Stay In The Game X Serita Jakes

I kind of started the party before we

got here with the 40 days of fasting

yeah and the scripture readings that you

sent us every morning and the specifics

that you were given us to pray

for every morning no matter what I was

going through when I read the prayer and

I read my assignment to pray for and the

Scripture it was right where I was wow

and so I felt when we came into the room

every everything that you had spoken

over our lives over the last 40 days was

going to come to pass in this room and

it has and and I think that the fact

that we’re in this globe field

Arena and I was asking them this morning

exactly where we are on the on the field

somebody’s at home somebody’s at first

base somebody’s at second somebody’s

third somebody’s in the Outfield but

we’re all in the

par and we’re trying to make it home or

we’re trying to catch something that’s

being thrown to us or we’re trying to

get to second base or first base or

third base but the goal is always to

work as a team and what I love about it

you brought me and my here listen she’s

got on her heels I got my pimp stick

it’s what I’ve been calling it for the

last dead body for the last several

months this has been my pimpstick

because I tell you what the

enemy the enemy tried to steal my joy

and

make stage and be here and participate

pinch nerve this that next we don’t know

what’s going on with you but all I know

is that I had to be in the room whether

I was in The Dugout whether I was at the

consession stand whether I was at the

first base second base Third

Base matter all I wanted to do is be in

the room where it happens because very

rarely baby girls very rarely can you

get 40,000 people to touch and agree on

anything and when this word started

flowing and God started speaking to you

whether you at at home plate waiting on

somebody to come back to home or if you

were out in the field looking for

somebody that you’ve lost or if the ball

hasn’t even been thrown to you in this

room everybody has an opportunity to be

on the

field even when Naomi was on the field

they said look at her she’s out there

gleaning behind other people but leave

us something on purpose and so baby let

me tell

you I’m so

full because I realized that my mom

didn’t get an opportunity to see her

when you were talking about sitting on

the front row with cor bear my mom was

sitting right beside you or behind you

and just to

know just to see the goodness of the

Lord in the land of the living you don’t

know what you’re waiting on you don’t

know who you’re waiting on but stay in

the game don’t give up don’t give out

don’t give in stay on the field God is

going to do something for you that you

didn’t even ask him for for who would

ask for this type of

scrutiny who would

ask who would ask for this type of

financial

responsibility who would ask to put

their children through this who would

ask their

husband can I do it and he say sure baby

you can do it so we’re here because

you’re here and I’m

here because you’re my baby and wherever

you are whatever condition you’re in see

that’s drunk or sober you don’t have to

be in Globe Life you could be anywhere

on the field and your mama is going to

have your

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and that was my favorite part that’s my

D that was actually my favorite sit down

sit

down there’s nothing else to do after

that Sarah

nothing that pimp game strong e that

pimp game strong what is

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that I’m waiting on healing it’s coming

I’m waiting on a healing and so when

you’re waiting on something that means

that you don’t decide when it happens no

no it happens when God said that’s

enough and until he says that’s enough

I’mma use a pimp stick I’mma wear my

flat shoes last week I couldn’t lift my

leg but if I couldn’t say a word I just

weigh my pimpstick because you know what

God

God is

great and he’s greatly to be praised God

is

good my walk’s not good but God is

good my back’s not good but God is

good I don’t feel good but God is still

good and in him I will

trust even

even when I’m past childbearing age I

judge him faithful who is Promised I’m

not supposed to be giv birth but look at

me look at me I’m not pushing it out but

I pushed you

out out of control can I get a snap snap

for the

push let let me tell you pimp sticking

all pimp sticking

all just

saying I’m just saying I’m just

saying was mama watching Hustle and Flow

last week she was watching so you want

to put your foot on my ride don’t you

yes well that took an interesting turn

usually you should never give me a mic

no I should I don’t I’m never going to

color inside the lines I had to do that

too long and do what people say

do and and go where people said go and

say what people said say because it’s

unorthodox to act like this in church

it’s unorthodox for you to cuss one

minute and say Jesus in the next but you

better leave these young people alone

and let them get it however they can get

it I just want them

saved I just want them

saved don’t talk about what they got on

don’t talk about what they say you walk

in front of them I used to tell my girls

walk like Mommy and they would come

behind me with their little bobby socks

and just swinging their little hips but

let me tell you something we have a

responsibility we have a responsibility

to these young women in this

room we got to don’t M tell me go ahead

come on she need to be over here with me

we the mother’s

board this is children’s church this is

children’s church we mother’s boy and

listen up the mother of mother is

talking that’s right we got to let these

young people find their way just like I

did with my drunk hide up

self oh no don’t don’t go oh my

God oh my God oh my God oh no you didn’t

oh no you didn’t say oh no you didn’t

say you was drunk oh my God God let me

tell you tore from the flow up trying to

sneak in the back door before my mother

turned off the porch light leave these

young people

alone now we’re not saying that you

continue in sin that Grace May abound

God forbid but when you become a woman

you put away childish things and when

you talk about I don’t have time for

that I don’t have time to gossip I don’t

have time to back by I don’t have time

to get on your nerve because I’m trying

to get my soul right with God ask your

neighbor is your soul right with

God is your soul right not is your wig

straight not are your nails done is your

soul is your soul is your

soul right with

God and I don’t know if we’ve had an

altar

call but at the end of the day this is

about Jesus and him

crucified this is the bottom line bait

and switch you thought you was coming to

Globe Life to turn

up bait and

switch the motherboard wants to know do

you know

Jesus

ask your

neighbor ask your do you know Jesus do

you know Jesus do you know Jesus do you

know Jesus do you love him do you know

he loves you do you know that Jesus

loves you just like you

are ask them it’s your

responsibility to not leave this world

without saying to somebody

Jesus Loves

You Jesus died for you Jesus is coming

back for you will you be

ready are you going to be five wise and

five

foolish and the foolish were asking

somebody else let me have some of that

oil get your own

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oil