A powerful message from Sarah Jakes Roberts leading into the second week of “Getting Back to Love” Series with Pastor Touré Roberts
you mean to tell me you need a praise
team to worship Him
you mean to tell me when they stop
singing that you forgotten one every now
and then we need a reminder of where we
come from in the midst of this world
where we spend more time talking
ourselves out of our dreams and our
destiny than actually living them
we need a reminder of the cloth that
were cut from that we are the chosen
righteous people of God that he breathes
his own breath into us every breath we
take is a breath of God and we so
foolishly give it away to negative
thoughts and negative opinions and fears
and insecurities that every now and then
we have to come into the house of God
and remember who gave us this breath who
gave us this life and instead of
allowing our ambition to be the center
of who we are and our potential to be
the center of who we are to just
remember that Jesus you’re you’re making
it all go around that even when things
are out of my control that they’re in
your control and so I’m trusting in the
one
who knows what’s on the other side of
this mountain I’m trusting on the one
who knows what’s on the other side of
this pain and on the other side of this
this insecurity I’m trusting and the one
who is who he is that he is faithful
even when we give up how many times have
we cheated on the lover of our souls and
so when we come into worship we realign
ourselves with the original idea he had
when he created us we opened our hearts
and our minds and our souls and we we
give up our right to be right that that
maybe maybe you really do know a little
bit of something I mean I know you you
created the earth and and I know that
you created this world and I know you
know my beginning from my end and I know
somewhere along the way I took back
control but when I am worshiping I said
God have your way and my life is your
life worship not music not singing when
you leave this place do you live a life
of worship
I don’t want us to be so self-involved
that we forget the opportunity to be God
conscious that we miss the opportunity
to really let go of our idea of who we
have to be and give him full permission
to mold our lives into whatever he
desires even when we think we can’t
handle it sometimes we don’t want to let
guy have control because he played too
much and he make us do stuff that we are
really sure we can stand up to his god
don’t play with y’all like he played
with me sometimes God requires something
of me that I’m just not sure I can give
I’m just not sure I can be that
committed and so instead of walking out
on water I stayed in the comfort of my
own boat and look at others who have
managed to step out on faith and wish I
had the courage but when we live a life
of worship our life becomes courage
living a life of worship means that on
my own I am NOT capable so that
inadequacy I feel is correct because I
need you to do this with me and if your
walk doesn’t require that you lean on
the faithfulness of God you are going
down the wrong path I promise you by
your own strength you cannot do it
leaning and depending on others will not
get the job done
you have to be willing to stand even if
that means standing on your own that
there is nothing you aren’t willing to
sacrifice for the righteousness of God
because ultimately he has called us to
do great exploits and we can’t do great
exploits and stay comfortable at the
same time so when we worship he’s
expanding our insides so that we have
the capacity to fulfill all that he’s
called us to do I’m grateful for the
stretching that I’m going through right
now
and it’s not always easy to be grateful
for stretching because you got to get in
uncomfortable positions and you have to
find out what’s hurting and where there
are knots and where things are still
bound inside of you
but the stretching means that those
things that once had you bound are going
to have to let go
every stronghold must come down every
chain must be broken and I will worship
until there is release and I will give
you the glory even when I don’t
understand what’s going on because your
name will be made great and I can
withstand what it takes to walk with you
surely if you can send your son and hang
him on a cross if you would humble
yourself to come to my level and say I
understand what it’s like to be you but
it’s still possible that through your
pain there is a purpose you are a
miracle your life is a miracle and until
you see the grace of your life being a
miracle
you will always question while you’re on
this earth the hand of God has been
hovering on your life since the moment
you were formed in your mother’s womb
even when your mother didn’t want you
the hand of God was on your life even
when your father hand into the hand of
God was on your life
that means your validation doesn’t come
from acceptance it comes from standing
in the reality that this breath is a
promise that I have purpose
and as long as I’m breathing I can’t
promise I have all the answers I cannot
promise that I will always get it right
but I promise I will sacrifice every
desire every accursed thing in my life
and any blessing that I think I have to
hold on to for your ultimate wheel we
don’t have to handcuff ourselves to a
blessing because we’re afraid that
another one isn’t coming he’s that good
to that if you would release the limits
on your own mind he could do exceedingly
and abundantly don’t put a limit on what
God can do in your life he’s not
finished with you yet there was yet more
for you
don’t forget that you are legacy you are
legacy you are legacy legacy we are the
children of God and I’m going to hurry
up because I know PT has to preach I
just want to say one thing that’s been
most of my life under the mental being
TD jakes daughter I don’t know if you
all know who he is in the church world
people do know him our church has 35,000
members and I spent most of my life
trying to disconnect myself from my last
name because I didn’t feel worthy of the
weight that comes with being TD jakes
daughter and the moment that I realized
that I was legacy whether I chose to
live in it or not
if I didn’t find myself in the heart of
Hollywood at some crazy church on the
brand Melrose here to tell you don’t
forget where you came from that you are
legacy and when we come into this room
we are brothers and sisters reminding
one another that there is legacy yet on
our lives
you