Get Up!
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 9/27/2026Acts 9:40-41
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez concludes the 'Ignite' series with a powerful call to transition from emotionalism and complacency to a life of disciplined action and faith. Drawing from the life of Tabitha, he challenges believers to 'get up' from disappointment and fear, moving beyond mere survival to birth the purposes God has already placed within them.
Key points
- •Miracles are not just about God changing your situation, but about God changing you so that you can handle the situation differently.
- •Fear acts as a prison with an unlocked door; many people stay trapped in familiar places long after God has given them permission to leave because they are waiting to feel 'ready.'
- •We are often our own worst enemies when we view ourselves as 'grasshoppers' compared to the 'giants' in our lives, forgetting that God has already equipped us with what is in our hand.
- •Faith requires movement and action; there comes a point where you must stop talking, analyzing, and praying about a dream and actually start building, applying, or forgiving.
- •Like Tabitha in Acts 9, God wants to resurrect your dead passion and purpose so that your life becomes a testimony that draws others to believe in Jesus Christ.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Perseverance
Spiritual Growth
Spiritual Warfare
Life application
This week, identify one 'dead' area of your life - a dream, a relationship, or a discipline - and take one concrete physical action toward its resurrection instead of just praying about it. Stop waiting for the feeling of readiness and simply 'get up' by making a phone call, submitting an application, or beginning a plan.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you been 'hugging fear' because it feels safer than the uncertainty of walking in faith?
- Are you currently more focused on conception (wanting new ideas) or delivery (pushing out what God has already placed within you)?
- Whose voices have you allowed to have authority over your future, and how do they compare to what God says about your potential?
- What 'stone and sling' tools do you already possess that you have been neglecting while waiting for someone else's weapons?
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0:00If you don't mind, would you all stand
0:02for prayer for just a moment? Thank you.
0:06Certainly. Great
0:08is God's mercy towards all of us. Do me
0:12a favor. If you don't mind, would you
0:14hold the hand of the person you're
0:16standing next to? And let's just pray
0:19and ask God to just reveal his word to
0:21us this morning. Father, we stand united
0:24as a people,
0:26one church,
0:29ready to receive
0:31the conclusion of this series, Ignite.
0:35Once again, I pray that you'll use me
0:40so that the words
0:42that I will speak today will not only be
0:46words
0:48from yours truly, but they're inspired
0:50words
0:53to help your people
0:56to understand what you're thinking about
0:58them
1:00and what your desires for all of us in
1:03this season of our lives.
1:06So I pray that we'll receive today.
1:10We'll pay attention. We'll listen
1:12carefully.
1:14We'll not allow the enemy to distract
1:16us.
1:18But we will zoom in to this Rama word
1:24that will transform us. Heal your people
1:27today.
1:29and we give you all the praise, the
1:31honor, and the glory
1:34in Jesus name. Amen. Can we just worship
1:37him one more time?
1:40And you may be seated in the presence
1:45of the Lord.
1:48So my goal today
1:51as we bring this Ignite series
1:56to a close
1:59is to move you, yes you, beyond
2:03excitement,
2:05emotionalism,
2:07and desperation into a life where you
2:10are empowered
2:12by faith.
2:15That's the goal. that you're empowered
2:17by faith, not only faith, but by the
2:22wisdom of God, that you become a
2:24disciplined individual
2:27and that you take action.
2:30Because faith is not simply about
2:33getting excited, but it is also about
2:36what God can do in your life.
2:40Faith is also about becoming
2:44and equipping yourself
2:47to bring the best in you to bring out I
2:52should say the best in you because that
2:56is the will of God.
2:59The moment you understand that God did
3:01not place you on this earth merely to
3:04survive
3:07by constantly looking for miracles. I
3:11get that some of us we get caught up. We
3:14want miracles
3:16looking for magical moments or for quick
3:20fixes if you will. The moment you
3:23understand that God didn't merely want
3:26you to look for miracles, look for magic
3:28moments or quick fixes, that's when your
3:31perspective of his will for your life
3:34will completely change.
3:38And yes, God performed miracles. He
3:40does. He performs miracles in our lives
3:43if we trust him. Yes, I also believe
3:46that he will intervene supernaturally in
3:49all areas of our lives. And I also
3:53believe that he can open doors that no
3:55man can close.
3:58But God has also given you wisdom to
4:03make decisions,
4:05faith to confront uncertainty,
4:09and strength to endure difficult
4:11seasons, and discernment to do what is
4:15right. In other words, you have a part
4:17to play.
4:18Not just waiting for magical moments.
4:21You have a part to play when it comes to
4:25your faith journey. God never intended
4:29for you to spend your entire life
4:32waiting for him to do for you what he
4:35has already empowered you to do.
4:39>> Now, sometimes
4:41the miracle is not God changing your
4:44situation overnight. Let me say it
4:47again. Sometimes the miracle is not God
4:49changing your situation overnight.
4:52Sometimes the miracle is God changing
4:56you so that you can handle the situation
4:59differently.
5:02There's a difference. So when you
5:05understand
5:07that what I just mentioned, your entire
5:10perspective of God, church, faith, and
5:12your purpose in life begins to take on a
5:17complete different meaning.
5:19Some of you need to stop asking God,
5:23God, when are you going to change this?
5:26When are you going to change my
5:27situation? Instead, you need to begin to
5:30ask God, God, what have you already
5:34placed on the inside of me that I need
5:38to ignite?
5:40what's already inside of me that I need
5:43to ignite to be able to handle the
5:46situation that is before me. That is
5:50where I believe transformation begins.
5:54As I lay the foundation, I want you to
5:57understand that God did not bring you
5:59through everything. You have survived
6:03just for you to become comfortable with
6:07where you are.
6:09God did not bring you this far just for
6:13you to become comfortable with where you
6:16are in life. And some of you, I I got to
6:20tell you, man, you're too comfortable
6:22where you are.
6:24>> You are too comfortable where you are.
6:28God has already placed in you the
6:31ability
6:33to survive, but also to thrive. And
6:37that's why this morning I want to end
6:39the series with with maybe a topic that
6:42may not mean anything to some of you,
6:44but this topic this morning is simply
6:48get up.
6:54>> I talked to you in the series about get
6:58out of your own way.
7:00>> Some of you are sabotaging yourself
7:02because you're literally standing in
7:04your own way. You think people are
7:06standing in your own way. You think it's
7:08your past is standing in your own way.
7:11But you're the one standing in your own
7:13way. And this morning, I'm tasked with
7:15the responsibility to help you to begin
7:18the transformation of your life and just
7:22simply stop having this pity party over
7:26your life and get up and do something
7:30with what God has already empowered you
7:33to do.
7:38because I believe that he has brought
7:40you through because there's much more in
7:43you. You have more faith, more purpose,
7:47more potential, more capacity, more
7:50influence, more ministry left inside of
7:54you, more vision, more life. So, as we
7:58conclude this series, I believe that God
8:01has given me one final thought for you.
8:05And it's two words, two words. Just get
8:07up, man. Get up. Get up from
8:10disappointment. Get up from your fear.
8:13Get up from complacency. Get up from the
8:16opinions of people. Get up from what
8:19didn't work. Get up from what they have
8:23said about you. Get up from what
8:25happened to you. Get up from the version
8:28of yourself that has been merely
8:31surviving.
8:32Because I believe in this hour, you're
8:35standing AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE
8:38HISTORY of your life. And it's time to
8:42get up and do something with your life.
8:48>> This is not a season to lie down as if
8:51you are dead having no hope.
8:55So, if you've come here this morning and
8:57you're you've logged on this morning
9:00thinking that this church is just going
9:01to excite you and make you feel good and
9:04try to do abracadabra over your life and
9:06try to promise you a whole list of
9:09miracle miracles, if you will, and so
9:11forth. That's not why we're here. We're
9:14here today to ignite the fire of God in
9:17you. For you to get up and work out your
9:20own salvation. for you to get up and
9:23pray to your God, believing that your
9:26God will reveal himself to you.
9:30>> This is a season FOR YOU TO GET UP.
9:34SO, let me leave you with just a some
9:36simple examples of what you need to
9:39think about in this season of your life.
9:42I want every woman in this place, every
9:45man, and those of you are streaming to
9:47pay attention because I'm telling you,
9:50one year from now, YOUR LIFE CAN change
9:54drastically
9:56>> IF YOU SIMPLY GET UP FROM HAVING A pity
10:00party and start working your faith.
10:03>> IF YOU SIMPLY GET UP FROM YOUR
10:05BROKENNESS, FROM YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS,
10:08and say, "God, I'M GOING TO MAKE
10:10SOMETHING OUT of my life. your life will
10:13change.
10:15>> So the first thing I need you to
10:16understand is that you are standing
10:19between
10:21fear and faith.
10:25>> That's where you are. YOU'RE AT A
10:28PIVOTAL POINT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE you're
10:30standing between
10:33fear
10:34and faith. Christopher, would you come
10:36here, please? Come here. Come on.
10:38Quickly. Quickly move. Is your name
10:40Christopher?
10:41He looking at me. Christopher, come on.
10:43Come on. Come on. Stand over here. All
10:47right. Let me get somebody else. I need
10:49a a lady. Would you come here? Come
10:51here. Yes. Come here. I don't mind you.
10:53Let me use a lady. Come here.
10:55I'm going to show you something here.
10:59Thank you.
11:01I want you to stand over here.
11:04This is where you are right now.
11:07You have a decision to make.
11:10Will you allow fear to pull you in its
11:14direction
11:15with all the stuff that you're going
11:17through? Because fear is it it has a
11:21magnetic pull.
11:25>> It's pulling you every single day. Don't
11:29believe.
11:30Don't try again.
11:32Don't make the effort. This is a
11:35decision you have to make.
11:37Which currency or current or force is
11:42going to pull you? Is it fear or is it
11:46faith?
11:49>> Faith is desperate for you to come on
11:53its side. Now watch this. You are not
11:56fear and you're not faith.
12:00Explain that pastor. You are not fear
12:03and you're not faith. You are not fear
12:06because the Bible says God has not given
12:08you
12:11the spirit of fear.
12:13So when you're operating in fear, God
12:16never gave it to you, never intended for
12:20you to be fearful.
12:23You're not faith. Because if you are
12:27faith, then you don't need faith because
12:30you ALREADY POSSESS FAITH. YOU SEE, GOD
12:32HAS GIVEN you the spirit of power, love,
12:35and of a sound mind. You have the
12:38ability to faith things, not fake it.
12:43Faith things every step of the day,
12:47every week, every month, every year. You
12:50have the ability to walk in faith. You
12:53can take on the spirit of faith or you
12:56can take on the spirit of fear.
13:00SO, YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT now on this
13:03day, the 27th day of September, 2026,
13:09approximately 11:34
13:13a.m.
13:14to make a decision.
13:18>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BROKEN YOU ARE. IT
13:21DOESN'T MATTER how you are down and out
13:24and depressed and THINGS ARE NOT GOING
13:26THE WAY YOU WANT it to go in your life.
13:28You have a decision to make. You are
13:31standing between fear and faith. Some of
13:34you are not able to discern that you are
13:38standing on the edge of something
13:42significant in your life.
13:46>> You cannot fully explain it.
13:50But you know something is shifting.
13:56SOMETHING INSIDE OF YOU KEEPS SAYING TO
13:59YOU, THERE HAS TO BE MORE. MORE OF GOD,
14:05MORE OF PURPOSE, MORE FULFILLMENT, MORE
14:08IMPACT, more than simply waking up,
14:13going through the routine EVERY DAY,
14:16JUST PAYING YOUR BILLS, DEALING WITH
14:18PROBLEMS, and repeating the same cycle
14:21month after month, week after month,
14:23YEAR AFTER YEAR. THERE HAS TO BE MORE.
14:26SOMEBODY SHOUTED, "THERE has to be
14:28more."
14:28>> There has to be more.
14:29>> There has to be more to your life.
14:33>> There has to be more. Don't settle for
14:35where you are.
14:37>> DON'T YOU ACCEPT THAT? THAT THAT'S THE
14:40ONLY GOOD THAT can come out of your
14:42life.
14:43>> Whenever you arrive at a pivotal moment
14:46in your life, you will often feel
14:49yourself being pulled into two different
14:53directions.
14:54Something is pulling you towards what is
14:58familiar.
15:00Stay where you are.
15:02Don't take the chance.
15:05Don't try again.
15:07Don't trust again.
15:10Don't believe again. Don't dream too big
15:14cuz you did the last time it didn't
15:16work. Because at least, watch this.
15:20Because at least what is familiar
15:23feels safe. So now you're hugging fear.
15:28>> My god.
15:29>> Oh, and it will hug you back
15:33cuz that's where you are now. I'm
15:35hugging fear because I'm safe here.
15:39Because to faith things
15:44requires me
15:46to let go and let God.
15:51That's the thing. That's the SCARY THING
15:53ABOUT FAITH IS HOW DO I FAITH IT WHEN I
15:57CAN'T CONTROL IT?
16:02>> SEE, this is where many of you are
16:03hurting. you you you YOU CAN'T CONTROL
16:06WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO SO you know, FAITH
16:09IS GOING TO PUSH YOU TO STEP UP OUT OF
16:12THE BOAT. FAITH IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO
16:15STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
16:20>> And so you're scared and you want don't
16:22want to do it cuz faith says step out.
16:27Faith says try again. Faith says believe
16:30again. Faith says build again. Dream
16:33again, pray again, expect again.
16:37And now you have this decision to make.
16:41Will I allow fear to determine my
16:44future?
16:46Will I allow fear to determine my
16:48future? So maybe the next 10 years of my
16:51life because I've been sucked in by
16:54fear,
16:56I die
16:59not having the ability to tap into all
17:04of what God had for me in those 10
17:07years.
17:09And you will die and go to the grave.
17:12And people will come and pack out an
17:14auditorium to cry about an unttopped
17:19potential.
17:24It's up to you. It's up to you to lay
17:27down there. OH, I HAD A BAD MARRIAGE. I
17:29HAD A BAD RELATIONSHIP. OH, I had this
17:32and I I had a a bad family uh upbringing
17:35AND AND THE LIST GOES ON. YOU CAN STAY
17:38THERE AND let fear hug you and you will
17:42die
17:45unfulfilled.
17:46>> Wow.
17:48>> You will be a person who went to the
17:51grave who did not tap into their best
17:55self.
17:58>> So you have this decision to make
18:00because fear can become watch this a
18:03prison. Yes.
18:06>> Unfortunately, you may not like me for
18:08saying this, but some of you, you're in
18:12prison.
18:17You are literally locked up with
18:19invisible chains.
18:23Chains of doubt,
18:26chains of a negative mindset,
18:29chains of brokenness,
18:32chains of I'm never tried it again.
18:38I'm not loved. Nobody cares for me.
18:42My family is dysfunctional.
18:45And so because my family is
18:47dysfunctional, I will be dysfunctional
18:49too.
18:51change of saying life will never get
18:54better for you.
18:57And the most dangerous prison is the one
19:01where the door is unlocked,
19:05>> but you've convinced yourself you cannot
19:08leave.
19:10It's most dangerous prison
19:14is to BE AT A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE
19:17the power TO CONTROL YOU. But you have
19:22convinced yourself,
19:23>> I can't leave.
19:27>> I can't leave. Some people will spend
19:31the NEXT 10 YEARS TRAPPED INTO places
19:36God gave them permission to leave long
19:40ago.
19:42>> All because, watch this, they're waiting
19:46to feel ready.
19:51>> Some of you have been talking about I I
19:53I'm ready. I'm ready for something new.
19:55And some of you need to stop it. every
19:58January 1st
20:00>> New Year's resolution. Well, I don't
20:02believe in God. You know, I'm going to
20:04do this AND AND AND BY THE END OF MARCH,
20:10you go right back to prison.
20:14But faith, watch this now. Faith doesn't
20:17always wait until you feel ready.
20:22Faith says if God says move, your
20:26response should be I'm moving.
20:30>> If he says move, I'm going to move. So,
20:33it's time to experience God's anointing
20:38at another level in your life. Thank
20:40you. Would you give them a hand? Thank
20:43you so much.
20:47So, I want to go to number two. Number
20:50two, it's time to experience God at
20:54another level in your life. I believe
20:56some of you are about to experience God
20:59in ways that will absolutely blow your
21:01mind. You have experienced God at one
21:04level, but don't assume that that's the
21:07highest level God can reveal himself to
21:09you.
21:11>> You know him as the God who kept you.
21:16Now you need to experience him as the
21:19God who advances you.
21:22>> You know him as a God who brought you
21:25out.
21:26>> Now you need to experience him as a God
21:29who brings you into.
21:32>> You know him as a God who helped you
21:35survive. Now experience him as a God who
21:39helps you build.
21:43Just just don't survive, man. It's time
21:46to build. You have prayed to survive
21:49long enough. You've prayed prayers like
21:52this. Lord, just just just get me
21:54through. Lord, just help me make it.
21:58Lord, don't let me lose anything. And
22:01God's answer to those prayers are and
22:04and and and he has answered, I should
22:06say, those prayers. And you're still at
22:09the same place where you're at. But I am
22:12here today to tell you what you need to
22:14be praying is God show me what you can
22:18do through my life. Show me what
22:22obedience can produce. Show me what
22:25happens when I stop playing small. When
22:29I stop playing things small. Some of
22:32you, I hate to tell you, man, you've got
22:34a small thinking mentality.
22:39Yes sir.
22:39>> The God that you serve says, "The earth
22:41is his and the fullness thereof." You
22:43ought to be praying, "God, show me what
22:46happens when I completely surrender my
22:49gifts, my resources, my ideas, my
22:52relationships,
22:54and my future to you." Number three,
22:58stop calling yourself a grasshopper.
23:01>> You know the scripture. I I taught it
23:03last week in the sermon. Last week, I
23:06reminded you of the spies that were
23:09sent. Moses sent the spies out to assess
23:13the land. And it says, "Come back and
23:16give me a report." The spies went out.
23:20Watch this. saw the same land, the same
23:24fruit, saw the same opportunities, saw
23:27the same giants,
23:30but they came back with two completely
23:35different perspectives.
23:37>> Some of them, 10 of them came back and
23:40said, "We can't.
23:43There is no way we can go to that land
23:46that God promised us." Number one, okay,
23:49it's got some big fruits over there,
23:51man. I tell you, the the the the
23:53agriculture is is wonderful. We we can
23:56eat. We can survive. But they got some
23:58big people living over there.
24:01Them people are huge.
24:04We call them giants. They'll devour us.
24:08We can't make it over there. However,
24:11there was two guys,
24:14>> Joshua and Caleb.
24:17They came back and they said, "We can."
24:20Numbers 13:13 tells us Caleb said, "We
24:24should go UP AND TAKE POSSESSION OF THE
24:27land for we can certainly DO IT." SEE,
24:30THESE ARE THE KINDS of people I'm trying
24:31to tell you to hang around.
24:34>> Some of you are hanging around people
24:37who see themsel and you in a small way.
24:4310 spies came back and said, "Uh, no, we
24:47can't make it." And I want you to listen
24:49to this carefully. They said, "We cannot
24:52make it cuz there's some big giants over
24:54there."
24:55But Caleb and Joshua, Caleb said, "We
24:59should go up and take possession of the
25:01land cuz we can certainly do it."
25:05>> Look at what verse 33 says. Now, watch
25:08this. These are the people and I don't
25:11know some of you need to when you leave
25:14here today you need to go home and you
25:16need search your phone.
25:21Search your list of the people you call
25:24friends
25:25>> on your quick dial or whatever you call
25:27it because you need to look for these
25:30people who are I call them the numbers
25:341333 people.
25:37They said we seemed like grasshappers
25:42in our own eyes.
25:45>> We look like grasshoppers
25:48>> in our own eyes. THE GIANTS DID NOT CALL
25:52them
25:53>> grasshoppers.
25:57Some of you, it's not that people have
25:59told you what you believed.
26:02>> You told yourself.
26:07The giants never called them small
26:09insignificant people. THEIR GREATEST
26:12ENEMY WASN'T THE SIZE OF the giants.
26:16Their greatest enemy was how they saw
26:18themselves. Watch this. IN COMPARISON TO
26:22THE GIANTS. Some of you, God has ALLOWED
26:25YOU TO WALK INTO rooms that you were not
26:29really qualified for.
26:31>> Come on now.
26:34But because you believe that YOU'RE NOT
26:38QUALIFIED, YOU TELL YOURSELF, "I'm not
26:41qualified to be in THE ROOM." WELL, IF
26:43GOD PLACED YOU IN THE ROOM in the first
26:46place,
26:48what makes you believe that God wouldn't
26:49equip you? Can I get a witness here
26:52today?
26:53>> SO, I'M ENCOURAGING YOU today to stop
26:56talking yourself
26:58>> out of what God is trying to talk you
27:01into.
27:03I want you to stop saying, "I'm too old.
27:06I'm too young.
27:08>> I don't have enough. I I don't have the
27:11right people around me. I I'm not ready.
27:14I'm I've already failed. I don't have
27:17the education. I don't have the money. I
27:20don't have the influence.
27:22I've made too many mistakes."
27:26>> Stop rehearsing your limitations
27:29>> and start remembering God's promises.
27:34Number four. I'm almost there. Number
27:36four. Oh, this is a big one.
27:38>> Talk less, man, and move more.
27:45>> Talk less. Move more.
27:49>> Now, here's where the message gets very
27:51uncomfortable for some of you, cuz the
27:55the problem is, let's just be honest,
27:58okay? Look at the preacher now, cuz some
27:59of you not going to like this.
28:01Some of you your problem is you talk too
28:04much.
28:06Yes, you talk too much.
28:09You talk too much.
28:12You have talked yourself.
28:16>> Talked yourself about, you know, you
28:19don't have enough, man.
28:22You have talked about starting. You've
28:26talked about changing. You've talked
28:28about going back to school. You have
28:30talked about getting your finances
28:32together, about getting healthier, about
28:36repairing the relationship, about
28:39writing the book,
28:41>> launching the business,
28:43>> getting serious about God,
28:46>> about serving
28:48>> and about forgiving.
28:51And at some point in time, you just got
28:54to stop talking, man,
28:57>> and just get up and start moving.
29:02>> You see, faith requires movement.
29:06>> NOAH DID NOT just believe a flood was
29:09coming.
29:11>> He started preparing for the flood
29:14>> by building. Abraham did not just
29:17believe God for another place for him.
29:22He actually left where he was
29:26>> to get to the new location. Some of you,
29:28I want to do this. I want to see myself
29:30in the future doing this. I want to see.
29:32Then why are you still there?
29:35>> Why are you still stuck where you are?
29:38>> You got to move.
29:40Peter didn't just believe Jesus
29:44COULD HOLD HIM UP ON THE WATER. He
29:47stepped out of the boat. David didn't
29:51just stand there discussing Goliath all
29:55day. He ran towards him. And there there
29:59comes a moment in your life when faith
30:02has to become an action.
30:05>> You've prayed about things. You've cried
30:07about things. You thought about doing
30:09things and discussing things and
30:11reaching things and analyzing things,
30:14but now it is time for you to get up.
30:17It's time for you to make the call.
30:19Submit the application. Start serving or
30:22saving, I should say. Start building.
30:24Start start joining the ministry. Start
30:27serving. Apologize when necessary.
30:30Forgive. Make the appointment. Open the
30:33document. Oh, some of you got some
30:35emails. You never know. There's money in
30:37emails and you still haven't even opened
30:39it up.
30:41OPEN THE DOCUMENT. DEVELOP a plan
30:45>> and take the first step. Number five,
30:49stop letting other voices control your
30:51movement.
30:54>> You must also be careful about those
30:58voices or whose voice has the permission
31:01to direct your life.
31:03Everyone who has an opinion about your
31:07future does not have the authority
31:10>> to determine your future.
31:13>> Some people will talk you out of
31:16something
31:18>> all because they are afraid to do it
31:21themselves.
31:23>> Proverbs 29:25 tells us, "Fear a man who
31:27proves to be what? Snare. BUT WHOEVER
31:32TRUSTS in the Lord is what? Kept safe.
31:36So if you constantly need someone's
31:39approval because before you obey God, I
31:41should say, you will always spend your
31:44life living according to other people's
31:47limitations.
31:49David understood this when he arrived at
31:52the battlefield. Goliath was bigger. He
31:55was stronger. He was more experienced
31:58and better equipped.
32:00But David had the people questioning
32:04whether
32:06uh they belonged there.
32:08David had the people questioning whether
32:13he I should say belonged there cuz
32:17people looked at David look at you
32:20short little fellow
32:25cuz the society will sum you up.
32:28Look at you. We make the mistake.
32:31LISTEN, I I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.
32:33SHORT people are blessed.
32:39We We
32:43Oh, we are blessed.
32:47I just wanted to That was free. I just
32:49wanted to throw that in. That That was
32:52not in That was not in the notes.
32:55That was according to Henry's version.
33:01David told Saul, "Watch this.
33:07I fought the lion,
33:09>> fought the bear,
33:12>> and a giant ain't no different."
33:17>> I'm going somewhere with this. In other
33:19words, my past has prepared me for this
33:23moment.
33:24Everything you have survived was not
33:28wasted.
33:30Every battle taught you a lesson. Every
33:33disappointment developed something in
33:36you. EVERY REJECTION STRENGTHENED
33:38SOMETHING IN YOU. EVERY CLOSED DOOR
33:41REVEALED SOMETHING. And in EVERY SEASON
33:45WHEN NOBODY APPLAUDED YOU, GOD was
33:48developing you.
33:53Number six, it's time to use
33:57what's in your hand.
34:00>> It's time to use what's in your hand.
34:01David didn't just defeat Goliath.
34:04>> That's right.
34:05>> With Goliath's weapon. He used what God
34:09had already trained him to use. A sling,
34:13a stone,
34:14>> and faith in his God. So stop believing.
34:19You need what everybody else has before
34:24you can become who God called you to be.
34:28>> Yes.
34:29Someone may have more money than you,
34:32>> have more influence,
34:35have better connections,
34:37maybe have a larger platform than you,
34:40>> maybe some people are in more powerful
34:43places.
34:45And yes, there may even be people who
34:48have the ability to create the
34:49narratives
34:51that you
34:53that that that that you are completely
34:56uh kind of just, you know, not the
34:58person that you ought to be and and that
35:01you know, you're inconsistent and what
35:03they may come up with their own
35:04narrative of who you are, but your
35:06future is not ultimately controlled by
35:10people's narrative.
35:12>> You got to believe that. Yes.
35:14>> And which brings me to my final two
35:16points. Some of you are in a season of
35:20full term.
35:23When I tell you you need to get up,
35:26you're in a season of full term. Now,
35:29I'm not a woman, so I'm going to try to
35:31interpret this
35:34the way the women
35:37>> know
35:39the way it should be.
35:43You have been pregnant long enough.
35:50>> Work with me ladies.
35:53>> And when I say that you are pregnant, I
35:55mean spiritually.
35:58>> Let me just be clear.
36:01There are dreams
36:03you have been carrying.
36:06>> Ideas you have been carrying. ministries
36:10you have been carrying, businesses that
36:12you have been carrying, books that you
36:15have been carrying,
36:18changes you have been carrying,
36:20assignments you have been carrying, and
36:23some of you keep asking God to put
36:26something new on the inside of you when
36:30the issue is not conception,
36:33the issue is delivery.
36:41No pregnant woman will walk around with
36:45a big belly.
36:47>> Could you pregnant me again?
36:50>> I want to be pregnant again.
36:52>> Most of you, the issue is not pregnancy.
36:57>> You're already pregnant.
36:59>> The problem is delivery.
37:07You're already carrying it.
37:09>> YOU'RE ALREADY CARRYING ALL THAT GOD has
37:12designed for you to be.
37:17>> It's already developed on the inside of
37:18you. You have prayed over it. You've
37:20cried over it. You've protected it.
37:23Watch this. You You have even waited on
37:26it. And now you are fullterm.
37:31And I have to tell you at this point in
37:34your life, what you have been carrying
37:37has to be born.
37:40>> A woman who is fullterm doesn't need
37:44again another pregnancy.
37:48>> She needs to do what? Push the baby out.
37:54>> AND AGAIN, MOST WOMEN WILL TELL YOU,
37:57MOST WOMEN WILL TELL you
38:00giving birth to a baby naturally. I'm
38:02not talking about a C-section.
38:05A C-section is the easy way. I know
38:07you're like, "Don't don't attack me now,
38:08woman. Come on. Don't don't don't
38:12leave me alone.
38:14I told you I'm not a woman. I'm a man.
38:18I'm speaking from a man's perspective.
38:22A C-section, it's lifethreatening,
38:26>> but it ain't nothing.
38:31like when a woman have to push
38:37>> ladies help me.
38:40It's painful.
38:43It hurts.
38:45You love what you're carrying, but it
38:47hurts. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, PASTOR? SOME
38:50OF YOU ARE CARRYING something that is
38:52hurting you. It's too MUCH PRESSURE. BUT
38:56TODAY, GOD TOLD ME TO TELL YOU, IT'S
38:58time to push.
39:01Push it out.
39:05Look at your neighbor and say, "Push it
39:06out."
39:10I want to close with this.
39:12Number eight.
39:15Number eight. I believe I gave you
39:17number seven.
39:20Number eight.
39:23Tabatha.
39:25Get up.
39:29>> Tabatha.
39:31>> My name is not Tabatha.
39:35>> Maybe you're wondering who is Tabatha.
39:39See, she's a woman in the Bible.
39:42>> In Acts chapter nine, you don't hear
39:45much about her. In Acts chapter nine, I
39:49want to talk to some people because you
39:51have no idea that what you're going
39:53through, God is allowing you to go
39:56through the pain of birthing something
39:59great
40:01because it's bigger than you.
40:04>> God is using your life experiences.
40:08He understands that you are down. You
40:11are out. He wants to pick you up at this
40:15stage of your life
40:17to showcase you to the unbeliever
40:21that you serve an amazing God.
40:25>> This woman Tabitha in Acts chapter 9:36,
40:29the Bible tells us that she was always
40:32doing good and helping the poor. Some of
40:35you in the room, you're always doing
40:38good. And this is the painful thing
40:40about it.
40:42It's it's it's as if good people are the
40:45ones who struggle the most.
40:48>> Good people are the ones who are
40:50attacked the most. Watch this. Good
40:53people are the ones who whose dreams
40:58never seem to come to fruition.
41:01This was a good woman. Tabitha was a
41:04disciple and a devoted follower of Jesus
41:07Christ. The woman was all in when it
41:10comes to her fa her faith in Jesus
41:12Christ. Watch this. She served people.
41:16Yes, she helped people. SHE MADE
41:19CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE. PLEASE go and read
41:21it.
41:23She helped. She was sewing clothes for
41:26people in the community. She cared for
41:29the people who needed help. She was a
41:33valuable asset to her community. that in
41:37Acts chapter 9,
41:39the Bible tells us something happened to
41:43Tabatha.
41:45The woman who helped
41:48sew in clothes,
41:50was always there like some of you.
41:54She died.
42:00She died.
42:04You ever wonder why
42:08good people seem to be the ones who are
42:10dying
42:12>> faster than people?
42:15Come on. Some of you know you've you
42:17you've had phone calls with Jesus.
42:22Jesus,
42:23if you going to kill anybody,
42:26I have an address.
42:29I can tell you where to go. Come on now.
42:33This woman did not deserve to die,
42:37>> but the Bible says she died. Has
42:40something died in you? I wonder how many
42:43people
42:45are hurting because you have lost your
42:48fire.
42:51>> I wonder if your the person you're
42:53dating is not getting the best of you.
42:57The person you're married to is not
42:59getting the best of you. Your children
43:01are not getting the best of you. You're
43:04not getting the best out of your study.
43:06You're not getting the best out of your
43:08education. You're not getting the best
43:10out of your job, your career, or your
43:12business
43:14because something has died.
43:18She died.
43:20And the Bible says
43:23that the people were troubled. They were
43:26troubled about Tabatha dying.
43:30And they ran to the apostle
43:33and he says, "Wait, the woman, please
43:35don't miss this, the woman who is
43:38valuable to our society is gone."
43:43And they STARTED SHOWING THE CLOTHES
43:45that Tabitha made for them. And they
43:49said, "Man of God, we can't afford to
43:51miss this person in our community. We we
43:55we got to do something about her." Man,
43:59think about this. Whose lives have you
44:02impacted so much
44:05>> that when you're missing,
44:08>> they can go to God and say, "God, no.
44:12>> No, she's lost her passion. He's lost
44:16his passion. I don't see the drive in
44:19that person on the job anymore." They
44:21don't come in with that spirit of
44:23excitement anymore. They're not NO
44:25LONGER HAPPY. AND GOD BECAUSE they're
44:28not functioning in their gifts,
44:31we can't survive.
44:33That's the world out there. THE WORLD IS
44:36LOOKING FOR A CHURCH, the Tabatha
44:39church.
44:41THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SAY WITHOUT
44:44THE church
44:46we cannot survive.
44:49>> So therefore the CHURCH HAS TO GET UP.
44:53SO THE APOSTLE PETER,
44:55>> I love what he did. Follow me. And I'm
44:58trying to close this. He said to them,
45:02"Leave."
45:04>> He asked everybody around to leave.
45:09Sometimes
45:10to get clarity.
45:16>> Listen. to get clarity
45:19and for God to do what he wants to do in
45:21your life, you have to put some people
45:25out of your life.
45:30In order FOR YOU TO GET UP,
45:34you have to put them out. Peter put them
45:36out.
45:38And watch this. He prayed. He prayed
45:41over the dead woman. The dead woman. You
45:44think that you don't stand a chance
45:48anymore.
45:50>> You think that ain't nothing good can
45:52come out of your life. You have gone too
45:54far, too many crazy stuff. You're
45:56thinking all kinds of crazy stuff. I get
45:59it. But there was another story in the
46:01Bible where where God looked at Ezekiel
46:04and say, "Look at them bones."
46:10And I WANT YOU TO PROPHESY TO THE DRY
46:13BONES to live again.
46:17>> That's in the Old Testament. Now in the
46:19New Testament,
46:21Peter went prayed for Tabatha.
46:25>> And instantly
46:27she got up.
46:29>> That was another resurrection in the
46:31Bible. You didn't know. She got up.
46:36And when Peter brought Tabatha
46:40to the crowd, this is where I close it.
46:44>> The crowd went crazy. Watch this. They
46:49went crazy. But here's the best part of
46:53the noise of the crowd. Look it in in
46:57the Bible. It's there. The Bible says
47:00when they saw Tabatha,
47:04they believed in Jesus Christ.
47:12>> You know what God is saying to you?
47:15When people see you get up out of your
47:18dead situation,
47:21>> when people see you get your fire back,
47:24when people see that you are on fire for
47:28Jesus Christ, then they will start
47:31believing in your God. Can somebody give
47:35God a praise in this?
47:39So,
47:42I am saying to you this morning as I
47:44pray the prayer and if you could just
47:46hold your seat,
47:48I'm saying to you this morning, get up.
47:51>> Get up.
47:53>> Get up, Tabitha.
47:57>> Because God wants to use your life as a
48:01testimony to be a witness to others.
48:04Here's what I'm going to ask everybody
48:05to do right now. Please pay attention.
48:07Don't miss this moment.
48:10It's probably a weird way for pastor to
48:12end the service. Those of you are
48:14streaming, here's what I want you to do.
48:17Listen to me.
48:19If you
48:21believe that this series was for you and
48:24especially today's message,
48:28that somehow
48:30connected with your spirit.
48:33God gave me an idea
48:37and I want you to participate in it.
48:39It's not costing you a dime.
48:42It's simply
48:45need for you to do like what the people
48:47did
48:49when Tabatha died.
48:52They were the lifeline I believe who
48:56went to the right source.
48:58They found a prophet
49:01>> and said, "We refuse
49:05to believe that there won't be any more
49:08Tabatha in the city."
49:11There's a QR code I'm going to ask them
49:13to put on on the screen.
49:16This QR code if you sign, if you scan
49:19it,
49:21it once again gives you the declaration
49:24that I gave you at the beginning of the
49:27series.
49:29You'll have it again. I want you to
49:31declare that over your life for the rest
49:33of the year.
49:36Added to that, I've just added another
49:40statement.
49:41It's a challenge. It's a motivation.
49:45It's something to help you pick yourself
49:48up
49:50because I'm not here to excite you for
49:51you to come cry and scream and walk
49:54through these doors and do nothing.
49:58No, you need to take ownership over
50:00where God wants to take you. And could
50:02it be this sermon could be what you need
50:07in order to take your life to the next
50:09level? I want you to scan it. Those of
50:11you streaming, scan it.
50:14You're going to love what we have put
50:16together. And I please do not miss the
50:20moment.
50:22And just follow the prompts. It's not
50:24asking, listen, let me just declare cuz
50:26some people get scared. I'm not asking
50:28you for a penny. I'm not asking you for
50:30your information. All I'm asking you, do
50:34you want to get up? And if you want to
50:37get up from where you are, this sermon
50:41is concluded with this QR code. Father,
50:44thank you
50:46that you have spoken to us today
50:52to get up
50:54to be resurrected
50:57to be a people of hope.
51:00So that others who are down, others who
51:04are without hope, the unchurched
51:08can see that we serve an amazing God,
51:12the God who will transform
51:15our lives
51:17today. I thank you for the obedience of
51:20your people, their willingness to hear
51:23this sermon and apply it to every area
51:25of their lives. As we walk out of this
51:28place today, never out of your presence,
51:31as they log off today, let your Holy
51:34Spirit go with us. Help us to take
51:36ownership of this week. That we have to
51:39change. We have to get up from
51:42discouragement. Get up from negativity
51:45and believe that our best days are ahead
51:48of us. Yes sir.
51:49>> May you touch those who are streaming
51:52that today they too will understand that
51:56you want the best for them. I pray for
51:58all the students at UFTL. Give them an
52:01incredible week this week. I pray for
52:03the faculty. I pray father for the staff
52:06members. I pray for those who support
52:09UFTL.
52:11God, I pray for everyone in this
52:13building and especially for those who
52:15don't know you as Lord and Savior that
52:18today they will say the sinner's prayer
52:21and they will become a part of the
52:24family of God, the kingdom of God and we
52:26thank you for it. Now listen, if you
52:28don't know the Lord as your savior
52:30simply you you're just not a Christian.
52:32You don't believe. Maybe you believe but
52:34you not you're not fully surrendered to
52:36God. That's you today. I want you to
52:39simply say this prayer with me. Say,
52:41"Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus,
52:43>> I'm a sinner. I'm a s
52:45>> I repent of my sins. I repent of my s.
52:47>> I embrace the free gift of salvation.
52:50>> I embrace the free gift of
52:51>> I declare with my mouth.
52:53>> I declare my mouth.
52:54>> I believe in my heart that I'm born
52:57again. In Jesus name. Amen. Would you
53:02welcome these people to the family of
53:03God?