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at the desk at the thing but i’m slowing

the pace so i can hear from you and then

you’re saying this is my sanctuary at

the desk

here i can rest in you my anger my

foundation i feel my life on you

this is a sacred space a holy ground um

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right here is holy ground

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oh

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right

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come on right now where you are just

stand to your feet lift your hands

we revert to god

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i was here

and i have a place

i’m lost in you

but found in your grace

life’s exhausting

i’m slowing the pace

so i can’t

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but my

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my

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this is my

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my foundation

i built my life on you cause

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right here

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come on if you have fractured faith

today

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i need to hear you jesus

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is

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i am

is

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is

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thank you

jesus my swords won’t shake

my ankles

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this firm foundation

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your holy

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is

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is

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god

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god you can rest right here

we move out of the way for you to rest

right here jesus

christ

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begin to ask god to show you that place

show you what right here is for you

and in faith we can declare once again

my storms won’t shake

my ankles

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this firm foundation

your holy

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me

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is

it’s right here right here right here

right here right here where i am

oh jesus

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in the middle of it all

in the middle of it all

it’s holy holy holy

god you can rest right here right here

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happy with jesus

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come on hands lifted all over this place

whether you’re in a kitchen a living

room whether you’re in your office

whether you’re in a church i want you to

declare by faith right now right here

in this moment with all of your flaws

with every mistake with all of your

successes god is saying i want you to

declare that right here in this moment

is holy

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the reason we can declare it holy is

because god is here

so we can say say fear

fear

here

here now

now

jesus

right here

right now if fear has been gripping you

to move forward and know god you can say

change

it’s happening now

because god is here we can stay

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something’s happening

something’s falling

something’s moving

i declare you

i dare you to declare this with faith

that jesus is changing come on

oh

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is

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my hope is in jesus jesus

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jesus

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come on i tell you to give him a praise

right there lift his name lift his voice

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caleb he that dwells

just receive this

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in the secret place of the most high god

shall divide in

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of the most high god shall abide in the

shadow of beyond

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holy

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holy

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say god

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god see god in three persons one more

time

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hands lifted everywhere

chains

fall

fear

bow

here

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lust

fear

pain of the past it’s all falling right

now in the presence of god that’s what

moses had he had a moment with god and

god is saying every change that you had

back in egypt everything that tied you

to the last season god is saying in this

moment if you would by faith receive it

this can be a defining moment that right

here the way you look how you feel if

you let jesus in he will change he will

transform

he will read new he will redo he will

revive

everything that you thought was lost

somebody say jesus you can’t jesus

everything about me

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something’s perfect

so god today we say here i am

come on somebody say that out of your

mouth say here i am

come on hands lift it like you’re

surrendering say here i am

all of me

the only thing that can change this

is you

it’s not the appeals

it’s not the position

it’s not the title it’s not the

placement it’s not the networking it’s

not they’re co-signing the only thing

that can change what’s in here

is you jesus

so today father

we declare and we surrender

uh

somebody say i surrender uh yeah yeah

yeah yeah see some of y’all have been

holding on so tightly to what you

thought god was trying to do in your

life and he’s saying i need you to

surrender put your hands up let it go he

said you thought you were gonna do that

but my plan for you

so much greater

than anything you’ve ever imagined

but i can’t give you what i have if you

won’t let go of what you have

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so i surrender i

surrender

this is ministry for somebody right now

you and god

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come on all together let’s sing that to

me and lead us in that somebody said

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something’s happening right now somebody

this is the moment you came for some of

y’all need to declare this holy just

lift your hands one more time and just

say

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i give it to you lord

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i can’t hold this anymore i can’t hold

this anymore

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something’s happening right now y’all

say

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just one more time y’all

no music just everybody just lift it up

say i surrender

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oh

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we’re here god

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there’s something happening right now

y’all i

know you want to move from this moment

but god’s trying to confirm a firm

change transform

we’re at the end of 21 days of prayer

and fasting why don’t we want god to

show up we didn’t spend 21 days

praying and pushing away our plate to go

with a program we spent 21 days the

reward of this is god the reward of this

is him touching us the reward of this is

him meeting us confirming and affirming

who he’s called us to be

father we came into this 21 days of

prayer fasting with a lot of requests at

the end of it all all we want is you god

father all we want is your will for our

lives

and we are so convinced that here is

holy that we are saying i surrender all

the business i surrender it the family

the relationship i surrender it

everything that i’ve been trying to

white knuckle my way through trying to

hold and carry the church it’s yours i

surrender

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you don’t need two saviors

so father i relinquish

the role i’ve been playing as savior in

my own life that’s a word for somebody

right there

every place in my life where i tried to

come in and save the day

where i tried to protect the reputation

where i tried to move the needle forward

where i tried to impress somebody today

i resign

from the position of savior in my own

life

and i say all to be my

blessed savior

i surrender

in your home take this moment is holy

we’ve been saying it we’ve been saying

it here is holy don’t don’t lose this

moment right here chasing what you what

you think it should be god’s saying i

want to speak to you right here

i feel the anointing of god

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just received this for a second

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you might want to take a kneeling

position i see people in their homes

kneeling and saying god i’m giving it up

you’re making an altar right right where

you are

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pastor mike how can i make this an altar

how can in this moment it be an altar

how how can i how can i take a low

position a humble position right now god

father you don’t know what’s going on in

my life

and god’s saying i’ve ordained

what’s going on

and if i didn’t make it i’ll use it

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so this is my sanctuary

here i can rest in you

my foundation

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can you just get in a holy spot right

now and just sing that again right here

this is my sanctuary

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in my pajamas

with the kids running around god said

right there it’s holy

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no money in the bank

not having a job that’s stable

god’s saying will you trust me

will you build me an altar say this is

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i can rest because if god’s here i don’t

gotta work in labor and do i just have

to be

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sanctuary

i put my trust in you

my anchor my foundation

i built my life on you

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oh

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oh

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god we surrender god

we give up

we let you have your way

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i can’t carry it on my own

it’s more of you and less of us

more of you and less of us god

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we give up control

we trust you for real

no more waiting

for the perfect moment

here

it’s holy

here you’re speaking

here

you’re moving

here

you’re loving

here you’re affirming

here

you’re demanding what you put on the

inside of us

here

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here

lift that up in the mic sis come on just

god i feel your presence y’all better

stop waiting on something else to happen

god is trying to meet you

right

here

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the foreign of god is here in this

moment right here

don’t negate it

don’t act like this is a weird moment

this is what you prayed for god beat me

god confirm it god show me god give me a

sign this is your sign

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and you

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i can barely rise

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me

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oh

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this is my sanctuary

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is

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this is a lot of what 2022 is gonna feel

like

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waiting on the lord

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many of you in this moment

have been feeling anxious

i feel it’s like okay that’s enough

what’s next like what’s next like what’s

next like what’s next

that feeling is trying to draw you from

here

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like there has something better for you

and god’s saying but here

is holy

i just see this being a prophetic

picture

of us wanting to move our business

forward and god said but i just need you

to focus on loving the people you got

right

here

but we need six other positions and we

need and god said yeah yeah yeah i got

all that but i just need you to stay

right

here

when we move into that new neighborhood

in the new school system and our kids

are able to get in and god said but i

can do a miracle

right

here

don’t

rush

god

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he’s taking the hustle

out of his house

when you love being with somebody time

don’t matter

when me and my wife get in that place

and snuggle and and and

it literally is like time

doesn’t matter anymore it’s only people

you’re not comfortable with

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that you’re always looking at how much

longer do i gotta stay with you

and god’s saying stop treating me like a

stranger

would you just sit with me

would you just on a sunday morning with

thousands of people watching michael

would you just

display

a relationship surrendered

i said god here i am

come on somebody just say here i am

just one more time with faith say here i

am

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there’s a sweet anointing of god in this

moment y’all

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father i thank you

thank you for what you’ve said thank you

for what you’ve done thank you for your

word

thank you for this phrase meaning more

than what i’m saying do y’all know the

holy spirit speaking right now i just

feel this right now there’s confirmation

revelation

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there’s transformation

thank you lord he said in this moment

there’s delineation

he’s

he’s cutting some stuff

he’s drawing lines in the sand

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he’s putting parameters around stuff

remember

the phrase of this year is here is holy

but the subtitle is this is the year

of intentional limitation

he’s showing some of y’all where the

borders are

not them

well god then who he said i’ll show you

but you better draw a line right there

you can’t watch that no more but god

that’s what me and all my friends talk

about he said but for what i’m about to

do here is holy

cut it off

god it’s too hard for me cut the whole

service off uh-oh

what do you want to do

to get the purpose of god you may have

to cut hulu and netflix in this next

season so you don’t even have the

opportunity

one clap you know why

because our comfort

is stronger in most of us than our

calling

and god’s saying but if i’m telling you

it’s holy

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you better be ready to draw some lines

i don’t care if you’re in high school

god said you can be the difference maker

in that high school go sit at that lunch

table open up your bible and you don’t

got to put up a flyer people are

watching you there’s something different

about you you’re separated you’re holy

don’t try to push it on everybody else

but i told you to do something

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and if it’s for one other person

he said here will be whole

here i am god just one more time in

faith say here i am

god is a church

as a pastor as a leader as a father as a

husband as a son

you can have every facet of me

here i am the stuff god i don’t even

like letting people

know i do

because then there may be a demand on me

today i’m surrendering

every part of me oh that was for a lot

of y’all

there’s parts you’ve been holding back

because you know if if anybody sees

what’s actually in you there’ll be a

responsibility and a demand

and god is saying why would you hide

what i gave you as your gift

god here we are somebody say here i am

just lift that up say

here i am

stay there here i am

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you’re all together

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here i

am

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here i

am

here i am

so here i

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what am i here to do say say

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here i am

just

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you can have

one

here i am

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here i am

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here i

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he’s am lost you can find him here i am

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this is

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this is my sanctuary

i put my trust in you

my anchor my foundation

i build my life on you

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in exodus

check check check check check in exodus

chapter 3

i want to read you a portion of

scripture this is what the bible says to

moses in exodus 3 verse 12 god answered

i will be with you

this is your sign that i am the one who

has sent you

when you have brought the people out of

egypt

you will worship god at this very

mountain

but god but moses protested if i go to

the people

of egypt

and i tell if i go to the people of

israel tell them the god of your

ancestors has sent me to you

they will ask you what is your name

then you shall tell them

and god replied to moses i am

who i am

i am who i am say this to the people of

israel i am has sent me to you

as we were praying i felt so clearly god

said i want you to know that here i am

is not just identification

but it’s invitation

because the name of god is i am when you

say here i am you’re not only

identifying for yourself but you’re

telling god here i am

some of you

where god god where will god meet you

you say here when you say i am god says

i’ll meet you right there are some of

you there are specific areas that you’re

in when you’re saying here i am you’re

recognizing yourself but you’re also

inviting god so when you say here i am

in the marriage when you say here i am

in the argument when you say here i am

in the anxiety when you say here i am in

my worry when you say here i am in my

lack of ability god says exactly because

when you say my name that’s all you

we’re talking about the name of jesus

you don’t have to have the answer you

just have to say the answer’s name when

you say here i am here come into my

marriage here come into my doubt here

come into my fear here come into my

worry here come

right

here

here i am yes sir say here i am

say here i am

here i am

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here i am

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so right here

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right

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that scripture said um

this will be your sign

your worship

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will be the sign

like you’re going

you’re going to worship at a place

you’ve been to before moses

but this time when i deliver you

i need you to lead people

to worship me

and i don’t

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i’m not exactly sure um

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if our worship

individual imma speak for me

has not been attached

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to um

an outcome

can i be transparent can i

can can i can i get vulnerable

can i take off my protection

can can i acknowledge at the place that

god

has called us to be as a church

that we got it

we got to do like moses and

say no i’m not going to stay right here

at this place

say here i am

that’s availability

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but when i take off my protection

that’s vulnerability

and some of y’all have been so protected

by your pedigree

so protected by your degrees

so protected by your ten-year

so protected by your age

ain’t nobody tell me nothing i’ve been

following god longer but you’re still in

the same place

and god might have sent this young man

in a hot red jacket this is too hot to

be up here i just

she’s us be offense

but he sent me up here

to maybe

awaken something on the inside of you

that maybe maybe there can be a little

more reckless abandonment

in your life when it comes to the things

of god

maybe you can get a little more

vulnerable see see a lot of people

don’t understand

that that that thing that we’re talking

about of

availability to god we can do that here

i am god whatever you want to do

but showing people who i really am

taking down my attitude

it protected me in a different season

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it was the only thing i had

to keep the people that were supposed to

lead me and love me

from hurting me so i’ve built these

walls i ain’t talking to them

they remind me of the place of hurt

i’m not going to ask for help i’m not

going to be vulnerable because i don’t

want to get hurt again and god’s saying

but here i am

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so i need you to take off your

protection

but the real thing god wanted moses to

do at that burning bush

is he wanted him to feel again

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some of y’all haven’t felt in a long

time

you haven’t been able to feel your

emotions you haven’t been able to feel

god you’ve been going through the

motions you’ve been doing everything you

were supposed to do but you have not

been able to feel when he put his feet

on the ground

that wasn’t

availability or vulnerability

god wanted him to have

sensitivity

feel my presence

feel that i’m here

feel that i’m with you

feel that here is holy

feel the cool of the singing feel the

rock feel the thing feel i need you to

everybody say feel

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i told our church last week

after all the cameras went off

i said here is holy

and what that practically means is our

church has been full of passion

but it has not had enough compassion

we haven’t felt enough

and everybody’s trying to get to the

next thing and the next crazy miracle

and the next thing and could it be

that god says as you rush to the next

thing you don’t

feel what i want you to feel here moses

will never forget

this meeting with god

because he hid another sense in his life

not since but like our senses

he saw the burning bush

he smelled the smoke

but he felt

god help us to fail again

somebody just put your hand on your

heart right now and just say god help me

to feel again whoo

you so cold and you cut people off so

quick and you think it’s a trait that

should be admired

i can cut somebody off god said that

it’s not me

did i cut you off like that

or did i have come

passion

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some of our family issues are not

unsolvable

there’s just a lack of

compassion

nobody’s feeling nobody’s feeling

and today god wants us to feel how do

you feel in his presence

that’s where moses was in a place of

worship

and he took off

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his his protection and felt for the

first time in years

husbands and wives the reason it’s not

clicking you don’t feel it

you’re not sensitive to one another

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and god’s saying i want this week to be

a week of sensitivity

right now if tony just starts hitting

the drums

wildly

the thing we would tell him

is what are you doing

you’re not being

sensitive

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when a baby is at the point

of almost being asleep

and somebody turns on the tv too loud

that’s means for divorce

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no no no because i’ve been working an

hour and a half

to get this baby right here and you’re

not being

sensitive

i just lost somebody i love

and then you make a joke about death

what we would say to somebody

is you’re not being

sensitive

why is it that god says

i’ll speak to you in a

still

small

why would he say steal small voice i

want the thunderous god the big god you

can be loud

but not sensitive

and what i want you to hear is the

details

everybody say details

this week i hear so strongly y’all is

god’s saying i want this to be the most

sensitive week of your life

i want you to create an atmosphere that

has a lower volume than your regular

weeks

i want the noise to turn down this week

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why go here and it’s such and such

birthday and this is what i’m doing all

that’s noise

god’s been speaking to you the whole

time but you can’t hear him because he’s

whispering

you’re not close god had to take moses

to a deserted place

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he wasn’t in a crowd of people he wasn’t

in egypt where he was the man he wasn’t

even withdrew through his father-in-law

he was in the desert

with some sheep who couldn’t talk

and he took him

to a deserted place and told him put

your

feet on the ground and feel me

you know when people be like do you feel

me

that’s what god’s saying today

do you feel me

i’m trying to work on your attitude do

you feel me

i’m trying to give you a business plan

that’ll change your family for

generations do you feel me

and right now so much of the noise is so

loud

and we’re so protected

see the crazy thing about it is in my

shoes and those socks it was a lot

warmer around my feet

there is at least a 15 degree difference

and there was only an inch and a half

them a stick two inches

of soul

between where i was

and where i am now

but it feels

completely different

do you have too much soul

between you and god

not s o l e but s-o-u-m

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are you too high

to feel what god’s trying to do in your

life

is this a time where you need to come

low and humble yourself

before the mighty hand of god

and say here i am

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somebody just say here i am

that’s service

i’m not

i’m not messing with this

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this is the year of the cliffhanger

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everything’s not going to be resolved in

a moment

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and the church has been so used to like

okay put a bow on it

give me some wrapping

and let my day go on

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this is the year of the cliffhanger

there’s gonna be moments he calls you in

and he’s just gonna say okay

that’s what i was gonna do today and uh

i’ll see you here tomorrow

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and the uncomfortableness that some of

y’all feel right i came for a word he is

the living word what are you what are

you talking about what are you talking

about

you don’t want my words

you don’t you don’t want my youtube

you don’t want my tweets

you want

rhema you want him to give you a word

for yourself that nobody else that’s

special that proves that here is holy

do you know nobody else got a word like

that

in history

except moses

from a burning bush

he the only one

ever got god to speak to him

in that way

separate

holy

completely other than

opposed to there it didn’t happen when

he went home that would have been there

it happened

here

so if you’re watching this

and you’re like what is going on

um

we’ve decided a long time ago that we

were a church

that was gonna let god lead

like we just decided

and there’s thousands

of people watching and thousands of

people that will be watching through the

week

but we decided we would never ever

perform

we would just get in his presence

and whatever happens

happens you know how they say it is

what it is

because here

here is holy

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i’m trying to model for you

what it looks

like

to have to move on without resolve

you’re going to have to start the

business without them saying i’m sorry

there won’t be a resolve

and a lot of people are waiting to start

until there’s a resolve

and god is saying to you in this moment

he is like don’t rush me i’m doing the

work

if you would just be okay everybody say

here

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you don’t have to see the end of the

credits yet

there’s alternate endings to this

depending on your faith

and obedience

see faith in obedience produced the

ending of this movie it’s still being

written

saul when he started the movie god had

him in he was supposed to have a

descendant reigning on the throne

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forever

but saw through his disobedience

and his lack of faith in god

rewrote a different ending

to the story that god had already pinned

he didn’t acknowledge that here was holy

y’all remember the story

when when he was supposed to offer a

sacrifice

and he he was and he was waiting on

samuel and samuel was taken too long

does it ever feel like what god’s doing

is taking too long y’all gonna just

leave me out here by myself it’s taking

too long for you to give me a husband

it’s taking too long for me to have my

money it’s taking too long he felt like

it was taking too long

and because he didn’t acknowledge that

here was holy

he started looking at his enemies

and his enemies started to distract him

from the promise that god had given

through samuel

and he started getting the bible says

hard-pressed

has anybody ever been hard pressed can

we just have a therapy session right now

has anybody ever been hard-pressed okay

let me be let’s be real real let’s be

hot humble open and transparent how many

people have a hard-pressed area right

now there’s it come on let’s not has

anybody ever no today

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what do you do when you get hard-pressed

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two weeks ago

when a spit hit the fan

that’s when i found out

what was it when i got hard-pressed

when people were calling me out of my

name talking about my children saying

what my wife could do with spit when

when i saw the underbelly of the culture

i’m called to love

[Music]

god said how do you respond when you’re

hard-pressed

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saw

[Music]

in his anxiousness

to do the right thing

[Music]

he was trying to offer sacrifices to the

lord

but he did it in the wrong timing

some of y’all what you feeling is right

it’s the right conviction

it’s it’s the right thing but god’s

trying to build your character right

here

so he’s saying don’t move yet don’t move

don’t don’t move yet don’t stay stay at

the job stay with those people stay at

the church just stop it’s the right it’s

the right conviction

i’m gonna talk about it more next week

but moses killing

the egyptian

who was

who was hindering and damaging a hebrew

it was the right conviction

with the lack of character

[Music]

god’s not trying to take you off of what

he put on you he’s just saying wait on

me

[Music]

wait on the lord

[Music]

wait on the lord

this is prophetic for you

he will renew your strength

[Music]

he’s about to renew your strength

[Music]

it’s the right thing

just the wrong moment stay here

but god’s gonna do it he’s gonna restore

he’s gonna revive

the next move the next thing is

it’s not there it’s here

[Music]

[Music]

just one more time

[Music]

wait on the lord

[Music]

would saul’s life have looked like

[Music]

had he waited

right here

we would lit david

we wouldn’t know about day everybody

loved david he was the backup

many people don’t read this but when

israel wanted a king

god chose saul

but he wouldn’t stay here long enough

for god to give him the victory

he spent the rest of his life

chasing his favor

[Music]

even though he messed up he still gave

him david

to win victories for him

and he started listening to the people

over there

and over there

and over there

and over there and over there he started

listening when they said david slade ten

thousand

saul one thousand

it messed with his identity because it

wasn’t anchored in god

[Music]

if it was me i would have been singing a

song too did you hear the song that was

singing about you boy you kept he was

still the king

all the victories came back and went

under his tutelage

but a moment that was supposed to be

here

[Music]

he didn’t wait on god

i’m not going to press past

any moment that i know god’s doing

something even if i don’t understand it

it’s so

saul’s raw emotion

where in the bleep is god right now

through samuel

where is he did he oversleep so i might

go find him

i’m pressed this is uncomfortable i

can’t stand this

he could have said all of that and still

waited

vent but wait

be pissed

but wait

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do a circle

shout

jump up and down do jumping jacks

but

wait

y’all know that’s what he told the

disciples

when jesus

told his disciples

what they needed to do he said all right

listen i’m i told you all several times

i’m leaving

but i want you

to go wait

until you’re endued

with the power

of the holy spirit

i’ve given you the instruction to go

but don’t go until you get what i want

you to get here

the the the great commission

go into all the world and make this

that’s there

but before you do that wait here

until you get what you need

to go out there and actually be

effective

jesus i know

demons are looking you in your face in

the industry god’s called you to conquer

in and the reason you ain’t got no power

there

is because you didn’t get what you were

supposed to get

here

so we’re telling ourselves right now

wait on the lord

wait on

said he will renew

it’s frustrating here it hurts here

i wish more people knew what was really

going on here

but he sent you here to tell you to wait

here it’s all going to make sense real

soon

but here is holy

he’s doing something in your character

so that you don’t kill anything

prematurely

that god called to live it’s the right

conviction it’s just the wrong moment

here is hope

[Music]

you’re getting stronger as you wait just

say wait

[Music]

what happens when they wait what

happened

something’s happening

yeah

i dare you to say

[Music]

i feel the presence of god faith is

rising in this place somebody says

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

he’s going to change it all from right

here

get victory on your lips

and just say stay that way baby

is

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

oh

come on

[Applause]

somebody stay right here

[Music]

what god’s gonna do here is renew our

strength to stay here

[Music]

we’re gonna be faithful here

somebody say i’m going to be faithful

here

see this is our confession

say i am here

and because god is here

here is holy

this is our confession all year

well i messed up what do i say i am here

[Music]

and because god is here

what do we say here is hope

well they just left me

and i’m hurting

and i never saw my life without them

but let’s be

ones that say

you know what gonna take off my

protection i’m gonna get vulnerable i’ma

feel this thing

charles i wanna preach it but i’ma wait

till next week

but i need to let everybody especially

men know

that sensitivity is strength

[Applause]

i’ma preach this thing next week how i

feel this thing y’all

next week is our seventh year

anniversary as pastors and twenty

three years

of greenwood christian center being

transformation church

and god wanted the word i share next

week to marinate for an entire week

y’all know when food is real good

some of y’all been eating that fast food

microwavable but when food is real good

it’s when it’s sitting them juices for a

while

[Music]

we’re gonna normalize sensitivity

but we’re going to we’re going to

normalize

being able to feel

[Music]

demario we’re going to start a new

revolution of men of god

that stand next to women of god

it won’t be that the women carry the

church because they can feel that’s the

reason

that’s the reason that they’ve been able

to carry because men have been taught

you ain’t supposed to feel that shut up

don’t feel that stop crying that don’t

mean nothing and god said but i had

compassion

[Music]

that’s why we have to transform our

minds

we’re gonna raise sons that know how to

feel

we’re going to raise daughters that know

how to feel

we’re going to raise disciples that know

how to what fear

because it’s only in the feeling that i

know how to respond

not react most of our christian life has

been spent reacting

[Music]

but when i can feel somebody’s heart

when i know what you’ve been through

if you knew me

when i spit on brentham’s uh face

that’s the third time i’ve done that

that wasn’t the first time or the second

i did somebody else’s church

but the people who reacted

didn’t know me

[Music]

the people who knew me

they responded

my wife said that was michael

that was the most disgusting thing

you’ve ever done on the platform form

before i

i couldn’t even watch it

but i love you

and i knew your heart behind it

and next time just

act like you spit and then just

she didn’t react

see what respond

and so many of us

because we haven’t gotten vulnerable

enough to feel

we won’t sit with nobody long enough to

hear their story

we’re still married to the version of

our husband and wife

that we got 10 years ago

and we haven’t heard

been sensitive to the changes

[Music]

you’re not married to who you may read

that’s a whole word you’re not married

to who you’re married just how your kids

at five are different than they are at

15.

[Music]

but the problem is

well i told you at three

that you were going to be great why are

you why you don’t got confidence now you

wasn’t

to sensitive

sixth grade where that teacher stole

their

you you weren’t you weren’t sensitive

to be able to see every time they go to

that camp

they come back just a little

how was camp okay that was great

and you’re not seeing

because you don’t feel

[Music]

many of us are who we are today not

because we wanted to be because our

protection wasn’t sensitive

[Music]

they couldn’t tell we got touched

[Music]

nobody saw how i started acting

negatively when it came to anything

about church nobody saw how i started

having an affinity towards men or have

an affinity towards women nobody saw

they never even they never even brought

it up

they knew i stole but they just beat me

but never ask me

they weren’t

sensitive

so now i’m out here trying to fend

myself and protect myself and trying to

follow god open-handed but i want to

fight too because

nobody’s ever been sensitive enough to

me

so it keeps me from being sensitive to

others

and the one time i let them in

i saw their humanity and ain’t never

happening again and some of y’all are

living with such strongholds of inner

vows

i’m prophesying to somebody right now

it’s a stronghold of inner vows that you

said i’ll never feel like this again

i’ll never open up like that again

they’re gonna have to prove themselves

to me over and nobody including god

is going to jump that wall you’ve put up

you’re going to have to let him in

god’s not just coming

after our availability

or our vulnerability

he wants our

sensitivity

father help us

to feel oh

come on that’s a prayer you probably

have never prayed

god help me to feel again

when i was a child i felt

some of us that was even robbed

god helped me not to just feel again i’m

not going to assume help me to feel for

the first time

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god i thank you as we’re sensitive in

your presence

you’ll speak a word that confirms our

calling

moses moses

michael michael

blake blake

mima tommy tommy

he’s calling your name

to let you know you’re called

and he said could we pause this entire

year

and declare that here

is holy

brooklyn brooklyn

for shia prashiya

gary gary

malia malia

travis he’s calling

you by name

in a desert place

so that you can know this ain’t no fluke

this ain’t a family prophecy

this is not a group everybody on this

side i’m burning the bush and getting

your attention in this place so you can

know i’m talking directly to you

jerry jerry

roberta roberta

tammy tammy wheel wheel

he’s saying butch butch

samara samara de mario de maria

he said he’s saying matthew matthew

patricia patricia

just in case you missed that it was me

the first time

[Music]

i’m calling you by name twice

so that you can see

here is

holy

help us to feel again god

[Music]

if you’re in this place and you’re

feeling

a stirring

that you’re like i’ve never felt this

before

let me help

let me help you if you’ve been far from

god

what god is doing right now is inviting

you

by his holy spirit into a relationship

with him

this is a feeling that you can’t get

from making money

and a feeling that you don’t get from

getting high or drinking or sleeping

with somebody this is a feeling

that’s like water

after a 10-mile run

see you can drink stuff

when you’re running but drinking sprite

when you’re running

up mountains

it’s a counterfeit

for what you need which is water

there was a young woman at a whale

that was trying to get a drink

jesus was there she didn’t know that

this was the encounter that was gonna

change your life like many of you don’t

know that this is all a setup for your

life to be changed

but what happened

is he said if if you drink of the water

i’m talking about

you’ll never thirst again

this woman said where’s that water

he’s like right here

where did he say it was

here

he didn’t say over there don’t go back

into town don’t clean up

don’t don’t he asked her very vulnerable

questions about her sleeping quarters

her sleeping partners what she was doing

and he said and i’ll do this miracle

right

here

and i believe that’s what god wants to

do for you no matter what you’ve done or

how far you’ve gone and what you’ve said

and who you’ve said it to and what inner

vows god’s saying would you just get

vulnerable because i sent my son over

two thousand years ago

to a cross

to shed his blood and break his body

so that you could be right here

in this moment

i don’t care how you got here i don’t

care if it’s on in a barber shop or a

beauty salon or somebody’s watching it

real loud the reason they turned it up

because they want you to hear it

they care about you they’re filled with

compassion

they know what happened to them when

they got this revelation of jesus christ

and his peace and his joy begin to feel

them from the inside it doesn’t make you

a perfect person but it makes you a

progressing person it’s something that

changes you it changed me it took me

from being a liar a manipulator somebody

who was addicted to pornography somebody

who had a lot of bad things in my heart

and god said yeah with all of that if

you surrender it to me

and say here i am somebody say here i am

he said i’ll take all of that

i’ll use it for my glory

telling you today

that today is the day of salvation

right

here not tomorrow not next week it’s not

promised to none of us

it’s not no guarantee but guess what is

the gift we have at this moment here

that’s why they call it a present

the present

is

here

and today i want to offer you

to start

a loving relationship

with the god who let me tell you a

secret he’d been chasing you

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his love

found you at every club

his love

found you in your pride his love

has been chasing you through all your

successes achievements your validations

from people he’s been right there

saying if you tired all of that

here i am

[Music]

today i want to give you the opportunity

to accept jesus christ as your personal

lord and savior here

[Music]

according to romans 10 9 all you have to

do is believe in your heart and confess

with your mouth we’re going to repent or

turn from the way we’ve been doing it

and we’re going to turn to god right

here did you see what i did i didn’t

have to take a step to turn

i can turn

right here i can be in the same place

and everything i’m seeing a whole

different group of people on this side

than i would on this side but for me to

see them over there i have to everybody

say turn

look at all those beautiful faces and

stories

and moments and memories

that are now available to me

because i repented right

here

today

this is your sanctuary

wherever you’re at on the couch

in the car on the porch

somebody say this is my sanctuary

god is tearing down the need

for brick and mortar

[Music]

he is resurrecting sanctuaries

wherever we are somebody say this is my

sanctuary

we’ve made this amazing

and guys i don’t need none of this

i’ll put on a light show

in the desert

y’all know that’s what the burning bush

was right he put on a light show that

was so spectacular

[Music]

that that means i got to go i got to go

see what that is he don’t need none of

this

he’ll do it right there at your office

complex

watching on rebroadcast he’ll do it

right here and he’s saying it’s just so

i can have a relationship with you

god talking to moses

how jesus wants to talk to you

it’s not about anything other than a

relationship

and how you come into that relationship

is through jesus christ the bible says

he’s the way

the truth

and the life no one can even get to god

except go through him let’s do it

this is the day right

and i’m telling you this is the best

decision you could ever make on the

count of three i want you to take a

crazy face step and i don’t actually

care who’s around you because they will

not stand with you when you stand before

god

every person will stand before god and

have to give an account of their life

and the one thing

that protects us there

that positions us there

that gives us a place there is what we

do right

so today

i want you

let me be honest i want you to choose

jesus

because it transformed my life

and i know it’ll transform yours

and on the count of three if you want to

accept jesus christ as your personal or

savior i want you to raise your hand one

you’re making the greatest decision of

your life two i’m proud of you but that

don’t even matter god is writing your

name in the lamb’s book of life three

just shoot your hand up all over the

world all over this building all over

this room

oh i need you to know heaven is

rejoicing right now

oh it’s turning up way better than these

people are turning up

they stop singing holy holy holy because

somebody just got separated and got made

holy

a transformation church we’re a family

nobody prays alone here

so there’s 25 000 people that are about

to pray this prayer some of them are in

texas some of them are in japan some of

them are in israel others of them are

mississippi m-i-s-s-i-s-s ipp i learned

how to speak that in the fourth grade

haven’t done that in a long time that

felt really good

it’s what i learned from school um

this is your moment

and we’re a family

so everybody together for the benefit of

those who are coming to christ right now

everybody say god

here i am

today

i surrender my life

right here

i believe you lived

you died

and you rose again

with all power

to change my life

and today

i’m ready

do the work in me

right here

change me here

renew me here

transform me here

i’m yours

in jesus name

amen

can we welcome

the hundreds

matter of fact it might be thousands

today

people that just made this place holy

right here god has come into their life

and right here

he has

transformed

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if you just made that decision i am

feeling glory right now like i’m feeling

the weight of god’s glory like i’m

feeling like

i’m

i’m gonna just tell you what i feel i

feel like god’s saying finally

like that you know when somebody finally

does

like what they what you’ve been trying

to get him to do for a long time

it’s just like he’s like

all right y’all

we can start it now

bring the blessings

bring the faith they finally i’ve been

trying to do this

for so long

to finally i found

people with my heart

right

here if you just accepted jesus as your

personal lord and savior i want you to

text saved to the number on the screen

and we’re going to send you some

resources

we’re not going to hound you we’re going

to help you

because this is a journey it’s not just

like oh everything changed today like

it’s like hey we’re going to keep

walking this thing out

your boy is learning

decades

into my relationship with god i am not

perfect at all but i am progressing and

that’s step by step i heard bishop say

something to me earlier this week he

said most people live their life from

here to there

and he said but in god

you just live your life in continual

years

i said that’s some that’s some 40-year

plus wisdom right there i don’t even i

don’t even know he said michael think

about it

you’re here talking about there but if

you just focus on here

and then you focus on here

and then you focus on here and then you

focus on here

you don’t go from here to there you just

live your life in a bunch of years

what i’m saying on this journey with

christ

he just wants you to focus on here if

you can’t pray for more than 30 seconds

that’s okay here

because here is holy church people

trying to go come on terry terry i don’t

talk to nobody that long

so give me a moment to build up my

stamina

[Music]

even if that’s what god want me to do

cause you talk to him one hour and then

be a fool the rest of the 23 hours of

the day

i just keep talking to him every hour

[Music]

i’m just gonna talk to him here and then

i’m gonna talk to him here and then i’m

gonna tell him i’m confused here and

then i’m gonna tell him i’m mad here

it don’t matter where i’m at as long as

he’s there

i’m here

here

is

well

[Music]

glory to god

thank you jesus

y’all don’t know how to praise when god

does something amazing

god there’s nobody like you

there’s no god like jehovah you are

awesome you are worthy you are mighty

father god you are the only one worthy

to be praised there is nobody that can

be as strategic as you

[Music]

so today we honor you

[Music]

the fast has officially ended

i feel the presence of god

now this is my encouragement to you

[Music]

if you were made holy

in what you separated from

don’t be so quick

to leave

here uh-oh

you might eat a slice of chicken tonight

but don’t

but don’t run back

[Music]

into the habits the hobbies

and the hail honestly

that most of us were living in before

god brought us

here just by natural standards they tell

us it takes 21 days

to build a habit

why would you kill your habit

on the day you built it

don’t sacrifice the last 21 days of

sensitivity

we’ve been praying here every night at

six o’clock

but maybe you keep praying every day

at six o’clock until god says stop well

god how’s it it ain’t killed you yet

[Music]

you’re more you’re feeling more

empowered than you ever have that’s what

the daniel fast was for daniel said let

me do something holy let me do something

separate let me not eat all the king’s

dainties and literally

he said then test me

and see if i’m not 10 times better

than everybody who you put against me

i’m declaring the elevation will be

evident

what you do

when nobody requires it

will be the thing

that allows your elevation to be evident

before i came out here today i did

something i’ve never done before

mo as my witness you saw me back there i

worked out this morning i worked out six

days this week

ain’t no no thank you yeah y’all bad bye

okay we all need encouragement from the

sanctuary okay

i worked out six days this week i worked

out this morning at 6 30. scott was

there

i have to say somebody was there because

people would be thinking i’m lying no i

would i really did it

and i worked hard and it hurt

but when i was in the green room about

to come out

something said in me

hit 10 push-ups

this is not natural

this is not normal

but i felt something in my nature

shifting

and i was sitting there in the back and

everybody i didn’t ask like hey guys

don’t be weirded out by this never done

this before

i just hit the ground

[Music]

and i did 10 push-ups jumped up

and god said to me

he said this

is the start

of a new normal for you

and i started to think about it in that

moment

he was changing me

from what i feel

was my habit before

and he’s developing something brand new

i’m just begging you

after we’ve been disciplined

and doing the things and cutting off

certainty don’t just go back to

instagram with the same level of

recklessness that you left it with

i’m back no no

[Music]

you may go back for one day a week

just just

be

sensitive

you you made a plan but be

sensitive

do you want me to

i don’t even know i actually don’t feel

like it hold on you bless my business

without posting

hold on you gave me more connections and

visions in this season than i’ve had

networking

i don’t

i don’t feel as comparisony

come on it’s not a word but we just made

it one

i don’t

i don’t feel as comparisony

[Music]

i feel more celebratory

i feel like i want to congratulate and

send a voice call and text somebody and

let them know they’re doing good what is

that it’s the habits you’ve been

building

that if you run back to the same diet

you’re going to get the same results

but right here

here’s holly

until next week

um y’all we’re going to celebrate what

god’s done at this church

in seven years of me and pastor natalie

being the pastors and 23 years our

founding pastors are in the building

right now bishop and pastor debbie we

honor you

and next week we’re going to honor you

and we’re going to honor all of the

people who have been faithful at this

church

this is what i’m asking you to do so

this is what we’re going to do we’re

going to put this whole thing up

i don’t care about the views

i don’t care about the copyright

unmonetized do whatever you got to do

people need to sense his presence

what i’m asking everybody that’s

watching in transformation nation

share this link with 10 people

i’m you ain’t even got to say nothing

just share the link and let the holy

spirit do the rest of it

text them facetime them ask somebody if

you a little older in asia if them the

pastor said to share the lincoln now

just not really sure how to

the only links i know is this cubic

succumbing

okay whatever

this is why we know it’s time to go

ask somebody

how will they know

if somebody don’t tell them

i love you

i believe in you father thank you that

this will be the best week of

sensitivity we’ve ever had

that we realize that here is holy and

god we will give you all the glory all

the honor and all the praise for what

you did

right

here

in jesus name we agree somebody say we

expect

amen

go out and live a

transformed

life let’s go

you