1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:16,480 Now enjoy this message. Read second Peter chapter one, 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,640 verse 12 says. Therefore I will. 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,960 Always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,680 already know them and have been established in the truth which 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,200 is present with you. Verse 13 I consider it right as 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,640 long as I am in this earthly dwelling to stir you up by way 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:40,320 of reminder. One of the most difficult tasks 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,280 that I have at the end of the year is determining what to say 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,000 at the end of the year, especially when the Lord's 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,880 telling me about next year. Because the Lord's talking. 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,120 To me about next year. I want to be able to jump over 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,400 into next year, but it's not time. 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,480 And so at that point, I'm like, OK, Lord, what am I doing until 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,160 we get there? What do we say, you know, 17 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,680 because when he begins to already reveal things, you get 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,520 so excited. You ready to talk about it? 19 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,440 OK. So, you know, as we've kind of 20 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,600 looked in these last few months and we're really in these last 21 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,760 few weeks, you know, there's some things that have been 22 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,880 pretty consistent that's been spoken either on a Sunday and on 23 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,800 a Wednesday. Now this past Sunday was, you 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,680 know, a little bit different move. 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,480 But that is intentional for things that are coming in 2024. 26 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,560 And if you weren't here on Sunday, you need to go online 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,200 and listen, it will drop tomorrow. 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:39,320 We're talking about, you know, being caught up, OK. 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,560 When the Lord comes back and the trumpet blows and we're caught 30 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,920 up together with the hem in the air, there are some things that 31 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,240 will happen there. And the Bible is very clear 32 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,080 about that. That's technically not been 33 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,920 taken into that context, even though the Scripture says it 34 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,320 emphatically. And I will say for those who 35 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,880 have studied, the point on Sunday was not to let you know 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,720 of Jesus coming in the cloud, whether it was him coming to 37 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,480 receive the church or him coming to put his foot down and reign 38 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,960 for 1000 years. The point was every time there 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,960 was a reference of cloud, you could see him. 40 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,160 That was the point. OK, But we'll talk more about 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,120 that on Sunday. But Pastor Marcy, you know, I 42 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,840 was out, you know, ministered on unity and we've talked about the 43 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,080 church and we've been kind of dealing with the church and 44 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,640 talking about things that are happening. 45 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,280 Pastor Angie really launched this. 46 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,640 And when I, we were out of the country and I said I I need you 47 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,720 to minister on this thought process because we know there's 48 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,760 a lot coming down range next year. 49 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,040 And so then I felt like I needed to jump in with that and 50 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,560 continue that thought. And then Pastor Marcy kind of 51 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,560 stayed in that vein as well. And then obviously Sunday I 52 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,760 started some preparation for next year, but tonight and I 53 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,000 know I'm doing it with the lesser group. 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,920 And when I say lesser, not lesser in people, but lesser in 55 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:08,200 number, we have less here tonight than we typically do on 56 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,240 Sunday. And this really is a Sunday 57 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,720 message. OK. 58 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:19,160 But the reality is, if you get it, then everyone who shows up 59 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:24,920 on Sunday will get it. If you get it, then everyone 60 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:26,120 else on Sunday. Gets it? 61 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,080 Because the reality is, when you start talking about vision, 62 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,160 vision always starts with a smaller group of people. 63 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:46,320 And it is, it is, it is given and then caught by that group to 64 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,560 where they sell out to it. And then that group then because 65 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,920 of all of them selling out to that vision, are able to 66 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,200 convince others to become a part of that. 67 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,800 Vision. So vision doesn't start with the 68 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,920 crowd. Vision starts with those that 69 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:12,480 are showing signs of dedication. Are you? 70 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,480 Hearing me, I'm going to take you back in time, back in 2003 71 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,959 when I knew that I was going to be moving and coming to Saint 72 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:25,160 Augustine to launch Anchor Faith Church, of which we launched the 73 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:30,240 church April 11th, 22,004 and it'll be 20 years this. 74 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,320 April OK, coming up when I knew that this is going to happen. 75 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:43,160 Then I began to go to a group of people, individually or the 76 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,600 couple. If it was husband and wife. 77 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,880 Pastor Mike and Angie were one of those. 78 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,680 In fact, Pastor Marcus was there, and Pastor Mark was there 79 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,400 as well. Was he not that night that we 80 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,040 went to? What was that breakfast place? 81 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,440 Denny's, Denny's or Village Inn? One of those? 82 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,000 I think it was Denny's, anyway. So I showed up with my little 83 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,560 piece of paper, because I had a piece of paper only because I 84 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,680 have a pastor who needs to see the vision written. 85 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,560 I couldn't just speak to him. But the reality is it's 86 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,560 scriptural and let's read that scripture real quick. 87 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,920 You understand it. Habakkuk, Chapter 2, verses two 88 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,200 and three says this. And the Lord answered me and 89 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,920 said record the vision and inscribe it on tablets that the 90 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,800 one who reads it may what may run notice, the one who reads. 91 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,600 It's not just to rejoice. The one who reads does not just 92 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:43,560 say, well, that's awesome. Well, that was a good read. 93 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,960 Well, I read it. Hope, hope, hope you do. 94 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,080 Well, wow, that's a great vision. 95 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:59,760 God's giving you, OK? That the one who reads it may 96 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,080 what run for the vision is yet for the appointed time it 97 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,920 hastens towards the goal. It will not fail, though it 98 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,320 Terry's wait for it, for it will certainly come. 99 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:19,280 It will not delay. And so I wrote my vision down 100 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:22,440 because I was when the Lord told me I was going to go and I was 101 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,480 going to, you know, talk to pastor about it. 102 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,080 And I knew I was going to let him know that I was time for me 103 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,080 to do what he knew I was going to do when he hired me. 104 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,600 And that is Pioneer Church. I said, now Lord, you know, 105 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,720 Pastor David, he needs to see this. 106 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,320 I'm not going to be able to go in there and just tell him, I 107 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,480 think he, I know he's going to want to see this. 108 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,400 So I need to know some things that are going to happen. 109 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,320 Because I'm Abraham. Get up and go to the place. 110 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,400 I'll show you. You can tell me why we're loaded 111 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,120 up in EU Haul on the way. OK, that's me. 112 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:57,840 I can get direction en route. Whereas Pastor David was Moses. 113 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,160 I need to see the plan and I owed him that because he had, he 114 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,360 had done so much for me in developing me as a young 115 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,640 minister. OK? 116 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,240 And so I God knew what he needed. 117 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,080 So God gave me some phases of the ministry, 3 phases only 118 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,120 actually, and I was able to articulate them. 119 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,520 And Joshua Clay and I cause Joshua's in our youth ministry. 120 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,840 He taught me Coreldraw. I used to work in graphic design 121 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,920 with him when it came to our youth ministry. 122 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,440 And from that I created a logo. No one has ever seen that. 123 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,680 Logo. It did not make the cut for me. 124 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,440 It. Was just an initial and then 125 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,600 later on I didn't like it. So it never made it and you'll 126 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,160 never see it because I don't have a copy of it and I'm not 127 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,280 going to explain it. It isn't worth it, all right. 128 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,320 With that being said, I had my logo on it. 129 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,040 I did have the name Anchor Faith. 130 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,600 That didn't change. And and then had phases, some 131 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,680 demographics. And I went and met with him, and 132 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,840 I handed that to him. Since that took place. 133 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,880 I went to those that had made a statement to me when I was in 134 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,200 Bible college. They said, you know, if you ever 135 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,920 start a church or, you know, let us know, we could see ourselves 136 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,920 doing ministry with you. Now what's crazy about that? 137 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,960 It was already a Holy Ghost connection because I'm not 138 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,680 talking anything like, hey, you know, I'm going to do this. 139 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,200 And this is our. I mean, I don't even have a 140 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,960 vision for a church. I just know I'm going to start 141 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,360 one one day. I knew that. 142 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,840 OK, so there was something on the other side. 143 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,600 And we went to Denny's and Marcus and Pastor Marcus and 144 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,120 Pastor Mark were there. And, you know, we all kind of 145 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,720 got together, although they technically were just hanging 146 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,159 out. I was, you know, mainly talking 147 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:44,440 to them. I think they were eavesdropping, 148 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:49,080 ultimately. But they were teen at, yeah. 149 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,400 I mean, no. I mean. 150 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,800 Pastor Mark was at Raima. He was first and yeah. 151 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,600 'Cause we left in 2003, so he'd have been in. 152 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,800 He'd have been first year. It's your first year. 153 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,360 And Pastor Mark was in his second year. 154 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,200 So we're talking about this thing, you know, this is where 155 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,600 we're at. So this is what I thought, 156 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,960 figured at least these people to pray for me. 157 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,560 At the end of the day, they'll pray for me. 158 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,640 And so I ended up casting Vision to them. 159 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,320 Pastor Marcus, we didn't really cast Vision to Pastor Mark. 160 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,880 We just got him out of a dead end life in Texas and Pastor 161 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,800 Marcus basically called him up and says what are you doing with 162 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,280 your life? And he said nothing, going to 163 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,600 church. I mean, he really wouldn't do 164 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,760 anything. And he says, well, why don't you 165 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,000 come to Florida? You know, Pastor Earl's starting 166 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,720 to church and we need a drummer. You graduated from Raymond. 167 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,880 Do something with your life. Well, I'm glad Pastor Mark 168 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,880 answered because now he's that Anchor Fate Church pastor for 169 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,640 over 11 years in one location. Now. 170 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,080 Amen. Ain't that amazing? 171 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:04,240 So there were some other people that I went to. 172 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:08,480 Some came to me once. They heard and said we see 173 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,160 ourselves there. And then when I got here, I knew 174 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,080 some people that had said something before went by. 175 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,520 And so in essence, I. Communicated the vision. 176 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,520 And when we started Anchor Feed Church, it was in my house. 177 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,280 The Lord let me know you're not going to just start this thing 178 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,720 in the house. Like we're adding people like we 179 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,680 have them Bible study. We did not have Bible studies at 180 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:29,520 our house. I had no open meeting at my 181 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,640 house. I had only those who had agreed 182 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,280 to be a part of it. So they were like my leadership 183 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,320 team. And all I did was cast Vision 184 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,840 and I would talk to them about what we were going to do and 185 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,040 what we're going to do. And I sold this to about a group 186 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,240 of maybe 11-12 at the time. That was it. 187 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,000 So in essence, we had something before it became popular, and 188 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,760 that is go plant a church with a team. 189 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,160 God assembled my team. OK, I didn't pull this out of a 190 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,640 book. I didn't get this from some 191 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,320 seminar. I was just being led by the 192 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,240 Spirit on how to do something, OK? 193 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,280 And I was very challenging to them. 194 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,600 I would let them know if you're coming, don't come because of 195 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,200 me. You better come because you see 196 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,120 yourself in the vision and that made the difference. 197 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,080 I remember Pastor Mike and I after they had moved and they 198 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,200 were working at the boys home and we were doing Saturday 199 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:28,000 morning prayer on the beach. Back in the day, we used to walk 200 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,280 the beach because we have a building. 201 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,760 You know, we were up, we were at a school, set up, teardown, and 202 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,080 on Saturday we were praying, walking the beach. 203 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:40,800 And I looked over at him and I said, so if you had 204 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,720 opportunities to leave, he said, Oh yeah, I said, aren't you glad 205 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,400 you knew you were called to this vision? 206 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,320 He said, absolutely, 'cause it's the difference. 207 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,480 Are you hearing me? It's the difference. 208 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,520 And when I talked to pastors today and let them know that my 209 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,040 associates been with me for 20 years and that my worship 210 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,440 minister has been with me longer than 20 years because we've been 211 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,200 in two locations, but in this location been with me the whole 212 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:13,360 time, it blows their mind. But what they miss is that I 213 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,320 didn't hire them. Although they're hired now, you 214 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,920 know, their own staff. I did not hire them. 215 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,120 I cast a vision of which they saw themselves in it. 216 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:32,880 And so that becomes my demand, because it's God's demand. 217 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,560 I said it's God's demand. Are you hearing me? 218 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:44,000 So we're going somewhere. I think we've just gotten 219 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,240 started. In fact, I know we have because, 220 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,280 well, you know, there's a prophecy concerning some things 221 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,640 that we'll share next year. And you know, technically you'll 222 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,280 see that prophecy. Just let us know that we finally 223 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:01,880 got the foundation done. Hallelujah, We'll say well and 224 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,040 took you 20 years to build a foundation. 225 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,080 Well, don't you know the longer the foundation it is, the higher 226 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,240 the building can. Be. 227 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,720 Hallelujah. And the higher the building 228 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,960 means the more people they can support. 229 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,480 Amen. Because there is an in time 230 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:23,200 harvest over into a catching away harvest and man we need to 231 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,800 be a part of it. Are you hearing me now? 232 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,280 Just to remind you this word here, record the vision, right? 233 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,760 Inscribing on tablets it goes. On and it says. 234 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,960 That the one who reads it may run another translation says the 235 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:43,560 one that may read it fluently and is to proclaim. 236 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:45,840 It. So it's not about reading and 237 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,560 forgetting because now we're James, you know, one where he 238 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:53,280 says you know you got to be a doer the word and not hearers 239 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,160 destiny. Girl, come on. 240 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,880 Come on, Destiny. Come on, let's give it up for 241 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,000 Destiny right here. Destiny have was dropping to 242 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,760 three pointers yesterday at the game. 243 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,800 Man, she was like throwing down. We won like 88 to 56 or 244 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,680 something like that. They dominated yesterday. 245 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,920 You played an awesome game. I just want to let you know that 246 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,880 it's awesome. If you weren't there, we missed 247 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,520 out. We have another one coming up on 248 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,800 January the 6th on a Saturday. Home game. 249 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,600 So let's pack it out with Anchor Faith. 250 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,360 Let let's go over into the guest stands because we have so many 251 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,600 people there. That'd be kind of pandemonium, 252 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,000 wouldn't it? All right. 253 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:40,440 So again, it's it's not just to read and walk away and forget. 254 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,160 It is the fluently know it and then proclaim it. 255 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,840 You should be at articulate what we're doing and the reality is 256 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,480 for us to be doing what God's called us to do. 257 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,360 There's a lot going on now we understand this vision takes 258 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,840 time to accomplish and and modern day church planting is 259 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:06,320 they don't want to wait. Now getting people is not is not 260 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,760 the goal, Discipling people is the goal. 261 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,840 And I'm going to give you my analogy again because they're 262 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,840 using Hastings. If you go to Hastings, there's a 263 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:21,160 lot of farms out there. And if you plant 10 acres with 264 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,720 potatoes, OK And you see the little greenery come up and 265 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,320 you're like, oh, there's potatoes or cabbage. 266 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,040 Oh, that's that's cabbage out there. 267 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,760 But then there's a guy's got 1000 acres and you see the 268 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:32,920 green? Oh, that's cabbage. 269 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:38,160 But if at the at harvest time, the 10 acre guy, every one of 270 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:44,520 his plants produce everyone. But you get over to the thousand 271 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:49,760 acre guy and all he produces amounts to about 5 acres. 272 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,640 Who was the more successful farmer? 273 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,320 Because farming is not about how many plants you have in the 274 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:01,360 field, is how much you harvest, and harvest is not being born 275 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,720 again. Harvest is when a seed dies and 276 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,720 what's in it comes out. Conversion is when a person gets 277 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,000 born again. Discipleship is when you produce 278 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,800 the fruits of the spirit consistently in your life and 279 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,200 grow up in the things of God and able to crucify the flesh. 280 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,280 You can have a field full of babies that will not change the 281 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,000 world, although they're born again. 282 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:33,440 But you get a handful of mature disciples, you'll turn the world 283 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,720 upside down. So the goal was never for the 284 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,800 church to pack it out with people. 285 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Coliseums, concerts, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, 286 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,160 they all do that. Unfortunately, we're working on 287 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,880 the Flagler deal. We're working on that. 288 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,000 OK, we're packing these places out, but it's not changing 289 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,840 people's lives. And we can do things in 290 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,240 organized church again, and people are so hurt by those 291 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,880 things that they blame every place when the reality is God 292 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,720 never called us to convert people, He called us to 293 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,839 discipleship. So the vision of the house must 294 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:12,040 have discipleship a part of its equation. 295 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,359 But here's the thing, Everybody wants it quick and it doesn't 296 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,119 happen. Vision takes time. 297 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,440 So again, God gave Noah a vision to build an ark. 298 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:30,200 Took him 120 years. I'm glad he didn't quit, even 299 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,600 though he had a lot of people telling him he was stupid. 300 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:37,600 You're an idiot. What are you doing? 301 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,600 You are. This is the dumbest thing I've 302 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,200 ever seen a person do in my life. 303 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,120 Until the water. Came. 304 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:52,440 Are you hearing me? Abraham took 20 years to 305 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:58,200 conceive his covenant son, once God got involved, took 20 years 306 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,880 for him to conceive his covenant son, Joseph. 307 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,560 It took him 20-3 years to get in position, and then another eight 308 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,880 to maybe nine years for the dream he had as a child, as a 309 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,600 teenage boy to come to pass. But he never abandoned it. 310 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,480 Are you hearing what I'm saying? And let me just tell you how, 311 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,960 how fast God is and how you know God's not worried one bit. 312 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:24,720 When man fell from dominion, the Lord said I'm sending my seed. 313 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:35,560 Took him a few. 1000 years for that to happen, but he said he's 314 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:42,680 coming and did he come and did he die and did he raise and is 315 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,160 he any heaven? Is he coming back? 316 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,080 It's taking some time. But is he coming back? 317 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,440 He's coming back and you're not going to stop it. 318 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:57,360 The vision will come to pass. So what God has for this house 319 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:58,960 and this church, it will come to pass. 320 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:04,240 The only problem is, again, God had gave Abraham a different 321 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,240 vision, he said. Your people are going to go into 322 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,600 a nation that ultimately will make them slaves. 323 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,640 They're going to be there for about 400 years, but I'm going 324 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,080 to deliver them and bring them back to what you are on right 325 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,120 now, a land flowing with milk and honey. 326 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,360 Now, Abraham didn't even live to see the vision come to pass, but 327 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:26,280 did it come to pass? Amen. 328 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,560 So at the end of the day, there are things that have been spoken 329 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,600 out that will come to pass. Now, when Moses is actually 330 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:38,200 fulfilling that vision given to Abram, did everyone get into the 331 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,280 promised land flowing with milk and honey? 332 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,280 Nope. And they were at one time 333 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:50,120 attached to the vision. Now you got to understand, when 334 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:53,480 you get attached to a vision, there's two ways you can be 335 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,920 attached to it on the outside. Meaning, you're around it, 336 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,680 you're walking with it, but you're not actually a part of 337 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,880 it. And you're in awe at what's 338 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,680 going on. You get to on the outside, you 339 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,320 can see every miracle. You can see everything come to 340 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,240 pass. I mean, these people saw God 341 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,640 part the Red Sea. Give them manna, you know, give 342 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,160 them water. Before miracles saw this. 343 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,800 So when they got you to promised land, this should be easy peasy, 344 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,320 right? Instead, they didn't. 345 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,200 And the Lord says, you'll watch this vision from the outside. 346 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,280 So they still their clothes still didn't wear out, their 347 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,520 feet still didn't swell because it can't have you dragging 348 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:42,280 around when we got to walk around for 40 years till you die 349 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,160 out. Are you hearing me now? 350 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,000 How do you know if a person is in the vision or out of the 351 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,920 vision when they're around it? It's what are they saying? 352 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,320 If they're complaining, even though all these miracles are 353 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:02,880 happening, they're not in it. They're on the outside looking 354 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,960 in, and they they can testify with all of us. 355 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:08,160 That person got healed, That took place. 356 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,080 That miracle we got them. All this happened here. 357 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,440 But yet complaining, which means in the ultimate grand scheme of 358 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:22,040 the vision, there might be to the wayside, but it doesn't stop 359 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,320 the vision. I've had people tell me 360 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,320 personally through the years, I'm here to help you bring it to 361 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,360 pass, but they're not here now. That's the issue between them 362 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:35,880 and God now. Because if God had them here and 363 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:40,760 they left here, then no matter what they're doing, that fruit 364 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:47,600 is wood, hay and stubble. Say Amen anyway. 365 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,720 So you can't feel the vision. You have to catch the vision. 366 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,480 So how do you catch the vision? You have to believe what the 367 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,520 vision says. See yourself in it and change 368 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,840 your thinking to focus on it. In essence, you have to eat, 369 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,200 breathe and drink it. It is the forefront of your mind 370 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,520 and everything you do revolves around it. 371 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:19,200 I said revolves around it. The greatest vision to have is 372 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,240 the one that originates from God. 373 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,960 Just because you can't believe it doesn't make it any less 374 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:26,920 truth. Because I'm going to tell you 375 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:27,600 right now. When God. 376 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,240 Starts talking about doing stuff. 377 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,360 It will make your mind go on tilt. 378 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:38,760 You're like, what? OK, You you want us to do what? 379 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,320 Right. OK, you go a little like, all 380 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,720 right, well, I'll just believe you don't know how you're going 381 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,000 to do it, but I'll just stand and believe. 382 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,920 We'll just believe anyway. And again, I've imagined a lot 383 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,160 of ways this can happen. So you're either going to do it 384 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,400 one of these ways, I just figured it out, or you're going 385 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,280 to blow my mind somewhere. Either way I'm OK because I know 386 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,800 the vision will come to pass, Dr. Miles Monroe said this. 387 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,480 The greatest gift God ever gave humanity is not sight, but 388 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,800 vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, 389 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,120 but vision is a function of the heart. 390 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,800 And the problem is, most of the church at large has been sold. 391 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,800 The gospel is about leaving and going to heaven when that was 392 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,480 not what Jesus was selling. Jesus was communicating. 393 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,200 I want your destiny to change. I want your nature to change, 394 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,480 and I want you to have access to my Kingdom right here, right 395 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,400 now, and I want the world to see it. 396 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,920 And I'll do great exploits through all of you, because 397 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,520 again, Jesus did not die for the individual. 398 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,800 He died for this thing called the church, which includes 399 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,120 individuals. Are you hearing me? 400 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,960 He died for the body of Christ, Romans chapter 8 verse 28 says. 401 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:11,640 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good 402 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,920 to those who love God. And we can't stop there, right? 403 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,920 OK, To those who are called according to his purpose. 404 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,680 So again, God's working things out for the good. 405 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,680 If you meet the two conditions, you love God and you're called 406 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:34,520 according to his purpose, not your purpose or not the purpose 407 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:41,040 you want God to bless, right? Because if you'll do his purpose 408 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,520 and doing his purpose is demonstrating you love him. 409 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,960 Because Jesus said how do you? How? 410 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,880 How do I know you love me? If you love me, you're going to 411 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,640 keep my word. And I said you're going to do 412 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,680 what I ask because I've laid down my life for you. 413 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,480 I've done it in obedience to my father. 414 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,960 I did what he asked me to do. Are you hearing me? 415 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,120 And as a result of that, it's giving you access to our Kingdom 416 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:14,000 for you to get in and to do the work that I've assigned for you 417 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,480 to do with a whole bunch of other people. 418 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:22,880 Amen, Doctor. Miles Monroe went on to say 419 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,480 this. It's more important to know why 420 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,440 you were born than to know the fact that you were born. 421 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,200 If you don't know your reason for existence, then you will 422 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,280 experiment with your life, and that is dangerous. 423 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,480 Now, when I've read this all these other times, it was easy 424 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,880 for me to jump over into natural abuses. 425 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,680 I mean, when you don't know why you're created, Next thing you 426 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,200 know, you'll experiment with sex, you'll experiment with 427 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,920 drugs, you'll experiment with all you know, work, career, all 428 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,440 kind of stuff. Then it hit me today. 429 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,840 It's just not that when you don't know. 430 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,840 Why you're born again, 'cause, he said. 431 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:15,120 If you don't know why you're born, we are born twice, and the 432 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,680 first birth is predicated on the second birth. 433 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,760 Because if you don't make the second birth, then abuses are 434 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,320 inevitable. Even if you're successful 435 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:31,920 according to the world's way of saying success is but once 436 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:37,440 you're you receive the second birth, the new birth, then it 437 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,320 will affect the first birth. But if you don't know why your 438 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,520 second birth is there, abuses are inevitable. 439 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,480 And there are many believers that are abusing the church, 440 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:56,040 abusing believers, abusing the fivefold ministry because they 441 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,560 don't know why they were born again. 442 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,000 And let me just give you an answer. 443 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,240 It's not to go to heaven. That's not why you were born, 444 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,600 why you were born again. Let me tell you another it was 445 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:12,440 not so you could escape hell. Going to heaven and escape and 446 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,200 and not going to hell are byproducts of the purpose you 447 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,680 were born. The reason you're born again is 448 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,400 so you can become a child of God and the Holy Ghost can come live 449 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:29,320 on the inside of you and assign you the reason you are in the 450 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,800 planet now and the purpose he has you here. 451 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,520 That's why, and most never discover it. 452 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,720 And the reason they never discover it, because another 453 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,760 issue happens. If they know the why of their 454 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,840 second birth, that it has something to do with purpose. 455 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:57,120 But if they don't know it's connected to the church, 'cause 456 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:01,800 there are many believers who read the word, watch it on TV, 457 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,720 but they function like the rest of the world. 458 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,320 They don't seek first the Kingdom, they don't put his 459 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,200 church in any priority. And after Jesus died and 460 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:20,120 ascended, Paul's writing concerning Jesus has a couple It 461 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,960 keeps this title, the Christ, but then he has these references 462 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,840 concerning him. He's the head of the church, 463 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,760 he's the head of the body. There's always these 464 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,440 connections. And again, if you say you know 465 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,960 who you are in Christ, then you should be actively involved in a 466 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:41,560 local body church. Helen Keller said it this way. 467 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:46,840 The the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but 468 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:52,920 no vision. When you when you know and 469 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:57,400 understand what you were born to accomplish, that is purpose. 470 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,320 When you can see it in your mind by faith and begin to imagine 471 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,920 it, that is vision. First Corinthians chapter 12 472 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:10,600 verses 14 to 21. Says this, this is the message 473 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,800 Bible, and then we'll jump down to verse 27, he said. 474 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,640 I want you to think about how all this makes more 475 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,040 significance. Than less, not less. 476 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,320 A body isn't just a single part blown up into something huge, 477 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,680 it's all the different but similar parts arranged and 478 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,000 functioning. What together? 479 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,160 Remember, Jesus is the head of the body. 480 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,240 It's the body of now the minute we say body that includes you as 481 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:50,360 an individual, God. Christ laid down his life so 482 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:54,600 that the church could exist. And when the church exists, that 483 00:29:54,600 --> 00:30:01,160 means people are in His Kingdom. Remember, Jesus Christ is coming 484 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:11,400 back for not you individually. And when we get this concept, we 485 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,320 realize this doesn't diminish your individuality. 486 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,240 Because again, I'm preaching you all right now and my fingers, it 487 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,600 is not reduced, My ears are not reduced, my eyes are not 488 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,280 reduced. But it's part of this, and I 489 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,760 need it all. And thank God my lungs are are 490 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,320 working right now. My heart's beating right now. 491 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,240 You know, my vascular system's functioning right now and my 492 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,920 muscular system's functioning. My nervous system and my 493 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,400 skeletal system, all those things you can't see. 494 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,040 I'm glad they're all working together, not compete with one 495 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,640 another. And saying when Jesus comes, 496 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:45,800 only my pinky gets to go, You know, cut me off and put me on a 497 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,920 shelf. So when Jesus comes, I'll go 498 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,760 with him, 'cause you'd be like, where's your pinky? 499 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:57,560 Well, I lost it. I'm gonna say that again. 500 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:02,880 Ah, so why does a believer think they're OK if they're 501 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,680 disconnected? We call when something's off us. 502 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:15,640 Lost, he says the body isn't a seeing isn't just a single part 503 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,320 blown up into something huge. It's all different but similar 504 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:19,920 parts arranged and functioning together. 505 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,000 If a foot says I'm not elegant like hand like hand embellished 506 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,920 with rings, I guess I don't belong to the body. 507 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,520 Would that make it so? If ear said I'm not beautiful 508 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,720 like I lipid and expressive, I don't deserve a place on the 509 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,520 head. Would you want to remove it from 510 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,040 the body? If the body was all I, how could 511 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,400 you hear? If all ear, how could you smell 512 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:51,040 as it is, as it is verse 16 very powerful verse as it is, we see 513 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,680 that God has carefully placed each part of the body right 514 00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:00,120 where he wanted it, where he wanted it. 515 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,160 And if God wanted you at Anchor Faith Church, then you've got to 516 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,920 see yourself. There. 517 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,240 And when you see yourself there, you don't see yourself there as 518 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:28,360 this optional, like, body part that we can take off, 'cause if 519 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,920 you can take off a body part, then you don't have the 520 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,040 original. It's called a prosthetic. 521 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,720 So if the church isn't something you're so connected to, then in 522 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:51,680 essence you're really a prosthetic in his church. 523 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:53,640 Oh, I'm preaching better than you're shouting. 524 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,280 But that's fine, 'cause if you get it, then we'll all get it. 525 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,600 Amen. See, people think that I'm only 526 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,040 passionate about the church because I'm pastor. 527 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,240 Do you understand how easy it would be in this society to 528 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:11,960 leave all you folks and go get my little TV camera and preach 529 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:16,120 to hundreds of billions of people and and and develop a 530 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:24,840 following without having to counsel them, deal with their 531 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,360 flesh? I mean, if it was just about 532 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,920 that now I would have to mess up my doctrine because you don't 533 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:37,600 get a huge following doing truth, 'cause you're doing truth 534 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,600 and you're like, well, I have to be in the church. 535 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:47,160 OK. So we act like that, but that's 536 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,640 not the truth. The truth is I'm passionate 537 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,360 about it because Christ died for me and put me in it. 538 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,320 And then he said, you're this and who am I to argue but God 539 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,480 say, but I'm not that, he said, But that's what you are, That's 540 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,280 what I made you. That's what I ordained before 541 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,560 the foundation of the world. I mean, the ear can't say, man, 542 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,199 I want to be the big toe. You're not, you're not the big 543 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:21,000 toe, you're not. And God knows what he wants you 544 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,560 to be, right. All right. 545 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,600 Let's go on and read or I'll never get done. 546 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,520 Maybe I still. Won't we'll see. 547 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:33,719 Verse 8.19 But I also want you to think about how this keeps 548 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,800 you significant, keeps your significance from getting blown 549 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,639 up into self importance. For no matter how significant 550 00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:45,719 you are, it is only because of what you are a part. 551 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,000 Of. An enormous eye or a gigantic 552 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,320 hand wouldn't be a body, but a monster. 553 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,440 And let's just say if my hand swole out of proportion, you'd 554 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,000 be like, what's wrong with your? Hand Oh, I got. 555 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,880 I just got a big hand. You'd be like that's abnormal. 556 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:11,640 Pastor Earl Yeah, but I can palm the basketball now. 557 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,800 It's like a golf ball in my hand. 558 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,640 That'd be kind of weird, wouldn't it? 559 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:20,160 If my hand was so big, a basketball was like a golf ball 560 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,480 in my hand, and you'd be like, what's wrong with you? 561 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,320 And this is what we say about believers. 562 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,720 Who are in church trying to be a big hand? 563 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,040 You're like, what's wrong with you? 564 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:40,480 That's not normal, right? Listen you We want to be normal. 565 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,760 We want to flow, right? We don't want something to bring 566 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,400 more attention than the other. All right. 567 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,400 I'm OK. Hallelujah. 568 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,880 He says. For no matter how significant 569 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,240 you are. It is only because of what you 570 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:03,200 are a part of verse 20. What we have is 1 body with many 571 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,640 parts. Each is each its proper size and 572 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,920 its proper place. No part is important on its own. 573 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,880 Can you imagine I telling hand get lost. 574 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,480 I don't need you or head telling foot you're fired. 575 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:22,880 Your job has been phased out. Verse 27 You are Christ body. 576 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,600 That's who you are. You must never forget this. 577 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:32,120 Only as you accept your part of that body does your part mean 578 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:37,320 anything. See, all vision from God is for 579 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,360 the bettering of humanity, thus requires multiple people to 580 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,440 accomplish. It if the vision you have only 581 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,240 includes you, it is and is independent from the Church. 582 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,800 It is not from God. It is not. 583 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:01,600 When I pastor, I got, I got this ministry really Well, who are 584 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,560 you submitted to? Where are you bringing your 585 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,200 supply to the local body? Because he said we are joining 586 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:15,680 him where we bring our supply and there's plenty of them out 587 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,400 there, right? But that's independent. 588 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,840 And it's not from God. Because, again, the world has 589 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:29,680 plenty of programs that help humanity, but they don't 590 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,960 originate from God. All vision requires people. 591 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,880 The vision from God will be accomplished. 592 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,840 Vision doesn't fail, but people may fail the. 593 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,760 Vision. Not everyone will. 594 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,360 Stay with the vision, but the vision will come to pass. 595 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,600 And I think for me, young coming into ministry and God dealing 596 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,040 with me when I say dealing with me, it just seemed like he 597 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,480 showed me enough in scripture that it was not problematic. 598 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,880 I realized if I'm the keeper of the vision, meaning I'm the one 599 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,720 who's spearheading what anchor Faith Church is, then at the end 600 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:08,600 of the day, if not everyone stays, I'm not going to be upset 601 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,640 about it because not everyone stayed with the Lord. 602 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,040 And if God can't keep everybody, what makes me think I can? 603 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:22,280 In fact, God had no problem with some going, and some pastors 604 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,280 would do better by their churches to let some go, maybe 605 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:29,200 even ask. Hallelujah. 606 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,680 Amen. Because if you're not building 607 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:38,440 the vision, you're killing the vision, right? 608 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,120 Least you're trying to. But the Lord's vision will come 609 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,920 to pass. What's anchor Fay Church's 610 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,800 vision? We ignite the city, impact the 611 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,160 nation, influence the world, write these verses down. 612 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,200 When we say we ignite the city, we come out of Luke chapter 24, 613 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,920 verse 32, and they said to one another, we're not our hearts 614 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,040 burning within us while we were, while he was speaking to us on 615 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:03,600 the road, while he was explaining the scripture to us. 616 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:08,960 And Jeremiah 2329 says, is not my word like fire, declares the 617 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,960 Lord. That tells me that every person 618 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:15,040 that's connected to Anchor Bay Church when they talk to people, 619 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,120 that it should ignite their hearts. 620 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,480 It should burn in them. When the you walk away, that 621 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:29,480 conversation should stay kindled in them, should stay kindled in 622 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,280 them. And Jesus was explaining script, 623 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,120 which means my assignment is to decipher you so articulate in 624 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,680 the Kingdom of God that you could go around talking like 625 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,440 Jesus did about his own Kingdom, that it would ignite the hearts 626 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,360 of people. That's right. 627 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:51,480 And it would stay ablaze in them for as long as the Holy Ghost is 628 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,440 allowing it. Or they themselves try to 629 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:55,000 quench. It. 630 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,120 Are you hearing me? Then our next is to impact the 631 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,400 nation that comes from John 1412. 632 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,720 Truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the 633 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,680 works that I do, and greater works than these he will do 634 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,800 because I go to the Father and Matthew 10/8, heal the sick, 635 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,160 cleanse the leopard, raise the dead, cast out demons freely you 636 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:19,880 have received and freely give. What we do on a local level here 637 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:25,160 should become so impactful that no matter where we go it, we 638 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,320 carry that. Culture with us. 639 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,160 I said we carry that culture with. 640 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,520 Us. Everywhere we go, we carry the 641 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,240 culture of the king. The last one is to influence the 642 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:41,320 world, it said in Acts 17 Six, the latter part are within it. 643 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,160 These men who have turned the world upside down, and Matthew 644 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,960 514, you are the light of the world. 645 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:52,680 A city set on a hill cannot be hidden and that's who we are. 646 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,600 This is our assignment. This is what we are here to do 647 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,200 and our greatest influence is right here locally, of which we 648 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:07,760 are doing a significant job of. But but they are pull calling on 649 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:12,280 us to do more. And the assignment is so large 650 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:18,000 that it requires you to say I've got to find my fit and be 651 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,760 passionate about fulfilling it. Which means your job is not your 652 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,080 number one thought process. Although you're going to hold a 653 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:32,440 job because it's where God pays you to be an ambassador at the 654 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,040 workplace. Are you hearing me? 655 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,360 But there are other assignments that are going to come that 656 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:42,280 you've got to jump right in or say that's why he sent me here. 657 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,880 What's our purpose statement? It is to anchor people in the 658 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,040 word that they may live a life of dominion on earth through the 659 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,200 Kingdom by faith. That's our purpose. 660 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,960 So my job is to get you so anchored in the word that no 661 00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,840 matter what storms of life come, they can't get you off. 662 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,080 Can't get you off. No matter what someone says to 663 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,320 you can't get you off. And then you'll have such 664 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:13,320 dominion you will be able to pull heaven's realm into your 665 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,240 realm, into this earth we're going to. 666 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,680 That's our purpose. Which means everything we do is 667 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,320 to demonstrate that our mission is to minister to people's 668 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:27,840 spirit, soul and body. So you just can't eat like you 669 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,480 want to and expect to remain healthy. 670 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:34,600 We're going to talk to you about it, 'cause that is the temple of 671 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,560 the Holy Ghost, and some of your healings are direct result of 672 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:44,080 your diet. Are you hearing me? 673 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:49,760 I remember one particular minister that I knew that was 674 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:55,000 overweight would say that, you know, one of the most disgusting 675 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,920 things is a person who reads the word but it's overweight. 676 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,200 The Who preaches the word, but it's overweight because they're 677 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,680 outside demonstrates that lack of self. 678 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,520 Control. And they themselves were. 679 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,600 So in essence they said they hated themselves. 680 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:16,920 And that was a true statement. But the reality is, I'm not 681 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:18,920 telling you what your perfect size is. 682 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,760 Everybody can carry somebody fat, you understand that. 683 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,920 I'm just saying you got to find out what health is for you with 684 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,400 your body type and be doing some exercise. 685 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:37,160 I heard one guy say if a person smoked cigarettes but worked out 686 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:41,920 every day, would last longer than someone who did not smoke 687 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:46,960 cigarettes and did not exercise. Now why do I say that? 688 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:51,920 Because God has given us the ability to strengthen this suit 689 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,720 for the purpose of us of finishing our assignment. 690 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,680 OK, obviously we've got to do with your mind. 691 00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:59,840 Because if your mind don't get renewed, it don't matter that 692 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,080 you're born of the Spirit, because there are a lot of born 693 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,680 of the Spirit people who cannot control their mind or their 694 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,800 natural man, flesh and man, they just don't dominate. 695 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,480 So we have to deal with it all. Say Amen anyway. 696 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,960 So that's why we preach how we preach. 697 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,800 Amen. Hallelujah. 698 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,640 Now I'll just be honest with you in the realm of the body. 699 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:30,680 I am 20 lbs. Too heavy right now and you can 700 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:35,080 look at me and say no way, but you're not in my suit, number 701 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:36,960 one. Number two, you don't know how I 702 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,240 feel. I know how I feel. 20 lbs Less. 703 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:47,080 I'm better at that weight. I could carry this the rest of 704 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,520 my life, but I have the knowledge that knows I'm more 705 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:56,280 efficient there and you can't make me get it off. 706 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,360 And you don't even try just to let you know because y'all bring 707 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,640 me stuff all the time. You don't even help me. 708 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,440 Half of you. Hey Pastor, it's a doughnut. 709 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,480 Do I have to exercise self constraint or I'll have to work 710 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,160 out more? No one offends you. 711 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,400 I'm just saying, what I'm saying is I know my personal This ain't 712 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:26,280 vanity, this is I know how I flow because I've never been big 713 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,160 as a person. I've always been a small person 714 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,400 and I don't need to be big. I need to be what's right for 715 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,320 me. Are you hearing me? 716 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,000 We play. I jumped on the flag. 717 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,840 Football. As a sub. 718 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:45,200 And that was problematic. It's deceptive. 719 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,560 You know, Pastor, you're in shape. 720 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,400 Yeah, until I played flag football. 721 00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,720 Wow, What happened? It's in there somewhere. 722 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,200 We are to establish a Word Church that would equip and 723 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:03,600 empower people to impact their community in worlds and world. 724 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,400 Ours is the family oriented church that facilitates the need 725 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,640 of every age group through church services and outreach 726 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:12,640 ministries to the community. Now guys, we do a real good job 727 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:15,080 in this house. We're doing a lot better outside 728 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,120 and the outside's calling us. I said they're calling us, 729 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,600 they're calling us, they're calling us. 730 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:24,920 And we need to be able to do something. 731 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,080 Our Ministry motto, and I love this. 732 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,920 It actually, my son Chase actually got this in his spirit 733 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,360 When he said it, it hit, and we've kept it since then. 734 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,560 And our Ministry motto is we're always advancing. 735 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,000 I need to actually get this trademarked. 736 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,440 We're always advancing, always advancing. 737 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,120 We're always advancing. I'm never going to get to a 738 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,760 place like that's enough. It's never going to happen. 739 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,320 And if you're waiting for us to get to a place where you can 740 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,120 coast, you might as well get out now. 741 00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:58,640 No coasters here. We're just people full of 742 00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,840 purpose. Amen. 743 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:02,520 I said. People full of purpose. 744 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,680 We see ourselves in a vision. We going to do this thing and. 745 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,880 Let me tell you, You're not too old to do something. 746 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:10,680 You're not too old to do something. 747 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,000 You're not too young to do something. 748 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,240 You could be too immature to do some things, and I won't let 749 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:20,400 you. That may be true, but age is not 750 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,640 the issue. OK? 751 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,840 There's plenty of things to get involved with. 752 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,880 All right? You need to understand then, 753 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,160 that true vision, Doctor Miles said. 754 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:34,360 This is also unselfish. Its purpose is to bring about 755 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:37,720 God's Kingdom on earth and turn people to him, A vision their 756 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:39,680 voice should always focus on helping. 757 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,600 Humanity or building up others in some way. 758 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,440 And I you would have to agree that anchor Faith Church does 759 00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:52,520 that that we are helping humanity and also helping others 760 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:58,640 be better, be better we're here to. 761 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,200 Grow, develop, make us more understanding who we are in 762 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,960 Christ to do these things, and we need to have this as a part 763 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:09,400 of our DNA. We need to all be keepers. 764 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,040 Of this vision. We need to be. 765 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,800 Passionate about this thing. And we need to be passionate 766 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:18,640 about anything that God wants us to do and and and desires for us 767 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:24,160 to carry out in our community, our nation and the world. 768 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:29,600 Because the days coming that again the world, there are many 769 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:33,040 in the world that are looking to Christ and the best reflection 770 00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:37,720 is not the personal one-on-one but it is the church unifying. 771 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,600 You get things happening way faster when people unify. 772 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,640 And why does the church not learn this? 773 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:55,000 I mean, the world is so good at bringing unity around their 774 00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:00,120 causes that is not really helping anyone but themselves. 775 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:06,520 Because all world causes, although it has the ability to 776 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:11,320 help others, is only serving the one pushing it. 777 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,760 There are only a few things and if things haven't originated out 778 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:21,640 of the church, it will not have lasting effect. 779 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:28,200 It will not and we could take and we are to affect every 780 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:32,320 sector of society. We are not disconnected from 781 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:36,840 business, from government, from education, from, from arts and 782 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,800 entertainment. We're not disconnected from 783 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:44,880 family. In fact, family is not a part of 784 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:49,760 or in a list. It's not God, family. 785 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:57,680 Church that is not God. How do you separate God from 786 00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,680 church? How does that even happen? 787 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,760 How can there be God? And Jesus is the head of the 788 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,120 church, which is his body, but yet your natural family can get 789 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:13,320 in between God and his church. How does that even happen? 790 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:17,920 It can't. You're separating the church 791 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:24,160 from God. When you say God, you have to 792 00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:29,400 say church. So if you want to keep God, 793 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:34,080 family, church, then you should see my family is in God and the 794 00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:38,120 church because they're together. I'm right in the middle of it 795 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:43,160 all. Not I spend time with my family 796 00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:52,510 and then we go to church. Amen. 797 00:50:53,630 --> 00:50:54,910 Now I'm just going to be honest with you. 798 00:50:55,270 --> 00:51:00,550 For those who have that vision, their life is exceedingly 799 00:51:00,710 --> 00:51:04,430 prosperous, blessed, and they always overcome every one of 800 00:51:04,430 --> 00:51:08,590 their trials. I've never met a believer who is 801 00:51:08,590 --> 00:51:10,830 passionate about the local body Church. 802 00:51:10,870 --> 00:51:14,270 I'm not talking about pastors, although they are included in 803 00:51:14,270 --> 00:51:16,790 this. Five full minutes are included. 804 00:51:16,790 --> 00:51:19,840 In this. But I've seen Saints that are 805 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:24,800 passionate about the local body, church and their fit, that their 806 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:29,800 life is not always thriving and any trial they have, they always 807 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,960 come out. They always come out and they 808 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:37,080 come out better. I've never seen one, never. 809 00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:44,880 But I have seen those that disconnect that don't put the 810 00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,120 priority 'cause they lose their. Purpose. 811 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,600 And again, at the end of the day, you need to understand I'm 812 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:56,880 not here to condemn you, and I'm not condemning you. 813 00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,840 So please don't feel like you're being condemned. 814 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:02,680 You have the power to be wherever you want to be. 815 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,960 Because I didn't make you come tonight, right? 816 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,320 You came on your own free will. Right. 817 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,760 You know, when I came and I didn't expect to be able to talk 818 00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:14,160 to me like that, I'm not talking to you. 819 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,080 This is what we're talking about, the church, this talking 820 00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:17,520 about, the vision, this talking about. 821 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:20,400 And again, you either find yourself really more involved 822 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:22,760 with Where God planted. You or you? 823 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:24,600 Can find yourself somewhere else. 824 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:28,360 I get it. But I'm just telling you anyone 825 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:32,440 that says that's where I am, that's where God's planted me, 826 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,240 and I'll give everything to that. 827 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:42,720 That person's always thriving and most of the time when 828 00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,440 they're in conflict you'll never even know it. 829 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:50,440 You won't even know it. Are you hearing me? 830 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,440 What kind of church are we? We're a God honoring church. 831 00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:59,880 We're a Christ centered church. We're a Bible teaching church. 832 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:03,720 We're a consecrated church. We're evangelistic church, We're 833 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:07,080 serving church, we're giving church, we're praising church. 834 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:07,800 We're a. Multi. 835 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:13,200 A national church. We're a spirit filled church, 836 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:16,240 Spirit LED church. We are an expected church. 837 00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:20,680 We are a Kingdom church. That's who we are. 838 00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:24,120 And let me tell you, the vision is bigger than any one of us, 839 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:27,680 yet it takes every one of us to accomplish it, because God has 840 00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:34,640 not called us to do the possible, but the impossible in 841 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:44,960 2024 is a year of impossibles being possible, of impossibles 842 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:49,480 being possible, because God is shifting things He's doing. 843 00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:52,640 Things. He's moving things and he's 844 00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:58,600 strengthening his church. He's putting his church in the 845 00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:03,320 power play. He is. 846 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:08,440 He's elevating it to such a level that when he calls it out, 847 00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,680 listen, there's got to be a reason why. 848 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:20,840 Before, if you if you look at the different times God brought 849 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:26,960 wrath, there were always a remnant of people that he 850 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:33,960 highlighted with great power and delivered them so that all those 851 00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:38,760 around that we're going to get his wrath knew those people had 852 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,880 been wrought in God. And he's going to do it with his 853 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,440 church. That the world's going to know 854 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,960 the most powerful thing that was on the planet was his church. 855 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:52,240 And we didn't go. We hated it. 856 00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:55,560 We we persecuted it. We came after it. 857 00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,480 And the more we try to do, it just got stronger and stronger 858 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,240 and stronger and stronger and now it's gone and we wish it 859 00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:11,040 was. Back the question is are you 860 00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:17,200 going to be planted in it in some local place. 861 00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:22,280 But I can tell you for this House we going to serve this 862 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,920 vision and it's going to come to pass. 863 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:27,400 I said it's going to come to pass. 864 00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:36,040 I I am firmly persuaded that God will give me vision beyond the 865 00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:41,360 catching away. I'm becoming convinced of this. 866 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:45,480 Now you said well that's big. How are we going to accomplish 867 00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,920 that? We have, Tom, we'll take a 868 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:58,200 seven-year break, get a battle plans and then we'll come back 869 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:05,240 because think about it, what is? The role of the Church. 870 00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:09,800 Oh, thank you Jesus. Oh, please understand this. 871 00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:18,600 If you have really spent time to rightly divide the truth, you'll 872 00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:24,000 know that Jesus, who is the Christ, the head of the church. 873 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:29,160 What did he say? What was the message of the head 874 00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,960 of the Church? Repent. 875 00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:36,360 For the Kingdom of God is at hand. 876 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:42,160 The role of the Church is to expand this Kingdom. 877 00:56:45,720 --> 00:56:49,320 That's all we're here for, and to allow people to get in. 878 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:53,960 And when the millennial reign comes, guess what it's just 879 00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:57,840 about it's Kingdom expansion. With no devil on the planet, 880 00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:08,800 we'll just pick right back up, expanding his Kingdom under a 881 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:16,880 whole another set of laws, another way of operation. 882 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:22,280 It's going to look a little different because Jesus will be 883 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:25,320 here with us. Amen. 884 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,120 So I believe I'm going to give vision beyond here and they'll 885 00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:37,360 say, OK, let's go back and pick that up now and let's do this 886 00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,120 and let's do this and let's do this. 887 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:43,440 I mean, Can you imagine? If all of a sudden all of 888 00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:48,440 downtown Saint Augustine got born again, what if the next 889 00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:52,120 time we went and engaged W Augustine the whole every street 890 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:56,480 from W King all the way over to Four Mile Rd. or whatever. 891 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:59,000 That one boom. All born again. 892 00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:04,640 Wouldn't that be amazing? We went out to Palencia and all 893 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:08,480 those people got right with God. Are you hearing me? 894 00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:18,680 Just expanding millennial reign. There's a lot going to be 895 00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:22,320 happening, a lot of opportunities. 896 00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:29,080 That's what we want because that's what the church does. 897 00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,280 So when you look at yourself and say, but pastor, I'm this old, 898 00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,960 doesn't matter. There's an assignment for you. 899 00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:43,400 I hope my my ear don't fall off before I get in the grave. 900 00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:46,520 Right. I hope it doesn't fall off. 901 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:49,680 What happened to your ear at 90? It fell off. 902 00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:51,840 I hope that doesn't happen. Right. 903 00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:52,880 It's not. Going to happen, but you. 904 00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:56,480 Understand what I'm saying. You're not falling off. 905 00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:03,160 You have to get into fit and do 'cause when you do that, then 906 00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:06,040 that spiritual activity will help your mind. 907 00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:07,840 It definitely will help your body. 908 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:12,680 Next thing you know, you'll be running. 909 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,520 Amen. Well, Father, we thank you for 910 00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:17,680 your word tonight. We thank you. 911 00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,000 With this group, we could stir them up with a vision because 912 00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,720 2024 is in route. It's coming. 913 00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:28,560 And Father, we're going to be ready as a church, a body 914 00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:34,160 running together as one. 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