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gonna get into the word today you love
the Bible make some noise if you love
the Bible how many of you have a real
Bible with you today like you didn’t
have to charge your Bible right sure if
you’ve got a real Bible man I’m so
excited we’re gonna get in heaven first
right they’re gonna show us your Bibles
gonna be dead when you get up there
it’ll be like oh god man hey man this
word today is very very special very
special and very powerful and I’m not
saying that because I appreciate three
times and I know how powerful it is what
I’m saying is that God gave it to me in
a very specific way and my prayer all
week is that I would be able to give it
to you like God gave it to me this is
literally a life altering message I’m
gonna say it right in the beginning and
anybody that’s been any other service
than like yeah it is
it’s it’s so powerful and what you need
to know is is this is not the work of me
this is the work of the Bible the Bible
never returns void meaning it is a book
that is not simply just a book but it
has underlying power that when you read
it it speaks into your situation it
speaks into your life
there’s revelations there’s things in
there you could literally read one verse
for the rest of your life and get
revelation every single day cuz that’s
how it works that’s how God works and
today we’re gonna be in some familiar
Scripture but I want to challenge your
familiarity with the scripture because
here’s why I think the one of the
biggest tools that the enemy would use
is not a giant attack but simply for you
to become familiar with the Bible
to thank all I’ve heard that before
think about what happens when you become
familiar with something you become
familiar with your spouse there was a
season where you were really trying to
get him to check you out you were taking
showers you were brushing your teeth you
maybe not wouldn’t eat ice cream every
time you wanted it at all because you
were thinking you know what
I’m trying to get the attention of this
person but once you become familiar you
stop doing certain things you stop
treating them a certain way you stop
that’s one of the biggest attacks of
that name is for you become familiar
with your walk with Jesus to think oh
I’ve got it I figured out so today this
word is going to be so potent so
powerful and it really has the potential
to change your life and so I want you to
turn with me to first Samuel 17 starting
in we’re gonna start in verse 4 verse 4
and I’m gonna take a moment to pray to
ask that God would speak to us clearly
in a very specific way today because I
really believe he wants to do it Lord
God we love you and we need you we don’t
need just moments in a building so we
can pat ourselves on the back we don’t
just need to sing songs
we need to encounter the Holy Spirit
because Holy Spirit you’re the one that
makes the difference you’re the one that
allows us to step into who we’ve been
called to be so Holy Spirit I asked for
your strength ability wisdom and
discernment as this message goes forward
I thank you that every word that comes
out of my mouth would not be from me but
from you God our hearts are open and we
are ready to hear what you have to say
it’s in the name of Jesus we pray and
everybody said amen
turn in your Bibles first samuel 17
verse 4 it’s a story you’ve never heard
of before called david and goliath then
Goliath a Philistine champ from Gath
came out of the Philistine ranks to face
the force of Israel he was over nine
feet tall he wore a bronze helmet a
bronze coat of mail that weighed 20 125
pounds he also we’re wore bronze leg
armor he carried a bronze javelin on his
shoulder he was dripping in bronze if
you hear what I’m saying
the shaft of his sphere was heavy and
thick the tip of his iron spear had
weighed 15 pounds his armor bearer
walked ahead of him carrying a shield
Goliath stood
and shouted a taunt across to the
Israelites why are you all coming out to
fight he called I’m a Philistine
champion but you’re only the servants of
song choose one man to come down here
and fight me if he kills me then we will
be your slaves but if I kill him you
will be our slaves I defy the armies of
Israel today send me a man who will
fight me when Saul and the Israelites
heard this they were terrified and
deeply shaken the title of my message is
you can’t Punk me no more I got I got a
real attitude today against the enemy
and I’m coming to serve notice that you
cannot Punk me no more you’re not I’m
just about to oh my goodness I’m about
to preach goodness gracious
okay so me and my wife have a beautiful
baby boy named Arlo and I love him so
much he’s so good-looking he’s so
precious there were things that come oh
my goodness gracious look at that I mean
if you ain’t getting saved after that
picture I don’t know what you’re doing
that’s Arlo I love him so much and
here’s the thing with my baby boy I’m in
a season where I’m just dreaming like
I’m just dreaming up what is he gonna be
like what he just started laughing and
he start he’s getting so chunky like he
has like four necks it’s so amazing like
he’s just so fat and I just kiss him
right on the mouth and I just love it
it’s so awesome and so I’m thinking what
is he gonna like what is he gonna be
like what’s his personality gonna be
like what is he what is gonna be into it
and part of me thinks he’s gonna like
music because on Saturdays I like to go
record shopping and I go get records and
we play them in a record player at the
house and I love just old records like
that I loved playing some Carla Thomas
some Luther Vandross like so see some of
y’all bottle it look he’s like ooh then
my skin boy with the blond hair come on
don’t play me up here I know some good
stuff oh I love it we’re listening to
records and our Lois sit there and just
stare at the record just watch it go
round and round and round and part of me
hopes he likes music the other part of
me is a little nervous that he’s gonna
like sports now
here’s why I’m nervous because I am way
too emotional and way too wild to be a
sports dad because I’ve already decided
I will fight a six-year-old on sight
like if you’re gonna mess with my boy
I’m already there like I’ll fight
another baby right now for our love I
just I’ve always been that way I’m
competitive I’m eating I’ll just talk
trash it’s a part of my life I’m really
trying to give to God so pray for me but
I just I’ve just always been that way
growing up I played basketball football
at this Christian school and the school
was so small we played the same four
teams in all sports every year same four
teams it was like we grew up with them
and like our brothers and sisters at the
end of the year is like hey how you
doing wow you got in toddler it’s good
to see you man how’s your mom doing like
just we knew him so well and won game is
seen was good pasture was the name of
their team and I got so into it with the
other point guard he fouled me clearly
because he couldn’t guard me so he found
me and I was like that’s right you found
me that’s the only chance you got
against my like I’m just talking I
literally like 410 80 pounds just like
talking all this trash and we literally
start shoving each other back and forth
we got in a fight the ref gave both of
us a technical threw us out of the game
and I was like yeah I’m a gangster like
this that’s what it is but I was just
emotional like I started crying I was so
mad fast-forward we play them in
football and when we played him in
football we would always it would be a
close game but I was fairly decent at
football now I’m not extremely good
because I’m here talking to you and not
in the NFL making millions of dollars
somewhere but I was fairly decent and so
anytime we would win there would just be
an array of trash talk that would happen
over the summer because we would see
them kind of had the same friends
circles we’re fast forward we beat them
the next year in football the games
about to start and I’m ready you know
I’m pumped up again this tall but I’m
excited seventh grade year you know it’s
like this is a new year we’re about to
whoop up on these fools I know all of
them and they got nothing on it like I’m
just hyper might is all in my hair just
hyper myself up and I’m standing the
back waiting for the other team to walk
onto the field so we can start the game
and I’m standing there and I’m like hard
I’m thinking I’m looking down
okay this game’s gonna be good and I’m
thinking through it and I look up these
grown men with beards probably young
children start to walk onto the field
and I’m thinking who are you you have a
beard and you just kissed your wife
before you walked out on this field what
are you – and I started looking I was
like and I looked over to the sidelines
and everybody that we used to play was
on the bench they were just sitting down
there like just like chillin just quiet
and I was like why aren’t y’all who are
they like that is your dad you sent your
dad out here I was literally I got so
afraid I was like okay they have hired
like a college team to come act like
they’re in sixth grade and they are
about to destroy us I’m illiterate I’m
sitting there and the game actually is
pretty close and I’m surprised and about
to get the ball and I’m like okay we
just seen a score touchdown the game is
coming to an end we can actually win
this thing I get the ball I take one
step and no la Goliath from first Samuel
17 verse 4 is standing right here I do
like a slow motion like literally this
is the most disrespectful thing that’s
ever happened to me
this man scooped me up like some ice
cream he scooped me up and had me on his
shoulder like you do to your little
cousin when you about to throw him on
the bed he had me on his shoulder I’m up
on his shoulder like you are strong I’m
upper he literally scoops me up and then
slams me down on my head and he’s like
whoa standing over me literally I’m just
laying there like I see you Lord I’m
laying there in the everybody like
freaked out like he got really quiet at
first I was just stunned and then I was
just laying there like what just
happened to me but then the the
emergency team they run out and they’re
like hey you landed on your head that
looked very very rough what are you okay
how are you feeling because I just kind
of laid there for a second and I was
like what my neck kind of
Dingles like my neck kind of tingles and
my shoulders are kind of tingling and it
feels like I hit my funny bone like all
down my back and they were like and all
of a sudden it got very serious they
called 9-1-1 the ambulance drove out
onto the football field they stopped the
whole game my mom and dad come down from
the stands I remember my mom she was
crying they literally had me sitting
exactly still they put a neck brace on
you they hit they had to cut my Jersey
off they lifted me up on to the
ambulance and put me in the back of the
ambulance I go to the emergency room and
what had happened in football there’s
something that can happen called a
stinger and pretty much the what happens
is you hit somebody and it literally
sins like a sting or a tingle down your
spine but when you’re talking about it
it sounds very similar to someone who
could be going paralyzed from hurting
their neck it was a very serious moment
and I turned it out to be okay I had to
wear a neck brace for like a week or
something and then I ended up healing
from it and was actually fine and was
cleared to play football that next year
but when I came back that next year
something was different something was a
little off I noticed that I played
different that as I would run if I was
getting close to out of bounds instead
of trying to go forward I would just
scoot out of bounds if someone was
coming for me and right when they hit me
in the past I would kind of push forward
and maybe fight a little more and think
can I break this tackle or can I get
them off of me but now I would just kind
of fall down and what I noticed I think
it was my dad who actually pointed out
he said it seems like you stopped
running to score and now you’re just
running to not get hit it feels like
something like you don’t it’s not the
same and what happened is I went from
from fighting in the fight to to being
afraid and fearful and then at one point
I would just forfeit it I would just say
you know what like brother you don’t
even have to tackle me look at this I am
down don’t even worry about it brother
but I noticed what happened is that
there was a real moment of hurt a real
moment of pain and what happened is is
that moment was now projected onto my
future and I was walking in this mindset
and in these thoughts and in this
ideology that I was afraid of that what
happen or what did happen what happened
at this moment and now it affected how I
lived my life it affected that the steps
I took or did it take it affected the
people I would or wouldn’t talked to and
can I tell you that over a decade later
years and years have gone by and it’s
the same thing it’s just a different
situation the enemy does this in our
life he takes a moment where there was
real pain real hurt a real struggle and
what he does is he wants you to hit this
moment and to feel the pain and to
experience because what he knows is if
he can just make you feel it and it
really hurt one time that’s all he needs
here’s what any good bully knows and I’m
not encouraging or condoning bullying
but a bully knows you only have to hit
the person hard one time because after
you hit him hard once your only job is
to remind him of what happened the first
time and that’s what the enemy does he
just reminds you hey remember what
happened last time you trusted somebody
remember the last time you stepped out
in faith remember the last time you you
prayed and prayed and prayed and it
didn’t happen
remember that time and now what happens
is you’ve there was a real moment of
hurt and I want to acknowledge this and
be so sensitive because there are very
real things that people have experienced
in this room and watching but what
happens is the enemy will take that
moment and he will project it on to your
future and get you to accept that that’s
just the way it is and now you should
live your life out of that place
translation that amount a real moment
happened when you were six like you were
really hurt but what happens is you
don’t realize that you’ve actually
healed from that moment like you still
have the scars to show that it happened
but on the inside of you everything has
come back into alignment but you’re
still acting and living in the mindset
that it still happened you’re you there
was one time where you weren’t insecure
and you stepped out and put yourself out
there and somebody said something about
you and it caused you to step back and
what they enemy all all he has to do now
he doesn’t even have to actually touch
you
he doesn’t even have to actually fight
you he can do what what a bully would do
and that’s called punking you he can
just say hey hey hey hey remember what
happened remember the last time from it
and here’s what the enemy he has been
punking God’s people out of their
purpose for years and he hasn’t the
truth is he hasn’t even touched you like
he hasn’t he’s just used this one moment
and reminded you over and over and over
again and what’s crazy is if this
happens long enough followers of Jesus
will start to find scripture to justify
the enemy punking you and you may not
realize this but this is something I’ve
noticed in my own life growing up in a
round church there’s a scripture in set
in Corinthians 12 and it’s a very
powerful piece of scripture and there
are moments in my walk with Jesus that
I’ve held on to the scripture and it’s
really brought a lot to me and it’s Paul
talking and he says you know I’ve seen a
lot I’ve done a lot but to keep me from
becoming proud I was given a thorn in my
flesh a messenger from Satan to torment
me to keep me from becoming proud it
goes on to say that three times I begged
the Lord to take it away and each time
he said my grace is all you need it’s
sufficient it’s enough it’s in the
scripture is so amazing but what happens
sometimes is when it comes to your giant
when it comes to the thing you’re facing
what the thorn was was a struggle or a
pain or a challenge that was present to
push you to God he was saying it would
be a nature of mine to become proud so
to keep me from becoming proud God put
this thorn that was present in my life
and every time I saw it I was supposed
to turn and go to God but what happens
is in it’s very slight sometimes we will
take what God made present and we make
it permanent there’s a difference if I’m
present at your house and if I’m
permanent at your house when I show up
to your door and I’m present and I knock
on the door when that temptation
shows up and knocks on your door the the
reason that that was there is it was
present for you to close the door and
say I gotta go to God about this one but
what happens is is many of us because
we’ve been in change so long because
we’ve been in that mindset so long
because the enemy has pumped you for so
long what God made president you take it
and you make it permanent that this is
just always how it’s gonna be
my mom struggle with this my dad
struggle with this so I’m just gonna
struggle with it there’s nothing I can
do about it I’m always gonna walk in
lust can’t really do anything about it
none of them in my family have integrity
I can’t really do anything about it I’ll
never learn to manage money can’t really
do anything about it I can’t and now
you’re walking in the same place not
because God hasn’t freed you from it but
because you picked it up and took off
walking it’s so packed and I’m thinking
of this illustration and and it’s so
crazy powerful you know the African
elephant is one of the most strongest
animals in the world it’s one of the
really down for elephants but as the do
you know how they keep African elephants
from moving a rope tied to a stick two
inches in the ground strongest animal in
the world it won’t move won’t even try
why because as a baby when it’s really
small they take a metal stake and they
stick it in the ground and they take a
metal chain and they tie it to its leg
and the elephants tries to fight it
tries to get out it pulls and pulls and
pulls and it pulls so hard until it
literally rubs its leg raw and the
elephant will sit there and try to fight
and try to get out and eventually it
just gives up and it can be a full-grown
adult elephant and they will tie a piece
of string around its leg and connect it
to a stick and put it in the ground and
it will not move not because it doesn’t
have the power to move but because it’s
accepted that this is just how it is and
I tried to get out once before and I
tried that’s what the enemy does he just
gets you in a space where you said you
know when you were five and you tried to
be all God had called you to be
or you were ten and you
tried to step out and tell your mom that
that you had a dream or that you wanted
to be something and he uses that scar
for when you were little – now you’re a
grown person and you won’t move it’s the
enemy he’s trying to he just he’s trying
to Punk you he’s he’s just reminding you
he’s just saying that you can’t do it
you there’s no way you’ve tried before
and what I what is so crazy is it’s the
same move that he’s doing in 1st Samuel
17 Goliath is punking the entire Israel
army they haven’t thought he comes out
and it’s like hey what’s up I’m a
champion
I’m nine feet tall I got all this bronze
on some of y’all come down here and
fight me right now and literally it says
that the Israel army was on one side of
the mountain the other army was on the
other side and no one would come down no
one was challenging this is what the
enemy does he attacks and he tries to
Punk our purpose and I want to identify
three ways that he does it the enemy
Punk’s purpose by attacking your
perception here’s what I mean by that
the view of Goliath physically was what
the enemy now does mentally to many of
us he’s not new he’s just bigger here’s
what I mean they had actually fought the
Philistine army three times before this
battle and guess what they had never
lost never bad there was literally in
1st Samuel 7 they’re fighting this army
and it’s getting close and literally all
of a sudden the Spirit of God comes on
the Philistine army and they start
killing each other it just
they had never lost against this battle
but all of a sudden the view the
perception was bigger it was just it
wasn’t new it was bigger translation
your fear that you struggle with right
now it’s not new it just feels bigger
your your insecurity it’s not new it
just feels bigger and this is what the
enemy’s after he’s after your perception
because your perception will always
determine your progress against truth
against what’s actually on the inside of
you how you view it what you’re looking
at if you think it’s bigger than you
whether
if it’s true or not we’ll always
determine if you move forward enemy
knows that he knows that it’s I’m not
he’s not as concerned with your problem
as he is of how big you think your
problem is if you think it’s just I
can’t beat that it’s too big
it’s just I’m no match for that for that
fear I’m no match for the struggle in my
marriage I’m no match for these
financial pressures that I’m
experiencing I’m no match for raising
these kids by myself and the enemy just
projects this huge this huge version of
this challenge of this fear just to make
you think that you can’t do it and to
keep you on your side it’s crazy to me
that Goliath was able to talk all this
trash and he hadn’t fought anyone like
it wasn’t like they came down he beat up
one of the dudes and the guy came with
the bloody I was well yeah dog don’t go
mess with Goliath he just he was just
bigger and what’s crazy is in this story
we often label the story of David and
Goliath you even hear this as a sports
term or just as a very crazy out way too
mismatched like David and Goliath oh
it’s in the n-c-double-a tournament it’s
a David and Goliath scenario this fight
was very much a mismatch but not in the
way that we’ve labeled it if you studied
the original context of this story and
really study scholars and look at some
of the details of Goliath anybody that
is that tall over nine feet tall the
only way that that happens is actually a
disease it’s called acromegaly a– and
it’s a disease that attacks your growth
hormones and it causes you to grow at an
exponential rate but it also shortens
your life expectancy and makes your
bones extremely weak and brittle and
makes you have double vision and makes
you to respond very very slow to two
movements and two swings when David came
down that mountain to fight Goliath it
was a mismatch not because David was was
was scared and small but David was a
slinger now you’ve probably not heard of
this term but during that time there was
a piece of the inch of infantry that
were slingers and when he released that
stone at Goliath’s head it was
a little like oh he shot a little rock
that rock would have left at the same
velocity as a 45 caliber gun you see the
fight was actually a mismatch but the
enemy will project himself he will make
himself seem so big to keep you from
ever coming down that hill because he
knows if you ever came down if you ever
got out of that place of insecurity
if you ever would admit that you had
pride and would humble yourself if you
ever came down it would not be a match
but he’s got your perception
he’s got your view he’s got you thinking
that you could never face it it’s too
big it’s too tall you can’t do it the
second thing he goes after it’s similar
but it’s different it’s your perspective
so your perception is what you see your
perspective is how you see it
small but different there are two
totally different perspectives in this
story
there’s the perspective of the Israelite
army and the perspective is the
Israelite army if you read the scripture
in 1st Samuel 17 verse 1 in the
scripture the first people to move are
the Philistine army the first people to
make a motion to attack the Philistines
attacked and set up camp and then it
says saw countered or he responded to
the attack of the Philistine army the
perspective from the Israelite army was
that the attack was sent to them and
that’s what a lot of our lives feel like
it feels like those thoughts that keep
coming after you that they were sent for
you they had talked they attack on your
marriage the attack on your purpose they
attack on your confidence it feels like
this was sent for me and it keeps
attacking me and it’s coming after me
but there’s a there’s a slight
difference in David’s perspective you
see David’s perspective the title or the
the header over this portion of
scripture is David is sent by Jesse you
see the Israelites they took the
perspective that the battle or Goliath
was sent for them but David knew that
Goliath was not sent for David but in
fact David had been sent for Goliath
could I present to you today that maybe
you’ve been viewing your problems with
the wrong perspective what if and just
maybe your problem was not sent to
attack you but you were actually sent to
attack your problem this is a small
shift but your giant was not after you
it was not sent to attack you what if
you were sent to attack it and this is a
different seat that you have to take
that it wasn’t oh it’s coming for me
always coming for me but literally the
scripture says look at this it’s so so
crazy it says it right here in a first
samuel verse 1 it says the Philistine
mustered up their army birth go down to
verse 17 one day Jesse said to David
take this bread of roasted grain to your
brother’s his father sent him in to the
situation what if your father your
heavenly Father sent you what if he sent
you to that struggle what if he sent you
to that job what if it wasn’t that the
job was coming for me and my boss is
coming for me what if your attitude was
maybe my God sent me into that job so
that could help my boss get a different
perspective but and I can tell that your
perspective has been so straightforward
for so long that this idea that maybe
you were supposed to attack it seems
completely out of the question it
doesn’t even seem real
what what this challenge that I’ve been
facing since a teenager you meant that
actually God prepared me and sent me for
it actually yes but the enemy he’s got
your perception of it he’s got you
thinking that you could never beat it
you could never get past it you could
never is just you’re always you own it’s
it’s your perspective and here’s what I
found it’s interesting in my own walk
with Christ and is I’ve noticed that
even if I get the right perception
meaning I understand the difference that
I understand that ok this isn’t this
isn’t bigger than me it’s not it’s not
anything new it’s just the enemy’s
trying to make it feel bigger and make
it feel like it’s overwhelming or make
me feel like I can’t hang
I gotta understand that and I get the
right view of that and then I go to my
perspective and I say what if you know
that I wasn’t this thing isn’t attacking
me but what if I made the perspective
shift that I was attacking in what would
happen and what’s crazy is those things
can happen in your life like you can get
the right perception and the right
perspective but can I let you in on a
secret the enemy don’t really care
they say Charles why would you just
preach those two points if they were not
worth anything I mean they’re there and
like the enemy will attack you in that
way that’s why I put him in there but
there’s a different thing that he does
that has literally taken out hundreds of
thousands of Christians what he does is
he’s okay if you have the right
perception and the right perspective but
what he knows is there’s something that
makes the difference and what the enemy
will do is you can get the right
perspective you can get the right
perception but he knows that if you
don’t have any real power you could have
the right view you could look the right
way you could sound the right way but
without power
you’re not effective without power you
can’t be who you’ve been fully called to
be without the power and this is what
the enemy does he comes for your power
look how he does it in Scripture look
it’s so clear First Samuel bursae
Goliath stood up and shouted a taunt
across the Israelites why are you coming
out to find me I’m a Philistine champion
but you’re only servants of Saul he
discs they were actually the thing that
made them a strong army and literally
caused so many different armies to fear
them is that they were the Lord’s army
they were servants of God but what
Goliath did is he disconnected their
power he said you’re not a servant of
the Lord you’re actually only a servant
of Saul and he connected them to a power
that could do nothing for them and this
is what the enemy does it’s so slight
he’ll take your power and say you’re
good you’re not a servant of God you’re
you’re just you like you don’t have what
it takes you don’t you’re not there’s
nothing different about you and he’s
attacking our power and I believe that
this is the thing that literally has
allowed the enemy to
such a foothold and a grasp of your life
is because you thought if I just fought
it harder if I did more if I if I went
to church more can I tell you the enemy
is not concerned that you’re in church
today what he’s concerned about is if
you leave different you can you can go
to church you can show up to church but
until you get access to power there
won’t be nothing it can shift that
moment get up this microphone is
effective it’s good
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would be to steal your power you know
what he’s not after your mind he’s after
your batteries that’s what he wants he
don’t want the top of this microphone he
don’t want the bottom of this microphone
he wants the only thing that can make a
difference and until you understand that
the power of the Holy Spirit is the only
thing that can make a difference you
will walk around looking the same
feeling the same but there will be no
power it’s the power of the Holy Spirit
that makes the difference that’s it and
it’s that simple and it’s that plain and
I want to be very clear to you about it
because if not we could preach messages
and we could yell and we could shout but
without the Holy Spirit it is you
helping you that’s what this is if we
don’t talk about the Holy Spirit it’s
about you who’s gonna give you the power
to be a better person you who’s gonna
give you the power to beat the Goliath
you because you beating Goliath is not
the story at the Bible you saving
yourself is not the story at the Bible
for God it’s the power and here’s the
thing you start talking about the Holy
Spirit and some people be like Holy
Spirit Holy Ghost I don’t know I don’t
mess with ghosts don’t know mister what
ghost oh me oh no no no and you know
what’s crazy
the enemy has made you afraid of your
batteries he’s he’s made you afraid of
the one thing that could actually do
something and I know I know you may feel
like this is weird the Holy Spirit what
are you talking about is literally the
Trinity of God this is all Bible this is
not what Charles thinks this is in the
same Bible that you have the Father the
Son and the Holy Spirit and I want to be
this straightforward about it and I love
you and I’m not trying to come against
you but many of us would ignore an
entire third of God and act like whoa
worshipping the same guy it’s all Bible
I want to be very clear you cannot turn
your back to a third of who God is and
then be frustrated when you don’t have
power to place what he’s called you to
face and I understand that that the Holy
Spirit has had some really bad prf on
the church’s behalf like we’ve made him
weird and creepy and scary and all this
stuff but the enemy’s use that he’s used
it for you to stay away from your power
source he’s used it and what you’re
doing is she is you think I just gotta
try harder and if I just work harder and
I and I try a lot more and I do a lot
more then I’ll be able to beat my giant
you have no power if you could beat the
thing you’re facing you would have done
it already
and this is if I could beat my my
struggle that I’ve had with lust in the
past if I could have beat it on my own I
would have done a lot of time ago but I
had to have a realization that I I don’t
have the power by myself and as long as
we keep coming to church and showing up
and you can sit in a garage all you want
to and that will not make you a car in
the same way you can show up to church
and sit in church but it doesn’t change
the fabric of who you are the thing that
makes the difference the thing that
allows you to be who God has called you
to be is the Holy Spirit
what’s crazy about that story when I
played football is another game came
around we played the same team and I was
sitting and talking to my dad before the
game was starting and he said Charles
you know what what if you decided that
you weren’t gonna get hit this game I
was like I would be in the NFL
immediately dad that’s what would happen
they said no like what if you didn’t get
hit but you hit people regardless if you
had the ball or not and it was a
perspective shift that you know what I’m
not gonna let them hit me but I’m gonna
hit them first and the first play of the
game I got the ball and the field was
wide open literally it was like Jesus
part of the Red Sea and I could see the
endzone I took off running to the
endzone I was like I’m about to score in
this first play and disrespect everybody
and I’m running and out of the corner of
my eye all the way across the field was
somebody way over here and I remembered
that conversation with my dad and I say
you know it’s early on in the game I
could probably score another touchdown
right now I’m about to let this fool
know what’s up so I was running to the
endzone and I said no brother
I literally mid mid running I was
running I turned I ran straight at him
and I slammed him in the head and I fell
over and I stood up over him and I said
you ain’t gonna Punk me no more can I
tell you some of you today when you get
access to power with you understand that
God is on your side you’re gonna stand
up and say devil
you can’t Punk me no more you ain’t
gonna pump my purpose you ain’t gonna
pump my family you can’t talk about me
like that you can’t come it’s the power
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you it’s the power of the Holy Spirit
it’s the thing that makes the difference
is the thing that makes this possible
and as long as you leave without bed you
will keep coming back in the same spot
you’ll face the same giant over and over
and over again and be frustrated talking
about God where are you God where and
the Holy Spirit sent over there like yep
just waiting
I’ll be over here whenever you want and
the crazy thing is is you actually know
the Holy Spirit you do I I would bet my
life that you know him if you feel like
you have any awareness of Jesus if you
have ever thought about who is Jesus I
wonder who he is the Bible says the Holy
Spirit will guide you into all truth
Jesus is the way the truth and the life
so the only person that can make you
aware that you needed a relationship
with Jesus is the Holy Spirit you you’ve
been talking to him for a while if you
didn’t realize it or not he’s called the
helper the one that comes alongside of
you and it’s it’s the only thing that
makes the difference
the only answer for the punk of the
enemy is the power of the Holy Spirit
only answer it’s not you trying harder
it’s not you going to motruk more church
services it’s not you holding the
welcome home sign outside it’s the power
of the Holy Spirit now here’s what I
want to do I want to take a moment and
in a moment were gonna have a very
special powerful moment I just want to
share some things that I believe are
really going to help you but right now I
really since there’s somebody in the
room that you need to make a decision
right now to surrender your life to
Jesus very clearly very simply no fluff
I’m not trying to trick you convince you
you’ve been searching for something
you’ve been searching for fulfillment
you’ve been searching for a level of
validation you’ve been looking for a
piece of who you are in other people in
a certain amount of money and a title
next to your name and it has not given
you what you needed until Jesus is
enough nothing else ever will be there
are some of you in this room that the
reason you’re here today is to accept
Jesus into your life it’s to surrender
your will it’s to surrender your way and
in a moment the Bible says you believe
in your heart you confess with your
mouth that Jesus is Lord you shall be
saved
here’s what I’m gonna do I’m gonna ask
everybody to bow your heads and close
your eyes just for a moment of focus
just for a moment of focus in thinking
about where are you in your relationship
with God there’s some of you in here
that you need to rededicate your life to
him maybe you were following Jesus at
one moment but you’ve walked away or you
are you’ve kind of ignored him but in
this moment you can come back to him
there are some of you that maybe this is
the first time you’re hearing the real
story of Jesus and the truth is he loves
you he cares about you he believes in
you
he believes the best in you he sees more
in you than you see in yourself and
regardless of what you felt about church
regardless of what you felt about God he
is passionately and in just absolutely
in love with you and all he wants is a
relationship with you here’s I’m gonna
do if you want to accept Jesus into your
life I’m gonna actually repeat this
prayer after me the Bible is very clear
you believe in your heart confess with
your mouth that Jesus is Lord you shall
be saved I’m gonna actually repeat this
prayer and in this moment your life’s
gonna be changed everybody repeat this
after me say dear Heavenly Father thank
you for loving me dear Jesus I need you
I can’t do it on my own
I surrender my will I need your help
it’s in Jesus name I pray amen
listen if you prayed that prayer and you
meant it and you felt something on the
inside of you that is the best decision
you could ever make your future is now
secure in God and you don’t have to
worry or go to other places or look for
other things because the creator of the
universe the one who spoke can put stars
in the sky the person who knew you
before you in your mother’s womb the
person who has a plan and a purpose for
your life
he just entered into the situation right
now and here’s what we want to do I want
to take a moment if you made that
decision say you know what I prayed that
prayer and I meant it maybe you prayed
it before or you have it but you meant
like you felt something on the inside of
you I’m gonna ask you to be bold I’m
gonna ask you to raise your hand not to
embarrass you not to harass you but I’m
gonna do that on the count of three I
want you to raise your hand there’s
already people raising their hand oh my
gosh
listen it’s the best decision if you
made that decision go ahead and raise
your hand right now
I got you over here
I’ll see you in the back brother Oh
hands all over the room come on TC can
we celebrate the enemy has been working
his whole life to keep you from that
moment right there he’s been working so
hard to keep you distracted to keep you
looking to other things but right in
this moment you just made the best
decision of your life listen if you made
that decision I’m gonna actually do
something real quick I’m gonna actually
to text the words saved to the number
that comes up on the screen texts or
states that number we’re not gonna
harass you we’re not gonna sing you a
text every Tuesday all we’re gonna do is
see you some resources to help you and
explain to you what this means and how
you can stay encouraged and without
coming to church and different things
like that
but we just want to encourage you now
that you’ve come to know Jesus we’re so
grateful you made that choice hey listen
here’s what I want to do this is the
most important part of the message most
important part some of you in this room
you need access to power that you don’t
have right now and I want to be very
clear about this the Bible is so clear
about the Holy Spirit and I want to just
take a couple of moments and share with
you who and what the Holy Spirit is all
scripture all solid Bible this is what
the Bible says about the Holy Spirit the
Holy Spirit is is the third part of the
Trinity very clear father son Holy
Spirit it says in the Bible that the
Holy Spirit is our helper he’s the one
that comes alongside of us he’s the one
that stands next to us see the ones that
helps you face things that you couldn’t
face before he’s the one that helps you
fight the Giants that you couldn’t fight
before in John 16:15 this is what the
Bible says all belongs to the father is
mine and this is what I said the Spirit
will tell you whatever he receives from
me the the Spirit of God he helps you
he’s there to come alongside of you he’s
not there to scare you or to get you to
run away he is there to help you
the second thing the Holy Spirit prays
for us
there are times in life and no doubt
you’ve experienced this where your words
aren’t enough for what you need let’s be
real about there are times in situations
where you can’t even get out of your
mouth what you need from God the Bible
is very clear this is where the Holy
Spirit comes in hands Romans 8:26 and
the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness
for example when we don’t know what God
wants us to pray but the Holy Spirit
prays with us and groanings that cannot
be expressed in words don’t argue with
me in Scripture Holy Spirit II gives
gifts you ever heard of the fruits of
the spirit love joy peace patience
kindness the goal of that scripture is
not to get you to be a nice person its
gifts that the Spirit of God gives you
very clear look at this first
Corinthians 12:4 and there are different
kinds of spiritual gifts but the same
spirit capital s have you ever seen the
word his in the Bible if the capital H
that means God capital s spirit is the
source of them all he gives gifts one of
the gifts he gives us is speaking in a
different prayer language or you may
have heard us speaking in tongues and
some of you got tight and scared and I’m
worried you you can be afraid but it’s
your power be afraid all you want to
every single day I pray in the spirit
every single day I pray over my son I
pray with my family because it’s the
power source and as long as you are
disconnected from power you will not be
able to beat the challenges that are you
are facing the last thing the Holy
Spirit gives us power acts 1:8 but you
will receive powers not not some not a
little bit you you will receive complete
whole full power when the Holy Spirit
comes upon you and you’ll be my witness
telling about me everywhere in Jerusalem
and throughout jadi Judea and Samaria to
the ends of the earth
some of you think you need the holy
spirit to go to heaven no you need the
Holy Spirit to go to work on Monday you
you need the Holy Spirit to stay married
you need the Holy Spirit to walk in your
puny you need the Holy Spirit to live
everyday life you need the Holy Spirit
to fight the fuss that has kept you
caged in you need the Holy Spirit every
single day it’s your decision and you
can get batteries or no batteries and
you can look the same and you can talk
the same but don’t be surprised when the
enemy comes for your power he’s no match
he doesn’t stand up to God there’s no
comparison here’s what we’re gonna do
I’m gonna ask the band to begin to play
in just a moment and some of you in this
room tonight
you will receive the power of the Holy
Spirit not some of you’re like oh gosh
this I knew I shouldn’t have come to
this can I tell you that’s the enemy
talking very clearly the devil is
that you think God is trying to fight
you from getting closer to him not his
voice that’s the enemy
that’s the enemy telling you this is
weird and you need to go away and you
shoulda left and you shouldn’t came to
this service we did it at all services
so you wouldn’t escape it anyways it’s
the power of the Holy Spirit here’s
we’re gonna do on the count of three I’m
gonna ask you if you want to see if
there a power of the Holy Spirit I’m
gonna ask you to stand up out of your
seat and come down to the front in just
a moment if you want to receive the
power of the Holy Spirit it’s not gonna
be scary it’s not gonna be weird we
ain’t gonna cast you out and throw you
on the ground no we’re just gonna pray
all you have to do is in a moment you
just say Lord I receive Lord I receive
that’s it and I believe in a moment
you’re gonna see receive access to power
that you did not have before here’s what
we’re gonna do in a moment I’m gonna
count to three and when I count to three
don’t worry about what anybody would
think about you don’t worry if I already
decided I wouldn’t do that and that’s
not for me if you want to be free or not
it’s your decision if you want to walk
in power or not it’s your decision so
I’m gonna count to three and I want
everybody from all over this room if you
want to receive the power of the Holy
Spirit I want you to come down
he loves you too this is the power you
have been looking for three come down
all over this room come down come down
come down hey guys I know we just ended
the message and what happened at that
service was absolutely incredible but we
want to take the time to create an
intentional moment for you to experience
the exact same thing that we did in that
service you know in that moment we were
talking about the power of the Holy
Spirit and there are a couple of things
that the Holy Spirit does that I
mentioned and I just want to reiterate
them the Holy Spirit is our helper he
comes alongside of us the Holy Spirit he
prays for us the Holy Spirit gives gifts
and the Holy Spirit gives Howard listen
until you have access to that power you
will always find yourself struggling to
face the things that God has called you
to face here’s what I want to do in that
moment we took a second to pray over
people to receive the power of the Holy
Spirit and I believe no matter where
you’re watching from no matter what time
it is where you are you can receive that
power right now
so here’s what you do I just want you to
simply put your hands like this this is
a posture of receiving if I was going to
give you something you would have to
have your hands open I want you to put
your hands like this and in a moment I’m
gonna start to pray and I just want you
to think and pray say God I receive God
I receive and I believe in a moment
God’s holy spirit can meet you where you
are would you pray with me lord god I
thank you for every single person that
is hearing my voice right now what I
think you look that your Holy Spirit is
it’s so powerful it can go straight
through a screen and enter someone’s
life right where they are in a bedroom
Lord God and at a house Lord God on a
lunch break Lord Jesus wherever they’re
listening or watching I think you that
your Holy Spirit would enter into their
life right now but I thank you for a
supernatural ability to hear your voice
Lord God for a peace Lord God that comes
from your holy spirit lord I pray Holy
Spirit that your power would enter into
their lives lord I thank you Lord Jesus
even for people who are listening Lord
God that are praying for the for the
ability to pray in a prayer language or
to speak in tongues but I think your
Holy Spirit is meeting
in this moment Holy Spirit we need you
thank you for it is in your name we pray
amen
listen I really believe that this was a
special moment for so many of you we are
so glad that you are part of
transformation nation you are a part of
everything we’re doing we love you guys
and we will see you next time go out and
live a transform life