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almighty God
first of all it’s just amazing to say
those words
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and to know God that these words are not
falling on deaf ears
nor are they ascending into some
nebulous
reality
but our prayers Lord literally
are arising
and ascending to your throne
where there is a throne of grace present
where we might receive
help
in the time of need
my god I’ve got
an enormous assignment
to teach the word of God to your people
to share with them the things that
you’ve entrusted with me you’ve placed
in my heart
and God I want to get this right
it’s an enormous assignment
because these are enormous Souls
each and every single one of them
valuable
significant
chosen set apart
called
your beloved
and we’ve come to understand and we
don’t live by bread alone
but we live by the words that come out
of your mouth
so I pray God that the words in my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
will be acceptable in your sight
and that these words Lord God would be
accurate
prophetic
not prolific
prophetic
that they would mean something that deep
would call to Deep
and that we would be transformed
in this atmosphere
by the renewing of our mind
let this word be affirmation let this
war be confirmation
let this word be clarification and let
this word be activation
that we might be
and do
all that we’re called to be
and do in that order to be
and do
bless your people
and I decree right now
that we will leave out of here
better
because you fed us
because you talked to us
in the way that we needed to be talked
to
so we open up
have your way
in Jesus name
amen amen God bless you
um I I have today more of a
prophetic word and then I do a sermon so
to speak
there are some things
that God has been speaking to me about
this moment that we’re in this season
that we’re in
it’s kind of funny we talk about a new
mess a New Year’s message and the
message for the year and all that kind
of stuff but but but real prophets know
it’s the message for really oftentimes
multiple years
hey it’s a message for for seasons uh
because the the reality of it is it
takes a long time
for the fullness of Prophecy to be
manifest
are you tracking look how long it took
for Jesus to get here Jesus was watch
this the word made flesh so it took
hundreds of years
for the word to be made flesh so I
digress I say that to say
that this is not so much about a 23 word
a 2023 word this is more about a now
word
and this word may carry you on to Glory
are you tracking with me
and that’s why even as pastor Stephanie
alluded to the other night you know some
people get disappointed you know because
because you know the preacher said this
year God’s Gonna Do It
um
and he didn’t do exactly how you signed
up for him based on the words you said
he didn’t do exactly the way that you
thought he was going to do and you mad
at God and the preacher
you’re a liar
no I believe that that what God will do
in our life
oftentimes will take a lifetime
and what God wants to do in our lives is
so valuable
that you don’t want it to be quick
and simple and easy no no I want the
type of blessing
that it’s going to take me my whole life
to walk out
and when I walk out of this life that
blessing is going to fall upon my kids
um and my kids kids and my kids come on
somebody I I’m trying to get us
to a place of maturity to where we truly
understand how God works and how God
operates so we’re not walking around
here with our lips poked out
when things don’t happen in our timeline
because somebody sold it as a quick fix
it takes all of your life to be you
it takes all of your life to become you
and so so today I I have a word about
this year and we we I talked we touched
on it briefly last night didn’t our
pastors do a phenomenal job
unpacking
the word that I have for this season for
this time for this era for this whatever
and that is that this is a season of
equipping
God’s going to equip you I want to draw
your attention to a passage of scripture
that we
begin to touch on last night
and I want to pull out a few things
and and you can unless you want to stand
you don’t necessarily have to if you
want to you can uh the only reason why I
wouldn’t have you stand you can stand in
your heart
um is because knowing me as I read it uh
it’s so good and it’s so rich I may stop
at certain points and and elaborate on
what I believe that the spirit is saying
to us in this moment from this passage
so uh but if you just feel like not that
not passing out a word nah that’s what
you haven’t just about nothing you can
understand I have a problem with that
you do you the one thing about this
church is you you do you
as long as you don’t offend nobody you
know hurt nobody cuss nobody out act the
food you know there are limits to doing
you right as long as you ain’t
you know
hey
Ephesians chapter four I’m going to jump
in at verse seven I’m gonna read a few
verses through 16.
this is first of all Ephesians 4 see
told you
Ephesians 4
is
incredible passage of scripture
it’s like God gave a download to Paul
to teach us ultimately about the
ecosystem of the church the way that God
is going to do what God’s going to do
and and through these verses and you can
start at verse one and really go through
it he just unpacks
strategy
get what God came to do and it’s amazing
okay so let’s do it let’s do it
so I’m jumping into verse seven it
starts off in verse one Paul talks about
ultimately us walking Worthy
of the calling which which we are called
I’m not there yet I’m just kind of
giving you a little a little background
he starts off by saying
and he’s talking to the Church of
Ephesus who were converted from they
were uh primarily pagan worshipers
and they were converted God so
eloquently taught
the word of God so richly the truths of
God so richly prophetically and
powerfully he was just a deeply
spiritual man of God and he he converted
thinkers
wow hey
it’s it’s it’s sometimes easy to convert
whether you’re converting them to your
faith or anything right it’s easy to
convert people who don’t think
it’s a whole other level of anointing a
whole another level of gifting is whole
another level
of of really God’s presence and and the
stewarding of God’s presence to convert
somebody who thinks
because if you’re a thinker you
challenge things and I like that I am a
critical thinker you can’t just sell me
something
hello somebody I’m looking all up under
the hood I’m pulling your teeth up
looking at your gums I want to see
and maybe it was because I was conceived
in the context of Revolution my my
parents were black panthers
and I was born in the 70s and so
literally I was conceived in the concept
of Revolution that’s why I just don’t
take things for what they are you can’t
just tell me something I got a I got a
little Rebel in me a little bit you
tracking with me
and so I’m beginning to understand
myself and and to not see it as a bad
thing right I’m not unreasonable
there’s a difference between between
being a critical thinker and being
unreasonable in fact to be a critical
thinker it means that you are a Reasoner
hello somebody I’m I’ve just really
digressed but anyway anyway it takes a
special type of anointing a special type
of Grace to reach and to touch and to
convert and to transform thinkers
Paul had that Grace as I love Paul he
had that that Grace right you couldn’t
he couldn’t just the people that he was
reaching you couldn’t just do a yabba
dabba doo
you would have to think
and so so he was not a lazy preacher and
teacher I don’t know why I’m taking my
time here with this I have one I just
did something you know because I got
some ideas about thinking in my notes
you know but I wanna I wanna I planned
on doing it for my from my notes but let
me just let no I’m gonna stay focused
here I’m not gonna do that to you I
wanna I wanna do it the way I wanna do
so anyway
so Paul is telling
the Church of Ephesus he’s saying that
you’ve been called to something
absolutely incredible
and there is a way to go after it there
is a way to live out this calling and he
says you need to walk worthy
of the calling which which you were
called it’s a Greek word and a better
translation that word is appropriately
so there is watch this an appropriate
way to do destiny
it is not something that is random
in fact let me digress for a moment uh
let’s go to First Corinthians chapter
I’m coming back I promise but but I want
to give it I pray that God would give it
to me okay y’all agreed and y’all say
Amen that means y’all agreed with the
prayer and I said let the words in my
mouth imagine my be accepted so so this
is God’s conversation
okay so we’re talking about walking
appropriately not being random First
Corinthians chapter 9 verse 24 through
27 it’s one of my favorite passage of
scriptures I say that all the time don’t
I it’s one of my favorite past yeah it
is
look at this we’re talking about
intentionality we’re talking about not
being random Paul says do you not know
that those who run in a race all run
but one receives the prize
he then says run in such a way
that you obtain it I love that in other
words I’m not doing willy-nilly I’m not
doing random I’m not doing whatever
comes to me
because I’m even critical of my own
thinking
oh can I talk to some people right now I
I don’t I don’t just take even the
thoughts that come in my head because I
don’t know who sent them initially I
have to qualify my thoughts I am going
to digress for a moment and this is
going to be what it’s gonna be today
that’s just how it works
in this season you’re going to have to
be careful with your thoughts because
we’re in a season of transition and
transformation and when we’re in a
season of transition and transformation
this ultimately is what precedes growth
when we’re in a season of transition and
transformation we go through a process
where we are formless and void
you’re saying pastor what are you
talking about just go to Genesis when
God is doing creation what happens he
starts the process of creation creating
something new and then the next thing
you know it is being defined as formless
and void
so when you are in between levels when
you are in between stages when you are
in between Dimensions you will find
yourself in a moment where you don’t
have form yet
can I talk to you like this
you’re gonna find yourself in a season
where you don’t have form and it’s crazy
because on the last level you had formed
you knew exactly who you were
you knew what you were called to do you
knew what you had you knew what worked
and what didn’t work and all that’s
wonderful that is safe but you can’t
stay there because Destiny is not there
so God begins to process
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of moving you into the next and the
space between levels is formlessness
he has to take away the form that you
once relied upon and put you back on his
will and begin to shape you into the new
form that will thrive in the new season
but that in between space
formless
and when you are formless You’re
vulnerable
because you’re not what you were
and you haven’t become what you are
becoming
and you’re in this middle place
and you don’t know you
and that’s when your strategic opponent
says this is my shot
and he will throw every type of crazy
thought at you and you will watch this
you will be fighting Devils that you
thought you killed
why am I I’m prophesying
why am I
fighting Devils that I killed five years
ago
can I talk to some real people I get to
I get to all the good stuff can I talk
to someone because we don’t get this
thing why am I there must be something
wrong with me no no no no no he’s just
trying it because you are formless for
the moment
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and so what you have to do in those
seasons is just be intentional you got
to be like Paul let’s go back there real
quick let’s go back there real quick
let’s go back to Paul at that where
we’re looking at then in First
Corinthians then I write that thing
we’re looking at you put it right there
right there there we go do you not know
that those who run in a race
all right everybody’s running
everybody’s in the race
everybody runs he says but it’s only one
in this context that he’s talking about
he’s talking about a natural race an
Earthly race he says only one who
receives the price run in such a way
walk worthy appropriately
see your calling right
I’m called to something I’m not just
here sucking up air hoping to make a
dollar out of 15 cents there’s a call in
my life before God formed me in my
mother’s womb he knew me he set me apart
he made me unique and distinct
and he ordained me for something there’s
nobody like me
nobody before me like me and nobody
coming after me will be like me I am a
bad mama me
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I’m a bad mama me
so I have to run
in such a way that I did but he doesn’t
stop there I love this I love it’s one
of my favorite parts of scripture I’ll
say that all throughout today
he says in everyone who competes for the
prize watch this is temperate that’s the
Greek word it means it means self they
have self-control that’s self-mastery
yeah yeah yeah yeah
see the reason why it takes all of your
life
to be you
is because most of your life you are
spent most of your life is spent
mastering you
you got to master you because you’re
powerful in either direction
oh I feel like preaching
whether you believe it or not
and whether you harnessed it or control
or not I’m telling you you are powerful
because you were created
in the image of God your breath itself
is power
you have power to give life you have
power to take life
hey you have power to uplift you have
power to put down
even your words have power death and
life is in the power of the tongue even
your words have power to kill something
or to give it life
so you are a powerful force and in order
to make certain that you are going to be
powerful in the way that God wants you
to be powerful you have to
Master yourself
and you can’t master yourself being
random you can’t master yourself not
being reflective you can’t master
yourself not being introspective you
can’t master yourself by not testing
yourself
and so I don’t let every thought come
through
I’ve got to put it through a filter I’m
too powerful to let any thought just
come up in my head I’m too powerful for
that
powerful watch this because if the wrong
word gets a hold of me
the wrong voice gets a hold of me I will
wreck some stuff
and so I’m not let’s keep going let’s
keep going
I feel that see you got to see yourself
as valuable and you have to see yourself
as powerful and when you see yourself as
valuable and Powerful
you will recognize that you got to
master you I feel that thing just turn
to your neighbor so I’ve got to master
me I’ve got I’ve got to master me I’m
too powerful I’m too powerful I’ve got
to master me I’ve got are we tracking
together we still tracking
I’ve got to master me I’ve got to master
me I’ve got to learn how to point me
right because if I point me right I’ll
be everything that God has created me to
be and the Gates of Hell themselves will
not be able to stand against me
it’s what I’m working on in 2023
I’m trying to master this kid
oh God
trying to master this kid
Paul says
and everyone who competes for the prize
has self-control watch this in all
things
see that’s what Excellence is people
think that you can be excellent in one
area and not excellent no
Excellence is excellence
how can I be excellent at this and
tolerate mediocrity in that
no baby Excellence is who I am
way way out here now way out the boat
now
and everyone who competes for the prize
has self-control is temporary in all
things now they do he’s talking about
those who are running Earthly and
natural races now they do it to obtain a
perishable or a corruptible we’re not
talking about eternal things or
spiritual things a perishable Crown but
we for an imperishable Crown right and
then verse 26 it keeps going and he says
therefore since I have an understanding
of the fact that I am powerful and that
I’m after something amazing he says
therefore I run like this
he says watch this not with uncertainty
oh I feel the Lord right there okay so I
realize
that in life
I have to embrace the fact that life is
uncertain it’s not uncertain that God is
uncertain to me because it is to the
glory of God to hide a thing
and it is to my glory to search a thing
out so I have to acknowledge that I am
moving in an uncertain world
I’m moving in a realm of Uncertain
circumstances that listen it just is
what it is right
so
I’m moving in a realm of uncertainty but
that does not mean that my moves have to
be uncertain
it is our responsibility
to move with precision
in the midst of a world that is spinning
that I don’t have all the answers for I
don’t watch this I don’t need to have
all the answers about the world all I
need to have is Direction about my world
what am I called to do who am I called
to be what has God called me to walk
away from what has God called me to walk
towards are you hearing the words that
are coming out of my mouth I’ve got to
master me
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because if I master me
even in the midst of uncertainty my life
will be on a firm Foundation baby
you don’t believe me ask Noah
I’m gonna get back to that a minute
and then let me get back to where we
started
and then we’re gonna pray
and then we’re gonna go eat some bledsos
are they open today you know they are if
we’re open blessings open they just put
their calendar on
need a Bledsoe card I go to one and give
me 25 off them chicken wings come on
Jesus I pray for you give me something
Wings you know I’m a I’m sorry I’m sorry
I lost my train thought Noah
Noah God said build art build an ark
I have to study it I’m not even sure if
he told him why
and if he did tell him why Noah it
hadn’t rained on the earth like that
before
so even if he told him what was coming
Noah wouldn’t have had any concept of
what it was
he could have said hey no it’s gonna
rain four days 40 nights what is rain
so there was uncertainty
in the world even that Noah was living
in but was not what was not uncertain
was his obedience okay okay I got in the
presence of God I heard the voice of the
Lord I’m gonna build this all right it
don’t make sense it’s kind of crazy
ain’t nobody rain what is this thing
it’s crazy it’s big it’s awkward what
does this even do
watch this
God had him build something that didn’t
even function in the environment that he
was building it in
God is cold-blooded
God will make you build something that
doesn’t even make sense in the
environment that you’re in
and the white person wise person will
build it anyway because God is the one
who controls but I feel that for
somebody somebody has a radical and
crazy concept that right now it seems
like the world isn’t ready for but I
hear God saying keep on building build
that baby because when it is finished
when your obedience is finished you’re
gonna see why he told you to build it
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when all my friends were buying big
buildings
uh-huh
buying watch this Mega buildings and
they were excited about it and bragging
about it and all that kind of stuff and
I’m like oh I’m in a theater you know we
fixed it up
I said I’m gonna take the resources and
I’m investing in technology oh
technology okay and then this thing
called covet came through
and shook everybody
some of those same people are struggling
to keep their building if they’ve been
able to keep them
and we watched this not only were we
able to keep stuff but we were giving
out money more money because there were
more needs out there and so we just
started pouring money into the community
finding people to bless
[Applause]
all of us are going to have to navigate
an uncertain world but we have to be
like Paul put up there okay I gotta
figure out how I’m gonna tie all this
together
Lord and then also God
allow me to tie it all in together so it
makes sense for your people
Paul said therefore
I run thus
not with uncertainty
thus I fight watch this not as one who
beats the air
decision baby he says but I discipline
my body there we go again with that
self-mastery I discipline my body why
because I’m powerful
I discipline my body and I bring it into
subjection in other words you’re not
going to run me body
hey
watch this you’re gonna serve me not run
me
my body is my servant my life is my
servant my gifts my talent my power is
servant to the spirit man that I am
are we tracking
all right
and so this is going to be a year
of equipping this passes any reasons for
is all about equipping so we’re gonna
run through it real quick
after Paul says you got to work you got
to walk worthy of your calling
you have to walk appropriately and he
talks about some things he talks about
some character things
he talks about with lowliness that’s
humility
he talks about with long suffering talks
about bearing with one another forgiving
all those sort of things you got to read
it when you get a chance study it talk
about the type of person you have to be
right humility
kindness forgiveness all those sort of
things right
and then he goes into some deeper things
and then in verse 7 as we’re looking at
how God’s strategy for the church works
it goes into verse 7. he says but to
each of us each one of us Grace was
given each one of us each one of us each
one of you Grace was given according to
the measure of Christ’s gift
Christ’s unlimited gift
and so all of us
who have chosen to believe were called
now we’re we’re aiming to walk worthy of
our calling there has been watch this a
dispensation
of Christ himself’s gift in you
you got a portion I feel that right
there
you got a portion and it’s a worthy
portion and watch this you have a
portion of an unlimited measure
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you have a portion you’re plugged into
you have a portion of an unlimited
measure
which means that
you caught it what you have is unlimited
he is so God enough he’s so powerful
enough he’s so rich in Grace
that he can give you a portion and it’s
still Unlimited
[Applause]
God do we serve
so literally he can just distribute it
in this room right now
a measure
of Christ’s gift just a measure
and you can take it and turn the world
upside down
or right side up that’s how powerful it
is all right we keep going because we
got it we’re gonna cover some ground and
I figured we’d be out here about six six
thirty
okay
but to each one of us Grace was given
according to the measure of Christ
Christ’s gift therefore he says when he
ascended he’s quoting the Old Testament
now therefore he says when he ascended
on high he led captivity captive there’s
some preaching there but I won’t do it
and gave gifts to men
distribution distribution distribution
distribution each of you have a
distribution type of distribution have a
distribution okay it says now this he
ascended what does it mean but that he
also first descended into the lower
parts of the Earth
let me read that better now this he
ascended what does it mean but that he
also first descended into the lower
parts of the earth he who descended
is also the one who ascended far above
all the heavens that he might fill all
things wow
so Christ went to the lowest low
I mean he he he he it’s kind of like
when David in the script you got to
study in the Psalms he said if I make my
bed in hell you’ll be there
if I would take upon the doves and fly
up into Heavens you’ll be there in other
words I cannot Escape where you have
been
I cannot Escape Where You Are
that’s why you might as well walk on
your calling you get people something
they’re running for how can you run from
a call
where you gonna go
where you gonna go
they can’t run from a call everywhere
you turn the call is there
some of you right now and I haven’t even
really gotten into the prophecy really
full and God’s just talking to you here
all up in your business where are you
gonna go
you walk down the street and a little
dog will walk by and Whisper you know
you need to get your life right are you
like a dog
[Applause]
walk by the pet store parent terms of
you calls your name hello hi Terry did
you do what God told you to do
where you gonna go
his word is everywhere
all of creation knows who you are
did you hear what I just said that’s
Romans 8 19. all of creation knows who
you are
everything in the universe knows who you
are every once in a while you’ll walk by
a cat and you can’t look at you like
meow
anyway so he goes to the lowest of lows
and he ascends to the highest of heights
that he might feel
all things is preaching there but I want
to keep going
he says in verse 11 he says and he
himself gave some to be Apostles hmm
now some Prophets
some evangelists and some pastorism
teaches can I demystify that for a
second
we’re not talking about
people necessarily when we say Apostles
prophets evangelists pastors teachers
well we’re talking about more so our
graces
Graces
the apostolic Grace
what is the apostolic Grace the
apostolic Grace is the grace to Pioneer
and lay foundations
I have met more businessmen
who were Apostles than people who will
hand you their business cards saying I’m
Apostle so and so on
because true Apostles and I don’t mean
no disrespect to nobody and a true
Apostle even if he has a business card
that says Apostle on it
a true Apostle would agree with me true
Apostles don’t need titles
because it’s not about the title it’s
about the function it’s about the grace
so I know businessmen
who are Apostles why because they are
pioneers and they have a Grace to lay
foundations to successfully lay
foundations
that are never uprooted
now
a kingdom Apostle is the one who whether
it be business or otherwise lays a
foundation for the kingdom
but the apple cider where absolutely
means one cent so it’s about a
pioneering thing one sin right I just
want to demystify that because I want
you ultimately to see yourself in these
graces
oh God I’m so I’m so far off the boat so
far away from
so he gave some to be Apostles that’s
Apostolic Grace
something to be Prophets
prophet
I think the closest thing that we have
to prop and again business card profit
so and so that it’s all wonderful
but it’s not about a title but I have
seen I have come across a lot of
prophets in the creative space
they don’t even know they’d be
prophesying and don’t even know it
and that’s why the church has to wrap
her arms around
these Prophets
who are in the creative space because
when you’re in the creative space You
Are Spiritual you you there’s a faith
that you have
in your ability to produce outside of
yourself
and you know you got to tap into
something
in order to get it what I want you to do
is tap into God
the true Living God who wants to advance
the Kingdom so it’s not necessarily that
you’re going to be a prophet and you’re
going to say oh thus saith the Lord
that’s wonderful there’s a place for
that
but you are going to freak somebody out
if you’re in the wrong place for that
evangelists
what did the evangelists have going for
them they had Mass Appeal
there was something about the
Evangelistic Grace that that Drew people
Jesus was all of these things but think
about Jesus for a second
thinking yeah he was doing Miracles and
he was talking real good
he spoke as one who had Authority right
and all that kind of stuff but that was
an unusual Grace to draw people
to him
that’s an Evangelistic Grace there are a
lot of influencers
who are supposed to be evangelists
and they think it’s them
and some I’m not even really talented
let’s just keep it 100. I’ll be like how
did how did you that many people to
follow you
and you were talking about absolutely
nothing
but see what the church does is we judge
them
we judge him and we kick him out the car
and we get in their comments come on we
get in their feed we getting our
comments and we tell them where they’re
going
when you missed an opportunity to wrap
your arms around them pull them in get
them to Jesus so that Evangelistic Grace
can be used for the kingdom
pastors are those who are Shepherds
Grace to Shepherd people you have a
heart for people not people can you can
love people but not have a real heart
for people
I know that that seems like it’s country
no you can really love people but your
tolerance
leadership is not your thing you you
just put me behind the scenes I want to
work with numbers and figures
not people but that pastoral Grace can I
just talk like this I’m I’m gonna fix it
I’m gonna fix it
that that pastoral Grace
is the grace
of a shepherd
you care about people when when people
hurt you start hurting
your major empath you just you can feel
people
and you’ll do whatever you have to do to
make people better they cry you cry
they laugh you laugh
that’s a Grace
and then the teacher is just one who has
the ability to take complex
Concepts
and simplify them
to the effect that people understand so
that’s what I just want to run through
that real quick oh goodness it’s going
to be something here
Lord you have to do this you’re gonna do
this
and he himself gave some of the Apostles
prophets some advantages and some
passages and teachers watch this for the
equipping
for the equipping that is an interesting
word and ultimately it means the
complete furnishing
that’s where I think we are
that’s where I think we are
I don’t I don’t have
a new word per se for this age
I told you a couple of months ago to go
through the gates
that we were moving into a time where
God was beginning to open doors Gates of
influence
and he’s going to send people through
that word is still alive
in another message I talked about
building your Ark and building your Ark
as your unique place in the Kingdom
it’s you and when you build your Ark the
same way that Noah built his ark it will
be a covering for you and security for
you and your family
and everybody that’s assigned to your
expression that word is still on but
you and I cannot realize that expression
without equipping
see what I’ve learned about words is
that words build on top of each other
the scripture says there’s nothing new
really under the sun
you know the concept of innovation most
people think the Innovation is is about
creating something from scratch
now if you look at the definition of
innovation it is ultimately to take
something and make it better
that’s what Innovation is in and of
itself is to take something that is
and make it better I love it Solomon
says in Ecclesiastes there’s nothing new
Under the Sun meaning that once God
finished it
once he created it the only thing that
you and I are going to do we’re going to
extract from what has been created
even ourselves
build on from it so this equipping we’re
in this this time of equipping and I
just have a little bit of wisdom about
equipping first of all and I’ve touched
on it already this equipping is going to
require intentionality
yes God’s going to equip you but you’re
going to have to be awake
you’re going to have to have Focus it’s
it’s you have to have Focus because it’s
coming your way but just because
something is coming your way doesn’t
mean that you’re going to see it
so I have to be
intentional it’s going to require
intentionality now when I when I when I
when I think about Ephesians 4 and
equipping and I got a whole another
whole thing that I was going to do but
I’m not going to do that I’m going to
bring it back here
what I mean quipping equipping is in
this season and this is prophetic write
this down because you’re going to see
it’s going to show up in your life God’s
going to give you tools
resources
relationships
and knowledge in order to fulfill
what he has spoken to you and what he’s
preordained concerning your life
now let me give you some Bible real
quick back that up
Deuteronomy 8 18. you know what I’m
about to say
that’s one of my favorites what I do
that’s one of my favorite passages of
scripture and it is but read the whole
Bible you’re right the second thing I
would say read your whole Bible you’ll
find it
it says and you shall remember the Lord
your God why is this real powerful he
says you shall remember the Lord your
God for it is he watch this who gives
you the power or the ability
to get wealth we’re going to look at
that word in just a second to get wealth
that he may establish his Covenant which
he swore to your fathers as it is this
day
so
the the the the this is this dude around
Moses
is speaking to the children of Israel
and he’s telling them that you know
you’re getting ready to go on the
promise and everything’s gonna be good
he said but I want you to remember
something he says I don’t want you to
forget your lord your God remember him
because he’s going to give you
the power
hmm
to get wealth
that why so that he might establish his
Covenant with you which he swore to your
fathers
so that means that there is something in
motion
something that has been set in motion
that is actually Yours by virtue of
Covenant
but you cannot get it
unless you are equipped
oh wait a minute you gotta see him I’m
back in just a sec you’re gonna see it
just because
something is mine
doesn’t mean that I can readily access
it without intentionality
see what so raise your hand if you’ve
already
embraced God you’ve embraced God through
Jesus just raise your hand so I can see
this okay
you are rich
oh oh God
oh God
you you you you you you you
are rich
beyond what you could even imagine
Paul in Ephesians
he was talking about I want you to
understand he says God has blessed you
with every spiritual blessing in
Heavenly places in Christ
Peter said in another place God has
given to you all things has given I was
going to give has given to you all
things that pertain to life and
godliness right
if you study he’s saying you’re loaded
and I would not
insult you by talking about money only
insult the Divinity of your essence
by bringing this conversation down to
some money
no no no I’m talking about everything
that you will ever need in this life and
let me prove it let me prove it I’m
almost done I’m about to land I’m about
to laugh seven more hours and I’m
letting telling
when he says for it is he who gives you
the power to get wealth that word wealth
is a Hebrew word it’s a Hebrew word and
that word literally means watch this a
force
whether of men
means or other resources
so God the word says so God is going to
we’re talking about equipping with tools
and resources and things and people and
relationships he’s saying that don’t
forget about God because it is he who’s
going to give you the ability to get
high ill
men people
means that can be whatever and any other
resource needed to establish his
covenants with you
I feel like somebody needs to hear it’s
already done it’s already done you’re
looking for it but it’s already there
it’s already done how am I gonna
establish my Covenant with you if I
don’t put in the Earth
everything you will need
I am
[Applause]
I just gotta equip you
I hear God saying I’m almost done I hear
God saying I just I just got to equip
you
it’s already there don’t don’t get
frustrated because you don’t see it let
me equip you
let me equip you and in order for me to
equip you you’ve got to be intentional
baby every single day you’ve got to
master yourself you got to be like Paul
I’m not just swinging at the air I’m
trying to hit something every time I
throw a punch it needs to land or why
swing
God I feel the Holy Ghost
you don’t have time
or energy to swing and Miss now
oh I feel the Holy Ghost
let me tell you what I love about being
50. I turned 50 in September thank the
Lord Jesus
I’m about to tell you what I love about
50.
precision
Oh Glory to God
it is the Precision
that that 50 Years of Living
has given me
I would not trade it for 40 or 30 or 25
because I’m still trying to figure out
how to be precise
I freaking love 50. it’s powerful my
wisdom is on 10.
my understanding is on 10
th can read through a thing everything
can look good on paper but I can smell a
rack from a mile away
yeah baby
so so when you hit certain milestones in
life and sometimes some people trying to
look young a lot because that’s fine
look good feel good whatever wear bright
colors do whatever you got to do that’s
all wonderful I do some of that stuff
too
foreign
but at the end of the day I freaking
love 50. it’s powerful baby you’ll win
your success ratios goes through the
roof because you’ve seen some things you
have learned some things you’ve seen a
lot of trial and error and I hit
but you know
Why by the grace of God I hit more now
is because I’ve learned not to swing at
everything
I have conserved
look I reserve my right not to chase
everything not to swing at everything if
I don’t smell God on a thing it ain’t me
baby if it ain’t God it ain’t me
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hitting baby
I’m not out here swinging just to be
swinging wasting energy a boxer doesn’t
just swing to be swinging come on
somebody he or she they make it counts
in 23 Make It Count baby don’t be
don’t be swinging without Precision wait
for it pray about it fast about it
when the time is right and when God says
yes
pull your sling shot back pull your
arrow back and hit that thing right
between the eyes if that’s your word
give God a shout in this house
I’m not chasing every deal
got a phone call
email the other day
very very one of the most important
people in this city
arguably the most
influential person in the city
that I love and respect
invited me to something
great invitation wonderful invitation
I said I don’t know
because I had another meeting that day
that I know is God
hey
certainty
versus uncertainty
and so I reached out to the other
opportunity the other situation that I
know God wants me at
same city
same day
I said hey what time is that thing we’re
doing
he’s like oh it’s in the afternoon and
this other thing’s in the morning I said
okay and I still prayed
because what you have to understand
is
there is
a backside to availability
and that’s unavailability
in other words when I make myself
available to one thing I have
automatically made myself unavailable to
something else
[Applause]
and I don’t know where God might want me
I’m talking about that level of
specificity
no more random no more random you’re
gonna need three things three things I’m
done three things three things
in this season
in order to be equipped well and to move
well
one is gonna be wisdom
we talked about it
you’re gonna have to you have to set
aside time to think
if I look at your calendar I talk about
my book balance I think I talk about
imbalance I do okay if I look at your
calendar
will I find
an appointment for you and yourself to
think
or do you just load your calendar up
and load it up and load it upload keep
spacing
I can’t even Prosper because I don’t
have space in my calendar for God to
speak to me
and I’m wondering why 2022 looked like
2021
because in order to move forward you
need Stillness so that you can get
wisdom
and the space to think that’s going to
be critical because as I mentioned the
enemy is going to come at you and I’m
going to tell you this is also prophetic
we’re literally just about done
there’s going to be so much deception
out there
see I didn’t get into it I plan on
getting into it but we’re just flowing
but if you keep going at Ephesians 11
Ephesians 4 and you get down into the 13
to 14. it talks about how there’s going
to be
cunning craftiness and the trickery of
men it talks about that that as as this
process
of being equipping equipping takes place
and I know we’re talking about the
broader Body of Christ but the broader
the broader Body of Christ is comprised
of individual bodies
so it’s not just about the broader Body
of Christ it’s about you as an
individual that’s why it says for the
equipping of these Saints
for the work of ministry but it talks
about how how as God continues to equip
you and to establish you it’s going to
deliver you from being tossed to and fro
by every wind
of Doctrine and then it talks about by
the and that can be that doesn’t have to
be human that can literally be demonic
Doctrine
because you’re valuable
and you’re powerful and there’s a force
out there that wants that power that
wants that power even if they want that
power not to use it but just to subdue
it
you got to understand how how valuable
how rich you are and you’re gonna get it
we’re gonna pray in a minute you’re
gonna understand it so I need to to to
to to think and to process things and
not to be impulsive
because I’m going to need to qualify to
another level through discernment
through prayer through wisdom through
meditation sitting out with God and
understanding where am I
and what am I really dealing with
man I wish I had about three hours with
you
where am I
self-awareness
Soul awareness I’ll talk about that in
the book
what do we have books here
if we do I want to give 10 of them away
if they’re 10 here I want to give 10 of
them away
um for people who really not you’re
gonna you know
read it it cost me a lot to write that
book
okay
you’re you’re valuable
you don’t want I don’t want I don’t want
your impulsivity
to make you do things
where am I
Beyond self-awareness Soul awareness
where am I because if I don’t know where
I’m where I am I cannot discern what
this is
because the Bible says watch this to a
hungry Soul even a bitter thing is sweet
so if my soul is not well
something can be bitter as heck
but because my soul is hungry baby
that’s sweet that’s good no it’s not
you’re just hungry
I’ve got a whole bunch of examples but
I’m not going to do that I’m not gonna
do that not gonna do that
what would you think I’m not gonna do it
so first thing
as we’re moving into this to hey Bruno’s
as we’re moving
that’s my guy as we’re moving into this
time of equipping
it’s going to require wisdom
wisdom that necessitates you spending
time in the presence of God not being
impulsive knowing where you are
so that you can rightly discern what’s
in front of you the second thing is it’s
going to require
it’s going to require relationship
skills
hey
because you’re not going to do it by
yourself
you and I are going to need relationship
skills again if you keep reading in that
passage it talks about various parts
they’re going to be various people that
have the key to what you need
maybe not necessarily to be you although
I do think that’s true to a certain
degree but but certainly to do you
they’re people out there and and they’re
going to be different
than you they’re gonna be different
they’re gonna be differences
they’re not going to think the way you
think which is I think Ebenezer talked
about that last night about the
Opposites Attract I believe you talked
about that
they’re not going to think like you
they may not even necessarily worship
like you
you have to understand what is relevant
and what is not relevant
I ain’t talking about marrying them I’m
talking about business
hello somebody listen I don’t if I need
a heart transplant
and you are the best in the business
don’t give a dang where you go to church
hello somebody
can you cut up in here
so we can’t be so religious
that we Embrace watch this the
unbiblical principle of not working with
people who don’t believe like you that’s
actually an unbiblical principle
hey so you need people skills
and lastly
you’re gonna need new skills
you have to learn new things
new disciplines
I’m reading a
an interesting book
and it’s talking about uh and with this
book you know it’s a it’s a great book
uh
I think with any book even my book uh
you know whatever
I think you have to learn to eat the
chicken to spit out the bones sometimes
right because there’s some good some
books with some good chicken but
everyone’s like um
that ain’t Jesus right yeah I can’t use
that
there’s a book that I’m enjoying right
now and it’s talking about polymaths
it’s another word for polymath is an
erudite it’s it’s an individual who is
well versed
and well learned in many different
disciplines
and the greats of old many of the greats
of old from Maya Angelou to Ben Franklin
didn’t just do one thing
people
the the this this idea of specialization
just do one thing and do it well that’s
that’s actually new
most of the great people of old Jason
did they were philosophers scientists
mathematicians doctors lawyers
philosophers and clergy men all in one
life
this was acceptable
they they had a number of languages they
were polygons they had five spoke
fluently five or six different languages
that’s where we came from as a human
species
not just one thing
I’m gonna challenge you
to follow and to pursue
some of those longings and yearnings
that you have for things
outside of your current training
because you’re gonna need it it makes
you like God
the I am
I will be
whatever I need to be
any wisdom
you need relationship skills
and you’re going to need to embrace and
learn and to pursue new things
now here is the thing they will be new
they will be unfamiliar but anything
that God has called you to do has called
you to pursue
will be marked by one thing although it
is unfamiliar to you
The Familiar the familiarity of the
year
that’s going to be the be the sign
you’re not going to know you’re going to
feel completely lost but drawn
and you’re going to have to and see
that’s why you can’t be playing around
and you can’t have your spirit
contaminated it needs to be sensitive
enough to discern
new from never
are you understand what I’m saying
there’s a difference between new and
never
knew is something that is new but I feel
the presence on
are you tracking with me and that’s
going to require a matured spirit I want
to pray for you I think I’m done with
that thing come on and stand with me
don’t leave if you don’t have to
I
I’ma tell you a story and I think it
applies to you
I think sometimes I’m too transparent
but I don’t care it’s my truth and I try
to live in such a way that my truth
won’t make me a shame
hello somebody
that’s how you want to live your life
you want to live your life where if if
your life was just butt naked
you can be naked and unashamed
hello somebody
that’s what I strive for
I strive for you you come to my house
and we and we’re at the house chilling
you get the same person you get here
like for real
or else why do it
I didn’t come from fake people talking
about L.A fake well first of all La is
comprised of people from other places
so if there is fakeness here it may have
been imported
commotion Bible play with me
Cali baby born and raised
come on somebody South Central watch
Compton where you at Long Beach
Carson
Inglewood
and three quarters of the room like I
can’t roll without Brooklyn come on
Bronx New York City Chicago North
Carolina
Texas
New Orleans holla back because I want to
be fair
Detroit
just shout it out
[Music]
I love it gangbang nothing I love is
wonderful
[Applause]
family I want to tell you a quick story
God
I was praying early one morning it’s
about four or five months ago and
and the word
and I was in let me tell you where I was
I was in a place where I had a lot of
business opportunities hitting me hard
and fast and somebody engaged in some I
was evaluating doing my due diligence
and so on
as I was praying very early in the
morning the Lord whispered the word
quagmire
spirit
and I’m like and I knew the word but I
didn’t know the word right you know then
you know that you know the word but you
can’t think of what the word means
yeah so I went to dictionary like
Quagmire like I don’t know where this
word just comes in my spirit I knew it
was God because I Quagmire
I know y’all thinking about uh what’s
that SpongeBob what is it SpongeBob
they’re trying not to say try not to say
what they’re watching
nah South Park is that is Family Guy oh
you know okay
no look don’t judge me there so
so I looked it up and Quagmire and it
literally means like it’s like legal
loopholes it’s basically unsteady found
in quicksand
I’m sure I found I’m like God okay like
I’m looking at these business deals
and and you whisper in my spirit
Quagmire
and then and then I would hear it again
Quagmire and then
and I knew God was speaking to me and
then I was we literally had the TV on in
our bedroom
and I don’t even know we weren’t even
watching it it was just on I think the
news is on something like that right
it had been left on and we have the
captions on you know sometimes because
you know hearing you know but the
captions are
and I kid you not I swear to you
I look over at the screen just look over
at the screen I’m not even paying I’m
not watching it and the word quagmire
comes up on the screen and that’s how I
found out it was South Park because that
Quagmire right I look at this thing and
I’m like
what is it Family Guy oh Family Guy
whatever it’s not far they’re kind of in
the same family right
all right man whatever it was Quagmire
came up
and I said God you’re talking to me and
as I really leaned into that God was
talking to me about what I built
and he’s saying be careful
how you build
all money isn’t good money I recently I
recently
walked away I’ll just tell you man I
walked away
from a whole lot of money
like
a lot of money
[Applause]
yeah every once in a while I gotta
because that thinking you know I told
you about that thinking that thinking
come you know I gotta make sure it’s
right but now I walked away from
multiple seven figures uh opportunity uh
I would I would have it now literally I
would have it now
um
because
it was Quagmire
what what what I would have had to
become
and watch this it’s not even sinful
it’s just
a little manipulative
but manipulation watch this is common
practice in today’s world
what do you think an algorithm is
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you think that you’re just randomly
scrolling
see they gonna ban me now that’s all
right
I’m gonna come up as somebody else Joe
polesky
an algorithm is manipulation
you think that you’re going on a touch
scroll and find all your friends who you
followed or whatever or just you know or
just to scroll now they’re putting in
front of you what they want you to see
but why is it just because they’re
trying to make you have a pleasant
enjoyable experience
no because there’s a dollar sign
connected to your predictability
yeah
best-selling books
they might as well call it how to
manipulate people
seriously this is the world we live in
and I just couldn’t do it man I can’t I
can’t
well this is my thing it’s not a
self-righteous thing because you know
you know I’m not perfect you know I try
to be but I’m not you know things that I
want to improve in but I don’t
my heart is too don’t my heart that’s my
thing
the Bible says blessed are the pure in
heart for they shall see God
I start messing with my heart I start
messing with my ability to see
and if I start messing with my ability
to see watch this I’m too powerful to
not see right so the point that I’m
making we’re done the point that I’m
making the point that I’m making
is I want you to be careful what you
build
if you can’t build it in the light
entirely
it’s not worth building
there is enough
success in the light
you love me in the dark I want to pray
for you if you’re here and just feel
like man PT you just you you all up in
my business
and I want to start this year off
rededicate my life to God
I want to I want to be equipped there’s
a call in my life I realize maybe what
resonated with you real hard is
mastering you if you’ve been having a
difficult time mastering yourself
you’ve been having a difficult time if
you’re honest it feels like yourself is
mastering you
your body you’re not bringing your body
under subjection it feels like your body
is bringing you under subjection I want
you to come meet me at this altar if
you’re here with this beautiful baby and
come as a child I love that come as a
child like a child nobody’s we’re not up
here all puffed up saying we got it all
together I’ll tell you right now I ain’t
got it again
I’m getting it together
if you hear you say you know what I want
to give my life and my heart to God
today
I don’t want to do I don’t want to step
into 2023
without a relation you can come get as
close as you can I don’t want to step
into 2023
without a real relationship with Jesus
for real and you can have it
you’re gonna need that
you’re gonna need that
that clarity
you’re gonna need that power you’re
gonna need that Authority you’re gonna
need that gift stirred up activate it
I don’t want to be tricked
I want to be so full of God
that I can spot a lie a mile away
that I can
I can know myself
if I don’t know me I can’t even know
what’s in front of me
if I can’t self-diagnose I’m not saying
that you know that you shouldn’t have
there I got therapist all that kind of
stuff I got everything
when it comes to me being well
I will spare no expense hello somebody
I’ve only got one me
I’m not talking about that but I tell
you what I got and I wouldn’t trade this
for anything and that is Jesus for real
the holy spirit of God speaking them he
talking to me knows my name I have to
teach my therapist who I am
and she’s trying to help me figure
things out why she’s trying to figure
things out and sometimes we end up
counseling each other
but my relationship with Jesus
is one-sided he knows everything about
me
he knows my uprisings my down cities and
the crazy things I’m telling you
sometimes your therapist and they’ll be
like yes oh I understand and don’t get
off the phone with you and be like Jesus
this is like duh
of course you did that of course you
feel that
of course
because I’m not
the king over that area yet I haven’t
healed it yet of course Jesus it’s a
course you’re struggling
of course you can’t say no Jesus gets it
without me you can do nothing is what he
says
in the Gospel of John
he says I am the Vine
you’re a branch but most of us live like
we’re the Vine
of course you’ve Fallen
of course you’re making mistakes
first
cause you’re the branch you need me baby
when Jesus says I am the way
I am the truth and I am the life he is
not
slinging religious Dogma
the tone in which I hear preachers
preach that Jesus on the way how much
it says everybody’s looking for the way
everybody’s looking for the way he’s
saying look no further baby
I’m the way
everybody’s looking for the truth he
says I’m the truth
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and for life
it’s just I’m here baby
there’s no more search no longer
if you’re here and you’ve been searching
I feel the holy spirit so strong right
now
if you’re here and you’ve been searching
and you’ve been searching and and like
we talked about when we started this
conversation you’re a critical thinker
and you cannot reconcile
some of the christianese
that you’ve experienced or some of the
Christian Nate
that’s Christian hate Christian Nate
or what you perceive as Christian day
you can’t reconcile that with love you
can’t reconcile that with your life
I feel God’s spirit so strong In This
Moment
saying
if it wasn’t love it wasn’t me
if it wasn’t love it wasn’t me if we
were to keep reading in that Ephesians I
want you to study that whole fourth
chapter it talks about it says being
honest in love and then it talks about
the whole edifying it happens in the
context of love if it wasn’t love it
wasn’t me
and a lot of times people try to filter
God through their bias
right and most people are biased with
with situations that they are ignorant
to or don’t have to wrestle with
self-righteousness
right if it ain’t love it ain’t Christ
so if your experience was not an
experience that felt like love and I
mean real love not that old fake love
I rebuke you in the name of the Lord nah
Love Me In The Name Of The Lord
right
sit with me in the name of the Lord try
to understand me in the name of the Lord
God is love
so if I don’t feel that doesn’t mean
that we have to agree but you should
feel my love
if you’re here and you’ve been wrestling
and the only thing that’s been been
keeping you from really saying yes to
Jesus
is your critical thinking I sense that
that what God is doing is God is
bypassing your mind right now because
your mind is wonderful God gave you your
mind but sometimes your mind will lock
out what God is trying to do in your
spirit
and if that’s you and you’re here and
you say you know what what I’m feeling
in my spirit is stronger than what I’m
wrestling with in my mind and I want to
give my heart to Jesus please meet me
down here just come if that’s you and I
know I’m talking to you come here I just
want I want to see you I want to connect
with you make your way I make room for
you and
feel the spirit so strong I just want
you to come just come and catch you I
just want you to come just get as close
as you can to this altar just get as
close as you can as close as you can
close as you can
I love you he loves you more
but I love you pretty good too
come on
family if you don’t have
a community a church home a spiritual
family
I promise you this is a great one
what you see is what you get I’m so
proud of my pastors
I’m so proud of them I’m on calls with
them weekly and we’re just talking about
what God is doing and and they’re
they’re showing me they’re just talking
to me about bringing me up to speed
about the things that are happening in
this church and they’ve grown and
there’s not a one that I don’t trust
I wouldn’t put them up here and have
them leading and feeding if I didn’t
feel like they have it and they’ve got
don’t they have it they’ve got
[Applause]
team
Ebenezer and Pastor Tina and Roosevelt
and all of our worship leaders and
brunus and I mean I could just name off
but they’re the real deal I say that to
say this is a safe place
and I can’t think of a better time to to
make that connection with a safe place
than on the first day of the new year
that we’re all believing God to do
something special in our lives
let’s pray um if they want to get
connected is that that QR code can you
put that QR code up there for those it’s
up there right okay all right they sell
on it they don’t even need me they just
stay on it let’s pray father
we thank you so much God for this time
that we’ve had together and just
conversation
thank you for what you’re doing thank
you for your promises that are over our
lives Hallelujah you’re a wonderful God
thank you for making us rich
via our covenant with you god through
Jesus
and God you know the needs are here at
this altar God some Lord God are are
seeking not seeking they’re receiving
the strength Lord to bring their body
under subjection
to master themselves to to move from
being tossed to and fro
to being established and settled Lord
God rooted and grounded so that they
might take root in you and bear fruit
in the Earth
thank you that you’re going to do that
very thing there’s some God that have
given their lives to you for the very
first time the wrestling is over
it’s over the wrestling is over and
they’re saying yes to you
they’re trusting not their head but
their heart
trusting
your voice in their spirit and their
soul deep is calling to deep and I pray
God that as they say yes as they open up
you will do exactly what you said you
would do you said that you would come in
sup with them have an intimate exchange
with them that you would seal it by your
Holy Spirit
that they would know your voice and grow
in a profound relationship with you and
that will culminate in them one day
seeing you face to face
when this life is over I thank you that
you’re doing that thank you for this
church continue to bless it and
strengthen it Lord now I want you to
repeat after me heavenly father
I thank you for this word
I thank you for this day
thank you for feeding me thank you for
loving me
above all
thank you for Jesus
thank you for making him
who had no sin
all of mine
all of my weakness all of my limitations
all of my shortcomings you placed in his
body
nailed it to the cross
and put it to death
and got just as he was raised up
free and Victorious
because I’m in him
I’m raised up too
my past is behind me
my future is bright
you will equip me
for every good work
I’m in Covenant with you
I’m enriching you
and you will give me
the ability
to create to receive everything I’ll
need for my journey
I rebuke Every Lie
every negative
and wicked things
has no place in me
in my life
in my head in my heart in my family and
this year I’m going from Glory
to glory and I will never come down
in Jesus name amen amen amen God bless
you come on give God a praise as you go
may the Lord bless and keep you man make
his face to shine upon you and be
gracious toward you may lift up his
couch and it’s over you and Grant you
shalom shalom in Jesus name God bless
you I love you very much