who look rich and
16:52half the people who talk Rich they're
16:54not
16:55rich so be careful how you're wasting
16:59time arguing with people but when God
17:02blesses you with something don't be
17:04afraid of it don't hide it don't be
17:06ashamed of it as long as you're not
17:08flaunting it in front of people come on
17:10now because when God blesses you he
17:12listen if you study the word of God and
17:14see how God was blessing people come on
17:18now so your job as a Believer is to
17:21believe God for big things and don't
17:23just settle for average when you tell
17:25yourself I am a child of God and he is
17:29going to take care of my every need so
17:31he's going to supply it to just just
17:33trust them and as he's blessing you
17:36embrace it so I'm telling you today that
17:38God's ways surpass human understanding
17:43and it's time for you to break free from
17:46societal limitations and negative
17:49influences let's break free from it one
17:53things you must understand people are
17:54always going to
17:55talk dream big people always going to
17:59talk dream big the moment listen you
18:03really want to know your true friends
18:05you really want to know if people are
18:06really with you you start talking big
18:09stuff around
18:14them you listen you start telling your
18:17family what you going to
18:20do you start telling your family God's
18:23going to do this for you and you're
18:24trusting God for this and you you you
18:26start you start letting your family see
18:28the blessings around your life and see
18:31what they're going to do to you just
18:32like
18:34Joseph when his own blood
18:37brothers saw that his father favored him
18:40in such a way that his daddy gave him
18:42this jacket this special jacket the
18:45Bible says his brothers hated
18:49him every time God's going to promote
18:52you and do great things in your life
18:54you'll be shocked at the people who
18:57would plot against you
18:59[Applause]
19:02they hated
19:04him Joseph never asked for the blessing
19:09he never asked his daddy to favored him
19:12he never asked his daddy to give him a
19:14special jacket he never asked God he
19:17never prayed to become Prime Minister he
19:20never prayed to be elevated he never
19:23prayed for
19:24it some of you need to understand the
19:27blessings that's over your life and the
19:30favor that's over your life you never
19:32ask for
19:33it God just decided to bless you oh my
19:39God I'm feeling this he just decided to
19:42bless you and if he decide to bless you
19:46then embrace
19:48it in spite of who's fighting against
19:51you so today I'm challenging you to take
19:54a leap of faith man embrace the endless
19:58Poss possibilities God has in store for
20:01you I don't care what you got to fight
20:04through embrace the endless
20:09possibilities take a leap of faith my
20:11friends take that leap of faith take it
20:14I'm challenging you today take that leap
20:17of faith and dream big believe
20:23big do it
20:25today Isaiah 59:1 reminds us that the
20:29Lord's hand is not too weak it's not
20:35weak to save you so what situation
20:39you're are you in
20:40today
20:42huh what what what situation you find
20:45yourself in today young man could I use
20:49you for a second come here come here sir
20:50come here sir come right
20:53here
20:55just stand right there look at me look
20:59at turn around to me give me your
21:01hand what situation do you find yourself
21:05in what pit do you feel you're down in
21:11and you can't get out of let me tell you
21:15something God thank you Lord God is not
21:20going to leave the Splendor of his
21:24domain and stoop
21:26low to come down
21:29to live where you
21:31live I have to preach to some of you cuz
21:34you want God to come hang out at
21:38negativity
21:39doubt
21:42fear all kinds of unproductive stuff
21:46your life is jacked up and you're
21:49praying for God to come live with you
21:52for God to come assist you paying rent
21:55in unproductive places
21:59[Applause]
22:02when the scripture is saying the hand of
22:04the Lord is not
22:06short turn around to me
22:09said that his hands is strong enough to
22:12save you now watch this now some of you
22:14feel in the hand of God God but your
22:18problem is you're not helping
22:24yourself if you want God to help you
22:27when he said sends his word like he's
22:29doing today to pull you out you got to
22:32help
22:35[Applause]
22:36yourself that's my
22:39point that's my
22:42point you got to help
22:44yourself I'm trying to help you up you
22:46got to figure a way to get up
22:53here thank you thank you that's my point
23:00I'm trying to help the brother
23:02up and that's exactly what we
23:06do God says my
23:08hand it's not short it's there to save
23:13you but like the young man what was he
23:15waiting
23:19for here's my question to
23:21you what are you waiting
23:25for would you look at your neighbor and
23:27say what are you waiting for
23:29what are you waiting for to dream big
23:31and to believe God for the
23:36unthinkable and he's not deaf he's
23:38hearing
23:39you this is suggesting that as Believers
23:42at times we will pray for
23:45things and even ask God to respond
23:48urgently and it will seem like he's
23:52silent to our
23:54request but I want you to rest assure
23:57that he's not Death to Your cries so
24:00don't let the challenges of life dampen
24:02your dreams or hinder your
24:05belief to believe God for greater things
24:09so I want to challenge you today to
24:11elevate elevate your
24:15surroundings ensuring that they Foster
24:18God's word and encourage you elevate
24:22your surrounding listen to me young lady
24:25now is not the time to have people in
24:28your life that's not pushing you
24:32forward are you hearing
24:34me sir this is not the time for you to
24:38have people who are pulling you
24:42down this is not the time I have
24:45concluded that some people really don't
24:48want to step
24:51up some people don't want to be elevated
24:55some people are comfortable with average
24:58comfortable living down beneath their
25:01privileges but as a child of God you got
25:03to learn to tell yourself I am better
25:06than that I am here for greater reasons
25:10I can no longer stay there I got to step
25:13up somebody say step up step up you got
25:16to step up man so don't you ever allow
25:21the circumstances of life to keep you
25:24down it's time to elevate yourself and
25:27encourage Encourage Yourself to be fully
25:29committed to God number one number two
25:32to speak uh uh words of Faith instead of
25:35words of fear and doubt and number three
25:38to embrace every significant opportunity
25:42that God presents to you like now like
25:46now you have an opportunity of a
25:49lifetime to believe
25:52big to believe
25:55big that 12 months from now you will
25:58have a testimony you went to church on
26:01March 10th 2024 and you heard her
26:04message believe big and you challenge
26:07yourself to do it and 12 months later
26:10you're at a better place God did it for
26:16you he did it for you so I strongly
26:19believe that God is leading you into a
26:22new season of clear
26:25thinking that requires Bel even for big
26:29things clar thinking some of you your
26:32minds are too
26:33cloudy oh God it's too
26:36cloudy you got too much noise around you
26:40the Clutter is controlling your ability
26:44to dream big but it's time you move
26:46forward it's time you believe God you
26:48see he desires for you to align your
26:51mind with his will so that in the
26:55upcoming phase watch this of of your
26:58life you will be operating within his
27:02perfect
27:03plan the next phase of your life he
27:07wants you to operate in his perfect plan
27:10and trust me when you're in his perfect
27:12plan you're
27:14blessed you lack
27:16nothing when you're in the plan of God
27:19you lack nothing and God wants you to
27:22operate in his perfect plan and you
27:25operating in his perfect plan will cause
27:27you to be fulfilled or to fulfill I
27:30should say every significant task he has
27:34empowered you to undertake when you're
27:36in his perfect will you are able to
27:40fulfill every significant
27:43task he is assigned to you
27:47everything everything that you will no
27:50longer say I can't do this no yes you
27:53can you can do it why because you can do
27:56all things through Christ who gives you
27:58the
27:59strength and I'm telling you there's
28:02greater yet to come in your life sining
28:06in this room people watching around the
28:08world I'm telling you there's an
28:10anointing to perform on your
28:13life and I would hate to know that you
28:16live your life in a passive way every
28:20single day and miss your God moment to
28:23be that man that God has called you to
28:25be whatever he has put on the ins inside
28:28of you I hope you don't die not
28:31fulfilling that dream not fulfilling his
28:34purpose over your
28:36life I would hate to know that as a
28:39woman that he placed purpose in you and
28:43you just live throughout life empty not
28:47fulfilling your purpose on the earth so
28:50I'm asking you today I'm asking you
28:54today with conviction that it's time you
28:57start believing God
28:58for big
29:00things it's not afraid of you it's not
29:04afraid of you man asking for things that
29:07would put him to the
29:10test he's not
29:13afraid I've been serving him for a long
29:15time now and let me tell you something
29:17if he puts something in the book I'm
29:19going to challenge
29:20him cuz he's
29:22God see some people I don't
29:25trust if they tell you walk I'm
29:29running do you know people like
29:32that but if God put it in the book say
29:35he's going to do certain things and I
29:37must test him I must challenge him you
29:39think I'm no I'm not going to play
29:40around cuz I want everything that he has
29:43for me and by the way God does not have
29:46character
29:48flaws he
29:50doesn't therefore he doesn't make
29:52promises he's incapable of fulfilling so
29:56it's time for you to see and understand
30:00the magnitude of God's power in the
30:05capabilities he has instilled in you
30:08you're capable of doing whatever you're
30:11capable of being a man be a
30:16man you're capable of being a woman be a
30:21woman you are capable watch this of
30:24figuring out that woman the Bible says
30:28when you're dealing with a woman deal
30:31with her according to knowledge not your
30:35feelings she will drive you
30:38crazy if you deal with her with your
30:42feelings you will never understand the
30:45emotions of a woman as a man
30:48never
30:50never
30:54[Applause]
30:56never
31:00[Music]
31:01[Applause]
31:02and all the brothers
31:05[Applause]
31:12say you're the one going home with her
31:15today not
31:17me you don't have to say everything I
31:19tell you to
31:20[Applause]
31:21say but it's
31:24true but when you go to God man he'll
31:28put everything in
31:30you that you need in order to go through
31:34life so quit delaying your blessings
31:36quit delaying your blessings man and For
31:39Heaven's Sake stop it stop imposing
31:43limits on
31:45yourself due to fear and taking leaps of
31:49Faith man step out of your comfort zone
31:53and walk into areas that will put your
31:56faith to the
31:59test walk into areas that will put your
32:03faith to the
32:05test put God to the test he's not scared
32:09of you challenging him either he's a
32:13liar or he's
32:18true put him to the test you want
32:22healing in your body put him to the
32:25test and say God I'm going through this
32:27sickness
32:28I went to church and I heard this
32:30preacher talk about putting you to the
32:31test and you know what all right the
32:34doctor said so and so so God but God I'm
32:37I I believe you I'm
32:38Healed I'm going to stand on the
32:40scriptures that reminds me that by your
32:43stripes I am healed that healing belongs
32:46to me so God I I claim it now I remember
32:50that woman in the Bible when she was
32:53hemorrhaging and there was no way out
32:55you healed her okay okay God there were
32:59some people who were crippled you heal
33:01them right so God I I'm I'm trusting you
33:06I'm trusting you blind people could not
33:08see and if you did it for them I'm I'm
33:12listen listen I'm just going to put you
33:13to the test right I'm going to put you
33:16to the test I'm going to challenge you
33:18today God I believe you for my healing
33:22I'm not going to get frustrated if it
33:24doesn't happen by next week but God I'm
33:26going to believe you that you're going
33:28to heal me you know why because other
33:30people are testifying that you heal them
33:32and if you said in your word you're no
33:34respector of persons then what's up God
33:38I'm going to trust you just like your
33:40trly here I trust God I trust him for
33:44healing my body when years ago when
33:46doctors told me I had a very severe back
33:49pain it was horrible I did not want my
33:52enemies to even experience what I was
33:55experiencing I mean a severe back paid
33:58and doctors told me that I had to do
34:01surgery and the chance of the the
34:03surgery being successful was very slim
34:05he he said just prepare yourself you
34:08you're going to be
34:10crippled that's what they told me and
34:13I'm not saying you know God special you
34:15know uh chose me as somebody special
34:18over others no he they told me you're
34:20not going to walk
34:23eventually but you see I'm like okay
34:26wait a minute now I'm not confused
34:27confus
34:28here when my mom was pregnant with me it
34:33was a preacher a bishop who went to her
34:36and back in 1964 they didn't have all
34:39these technology and stuff son of Graham
34:43you going to know if it's a boy or girl
34:44when the baby is pushed
34:47out and in 1964 that preacher looked at
34:51my mom and said you're carrying a boy
34:55and he's going to be a preacher
34:591964 he's going to be a preacher and
35:02he's going to be preaching the gospel
35:04and my mom would tell me she gave me
35:05over to the Lord no as as crazy as I was
35:10acting that's why you parents listen to
35:13me when you give your children over to
35:15God I don't care what they
35:17do you just pray over
35:20them they'll be prodigals but they're
35:23going to come home somebody's kid is
35:25coming home man
35:31and I'll never forget I trusted God and
35:33when the doctors told me that I said now
35:35wait a minute now God you told my mama
35:37yes that I was going to be a preacher
35:40now I don't know maybe you want me to go
35:41around in a wheelchair preaching that's
35:43okay nothing wrong with that but I'm
35:46going to hold on to your promises you
35:48told me what I would do you told me I
35:50was going to travel the world to preach
35:51the gospel and I have you told me I was
35:53going to build this church and
35:55everything like that and I said no I
35:57don't know how I'm going to do it I'm
35:58not going to argue with you but God I
36:01refuse to take anything that doesn't
36:03belong to me and I'll never forget I did
36:05my part I'm not telling you not to do
36:07your part I went to the hospital the day
36:09of the surgery I'll never forget it
36:11Imperial Point Medical Center the day of
36:15the surgery they went there well as we
36:17got there just before they put the uh
36:20the anesthesiologist came just to put me
36:23to sleep I heard the word from God I'll
36:26never forget it yeah like some of you
36:28right now you're hearing God speak to
36:30you I laid in that bed and when that
36:33person was in about to put it in me I
36:37heard God said to me you're
36:45healed when I heard that you know back
36:48in them days I wasn't as dignified as I
36:50am now you know I'm kind of little
36:53polished a little bit and so forth you
36:55know I was old school pen costal you
36:58know and when I heard that I jumped up
37:03Hallelujah glory to God now you know in
37:05the hospital they know he is now nuts
37:08he's crazy everybody is worried about
37:11him what just happened and I mean there
37:13were looking at me like you are
37:16crazy I said I'm Healed I'm Healed I'm
37:19Healed I'm Healed I'm just shouting I'm
37:22Healed hallelujah praise the Lord I mean
37:25I'm going to crazy in the hospital room
37:28and the doctor said look we don't have
37:30time for this you know seriously we got
37:33plenty of surgeries to do today I said
37:36Doctor you don't understand this but
37:38listen to me do me a favor would you
37:40take another X-ray and they did we don't
37:43have temp it I said I don't care I'll
37:44pay for it I know I know what you're
37:46going to say the insurance companies I
37:48said I will pay for it I just sense in
37:50my spirit that I am healed I finally
37:54convinced them and they took me in their
37:57x-ray room and all of a sudden they
37:59turning me all kinds of ways and taking
38:03pictures and everything like that and
38:06finally when the doctor came they sent
38:08me back to the room and when the doctor
38:09came in the room he was kind of puzzled
38:12and and he said come here sir come here
38:14and he brought me outside and they had
38:16this big picture where you know uh the
38:18lights where they put the x-rays on and
38:21he showed me he said this was your X-ray
38:24that we took before and you see right
38:26there where your spine was
38:27that's the thing we saw there that was
38:30pushing against your spinal cords that
38:32was really giving you the severe pain
38:34and that's what we were going to try to
38:37delicately reach and to cut out of your
38:39back but now when we look at
38:43this the
38:46latest
38:48x-rays we can't find
38:52anything he said these words to me sir
38:56just put on your your
38:58clothes and you can go home it reminds
39:01me of in the scripture when Jesus said
39:04to the man take up your
39:07bed and I believe somebody here today is
39:10about to take up your bed take up your
39:13grave clothes and you're about to walk
39:15in the promises of
39:18God are you hearing me
39:22today I left that hospital over 30 years
39:26now
39:28I'm still walking never had that pain
39:31ever again I'm telling you if you dare
39:34to believe big God will do it for you
39:39somebody ought to give him praise in the
39:41house this
39:43morning let me quickly wrap this up so
39:47it's unfortunate that you have traded a
39:50life of faith for one that is filled
39:53with fear
39:54hopelessness and self-imposed limitation
39:57s please stop it please stop talking
40:01about faith man and just do it just live
40:05it the year is eagerly anticipating the
40:08manifestation of God's power in every
40:12aspect of your life this year is filled
40:16with
40:18opportunities please don't sit there
40:21every week and come to church and sit in
40:24your seat or stream and every week you
40:28come in expecting and leave with
40:33nothing don't close
40:372024 and say to yourself you got nothing
40:40out of it you got to come out with
40:43something this year has to be different
40:46who am I preaching to
40:492024 has to be different eyes have not
40:54seen ears have not heard neither have it
40:58entered into the hearts what God has in
41:01store for you this year make this year
41:06count stop wasting time the world is
41:10waiting for you for the
41:14church to rise to its full potential and
41:19to live what's written in the Bible God
41:22is waiting for you to do that so I pray
41:26that your will drive you towards
41:28experiencing God's presence and
41:31blessings in abundance my friends and I
41:34must be honest with you that the path
41:37you're
41:38taking some of you at least will not
41:42even get you close to what God wanted
41:45for
41:45you please change your
41:49Direction please change from living in
41:52doubt and
41:54fear please stop hanging on on the fence
41:58not experiencing the goodness of God
42:01because you're not dreaming and
42:03believing big so
42:05today begin to truly believe that God
42:09loves you
42:11unconditionally he desires for you to
42:14willingly Surrender Your Life to him and
42:17for you to embody his teachings in every
42:22aspect of your existence live out loud
42:26every every
42:28day live out loud every day some of you
42:31are running out of
42:33time live out loud every day showcasing
42:37the greatness of God as this is the most
42:42compelling the most compelling way for
42:45unbelievers to witness the power of your
42:49faith in conclusion I urge you to join
42:53me and believe with me for significant
42:59outcomes this
43:01year I'm serious about this man I want
43:04you to join me in believing that this
43:08year it's going to be different it's
43:10going to be different it has to be
43:13different it has to be different so
43:16allow me to propose a few areas where as
43:21a church we can collectively put our
43:25faith in God for big things are you
43:27ready for this and I'm out of your way
43:29this is what I want you to help me with
43:31and I want all of us to believe God for
43:34number one I want you to believe big for
43:38a massive recruitment of our families
43:41and friends to become Disciples of
43:44[Applause]
43:48Christ now the way you're clapping I'm
43:50quite sure if I said for more money You'
43:52would have clap much better than that
43:55let me say one more time I want you to
43:56believe for a massive recruitment of our
43:59families and friends to become Disciples
44:02of
44:03Christ that they're going to come home
44:06that they're going to come and give
44:07their lives to Christ number two I want
44:10you to believe God for a renewed passion
44:13to volunteer in
44:15Ministry that many of you were sitting
44:17down week after week you've got talents
44:21that you no longer feel comfortable
44:22sitting down in the pews but you'll
44:26volunteer you be more committed to
44:28physical Church
44:31attendance that you will increase your
44:33financial support to the ministry that
44:35we'll dream big can you imagine if we
44:39ever dream to be like the Church of the
44:43Bible where people are so committed that
44:47they'll go we'll break bread together
44:49we'll Fellowship we'll have oneon-one
44:52evangelism and watch this we'll share
44:55things that will have everything in come
44:57and watch this and nobody in the kingdom
45:00of God will go in want do you know how
45:03many people sitting in this room today
45:06don't even know where their next meal is
45:08coming from I know it sounds
45:11weird because as a church we've become
45:14so comfortable that when God blesses us
45:17we put up all these walls in our lives
45:20that we care no more about the
45:23poor we care no more about our brothers
45:25and sisters who are in the building who
45:28are Hur in somebody in this room today
45:31don't even have gas money to go home
45:34with they're hurting
45:36financially and can you imagine if we
45:39dream big that this church will have
45:41enough resources in it because every one
45:44of us do our part give unto God that
45:48when there's ever a need with anyone of
45:51Kingdom citizen that those needs would
45:53be
45:55met
46:00dream with me number three I want you to
46:03believe God big for me and big with me
46:07for the manifestation of Miracles you
46:10heard three Miracles here today but but
46:14what what if we can get the miracle from
46:16the stage out there into the pews what
46:19if we walk in here next week and
46:21somebody say let me tell you something
46:23what the Lord did for me oh he did it
46:25for you too let me tell tell you what
46:27the Lord did for me oh you too oh yeah
46:30let me tell you what he did and all of a
46:32sudden like wildfire Miracles Miracles
46:36Miracles Miracles Miracles
46:41Miracles believe big with me number four
46:46number four you're going to love this
46:47number four I want you to believe big
46:49with me that singles in the kingdom of
46:52God will find their Godly
46:55partners
46:57come on now if you're believing God for
47:00a partner can you believe with me that
47:03somewhere along the line God's got your
47:05woman available God's got your Ruth
47:08God's got your Boaz can somebody believe
47:11God with me that your spouse is in the
47:14kingdom of
47:17God number four I want you to believe
47:20big with me or number five I want you to
47:22believe big with me for healthy and
47:24thriving
47:25marriages come on
47:28now healthy thriving
47:32marriages that if your marriage is on
47:34the verge of just a collapse a total
47:37collapse that both parties will see
47:40themselves not just one person seeing
47:42themselves because it takes two to make
47:44a marriage work you cannot have a
47:47healthy marriage when one is crazy and
47:50the other is
47:52not when one wants it and the other
47:55doesn't want it come on now two has to
47:58come to where the cross is and say Lord
48:01I Surrender my will to you let thy will
48:04be done come on now are you hearing me
48:07and number six I want you to believe God
48:10with me a Kingdom citizens for Kingdom
48:13citizens for Kingdom citizens to
48:16strategically influence and Excel in the
48:19Realms of politics Business Health Care
48:23education and
48:25finance
48:29think big with
48:31me that in the kingdom of God I'm
48:36closing in the kingdom of
48:40God that God will raise some of you up
48:42to be
48:44politicians cuz the call is already on
48:47your life but you're
48:50scared if we keep allowing some of those
48:55people to run for politics and keep
49:00winning then please stop
49:03complaining because they are watch this
49:08they are of another
49:11agenda and I don't care listen you can
49:13speak in tongues all you want you can
49:15shout all you want but if you don't get
49:18involved in the political process and I
49:21know what some of you thinking well
49:22they're gonna do whatever they want to
49:24do anyway and so forth I don't care you
49:26know and I'm I'm just not going to vote
49:28and whatever listen to me let me tell
49:30you something I am an immigrant I was
49:32not born here but when I read the
49:35history of what black folks had to go
49:39through to get all of us where we are
49:41today you ought to be ashamed when you
49:44sit down and you allow the system to
49:47continue the way it is and you did not
49:49participate something is wrong with that
49:53something is wrong with
49:55that
49:59especially for those of you who are born
50:02here for you to sit
50:05back I'm not voting I'm not something's
50:09wrong with
50:10that you get in politics so that the
50:13people who have a god conscious mind
50:17will get in there that's how we going to
50:20change it oh I know you're silent with
50:23me
50:25now that you get involved in business
50:28how many are business
50:30owners can you imagine
50:33that I want your business to grow big
50:37man why is it other people who don't
50:41even believe in God on the Sunday
50:42morning they playing golf
50:44today watch this come on they're playing
50:48golf
50:49today they're on the beach they're on
50:52their yacht they're doing all kinds of
50:55stuff and we call them heathen
50:58we call them
50:59Devils but you in church you serve this
51:03wonderful and amazing God and you
51:06telling me that you serving
51:09God and you struggling to the point you
51:12can't you live in Fort Lauderdale the
51:14beach is just few miles
51:17east and you can't even go look at the
51:21ocean cuz you're strapped in Deb in
51:25depression
51:27didn't the bible
51:29say that he reigns on the
51:35just sometimes the unjust people got
51:38more
51:40faith cuz they'll step out and take
51:44risk we'll take we'll mortgage their
51:46house to start a
51:49business but we like we praying fasting
51:52for 30
51:54days when you have the resources to do
51:57it want you to have faith man yes sir
52:01for your business to be
52:03big healthare get in the Health Care
52:06System those of you are nurses and
52:09doctors and technicians we're praying
52:12for
52:13you but you could be the next person to
52:15invent a
52:17medicine that could cure this
52:19world without you we couldn't do it man
52:23I don't care how saved you are and
52:25Sanctified and you have faith you got to
52:27take medicine at
52:29times we need you let's believe big that
52:34watch this just like the Catholic
52:37Church they own several
52:41hospitals several hospitals that we go
52:44to what happened to us the
52:49kingdom I know you don't like this kind
52:51of preacher
52:54but cuz we we don't own know how
52:58Hospital the healthc care system the
53:01financial institution do you not know
53:03that the system is rigged in such a way
53:06that even certain companies certain
53:08companies were sued and had to pay
53:10billions of dollars because one company
53:13I'm not you probably know the name one
53:15financial
53:17institution was
53:21willfully denying Black's
53:25loans
53:27the Financial loan officer will put a
53:29code on every application when you're
53:38black but I'm believing
53:42big that we going to take
53:53over I don't know who I'm preaching to
53:55this morning but bow your heads with me
53:57I got to get you out of
53:59here I got to get you out of
54:04here if this message challenged you this
54:07morning it
54:10did and you just feel that God is
54:14pushing you into something big I know
54:17you're
54:19scared I know I know you're
54:24scared but if you believe that this is
54:28your once in a lifetime opportunity to
54:32believe
54:35big and you will not end
54:37today without taking a step of Faith to
54:41make that declaration to believe for big
54:43things if that's you would you stand
54:46wherever you are just
54:48stand Pastor you challenge me
54:51today to stop thinking
54:55small I knew was going to be a lot of
54:57you and and there's no way I could get
55:00all of you down here so I want you to
55:02stand now do me a favor would you look
55:05around the room look around the room
55:07look how many people are
55:08standing look how many now listen to me
55:13can you imagine if all of you were
55:16standing would ever truly dare to
55:20believe
55:22big can you imagine what will
55:25happen can you really
55:29imagine stop talking defeat stop
55:33thinking
55:34defeat and I want you to dream get your
55:38dream
55:40back don't be scared
55:43anymore the stuff that you said you
55:45wanted to do do
55:49it take baby steps of faith and just do
55:54it and watch what God will do in your
55:56life if you're believing for healing
55:59just
56:00believe you're believe believing for
56:03restoration believe if you're believing
56:06for finances to come in your life just
56:10believe and watch what God will do in
56:12your life dream big Jonathan would you
56:15just come and let the Lord lead you as I
56:17pray and we do the closing song Father
56:21lift your hands
56:23everybody thank
56:24you ah
56:28thank you that you've challenged us
56:31today to
56:33dream
56:36big I
56:38pray for people with
56:41businesses somebody was planning to
56:43close their business down but you
56:46brought them to church today to let them
56:49know
56:50no there's a light at the end of the
56:53tunnel they just got to keep trusting
56:55you
56:57their time will come their season will
56:59come somebody's dealing with some Health
57:04Care issues father help them to
57:06understand they can they they can
57:07succeed in that area whether it's
57:09healing whether it's passing that
57:11nursing exam whether it is passing that
57:14that that exam to become to be entered
57:18into med school whatever it may be God I
57:20pray in the name of Jesus that they'll
57:23continue to dream big I pray for those
57:26God or believe and to pursue and go
57:28after a particular degree that God In
57:30The Name of Jesus that they can have it
57:33God I pray even for churches around the
57:36country not just the Faith Center but
57:38we'll step up and rise up to the
57:40occasion we'll open our own schools to
57:43educate our children God so that we can
57:46do this the resources can be there so we
57:48can do this so we'll influence the Next
57:51Generation to have a fear of God and
57:54don't have to fall victim under this
57:57umbrella of the separation of church and
58:00state God I pray in the name of Jesus
58:03for the finances of your people I pray
58:06that they'll believe you for big things
58:09that if it's their season for a home
58:11they'll have it if there if it's their
58:14season to cancel their Mortgage Debt
58:16that it will take place if they need the
58:18down payment to purchase that house let
58:21them think big today I
58:24pray I pray father in the name name of
58:26Jesus for those who feel the call to go
58:29into
58:30politics that they will do it if you've
58:34called them you'll sustain them so that
58:37they can change our local governments
58:40they can change at the federal level at
58:42the state level may your blessings now
58:45fall upon every one of them and father I
58:48give you praise honor and Glory that
58:51this week would be an incredible week
58:52for us that as we go we return on
58:55Wednesday for our Bible study as we
58:57continue to talk about the fundamentals
58:59of our Christian faith that your people
59:02will see the need to be at the place
59:05where they're informed they're empowered
59:08to live according to your word I bless
59:11your people today and I thank you that
59:13you've been with us this morning and
59:15you've challenged us to believe big in
59:18the name of Jesus Amen can we give God
59:22praise