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today there’s a word in the house is
anybody ready for the word this morning
now almost five months ago
it’s just crazy I knew I was gonna be
giving out so much at conference that I
wouldn’t have time to prepare for my
message on Sunday
cuz y’all know how like I listen I’m
trying to give you filet mignon every
time you come up in here
if you eatin McNuggets in the word
during the week I’m trying to give you a
steak and so I got to prepare a whole
bunch to do that and so I called one of
my good friends out of Houston who his
name is Jeremy Foster pastor Jeremy
Foster and now the thing you need to
know is there’s only probably been four
guest speakers that have ever spoken on
transformation churches stays outside of
our home team like how many enjoyed
pastor Brees message last week daily
faith y’all know I just went ahead and
called her pastor Bri cuz she brought
that work y’all can we thank God for the
gifts we have in our own house Bri we
love you she checked all of us last week
it’s like oh I’m the pastor uh-oh don’t
read my Bible again but today the men of
God who is gonna speak has helped me
more to do what God’s called me to do
then almost everybody in the world
there’s only a few people that have
helped me look me in my eyes and said
hey don’t shrink back like what God’s
doing in your life he would see me walk
in the rooms with people that I’ve
admired for years and like kind of be
like nah like this that and he pulled me
into the corner you say listen to me
you’re here on purpose
and he said don’t you dare turn your
light down cuz you’re in here shine make
them go back and ask God what I need to
do I mean and I’m sitting here like and
the thing you gonna love about I call
him uncle Jeremy so he’s uncle Jeremy to
you too he crazy you know I like crazy
people because the first time I met him
he’s like white and wears cowboy boots
but it’s like hood and knows how to sing
R&B like some of y’all like how I know
how but he leads one of the fastest
growing churches in Houston in four
years the reason I really do believe
that he’s speaking into this because
we’ve been going about the same time and
in four years they have seen their
church go from a small group of people
to over ten thousand people every
weekend and they just celebrated 34,000
salvations in a yachtie y’all know
that’s why that y’all know that’s why we
exist so we’re celebrating 34,000
salvations with hope city we all stand
all over the place and can we give for
the first time at transformation church
my friend a mentor of mine to speak the
word and y’all better talk back to him
today coming to the stage is pastor
Jeremy Foster come on let’s give Jesus
innovation of worship that only a king
is worthy
come on somebody lift your voice in this
house
man it feels good in the room turn to
your neighbor and say you look good turn
to your second choice to tell her you
look good too
you can be seated thank you Pastor Mike
let me first call out the obvious to all
of those of you sitting here and an
additional seating and watch it online I
can feel your collective disappointment
I can feel it
you’re like ah ah this is not Pastor
Mike I don’t know how you knew but I
love Pastor Mike and Natalie give it up
for them man what amazing people of God
listen not only is he one of the
greatest preachers of our time one of
the greatest communicators both of them
are some of the greatest leaders of our
time they also have the coolest style in
the world no for real Pastor Mike Dee I
don’t know anybody that can wear like
awesome sneakers a pair of camouflage
pants an orange shirt a multicolored
jacket and everybody’s like man I wish I
had that outfit
and he’s like you can for 399 play I’m
just kidding I’m kidding
guys come on I’ve got no style literally
my wife bought this shirt I did not buy
these jeans with a hole in them I wore
that hole into the jeans yeah I got my
boots on somebody thank you
[Music]
there’s one cowboy in the room somebody
told me not longer they’re like brah
pastor brah brah
you need to get some off lights so I
told my wife I was like somebody said I
need get some off lights
what’s that so she pulled up a picture
put some black tennis shoes I was like
I’m a little colorblind but that ain’t
off-white that’s way off white that’s
why even know what it was but I’m
honored to be here one more time give
you Pastor a great big hand and his
family I Love You Man
I love you rocking that pink jacket I
Love You Man
what a church what an amazing place and
I have a family I love my wife and my
kids I have five kids I think I have a
picture of my family my wife and my kids
can you give them a great big hand my
daughter Jesse is here with me and us
some a little fam right there I got five
kids not because I like his cuz I like
my wife
come on so about it hey hey hey we’ve
been married the real preacher we’ll be
back next week guys come on let’s make
it last
we’ve been married night we’ve been
married 19 years and when I went up
first thank you
when I first when I first met her she
has just given her life to Christ as she
was a church girl and back in the day
you had to have game y’all don’t have to
have game no more where’s the single
people at Reggie are you single no just
hold him up hold him up hold him up hold
him up look around this is what you’re
looking what you’re looking at right
here it’s what you’re working with
some of y’all but like I’m gonna switch
sections I’m going over there hey girl
hey back in the day back in the day we
didn’t we didn’t have Facebook we didn’t
have Instagram we didn’t have snapchat
we had to really chat you had to be able
to walk up and say hey how you doing my
name is I’m like it’s a real
conversation you could just text
somebody by the way you shouldn’t still
just text somebody you should you should
walk up and have a conversation I’m
preaching y’all even know I’m preaching
relationshipgoals but I had to have game
like a church girl game is different
you’re gonna have church girl game you
can’t just be like hey I’ll be like hey
your name must be faith
because you the substance the things
I’ve been hoping for
ah yo you’re ready for your boy hey girl
I been studying the Book of Numbers I
notice you’re sweating in here can you
write it right tear him up your boy put
the stud in Bible study let’s go all
right guys
con let’s come on sit down this it’s
offensive
let’s dirty somebody next to you say we
go have fun but I came with the word and
I got it on Thursday while I was sitting
here in this unbelievable conference the
Lord spoke to me sitting right over
there and a web for about an hour and 15
minutes and I love to watch what God is
doing in this church what God is doing
in this church and the online community
those of you watching around the world
this is very unique God’s doing
something here and I want to deliver
what God gave me for this weekend
he literally spoken to me Thursday I
perfected it on the plane yesterday and
I bring it to you today first
Corinthians chapter 13 verse 12 says in
the same way we can see and understand
only a little about God now as if we’re
peering at his reflection in a poor
mirror but someday we’re going to see
him in his completeness face to face now
all that I know is hazy turn to somebody
next to you and say it’s hazy and it’s
blurred then I will see everything
clearly just as clearly as God sees into
my heart
right now this weekend I’m gonna preach
to you on this subject
hazy faith
Haizi faith some sometimes I can’t see
exactly what he’s doing
but I’m still gonna follow the cloud I’m
not gonna stay where he was I’m gonna
stay where he’s going it’s a little bit
hazy but I’m gonna follow the hazy faith
when I have when I have hazy faith that
means someone trusts him when I can’t
track him that means I can’t doubt him
cuz I know too much about him God does
some of his best work in the dark
the Bible says Moses approached the
thick black darkness where God was can I
tell you this Pastor Mike he invited
everybody to come into the thick black
darkness he said all y’all come up to
the mountain and they said no we’re
afraid let Moses go and only one man had
hazy faith aren’t you grateful for a
pastor with some hazy faith he said I
don’t know how we’re gonna do it it’s
gonna tell us it’s gonna cost us God
knows what to keep all of this for the
weekend by the way we’re gonna pay for
all of this for the weekend your whole
rental we’re gonna pay for your whole
rental because it’s not about one church
it’s about the kingdom baby let’s watch
God do something we’ve never seen God do
before it’s gonna take every one of us
pushing and saying I don’t know what to
do but I’m gonna follow you ain’t got no
backup in me that’s why I love your
pastor there ain’t an ounce to quit in
him
there ain’t no backup hazy faith turn to
your neighbor and say follow the cloud
this place to preach turn to somebody
next to you and say neighbor don’t
memorize me cuz you won’t recognize me
when this is over
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I’m gonna walk out of here in a new way
I’m gonna walk out of here at some new
shoes I’m gonna walk out of here with
some hazy faith all right sit down if
you’re gonna have hazy faith and you
can’t see it all listen if you’ve got to
see everything in order to walk
that ain’t faith the opposite of fear is
faith no no the opposite of faith is
certainty
well when I’m certain I don’t even have
to pray about it because I know but when
I’m walking in faith on a Thursday or a
Wednesday God can say this is your new
home and I’ll get up and say don’t know
how it’s gonna happen but this is our
new home and they’re right guys but they
not gonna leave the ones in the back
room trying to figure it out but when
you have hazy faith everybody can come
together and say all right let’s boldly
go where God has called us to go hazy
hazy faith takes three things it costs
three things turning somebody say crazy
prayers you got to learn how to get
learn how to pray crazy prayers I was
raised in a prayin family and here’s
what I know this church is not just a
crowd of people you’re here because a
small group of people somewhere that you
may have never even heard about that you
may have never met I met a lady
backstage has been at this church for 16
years I was like all right veteran
this is happening because a small group
of people somewhere before you got here
got on their knees pounded the ground
some crazy prayers and said God whatever
you want to do we don’t have to get
credit as long as you get the glory and
that’s what it’s going to keep taking
for you for our online community for
everybody around the world
let’s keep praying crazy I was raised by
a crazy mama my mother’s a church mother
you know I’m talk about the crazy people
just pray over anything if you see if
you see my mom and Walmart and you’re
like hey can you pray for me she’ll be
like right now in the name I’m like hey
you ain’t got to pray for him right now
my mother prays over parking places oh
there’s some church mothers in here
literally I was with my mother last
Christmas we went to Kroger’s and we
pulled in and mama said right now in the
name of Jesus God give us a good park of
six people pulled out like there were
people they weren’t even ready to leave
they’re like why we leave we shoplift
and we ain’t even paid I don’t know we
got to go crazy prayers I’ll pray for
anything I’ll pray for anything crazy
prayers it’s saying yes now what’s the
question yes Lord some of y’all need to
wake up with a yes yes Lord what’s the
question remember that old song we used
to sing it how say yes Lord
yeah to your women to you why I say yes
lo yeah I trust you and obey sing with
me when yours if it speaks to me with my
whole heart I’ll agree and my own so
will we remember that Lord
yeah and that’s good but I think some of
us sing it that way but we mean it like
this I’ll say maybe no maybe if what
you’re asking is not too hard I’ll say
I’ll think about it I’ll think about it
I’ll think about it if you bless me with
the brand-new car when your spirit
speaks
me with just have to win see and my
answer will be the Lord what’s in it for
me
and at some point it’s got to stop being
about you and it’s got to start being
about Jesus and it’s got to start being
about Lord whatever you say I’m in I’ll
do it I’ll go I’m ready here’s what I
know about your pastor and about your
team it’s all glory to God it’s all
glory to God I was raised in a prayin
family of church planters we went to
winston-salem North Carolina whenever I
was about five years old
come on North Carolina and we launched
the church in winston-salem and we had
13 people on our team and six of them
were kids it was a bad team we learned
how to pray and I remember we had a
little building they were coming to
repossess our church pews we couldn’t
pay for it we didn’t know what we were
doing my dad was in there just praying
just crazy prejudice praying crazy when
you pray crazy prayers God will show up
he likes that kind of stuff it’s a
little weird but he likes that kind of
stuff
my dad is praying crazy prayers my mom’s
praying crazy prayers and one night
Sunday that’s back when we used to have
Sunday morning church Sunday night
church Wednesday night church couple of
revivals during the year and night 6:00
a.m. prayer y’all know about that 6 a.m.
prayer I don’t even know if God was
awake then but we pray one Sunday night
after church my dad said hey we’re going
to eat we never went to eat after church
because we’re having money I was like
where we going to eat Taco Bell nobody
leaves Taco Bell hungry you have two
dollars in your pocket get ten tacos
come on somebody wait wait we wait the
Taco Bell and and we’re in line and
we’re behind these people and I noticed
some little kid I was probably eight at
that point and these guys were in front
of us and they were they were using real
foul language and just talking real
nasty and here’s my dad and my mom and
me and my brother and my dad you know I
come from a cowboy family so my dad like
respect is a big deal so he was like he
was very kind but he was like hey
gentlemen if you don’t mind I’ve got my
wife and my kids here do y’all mind just
keeping it a little bit quieter so my
boys don’t hear that kind of talk not
not judging you guys and they stepped up
on my dad fast there were four of them
and they were like what are you gonna do
about it and my dad’s about 5 foot 8
he’s all dynamite but he’s five foot
eight and he said guys I don’t want any
trouble I’m just I’m a pastor I’m just
nice like well you’re gonna be in
trouble you’re in trouble right now you
can’t talk to us like that and literally
before I even knew what happened Pastor
Mike before this the the biggest man
I’ve ever seen in my life like stepped
past my dad
towering over these dudes and he grabbed
the guy in front by the the front of his
collar and he said let me tell you
something he said I’m here to help him
and I’m gonna be watching you and if you
mess with this man you gonna answer to
me he said I’m not here to eat I’m not
gonna eat anything I’m gonna stand right
over there up against that wall and i’ma
watch you this entire time and then he
turned to my dad
and he said hey preacher it’s gonna be
all right don’t you worry about it
my dad never told him he was a preacher
I don’t know where the new came from all
I know is heaven sent a thug angel to
come up in there
and deal with some stuff because when
you cry crazy prayers God will show up
I can’t doubt him because I know too
much about him all I have is all I need
crazy prayers sometimes you got to learn
how to be oblivious to the obvious
obviously we can’t get in here is
obviously the building hasn’t been
remodeled yet obviously it needs some
work
obviously it’s gonna take a lot but
we’re oblivious to the obvious because
God spoken
Paul was good at this 2nd Corinthians
chapter 4 verse 17 he said this now you
gotta listen Paul was gospel
I believe that when Paul got converted
he was converted into a gospel church
with 150 boys choir that swayed because
he’s weird
his responses are weird listen sector in
chapter 4 verse 17 for our light
affliction that’s torture that’s what’s
happened prison torture people die our
light affliction is but for a moment is
working for us far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory now watch what
he says while we do not look at the
things which are seen but at the things
which are hazy the things we fully don’t
understand for the things which are seen
are temporary but the things which are
not seen are eternal whenever you learn
how to not keep your eyes on your
affliction your affliction works for you
when you learn how to not keep your eyes
on your adversity your adversity
actually advances you and God can use
your pain to produce your promise if you
won’t stare at it and complain about it
and talk about how an Eagle work oh I’m
preaching up in here on a Sunday prayer
works
there’s no new secrets prayer works
prayer changes things Paul and Silas get
thrown in prison for preaching Jesus you
ever got in trouble for doing the right
thing yeah how many y’all have a crazy
brother a crazy sibling always got in
trouble and you got in trouble just cuz
you were standing next to him almost
like you get over here – like I mama I
didn’t do anything but you’re both in
trouble and you’re like why I didn’t do
anything you got to know that’s how they
walk in feeling I didn’t do anything
we’re just preaching in Jesus name but
that’s not how Paul responds they go
into prison and Paul is gospel remember
Paul looks at Silas and goes I’ve got an
idea
let’s sing that’s that’s what church
mothers say you don’t I mean God is good
all the time and all the time God is God
is good he doesn’t answer email he
answers an email come on somebody
those kind of people drive me crazy and
I love them cuz they get in prison and
they don’t complain about it and they
don’t whine about it and they don’t
wonder what God’s gonna do they started
singing a song and I don’t know what
they started singing but I kind of
believe they started singing something
like ain’t no bye to me like Jesus white
people k know by day to me like Allah I
say came no back they eat to me like
Jesus why and all of a sudden the ground
that they were standing on begin to
shake and the walls of that prison begin
to crumble and every door came open
because there’s power when we pray can I
tell you this crazy prayer doesn’t just
work for you it works for the people
around you some of you been whining
about why you’re in the prison of where
you are why am I in this
misunderstanding why am I in this
situation why am I in this relationship
that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere
I’ll have it I got the raise why haven’t
I got the promotion sometimes God allows
you to go in prison not just to put you
in prison but so that your praise can
bust somebody else out so we got to stop
being selfish with our prayers and start
saying God it’s not about us it’s not
even just about Tulsa it’s about the
United States of America it’s about the
world when you have crazy prayers you’ll
have crazy purpose that’s what hazy
faith will give you crazy purpose you
were born an original don’t die copy
understand your identity God created you
on purpose for a purpose but so many of
us don’t really know who we are so we
don’t actually walk in the authority
that we have few years ago I was
traveling somewhere and I was going
through the TSA line
god bless TSA I was going through the
TSA line I know it’s gonna be a little
bit late cause like I God I need you to
help me Jesus
I’m standing there in the line and by
myself I’m just you know I’m just
standing there just looking around and
one of the TSA agents in the the black
pants and the blue shirt I hear her get
very authoritative she says hi sir
somebody in trouble I look around my man
she’s mad and she’s looking kind of over
towards me and she’s like you sir in the
black shirt and I was like yes she was
like come here now oh wow
can I just stay here I ain’t got nothing
I got no bombs except these Holy Ghost
bombs i’ma dropping his conference later
but I got nothing so I’m walking over
them scared to death everybody’s looking
literally I can hear people going oh
like I’m an elementary school you know
he’s in trouble she’s like right here
right here come here right here when I
got about two feet from I said daughter
of the Lord blessed of the Most High she
said come on through I gotta get you to
you my pastor I was like are you are
blessed and highly favored what can I
pray for you for don’t keep it long boy
I got a plane to catch
let’s go sometimes you have authority
that you don’t even know about because
you don’t know who you are and somebody
else knows who you are
and God puts you in positions to walk
into Authority and you’ve got to accept
it and receive it
please I’m begging you stop asking to
stay in line when God calls you out
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you gotta know who you are and who’s you
are if you don’t know who you are and
who’s you are you’ll copy somebody else
can I just talk to the Saints for a
minute I’m so tired of copycat callings
just cuz my gift looks like your gift
doesn’t mean we have to do the same
thing and if I’m not careful I’ll allow
my gift to dictate my calling and I want
to allow prayer to help me find my
purpose I’ll look at the person that
looks the closest to me and I’ll say
well maybe I’m supposed to do that
because we don’t understand the
difference between gifting and calling
and some of you are chasing something
that God never called you to do
Instagram called you to it but God
didn’t call you to it let me tell you
the difference between giftings and
callings giftings are cultivated through
practice callings are cultivated through
prayer we don’t need more practice we
need more prayer because if you’re not
careful and you don’t understand the
difference between your gifting and your
calling you will prostitute your calling
to the person who honors your gift and
then you’re out of the will of God some
of you are here some of you are here
because you want to be up here and you
need to be out there thank God for the
the team of volunteers here who
selflessly serve and say I’m ready let’s
go you need to go through the membership
class you need to get involved you need
to serve wherever and if God brings you
up let God bring you up just serve but
some of us don’t even know that our gift
is a gift we’re wishing we had something
else or we should we had somebody else’s
gift
how many guys like apple products Apple
products anybody where the iPhone users
that he may get iPhone iPhone user like
how about you like Apple products all
right I need I needed two people
okay you and you right there in the
shirt and I come right here okay
all right you stay right there I know
you like Apple products what’s your name
man
why Jahlil all right there you go Chile
all right open it up open it up open it
up move the paper just you can’t you can
do it like Christmas bro you ain’t got
to be nice like Chris cuz you’re not bad
bro there yeah hi man
hey Jill that’s your gift all right you
sit down you say thank you oh never mind
all right what’s your name Abby here you
go Abby open open okay just hang on just
second go ahead and open you get going
open you get hold it up now wait a
minute wait a minute I said Apple
products now listen if I’m if I’m Abby
I’m I’m a little upset I’m like hey I
brought you said Apple products and
here’s the problem though you can see it
in this situation but in your situation
she’s mad at him because somehow he was
on the right side and got the gift that
she wanted but really she doesn’t need
to be mad at him she needs to be mad at
me when you’re jealous of someone else’s
gift you’re not mad at them you’re mad
at God
and you need to at some point just give
that to God don’t you think that his
shoulders are big enough to handle your
anger and your frustration and your pain
about all the stuff that you’ve gone
through and don’t you think that he can
make a way where there is no way because
once you begin to bring it to God and he
begins to give you purpose he can help
you understand the gift the iPad is
awesome but the Apple has sustenance and
if you understand the power of seed eat
the apple don’t eat the seed plant the
seed and the apple will feed you for
years to come it’s not about the gift
it’s about your calling we’ll come here
I didn’t wanna mess with you give me a
great big hand
hey Abbi I already know she sent a
message to Pastor Mike this morning and
said I feel like God’s gonna give me an
iPad so that I can do what he’s called
me to do in college I already know I
already know you prayed about it this
morning I’ve never given an iPad out and
I had an idea today to give an iPad and
if somebody came to me I was like hey
there’s a girl here praying I was like
well let’s be the answer to the prayer
that she’s been praying because God has
already dropped the answer on your
timeline you just got to learn how to
keep walking until you get to what God
has got for you when you know who you
are you’ll fight fear with faith can’t
tell y’all story I wasn’t gonna tell it
but I want to tell it ok it’s my
favorite story so my dad started this
church whenever I was a kid and when I
was about 15 we had this small church
youth group about 40 young people and we
had this night where we all hung out
like you know just all a youth party and
after these after the youth party like
the girls we’re gonna have a slumber
party and the guys we’re gonna have a
hangout
because we don’t have a slumber party
you don’t I mean like hey man you wanna
come to my slumber party no so the goal
of the girls slumber party was all a
story each other’s hair and makeup let’s
have a good time it’s gonna be amazing
we’ll talk about boys and the goal of
the guys hangout was let’s get to the
girls slumber party and as this as the
son of the pastor as as young man of God
I felt like it was my responsibility to
lead that effort to get us from from
where we were to where God had called us
to go so I went and I talked to I when I
talked to the lady that was in charge of
it and I said hey how cool would it be
if tonight like you know around midnight
we just rolled up and we scared the
girls like they’d never forget that
moment
and I thought she’s gonna like you
little boy get out of here she was like
oh my god that’s such a great idea you
guys should definitely do it
I was like oh my god we let you watch
children this is crazy she said come
over at midnight I leave the garage door
open and the garage door unlocked and
y’all come in and just scare him I’ll
have him ready they’ll be in the living
room I was like you crazy and so we went
to Walmart and we got pantyhose not to
put home but to put over our heads and
we put the pantyhose over a head because
it makes you look crazy and we snuck in
and we walked I couldn’t believe it and
she had all the girls in our youth group
sitting around sitting around this
little living room fire she had a
flashlight under her chin and she was
telling ghost stories like the man was
walking down the railroad tracks looking
for his head who is it that scary girls
and there was like 15 of us in the house
and they didn’t even know it and we
jumped out around the corner on the
count of three well I freaked out I left
out one detail the church that my father
password was a very diverse church
when white girls are scared they’re like
oh my god Becky oh God Oh Sabrina Oh
Nancy oh my god call your dad oh my god
what are we gonna do
african-american girls are different
there was his girl named Kiki and she
didn’t love me she was sitting right
here to the left
Kiki screamed and she grabbed a ficus
tree you know when I’m a little
decorative trees they should have a
warning label she picked it up
she started swinging it at me I couldn’t
get the Betty eyes off of my head we
were running she picked up the phone she
was like piggy called Pookie and him
y’all get over here these fools acted
crazy
the Spanish girls were cussing us in
Spanish the white girls are like you
guys better go oh my god they’re really
mad it didn’t go the way I planned the
next time the enemy comes in on you you
ought to get a spirit of kiki and pick
up the word and say god is greater in me
than he that is in the world
I got purpose when you know who you are
when you know who you are Pastor Mike
Natalie you know who you are you have
such an incredible gift you could use it
in the world to make movies you could
make music you could be one of the
greatest producers of our time and you
might still be I don’t know about that
yet but you chose at some point you
wrestled with it for a long time you
said God why am I here doing this when I
know my gifting is great you knew the
gift he gave you you knew it the calling
shifted everything though and the
calling puts you on your knees and you
said all right I yield the gift I
surrender the gift and now look at what
God’s doing with the gift because the
calling it comes first
when you know who you are not even the
rewards of the world will deter who you
are and what you are called to do listen
in the book in the book of Matthew
there’s a woman the syrophoenician woman
she comes to Jesus she’s a Gentile she’s
not even supposed to approach him much
less touch him not even be close to him
she comes to Jesus because of racial
division and cultural divides she comes
to Jesus and here’s why she’s got a need
she’s got crazy faith hazy faith I don’t
know how it’s gonna happen she’s been
praying crazy prayers and she’s got
crazy purpose she knows what her
identity is so she comes to Jesus and he
doesn’t even he ignores her has God ever
been silent and then the people that are
around Jesus start saying hi hi hi get
out of here
you shouldn’t be you ever felt rejected
by the church you ever been hurt by the
people that are close to Jesus and
actually supposed to represent him but
they don’t they represent their own
needs and their own wants and their own
desires please please forgive them
please don’t judge the Heart of Jesus
based on some people who are supposed to
represent him he loves you deeply he
loves you dearly
that’s for biggie and pocket
why people like I’m making a new and she
comes to Jesus here’s what the Bible
says real preacher we’ll be back next
week guys just let’s just get through
this Matthew chapter 15 verse 25 but she
came and begin to bow down before him
saying lord help me and the answer and
said one of the most shocking statements
in scripture and I’ve struggled with it
for years she said it’s not good to take
the children’s bread and throw it to the
dogs turn to your neighbor and say he
called her a dog but she said yes Lord
she doesn’t even argue she didn’t even
say I’m not a doll don’t you call me a
doll
nobody calls me a dog and walks right
out of her miracle she says yes Lord but
even the dogs feed on the crumbs which
fall from their master’s table then
jesus said to her own woman your faith
is great it shall be done for you as you
wish and her daughter was healed this is
strange because Jesus feels one way and
then it changes now what we know on the
other side of it is he was testing her
faith can jesus deter you from your
identity from your purpose because your
faith will be tested that’s what brings
perseverance that’s what works out your
destiny she never even argues that she’s
a dog she says one word Pastor Mike
aah-ha-aah
that changed when I saw this I freaked
out I had a praise break right in my
hotel room
she said yeah but even the children eat
the crumbs that fall from their
everybody say there that means ownership
their master’s table she said I might be
a dog but I’m your dog
and I know if I’m under your authority
no matter what I’m going through you’re
gonna take care of me no matter what I’m
dealing with I got crazy purpose I know
who I am and I know who’s I am and I’m
gonna trust you
somebody shall trust him you guys can
come and play a little churchy music
crazy prayers lead to crazy purpose lead
to crazy perseverance and you’re sitting
in crazy perseverance first few months
as pastor I saw it today
he wrote a document with your janky
pages skills you put the logo of
transformation Church on the front of
this building years ago he didn’t tell
you about it because you weren’t ready
for it and this place definitely wasn’t
ready for it but its perseverance that
will walk you into your promise at some
point you’ve got a you’ve got to learn I
got to just trust in the middle of pain
this is a word for somebody few years
ago I was flying somewhere I never was
flying somewhere and the pilot came on
he was like a ladies and gentleman I
don’t know why y’all talk like that but
20 minutes flight attendants please
prepare the cabin for landing so I was
like I 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes
in we’re good after 20 minutes nothing
after 30 minutes nothing after 50
minutes
nothing I’m getting mad and the pilot
comes on he’s like I’m so sorry before
we were about to land a storm blew over
the runway
and it was not safe for us all and we’re
just in a holding pattern right now see
I was ready but where I was going and
you know what I said I said ah I’m okay
with APRA I’d rather be Jeremy Foster
late then the late Jeremy Foster come on
some of you are trying to push your way
into somewhere that’s not ready for you
yet if you’ll just wait on God and let
him
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that’s why we’re sitting here right now
I’m gonna close with this this is the
word I got sitting right over there when
I got here in my hotel room
Wednesday night late Wednesday night I
walked in my wife was like babe they got
you a gift I was like I got me a gift I
was like that thing my wife been saying
I got him and I gotta tell you though
that ain’t my style so I looked at the
gift I was like oh love the gift gonna
be grateful for the gift go say thank
you for the gift not ready to wear the
gift yet at some point when the time is
right here’s the word that I got
whenever I was sitting right over there
because I looked down at my feet and I
had on my Nikes and the Lord said to me
tell transformation it’s not gonna be
comfortable there was some amazing
things that happened at 15-19 that
prepared us to walk into what we are in
right now but at some point you’re gonna
have to take off what you’re comfortable
with
and and get it off of your feet and say
we can’t go back now here’s what I want
you to know there’s a moment in the
middle that’s uncomfortable when we
don’t have everything figured out when
people will look at you and say you’re
not really prepared it doesn’t look like
you’re really ready but there’s gonna be
a moment when God reveals to you that
it’s time
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you’re gonna have to stop a little bit
you might even you might even lose your
balance a little bit turn your loss
you’ll all hop into a dance at some
point when you lose your balance you got
to learn how to dance through it you got
to learn how to praise through it you
got to learn how to say hey I know
people may not understand it but I’m
walking in new shoes and I wanted to
what God has called me to do let’s go
that’s your mic
I got boot cut jeans home and Nike shoes
with the tag that I understand the tank
I told my wife I was letting because the
tag oh she’s like don’t cut the tag off
you may not be comfortable but it ain’t
about your comfort it’s about your
calling and my faith might be hazy but
God’s got a plan and God’s got a
strategy and he wants to do something
and he can do exceeding abundantly above
all I can ask or think according to the
power that’s at work in there somebody
shout it’s in me somebody shot all I
have is all I need god I thank you for
each and every person into the sound of
my voice I pray that you would propel
this church forward into an
uncomfortable place because that’s where
you’ve called us strengthen marriages
strengthen visions
strengthened dreams strengthened hearts
change lives
and more than anything save souls with
nobody looking around and nobody moving
around in any of our environments right
now just stay where you are if you don’t
mind this is the most important moment
if you know you’re not where you need to
be with Jesus
somehow you haven’t just yielded your
life the Bible says this the wages of
sin is death but the gift of God is
eternal life but you have got to declare
that Jesus is Lord
you’ve got to realize I need you Jesus
said I repent I trust you changed me
from the inside out the Bible says when
you acknowledge him he will acknowledge
you but nobody looking around if you
know I need to acknowledge him right now
I need to make Jesus the center of my
life would you boldly put your hand in
the air and acknowledge him right now
and say that’s me hands all over the
room thank you thank you thank you come
on let’s give them a great big hand I
love that now I want everybody in the
room those of you watching online around
the world
I want you to pray this prayer
declaratively and with power say Jesus
you’re the only one who can save me so I
trust you with my life I repent of my
sins I believe you’re the son of God and
you died on a cross and you rose again
so that I could have life change me from
the inside out I’m asking you Jesus to
be the Lord of my life in Jesus name
Amen
come on let’s give him an ovation of
worship not only a king