I don't know about you, but I came to be changed today.
I came to be changed and I'm just gonna get real honest, you
can be really vocal this morning.
You should talk back. You should say Amen.
If something resonates in your spirit you can run around this
room. Don't get weird.
Okay. But if God is resonating
something in you, the church should not be quiet.
We are not sitting in a church and some man is telling us the
Oracles of God, you got the spirit of God in you and it can
relay things and it can shine things in your life.
So it's very okay. This jump and shout and dance
It's okay to be vocal. The church is where we come
together and get encouraged. So you can go out and fulfill
your assignment. And I felt the Lord, just say
Let My Words speak because there was enough word in his in this
in this book, there's enough, does anybody still believe in
this book? There was enough word in this
book to change your entire situation, it can raise the
Dead. I grew up in church all my life
and I still believe it has the power to raise the dead.
I Still Believe We Lay hands on the sick and they will recover.
I still believe we can cast out demons and they will leave We're
not preaching a weak man's message.
Jesus wasn't a weak, man. He wasn't a sissy man.
He was a man's man. You want to know why?
Because he did the will of his father, and the manliest thing
you can do is, do God's will for your life and all the women
said, amen. The most sexiest thing for your
marriage is a man of God, they don't need a paycheck, they
don't need a six-figure income, they need a man of God who hears
God and follows God because that will bring you everything you
need. If I can get a little more, that
would be awesome if not. Hallelujah, come on, come on,
come on. I'm came to be changed, man.
Let the word of God speak. Let him speak.
All right.
Matthew 7, we're going to go back.
I need to read this. I just felt we needed to set the
ground to read this, but it says, come on say say God I give
you permission. It's very important.
You say that because if you don't allow God to change your
he won't You can say God, I don't know everything, help me,
change me. Mold me.
Make me more like you, I Repent, I Repent.
So you gotta give God permission.
God's not gonna find it, you know, step inside your business.
You have to yield your business to him, right?
So give him permission this morning and I want you to know
everything. I preach you this morning, I'm
preaching to myself and I hope it can fix you because it can
fix me. And I believe we should come to
church and be convicted not feel good.
And I'm thankful for our pastors, who preach a message,
they don't care how you feel, because the word of God doesn't
care how you feel, but the word of God will bring you life if
you apply it. It's too many preachers
preaching. What you, I don't care.
If this is not a message for likes and comments, this is a
message if you would apply to change your life.
So we're in a good house or pastors have set the ground so
if I offend you it's nothing personal.
It's the word. Can I just say this, your life
should bring offense to people not that you're trying to be
offensive and haughty and arrogant and don't be a jerk.
Okay? But when you live the Bible, It
doesn't blend with the cultures of this world and there's a lot
going on in the cultures of this world.
I won't get into it, but just look on your Facebook feeds.
Of all the things but they're blind.
The Bible calls them. So we're not mad, run an angry,
we pray, we pray. All right.
Matthew 7, are you there? Come on it says enter by the
narrow gate. This is kind of an old-school
verse but I still believe it has much.
Revelant relevance, thank you for today, enter by the narrow
gate for wide is the gate and Broad is the way that leads to
destruction. I'm going to walk all over the
stage because I can't come off. Okay, so just and it says, broad
is the way in that leads to destruction.
And there are many who go by in a say many, because narrow is
the gate and difficult is the way, which leads to life.
And there are few who find And it the in OT verse and says this
it says you can you can enter God's kingdom only through the
narrow gate. You can enter God's kingdom only
through the narrow gate. So here's the big question.
Why is the gate and narrow? Why does the Bible say,
difficult is the way in few who find it was?
Jesus, Come on. Talk to me, was he trying to be
hard to get? Was he trying to be hard to
find? Was he trying to be confusing?
Was he trying to say, hey, come follow me, psych know he was,
what was, what was he trying to mislead?
People know? We know that he said, oh come to
me all who are weary and I will give you rest.
We know that he said, I am the way, the truth and the life,
right? We know this.
He said, if you seek me you will what?
So we know he wants to be found. So why is the gate and narrow
Jesus? What are you doing?
You want to know why the Gate of the kingdom is narrow.
The Gated to the kingdom is narrow because the only thing
that'll fit through the gate is you the only thing that'll fit
through the gate is you and other words.
Jesus was saying, if you want to enter the kingdom, you can't
bring your past. He says, if you want to enter
the kingdom of God, listen, you can't bring your future.
You can't bring your ideas. You can't bring her.
Agendas you can't bring your options.
You can't bring your culture. You can't bring your family.
You can't bring your plans. He said, if you want to come to
the kingdom, you gotta enter by the narrow gate.
The only thing that will fit through the gate is you The only
thing that's why you see the arrow, the only thing that'll
fit through the gate, your plans won't fit through the gate.
Your family culture won't fit through the gate.
Your 401k your savings, you'll put your career.
It won't fit through the gate. What will fit through the gate
is a hard saying, Lord, not that will, but your will be done.
That's the only thing, that'll fit the narrow gate and in fact
to get to the gate, you must actually die.
I was speaking with Josh, that's good to have some iron
sharpening iron right? I got to give him credit is, he
told me this. Okay.
So but if you're gonna eat it is true.
If you enter the kingdom with, you're gonna go through the
gate. You must enter as a dead man.
Say dead, man. Because God is not trying to
just wash you and make you something better.
He's trying to completely make you new.
You don't have to go there but I'll just give it to you.
Second Corinthians 5:17 says therefore If any man be in
Christ he is a new creation. He's new.
He's new he's not fixed. God is not trying to fix you.
He's trying to make you new and if you come to the gate of the
Kingdom, God's not gonna say, oh that's cute.
Lemon make you better. And it doesn't say you're gonna
have to die. I'm gonna resurrect you become
something completely, new behold, all things have become
new. Paul said, I have been crucified
with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but
the life I live. I live in Christ.
So if you're gonna come to the gate of the Kingdom, you have to
die. Not physically guns, not trying
to kill you. He's on a mean God.
But he says, if you want to come to this Kingdom, you got to give
me all your plans. All your agendas, all your
future thinking. That's why it's difficult
church. That's why it's narrow because
not everyone wants to die to self.
But Paul said, I Crucify My Flesh that I may Die.
Daily. Come on.
Is God. Speaking this morning, That's
why it's difficult today. I want to talk to you about
keeping, it narrow said, keep it narrow.
For those of you who like to title your messages, you can
write keep it narrow. You gotta keep it narrow, man.
You gotta keep it narrow. You gotta keep it narrow.
Because in the world we live in. There are way too many options.
Everything is begging for your attention.
Everything is begging for your likes.
Everything is begging for your subscription ring, the bell to
hit the Bell you know, subscribe subscribe there were so many
voices. So many options, but Jesus and
go God in Jesus. Made a really narrow So many
options, that's we know why. That's why I'm thankful for
Kingdom, Revelation, not the revelation of Christianity.
Say that again, I'm thankful for Kingdom Revelation, not the
revelation of Christianity because if you ain't Christ like
you in a Christian and I don't know about you but I met a lot
of Christians are like are you sure about that?
It's not me. Are you sure about that?
If you know, you know, I'm thankful for the kingdom of the
Revelation. Why?
Because it made things really simple and really narrow The
kingdom made it narrowed, didn't it?
And made it simple. It took all the, you know, the
things of religion and all the things that made it really
simple. It brought Clarity, right?
It brought like, I see it. So thankful, so even in the
beginning, let's go to Genesis chapter 2.
Are you with me? Don't get quiet on slap you?
Why can't get off the stage? So I'll just are slap, right?
Genesis chapter through Genesis chapter 2, even in the
beginning, God made it really narrow.
This is then the Lord God took the man and put him in the
Garden of Eden to tend and to keep it while we gotta work.
Yeah. Verse 16 and the Lord, God
commanded, the man saying of every tree of the garden you may
freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil,
you shall not eat for. In the day, you eat it.
You shall surely die. It's pretty simple.
You can have all these things. All this stuff is yours, but
this tree don't touch. It's pretty simple.
It's not confusing right? And guys not like moving it
around. That would be pretty, you know,
here and then Adams like dang, you know, there's really all
these things you can have but the tree in the middle, Don't
touch, don't eat those smell it, don't look at it.
Turn your head, pretty simple, pretty narrow.
But then confusion comes in chapter 3, Genesis 3 1 through
6, Now, the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the
field, which the Lord God had made, and he said to the woman,
has God, indeed said, You shall not eat of the tree of the
garden. Come on and the woman said to
the serpent. We may eat of the fruit of the
Trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor
shall you? Touch it?
Lest you die, right? She's keeping it simple.
So know what, I don't know what you're saying, because God said
this, then verse for, this is where confusion comes in.
Then the serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die
for God knows that in the evil day, you eat of it.
Your eyes will be opened and you will be like God knowing Good
and Evil. There are six.
So when the woman saw listen so when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and it
was a tree desirable to make one wise.
She took of its fruit in innate. So the note here is just because
something is good Pleasant to the eyes.
Desirable looks good. Make sense doesn't mean it's
from God. Just because something is good.
Just because something is Pleasant to your eye.
Just because something is desirable just because you want,
it does not mean it's from God just because you can think it
out mathematically just because that second job works with your
schedule just because their future spouse works for your
eyes. The last time I checked, the
devil doesn't show up in a red Pitchfork in a costume.
He shows up as a really good opportunity, right?
Come on. It shows up as an open door, but
here's my question. Did God really open that door?
Because I last time, I shit, the devil has hands to.
He's not an amputee, he can open doors and what people call God
is. Not God.
Did God really bring that new business idea to you or is it a
distraction from your purpose? Talk to me.
Did God, bring that fine looking man in your life or is it a
distraction from your purpose? Did God bring that second job in
your life? Or is it as a distraction from
the purpose? Just because notice he didn't
tempted with Matt old nasty fruit.
It look good. It made sense.
Everyone accepted it. Everyone be like, yeah, he but
just because it's good, doesn't mean it's God.
That's the word for somebody just because it's good, doesn't
mean it's God. I know this was a really bad
opportunity. Mast with advancement.
It was a really bad opportunity, Mast with advancement.
In other words, he would say, no, if you just eat it, come on
it, it'll make everything better.
And is it? The devil saying the same exact
junk today, That's why you got to keep an arrow say, keep it
narrow. Okay.
So that was gone. Let's see what Jesus had to say
about some things because Jesus also made it really narrow
Matthew chapter 6. Come on.
Here we go. So here we go.
No one can serve two masters, I'm sorry.
Matthew 6:24 you there. Boom, no one can serve.
Two masters for. You will hate one and love.
The other. You will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and being
slave to money and don't work. Come on, say it don't work.
It don't work verse 25. That is why I tell you not to
worry about everyday life. Whether you have enough food or
drink or close to, where is that your life?
More than food in your body? More than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air. They don't plant, they do.
Harvest. They don't store food in your
bothers. Yet your heavenly father.
Feeds them all. And aren't you more valuable
than they are more valuable than a burden.
Can all your worries, had a single moment to your life verse
28. And why do you worry about
clothing? Don't worry about clothes
clothing changes all the time. Dear God, you're never going to
be in style, just know that, okay?
Because it changes and changes and if God still cares
wonderfully and while the wonderful wonderfully for the
wild flowers that are here today and thrown into the end
tomorrow, he will certainly care for you.
Why do you have so little faith? In other words, God is saying,
why are you stressing out about everything that I already
promised you? Why are you stressing out about
everything? God already promised you?
That's it. Come on.
So don't worry about saying saying, what will we eat, or
what will we drink? Or what will we wear, listen for
these things dominate. In other words they consume the
thoughts of unbelievers, everyone's looking for what to
wear, what to eat, where to live all the jobs.
I think he's saying don't seek any of that things.
Whoo, he said so what will be where they dominate consume the
thoughts of unbelievers but not us, right?
I don't know. But your heavenly father already
knows all your needs worse. Third thing.
You made a very narrow, very simple, seek.
The kingdom of God above, every above all else.
Notice he doesn't say alongside everything else.
Some of your asking, God to bless your life, you need to ask
God, to be your life. It's two different things.
Some of you are asking God to bless your life and God needs to
be your life. He needs to be the reason you
wake up. The reason you go to bed, the
reason you work the job, the reason you're married.
The reason you do everything, you don't fit the kingdom in
your life. The kingdom is your life and
everything else makes sense. Come on, talk to me.
You don't try to fit the kingdom.
No, you get stuck at the gate. Not with everything else.
You don't bring your crap and say, God I'm gonna fall.
We got so know if you're gonna follow me, abandon all, I have
to be everything in your life. That's why it's difficult not so
we can't. Okay, let's keep going seek.
The kingdom Above All Else, and live righteously.
So be key, live right before. God Not on Sundays every day and
he will give you everything and he will give you everything you
need verse 34. So don't worry about tomorrow
for tomorrow, bring its own worries.
In that true. Some of y'all got some problems
coming, don't worry about, it's coming but what about today and
today will help you for tomorrow, right?
Today's trouble is enough for today.
Here we go. I am very concerned that what is
dominating. The thoughts of unbelievers are
also dominated the thoughts of believers.
I'm very concerned that what is dominating.
The minds of unbelievers is also dominating.
The minds of church folk. Jesus made it very narrow.
He said, if you would make two things you'll priority,
everything else in life would fall in line.
He said, if you would make two things your priority, everything
you need, not want everything you need everything.
You need will be added to. You, does anybody still believe
that this first Works? He said if you would make two
things, what does that mean? Number one, God, I'm seeking
first. Your kingdom.
What does that mean? And he's God, I no longer live,
you live in my life, take my life.
Take my plans, take my dreams. Take everything I submitted at
the gate and I say, not as I will, but your will be done.
Don't make me something better. Make me new, make me new.
I give you all my aspirations on my plans on my dreams, on my
Pinterest boards. Oh, my beautiful future
vacations. All the things that I want to do
Lord, is that what you? And he said, if you would put
his kingdom, his plans, his things above everything else,
and then also stay right with him.
Which means you are a doer of the word of God and you
constantly are repenting and saying, okay?
Because I don't know. Chew, the more we the bottom
like dang I gotta change, right? Dang, I gotta change.
He said, if he would seek me first and then just and then do
the word of God and apply the changes that you need.
And when I Spirit talks to you, and when your pastor corrects
you, if you would accept it, that's not a word for man, but a
word from God. He said, if you would do those
two things, everything you need will be added to you.
I'm here to tell you, it works. So many of y'all are running
after the things and God said, one after me, why are you
breathing? Why are you breathing?
You're not breathing to take up space, your breathing to fulfill
your purpose, your purpose. Why are athletes making millions
of dollars in actors making millions of dollars in massive
influence? But yet they're oh, Dean and
they're stuck on drugs in there. Going from one relationship to
relationship to all this drama and their take their life.
It's because they have everything but they don't have
the one thing you need the kingdom in your life.
It makes everything really simple.
I don't work for money, I don't work for opportunities.
I don't pick my career. I said God, where do you need
me? Well, they don't pay you enough,
he ain't pay me the first place. I'm honored pastor but he's not
my Supply and I'm thankful because he taught me that Either
one, I did like to hear that. But he's not my Supply.
I'm here. Not for him.
I'm here because of God and if you don't pay me, God will find
a way? I believe it.
I believe food will show up in your pantry.
Gas will show up in your car when you serve your purpose.
When you seek first that your life is not your own but you're
saying God what do I do with my life?
What do I do with my life? Okay, I'm seeking that.
Keep it narrow say it. Here's the thing.
You don't seek the kingdom for the things because then you're
already off. I'm not one of those preachers.
You can follow God, you have a wrote that people have made it
dumb and made it a success. It's not about having the nicest
things. It's about having everything you
need. I stand before you a very
wealthy man, not because of my bank account, but because of my
purpose, when you know, your purpose, you can't die.
I'm talking physical covid, covid 2.0.
Whatever the new disease that they caught it could come.
But it can't take me because I have a purpose.
And I've seen people on their deathbed, get off their deathbed
because they realize they got purpose.
You don't need money, you don't need money.
You need the kingdom. You need to seek the kingdom,
first. I know this is wild preaching,
but this is the house we in, and I remember when Pastor go back
in 312, started laying out. This Foundation, I was like, I
was sitting on fire 312 You don't have a money problem.
You gotta seeking problem. You don't have an anxiety, a
problem. You have a seeking problem, you
don't have a marriage problem, a family problem, a career
problem, I whatever problem you have a seeking problem because
if you would seek first, the kingdom of God, everything you
need will be added. Is that me?
We will have opposition. Know, you're gonna have hell
itself, come against you, but he said be of good cheer for I have
overcome the world. He said, greater is he?
That is in you than he that is in the world.
I don't know about you, but you're gonna have some
opposition. You're gonna have some haters,
you're gonna have some people that straight up lie about you
steal from you. Jesus made it very clear that
people will come against you. They came against me, but he
said be of good cheer. That's why your family doesn't
understand why you're serving God but you guess what?
You're not living for them? Because I know that, you know,
that I'm going to stand up from the God one day, that's all,
that's gonna matter. Whoo.
So you don't have it. All your problems can be solved.
If you seek first, the kingdom of God, will you have problems?
Yeah. Great opportunities.
The devil came to Jesus three times.
I mean, it's a pretty big deal, right?
We brush on the devil, came to Jesus three times.
What did you say it is written is written.
And at the very end of this is the devil looked came back for
an opportune time. He's coming back.
No we're not like, oh the devil's coming.
Bring it on, but when I'm in my purpose, if God be for me, God's
not for a lot of people, it's hard.
I know. He Loves Us.
Sure he wants the best for our lives.
But when I'm serving the kingdom, he's got my back.
He's got my back and unfortunately most of the church
has it backwards running after the things and God never told
you to run after the things. You don't need another job.
You don't need a better job. What you need to do, is say
King, where do I work? That is a completely different
mind shift. I know.
But you were never leave you and never meant to take care of
yourself. Let your pride down.
You were never meant to take care of yourself.
I'm not saying you should be lazy in a bomb and I do
anything, but you weren't meant to make.
All the ends. Meet, you were meant to seek
first. The kingdom of God, and let him
add things to you and his timing.
And the last time I checked God's timing isn't your timing,
it could it be that the timing is a little delayed because he's
actually trying to get you to trust in him and not in what you
can see, not in what you can feel.
Sometimes a pakka A miracle from God, doesn't come on Friday, but
what are you gonna do with that moment until it comes?
He's gonna freak out stress out. Drink yourself out to get rid of
the pain or you gonna trust him, I'm here to tell you, it works,
it works, keep it narrow good running after things, you need
to run after your purpose. This is not a quit, your job
sermon, but if what you're doing right now, is not what God's
called you. You need to quit.
You say what? About a playing the greatest
plan you can do is say God, I am yours.
See, this is the life of the adventure in the kingdom and we
read about And movies really all?
That's so awesome. But here we have an opportunity.
I'm not saying be full as I'm saying, step out on a word from
God. When is it?
The perfect time. Now is the right time to follow
God. Now is the right time to seek
God. Why are young while you're
healthy? Why you got your strength?
And could it be that God is trying to set you up some things
for? Now that will actually be a
setup for later? Just throwing that out there.
When you start seeking first, the kingdom of God, you will
never worry about bills again. It is the greatest plan.
There is our president can't come up with this, definitely
not. Argh of no, no matter if you
have the wisest not wise, and what all these plans of men are
not better than the Kingdom's plan because in the world to try
to go after this and go up. And how many people I graduated
Bible school with grew up in church, all my life and I see
everyone just running after things and not running after the
purpose and they wonder why they're not fulfilled.
It's the answer to your depression.
Says God is the answer to your anxiety?
It's answer to your frustration, it's the answer to everything.
The root of everything is you're not seeking him first.
And if you would seek him first, he said everything you need will
be added I don't know about you but I still believe that verse
works. I remember back in 2009, when
Pastor Earle started and maybe anybody there, my 2009 folk back
in 312 or yeah over here. Now, it's a really weird store.
But I remember him preaching the revelation of the Kingdom
specifically, in Matthew 6:33 and I was working a job outside
the church. At this time, I'm not going to
go deep into the story, you know?
But I think it's important to bring it up.
Is I remember? I was sitting, I was like, I was
setting on fire seriously because he was talking about
seeking first, the kingdom of God.
And I've heard that verse on my life, probably like you have.
But when he started bring that Revelation, that if he would
seek first, the kingdom of God, if he would put his plans, his
wheels, his desires, his intentions, his church, his
everything above everything of your life, if you would do that
and maintain righteousness with him and run, After your purpose,
everything you need in life will be added to you and I was like,
oh my gosh, I'm seeing it. It was like the lights were
going off and I was sitting the night physically could not keep
steel because I was in repenting.
I was convicting because I knew I was called to work for the
ministry full time, but I was working an outside job and I was
struggling because I wanted to quit, but I was trying to figure
it out financially, how to do it because it wasn't like past year
olds like saying here, there's just big paycheck waiting for
you. Just quit, that didn't happen.
And I'm thankful he didn't leave me that way.
You see was leading me to trust in the Kingdom.
Not in man's plan. And I was sitting there, I'm
going to sit, can I just say I'm going to some but then I'm sad.
I was sitting, I was like, on fire and I was like sitting
there like this and I'm a setting like this.
And remember I wanted to alter gonna wind up on the piano and I
couldn't even really physically play.
I was just Weeping at the piano because I realized, oh my gosh,
I'm sorry, Lord, forgive me. I've been trying to make it work
and I and you be good because God have been dealing with me to
quit my job. I was working a very corporate
cushy job making great money. You know, got a company car and
I was a manager, but it wasn't. What I was called to do.
It was great for a season, but God was trying to get me out of
that. He's saying, get out, man.
You got, you got things to do, and this companies trying to tie
up your time. They're trying to push you up
the ladder and you got and the eight others are struggling
with. Well, God, I want to work
because I know, but I knew in my spirit, I had to quit, but I
wanted to see it work out. I wanted to see an angel say
thou shalt us quit and have them money rain down and you know I'm
saying, we try to make it all spiritual. but sometimes it's
just a I got to do this, right? And I just bought a house
because you know, and God was setting things up, you know,
because when you work for a great company and you have great
income and you have great history and they and you can get
her mortgage and all this fun stuff, right?
And then, you know, I got a job in a month later, God's dealing
me to quit, I'm thinking get behind me.
Satan, you know, don't, you know, I've got a wife.
And all these things right? And remember going to pasture
and I was really hoping to get some great deep Council and it's
a pasture feel like I need to quit man arts and I was hoping
he would like he's like okay do it.
And I was like that's not what I wanted to hear.
I want you to like listen, you know, I mean but that's all I
needed. Another he's saying just do what
you already know you need to do. So that next week I quit, I had
no plan B, I had no job opportunity to church.
I just knew that season was done and God wanted me to be here,
full time doing something. And there was no money,
underneath the table rating for me.
Remember that same week I went up.
I was like I'll just going to set groceries.
We looked on 16 and we just bought our house around like a
mortgage, you know, all this stuff.
You're thinking all these things that we try to.
This is real-life stuff, right? Couldn't tell my parents about,
it could be like what I mean now you know but in the moment
sometimes you got to keep your things to yourself.
I just say that. It's about a listen to them.
I might not have. I mean, they want the best for
me but you know, there's that motherly thing.
So I quit that same week, I went and applied for Public's, I was
like, I'm gonna be a bagger, I got the job.
Yeah, I got how many qualified in all seriousness.
I think it was me and, like, a 16 year old kid.
You know, I'm like, hey, how you doing?
You know, and he's like, what just I'm like, what?
I got? The job I'm going home.
I was like, babe. I got a job in a me, like I
said, what are you doing? I got back in my car, went back
and quit the same day. I got hurt.
True story. I was like listen I'm sorry it's
not working out, you know I just it's not going to work out, you
know I just he's I seriously he was like You know, this is I
just gave it a long time. It's been 30 minutes but it's
just not going to work out. I wouldn't quit, I quit the same
day, I got hired. And I remember I was really
depressed. Mentally, not depressed.
Just joking. I was, you know, trying to
figure out my mind and I was sitting at Arby's with my best
friend, Mark Brady. We said in her, is probably the
last of the Army's thing. God but I was just like I was
unemployed but I was just like, you know, it's like Big deal.
I remember Pastor roll call me. He said, hey, I just want you to
know something came through, we can bring it on full time.
There was no conversation before that.
Now I'm not telling you, this is how it's going to work for you,
but all I'm saying, is that if he would seek first, the kingdom
of God, God will move things. Heaven and Earth to get to you
when you need it. I remember for That season my
wife and I we are believing God to pay our mortgage because, you
know, it wasn't there and it got tight, you know?
Because when you get a mortgage making this and then you go to
making this, you know, when you get when you open it, that, you
know, I wish you'd go like five more feet down when you start
making that. And the in the phone calls are
coming in, mr. Kleiner, the letter start coming
in that are color-coded. Anybody been there before?
But here's the thing, I was absolutely in the will of God
for my life. I'm so thankful for those
moments. I'm so thankful for those
moments of laying at the piano and just worshipping with my
wife and saying, gosh, you're gonna have to figure this out
because they're saying, we're going to get foreclosed on, but
you told me to be here. Right, I had gone many walks and
I'm telling you, I was there and there were times that we would
look for the mailbox. He made been there before he
thinking, could check the mailbox.
I mean, we got a check one time from a family member who I have
barely any relationship with They knew nothing about our
situation. I talked with the maybe one time
of year they never even been here, but we're believing God to
pay our bills because we're trying to follow a call.
A check in the mail for like four or five hundred dollars and
they said we just had extra this year and just felt like giving
it to you, there was not an accident.
That was a God and it was amazing.
The in that season checks begin to show up when we needed a
house. A check came, when my wife got
pregnant, you know, which was a good thing.
And I was a part of that that I didn't feel that I was very much
there. All right.
Let's pray, father, we thinking I was kidding.
I don't know why I said that, but I remember we needed a car
because I had a company car. You know, I really, you know,
nice company car and I had to sell it, you know, added, you
know, become Carlos. And I because I sold my car when
I work for the company cuz you got a nice company car every day
is great. But, you know, I've got pregnant
and were like, we need a car. Checks came in had no idea where
that no no conversation. A check came in said I just felt
led to so towards this car and then we realize we got pregnant.
Again I was there too and We needed a bigger car.
And another family member outside of the conversation
said, I just feel like I'm supposed to give you this.
We saw I mean once I could even pay my FPL bill and I don't say
this to be in, but I'm saying I was absolutely the will of God
for my life and God was teaching me.
Not to be broke but the trust in him and so many times we trust
in our American society and we trust in the paychecks of man
and we trust in the routines of man.
But we are not of this world and Jesus would do crazy stuff.
Like send his disciples fishing to get money.
Jesus would do things. So you can't fit guys planning
to your ideas and you just got to trust him because it really
works and I remember calling fpo because I needed to pay a bill
and you know how hard it is. I even pay a bill when you got
money, right? Calling them, you know, I'm
sorry, you know, it's just difficult.
Who am I talking to? And I called them.
And finally got through to a real person, which was a
miracle, it's a mr. Connery bills been paid.
I'm like, what do you tell my bills in big?
Like it's been paid him. Like I said, I don't know what's
a typo but we'll take it. But the point is, is that
somebody came to pay my bill. Nobody knew these things.
I'm here to tell you that he would seek first.
The kingdom of God, if you and we've been running after our
purpose, we're not here because we want to be when we want to
be. But we're not here because of
we're here because this is what the Lord has assigned us.
And that means I have no, right, because I've entered the gate
sale or not as I will, but your will be done.
I don't have a choice to go to this church.
I don't have a choice to go work.
This shop has opportunities come?
Yes, they come, they come. But I have to say, Lord, what do
you want me to do? Because the greatest thing I
could give my family is my purpose.
Anything I can bring home. It's not a comfortable.
Paycheck is a man who was following God.
And I'm here to tell you man. Nothing will satisfy you until
you find your purpose. We were making nothing but was
the most exciting fulfilling time in my life.
And I was learning to trust in an unseen Kingdom, to learn to
really trust that This Thing Really Works.
He really will provide when we need it.
That, that food will literally show up on our doorstep and you
got to let your pride down because your mind was something
moon. But man, I should provide the
greatest Amalia thing you could do is let the king provide for
you. This is not mean you're weak.
I mean, we grew up reading the stuff of how ministers would go
out and miracles and all these things would come to their
doorstep. And why are we living like this?
I mean, Paul would do some crazy things and he was absolutely in
the will of God for his life. Whoo, Matthew 1017.
Are you there? You're not there because I've
been told you. But go there.
Matthew, 10, 17. Can I get a water?
Thank you. Sorry.
I'm going to preach my guts out to you because I truly believe
in this message. I truly believe in the
Revelation that our pastors have laid in this church.
I truly believe in the Kingdom message, not in the message of
Christianity. But if you would seek first, the
kingdom with your life, if you would put it first above
everything else, everything else would fall in line?
You can keep it narrow. Come on, sing.
Keep an arrow. Matthew Mark 10:17 says this.
Now, as he, Jesus is Jesus, now, as Jesus is so good, mom say say
this is good. Don't get quiet on me now.
Don't get quiet on me. Okay, now as he Jesus was going
out on the road, one came to him running knelt before him and
asked, good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
So Jesus said to him, why do you call me good?
No one is good. But the one who is God, you
know, the Commandments do not commit adultery do not murder.
Do not steal. Do not bear false, witness do
not A fraud, but honor your father and your mother and he
answered and said unto him teacher, all of these things, I
have kept from my youth and other words, he realize he's
still missing something. She could religion is what you
do until you find the kingdom as Myles.
Munroe said, religion will preoccupy you until you find the
kingdom. Here's this Rich Young Ruler
done everything from a youth. He's got all the things he looks
church, he sounds church. He you know has all the church
he stuff down but yet he still empty.
Then Jesus looking at him, loved him.
Him said to him, okay, one thing you lack Go your way, sell
whatever you have, give it to the poor and you will have
Treasures in Heaven. Come take up the cross and
follow me verse 22 but he was sad at this word and went away
sorrowful for. He had great possessions.
Oh my gosh. This is literally one of the
most saddest scriptures in the Bible.
Did Jesus want. His money was Jesus, was he
wanted him to be? Poor was God, wanted him just to
be some destitute man. Who just lives under bridges and
is barely getting by No, Jesus was looking for his heart, Jesus
was looking for his trust. Jesus was looking for his
lordship. Jesus was wanting this young man
to put his trust in his words and not in his ability.
I must say that again. Jesus was wanting this young man
to put his trust in. His words are not in his own
ability, and Jesus was wanting this young man to put his
identity in him not in his resources.
See this young man had it all figured out and some of y'all
have it all figured out you guys giving you a way to get wealth
in your gifted. But the wealth is not just for
you. And your family is for the
kingdom and God has gifted you for the kingdom.
And you gotta ask God and here's Jesus and he's at the gate This
is what I could have this young man become talk to me.
What else could have this young man?
Become we don't hear anything else about this guy.
What stories could have been written about this Rich?
Young Ruler? What books could have been
written about him? What Ministries could have been
started? What could he have done?
And here's Jesus. Listen.
Jesus man, this young man was stuck at the gate.
And Jesus is over here saying, come on.
If you want life, you've done it off with this one thing come and
follow me. And this young man is stuck at
the gate and he's trying to get through.
But all his stuff is stopping him and Jesus is saying that
come on, come on. I got purpose for you.
I got destiny for you. I've got true riches for you.
Come follow me let me show you something and he's like, Jesus,
I'm trying and he's trying to get through the gate.
His resources, his ability, his trust in all that.
He's done is stopping him and Jesus is asking the same thing
today. He says, will you come through
the gate? Will you let me really make you
something great? Will you die at the gate and
said, Lord not as I will, but your will be done.
I put all my aspirations and dreams on the Altar and I say,
God not make me something new, but I want to be brand new.
I can't bring my things in the kingdom, is that God bless my
stuff. No.
Like I said before some of you are asking God to bless your
life but you gotta ask him to be your life.
It's two different things. It's two different things.
I don't bring the kingdom with me, or my things with the
kingdom. I lay him at the gate and here's
this Rich Young Ruler You never hear anything else about him and
he was successful. But notice he did nothing. is
God speaking this morning, Come on.
Say keep it narrow. Jesus wasn't one of his money.
Jesus wanted his heart. He realize, okay.
I see what you do, but you put your trust in what you can
figure out trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not
on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge me
and I will direct your paths. Do we still believe that that
verse works? And how many of us are stuck at
the gate stuck at the gate and Jesus says, I have purpose for
you, I have dreams for you. I've got books for you, I've got
Ministries for you. I've got things for you to do
places for you to go. If you would just let go of
everything is comfortable in your life.
Burn the ships. Do we still believe that it
works? This is still the gospel, we
make it so soft in America that you can just do what you want to
follow. God, that is not the Bible.
We read God will allow you to do what you want, but you all every
one of us including myself. We're going to stand in front of
God, one day, and he's gonna wanna know.
One thing is, did you seek my kingdom?
But God, I did all this guy says, did you seek my kingdom
will Lord. You know, I did this ministry.
Did you do what I ask you to do or did you want me to bless your
plan? The end of the story is so crazy
because I'm Mark chapter 10. If we keep going the end of it
after this big like left him at the gate scene, then Jesus
looked around verse 23. Then Jesus looked around to his
disciples and he said, how hard is it for those who have riches
to enter the kingdom of God? Verse 24, and the disciples were
astonished at his words, but Jesus answered again, and said,
unto him children, what'd he say?
He said children. How hard is it for those who?
What trust in the riches to enter the kingdom of God?
Do you trust him or not? Do we believe that this thing
works, either listening either works or it doesn't.
This Thing Really Works or really doesn't.
And if this Bible won't do what Jesus said it would do then I
want no part of it. See, I'm out.
But I'm here to tell you it works.
But it says Those Who trust, God is not concerned with your
finances. God, just wants to have your
finances, this is not a money sermon, give all your money that
you're not. You be led by the spirit of God,
but and all the things that you acquire you guys must remember,
God, these are not mine. These are yours.
And only reason, my have them is For Your Glory and for your
purpose and for your whatever. Mark 12:30, we're just letting
the word speak. Come on, say, let us speak.
We doing, okay. My born, you.
So helping you. I know that says you're loaded
question, what do you say? No.
Stupid. but I don't care if you remember my words because his
words were truly change, you Hmm, following God is the
greatest thing you can ever do in your life.
It's not a no. You go to follow gun, you got to
get you give up everything, but you actually gain everything
because I'm so thankful. I look back at what I wanted to
do and I look back at their friends that Iran will come on.
Talk to me the plans that I had for myself, the things that I
thought was success, I look back at announcing.
Thank God that I did not run that route.
I'll go back to my high school reunions, thank God we cut ties
years ago because you've been doing the same thing for 30
years and you're running in the same problems.
But if you would just seek first, the kingdom, Oh, man, I'm
he'll take you on a hold. That's why he's not just trying
to, you know, fix you and make you better know if you die to
yourself. He will give you a whole new
life and you will look back at your old life.
If your old career, you be like, oh my God, thank you.
Lord, for getting me out of that.
Telling you, I'm telling you. Mark 12:30 great Versa.
We grew up he says and you shall love the Lord, your God with all
of your heart, come on with all of your soul and with all of
your mind and all of your what strength, I'm here to ask you,
what are you giving your strengths to, what are you
giving you energy to, what are you giving your passion to, what
are you giving your gifts to what are you giving the mind
that God has given you to is it for his kingdom or is it for
you? Love the Lord, your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind.
And with all your strength, what are you giving your strength?
As do we see, so many people that are giving their strength
not to the kingdom of God, and we wonder why things aren't
working out. The reason you are gifted as for
the kingdom of God, the reason you can bring in finances.
It's for the kingdom of God. The reason you are good with
people, it's for the kingdom of God, is more worship.
People realize the reason you're gifted, it's for the kingdom of
God. The reason you could speak is
for the kingdom of God. The reason you could teach this
for the kingdom of God, you're gifted for the kingdom.
Whew, and here's the thing. Listen, we gotta wake up, we
gotta wake up. What are you giving your
strength to? Because last time I checked, you
ain't guaranteed tomorrow. We Don't Preach like this
anymore, this church does, but remember like what if he comes
tomorrow? I'm not her Turner burn.
Pretty better get it right. Brother guy's gonna kill you
again, we're not talking like that, what if you die when you
get out here? You know that might not happen.
But the truth is the Bible just said that we should be prepared
what if he does come as a thief in the night what if he does
come tomorrow? What he want to find you seeking
the kingdom over, he find you busy with Affairs of your life.
What are you giving your straight to your not promised
tomorrow? We're not here to scare you but
here to help you, I'm not promised tomorrow.
What I'm promises today. And could it be that?
God is literally trying to set you up for later in life?
That's why you got to see God. Now, I'm not saying he can't get
things right later in your life. He's a good father, he has Mercy
that can do that. But I'm a fool.
I fully convinced that if we miss God, he miss Scott and you
miss out on things he can reroute.
You, my father, got boom, my father-in-law, or my
grandfather, got born again on his deathbed and he was like 90
years old. Thank God, but that was not
God's best for his life. He missed out on a whole life.
And God can reroute you. But you will miss.
Because if we don't then we can got her got to work it out God
or then you can do whatever you want.
But if we don't start speaking now you might miss what God
needs you to do now. So that when you get older, I'll
set you up. I'm not trying to be like death
and doom and gloom but your body might not be the same body, 80
years old and you're not going to be run how you could run at
80 when you're 40. I mean that's just how things
work and it could, there be that God is wanting you to get
involved with things. Now that could be a set up for
later. Come on.
Talk to me. That's why the gate is narrow.
He's everyone has their agendas their plans, their desires, what
they want to do, what they because what would you want to
do? Ain't gonna matter unless is
what God wants to do. Because you can bring all that
to the gate and guys like what else you got?
Well, God, I did this. He's like, what else you got?
But God, I did all this for you. I did this and I made this and I
did that guys. Like I never asked, you do any
of that? This should convict this all can
fix me. We got to keep an arrow.
He said he would put two things above everything else above your
family. Because here's the thing.
If I would seek first, the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness, he will teach me how to lead my family.
He'll teach you how to handle all the Affairs of life if you
let him. I love my wife and I love my
kids but I love my king more and if I love him or he'll teach me
how to love them, you know, it's how it works.
It falls in line. When we put everything else
before King, then things get out of order.
You wonder why you're frustrated, you wonder why
things are getting messed up, because it's out of order.
First is first. It's first, hmm.
So you gotta not a self, right? Man, what all could this young
man? Become do we trust him or not?
Do we trust him or not? Do we trust him or not?
Keep it narrow Myles. Munroe said this.
The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but life without a
purpose. Remember I'm pastor about these
words and 312 million cheese. The greatest tragedy in life is
not death, but life without a purpose, to get his challenge in
life is knowing what to do. The greatest mistake in life is
being busy, not effective. And the greatest failure in life
is being successful in the wrong assignment.
You're saying you can be successful outside of God.
Yeah. The Bible says, what good?
Is it a man to gain the whole world?
Yet forfeit his soul. They were but Jesus made it very
clear he said, but apart from me, you can do nothing.
So there is Success, you can start businesses, you can get
famous, you can get discovered, you can do all these things and
the world's eyes have it going on, but that's why he said.
Apart from me, you can do nothing because the king looks
at it. As It's nothing.
Because when you stand in front of God, one day, only thing is
he's going to go. He's the only thing that's going
to matters. Did you do what I asked you to
do? That's it, that's it.
Did you do what? I asked you to do?
Success comes by following the purpose that God has for your
life. Your family might not understand
it, but you're not going to stand in front of them at the
throne. And if your friends don't need a
four friends, understand it, hears the word from God, get new
friends, okay? So deep right.
Get new friends. If your friends aren't pushing
to your purpose to God, get rid of them.
Matthew 10:39, a few more. Can we do a couple more and I
missed one? I miss something.
I had a word because I was, I was, I was I'm gonna back up
because I was studying and God gave me a word.
You say God give you a word as your study.
Yeah, it says in Matthew 6:33. It says he forcing him to God
for. He knows God wanted me to tell
some people he knows. two words, he knows he knows what you need,
he knows how many times we forget that he knows He knows he
knows you need a house. He knows you need a job.
He knows you need money. He knows you need all these
things, we don't just pay our bills off, you don't cry
anymore. It's going to say, well I'm
believing God in the Kingdom, they need money.
He knows he knows, he knows how many times do we forget that and
we try to work it out in our plan.
And we try to make it work on our agenda and our own skill,
because you can't, and you can make it work, and crunch the
numbers and save and save. It's a look at God.
But is it, God, he knows. Send me money to be encouraged,
he knows. He knows what you need.
He knows. Hmm.
He knows. Who needed to hear that?
Raise your hand people. He knows keep your hand up.
I was writing my notes if it's not for you, I'm not trying to
get everyone. I just said, God will you know,
when you start reading as soon as like boom highlight that he
knows, You're believing God for a house.
He knows you believing God for a spouse.
He knows you believe in God to get debt-free.
He knows you believe in God for healing.
He knows. He knows those two words to set
you free. He knows the king knows.
He's like, I know about that. If you would just trust in the
Lord with all your heart, lean that quit trying to figure it
out, quit trying to do my job. God, says, quit trying to be
God. You ain't God.
What you got to do? Is believe quit, trying to be
God. You're not God do your role.
Let God be God. We're trying to figure it out.
That's why it's called trust. Because if you could figure it
out, you wouldn't need. Him if you could figure it out,
you wouldn't need him. But I don't know about you.
I need them. I need them.
And I want to live a life of constantly needing him.
I want to come to the next season.
My God, I need you. God I need you.
This thing. Don't work out, man.
It's all over. I need keep me constantly
needing you God. Can we live like that?
Should we live like that? He knows that you need.
He knows you need a congregation.
He knows. You need a building.
He knows. You need favor.
He knows. And how many times did we get
our eyes on the things? And God forgot know about that?
The devil's, I'll let you do this when I found out about the
devil. He comes to steal kill and
destroy the devil's. Not just trying to take your
life, he's trying to take your day.
Say that again. He's not just trying to take
your life, he's trying to take her day, trying to get your mind
focused on all the things. You should all the words and how
we can do this and stressing yourself out.
And guys, like I know, let me be God, you believe in God, to
start a business, he knows. Greg, he knows.
Where's Chris at realtor? Chris, where is he?
He's not here. He's a nautilus.
Someone tell him, God knows. Pastor Tim.
He knows Bridget you here. Good Lord.
That's okay. The servant.
God knows. God knows he knows.
You might not know, but he knows and you don't got to worry about
where it comes from. You don't got to worry, it'll
find its way to you. If you stay in faith it'll find
it won't get lost in the mail. It'll come at the right time,
it'll come at the right late in the Midnight Hour, God's going
to turn this thing around. I'm telling you when you are
stuck in prison, you feel like there's no way out.
God knows, Come on, talk to me. I said, God knows everything you
need everything you need. He knows that's why I said just
trust me. He knows, I felt really
important to stop there because I didn't want to miss past what
God wanted to highlight. It says, in Mark chapter,
Matthew chapter 10, a few more verses were about to close.
Hallelujah. And he said, he who does not
take up his cross, or his purpose, which means says, you
know, Jesus who says, when you take up your cross, it does not
mean that you literally need to physically get across and rolled
around America. Not knocking people to do that.
If you feel like that's what you're calling, but that was not
the purpose. Jesus was trying to say he was
going to say if you would pick up your purpose, purpose, right?
He said if you would, he does not take up his cross and follow
me is not worthy of me and listen, here we go.
And he who finds his life will lose it but he who loses his
life for my sake, shall find life.
You can find yourself outside of God but it ain't no life at all.
Get lost in your purpose, get lost in the reason.
You're breathing the frustrations that keep you up at
night, the stress. It's in your marriage, the
stress that's in your life. It's all because you're seeking
after the wrong things. And God said, if you would get
busy about your purpose, busy about the reason you're
breathing because I don't know about you, but you're only
getting older. Not trying to scare you but I'm
trying to bring me out of your only getting older.
I just turned 40 last week. I'm like what?
Now Ford is not open in my mind. I feel like I'm 100 In 10 years,
I'm going to be 50 on my God, but it's just, but that's just
the enemy. Can I be honest with you?
Oh, that's just the enemy. Because he said, with long life,
he will satisfy you. And I got a I want to be 100
years old. That's my goal.
I don't know about you. If you want to die early, go for
it. But he don't.
He's you in heaven. He's he's, you want to Earth.
That's why he needs. That's why I said, let your
kingdom come your will be done on earth when you find out your
purpose. You can't die, man.
No, plane can take you down. No sickness can take you down.
No generational curses can keep you out.
No bad words. No, no, whatever can keep you
away. If you would just stay
committed. Committed to your purpose,
everything will work itself out. Doubt.
Man it works, it works. He knows, come on, he know
someone shouts a, he knows, he knows, he knows, it's so clear.
Come on, say, keep it. Narrow few more verses were
about to close. You guys were just chill out for
a minute. Okay, Matthew 7 verse 21.
It says not everyone who says that, this is the scriptures
really deep, okay? It's really deep.
It says Not everyone who says to
me, Lord Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven but he who
does the what the will of his father?
Many will say to me in that day. Lord Lord, have we not
prophesied in your name? Have we sidenote pause?
Hold on. He's talking to church people
here by the way. And by the way, when I'm saying
these words, please understand, it's like I'm sitting on the Pew
pointing at myself because these words convict me because this is
me, this is us, let's read it again.
He said not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord shall enter the
kingdom of heaven. But he who, what who does he who
does he? Who does the will of himself,
know he who finds his own life know, he who has his own plans?
Nah, he says, he who does the will of my father, who is in
heaven. And he says, here we go.
It says many, will say to me, in that day.
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, have we
not cast out demons, in your name?
Have we not started businesses in your name, have we not
started churches, in your name. Have we done, good things in
your name, having written songs in your name.
Haven't we done a mission trips in your name and he said depart
from me. I never even knew you Not trying
to be scary this morning, but I'm trying to help convince you.
That means you can follow God and do the things of God and God
not even know who you are. Because they knew about him.
You could know a lot about God and not know him.
Those are two different things we can grow all these people.
All I know about this guy, baseball stats, you know, this
guy and you can know everything about the Florida Gators.
You can know everything about all these people and stats and,
you know, you can quote scriptures and know, everything
about God, but not truly know him.
There's a difference. When, you know him you'll set it
as feet and say, father, talk to me, father, I spend time with
you father, help me, direct my steps.
Show me what to do, man, this person said this, I want to slap
him. I want to punch him but show me
what to do. Father.
My kids are going crazy. I said at your feet, help me.
Father, I have aspirations and dreams and things that I want to
do balloon. Is it?
Your will Is this what you want me to do?
Help me to get rid of these distractions?
He said that, if you would do that, then you would truly know
God. Coming to church does not mean
you know God do you know him? Is he your everything?
Does your life revolve around his purpose?
This is life. Revolve around your relationship
with him. Do you live and move and have
his being? Do you do you operate as where
you go? God goes or do we just say hey
them at church but we don't bring them home.
Praise brakes, were never meant to happen in church, a lot of my
praise fakes because God said, you can dance in church but if
you ain't living it. What did he say?
Say you're like you honor me with their lips but your hearts
are far from me. I don't want to be churchy.
I want to be in the church but I don't want to be churchy.
And sound church and act churchy.
And then live. This is just my son's age.
He's everything he has to be everything.
What do you give in your strength to and for those that
are seeking his purpose to keep at it?
Keep at it. Keep at it, it's the greatest
life. There is you'll have trials and
tribulations, but welcome buckle up.
It's going to be okay gods for you.
He's not against you. He'll help you.
To part the Red Sea. You'll do things in ways that
you can never heal race bills. He'll give you favor.
They'll do things that people say how about the?
I don't know, but God, but God, I don't know.
But God, how did you get out of that debt?
I don't know. But God, how did you get healed?
I don't know, bug out. How did your marriage can
resurrect? That I don't know.
But God, how did you get sanity in your mind after those people
standing back? But God, he knows.
You don't gotta figure it out. You gotta put your trust at the
gate and say not time will your will be done.
He knows. He knows it's so clear.
Tap, come on. We're closing down.
Man, I believe God's man, speaking today there's been a
lot of things said, as we close couple statements that God said
to me, we are trying to get God to bless your life, you have a
backwards, he should be your life.
He should be your life. Is he your life?
I'm not saying, are you? Born is he?
Or is he dumb? It's a completely.
Please understand. It's completely different.
Hehe. When you come to the gate.
It's not you bringing your stuff.
It's leaving it all there and God gives you a brand-new life.
That you might not understand what he can do with your life,
but if you would trust him, he is a good father and he can move
Miracles, he can move mountains, he can give you favor.
Hey, you just got it. You just got to sail or not thy
will. Before I give this all to, we're
going to have water baptism for those who are getting water,
baptism of baptized so that you can go change, prepare yourself
and then come back, For the rest of us.
We got to take a minute here. I pray that the word is
convicted us this morning. I stopped living a long time
ago, and it doesn't mean I have to constantly say Lord, I'm
sorry, I brought that in. I let that go abroad.
We got to renew our mind. We got everything.
That's the renewing of our mind with.
That's a constant thing. Be transformed, not to the
patterns of this world, but right, be transformed by the
renewing of your minds, which is the word of God.
It's so clear. It says in Proverbs chapter 3,
it says trust. Verse 5 as his trust in the Lord
with all your heart, Lee not interested in knowing him and he
shall direct your path. Do not be wise in your own eyes,
but fear the lord, it'll be Health to your flesh strength to
your bones. You don't have a sickness
problem, you have a seeking problem.
He says if you would seek the Lord to be Health to your flesh
doctors can't figure it out. He knows and maybe you just need
to seek him like you never have before, not to get an answer but
because he's worthy but because he's the king.
Honor the fear, the lord, and depart from Evil honor, the Lord
with your possessions and your first fruits and so that your
barns will be filled with plenty and your Vats will overflow with
the new line when you come into the kingdom.
It's a whole new way of thinking a whole new way of living.
What do you give in your strength to God is saying this
morning? What do you give in your
strength? To is what you're doing right
now where you're supposed to be or have you just got busy trying
to make your own life and God is saying, because here's the
thing, God has things for you to do and this is not a message of
like, oh, this is cute. And go home and listen to.
This is a message that you need to apply.
It's kinda like, what? Pastor Earle get the message on
Wednesday nights a few weeks ago, about capacity.
I don't know about you, but that was like, oh my God.
God you just you just I want to be everything that God wants me
to be. I'm going to read this scripture
and we're closing. Now, what happened is, I went
and entered a certain Village and a certain woman named Martha
welcomed him into her house and he had a sister called Mary who
also said, at the feet of Jesus, and they heard his word, but
Martha was what distracted with much serving.
This is a good thing. Listen, then she was distracted
with what was serving and she approached Jesus and said, Lord,
do you not care? That my sister has left me to
serve alone. Therefore tell her to help me.
You lazy, right? And Jesus answered and said, to
her Martha, Martha. You are worried and troubled
about many things. But the one thing is needed and
Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away
from her. The one thing was needed, was
not to try to figure everything out.
The one thing was needed, just to sit at the feet of Jesus, say
talk to me. Can I wanna but help me.
How do I approach this? I'm also be honest with you, it
will not get better unless he's first.
I'm not one of those preachers say, it's all gonna work out
brother. God is good.
He's good but it will not work out unless he's first.
And that's not hate. That's truth.
We love you enough. To tell you the truth.
The truth shall set you free that, it will not get better
unless his kingdom is your number one priority.
God is not obligated to bless your life.
Your plans, your dream guys? Like, that is nothing.
Come and follow me. And I will show you what true
life is not in heaven, but on Earth,
If you realize man is I'm not seeking him, he's not first, I'm
not asking if you're not born again, I'm asking you, is he
Lord. Is he Lord is the Lord of your
life. Is he Lord of your life?
Is he? I'm not trying to get everyone
down here, but I'm here to ask you this morning, you know, if
he's Lord or not, and I knew when it came to my life, and at
one point I was like, he's not, forgive me, forgive me, show me
if he's not Lord and you realize I got to make a change.
Not for if you if this is you. And you realize that I kind of
feel like I'm at the gate and I'm trying to do all these
things and I just need to just come If your purpose is not if
you're if you're if your heart's desire is not his kingdom and
everything else and from that flows your entire life.
If that's not where you're at, come to the altar.