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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

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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