This is “Who’s Your Crew?” Rowing is the most selfless sport there is. It requires the complete abandonment of self and total unity. A rowing crew with unity can row faster and easier than they can with pure strength. God’s plan for the Church, your family, your business, and every Kingdom relationship is to dwell in unity like a unified rowing crew. God searches for unity. And when He finds it, it is the landing strip, the blessing. To hear more inspiring messages from Jentezen Franklin, visit http://jentezenfranklin.org/watch?cid…
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there’s so much
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giving up but you can make a difference
in their life you can intercede with a
little song and prayer
Proclaim it over someone right now
you’re not done with me
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you can go where they are right now
cause there’s so much
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you might have been told by the doctor
that you have an incurable disease
but we’re here in a day to proclaim the
good news
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not done with me
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Give the Lord all the praise and all the
glory and all the honor Hallelujah if
you believe me smoothing
if you believe he’s still writing
another chapter if you believe that the
story isn’t over
maybe you’ve been through a divorce but
he’s not done with you he’s not done
with you the son will shine again
hold on
hold on
we be may endure for the night
but hold on
Joy is coming in the morning
Hallelujah
whoa
well I feel the Lord in this place
I believe that today
matter of fact I want you to just reach
over
grab somebody by the hand or take them
by the shoulder
just reach over and give them a little
side hug and say he’s not done with you
yet
somebody give him all the glory even
before it manifests
because you feel
you feel something moving and stirring
that’s a that’s the confirmation
out of the mouth of two or three
Witnesses
tell somebody on the other side that’s
why you can’t quit now
you can’t give up now you can’t stop now
you can’t let up now you can’t turn back
now Hallelujah you’re gonna make it
you’re gonna make it
he’s gonna tape you up where you belong
depression is not your destiny
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against your destiny
I’m free in Jesus
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failure is not your destination
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receive it right now
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I’ll just make up my mind I Won’t Let Go
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you are not too old
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one more time
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because
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there’s so much more time
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can you imagine
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can you imagine anything
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possible
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glory and honor and praise
glory and honor and praise
thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you
Lord
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open your Bibles to Psalms 133 praise
the mighty name of Jesus
verse one everybody read it out loud
behold
how good how pleasant it is for brethren
a stop right there for families
for marriages
for moms and dads and parents for
brothers and sisters for aunts and
uncles for
teams at work for churches
to dwell together
in unity
it’s like the precious oil on the head
running down the beard the beard of
Aaron running down the edge of his
garments
it’s like the Dew of Hermann descending
upon the mountains of Zion for the Lord
listen to this there the Lord commands a
blessing even life forevermore listen to
this God searches for Unity
God searches for families for people for
churches for
families marriages
that forgive one another love one
another keep bridging themselves to one
another and he says if I find it he said
it’s beautiful how lovely how beautiful
God in God’s eyes when we dwell together
in unity
and then that powerful verse said there
meaning geographically wherever I find
it it is the landing strip for my
blessing and the more Unity the bigger
the landing strip and the bigger the
blessing
Satan has one desire from beginning of
time to this day
divide and conquer
divide and conquer
that is what he loves to do to homes to
families to Brothers to sisters to
grandparents and grandchildren any way
he can he knows that he is his power is
dismantled by unity
if any two of you will agree Jesus said
and touch and agree
and pray
he is more than able
as they were singing
here in Gainesville we have late Lanier
and during the Olympics in Atlanta they
had the rowing Sports on lately Lake
Lanier is a beautiful rowing Center here
and nations from all over the world came
in
the sport of rowing is called and is
known as Crew c-r-e-w That’s what I’m
going to preach on for just a few
minutes this morning who’s your crew
it’s it’s funny to me that a sport is is
so dependent upon the crew not the
superstar that they actually call it
that crew
it’s a long skinny shell of a boat
that’s only 24 inches wide huge huge
guys with muscles and weighing hundreds
of pounds up to 1800 sometimes two
thousand pounds on 24 inches they can
barely get the rear ends in the seats
look at the size of these These are
Olympic type Champions they’re massive
big strong men and there’s only 24
inches
usually the smallest person on that boat
is the coach
he’s the pastor
in the American church we have
completely turned that around and we’ve
made Superstars out of pastors
but the way God looks at it is like that
God says I sure didn’t pick him because
he was qualified in the best one I could
find
and I can tell you in my case I do not
have inferiority but I also am keenly
aware that God could have found many
many more people who could be more
qualified than I am but if we will be
like that in God’s eyes and then he sees
you the Saints of the Lord as those
strong arms but unless we all come in
unity and only one’s got a microphone a
megaphone that’s me
and while I am feeling very insufficient
even when I walk up to this Pulpit this
morning you have no idea how it feels
but at the same time I do know that God
put me in that seat that God called me
to do this and I’m thankful for the crew
that he put me with and all together we
can get across the finish line and win
the race come on somebody
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he barks orders pick it up faster faster
faster and then sometimes he says slow
down relax calm down
when you understand that
and you link up to a crew
who’s your crew some of you are trying
to do it on your own you say well me and
Jesus if we got our own thing going and
you and Jesus
Jesus is Calling You he said I’ll build
my church
and Jesus is calling you to find your
crew
it touches me when people come to this
Altar and get born again and then a year
later I see them serving in a Ministry
it’s powerful it’s powerful what God can
do when we understand it it’s not me
it’s us together
it’s me with you a carefully balanced
blend
each must be prepared to compromise
what a message for marriages
that that the guy with the powerful arms
sometimes the the coach will call out a
command and he’ll say lighten up a
little bit and the guy with the powerful
arms has the lighten up and because
because those panels have got to hit at
the exact same time and maybe somebody
because what they’re trying to get to is
something called the swing
this is a term in rowing
because the biggest concern
is they said usually a professional team
can get up to 40 to 45 Strokes
in one minute it’s pretty powerful that
is and they’re doing it synchronized
together
but there’s something called swing
and when the group gets in absolute
Unity
when their timing is just perfect
when everybody’s depending on everybody
and they’re not doing their own thing
and they’re not going along and doing
what’s right in their eyes and I don’t
care what anybody else thinks but when
they are a beautiful unit a beautiful
crew they then enter into what they
describe they called it poetry it’s
almost like the ship begins to lift out
of the water and they call it swing and
it literally begins to Glide so fast
that even though the front running team
may be going 40 44 sweating talling oh
oh so much so much that when you hit
this thing called swing in a boat in a
row boat
you can sometimes you won’t find it at
44 or 40. you can hit it at 32 or 33 but
because everybody’s in unity and they’re
all doing their thing over there and
they’re just going but but this group
hits Unity
and boom something happens and they’re
they look like they’re just kind of
relaxing but they’re in unity and there
they go they said they will soar
past that’s how they win if they can hit
swing
and I couldn’t help but think about how
that
you know it’s not just about you but
it’s when you begin to have that Unity
spirit that hits a place
rowing not at your own pace
but the church has a destination and
it’s not just about you getting across
the finish line
and it’s not just about my family but
it’s about your family and it’s not just
about my trials but it’s about your
trials and I gotta encourage you and
it’s not just about me being encouraged
but I have a responsibility that we’re a
crew that we’re a team that when I’m
weak you help my weakness and when I’m
strong then then I can help yours but
but we begin to function that way in
other words you got to care about your
crew
you gotta love your crew it’s not just I
want to get my family to Heaven I want
to get to heaven and look around and see
people from Free Chapel with their
families in heaven across the finish
line
we got to take that serious it’s not
just about me we’ve got to have a
miracle of unity
and when that happens God says there I
command the blessing
when a husband and a wife get in unity
they can go they hit that swing and God
says what was what was what others are
toiling to make happen in their family
I’ll put my grace and it’s not by might
and it’s not by power it’s by my spirit
saith the Lord
the book of Acts is a book about Cruz
about teams
on the day of Pentecost the Bible said
the Holy Spirit the day the church was
born they were all everybody say all
that means nobody was doing their own
thing they were all with what one Accord
in one place and suddenly there came a
sound from Heaven as a mighty rushing
wind and they hit swing
and While others are trying and trying
listen if you would let the Holy Spirit
touch you this morning the things you
can’t stop and you’re trying your best
to get to the place where you can win
and defeat this and defeat that in your
life if you would let a crew get around
you and the word and listen to your
coach name Jesus and he’ll tell you what
to do with your life he’d tell you it’s
not over and he’s still writing your
story and you know what he would give
you the grace to just woot and other
people are trying so hard in this like
but God can give you Grace
anybody anybody ever seen God give you a
Grace for something
it means it makes it look easier than
tolling and Rowing and sweating and
giving up
but that comes out of the beautiful
Unity
let me read a few scriptures to you
Philippians chapter 2 verse 1 therefore
if any of you have encouragement from
being united with Christ if any comfort
from his love if any in common in Sharon
in spirit any tenderness any compassion
he’s talking about Oneness he’s talking
about
Freedom he’s talking about walking in
truth First Corinthians 1 and verse 10
he says that all of you agree with one
another that you stop fussing and you
stop fighting you stop attacking how
powerful our families would be if we
would stop this stuff
and you say there be no divisions among
you
that you be perfectly United in mind and
in thought that that you don’t allow the
enemy to come and put wedges between
people that God has crewed you up with
and then look at this next verse John 13
and verse 35 by this shall everyone know
that you’re my disciples because you go
to church and you’ve got a Christian
bumper sticker nobody cares
here’s how they know you’re his
disciples that you love one another
or what about this one second
Corinthians 13 and one finally brothers
and sisters Rejoice well let’s do it
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and then here’s what I want you to do
strive if there’s any division strive
for restoration
that’s not just kick back I don’t I’m
done yeah I’m done
strive for full restoration encourage
one another be of one mind live in peace
and the god of love and peace will be
with you
what about Philippians 2 and verse 3 do
nothing out of selfish ambition and vain
conceit rather listen in humility value
others above yourself
powerful
the power of unity
the power of running with the right crew
some of you are running with people and
the crew that you’re in you’re never
going to know Victory you’re never going
to know the life that God had for you
you’re never going to experience the
peace that he has for you because you
need a new crew you can go back and you
can put them on the boat later but you
need a crew around you of encouragers
and faith-filled people who know and
people who believe in in God’s plan for
your life it can change your future it
can change the destiny of your whole
children families Generations
God is just looking for families that
will say Lord
do I need to apologize do I need to
reach out
do I need to ask for forgiveness do I
need to forgive
do I need to let
this Unity go
because that’s what it’s like
the Bible said Unity can do what you
can’t do God commands a blessing there
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