1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Church and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: see God has moving in your life. Enjoy the message. 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: I have the honor today of introducing one of my 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: favorite people to you, my friend, Sarah Jakes Roberts Elevation Church. 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: We are so spoiled. Sarah and her husband Terrey are 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: pastors at the Potter's House at One LA and the 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: Potter's House in Denver. I don't know how they get 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: all of that done, but they do. And she wears 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: so many other hats. She's a pastor, she's a writer, 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: she's a mother of six yes, I said six children, 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: and she is daughter to the great Bishop TD Jakes 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: that we all know and love, just to name a 16 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: few of the things that she is. But she's also 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: my friend. She is someone who makes me laugh. She 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: sends me text messages all the time. I love her 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: so much, and you're gonna love her too, because one 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: of my favorite things about her is that she is 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: a woman who can preach. A lot of women speak, 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: a lot of women teach, a lot of women share, 23 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: But this girl, she preaches. And I know that this 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: message is going to challenge you and grow your faith 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: in a new way. So will you help me give 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: an elevation? Welcome to my friend, Sarah Jakes Roberts Elevation. 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: Can you make some noise? That was okay for me? 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: Can you make some noise for Jesus? Now? Is anyone 29 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: glad to be in the tours of the Living God? 30 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: You could be anywhere else, but you have decided to 31 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: be in the presence. Make some noise so heaven touches earth. 32 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Make some noise until demons start trembling and change, sun breaking. 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: Make some noise like you're gonna slay your giants so 34 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: your children don't have to. Yeah, Elevation is one of 35 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: the most amazing churches in the world, in the world, 36 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: and I consider it an honor to be here before 37 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: you guys today, I've been studying, I've been praying. I 38 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: want to get right into the word, if that's all 39 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: right with you. And I know you've been standing a 40 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: long time, but I'm gonna be standing a longer time. 41 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: Someone stretched your hands towards my feet. Amen, I'm gonna 42 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: be in Matthew twenty six, verse sixty nine, I'm reading 43 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: God of the New King James version. Yesterday I was 44 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: reading the Word, and I told people to sit down 45 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: and get comfortable if they would like. But then I 46 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: learned that you all actually stand for the reading of 47 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: the Word. So I'm gonna ask that you honor the 48 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: custom of this house. Verse sixty nine begins and it says, 49 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: now Peter sat outside in the courtyard, and a servant 50 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: girl came to him, saying, you also were with Jesus 51 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: of Galilee. But he denied it before them all, saying 52 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: I do not know what you are saying. And verse 53 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: seventy one continues. It says, and when he had gone 54 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said 55 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: to those who were there, this fellow also was with 56 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: Jesus of Nazareth. But again he denied it with an oath, 57 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: I do not know the man. Verse seventy three says 58 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: in a little later, those who stood by came up 59 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: and said to Peter, surely you are also one of them, 60 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: for your speech betrays you. Then he began to curse 61 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: and swear I love Peter, I do not know the man. 62 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: Immediately a rooster crowed, and Peter remembered the word of Jesus, 63 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: who had said to him before the rooster crows, you 64 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: will deny me three times. So he went out and 65 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: wept bitterly. My subject, for those of you who take notes, 66 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: are everything must go, Everything must go. So God, we 67 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: welcome you to continue to feel this atmosphere with your 68 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: word and your truth. You are the only one who 69 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: can take one message and allow it to hit everyone 70 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: in different ways. You are the only one who knows 71 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: every need, every burden, every issue that came into this room, 72 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: and you, and you alone can speak breakthrough and power 73 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: and victim and healing. And so Father, we welcome you 74 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: to inhabit every part of this room, every soul that 75 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: came in here, because we recognize that when you do that, 76 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: we are forever changed. And so we're asking that this 77 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: would be one of those moments where we walk out 78 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: of there and say, God, you heard me, you see me, 79 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: and you know the plans that you have from me. God, 80 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: I'm asking to be your vessel that there will be 81 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: no nerves, no anxiety, just your spirit standing tall on me. 82 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: So that lives may be changed in Jesus's name. Amen. Amen, 83 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: Now you can get seated and be comfortable. There are 84 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: very few words that bless my soul as a believer, 85 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: like the following three Everything must go. Those words bless 86 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: me not just because of the reason that I found 87 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: one studying, but when I see them on a store, 88 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: it speaks to me that God is really looking out 89 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: for my finances in this season, said God, I prayed 90 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: for savings, and you put my favorite store on sale. 91 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: How great is your mercy towards me? Everything must go? 92 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: And that used to make me so excited because I 93 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: knew that when I walked into the store that they 94 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: would be willing to discount even further items that I 95 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: had been waiting to get for a very long time. 96 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: And so when I went home and I told my 97 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: husband that I finally got something that I'd been looking for, 98 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: I could tell him, but honey, it was on sale, 99 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: and so we saved money. I didn't spend money. Now 100 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: that I am a business owner, though, I realized that 101 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: when they put those words outside of the store, it's 102 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: not just because they want to bless my spirit. Just 103 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: fascinating they actually do that because they have new inventory 104 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: coming in. And because they have new inventory coming in, 105 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: they have to get rid of everything that is no 106 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: longer profitable so that that which is profitable can take 107 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: its place. What if we as believers started to treat 108 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: our life with that same level of philosophy, that we 109 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: looked within ourselves and said everything must go that is 110 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: no longer profitable so that that which is profitable can 111 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: come in. How much powerful would we be if we 112 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,119 Speaker 1: looked at our bitterness and said, no, you can't stay 113 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: because you're taking a place where my joy could be. 114 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: What if we looked at our misery and said, no, 115 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: you can't stay because you're taking up space where my 116 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: purpose could be. What if we started to say, depression, 117 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: you can't stay here. Joy is in your place. You 118 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: got to make room, and everything must go. This is 119 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: a mindset that we should have. But because we don't 120 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: always have this mind and said, God creates these situations, 121 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: these scenarios that force us to put that which is 122 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: no longer profitable on sale so that it can be 123 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: stripped away to make room for what is profitable. When 124 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: we find my friend Peter in this text, he is 125 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: going through that exact process Now, because we've heard this 126 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: story so many times, it can be easy for us 127 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: to believe that he's going to be all right in 128 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: the end. But that's because we know the end from 129 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: the beginning. But imagine with me being Peter in this moment. 130 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: This is not the same Peter who's walking on water 131 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: in front of Jesus. This is not the same Peter 132 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: who is watching Jesus perform miracle after miracle. This is 133 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: a defeated Peter. This Peter left everything he knew and 134 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: he began to follow Jesus. He was connected to hope, 135 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: he was connected to faith. He would see signs and 136 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: wonders all of the time. And now all of a sudden, 137 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: that which he knew so well he is disconnected from. 138 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: And in the process of being disconnected from that faith, 139 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: his change begins to occur, and he's no longer the 140 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: person he used to be. I know we'd like to 141 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: say that that is exclusive to Peter's experience, but if 142 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: we are honest, we look back over our lives and 143 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: we recognize that there are moments where I used to 144 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: be so full of faith. I used to be so 145 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: connected to my faith. There was nothing off limits. I 146 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: had faith for my marriage. I had faith for my children. 147 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: I had faith that that dream, that purpose was going 148 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: to be manifest and that it was going to change 149 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: the world. And now I'm just lucky if I get 150 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: from day to day. I used to have faith. I 151 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: used to believe that I could do absolutely anything. But 152 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: for some reason, now I'm connected from my faith. What 153 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: I love about this is that for Peter, his faith 154 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: was taken from him. His hope was taken from him. 155 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: Have you ever had hope just stripped out of your hands. 156 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: I thought that things would be one way, but one 157 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: phone call, one incident, and now all of a sudden, 158 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: all of my faith has been stripped away. I never 159 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: thought that I would be the one going through a divorce. 160 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: I thought that we would make it to the long hold, 161 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: but my faith got stripped away. I never thought that 162 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: I would be the one who didn't know how I 163 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: was going to make ends meet. But for some reason, 164 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: my faith got stripped away. When we find Peter in 165 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: this text, his faith has been stripped away. And when 166 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: your faith is stripped away, it changes how you see 167 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: the world. It changes how you engage and how you interact. 168 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: There are people in this room who haven't really felt 169 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: like themselves in such a very long time. And if 170 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: we retraced your steps and retraced your history, we would 171 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: find that it was all because of one incident that 172 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: changed the way you saw everything. I witnessed something, and 173 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: I saw the worst of people. And when I saw 174 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: the worst of people, it made me stop believing in 175 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: the best of them. And so now I've become a 176 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: cynic disconnected from hope, and every time I close my 177 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: eyes at night, I remember that person I used to be. 178 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: But as I was praying and I was pressing in, 179 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: I felt like God was saying that everything must go, 180 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: That everything that is not profitable, that everything that has 181 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: no value for what he wants to do in our 182 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: life has to go. That maybe, just maybe, as we 183 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: filter through our lives, and we filter through our memories 184 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: and our emotions, we will recognize that we picked up 185 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: some habits and some patterns and some thoughts that we 186 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: shouldn't have. And we're at a season right now where 187 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: I can't go to next unless I lean out back there. 188 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: Peter is in between the cusp of walking with Jesus 189 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: and becoming the rock in which Jesus would build his church, 190 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: so it's not actually that he's disconnected from his faith. 191 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: It's not that he's disconnected from Jesus. It's just that 192 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: Jesus is shifting, and as Jesus is shifting, then Peter 193 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: is having to elevate who he is as well. Sometimes 194 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: God just moves on you, and it's not that he's lost. 195 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: It's not that you did anything wrong. It's him saying 196 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: everything must go so that everything can grow. If I 197 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 1: don't move from where you're used to seeing me, then 198 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: you'll become one of those complacent church goers. And I 199 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: called you to be a kingdom agent in this world, 200 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: so I'm constantly expanding your capacity. I'm trying to see 201 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: how hungry you are to hear from me. I'm trying 202 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: to see how desperate you are to get a word 203 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: from me. So I'm not staying within reach. I'm trying 204 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: to stretched you into the next dimension. Peter. I know 205 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: you're used to walking with me, but can you press 206 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: in and show me that you have taken in what 207 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: you used to once take for granted. I hear God 208 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: saying it's in you. I hear God saying that you 209 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: are depending on faith in one arena that you thought 210 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: your help came from a job, not recognizing that he's 211 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: going to be your provider. So I stripped the job 212 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: away so that you can see man didn't have to 213 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: write you a check that I would make a way 214 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: for you to make it anyway. I hear God saying 215 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: I had to move some people out of your life 216 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: because you were beginning to worship them. And I need 217 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: you to know that at the end of the day, 218 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: if all you have is me, that that's more than enough. 219 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: There's a greater is He mentality that is coming back 220 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: into your situation. And I had to strip some things 221 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: away so that I could grow an increase inside of you. 222 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: Everything must go, Everything must go. I won't be satisfied 223 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: with this message until you leave here desperate to clear 224 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: out anything that's taking up unprofitable space down on the 225 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: inside of you. Anytime a negative thought starts rising up, 226 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: until you say everything must go. God, renew my mind 227 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: and give me a mind like Christ. I can't afford 228 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: to have this sinking thinking any longer. I'm trying to 229 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: press towards the mark, and I can't do with thinking 230 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: like the same girl I used to be. Everything's gotta go, 231 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: Everything's gotta go. Every hater, every doubt, every fear, every insecurity, depression, 232 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: loose my mind. Did you know that you have authority 233 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: to roll up on your own depression? Can I get 234 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: a little hood at elevation for a minute that you 235 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: can roll up on your own issues and say, devil, 236 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: I've had enough. You can't have me any longer. For 237 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: the sun is set free by God. I take authority 238 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: over my mind, I take authority over my situation. Loose 239 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: my child and let them go. Let go of my husband. 240 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus. He gave me power. He 241 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: gave me authority, and I'm tired of acting like I 242 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: don't have it any longer. It's gotta go, get off 243 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: of me. It's gotta go. It's gotta go. Because I'm 244 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: ready to grow. It's gotta go. It's gotta go. It's 245 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: gotta go. It's gotta go. It's gotta go. It's gotta go. 246 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna move on, but I'm speaking to your demons. 247 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: You gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go, you 248 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: gotta go. I didn't just come to church to crap 249 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: my hands and walk out feeling good. I came here 250 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: to wage war on Hell. You gotta let me go, 251 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: you gotta let my country go, you gotta let my 252 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: finances go. And anything that's keeping me from recognizing what 253 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: He can do through me has got to clear the way. Everything. 254 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: Everything's gotta go. Everything. So my friend Peter is in 255 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: between walking with Jesus and becoming the rock in which 256 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: Christ will build his church. But in this moment, he's 257 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: lost and he doesn't know what to think because he's 258 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: been disconnected. And so Peter, I love this because before 259 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: any of this happened, they're at the Last Supper and 260 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: Jesus says to Peter, before the rooster crows three times, 261 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna deny me. And Peter was like child, I 262 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: would never ever you, my boy, we've been rolling, man. 263 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: But he says, I see something in you that's got 264 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: to come out of you, and it's got to come 265 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: out of you in order for you to access the 266 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: next dimension of who you are. And so I have 267 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: to move myself out of the way, because if I 268 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: don't move myself out of the way, then you won't 269 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: deny me, and then that issue won't rise to the surface. 270 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: And if that issue doesn't rise to the surface, I 271 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: can't build my church on you. So God moves things 272 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: out of the way so that our issues can rise 273 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: to the surface. And I just want you to know, 274 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: because some of you got so many issues rising to 275 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: the surface right now that you're ready to give up, 276 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 1: so many memories and thoughts rising to the surface. But 277 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: what I love about this is if Peter gets this 278 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: out of his system, this denial out of the way 279 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: one time, he never has to be the person who 280 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: denied Jesus again. That if I confront what's in me, 281 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: then it makes space for what's on me to reach 282 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: its fullest potential. And I know that some of our 283 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: families and some of us are more comfortable when we 284 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: don't let those issues rise to the surface because we 285 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: want to avoid conflict. But as long as it exists 286 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: within you, then you are conflicted and divided. And we 287 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: have to be united if we want to be powerful 288 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: in the kingdom, because there's enough outside that's willing to 289 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: divide us that we can't go into it already divided 290 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: within ourselves. And so Jesus says, I see potential in 291 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: you where I can build my church on you, But 292 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: first you have to deny me so that you know 293 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: what's in you. There are some things that you won't 294 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: even realize are in you until you're placed in situations 295 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: that bring it out of you. I didn't know I 296 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: was crazy. I did, and I would have never thought 297 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: it was possible for me until someone says something to me, 298 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: and I was like, Wow, I'm about to be crazy 299 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: because it's in me. But once it got out of me, 300 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: it taught me something about myself that I can't afford 301 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: to be connected with people who bring out that side 302 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: of me. And so all it took was one time 303 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: for me to see what was capable for me to 304 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: make a decision moving forward to make sure that that 305 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: never sprung out of me again. And so when I 306 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: find Peter in this text, he's in between and he's 307 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: got this spirit of disconnect between him and Jesus. And 308 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: it's funny because at this moment he's sitting outside in 309 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: the courtyard and like so many of us do, he's 310 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: thinking about what's wrong and what's not working. And this 311 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: servant girl she comes up to him and she says 312 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: to him, you were also with Jesus of Galilee, And 313 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: it was interesting that he responded and says, I don't 314 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: even know what you're saying. For me, this was a 315 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: testament of how disconnected we can become from what we 316 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: once knew, because the worst thing that anyone wants to 317 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: be reminded of when things are not working is a 318 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: time when they once were working. I know you guys 319 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: don't get angry with people because you are safe, sanctified, 320 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: and filled with the holy ghosts. But have you ever 321 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: been having a little bit of a disconnect with your 322 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: husband and then Facebook brought you a memory of when 323 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: you wrote that love note on Valentine's Day and you 324 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: scrolled super fast past it, like not today, not today. 325 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: When this girl comes up to Peter, she reminds him 326 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: of a time when he used to have more faith. 327 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: Weren't you with Jesus? I know everything is falling apart 328 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: right now. I feel that for somebody. Do you remember 329 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: the time when you were really with Jesus? I mean, 330 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: like when you really would go into your prayer closet 331 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: and you would wake up thanking God that you just 332 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: had another chance to lift your hands and worship. This 333 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: girl reminds him, in the midst of his most broken moment, 334 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: remember when you used to have faith? Remember when you 335 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: were walking with Jesus, and Peter says, I don't even 336 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: know what you're saying. My mind can't even comprehend in 337 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: its current state a time when I used to be 338 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: walking with Jesus. I am denying that part of me. 339 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: And when you deny that part of you, you push 340 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: away your very own breakthrough. I can't afford to think 341 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: about that time, he says, I don't even know what 342 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: you're saying. And then it continues. He moves outside of 343 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: the courtyard because what happened to so many of us 344 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: as we try to move out of the way of 345 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: people who remind us of who we used to be, 346 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: because I can't afford to have anyone calling me higher 347 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: when all I want to do is be broken down 348 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: where I am right now. And so he moves out 349 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: of the courtyard, and then he runs into another girl. 350 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: And it was at this point in the text when 351 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: I realized that it wasn't just Peter running away, that 352 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: it was God chasing him down. Because you want to 353 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: talk about triggered. If I could trigger a time in 354 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: Peter's mind when he used to walk with me, then 355 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: maybe I could get him back in the mindset of 356 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: what it was like to hear from me, even if 357 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: I was telling him what he didn't want to hear. 358 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: Because if I can get him to remember when he 359 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: was connected to me, perhaps he could reach even further 360 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: back and remember that I plan on building my church 361 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: on him. So even in the middle of this brokenness 362 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: and what seems like the end, I still have a plan. 363 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: Even in the midst of this breakdown. Somebody's been in 364 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: a breakdown, and I came all the way from Los 365 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: Angeles to tell you that God has been trying to 366 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: get you to reach back to the promise and to 367 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: let you know that the bet is still on. I know, 368 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: nothing in the circle right now looks like it's still happening. 369 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you I know that. I know that, 370 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: I know that the bet is still on. How do 371 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: I know? Because you're still here and because he is 372 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: not a man that he shall live. I don't care 373 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: what the sets say. I don't care what your account says, 374 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: I don't care what your mind is saying. If he 375 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: said it and spoke it over your life, there is 376 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: nothing that can wage war against his word. He set 377 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: the ocean in motion, and it's still rocking at the 378 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: same beaf. He put the sun in the sky and 379 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: it hasn't fallen out yet. All he did was speak 380 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: a word, and it was true. And if I can 381 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: get back into the position where I received the word, 382 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: where I used to hear from him, then maybe he 383 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: can help me navigate through this season that I'm in 384 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: before it's all said and done. And Matthew twenty six, 385 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: He's tried to run outside of the courtyard to avoid 386 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: anyone who would remind him of who he used to be. 387 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: This is the part that got good to me. In 388 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: verse seventy three, he says a little later, those who 389 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: stood by came up and said to Peter, surely you 390 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: are one of them, for your speech betrays you. That 391 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: thing was good to me. Child, Listen trying to say 392 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: it the way I thought it, because I'm at elevation 393 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: and I can't afford to be confused on this stage, 394 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: so y'all bear with me. They said that there's something 395 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: about the way you're speaking that lets me know that 396 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:53,479 Speaker 1: you were once with Jesus of Golilee. They're talking about 397 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: his accent. They're talking about the way the cadence that 398 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: he begins to speak, that even though he was he 399 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: was departed from him, even though he was no longer 400 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: connected to him, that what was around him ended up 401 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: getting in him and began to change the way that 402 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: he spoke, Which means that even when he tried to 403 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: change his mind, he couldn't change his spirit. That he 404 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: had been around Jesus, but Jesus had gotten down on 405 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: the inside of him. That means that even though you've 406 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: got one side of your mind trying to deny, there's 407 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: another part of your spirit that knows who you are. 408 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: That somebody's praying grandmother changed the way you spoke. That 409 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: somebody messed around and got connected to elevation, and it 410 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: changed the way you speak. I know you say that 411 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: your life is over, but your speech just betraying you, 412 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: because you still drugged yourself into church limping, but you're 413 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: still here. You still drugg yourself into the presence of God. 414 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 1: I know you told everyone else it was over, but 415 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: your speech just betraying you. I think you have more 416 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: hope than you're letting go on. I think you have 417 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: more faith than you would allow us to believe. Your 418 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: speech is betraying you. Everywhere you go, your speech is 419 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: betraying you. It's saying that you're still chosen. It's saying 420 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: that you're still called. It's saying that no weapon formed 421 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: against you will prospered. It's saying that your heart is 422 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 1: going to be healed. I know you say you're giving up, 423 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: but you're still writing those songs like you're hoping one 424 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: day you're going to get discovered. I know you said 425 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: you gave up, but your speech is betraying you. And 426 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: because your speech is betraying you, I can tell that 427 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: you've been walking with Jesus and that he got in you. 428 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: And this is the moment that makes Peter begin to weep, 429 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: because he is reminded in that instance that Jesus said 430 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: this would happen. I didn't think it was in me. 431 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: I didn't think it was possible. But he knew me 432 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: better than I knew myself. And while I'm sitting here 433 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: having a pity party, he said these people to remind 434 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: me that even though I was going to deny him, 435 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: that I would ultimately come back into alignment with him. 436 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: And when I came back into alignment with him, that 437 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be so that I could go back to 438 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 1: being the disciple that followed Jesus, but so that I 439 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: could be the rock in which Jesus built his church. 440 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: That's better than y'all clapping. But that's all right, because 441 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 1: what I'm speaking about is acceleration. That we're praying that 442 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: things will go back to what they were, but God 443 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: is planning to take what was and accelerated to what 444 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: he said it was going to be. It's still better 445 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: than y'all clapping, because I want you to know that 446 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 1: there's a generational blessing connected to you breaking that generational curse. 447 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: That's still better because if you understood that when you 448 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: got finished going through this, that no one in your 449 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: family was ever gonna have to go through it again, 450 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: you would start praising God for your children's children's children. 451 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: It's still better than y'all clapping. Because hal never wanted 452 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: you to know this revelation. They wanted you to think 453 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: that acceleration was impossible, but they didn't want you to 454 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: know about the God I served. So they sent a 455 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: message through my friend Peter, letting you know that you're 456 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: still a rock that this earth is going to have 457 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: to reckon with, and there is deliverance connected to you. 458 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: And all of this happened when Peter was in his 459 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: most broken state. All of this took place when Peter 460 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: felt the least connected to Jesus. I reckon that while 461 00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: Peter was weeping, that Heaven was rejoicing seems like such 462 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: an oxymoron. But the moment that that denial occurred and 463 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: it lifted off of him, the moment that he had 464 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: reached rock bottom, I can't go no lower than this. 465 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: And God said, that's great, because the lower you are, 466 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: the deeper your foundation can be. And I'm trying to 467 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: put some weight on top of you, and I can't 468 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: add that weight to a weak version of you. I 469 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: got to add that weight to the most humbled version 470 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: of who you are. I got to add that weight 471 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: to the most broken version of who you are. So 472 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: the deeper you've been broken, the greater that foundation is 473 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: going to be. Why do you need a great foundation? 474 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: Because there are great heights connected to your name. And 475 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: if God would have blessed you when you wanted him 476 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: to bless you, you would have flirted with pride an ego, 477 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: and you I would have thought that you did something 478 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: to earn where you are, But He wanted you to 479 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: be so disconnected from where you once were that when 480 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: he pulled you up, there was no doubt in your 481 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: mind that had it not been for the grace of 482 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: God that was on my side. I know who I am, 483 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: and I know where I am. Has nothing to do 484 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: with who I am because I'm crazy and I'm unreliable, 485 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: but he trusted me anyway. I know who I am. 486 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't deserve to be on safety elevation. But he 487 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: saw past all of my insecurities and all of my fears, 488 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: and he chose to use me anyway. I know that 489 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: I had to get a mindset that everything must go. 490 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: And when I became desperate for more of him and 491 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: none of me, that's when I became the vessel that 492 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: he could use. I know who I am. I don't 493 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: deserve it, I couldn't have earned it. But still the 494 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 1: reckless come on somebody, the reckless love of God. It 495 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: chased me down. It chased me down. It chased me 496 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: from the courtyard to outside the courtyard. And he kept 497 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: reminded me that you used to be with Jesus before 498 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: I formed you, when your mother's wom I knew you, 499 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: you used to be with me. You are from me, 500 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: and don't let this world make you think that you're 501 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: not a part of me any longer. I'm trying to 502 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: get you back to what I first knew when I 503 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: saw you. And in order to do that, we have 504 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: to let go of what has been imposed upon us, 505 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: what our emotions and our experience would have us to believe. 506 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: And so here we are offering ourselves as a living 507 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: sacrifice of the other presence of God in this place 508 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: that it's time for us to remember constantly that I 509 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: am a living sacrifice. I hear God saying that it's 510 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: time for us to return to the heart posture of worship, 511 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: where I wake up each and every morning and I 512 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: open myself up in such a way that I say, God, 513 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: there's nothing off limits, not this bitterness, not this brokenness, 514 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: because bitterness feels like warmth when you're afraid of trusting 515 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: other people. But you need other people in order for 516 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: you to make it in this thing called life. So 517 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to be willing to trust again and 518 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 1: open your heart up again. You're gonna have to believe 519 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: that He makes all things new. And so Peter became 520 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,239 Speaker 1: new in that moment when he was reminded of what 521 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: God said when he was reminded of what Jesus said 522 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: about him, And all I wanted to do when I 523 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: came here is remind you of what Jesus has said 524 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: to you, and to remind you that, no matter how 525 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: did connected, you may feel from that word that he 526 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: promised you that you're gonna make it, that your heart 527 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: is going to be healed, that your children are going 528 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: to be saved, That there is a lane that he 529 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: is cultivated that only you can feel. That you don't 530 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: have to be jealous of anyone else's success or anyone 531 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: else's envy. That I promise you I still got you. 532 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: And all I'm waiting for you to do is give 533 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: me full rain to the inside of you so that 534 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: I can make space for what I want to pour 535 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: into you. I hear God say in your capacity is 536 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: about to increase in a way that you never thought 537 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: was possible. And I had to increase your capacity, so 538 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 1: I had to break you down so that I can 539 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: make more room. That's really good. I feel that for somebody, 540 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: I had to increase your capacity, and I did it 541 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: through breaking you down. Now you're stronger than you ever 542 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: thought you would be. I know it doesn't feel like 543 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: it because you're in your most broken moment. But I 544 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: feel strength coming back to you. I feel resources coming 545 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: back to you. There are people having conversations about you, 546 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: not for you. You are right now, but the you 547 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: He's called you to be, that person is still down 548 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: on the inside of you. And as long as you 549 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: have breath in your lungs, as long as your heart 550 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 1: still has to beef, then there is a greater version 551 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 1: of you yet ahead. And when you decide that everything 552 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: that's in me that's keeping me from reaching the next 553 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: version of me has to get out of the way 554 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: because I'm not gonna live in this world and to survive. 555 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna live in this world like a kingdom kid, 556 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: like somebody who understands that he's funk a wired and 557 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: brought me into existence. God, please reintaxt me to the 558 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: word Syna, help me to see who I am again. 559 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: Zina can't do this thing called life without you, your strength, 560 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: your wisdom, your power, your grisp, your mercy, your anointing. 561 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: It's the only thing strong enough to bort the your 562 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: souf of my life. I submit myself to you, Oh 563 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: pressss God, that you are have your weigh in my life. 564 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: Is only you can do until day starts falling off 565 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: of me. N tell team and starts backing off of me, 566 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:19,360 Speaker 1: until my past take hold me any longer. Everything must go. 567 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: Everything must go, everything, everything, everything, everything. It's gotta let 568 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: me go. It's gotta let me go. I gotta get 569 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: my mind back in the game. It's gotta let me go. 570 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: I gotta fight for my marriage again. The heartbreak has 571 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: gotta let me go. I gotta be okay that you 572 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: walked away from me. I gotta forgive you. I gotta 573 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: let it go. It's gotta go. It's gotta go because 574 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: it's keeping me from knowing him, it's keeping me from 575 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 1: having greater It is in me. It's got to go. 576 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: If it's okay, can I just give one person who 577 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: needs it ten seconds to worship, to make a divine 578 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: exchange with Heaven, to ask God to make space down 579 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: on the inside. I know you're ready to get your brunch. 580 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: But if I could just give that one person who 581 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 1: needs it ten seconds, maybe thirty seconds to lift their 582 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: hands in worship and profess with their mouth that I 583 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: don't want to fall in love with this pain anymore. 584 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: I want to find out the purpose behind this heartbreak. 585 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,839 Speaker 1: I want to know why you kept me alive. God. 586 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: I want to know why I'm still in this thing. 587 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: I want to know why I still have passion. I 588 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,640 Speaker 1: should have given up. Everyone else reached my idea, but 589 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,760 Speaker 1: I still have Passionates in your kingdom, come into criminal 590 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: justice system. I still have passion. Is in your kingdom, 591 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 1: come into their industry. God hees, please please give me 592 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:23,399 Speaker 1: a divine exchange of your spirit. Let it break down 593 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: my walls. Let it arrest every thought that's not a 594 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:33,360 Speaker 1: reflection of who you are. God. I need your spirit 595 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: to forgive. God. I need your spirit to break addiction. 596 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: I can't do it by myself. I tried, and I've 597 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: still been in it. But if you would speak a word, 598 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: if your spirit would breathe down on the inside of me, 599 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm crazy enough to believe that it would push away 600 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 1: in generational curses, that it would help me to forgive. 601 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: I'm crazy enough to believe that you're still in the 602 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: miracle business, and some people need to see that. I 603 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,799 Speaker 1: need to be a miracle. I want to look down 604 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,799 Speaker 1: at my soul and wonder how I got over How 605 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: did I get over you leaving me? It will be 606 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: because of the grace of God. How did I get 607 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: over me losing my family? And I will say it 608 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: will be because of the grace of God. And not 609 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: only did he get me over, but he restored everything 610 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 1: that I thought that I had lost in the fight. 611 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: I didn't even know I could get my last back. 612 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,680 Speaker 1: I thought cancer had taken it. But I look back 613 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: over my soul and I see that cancer was lying 614 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: on me. That I can still have joy in the 615 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: missing my pain. I look back and say the voce 616 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: was lying on me. I can still have joy after heartbreak. 617 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: I almost lost my mind, but I'm still here and 618 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,240 Speaker 1: it's because of the grace of God. And I made 619 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,760 Speaker 1: space for him. And when I made space for him, 620 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: he made space for me on this thing card of 621 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,799 Speaker 1: Hey and I am a living witness that no one 622 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:08,880 Speaker 1: non't dreaming, no life could ever go to war with 623 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:16,839 Speaker 1: what He's spoken. Spirit of the Living God. We need you, 624 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: the next dimension of you. I know who you used 625 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: to be, and that was great for who I used 626 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: to be, but I need to know who you are 627 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: now so that I can be everything that I need 628 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: to be now. And so God, I ask that you 629 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: would begin to fill us with fresh fire. Fresh fire, yes, 630 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: fresh fire, and that fire. Let it consume anything that 631 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,840 Speaker 1: is in us that is not profitable for the version 632 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,080 Speaker 1: of us that you've called us to be. God, fresh fire, 633 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 1: let it fall from heaven, not next week, not a 634 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: year from now. Let fresh fire fault right now. If 635 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: I had two or three people who were willing to 636 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,399 Speaker 1: call down on heaven for fresh fire, I don't even 637 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: need everybody to do it. We can do it on 638 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: your behalf. Fresh fire down in my pone, shut up 639 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: in my bones. God, let it consume every part of me. 640 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: I need a fresh fire. Oh God, I want to 641 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: burn for you, liking them before. I want my marriage 642 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 1: to burn for you. Let my family burn for you. 643 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:40,839 Speaker 1: Fresh fire falling from heaven. Elevation makes some noise. Let 644 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:46,360 Speaker 1: Heaven know you're hungry. Forward, Matthews, make some noise. Email 645 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: makes some noise. All press fire over your situation until 646 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: demon start trembling and Hell, get snun of this. I 647 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 1: need a fresher noisy. Well. I hope you enjoyed the 648 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: podcast today. If you did, there are just a couple 649 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: things I'd love for you to do. Number one, subscribe 650 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,919 Speaker 1: to our show. That way. The most recent episode will 651 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 1: always be in your feed, waiting for you, ready when 652 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: you are. 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