This is “The Blessing is in the Breaking.” When Jesus broke the bread, he was multiplying the miracle. Many times our breakthrough will come out of our brokenness. In this message we see how God uses what we have and what we’ve been through to deliver the miracle we’ve been waiting on.

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whenever hurricane Harvey finally

stopped raining on Houston and we saw

all the devastation I asked God how in

the world are we going to be able to

help all these people who have been

devastated it was about that time that

my phone rang and I looked and it was

pastor Jentezen Franklin he told me free

chapel is stepping up I’m stepping up

and we’ve got your back

pastor Jensen’s always been one of my

favorite preachers but the best sermon

I’ve ever heard him preach was in a

phone call when he simply said we’ve got

your back I’m standing right now in our

humble campus foyer and behind me here

as well as at our other three campuses

we’re running a 24/7 Resource Center for

families in the area who are devastated

and need basic supplies to make it

through another day your generosity is

making this thing happen you know when

the storm hit we jumped into action just

to do whatever we could do now we’re in

the recovery phase we’re cleaning out

houses it’s messy it’s dirty it stinks

but it’s got to be done helps coming

from all over the nation work crews

coming in we’re a warehousing Center

literally we’ve got over 60,000 square

feet of warehouse and as quick as trucks

come in from all over the nation we’re

unloading them and on the other end

we’re loading up a truck and sending

hope out to someone in need the local

church is the hope of the world if we

save a pastor save a church we can save

the community so I thank you for your

prayer I thank you for going above

prayer in your generosity

god bless you richly for what you’ve

done

for Texas when you give to rescue and

bring relief and restoration to

hurricane victims you can be confident

that your gift will be sewn directly

into the lives of hurting people with

your gift of any amount this month you

may request Jenson Franklin’s powerful

audio teaching make room for a miracle

in with your generous gift of $45 or

more you may request the finding your

way in the store

set featuring two encouraging messages

and a study guide that will help you as

you walk through the storms of life

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open your Bibles with me to the book of

Mark chapter 6 mark chapter 6 so I want

to talk to you for a few moments about

this story because it’s interesting how

that they go from one miracle to a storm

they go directly from Jesus feeding the

5,000 right into the greatest test and

storm that they would ever face 5,000

men gathered women and children besides

in a desert place in desperate need of

the Word of God as a matter of fact

Deuteronomy said man does not live by

bread alone but by every word so they

didn’t have food they had the Word of

God Jesus was teaching listen to this

and these people had rather have had the

word than bread if they had to choose

they said I’ll take the word over the

bread to eat it shows a tremendous

hunger for the Word of God if you’ve got

a hunger for the Word of God God will

always supply your needs and the Bible

said that when the disciples told them

how weak they were how hungry they were

the people hadn’t eaten and they were

concerned jesus said they need not

depart they don’t have to leave me they

came for the word but I can give them

word and bread and Jesus said to them

what do you have point number one

the miracle always begins with what you

have when you recognize what you have

then God can multiply it it’s not in

what you don’t have you have to

recognize notice the pattern that Jesus

is showing us he’s saying the first key

to receiving my provision for your life

no matter what kind of storm or season

you’re going through or facing is

recognize what you have because when you

recognize what you have then God can

multiply it the Bible said that it’s

ironic that they did not count the women

and the children I think it’s very

ironic because the one that they didn’t

count was the one that God used to bring

the miracle

no they counted 5,000 men and in their

mind they said the women and the

children don’t count but notice

something about your God God uses people

that other people don’t count God uses

people that other people discount God

uses people that other people say are

unimportant so unimportant they don’t

even count but that’s the very one the

little lad that had five loaves and two

fish he was the one that nobody counted

that everybody discounted he’s just a

kid with five slices of bread and two

fish but the one that people didn’t

count was the one that God counted I

want to tell you that’s the truth about

our God he counts people that other

people discount people may look you look

at you as unimportant may write you off

as unimportant but God says I count

people that other people don’t count

what do you have when you recognize what

you have I can multiply it and always

remember that I count people that other

people don’t see anything worth counting

in that’s the kind of God we serve Jesus

Ben gives a strange command when they

bring the boys food jesus said to them

separate into groups of 15 now this is

gonna take a while

you’ve got five thousand men plus women

plus children a minimum of fifteen

twenty thousand people you got to count

out fifty people separate them put them

over here in a small group and then do

another in a small group and then

another and in another and in another do

you know how long that would take the

people are already feigning the people

are already hungry the people haven’t

eaten all day in the Sun and the Sun is

setting and why in the world would you

take the time to separate them into

groups of 50 because sometimes the best

miracles take time sometimes we need to

understand that God’s best miracles are

not driven by need or necessity or

hunger

that when God is doing something big in

your life you can’t rush what God is

doing that’s why the Bible said you have

need a patience that after you have done

the will of God you might obtain the

promise the Bible said you in James

you’ve heard of job of of job’s patience

and one of the fruits of the Spirit is

patience and what I’ve learned and what

you’re gonna learn is God’s best

miracles take time sometimes you have

got to have order and structure

he said divide them up into 50 give me

some order out of this mass crowd give

me some structure because it takes order

and structure to receive the magnitude

of the blessing that God wants to give

you meant many times we’re saying God

blessed me with more and we’re miss miss

handling what we have God doesn’t God

doesn’t give you more according to what

you asked for

he gives you more according to what you

can manage and if you can’t manage what

you’ve got right now why would God give

you more to squander and he said I want

you to have a structure that can

maintain the magnitude of the blessing

that I want to pour into your life and

the Bible said that they brought Jesus

the bread they gave him what they had

and Jesus took it the Bible said and he

blessed it he’s blessing what is not

enough he’s blessing five loaves of

bread and two fish

it’s obviously not enough to feed 5,000

men plus the women push the children

it’s not enough but he’s giving thanks

for what isn’t not enough when you learn

to be grateful even when what you have

is not enough then God can begin to

multiply not enough into more than

enough until you can be thankful for

something that is not enough you cannot

be multiplied into more than enough

you’ll never see the multiplication as

long as you’re ungrateful

but when you become thankful for what he

has given you as little as it is little

is much when God is in it I wish

somebody would just right now say Lord

I’m thankful I don’t have everything

that I wish I had but I’m thankful for

what I’ve got that’s when the miracle

starts and the Bible said that when he

took it and he blessed it gave thanks

for it blessed it that he had the

correct inventory to fish five loaves

nothing had multiplied nothing had

increased it wasn’t until he did

something the Bible said he then took

the bread after he blessed it he broke

it and when he broke it and started

handing it to the disciples to

distribute as he broke it he began to

lose count the blessing is in the

breaking it wasn’t until it was broken

that it began to multiply that which

refuses to be broken refuses to be

blessed it is in the breakings of life

that produces the blessings of life now

that’s a spiritual law that if God

allows you to go through breaking it is

not to destroy you it is to bless you

because the breaking is what brings the

blessing now I’ll ask you a question

have you thanked the Lord for every time

he broke you every time he snapped you

every time he puts you through a season

of brokenness he wasn’t killing you he

was blessing you every time he was

breaking you every time you were

rejected every time you were alienated

every time you were disappointed every

time you were curse every time you were

told no

every time your heart was broken broken

homes broken hearts broken families

broken hopes the greatest blessings come

out of the hardest breakings and that’s

why we don’t get discouraged we

understand if God’s allowing me to go

through a plan that I never dreamed

would happen I thought it would be a

straight shot to success in the goodness

of God but instead I’m walking through a

season of brokenness like I never

dreamed I would be good that’s a sign

God is on your case and if he’s blessing

you it’s because he’s do you hear me if

he’s breaking you it’s because he’s

going to bless you don’t give me a

little golf clap clap your hands like

you believe he knows didn’t calm until

it got broke didn’t multiply didn’t

increase until it got broken the very

thing you’re cursing is the very thing

God’s gonna use to multiply and bless

your life he fed the multitude through

the breaking process Jesus does not feed

the multitude directly he breaks it and

gives it to his disciples his friends

and he says you go feed him notice that

the blessing passes through your hands

not from your hands many of you have

been blessed there’s some blessed people

under the sound of my voice but I’ve

come to remind you that the blessings

that you’re experiencing do not come

from your hands they come from Jesus

hands they come through your hands and

don’t ever get it mixed up be careful to

give God the praise and the glory

because any blessings that you are

participating in is not your doing it

came from the hand of Jesus and it’s

flowing through your hand you need to

learn to eat God’s blessing even if he

brings it through somebody else’s hand

he’ll even feed you and bless you

sometimes to people who don’t even like

you through the enemy’s hands

prepare a table before you in the

presence I’m getting they’ll say things

like this I don’t know why

doing this hallelujah

now here’s a big point about this little

lesson he God is a good shelf and he

he’s very good at math he has a book in

the Bible called numbers if he wanted to

he could have just supplied exactly

enough meal for the 5000 men and he knew

how many women he knew how many children

and it would have been enough to feed

everybody and stopped he knew the exact

number but he purposely designed it so

that there would be leftovers Jesus

could have been precise he could have

stopped on the last person in his mind

he knew when he got to the last person

who needed to be served a meal and he

could have stopped but he kept on

breaking off more than was needed he

chose to give them overflow don’t you

ever let people tell you that God just

wants to give you enough God doesn’t

just want to give you enough that sounds

real religious when people say that but

the truth is God does not his name is El

Shaddai not el cheapo el shaddoll means

in Hebrew more than enough a God whose

name is more than enough will never stop

at enough David said my cup runneth over

he is the God of overflow he doesn’t

just want to give you enough he wants to

give you more than enough God says I’m

not blind I’m just a God of over flood

and I want you to understand that my

blessing is greater than your capacity

to contain it my blessing is not limited

to what your little glass says you can

hold but when I pour out

blessing I’ll pour out a blessing you

won’t have room enough to receive it’ll

be pressed down shaken together running

over shall men give into your bosom I

know what I’m preaching is the truth

and I don’t know what people have taught

you but don’t you dare believe that God

just wants you to have enough he’s the

god of more than enough he’s the god of

overflow and he’s not limited to the

size of your container hallelujah

it’ll flow over to your children it’ll

fall over to your children’s children

it’ll flow over to the poor and the

needy it’ll flow over to people who are

going through a hard time it’ll come

through your hand not from your hand

because he’s a God of abundance somebody

give him a great shout of praise I

believe it hallelujah hallelujah this is

so important when I’m about to share

with you and the Bible said when they

immediately after gathering those

fragments and putting them in twelve

baskets

Jesus constrained them right after a

miracle to get in the boat without him

and go to the other side constrain means

I’m ordering you I’m giving you divine

instructions do what I’m telling you to

do and they didn’t know it but Jesus

knew he was sending them right into the

path of the storm

it’s so important to understand that

they were following divine instructions

when they encountered the storm the

enemy will tell you when you go through

a storm this is the judgment of God the

enemy will tell you when you go through

the storm and through the flood that

God’s getting you back for your past but

I’m here to tell you the truth of God’s

Word

Jesus constrained them didn’t give them

a choice said if you’re my disciple

under my authority you obey my voice get

in that boat and I’m God he knew the

storm was coming and he put them right

in the path I’m telling you today that

if you’re going through a storm you’re

in that storm by the

on instructions and God does not intend

for you to go down he did he intends for

you to receive something in the storm

there was a lot of people the multitude

were burping on blessings they had just

eaten fish and chips and they were happy

and the disciples wanted to stay there

but Jesus was about to show 12 of them

what they would never see on the shore

some of you are about to see things in

the storm that other people burping on

the blessings on the land never get to

see when God allows you to go through

I’m preaching right now I am I’m telling

with when you when God allows you to go

through a storm it is not to destroy you

it’s to show you who he is on another

dimension and level that you’ve never

seen him moved before everybody give God

a praise for just a moment hallelu

halleloo

see when Jesus came walking on the water

the wave Walker walked out to the boat

and he got on the boat he was not upset

at them because they were in a storm

he said I’m disappointed you did not

consider the miracle of the fish in the

loaves he’s saying why didn’t you

I had you loaded down with twelve

baskets so while you were fighting the

storm you would be reminded God is

faithful God can do it God can make away

and I’m saying to every one of you you

need to what is that on your coat it’s

bread crumbs from the last miracle that

you just came from and you’re freaking

out because you got a bad doctor’s

report or you’re freaking out because

you’ve got a financial crisis well let

me give you a newsflash you didn’t have

nothing when God found you he gave you

the job he gave you the opportunity and

if you go back down to nothing if you’ve

got God’s you can get it all back

your power is not in where you are your

power is in where you have been and he

did not want them to forget the miracle

of the fish and the loaves the only

reason he gave them leftovers was so

they would remember where he brought

them from if you’re gonna survive the

storms of life you have to constantly

remember where God brought you from and

so today the leftovers the if you would

reach back and get some breadcrumbs from

the previous miracles how God opened

doors of how God provided how God healed

you the previous crumbs the crumbs of

previous miracles if you would just

reach down in the bag because you you

didn’t get in the storm without some

testimony and nobody can tell your

testimony like you can but remember

where he brought you from and where he’s

able to take you to and don’t let what

you see defeat you he is not giving you

the spirit of fear but of power and of

love and of a sound mind and he saying

reach back and remember what I’ve done

for you I will not fail you now I want

you to give God a great praise if you

believe I’m preaching the truth

great is thy faithfulness great is not

faithfulness

stand to your feet at every campus and

give Jesus Christ a great great praise I

want you to thank him for what is not

enough right now knowing that he’ll

multiply into more than enough

it

bound every eye closed at every campus I

know I know there are people going

through storms the very thing you’re

going through could be the very thing

that Jesus comes walking on top of to

rescue you and he knew you would be

facing this storm right now and he

brought you here today to hear this

message to let you know there’s a peace

speaker a wave Walker this waiting for

you to cry out and if you’ll cry out

he’ll come and get on your boat you’re

not gonna go under you’re going over to

the other side because of Jesus and this

is your day if you’re here today and you

would say pastor I don’t know that I’m

right with God and I want to get right

with God today I’m in the storm of my

life category five I don’t know what in

the world I’m going to do the truth is

most of us had it been sunshiny days

would have never found Jesus the truth

is most of the time if God’s allowing a

storm is so you can encounter Jesus in a

life-changing way this is your day the

blessing is in the breaking you’ve been

broken and that’s the very thing God

will use to bring the blessing

pastor pray for me I’m not right with

God I want to get right with God pray

for me if that’s you boldly raise your

hand right where you’re standing I want

to see it all over this room raise it

high and unashamed bless you raise it

high and unashamed something will break

off of you the moment you say Jesus help

me the Bible city would have passed them

by but somebody cried out and he got on

their boat he will pass you by if you

don’t cry out this is your cry out when

you throw that Hannah you’re saying help

me help me God sees you as of great

value so much so that he hung on a cross

for you just like you are not when you

get it together he loves you now let’s

pray this prayer everybody say these

words out loud at every campus Lord

Jesus I confess with my mouth Jesus

Christ is the way the truth and the life

he died on a cross carry my sins in his

physical body he bled and died and rose

on the third day he conquered death he

conquered sin he conquered demons he

conquered Satan’s power and I am free I

am delivered I am a child of God

down and overcomer the storm will not

kill me the storm is what Jesus is going

to use to come to me and I receive him

say it I receive him as my Lord and

Savior from this day forward

Jesus is in my boat I will make it I can

take it I’m not going under I’m going

over in Jesus mighty name let the church

rejoice I know today that there are many

who are facing storms in their life

where you just feel hopeless and you

feel like tearing the garment but I want

to preach to people today a message of

hope and I think I have I want to say

thank you for helping us be a blessing

to people in Houston and the whole Gulf

Coast we’re sewing tens of thousands of

dollars we’re believing God for hundreds

of thousands that we can pour two

ministries on the ground ministers and

pastors and churches that are sheltering

hundreds of people that are feeding them

on a daily basis that are reaching out

in love and compassion and making a

difference they just need resources and

so you know us you trust us we give

everything we say we give to who we say

we give it to and when you give to this

cause we’re going to make sure that

every penny that you sin is going right

back out to minister to the needs of so

many hurting people so we decided to

partner with many ministries and we’ve

been through the rescue phase now we’re

into the relief phase and ultimately we

want to go to the restoration phase of

seeing homes rebuilt seeing churches

rebuilding who’s going to rebuild

hundreds of churches many of them

smaller churches of maybe a hundred or

200 people they matter just as much as a

big mega church they need financial help

I promise you that if you help us we’re

going to funnel that money into the

hands of real people in those

communities who have

who will pastor the people and reach the

people and rebuild these churches and

these lives thank you so much

remember to pray pray and do what you

can do to make a difference for hurting

people Lord we pray today for our nation

we pray today for those who are still

their lives are so disrupted and in

disarray but you see them you know where

they are they don’t have to tear their

garment you you’ve got people who are

going to help them and we believe that

we’re part of that people in Jesus

mighty name I want you to help me help

them we’ll do it together thank you when

you give to rescue and bring relief and

restoration to hurricane victims you can

be confident that your gift will be sewn

directly into the lives of hurting

people with your gift of any amount this

month you may request Jenson Franklin’s

powerful audio teaching make room for a

miracle and with your generous gift of

$45 or more you may request the finding

your way in the storm set featuring two

encouraging messages and a study guide

that will help you as you walk through

the storms of life visit us online at

Jenson Franklin TV

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