Change Your Core | Sarah Jakes Roberts

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I’m going to be speaking from X 7 X 4

verse 7 X 4 verse 7 and my subject for

tonight is change your core change your

core and he said that’s a word already

PT can come and give the benediction

we’re finished here verse 7 and my text

begins it says and when they had set

them in the mist that them here’s Peter

and John just for context Peter and John

have been filled with the Holy Spirit

they’re going throughout Jerusalem

they’re healing the lame their preaching

their prophesy and they’re kicking up a

little bit of dust wherever they go so

much so that they have been called into

this council to talk about what it is

they’ve been up to and it says and when

they had set them in the midst they

asked by what power or by what name have

you done this then Peter filled with the

Holy Spirit said to them rulers of the

people in elders of Israel if we this

day are judged for a good deed done to a

helpless man by what means he has been

made well let it be known to you all and

to all the people of Israel that by the

name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom

you crucified whom God raised from the

dead by him this man stands before you

ho this is the stone which was rejected

by you builders which has become the

chief Cornerstone nor is there salvation

in any other for there is no other name

having given among men by which we must

be saved now when they saw the boldness

of Peter in John and perceived that they

were uneducated and untrained men they

marveled and they realized that they had

been with Jesus father God it is truly

an honor to be in your presence and when

we’ve been in the presence of so many

other people and so many other

industries and opportunities we

recognize that being in your presence is

like no other thing we’ve ever

experienced and your presence we have

joy and your presence we have revelation

in your presence we have healing and

your presence depression has to loose

its hold and your presence

sickness has to back away in your

presence we are not stressed because we

are just marveling at the glory that is

your presence and so God we ask that you

would continue to allow your presence to

permeate every area of this room that

you would withhold nothing from us your

sons and daughters as we seek to hear

from you that we may be changed from the

inside out and so God I turned this

moment over to you I want to be so close

to you that they don’t know where I end

or you begin but we would become one in

this moment so that your glory can be

manifested and lives can be changed in

Jesus name Amen

did you all know you guys know this

because you know everything that the

most important part of an apple is

really not the part that we eat and

enjoy but it’s the part that we end up

throwing away the core the core is

defined as the part of the fruit that

holds several small seeds and is

surrounded by a tough membrane

the membrane is encased in an edible

layer of flesh and so the most important

part of this fruit is not the part that

everyone gets to see and enjoy it is the

core that most of us throw away but the

truth is that it’s not important to us

but if we were responsible for producing

apples then the core would be more

important to us because we would

recognize that in order for us to

produce more apples that we would need

to make sure that we protected the core

I’m one of those people who believe that

what we see in the natural is a

reflection and a clue about us as humans

and so when I look at this notion I

realize that it is also true that the

most important parts of us is not the

part that people get to see and enjoy

but it’s really our core and it’s

important for us to know that because we

will be so glad that we’ve met someone

and that we’ve been in their presence

that we never stop to ask what’s

underneath them what’s who are they at

their core and we are the only creation

that has the ability to change our core

an apple tree doesn’t get to decide that

it’s going to become an orange an orange

doesn’t get to decide that it will

become a pear but yet us as humans us as

beings we get to decide that we can

change our core there are people in this

room who were once so fearful and

insecure but I got in this situation and

it forced me to get into alignment with

God him when I got into alignment with

God I went from being afraid of public

speaking to being the first one to stand

up in the meeting because something

happened in my core you got to know that

you can change your core I don’t always

have to be this way I don’t always have

to think this way I don’t just have to

accept that because everyone else in my

family acted a certain way that I have

to

act that way too I can change my core I

may have been born in this community but

I don’t have to look like this community

I can change my core and if you are not

intentional about changing your core you

will revert to your default setting

changing your core takes intention

because we all have a default setting my

default setting showed up on me when I

was driving I said Lord I thought I was

more safe than this she’s trying to make

a left turn traffic is building up okay

but you’re supposed to leave a little

space so that a car can still make a

left turn even if you’re at a red light

okay two lanes of traffic trying to make

a left turn alright here I go

first lane stops gives me a little space

second lane the girl pulls up and blocks

my little space and she’s at a red light

and she could back up if she wanted to

and she just stood there and looked

straight ahead I had not had breakfast

and I had not had my vitamins and my

default setting tried to creep up on me

and I just laid on the horn for a really

long time I started to open up the door

and just go cuz you had a red light and

I don’t have a number time an

opportunity anyway since you want to

block the lane I had somewhere to go but

now you want to block the lane so you

Morenci that was the default setting she

came up right here and I had to make a

decision in that moment to not let

someone else’s experience and let

someone else his personality and let

someone else’s decision change who I was

at my core you have to know that

protecting your core is necessary so you

don’t fall back into a default setting

so when we meet Peter and John in this

text they’re working with the new core

when Jesus first met them they were

fishermen

and they’ve walked with Jesus as

disciples and now Jesus is gone and they

have his Holy Spirit but they have made

a decision that I’m not going to revert

back to who I was before I had this

encounter so now I have to fight for my

new court got a fight for this new court

because I had this default setting I

receive a word and the word stretched in

my mind and it stretched in my faith and

in that moment I didn’t have depression

and in that moment I thought I could

create and in that moment I thought I

could forgive and in that moment I

thought that I could love

unconditionally and so now I have to

fight for the core that I received when

I stepped into this newness and so when

we begin this text Peter and John are

learning to navigate their new

connection with Jesus they once had him

physically but now they have him in the

spirit and their conscious of protecting

the court the only way that they can

protect their core is that they produce

from that core because they have to make

sure that they don’t go back to who they

used to be and the only way I can make

sure that I don’t go back to who I used

to be as if I make a demand that I

produce from this Court

I’ve got to say that the way of selling

I can’t let the old me make decisions

anymore because I’m trying to protect

this change that I experienced in my

core I can’t let the old me just speak

anymore because I’m trying to change my

Court and the only way I can change it

is if I start producing from it because

the core is what holds the seeds and the

seeds will reveal the next version of

Who I am and I cannot expect a harvest

from somewhere I have not watered and so

I have to produce from this new core I

have to produce from this new mentality

I have to produce from this new

spirituality and you have to be

conscious of that because when you are

used to producing from your old core

when you step into your new core it

feels a little uncomfortable

Peter and John are producing from this

new core because they realized that they

have a destiny my default setting was a

fisherman but jesus said he would make

me a Fisher of men and now Jesus is gone

but he’s given me the spirit so that I

can reach other people and so I have to

produce from this court do you know that

your default setting and your destiny

may not be in alignment that’s why you

can’t trust your default setting that’s

why you have to be willing to change

your core I’ll give you a practical

example your default setting may be a

strong independent woman but now you’re

married I’m not speaking my life I’m

just talking about somebody else and if

you aren’t careful you’ll bring your

default setting into your new destiny

you’re shy but God has called you to

speak your default setting could

sabotage your destiny if you aren’t

careful and so they have made a decision

to not let this default setting you will

no longer trust your initial reaction

when you realize I can’t trust my

default setting my initial reaction will

likely be wrong because it is what I am

most used to doing and so before I act

and before I speak I have to qualify

what I’m doing with who I’ve been called

to be because my default setting and my

destiny don’t always align yeah

so Peter and John has been working in

producing from their core and what

happens to them is what will happen to

all of us is they’ve gone from speaking

and preaching and now it’s time for them

to actually start doing and they heal

the lame man and when they healed the

lame man it begins to create a problem

with the Sanhedrin Council because no

one had a problem when they were just

speaking about Jesus and no one had a

problem when they were just talking

about it

but what happened to them is when they

actually started activating from their

new core it produced questions god help

me

when they started producing from their

new core it started creating questions

amongst those around them you see the

Sanhedrin Council at this point thinks

that they have gotten rid of this Jesus

problem because he’s dead and he’s been

crucified but he left his core in the

earth and because he left his core in

the earth even though he’s not there

he’s still there because he left

something that would be produced from

who he was so when what begins in your

heart moves to your lips and then

becomes tangible for everyone to see it

will eventually begin to attract

questioning I love this because they are

first validated by what Jesus has given

them because it attracts this audience

and it resonates with this audience and

they know that they are doing exactly

what Jesus has called them to do and

that’s how they knew they were producing

from their core but you cannot earn the

right to consistently produce from your

core until you can withstand the

questioning that comes when what starts

on the inside of you begins to manifest

on the outside the questions about where

this power came from the questions about

where this talent came from and who did

you know when how did you get there

the questions the questions the

questions and let me tell you Peter and

John were prepared for the questions

because they had already gone through

some things that prepared them in

advance

I want to say it the way I wrote it down

Peter

Peter and John were able to withstand

the external questioning because their

insides had an answer the greatest

question you will ever answer will not

come from those outside of you the

greatest questions that you will ever

answer is how you respond to the fear

and anxiety that lives within you

because when you move from one core of

being to the next core of being it

creates a battle of the core inside of

you and when it creates a battle of the

core inside of you you can be your

biggest critic and your biggest

cheerleader depending on what day it was

but until you come to a place where you

know how to answer the questions that

take place inside of you you’re not

ready to answer the naysayers that exist

on the outside of you I gotta say it the

way I saw it when I was studying in my

room child yeah you see because Peter

denied Jesus before he was crucified and

it had created questions on the inside

of him and when Jesus called for him

after he had been resurrected he called

for the eleven disciples and he said

meet me in our spot and bring Peter it

was assigned to Peter that even though

he had denied Jesus that he was still

included in the plan that Jesus had for

him

and so Jesus continuing to call him

answer the questions that Peter had on

the inside of him so sometimes the only

answer you have for the questions that

exists on the inside of you is not a

list of your achievements and accolades

it’s just one narrative that keeps

showing up in your mind over and over

again and

that Jesus kept calling me in spite of

what I did to deny him see we got to get

that down in our spirit because those

questions keep coming and those

questions don’t ever ease up but when

you remember that Jesus remembered you

it makes it easier for you to answer the

questions that start on the inside and

show up on the outside I’m gonna say it

the way I study of Jesus kept Peters

name in mind when Jesus said and Peter

he kept his name in mind so it was

easier for Peter to keep Jesus’s name in

mind when it was time for a little boy

from watts to create a church in

Hollywood he kept to Ray’s name in mind

there’s something about when Jesus keeps

you in mind that when it’s time for you

to answer those questions that show up

on the inside you can say to those

questions and you can say to those fears

and you can say to those anxiety that

Jesus kept me in mind in spite of what

I’ve gone through and spotted the issues

that I’ve faced because he kept me in

mind I can keep him in mind I’m not here

because I deserved it

I’m not here because I earned it I’m

here because Jesus kept me in mind I

shouldn’t even have the job I should

even have the opportunity but Jesus kept

me in mind and because he kept me and

mine I started producing from my core I

started producing from what he saw that

on the inside of me and it changed

something down in me so much so that I

could stand in a room full of lay sayers

and

not be afraid because I know that Jesus

would not have put me in this situation

if he didn’t plan for me to make it to

the other side Jesus kept me Jesus kept

me in mind Jesus kept me in mind Romans

8 says that Jesus sits on the right hand

of the father making intercession on our

behalf that means that Jesus keeps us in

mind Jesus and so we have a

responsibility to give him something to

work with and my texts when we begin in

verse 7 they’re in the midst of this

Sanhedrin Council and the only thing

that they want to know is by what power

or by what name have you done this and

Peter is instantly filled with the Holy

Spirit and when he’s filled with the

Holy Spirit it changes the way he speaks

and it changes the way he shows up in

the room and it changes the power and

the force in which he says what he says

you see if Peter had to pull from his

own court he may have been unqualified

but because he had started practicing on

how to produce from the court that God

created from him he could stand in the

middle of that room and declare who had

brought him there and who had produced

healing and wholeness in that man’s life

and I just wanted somebody in this room

to know that you’ve been wondering how

can I change my court and still

experience the same level of success and

comfort that I see other people

experiencing and I just wanted to bring

this story to your attention because

there was something about them saying

that Peter and John were uneducated and

untrained but yet when they spoke they

did it with such boldness and such

confidence

that they knew that they had been with

Jesus how could they tell that they had

been with Jesus because it was what came

out of my core that was evidence that

they had been with Jesus and I just

wanted somebody to know in this room you

don’t need another connection

you don’t need another hookup you don’t

need another opportunity you need to

pull from another core you need to pull

from a different version of who you are

you don’t have to pull from what

Instagram says it’s hot you don’t have

to pull from what the industry says you

are you don’t have to pull from what

your community says you need to pull

from a court that has the feet of death

itself you need to pull from a poor that

will put you in a room where you look

uneducated and untrained you have to

understand that they were not uneducated

and untrained like they weren’t speaking

ignorant ly or illiterate ly they just

did not speak the language of the room

that they were in this is a word for the

uneducated and untrained but the called

I may not have the right connections I

may not have gone to the right schools I

may not have come up the way everyone

else came up but I got a cord that’s

done on the inside of me and it walks

into a room and boldness shoots out of

me it walks into the room and all of a

sudden people know who I have been with

because God did something down on the

inside of me that changed my

poor in such a way that I’m not afraid

and I’m not fearful and I’m not insecure

I’m learning to live from this new core

and when I live from this new core Hale

gets nervous and when I live from this

new core I’m not afraid anymore

and I’ve been praying that God would

give me something or someone and I

should have been praying all along that

she would changed my core because if you

change what I pull from on the inside

then you can change what I’m surrounded

by on the outside I must say that one

more time so that I could speak to the

core of who you are God if you would

change my core on the inside then you

can change what I’m surrounded by on the

outside man thinks that they are against

me no I am against everything that is

against who my father is

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because Peter and John are on a mission

and Jesus gave them marching orders and

so when they come into a room and the

room doubts them that doesn’t move them

because they never came into the room

for validation I came into this room

because I was effective at my mission

and when you are effective extra mission

you will be called into rooms that

question who you are but you get it to

decide whether or not those questions

change who you are

you can question me

baby I’m still anointed you can question

me all day I’m still blessed you can

question me all day his hand has been on

my life

and Alan talked to every fear and I want

to talk to every insecurities and I want

you to know that you have not earned the

right to question me

because you didn’t die for me because

you didn’t go ahead of me I don’t mean

man I’m talking about fear and

insecurity I’m talking about when Peter

tells you are you sure you really have

what it takes

are you sure you really did step into

the next dimension sometimes you got to

lay a hold of that thought and say you

don’t have the right to question me

anymore cuz I’m pulling from a different

chord

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and you have authority when you operate

from your cord you have authority when

your core has been with Jesus

you see they said that they were

uneducated and untrained yet they spoke

with so much boldness that they knew

they had been with Jesus it was

something about what came out of them

that let them know that they were

connected to something bigger than them

and when that came out of them then they

knew they couldn’t touch them anymore

you got to read the whole chapter they

tried to threaten them and they told

them you have no power to threaten me

you have no power to tell me I can’t

speak the name of Jesus and when that

happened they decided that it would be

more trouble to stop them than it would

be to let them go

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I started to call this message bring

your core but I realized that so many

times we bring our core we just have the

wrong kind of core and what we really

need is to change our core imagine how

much more confident and powerful you

would be if you brought this version of

yourself into meetings if you brought

this version of yourself this anointing

there’s no weapon formed against me will

prosper version of who you are back into

your marriages and back into your

businesses and back into your

opportunities imagine what would happen

if you brought your core into everything

that you do

I could be nervous I could be afraid or

I could just bring my core because my

core has been with Jesus that’s why you

would come to church on a Thursday night

that’s why you would be watching a video

on YouTube because I’m trying to make

sure my core gets linked up with Jesus

because I got some rooms I need to walk

into and I got some missions that I must

accomplish and I’m uneducated and

untrained but I’m bold as a lion when my

course

I don’t have the right words and that

don’t have the right to trees but when I

linked up with Jesus everyone had to

stop and take notice

fear has to bow and security has no

power because I let my corn

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I refused to allow my core to go back to

its default setting and I feel like

we’ve been straddling the fence of two

different course choose ye this day I

got a step fully into this thing I got a

step fully into my identity I don’t know

who this is for I don’t know who you are

but all I could hear when I was praying

was it’s been a battle of the cores it’s

been a battle of the cords there’s two

different versions of you and there

needs to be one version that puts both

feet on the other side of the line and

says at the end of the day I want all of

myself to be connected with all of who

you are your promise isn’t coming until

you change your core the marriage isn’t

coming until you change your core I know

that’s not a feel-good message and I

don’t expect for you to clap pushed out

but I’m telling you right now that you

can’t be lukewarm any longer you’re

gonna have to really decide to be about

this thing I’m gonna really have to put

the drink down I’m gonna have to really

walk away from the friendships I know me

and I

handling and I can’t produce with less

of a version of Who I am I’m trying to

change my core my family is dependent on

it that generational curse will not be

broken until you decide to change your

core that industry will not take notice

of who you are and till you decide it’s

the core thing it’s the core thing

that’s where your strength is and Peter

and John knew when they were in that

room that they didn’t have anything to

be afraid everyone I want you to hear

that you don’t have anything to be

afraid of there is no failure in your

core there is no falling off when you’re

in your core there is no desperation

there is no loneliness in your core I’m

not saying you won’t be in the situation

I’m just saying that the situation won’t

have authority over you because I’m

operating from a core that is greater

than anything that you can see and what

I want above anything is for you to be

the most powerful anointed version of

who you are for time

full-time that every decision you make

and every relationship you have and

everything you create and everything you

put in the earth will come from that

anointed version of who you are because

I’m on a mission to change the core of

the earth and I just need one or two

people who would link arms with me and

say I’ll produce from my core – I may

have to break up with the few people I

may have to go into seclusion to get

myself together I may need to go to

rehab I may need to go to counseling but

I want to produce from a cord that has

been connected with him and I want to be

intentional about it because for too

long I just allowed myself to produce

from my default setting this is just how

I do things this is just the default way

that I hustle up on relationships it is

the default way that I receive love this

is the default way that I give love but

I want to do something that changes my

city and changes my family and changes

my generation and I cannot do it if I do

not resist my default setting my default

setting is lonely

my default setting is ambitious but with

no wisdom my default setting doesn’t

care who I had to link up with to make

it to the next level but I want to be

wise and I want to be proud of Who I am

when I look at myself in the mirror and

listen we’re talking about Peter who

once denied Jesus becoming the

mouthpiece for him once he’s been

resurrected and ascended to heaven that

means that it doesn’t matter how many

times you revert it to your default

setting my default setting keeps putting

me back in this same situation over and

over again but it’s never too late to

change your core and it’s never too late

to water that core and grow that core so

if you’re in this room tonight and you

know that you continue to fall into this

default setting I want to invite you to

the altar so that we can offer an

opportunity for Jesus to intercede on

our behalf Romans 8 he sits on the right

hand of our Father interceding on our

behalf he’s interceding on our behalf

what does that mean he’s keeping you in

mind he’s keeping you in mind I’m

keeping you in mind I know you haven’t

always kept me in mind says the Lord I

know you haven’t always made me the

forefront of your thoughts and that’s

okay I kept you in mind even when you

didn’t keep me in mind I kept you at the

forefront of my mind even when you

didn’t keep me at the forefront of your

mind I was waiting for this moment

because I knew there would be a time in

which you would decide to produce from

your core and to change who you are on

the inside I need to change my core

I need my quarter partner with you God

my core has been partnered with my fear

it’s been partnered with my end

securities and I needed to change one of

my favorite parts of this scriptures

they said now when they saw the boldness

of Peter and John and perceived that

they were uneducated and untrained men

they marveled and they realized that

they had been with Jesus because the

only way that you can stand with

boldness and spite of the fact that you

don’t speak the way that other people

speak and you haven’t been trained the

way other people have been trained is

because you have been with someone who

knows all of the training and has all

knowledge in their hand and has

positions you positions you to thrive in

spite us not just so that you can feel

good and not just so that your name can

be made great but so that he can

continue to do what he’s doing in the

earth so when we talk about changing our

core what we’re really saying is that I

want to be in partnership with you I

want to be how you move on the earth the

only way that God can move on the earth

is if he moves through people and he can

only move from those who are intentional

about partnering with him and so I am

NOT random and I don’t just sign up for

anything anymore because I have to make

sure that what I’m signed up for is a

reflection of the core that Jesus has

for me I have to make sure that it’s a

reflection of the kingdom that I have

been sent here to establish and we

talking about grown folk stuff because

changing your core takes discipline and

sometimes that’s the only thing that

keeps us from really changing our core

if we’re honest I know what I should be

doing I just don’t have the

to stop what I am doing to do what I

need to do but did you know that you can

literally pray that God would give you

discipline god I need you to help

partner with me so that I can have the

victory over this current struggle God

whenever I start thinking about that

person or thinking about that thing just

let worship pop up in my mind just like

your presence begin to saturate me I

want to partner with you because I’ve

got some real areas of struggle and I’ve

got some real areas of weakness and I

cannot overcome it unless I have your

power and authority connect it to me if

you’re here and you’re like you know I

was gonna come but I thought about not

coming because it’s already so full I’d

like to give you another opportunity to

make your way to this incredible altar

of transformation and you can get as

close as you can because I do believe

that your default setting will keep you

sitting in your seat or keep you

standing where you are because you’re

not comfortable but when we talk about

changing our courts about us moving

outside of our default setting and I

want to challenge those of you who are

here at the altar to always ask yourself

is this decision that I’m making is this

thought I’m thinking is it coming from

this core that I’m partnering with Jesus

with or is it coming from my default

setting of fear and insecurity and if

you realize that it’s coming from your

default setting this is a fear-based

decision this is a decision that I’m

making because I still have a struggle

that I’m dealing with and I want you to

resist making that decision and instead

to live from your core lift your hands

in surrender father God we surrender

every part of who we are into your

precious hands because there is no safer

place to be than in

the will of God and God for too long

I’ve been in the will of my insecurities

for too long I’ve been in the will of my

past mistakes I’ve been in the will of

who my father said I could be the will

of who my mother said I could be and God

every time I try to pull up I feel like

something keeps pulling me down but I

know other men that is stronger than any

gravitational pull that sin could ever

lay a hold of me and so God I’m asking

that you would partner with every soul

who has a hand in this air God that you

would partner with them like never

before and not a surface level

partnership where we feel you in church

and then can’t find you again but that

we would begin to walk with you and that

we would begin to talk with you and that

you would begin to consume every part of

who we are spirit of the Living God fall

fresh in this places only you can do god

we want to fresh fire for who you are we

want to fresh fire for who you’ve called

us to be God we want to stand in rooms

not needing any validation but declaring

who we are unapologetically because I

know that God who sent me is gonna

protect me whether I get the job or

don’t get the job whether you love me or

total of me I’ve already been loved and

accepted by a perfect Savior

God that’s the kind of thing you can do

when you change our record so in

security I serve notice on you right now

in the name of Jesus you will loose your

hold off of these our sons and daughters

I rebuke you right now in

name of Jesus and I send you back to

Hell where you came from depression you

can’t have their minds anymore you are

not our default setting I will not

always be miserable I will not always be

lonely I will not always be insecure

because he who the Sun has set free my

god is free indeed and I receive freedom

over our sons and daughter I receive

victory over these your sons and

daughters God let your oil saturate

every drop area in this room until our

core is changed like never before and

God let’s see start springing up this

only you can do I want to prophesy to

every dream I want to prophesy to every

generational blessing this is not just a

moment at the altar this is a

life-changing defining moment and which

we will step into a new version of who

we are gonna wanna prophesy bonus over

this room I want to prophesy fire over

this room

I wanna prophesy authority over this

room God unleash their tongues right now

in the name of Jesus that they would

begin to prophesy over their own lives

No

no weapon formed

no weapon for me

against me

that’s right depression

let me go

that’s right the poor thing

because of no weapons warning

God give us back their identity God give

them back their power

and let them experience what Peter and

John experienced in that moment that

they would step into rooms not afraid

that they are uneducated or untrained

but because they have partnered with you

they have boldness God gives them

boldness and allow it to become their

new normal

we’re not going back to our default

setting fear can’t have us the enemy

can’t control us only God has the power

and the grace and the anointing to set

us free repeat after me Heavenly Father

thank you for Jesus thank you for making

him who had no sin all of my weakness

all of my limitation all of my fears you

placed in his body and when he was

nailed to the cross

they were nailed to the cross to no fear

no limitation no anxiety no depression

because when he was raised free and

victorious I was raised up to I receive

that power I receive that anointing I

receive that glory

let it touch every part of my life let

it change anything any means that

doesn’t look like you

I want to partner with you and I want to

produce with you until the world marvels

at what we did together in Jesus name

Amen can you celebrate can you celebrate

what’s going to be produced from this

moment

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