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um I’m excited about this part of the
conversation or the part of the evening
rather and it’s the conversation that
we’re going to have
with people that are deeply deeply
admire and respect people that are
consistent
and so first I want to bring up Essence
Atkins
she’s an actress
storyteller
searches best known for a rose on smart
guy
half and half are we there yet
Marlon
Deliver Us from Eva dance click haunted
house haunted house two can we give it
up one more time for for Essence Atkins
and she just loves Jesus for real for
real for real for real and so we’re so
honored to have you
and it’s not just her I’m also excited
to bring up my friend we were just
reminiscing over time that we spent
together over 10 years ago
Christopher Erskine one of my favorite
movies of all time
was Johnson Family Vacation I can almost
quote it out right now Ryder director
most recently written for Kingdom
Business been in this game for a long
time highly acclaimed highly sought
after and a man of God I love him with
all of my heart so glad here one more
time for Christopher Erskine
and then you know our friend and our
brother Devon Franklin he needs no
introduction
he’s a part of this community been
blessing this community for over a
decade
producer New York Times best-selling
author breacher television personality
and so much more and on and on if I just
keep reading it makes them uncomfortable
but
but I brought them up I said I want to
have a conversation with people who get
it
who understand it and I want to tell you
tonight I want tonight to be about
really inspiration
inspiration hope generosity that’s
already started and for those of you who
are in need they put the website up
there let us know we have a process that
we go through but we we are giving we’re
helping people these are some of the
most inspiring people that I know
and not in being inspirational for the
sake of being inspirational but but they
have a revelation of who God is
they have a track record with God a
history with God they’ve all been in the
business for a long time and they have a
unique perspective and a unique
contribution to this conversation and so
I just wanted us to talk a little bit
we’re going to talk about some stuff and
uh just by a show of hands if you are in
the entertainment industry I just went
by show of hands
wow that’s a good good number of you
well you’re in the right place and
there’s a deposit that I believe they’re
going to make and at the end we’re going
to pray for it’s going to be wonderful
but we’re just going to talk we’re just
going to talk and and we did a little
bit of talking thank you so much for
playing soft music got me feeling all
good make me want to give some more
money
that’s giving money that’s giving music
um but I would love to so we’ve got
the news of the strike we’ve got
um the way that the strike is portrayed
um in the news and I’m not I mean that’s
legitimate on its level we’ve got the
images of people striking it seems
really you know almost kind of fun and
and you know it looks like activism and
all that’s wonderful and great and we
support anyone standing up for what they
believe in
um but I want to know what it’s what
it’s really like
on the ground based on your observations
based on conversations that you’ve had
with people the reason why we started
this is because you know I understand
business I’m a business person Sarah and
I have over 13 we have 13 companies most
of them profitable between the two of us
uh and and looking to start more if
they’re going to be profitable so I
understand business we negotiate
um you know we we leverage things we
pull back that that’s a part of business
and it is the entertainment business
right I understand that uh and so I’m
not here to take sides or anything like
that that’s not my spirit it is
literally business but the reality of it
is I saw casualties so this business is
happening at this level and that is
business
but then at the ground level
I don’t believe that it is as fluffy and
colorful and fun and festive as it might
appear if we just look at the images on
the strikes in your estimation what’s
happening at the ground level
well it’s devastating
um and it’s affecting people outside of
just entertainment so
um I’m divorced and my ex-husband has a
martial arts school
and in May
now he has nothing to do with the
entertainment industry but in May when
the writers strike began he saw 60
people put their memberships on hold
in may we are over a hundred days for
the writer strike and we are over 28 for
actors at this point or tomorrow’s 28.
so it’s having an effect as you
mentioned earlier on the environment
particularly Los Angeles like there are
so many streams of Revenue that are
connected to the entertainment industry
what I have been doing to understand the
impact besides the personal phone calls
that I’ve gotten right personal phone
calls I have a dear friend of mine who’s
a makeup artist and she works not
primarily on set she works primarily in
Publicis
so with the actors not doing any
publicity for any projects suddenly her
income has come to a screeching halt and
she called me when the actors went on
strike and she said
I may have to move in with my
grandmother
this is a grown grown woman who was
making a very good living working for
A-list Talent doing their makeup and now
she’s like
so the casualties are vast and they are
more than is being counted
and what I have been doing also to kind
of stay abreast is you know you see the
Articles and you see the rhetoric back
and forth and this person says this and
the leak happen here and all of this
stuff but if you read the comments
but beneath the Articles you will hear
from people who are on neither side not
the I am a t MTP and not the actors or
the after these are people connected to
the business that are like
can you just talk
because I’m two months behind in my
mortgage
I work in production you know and so
there is a lot of people there are a lot
of people who are being affected by this
and so the need is great
but also
the calling for us is great
the impetus for us is great because it’s
not just people feeling desperate in
terms of finances it’s people feeling
desperate in terms of Hope
you know and so and you were right 2008
was the last Rider strike and it was a
hundred days so we have gone past that
and
the you know there’s a whole lot of
obstinence
so from my estimation
we need to pray
against the spirits because it’s not an
individual thing we don’t battle flesh
and blood but principalities so we have
to pray against the spirits of Pride we
have to pray against the spirits of
greed we have to pray against the spirit
of offense and divisiveness because
those are the tools of the enemy and
that’s who we’re fighting
wow
Hallelujah
I mean let’s just take it right there
wow spiritual
it’s spiritual
that’s powerful we’re going to come back
to that
for me I mean I’ve been out on the front
lines so I’m I’m in the writer’s Guild
and the Director’s Guild and I’ve been
on the strike line at least once or
twice a week at the various Studios and
the thing that I’m getting from all the
different union members is
there’s a lack of hope you know people
are feeling hey there was the strike in
0.708 and then before that there was the
big one in the 80s and then before that
1960 where I don’t know if people know
the history of it but in 1960 our former
president Ronald Reagan was actually the
president of these Screen Actors Guild
and before 1960
actors writers directors never got
residuals
there was no such thing as royalty so no
matter how big your project was no
matter how much money it made that next
one you only got your regular salary so
Ronald Reagan and everyone fought to get
us residuals and then there was another
fight in 1980 which was over a new
technology called the VCR where you were
reselling the movie that was in the
theater on television and it was being
sold direct to the consumer and
the unions were like well if you’re
going to resell this a second time right
shouldn’t I get a cut of that profit and
so today obviously the big fight one of
the big fights is obviously over
streaming Revenue because it’s a new
technology and the lack of hope that I’m
seeing from different people is hey why
do we have to
fight each time if you figured a way to
make more money wow shouldn’t we get a
cut because aren’t we in this together
yeah you know we are Partners we’re the
creatives we don’t possess the hundreds
of millions of dollars in discretionary
fund to make the projects and you guys
do not write direct producer a creative
Talent yeah so so the two of us have to
work together it’s like the bank and the
artist and I think what I’m hearing from
people is if we every three years if we
could just both remember we have to work
together then perhaps we could avoid
some of this the issues that that you
know come up and for me when you know I
see these moments where
you know there’s plenty and then things
go down
the thing that I always sit there and
think about is you for me being a
filmmaker you have your faith filmmaking
and your future and you have to make a
decision which direction are you going
to lean into say it is your future say
that’s what’s most important to you
lifestyle where you’re going to live the
car you’re going to have all that stuff
that means that you then have to make
films or for those who are Musicians
music to support that no matter what
type of music no matter what type of
films because you’re beholden to that
future and whatever space is left is
where your faith goes however if you
decide you’re going to start the
opposite direction
then your faith dictates your filmmaking
or your art and then you let your
and and then you let the author and
finisher of your faith worry about your
future
so for me that’s what I lean into
letting the author and finish up my
faith where about my future because my
agent my manager my good buddy who’s my
producer on some projects none of them
can wake me up none of them can get me
from point A to point Z safely but the
author and finish on my face can wake me
up and provide and for whatever reason
he keeps providing and keeps waking me
up so I keep leaning into the fact that
if he’s done It Before He’ll Do It Again
Hallelujah
and I told y’all
what do you want me to say
what love can be said Lord have mercy
shoot uh I don’t know I mean let me
think of some something deep to say
I mean here’s what I would here’s what I
would say you know I think it’s very
um you know beyond all the specifics
they’ve covered that uh I think the
challenge and the opportunity is that
there’s so much rhetoric around the
strike
that you could be squandering this
moment of preparation
because you’re so focused on wins and
striking to be able Windsor strike going
to be over but we’re in a business like
Christopher mentioned you know and I’m
talking to you know agents at the
highest levels and people in this
business who usually have an
understanding of how this is all going
to be resolved and even they are like we
don’t know throwing up our hands we’re
this is we’ve never seen it like this so
what happens is everybody starts to
focus on okay well when is this all
going to be over and then what happens
is one this business even more so is
survival of the fittest
wow yeah and and so I think it’s you
know and again like I’m gonna come very
real right like you we come in here and
it’s very easy to be like oh yeah God is
great and God is great
but are you working on the gift that he
gave you
are you cultivating the Excellence in a
time like this where everybody’s
distracted
are you working on what he called you to
to work on
are you learning how to write better
scripts are you are you taking acting
workshops you could even do acting on
YouTube like are you taking classes to
become a better actor are you watching
master classes of Spielberg to learn how
to become a better filmmaker what are
you doing during this period of time
while everybody is focused on when’s it
going to be over then once it’s over
those that have been preparing are gonna
get if they’re gonna be at the front of
the line
so you know I I just I want I want it
there to be a reality here and where you
know I’ve been in this business since I
was 18 years old
I started as an intern uh working for a
management company that managed Will
Smith and Jada and Babyface and you know
so many Talent at hot Talent at the time
and what I can tell you is in my
experience
as people of faith we don’t make
excellence
a part of our commitment in this
business
we say well God is going to take care of
the difference and God’s going to do
yeah God’s gonna do it but faith without
works is dead yes we love the faith part
but we don’t talk about the works part
and we have to as as as Believers and
members of the Kingdom
step up in our Excellence step up in our
preparation Step Up in learning this
business and this is where my heart goes
because when this thing is over
there are going to be fewer movies made
fewer television shows made fewer
opportunities now that could scare
somebody
but it’s not meant to be scary
it’s meant to say if you are excellent
if I am excellent then I believe somehow
someway my Excellence combined with
God’s power will make a way yes will
make a way because if we’re called to
this business then I believe we can
survive in this business but you got to
know what time it is
this is I’m telling you I’ve been in
this for 27 years and this this is is
the the most contentious I’ve ever seen
it so then for me you know I’m a
producer I have to deal with CBS and
thankfully I’ve been able to keep my
staff on and all that’s been great so
then I start to think and I get caught
up like oh shoot when’s my next movie
going to happen what’s going to happen
going back to what Christopher said I
said okay well I gotta one have my faith
and two what is the work that God is
calling me to do while things are not as
busy
and let me tell you that has been a
struggle yeah because I’m used to being
super busy
but the problem is when you’re not busy
you then really get a chance to see how
far and deep you are in your faith and
how not
because in A Moment Like This
our faith is get shaken not only faith
in God faith in us
faith in our ability
am I as good as I think I am so in these
moments just letting you all into my
process I’ve had to say wow God who who
are you calling me to be
because if I put so much of my identity
in this business
and this business goes away
does my identity go with it
and so I have personally had to
re-evaluate
who I am
and what I offer to this world that is
not dependent on this business
and so that’s the work for me during
this season where everybody’s focused on
when it’s going to be over what are you
calling me to do God where are you
calling me to go what are the gifts
you’re calling me to pay more attention
to to be a better Steward of so that
whenever this is over lord I can be
aligned with where you want me to go and
what you want me to do
wow this is so good
this is so so rich
I’m um
I’m an entrepreneur I can’t help it I’m
like a a serial
entrepreneur I I can’t help it I I
see an opportunity and I feel almost
called to convert it into something I
feel like if I don’t convert an
opportunity I failed I don’t know where
that came from and but I have that
when I think about Preparing People
particularly those who are entrusting
um their me being a part of their
guidance for life
and when I think about preparing those
people
I am
it is not a command to jump ship I love
what what you said I love what everyone
said but when you talked about what are
you doing while you’re waiting and
preparing and and you’re right the
opportunities are going to be fewer and
so survival of the fittest the excellent
will prevail
but I’m also wondering if you’re not if
if this was not about a calling per se
or maybe it was a calling for a season
my I want to strike a conversation
around Innovation
and and maybe
rethinking
um how I invest my time and what I
pursue you know when the pandemic
happened
um it forced a lot of innovation like a
lot of things that were small became big
new things came the world changed
and some economists and some people who
really study
you know how societies rise and fall
would argue that the greatest
ideas the greatest Innovations come out
of great adversity
and I I am wondering
if in this shaking because this is a
shaking without a shadow of a doubt God
is shaking when you think about when an
earthquake comes and it shakes the land
that land is never the same again it
doesn’t shake and then go back to what
it was you you have cracks because there
has been a permanent separation a
permanent crack
um can you all speak to
the I was going to call it feasibility
but we’re all Faith people but but what
does innovation look like now
um should those who don’t necessarily
feel called to act I mean it’s they’re
good at it they’re gifted at it but but
can we talk about you know other things
um
other opportunities what could what you
know you know because sometimes we we
talk about other people putting
ourselves in a box but sometimes we put
ourselves in a box
but uh but I’d like to maybe talk just
for a minute and then we’re going to go
back very spiritually close it out but
but I want to talk about
um
not limiting yourself
uh in this downtown downtime and you
know learning something new uh trying
something new
um I just wanna I I don’t know if I’m
asking this right but I but I wanna I
wanna talk about that I’m passionate
about that I think that instead of
sitting around waiting for the
circumstances to change
um what is innovation and
Entrepreneurship and and the pioneering
Spirit look like in times like this
um
I want to start first with Miriam
Webster’s
definition of audition
audition according to Webster’s
Dictionary is the art of listening
that’s what the literal meaning is
so I think it’s very important that as
artists we are listening
to your point Pastor there
are you hearing are you attuning
yourself to be in alignment as you said
as well as you said are you tuning
yourself your ears your ear gates are
you listening for God’s voice it’s not
necessarily about completely
redefining who you are who you’ve been I
mean I’ve I looked at my sad card today
it said 1989.
my after card was 1986. so I don’t it’s
not that I am not an actor but to your
point in the pandemic
I directed for the first time
I wrote a script with my best friend
who’s over there for the first time
and it was because I was listening to
God telling me to shift I was listening
for God telling me to LEAP I was
listening for God telling in the same
way that he told me acting was calling
me it was this it was the same thing it
was like no no and the other thing
because it’s not always about
entrepreneurs entrepreneurial ship and
gaining money but one of the things that
happened during the pandemic is my son’s
school closed
it was July of 2020. and I wasn’t
working and two weeks before I was
having a crisis right how are we gonna
go back to work six feet doesn’t work
for actors like you know I was in this
panic and I got an email in July saying
five weeks before school was supposed to
go back that the school was closing
their doors permanently my son had been
going to this very small Christian
School since he was two
I started making phone calls Googling
Christian schools nearby
covid protocols like you know all the
things
and the Holy Spirit said empty your
guest house
hmm
wow
what
empty your guest house and I said you
mean the guest house is so cute that’s
decorated for guests
and the Lord was like yeah the one that
nobody’s coming to because there’s a
global pandemic and everybody’s in
lockdown yeah that one
so that afternoon I called my son’s best
friend’s mom and that afternoon a little
later there were three mothers in my
living room
and five weeks later my guest house was
empty we hired a teacher that had just
lost her job unexpectedly from the
school my son was attending
and 13 of my son my son when covet
happened there were 13 and his second
grade class was a very small little
school nine of them came to my guest
house
and the Holy Spirit told me call it
risen Village spell it incorrectly
r-i-s-o-n as in the Son of God Who Rose
the Holy Spirit also told me three years
in may we just finished
three years later
the school that closed the founders show
up at my house because they’re starting
a new school and I’m donating all the
classroom stuff back to them so I heard
the Holy Spirit say three years
my point in saying that is that it
wasn’t just me it was a group of
Believers because this is a Christian
School so for three years to your point
about work
somebody had to be there
to let the teacher take an hour lunch
break and every day for three years
there was a parent there
every week twice a week there was a dad
there doing PE
so the point is is that what we can do
when we collaborate what we can do when
we work together what we can do and the
crazy thing is
I almost forgot about this but the crazy
thing is is that in the midst of all of
this right
I get a check
from residuals I go to my mailbox I open
it up I’m opening a bunch of checks
because thankfully I’m a part of a lot
of before streaming products and
Productions that I still get residuals
from and it helps me in Valley seasons
I opened an envelope and there is the
biggest check I have ever seen in my
life in it
at one time and the reason and and it
was a lawsuit that sag filed on my
behalf and some other actors that they
won that I had no idea that they filed
so
while you are doing your father’s
business
while you are working with your
community to take care of your father’s
children
while you are assembling to pray and
give glory to God calling yourselves a
risen Village
the father will provide
he is the same yesterday today and
tomorrow
and if he parted the Red Sea you think
he cares about a strike
we don’t care about the strength
when I was driving over here the holy
spirit said I’ve never seen the
righteous forsaken so you know when
Pastor Therese said it I was like
but
let’s be clear
our righteousness is in Christ
so if we’re not going to be forsaken we
have to pursue
Christ
the way we pursue the bag the way we
pursue the man the woman the way we
pursue the body the way we pursue all of
the things
we have to pursue Christ first and
foremost
and if you’re about your father’s
business you will be all right
and you will better you will be better
than all right because then you will
have a testimony
to inspire and encourage those around
you that’s the reason I’m here I’m not
here because I’m special
I’m not here because I’m special y’all
let me
I am not here because I’m special
the thing that I can tell you that I am
grateful for is that I can hear the Holy
Spirit louder and clearer
in my pursuit of righteousness
I hear it clearer and I move quicker
that’s it
that’s it okay okay
wait a minute
wait a minute
oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God
oh my God
oh my God
she just said so much
I just I just
started
by talking about audition and I get it
now odd odd you know that has to do with
hearing I never looked at it that way
and in the silence
her ear got better
the environment
created
a tuning that’s what’s happening
somebody your your ears because
sometimes when it’s noisy and busy and
you know and you think it’s blessed but
it’s busy
and you can’t hear she heard it started
reminding me about the um
when the brook dried up when Elijah and
the brook dried up and so it looked like
nothing and the brook has dried up in
this town the brook has dried up but
there was
prophesied provision
it was prophesied provision so there was
provision
in the prophetic stream
so right now I feel the Holy Ghost in
This so right now
there is a prophetic stream
over all of us right now
what I mean by a prophetic stream
I’m talking about the knowledge of God
the truth of God that which has been
spoken before the foundation of the
earth that’s a stream over you it’s a
prophetic stream over you it’s happening
over you right now over your
circumstance you feel lost but in the
prophetic you’re not
and so and so
you have to tap into it
and when you tap into it the
instructions I’m just saying what you
said but just but I don’t want it to get
look at you said so much
so you have to you have to tap into the
prophetic word that’s over your life
right now
there’s a prophetic word over your life
that you have to audition
that you have to attune your ear to hear
and I hear the Lord saying in everything
you need is there
everything you need is there that’s
powerful we’re going to make sure you
we’re going to play that part that you
said again over and over again here over
and over again because the provision the
provision is in the prophetic
the provision is in the Stream I’m sorry
I just you’re not just gonna sit down
and we move past that like that that’s
not gonna no no that was life-changing
yeah
I thought we were talking about
Innovation and we sure were
um whatever’s on your heart Christopher
I do want us to get to
hope
and the opportunity
to impart hope what if this whole thing
was
and it’s a shaking so foundations are
being shaken what if this whole thing
was a tee up
for the gospel of Hope
that’s what this whole thing at the end
of the day because we’re looking at
money drying up and eyes whatever
whatever and we’ll we’ll help fix that
but but but what is God doing in it and
I wonder if this is
and I feel this welling up I wonder if
this was the finest Hour for the church
in Hollywood
it could be and not just for the church
in Hollywood but the church through
Hollywood I wonder if this is our moment
to squander or to improperly Steward
this moment would be to be consumed with
lack
with the notion of lack
and and miss the kingdom imperative In
This Moment
what what do you think about that or
whatever you want to say
listening to what Essence said what
stood out to me was a life of service
because that’s essentially what she did
was serve others and you know in this
moment when people talk about Innovation
some of the greatest innovators that
I’ve ever heard of set back and looked
at their industry whether it’s
entertainment Tech or whatever and found
the void yeah what’s missing what are my
other friends and family and people in
this industry saying that they do not
have that they wish worked better and
then when you find that void and you
push towards that generally you end up
serving because whatever it is that you
create ends up helping others get back
time it helps others do things more
efficiently
and so you know when Devon was speaking
about the idea that right now don’t sit
on your laurels don’t just sit on the
sofa figure out something and it may be
working on a script it may be working on
music or it may be figuring out a way
that you can streamline cut down things
make things more efficient and in that
you will serve others and we all know in
service God definitely blesses
and to me when I think about Hope in
this moment where everyone is kind of in
Despair and going you know things aren’t
going to change or things aren’t going
to get better
the thing that I think about is
whatever you’re going through right now
is this really real do you really have
to be in this moment like
I wrote one of the projects I wrote
there’s a theme in there that says do
not accept the illusion of your reality
where you are right now is only real if
you accept it wow or you can make a
change and this moment whether I’m broke
or whatever the situation is is Just an
Illusion and you will then move into
your real reality so
you know
and and when you know you spoke about
when the Bible says that faith without
works is dead you know God says it’s
impossible to please him without faith
so if faith will outworks is dead that
means faith is an action word you can’t
just believe and hope you have to do an
action so perhaps there’s a job that you
want or you need you could sit there and
fill out resumes and just send them off
and wait for someone to call or you can
listen to the Holy Spirit who said hey
take that bus down to such and such a
place and you’re on that bus like why am
I on this bus and then you’re on the bus
and perhaps there’s an old lady who is
having trouble getting off the bus you
help her off the bus to meet her
grandson only to discover that he’s the
hiring manager at the place that you
sent the resume to
and in that what were you doing you were
serving someone else and God you know
will bless that
so for me like I said I just sit back
and go
find the void
see how you can innovate off of that
give people back time serve others you
know or someone once you know said in a
book that if you want to be a king you
have to carry a crown so you have to
serve something or someone in order to
get to that particular place huge
huge
like what happened man I thought we were
brothers you put me behind these two
Lord have mercy
man what could I ever say you know there
were just a couple thoughts that are not
connected yeah and so I’m just gonna let
y’all know I just had a couple thoughts
they ain’t connected okay so we’ll just
go through them one
isn’t it powerful with Essence just
Minister would you just give it up for
her please
powerful
powerful
and and and and I hope you’re cool I say
this because I won’t get too detailed
but like you all see her Talent her gift
her her essence
but you don’t know the pain she had to
go through to sit here yeah
so so often we look at the promise we
look at the stage but to be on this
stage and I’m not just talking about the
stage in this event I’m talking about
the stage of being in front of people
and taking on characters and and being
something that people want you to be
that maybe you’re not exactly the pain
to be an artist
is the pain that produces the art
so I want you to applaud that she’s been
able to get through it to be here to
offer to you and to me and to those
watching
something of value
yes yes
come on
so that the pain and and I just touch on
that everyone here is going through some
pain
the the pain is is a purifier for your
purpose
so as difficult as it is like you know I
trust me I the moment something
uncomfortable happens I’m the number one
like what’s going on who do I got to
talk to what I got to do to not be this
uncomfortable or be in pain but the pain
is what produces the innovation
right so let’s talk about Innovation for
a minute and then I got something for
everyone here
so like I look at my life in my career
and I say okay
the the things that have blocked
innovation
are being so attached to in a previous
understanding of myself
that I don’t allow God to do a new thing
right so so I’ll give an example so most
of you who know me you know that I’m I’m
a preacher you know I’m an author I’m a
producer and earlier this year I had the
first opportunity to act right amen amen
which is great
thank you Jesus Revolution but like but
in terms of innovating right innovating
I have to either be an innovator right
and sometimes we’re looking at ideas we
are the idea
that God is trying to innovate every
single day something new and different
so for me when it came to the movie uh
my buddies who produced the film and
directed the movie they say hey do you
want to be in this film you know we have
we have a role that we think you’d be
perfect for
my my almost immediate reaction was to
speak against the opportunity to
innovate
because I didn’t have the vision for
myself that they had so my first thing I
was about to say well I’m not an actor
and before I could say it the holy
spirit said shut up
why would you speak against
something that I’m speaking for
well I’ve never done it that’s
Innovation I’ve never done it I’m scared
I was terrified but I’m like okay God if
you’ve given me the opportunity let me
prepare for it let me get with acting
coaches let me you know learn my lines
let me work on my character bio let me
take on the work of of an actor to do it
now here’s what was amazing talking
about Innovation and that God wants to
innovate all of us as long as we don’t
get so attached to who we were yesterday
right
so I wrote my acting coach said you
gotta write your character bio now my
thing was like well I just want to get
on there and just you know just want to
act
uh-huh
do your homework so I wrote the
character bio and this is just me coming
up with what I believe the character has
gone through to get to this moment in
these scenes
so I learned my lines I did my character
bio I’m there on set waiting to you know
do my lines and the Holy Spirit said
look at the sides
for those of you that don’t know you
know Hollywood like sides are the script
pages and when you go show up to act
they put the script pages that you’re
going to shoot for the day in your
trailer
look at the sides I look at the sides
the sides are completely Rewritten from
what I had studied
but what’s in the size now mind you I
had no conversation with the writer and
director about what my character bio was
what was in the sides was the majority
of what I wrote my character had gone
through
so I was already ready
you see and and here’s the other part of
innovation
can’t be afraid
to look like a fool
no I’m serious because we we have so
much value what are people going to say
I’m like listen people could go to this
movie and say oh your wig was this
whatever I don’t care I had enough I had
enough Faith to do it I did it I’d
rather be on the other side of it and
say I did it versus like oh I’m afraid
of what y’all gonna say so I’m not gonna
do it
that when I
but when it comes to Innovation my point
is in order for me to innovate the idea
of myself I had to be open to step into
the unknown to do something
uncomfortable that the whole world from
now until Jesus comes people can watch
that movie and say oh man he’s bad or
he’s good whatever
but at the end of the day if we’re so
concerned about how we look
if we’re so concerned about what we will
say we will never innovate
We Are The Innovation that God wants us
to bring to this end this business
We’re The Innovation we’re the
innovation in not allowing who you think
you are to prevent what God wants you to
be I stand on this stage saying people I
was in a couple minutes earlier this
week what’s what’s your next you know
five years like I don’t know
I don’t know what God is doing I’m just
like Lord today just use me however you
want me to be used
now here’s the other thing last name I
say I told you there were three
different points that are not connected
the last thing is this
you know I I sit here and I look at all
of you who are amazing and talented
and the thing that blows my mind is
why aren’t there more Productions coming
out of this church
there are directors writers producers
actors makeup artists here
why are you not getting together with
your fellow brothers and sisters to
create content that comes out of this
house
why wait on Netflix and Amazon to give
you the permission to do what you can do
right now and you have line producers
here you I’m telling you all the
resources you need to shoot your music
video your short film your your your
your TV show you can do it right here
but so often we’re looking at Hollywood
instead of looking at our neighbor and
if God brought you to one church if God
brought you here he’s not just bringing
you here to get him he wants you to
create something
right and he wants to use the resources
in this house
what if one church is the answer when
the strike is over that out of this
house hit shows hit movies hit music hit
albums come on come on what if one
Church the industry says what’s going on
in this church there’s so much content
that’s coming out it’s the best actors
are coming from this church the best
producers are producing from the best
writers what is going on on La Brea
what’s happening in this building the
people of God started working with the
people of God
The Innovation started working with the
Innovation that’s what happens that’s
how we get through this because we start
working with each other don’t wait for
Hollywood to give you the yes get a yes
from yourselves right now
exchange numbers let’s start a small
group we talk about we’re going to shoot
some things we’re going to start
creating some things come on somebody
let’s start using the resources in this
house to innovate in a way that will
change this business
uh I don’t want to miss this everybody
stand up real quick get into posture
receiving
this is this is I’m I’m Blown Away
I’m blown away at what
has come through this
stage through these vessels
and I truly believe it I’m going to give
them a chance to leave you with
something
in their own way
but I believe that that everything
that you need to know
the seat of it
came out of their mouths tonight I’m
telling you I know it when I hear it
that everything
that you need to know and understand for
this season
came out of their mouths
the seat of it
and you have to water it
and you water it by stepping into it you
heard something
and if it was coming at you too fast to
take notes I get it I’m going to make
certain that this you’ll have access to
it and all the mediums that we have to
get content to you yeah
but you got it you don’t need nothing
else
you got it some of it was in seed form
some of it was a straight out tree you
got a tree tonight walk out of here with
a tree
but at minimum it was in C form I just
want
and it can be prophecy
I still want to pull my spiritual
daughter up here on the stage but I’m
trying to let her be pregnant and
do our stuff
but I just want you to if there was just
one phrase one sentence one thought one
idea this is everything that you said it
is divine this is
the children of issachar the sons of
issachar understood times and seasons
and what Israel ought to do so they they
understood the times they understood the
season but they tapped into the
prophetic stream
and there was a lot about all of you
talked about collaboration all of you
literally collaboration and Innovation
and serving
and that is
the instruction
there are a lot of micro instructions
that’s all wonderful and take what’s
yours but the macro instruction that’s
across the board
is to come together
with with your brother and your sister
and the Lord like-minded people gonna
listen to God
and do something
and to serve that’s the word but I want
you just in your own way if there was
something this is this is this is
these are the ones that God is going to
use
these are the ones that God is going to
use
and I just want you to whatever God puts
on your heart
your party this is what you want them to
carry back into their world
what is it
isolation isolation
breeds indignation
isolation is not collaborative
isolation is dangerous
the
Lord knows that we need each other
two by two is how he sent them out yes
and sometimes
you’re standing somewhere
because someone
believed in you greater than you could
see or imagine for yourself yes my best
friend is here
the minute I told her I was coming to do
this the first thing she said was
can I come with you
amen
when I was backstage
she was immediately
on the throne praying for me
we have to do that for one another iron
sharpens iron
please do not let the enemy whisper that
you don’t need anything or anyone don’t
let Pride be the thing that destroys you
it’s so important it’s so important
please this is not an easy season
I don’t want you to think that we don’t
know that
but it’s important
that you find a partner in your purpose
in your prayer and in your promise
what I would say is
if the god that we serve
is the creator of everything
and that if just by his voice he spoke
things into existence
he took nothing and made it into
something and You’re Made In His Image
do not ever allow someone to be the
gatekeeper of your creativity and
Innovation do not let them speak against
what you can do because the God who we
serve made nothing into something and
you can do the same
wow again here we are
here we are here we are you know uh what
I would like to leave you with
is that all things are possible to those
who believe
this business in terms of entertainment
is a business built on imagination
think about that the stories
you know they come forth from this
business whether on the small string or
the big screen come from imagination
someone had to believe in something that
they could only see in their mind
and did everything that they could
to get that out into reality
I want you in this season as difficult
as it may be
to not lose your belief in who you are
and who he is and what he’s called you
to do
please remember this you’re going to
remember this night and I believe PT
thank you for putting this on
please give it up for Pastor Ray
you can do better than that
amen
because I believe that tonight will be a
marker
literally where things shifted in the
lives of those that are watching on live
stream those that are here so if you’re
here
all things are possible to those that
believe
the one thing the enemy is always trying
to do
is attack our belief
what did he say to Eve you will not
surely die
seed of doubt
don’t let the headlines plant seeds of
doubt
where God wants you to harvest a crop of
faith
amen
all things are possible to those who
believe
I was going to say can we give it up to
our panelists can we give it up to our
prophets for tonight come on somebody
wow
mind blown I’d be remiss if if I didn’t
offer an invitation to
anyone who might be here and
or watching via live stream or
and you just it’s just time to say yes
to God
or maybe yes to God in a deeper way in a
deeper way these are deep times I
believe these are the times where you
are going to see Miracles these are the
times where where you are going to well
God is going to send provision through
Ravens and I I really believe that like
that scenario that Christopher described
where he’s on the God told him to get on
the bus and he’s on the bus and sees the
lady and I believe that we’re in that
time because it’s a time of stripping
where God just begins to strip away
things that not only do you not need but
things that keep you from that type of
intimacy that produces that type of
Miraculous Journey somebody’s getting
ready to go on an incredible journey
an incredible journey with God
but I do want to
extend this invitation you don’t have to
come up that doesn’t you don’t have to
do that if you don’t want to
but I but I do want to pray for you if
God is is drawing you deeper you feel
that drawing you beyond
acute trivial distant relationship with
the Lord but to a real
surrendered life in fact I will ask you
to come up
if that’s you I want you to just come
and meet us here with
meet us here he’s drawing your Chosen
and chosen he’s drawing you Lord is
drawing you
he’s drawing he’s drawing
he’s drawing you
he’s drawing
is drawing
there’s so many people there are a lot
of people that you admire
hmm
a lot of people that you admire
that went to the levels that they went
to because they had a real relationship
with God
a lot of people
and you wouldn’t even know but you
admire them but behind what you see
is a vibrant prayer life
a vibrant prayer life
a real relationship with God I’m not
even gonna name names
but I’m talking about people at the top
of their crap because God could trust
them
and they’re Gatekeepers and they’re
moving things and they move inside they
don’t say much every once in a while you
catch them and it’ll it’ll come out
but God has planted them strategically
in places and I know four and five sat
with them I know for a fact it’s because
of what they were doing in secret their
secret relationship with God
he says if you do this in secret
in authenticity just me and you nobody’s
watching this is just me and you in
relationship I will reward you openly
God is calling
deep is called the Deep
and he’s saying come unto me
come unto me all ye
who labor and are heavy laden
take my yoke upon you he said alert of
me intimacy he said my yoke is easy my
burden is light he’s drawing if you’re
watching via live stream
Jesus specifically is drawing you
is simple
all you have to do
is just say yes
just say yes
just say yes
he said behold I stand at the door and
knock
if anyone hears my voice
I will come in they open the door I will
come in Jesus I will come just just just
open the door all you got to do is open
you don’t have to force me just open the
door just say yes
I’m knocking
on the door of your heart
only God can do that only he knows where
to touch you
so anyone hear my voice
and opens the door
he says I will come in
and sup with you have an intimate
exchange with you
and you with me
I won’t be a distant God draw near to me
I’ll draw near to you
and you’ll never regret it you’ll never
regret it you’ll never look back
father I thank you so much God for this
night
as Devon said
this is a a marked night
this is a marked moment
and we are marked people
and there’s something in this room and
you almost did not make it
literally there were forces keeping you
from making and you came in there with
an attitude
you laughing because you know what I’m
talking about
you came in here with an attitude
and God says I just needed you here
and your life will never be the same
again God I thank you for what you’re
doing
God the hearts that you have touched and
the hearts that you have drawn
and those hearts that has opened up to
you and said yes
Holy Spirit
I pray that you would seal this work
that you’re doing
what I see down the road
I see Ministry birth I see
word coming out of people in all kind of
form
spoken
written
produced
sang
all kind of word
Unlimited
I see your sons and daughters tapping
into a well
into a well
he said
I’m going to be a well on the inside of
you
you’ll never thirst again this wealth
springing up into everlasting life
you won’t miss
you won’t be dry
you will find me when you search me
you’ll find direction you’ll find
guidance you’ll find provision
and there’s a new dimension of Joy
coming to you
the joy of the Lord the joy rooted in
your relationship with God is coming to
you yes Lord now I want you to repeat
after me
Heavenly Father
I thank you thank you because I feel
your love tonight
God you see me
you know me
before I was put in my mother’s womb
you knew me
you sanctify me
you ordained me
God I thank you for Jesus thank you
for making him
who had no sin
all of mine
all of my weakness
all of my Brokenness
all of my fear
all of my confusion
all of my pain
all of my Brokenness
you placed in his body
nailed it to the cross
and put it to death
and when you raised him up
free and Victorious
because I am now in him
I’m raised up too
seated in Heavenly places
in Christ Jesus
far above bondage
far above Brokenness
in Christ I’m whole
in Christ I’m new
in Christ I’m called
in Christ I’m Victorious
in Christ I have a future
in Christ I have a covenant
in Christ I have his promise
in Christ I am prophetic
in Christ I have a destiny
in Christ I am creative
in Christ I bear his image
and his likeness and the Very Gates of
Hell
cannot
shall not will not Prevail against me
I’m on my way up
now holy spirit
fill me to the Overflow that I would
lack nothing
no spiritual resource
no spiritual power will be kept from me
fill me
with the Holy Ghost
fill me
baptize me with the Holy Ghost out of
fire change my life
free me in every way in Jesus name now
put your hands together and just begin
to praise God put your hands together
open your mouth and begin to praise God
your newness declare declare your
freedom I feel the spirit of God I feel
the spirit of the Lord in this house
let the joy of the Lord be
God come on up come on come on we’re
going all the way we’re going all the
way we’re going all the way like there
is no tomorrow we’re going all the way
all the way all the way all the way all
the way all the way all the way all the
way lacking nothing lacking nothing all
the way
all the way
all the way all the way all the way all
the way all the way all the way all the
way all that motion all the way all the
way lacking nothing lacking nothing
lacking nothing lacking nothing all the
way all the way all the way all the way
lacking nothing lacking nothing that’s
established established establish
establish establish establish establish
establish lacking nothing locking
nothing locking nothing coolness fools
bonus chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen
chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen
chosen chosen chosen chosen a royal
priesthood a holy nation A peculiar
treasure lacking nothing
lacking nothing lacking nothing lacking
nothing lacking nothing like fullness
fullness fullness fullness fullness
fullness
boldness bonus bonus stir up the gift
start up thinking stop thinking start
again stir up again stir up again stir
them
Holiness Holiness come on come on come
on take them take it take him take him
take him take them take them
take them take them take them take them
I will resource you I will not leave you
powerless
anointing Authority Grace
bonus
oh this is yours bonus is yours
yep
come on come on you’re gonna need some
power you’re gonna need some power
you’re gonna need some power you’re
gonna need some power you’re gonna need
some power come here you’re gonna need
some yeah just receive it just receive
it just receive it just receive it just
receive it love love love love love
radical love radical love the Father’s
Love
The Father’s Love
amen
chosen
accepted
the enemy is a liar
you’re not forsaken
you’re not forgotten
you’re chosen
your chosen
chosen
chosen
you’re chosen
you’re chosen I hear the Lord say in
your mind you’re mine you’re mine I will
never forsake you I will never fail you
I will never fail you
I will never leave you
I will never leave you
when you walk through the waters I’ll be
with you
and to The Rivers they won’t overflow
you
and through the fires and you won’t be
burned
fear not for I Am With You
be not dismayed for I am your God
I will comfort you
in this life
that’s what Jesus said you’ll have
tribulation
got you
got you
there’s not a place your steps will go
that have not been ordered
it’s not a place you will walk that I’m
not with you
I got you
and you take that with you
and you take that with you
so God bless your people
still
what has happened tonight
and God wanted me to tell you
that you’re different
you’re different
that he gave you something tonight
he just sprinkled seed all night
all night
so much so that it just
you couldn’t deny it
you’re like well that was coincidence
and then
Christopher came right back behind it
well that might have been Devon
and then you thought Essence was
finished and boom she came right back at
you again
it’s God’s saying
I got you
I know what you need
and God I just pray that it would grow
up that it would take root
and bear fruit
in Jesus name
I love you very much
can we give it up one more time for
Essence Christopher and Devon thank you
so much
God bless you family well I just believe
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