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hey family i’m pt pastor toray roberts

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bless you i’ll see you soon

i feel like the older i’m getting right

like i feel like an old church

grandmother sometimes but the older i

get the more i realize just how

important it is to make space for

worship in my life in the thick of some

of my toughest moments it can be hard to

open up my heart for worship and yet

then there are reminders that remind us

of the beauty of being in the presence

of god and who we become as we begin to

see him clearly

my prayer is that this will be a

continuation of what you already have

experienced with worship that as we

continue to go deeper and deeper in the

word that your heart has already been

cultivated and opened

ready to receive this word

i’ve been praying

and i’ve been studying

i believe that god has a word just for

you this is a prophetic word as i was

praying and i was trying to wrap my mind

around exactly what it is god wanted to

activate in us tonight he gave me a

declaration that was just so clear it

hit my spirit and my responsibility is

to share it with you and so let’s dive

into the word i’m so excited

i’m going to be in john 13 the new king

james version

and i’m going to start with verse 2.

just to set the stage a bit

jesus is having what we know now as the

last supper

and he’s here with the disciples

can you imagine

what this moment feels like

can i set the stage for you

the disciples are there eating as usual

thinking that they are going to continue

the work that they have been doing

for almost three years going from city

to city bringing deliverance and

miracles and yet

jesus recognizes that it is time for him

to go to the cross

on one hand

the disciples think everything’s moving

as normal

but yet jesus has a revelation that

there’s been a shift

there’s been a shift nothing has changed

on the outside but the change is coming

and sometimes before our outside changes

our inside must change so that we can

understand how to move in the midst of

the shift that’s somebody’s word already

you recognize that you’re standing in a

shift and you’re waiting for things to

shift before you change but i hear god

saying that you’ve got a shift before

the change happens so that when the

change occurs you’re already in place

so jesus has shifted

but the circle around him has not

and my text begins in verse 2 and it

says and supper

being ended

the devil having already put it into the

heart of judas iscariot simon’s son to

betray him

jesus knowing that the father had given

all things into his hands and that he

had come from god and was going to god

rose from supper and laid aside his

garments

took a towel

and girded himself

after that

he poured water into a basin

and began to wash the disciples feet

and to wipe them with the towel

with which he was girded

then he came to simon peter

and peter said to him

lord

are you washing

my feet

jesus answered and said to him

what i am doing you do not understand

now

but you will know

after this

i’d like to call this time together this

message the point of no return

the point of no return

because

something takes place in this text

that changes everyone who we see here

and us

as a matter of fact

and this was a point of no return and i

believe we’re standing in a moment very

similar to that

god you gave me this word

and if i’m honest i have no clue how

you’re going to bring it forth

and yet here i am standing in faith

that you will meet me here

not just so that the words come clearly

but that the words can bring change

transformation power breakthrough

anointing

to every person who’s watching

father i pray that you would open our

hearts to receive this word

that we would recognize the beauty of

being able to be seen

and to hear a word from you

let it get down deep in our soul

let it invade our territory the

territory where fear was the territory

where insecurity was and may it

establish your kingdom

your kingdom come

your will be done

in this word and forevermore

in jesus name i pray

amen amen amen you gotta type amen in

the comments or the whole prayer didn’t

happen like you gotta type amen

if you can’t type it at least say it say

it in your heart say with your chest

okay listen

i

know throughout history that there are

several moments

that we can consider the point of no

return

it’s interesting when we really process

these moments because

there is something about what is taking

place

that helps us to understand that things

will never be the same again

it’s crazy though because you can be in

the same car the same house have on

clothes that you have worn time after

time again and yet there is a shift that

has taken place that is not visible on

the outside but you know for sure on the

inside that something

has changed

i remember where i was on september 11

2001

i was in a bedroom that i’d woken up in

every morning in a house that i had

lived in for several years and yet even

at 13 years old there was something

about that moment that helped me to

realize

nothing will ever be

the same again when my five-year-old saw

kamala harris get sworn in and she said

mommy maybe one day i can be president

not even recognizing the difference

between president and vice president i

recognize that i wasn’t just viewing

history that she would never know a

world in which a woman could not ascend

to the greatest heights the greatest

office in our nation

that was a point

of no return

you remember your own point of no return

when you got the phone call

that changed everything

the car accident that shifted everything

the news that what you would thought was

true about your life was actually no

longer true i’m talking about the point

of no return that moment when you

realize nothing will ever be the same

even when i recover i will never go back

to what was

there is a point of no return that we

all

experience

i believe prophetically that we are

standing in another point just like that

spiritually

spiritually we’re standing in a point of

no return after all isn’t that what the

point of no returns are that i listed

just moments ago

moments when my spirit is expanded or

shifted or wounded so deeply

that i know things will never go back to

being the way they once were

a new love

a heartbreak the point of no

return jesus

jesus and his disciples are standing in

a point of no return right now and yet

the disciples don’t realize it

i wanted to study this text

because as i was reading and studying

i realized

that this sudden change of this moment

could only happen if we stay tuned and

locked into what jesus says

to peter

it seemed rather simple

for him to say you don’t know what i’m

doing now but you will soon understand

after this

but we have to understand who is saying

it and why it is important

because when we look at what is taking

place with the foot washing ceremony

and what jesus will soon do on the cross

it makes more sense to us

who we must become when we are standing

in the moments of our own shifts and

transitions

you see because i realize that for us to

be standing in a spiritual point of no

return right now this prophetic moment

in our lives that there are some things

that we will never go back to doing

there are some ways of being that will

no longer be accessible to us and if we

are not careful we will grieve or miss

those moments instead of recognizing

when we need to take inventory and take

clues and take notes so that we can be

prepared for whatever next is going to

be i wish i could say this the way that

i hear it but i feel like god is saying

that this is a moment in which you have

to take notice of what you are

witnessing take notice of the strange

things that are happening in your life

take notice of the things that don’t add

up because it god is working in the

things that don’t add up if it adds up

then god is not in it but if it doesn’t

add up and you’re wondering what in the

world is going in i need you to lean

into those moments because those are the

moments where god is laying the

foundation for what he’s going to do

next that just set somebody free who’s

watching right now because you’re trying

to understand god what’s going on in

this marriage god what’s going on in

this business god what’s going on with

my purpose and my destiny nothing is

adding up and everything once added up

it all made sense and now it’s no longer

making sense and i hear god saying lean

into that

lean into that because when you lean

into that moment you’re going to

discover me when it was adding up it was

comfortable when it was adding up it

made you feel good and confident and i

hear god saying that i had to disarm you

so that you could become sensitive to

what i’m doing next had jesus not

assumed this posture of washing the feet

of the disciples then peter would not

have realized the seriousness of what’s

about to take place

i don’t know who you are

but i hear god saying i’m serious about

you

i hear god saying that all of those

things that we were doing from city to

city all of those things that we were

doing when you were growing up where you

felt my strength and you felt my power

and you felt empowered to do any and all

things i hear god saying that that part

was true but this part is true too this

is the part in which i disarm you this

is the part in which i pull the rug from

up underneath you so that you can become

the rock that other people can stand on

this is the moment in which i shift

things so that i could build upon you i

hear god saying pay attention in the

shift it’s shifting it’s shifting it’s

shifting it’s a god shift though this

isn’t sent by the enemy this is a

godship this isn’t strange and crazy and

unusual i hear god saying stop longing

for what used to be stop trying to

figure out how to do the math on your

own and instead put your pencil down and

put your hands up because this is going

to require worship i hear god saying

that you’re not going to be able to

think yourself out of this one and thank

god you won’t be able to because when

god gets finished showing you his

thoughts when god gets finished showing

you his way you’re going to thank god

that it didn’t add up on your paper

because god was doing math that only

miracles could understand

he tells peter

it won’t make sense now

it’ll make sense after this

it’ll make sense after this i don’t know

what you’re after this moment is but i

want to prophesy right now in the name

of jesus that someone is watching this

right now and i hear god saying that you

are standing in an after this moment

that as long as you needed to add up

right now it’ll never make sense but i

hear god saying wait until you see what

happens after this wait until you see

the ministry after this wait until you

see that woman after this wait until you

see that relationship after this wait

until you see who you become after this

the question is can you stay connected

for the after this or are you going to

log off because this is too hard and

this is too strange and i’ve never done

this before or are you going to dare to

allow this strange thing to happen to

allow the awkward thing to happen to

allow the uncomfortable thing to happen

peter has to sit there and do what he

himself would not do

for a jew

to wash the feet of another jew of a

person in in general

was unheard of

this act that jesus is performing was

reserved for gentile slaves

and yet jesus says

with all the power in his hands

that i’m going to do what no one else

would do

because i’ve been called to do what only

i could do

you see you’ll know you’re stepping into

something different

when you don’t mind doing what no one

else would do

because you are so confident about who

you are called to be

when you only have certain limits and

restrictions on what you can and cannot

do you’re not really called yet you’re

not really confident in who you are yet

because you think doing something will

make you lower than who god has called

you to be but when you’re really

confident in who you are you don’t care

what you have to do along the way

because you recognize i will do whatever

it takes to bring the manifestation of

what god has said into my life there is

nothing too low for me there’s nothing

off limits for me i’ll take off what i

had on and put on something a little bit

more decent so that i can watch the feet

of the disciples because i recognize

that in order for me to ascend to the

highest heights that i’ve got to be

willing to go down to the lowest lows

recognizing that neither one of them

define me because i am defined by who

god who by who god has called me to be

not by what i do

to diminish my identity to what i do is

to miss god’s grace on my life

you’re more than what you do

you are who you are in your core

your character your integrity how you

show up in the world how you speak and

greet other people how you treat those

who can do nothing for you what you do

when you have power tells me everything

about who you are

we’ve heard it said before that money

only makes you more of who you are it

doesn’t change who you are

jesus has all power in his hands

and assumes

a lowly state

i want to talk a little bit

about how jesus handles that power

this is important because like i said

we are standing in the fulfillment of a

prophecy

oh god

there have been very few moments that i

can say a prophecy hit my spirit and

literally i felt fire on the inside of

me

you have to have had the experience for

it to even make sense but there are

moments where you know god has just

spoken a word to you about

who you are or what you’re called to do

about what’s going to happen and you

just know without a shadow of a doubt

that it hits you like there’s no way

this person could have known what you

were going through and yet they spoke a

word that shifted everything in you

we are standing in the fulfillment of

that moment

you’ve been waiting for it

you’ve been praying for it you’ve begun

to start thinking you were crazy for

holding on to it and yet i hear god

saying that it is in this strange moment

that i am creating the fulfillment of

what i place down on the inside of you

this is so important for us to recognize

because this is not a celebration for

jesus

standing in the fulfillment of the

prophecy was not a celebration for jesus

we think that when we finally walk into

the manifestation that we’re going to

celebrate that we have finally arrived

and yet the manifestation was so holy

that jesus found something to serve even

though he had power

if you’re taking notes i want you to

write this down

you’ve got to be willing to find

something to serve

in the manifestation

in the fulfillment

of the prophecy over your life

serving

serving keeps you humble

serving keeps you low enough to

understand what’s happening on the

ground level oh god i’ve got this vision

in my mind and i wish i could just make

it make sense i wish i could just like

transport it into your mind so that you

can see it but you’ve got to get humble

when you’ve been promoted because when

you get humble you’re low enough to have

your ears to the ground so that when god

gives you direction you’ve already got

your ears close enough to the ground

that you understand who the word is for

how it’s going to show up in their life

and who you need to become in order to

do it if you allow your pride to elevate

you then you’re going to miss the very

people you’ve been called to change but

if you stay low enough to say i got to

keep my ear to the ground i’ve got to be

teachable i’ve got to be willing to

listen i’ve got to be willing to do

things that i would never do otherwise

because i recognize that with this power

comes responsibility not just position

the problem with most of us is that we

want promotion that leads to position

but promotion is not about position

promotion is about service

and if i can’t reach who i’m called to

serve

then i missed it all together

so i have to stay low enough to make

sure that i understand what moves you so

that i can understand what’s hurting you

what’s breaking you what catches you off

guard when we see jesus washing the feet

of the disciples what he’s saying is

that i want to be closely connected to

the most intimate part of who you are

and i don’t mind getting low enough to

do it i wish that we had about 10

seconds and about two people in here

because we could turn the roof up off of

this place thanking god for a jesus who

doesn’t mind getting low enough to wipe

the dust off of our feet who doesn’t

mind getting low enough to say listen

for this next season for this next stage

for this next dimension of your identity

you cannot take the dirt from who you

used to be you can’t take the way you

used to walk you can’t take the memories

that you had before this you’ve got to

be willing to start off with a clean

slate oh god somebody’s feet need a

clean slate somebody needs to walk in

something different you’ve been walking

in the shackles of your past you’ve been

walking in the dirt of your history

you’ve been walking in the hope of other

people’s expectations for you but i hear

god saying that it’s foot washing time

that i’m ready to wash all of that off

of you because i’m going to do something

new and when i do something new i want

you to be able to receive it because if

you can’t receive it it’s going to skip

right over you but if you would dare put

yourself in a position where you would

allow god

to do the unthinkable

to do what doesn’t make sense

and to trust him in the middle of it all

god you’re going to

wash

my feet

god you’re going to serve me in this way

when is the last time

we had a moment of gratitude

to acknowledge that god is serving you

in a special way

don’t allow the fact that people may

have more

or the fact that people have so much

less

to make you forget what god is doing for

you

to stand in awe and honor

at how jesus sees you

god

me

you would allow me to experience your

love

you would come from the throne of heaven

and stoop down at my feet god

god my gratitude my worship is not based

on what i need you to do it’s what

you’ve already done it’s somebody’s

testimony

that if god never did another thing

that he’s already done more than words

could express

god i thank you so much that you didn’t

allow that to happen to me

god i thank you so much that even the

things that did happen to me you allowed

to work together for my favor

god i thank you so much that you haven’t

left me yet god i thank you so much that

when everyone else was losing their mind

or everyone else was getting arrested

that you preserved me in the middle of

it all god i thank you that when i lost

my mind that you helped me to find my

mind god i thank you that even though i

didn’t have the role model that you

still made me a person of integrity god

i thank you that you keep giving me

vision god i thank you that you keep

giving me strategy god i thank you that

every time i open my mouth that your

words are falling out of my mouth

instead of my own god i thank you that

you’re giving me wisdom on the spot god

i thank you that you’re giving me

patience on the spot god i thank you

that you’re teaching me while i’m in

position that you didn’t wait until i

got the knowledge before you promoted me

but you allowed me to be promoted and

gave me teaching on the spot what kind

of god is it that we serve that would

allow us to continue to take the

innovation that feels crazy to us and

apply it to our outside world and make

it look like magic only the god i serve

could breathe on something as unkempt

and untogether as i am and still say you

know what i’m going to make it beautiful

if we miss how god is continuing to show

up in service

then we’ll make him a genie

and we’ll start saying things like what

have you done for me lately

instead of living in the consciousness

that this is not some on-demand

subscription faith

where i keep paying and you keep showing

me something new

but i recognize you’ve already paid the

price

and because you’ve already paid the

price what i do is i remind myself

of how you’ve served me

you got on that cross

you carried my sin my shame

my failures

on that cross with you this joy that i

have the world didn’t give it to me

i know the source

jesus

wants the disciples to recognize

that i’m going low

to serve you

and when

this becomes evident

peter

and evidently john the evangelist john

who was the author of this text

takes note of it

what i found peculiar when studying this

text

is that when jesus does go to the cross

and is resurrected and walks the earth

and then ascends

he never once says

this is why

i washed your feet

he doesn’t bring it up again

but there was something memorable about

this moment because john writes it down

our bible tells us over and over again

that all the works that jesus did

couldn’t fit in any of the books of the

world and yet there were certain moments

that’s why the moments that we read in

the bible are so important because these

these moments indicate to us something

that we have to keep in our minds

john kept this in mind

because he recognized it as the point of

no return

and when jesus

ascends and never brings it back up

again

i think that is because

john realizes that jesus doesn’t have to

underscore or repeat what he’s already

said

that because it was going to make sense

after this

that he was counting on the disciples to

be taking the type of notes that would

allow them to remember the moments in

which the point of no return began i

wish i could say that the way i hear it

in my mind

but the point is that jesus didn’t have

to go back and connect the dots for them

that once things played out that they

realized that this was a pivotal moment

and what i am trying to tell you

activate is that this is precisely the

moment that you were standing in right

now that this is a moment that is going

to make sense later and i know you wish

it could make sense now and i know you

wish the math would start mathing now

but i hear god saying that you’ve got to

hold on so that you can see what happens

after this that you’ve got to hold on so

that you can see that all along the way

i was moving all along the way i was

building all along the way i was growing

you and i hear i don’t know who you are

but i hear god saying so clearly to you

and maybe to perhaps to me as well that

at the end of the day you’re standing in

the awakening that you’re standing in

the next dimension that you’re standing

in the fulfillment and i hear god saying

that everything that i promised you is

about to come to pass but i need you to

take note

i need you to remember

i need you to remember what’s happening

in this moment

because you’re going to have to pull

from it

and if you just breeze through this

trying to survive it

and get through it without any scars or

wounds

then you’re going to miss what you need

to pull from when the strength

to build makes a demand on you

you see it’s funny that peter is the one

who is highlighted in this moment

because peter is ultimately the one who

jesus would build his church on

peter’s going to have to pull from this

moment as a leader

to recognize that this servant

leadership this model of servant

leadership would need to be passed down

for thousands and thousands and

thousands of years but he would have to

demonstrate it

i hear god saying that right now you’re

taking notes

but one day you’re going to be the

teacher one day you’re going to be the

model right now you need a mentor but i

hear god saying that i’m creating you to

become someone who will have the mentees

that when the course of time gets

finished playing that you’re going to

see that every moment was connected and

that that after this

was the most important part

if i can tell you

i feel like i am standing in a moment

right now and it feels like the last few

months have been like this with little

breaks in between but i keep having

these

things that don’t make sense happen in

my life and happen in my world and this

has been an incredible season for me

like my bookworm and evolve came out and

we’ve been able to help and reach so

many women and are continuing to reach

so many women but on the other side it

also feels like god is throwing things

at me that shouldn’t happen in seasons

of harvest how is it that i am in

harvest and sowing at the same time and

i hear god saying that just because you

are in harvest in one area doesn’t mean

that you don’t have sowing to do in

another area that this that the cycle of

sowing and reaping is all different

based on the different areas of your

life professionally you may be in

harvest but personally you may be sowing

and we have to be okay with the ebbs and

flows of the way that god works

recognizing that the promise is true

that there is glory after this

and i feel like we have become so

short-sighted

that we miss out on these moments

because we wanted to breeze past them

instead of recognizing the glory

connected to this moment

when i was praying

i was asking god about you and about me

i’d be asking god about you but i’d be

asking god about me too like send them

word but also if he could help me too

that would be amazing

and i just felt like god was telling me

over and over again

that we’ve stepped into

a new spiritual dimension

that we stepped into new spiritual

authority

and spiritual power

and with that authority that god’s going

to give us instructions and tools on how

to use it

but in order for us to get those

instructions and tools we cannot

celebrate

we have to be sensitive

and i believe that as you become

sensitive to what god is doing as you

become sensitive to the authority that

god has given you you see because jesus

promotion in this text also means that

peter was being promoted too but peter

didn’t know it oh

that’s like a whole word unto

itself when someone in your circle

is being promoted

by persecution

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promoted by persecution

can i just take a sidebar from the

sidebar

promotion by persecution is how it works

and you will know that you have been

promoted by persecution when you’ve got

more oil than you had before

there was something about the

persecution that i experienced just last

week that i realized this is how the oil

is created you see the enemy wants you

to think that it’s just about the

persecution but if you’ve been praying

for more faith and you’ve been praying

for more authority and you’ve been

praying for more anointing than what

you’ve actually been praying for is more

persecution you’ve been praying for more

crushing and jesus is standing in a

moment where he is about to be promoted

by persecution and if you are standing

next to someone and you’re thinking oh

my gosh they’re just going through

everything and anything and i don’t know

what to do or how to support them i want

you to understand that their promotion

is your promotion too that god is

allowing you to witness how they survive

persecution so that when the persecution

is on you you understand that if they

can survive it if god got them through

it then i can get through it too you

better take note to other people’s

testimonies because god’s trying to show

you that that testimony is going to be

in your neighborhood one day and you’ve

got all of the tools and exposure you

need to pass the test

peter’s being promoted and doesn’t even

know it

and i feel like that’s exactly where we

are

and i prayed

that god would make us aware to who we

need to become in the moments where we

are being promoted without being aware

of the promotion

so here it is

here’s the number one rule the number

one thing you have to remember about

this

that the promotion by persecution that

peter is experiencing

required that he ask jesus a question

i hear god saying

to bring your questions

not about the outcome

not about where this is headed not about

how he’s going to do it

but about what god is doing right now

when is the last time

you stopped praying about what the end

was going to be

and instead asked god

what are you doing right now

if you’ll never leave me nor forsake me

and i feel left and forsaken it doesn’t

mean that i’m actually left and forsaken

it just means that i cannot see you

so i need to understand what it is that

i am seeing and how you are connected to

it

personally

uh terrain pt pt and i were speaking

about some things that were happening in

ours in our lives

and in the process of trying to figure

out like we first of all like

the homie let’s be real about it okay

this is my homie and we sit down like we

are on the episode of chicago pd we take

the intel we put it on the whiteboard

and then we start playing out motives

and suspicions and outcomes and where we

need to have search warrants and who we

need to arrest and we start taking care

of things and we did this about three or

four times

and we did this about three or four

different ways

and then finally we came to this place

where we realized

the best thing that i can do in this

moment

the most honorable thing that i can do

right now

is to make sure

that i am the light

that this dark situation needs

i don’t have to figure out who did it or

how it’s going to turn out

the only thing i need to focus on is how

i can bring my light into this moment

jesus what are you doing right now

so that i can understand what i need to

do i only do what i see my father in

heaven do if jesus is doing something he

sees what god is doing on the earth and

that aligns me with what i need to be

doing that’s the beauty of jesus

jesus is only doing what god does we’re

made in the image of god if i’m made in

the image of god and i need to figure

out what that looks like then i look to

jesus

jesus who do i need to be in this moment

where are you and what are you doing and

how do i navigate this fracture

this separation

jesus pulled away from the disciples

let’s talk about what we have to do

in these moments of transition

and the moments where the fulfillment of

prophecy is taking place

jesus pulls away

but he’s still there

he pulls away mentally and spiritually

because he recognizes that i cannot

continue to be on the same wavelength as

you are and do what my father in heaven

has called me to do

there are some moments where you pull

away without even leaving the room

and in the process of pulling away you

pull them up

your family your friends your spouse

your co-workers

see you every day in the same household

but i’ve pulled away so i can pull you

up

i’ve pulled away because i’ve got to go

up

you see if jesus would have stayed down

he would have never been able to get

pulled up the way he needed to be pulled

up in this scenario and sometimes you

have to be willing to pull away so that

you can pull them up

so jesus he pulls away that’s what

you’re going to have to do

you’re going to have to come to a place

where you are no longer thinking like

those who are around you

so that you can hear clearly how god

wants you to pull away so that you can

pull up

clear the wavelength

clear the channel

so that you can receive a direct

download from heaven

jesus pulls away

he’s already thinking about what he’s

got ahead of him

what he’s got to do next

and then he finds something to serve

he gets low

i’m thinking

differently

i’m not thinking about what you’re

thinking about

i’m not talking about what you’re

talking about i’m not better than you i

just had to clear the channel so that i

could hear from god because i can’t miss

in this season i got to be holy in this

season i have to be consecrated in this

season i’ve got to make sure that

everything that god told me to do in

this season can be manifested and built

so i’ve got to pull away you got to be

in relationship with people who

understand that just because i pulled

away to god doesn’t mean i pulled away

from you i’ll be back i’m just going to

be different when i come back i’m never

going to leave you the way that you

think i’m going to leave you but i am

going to have moments where i need to

pull away so that i can hear from god so

that i can pull you up

i believe i’m talking to some world

changers

i believe i’m talking to some

generational curse breakers and i’m

telling you that if you are one of those

world changers if you are one of those

people who are going to change things

for people who look like you and grew up

the place that you grew up and had the

experiences and past that you’ve had

then you are going to have to become

comfortable with the idea of pulling

away to pull up i’m not pulling away to

build my own kingdom i’m not pulling

away to make my name great i’m not

pulling away because i forgot where i’ve

come from i’m pulling away because i’m

trying to figure out the strategy that i

need in order to pull you up because if

i pull you up right now i may drop you

but if i get consecrated the way that

i’m supposed to be consecrated and i get

low enough to serve you the way that i’m

supposed to serve you then when i come

back i’ll have enough strength to pull

you up

he pulled away

he found something to serve

and he trusted

that he didn’t have to explain himself

in order to be effective

if jesus was like

someone you knew not you

he would have thought that in order for

me to be effective i need to explain

myself

but jesus was comfortable saying what

i’m doing right now you won’t understand

until later

and he had people who were wise enough

to recognize that i am going to stick

around for the after this

as long as you need to explain it before

you move

then you’re going to always be

campaigning for your destiny

but when you recognize that my

destiny is not up for debate

i’m not being elected into this next

position it’s already secured my only

responsibility is to show up as the

person who can receive the oil

and to allow that person to connect with

those around me

and then from that space

from that space i don’t have to explain

myself

and i can still be effective

god’s doing something in your life

god’s doing something in my life

and right now it cannot be explained

but it will be effective

at producing the glory and the purpose

and the vision connected to who you are

we know that as scripture plays out that

peter came to a place where all of this

made sense

you’re coming to that place too

delayed

denied plans changed and altered

worried

concerned

feeling inadequate

wondering if the joy will last

if the peace will maintain

i’m telling you that every season

makes sense

but sometimes it doesn’t make sense in

the moment

it makes sense after this

this moment that we’re standing in

spiritually and prophetically

is going to forever change us

and it’s going to be for the better

can i just tell you that for a minute

can i talk to your fears

can i talk to your worries and your

concern

the beauty of the point of no return

is that things never go back to being

the way they were

and that sounds scary and sometimes ugly

for some people

but i’m telling you no matter what that

point of no return is for you

that there’s glory after this

what does it mean for there to be glory

after this

it means that the manifestation of god’s

presence is going to be so clear

that you’re going to realize that that

manifestation could not have happened

without you standing in this moment

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so take heart

and allow this moment to happen

allow it to be strange and awkward

because it’s producing

the ultimate plan and vision that god

has i want to pray

for us for you with us with me all of

the above

because i too am standing in and

after this moment

a point of no return moment

where i realized everything has shifted

and changed

and all i can do is trust god in the

unknown

and if you’re like me this is not your

first one

and you tired of them

guess what

me too

but that’s okay

because tired doesn’t disqualify us

we can be tired and still trust god

we can be worried and still trust god

i know we grew up some of us grew up in

church around religious people who act

like if you trust god you shouldn’t be

worried and if you trust god you

shouldn’t be depressed and if you trust

god you shouldn’t have anxiety what i’ve

come to tell you is that they can all

live in the same place

and if you just hang on to the god that

you know if you hang on to the jesus

that you have in the midst of it all

that eventually you’ll look up and

anxiety gives up

eventually you look up and depression

had to give up

because you just kept holding on to the

promises of god

that it’ll make sense after this

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i want to pray for us

god we’re holding on to you

holding on to your promises in the midst

of change

sudden change strange change

and yet we believe that you are still in

control

father i pray

for my brothers and my sisters watching

this message

as i was speaking god that your holy

spirit began to fall on their hearts

and that it began to comfort them

that it began to reveal to them that

they don’t have to have all of the

answers to trust that it’ll make sense

after this

god no more than we can understand all

of the complexities of mathematics

can we understand your ways

and yet we know that there is a path

that leads to truth

god lead us to that path

allow us to recognize it when it’s

standing in front of us

and to dare to ask the question what are

you doing now so that we can model what

you would be doing in any given

circumstance

help us to leave the way that you would

leave

to stand up to it the way that you would

stand up to it

and to make sure that at the end of the

day when all is said and done that even

when we had to make tough decisions

that we represented you well in the

midst of it all

god we have no strategy outside of your

plan for our lives

we gave that up we sacrifice it we

surrender it we lay it down

and we say build us

lead us

guide us

even if we have to close our eyes and be

led by faith

we’ll do it because we trust that it’ll

all make sense after this

in jesus name i pray

amen

amen i told you it doesn’t count unless

you type amen at the end of the comments

amen amen amen

family i love you

i am so honored that i get to do life

with you

i thank god each and every single day

that he allows me to be in the classroom

with you and to share my notes about

what i’m learning along the way i hope

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