No kids-No Future | Confounding the Woke Mindset | June 21st 2026 | Roman Kotelevskiy

Yeah, my parents, they had twins, had a kid and

then another set of twins. And then whatever got into

their mind, they had five more after that. And I

happen to be number 10. I'm not complaining. I'm very happy. Big, beautiful,

wonder family. And today's topic is near and dear to

my heart because we're jumping into what Pastor Dwayne already prefaced.

It's a controversy type of deal thing, but it shouldn't be.

And we're reiterating kingdom values, kingdom mindsets, kingdom agendas, per se.

And our goal this morning is that we're going to

talk about what the kingdom is all about. And we're

going to try to dismantle the weapons that the enemy

has positioned against us that's crept into the bride of

Christ and to our mentality and deceived us on certain levels.

You guys ready? So I will say beforehand, I apologize.

I'm very sorry. In my heart, I have no intention

to offend, to hurt or harm nobody in this room,

nobody watching online. I don't want to shame anybody's experience

of what you've been through, what you've done, or the

mentality maybe that you've had until this point. My biggest

goal and desire is to take you higher into a

place that might be better for us as the kingdom

of God. Okay. So please forgive me in advance, but

more than anything, keep your heart open. Okay. Cause my,

my goal this morning is to tell you kids are okay.

It's okay to have kids. I'm going to talk about

some things that are, that are going to be harmful

because of the way we grew up, but they shouldn't

be harmful to us. Okay, cool. So y'all forgive me

in ahead of time. Cool. So the topic that I

chose when the list of topics came up, this one

was near and dear to my heart just because my

wife and I couldn't have kids for a while. We

actually were married for almost 10 years before we had

a kid. And for five of those years, they were really,

really hard. just because we tried really hard to have

a child, and we believe, we pray, we did everything

we could to have a kid, and we couldn't, and

many of you joined us on that journey to pray

and believe with us, and I want to thank you

for that, and through the power of communion with pastors,

they slipped out, but Joe and Sandy, they sat down

with us. We had communion, and That was a breakthrough

moment for us. And shortly after that, literally two weeks

after that, my wife conceived. And praise the Lord for that.

It's been almost three years since that moment. But through

that power, we were able to have a child. And

we're going to have many more in Jesus' name. Ten

is nothing. We got this. Amen. So this topic is

near and dear to my heart. So when it came

up in our list of topics, I knew I had

to talk about this. And it's such an honor to

talk about it today. Because I believe it's on the

father's heart. His children. Okay. And so I titled this,

no kids, no future. Can you say that with me?

No kids, no future. One more time. No kids, no future.

Very blunt, very direct, very simple, very truthful. Okay. So

I decided to take the liberty to do a dive

into recent studies performed by big organizations that do studies.

I'm going to get into some of those. But as

I was going into the studies, I was a bit troubled.

And it made me really tear up. And so this morning,

I'm going to bring some of these to you. And

I'm also going to bring the scripture to you as

well to help us understand why the current tread in

trend in society is demonic. Okay. So right now there's

something that's called a replacement fertility rate, replacement fertility rate.

We need every female to give birth to at least

two to just reproduce what we have right now. It's

actually 2.1 because you got to account for the mishaps

and certain situations that happen early on. So Every female

needs to do at least two. And this is males too.

You got to understand it takes two anyway. So right now,

since about 2007, we hit a moment in the US

history where it was above two and we tanked right

underneath two. 2007. We hit like a 1.9 something. Okay.

And since 2007, we've been gradually declining in our efforts

in society To reproduce. 1.9, 1.8, 1.9, 1.7, 1.8. Now

we're at 1.59. 1.59. Right now, between the ages of

25 and 30, two-thirds of the females don't have a

child in the prime of their fertility and don't want it.

They're choosing to not have kids. You know, some of

us might say, what are they doing? This is not

a direct reflection of females only. Maybe it's the men

that don't know that they're men. The females have nothing

to depend on. This isn't just a directional word and

singling somebody out. This is a society that we're living in. Okay,

and so thankfully here in the church and here at

New Horizons, We're not of this mindset, but we don't

also engage in society to change the culture and transform.

So I'm coming with you at 100% passion this morning, okay?

And my goal is that the fire that I have

would light you up and that you would go back

into your society and contend for the future and contend

and believe for something greater than yourself, okay? And so

right now at a 1.59 ratio, You know, that's not

like every mom has to have two kids. It could

be one mom has one kid, but the other has three.

Or one mom has 10, and then she gives a

freebie to like four moms. You know what I'm saying?

But generally, if we're going on average, everyone needs to

have at least two just to replenish. But if we

want to expand and grow, we need to be like

at a three. You know what I'm saying? If you're

at a four, hallelujah. Bless your life. And if you

got more, amen. All the better. But at the end

of the day, we as a society are rejecting the

idea of replacing or replenishing or multiplying or doing our

due diligence as humanity. And so right now, the craziest

thing is that people in the secular world are studying

what is going on. What is this phenomena? What is

going on? And they've put a name to this thing.

It's called the baby bust situation. Baby bust. Now you

and I, knowing that God is all about reproduction, we

understand that this mindset of being a baby bust mentality

falls into the realm of demonic influence. And so we

can call it this morning as it is the baby

bust demon. And it's our responsibility as heaven's answer on

this earth to cast it out. First and foremost, out

of our own mentality, and then out of everybody we encounter.

You guys ready? Let's go right into Genesis chapter 1,

Genesis 1:27

verse 27. When we are dealing with culture, we have

to understand the basis and the foundation that we stand

on is not feelings. It's not opinions. It's his word

and his scripture. And in Genesis chapter 1, the scriptures

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talk about on the sixth day, God created male and

female in his image. So it says, verse 27, so

God created human beings in his own image. And in

the image of God, he created them, male and female,

he created them. Watch this next verse. Then God blessed

them and said, blessed. Say it with me. Be fruitful

and multiply. You know what that's called? The baby boom blessing.

Say it with me. Baby boom blessing. So God has

given us a command. By the way, this is not

a suggestion. This is actually written in the fabric of

our DNA. to replenish, to repopulate, to advance and grow

and build and do this thing out there. There's a

Pew Research Center that did the study where they asked

adults that are 50 and under who do not have children,

They asked them a simple question. Why no kids? Why

no kids? Do you want to hear the results? 57% said,

I just don't want kids. Like, that was the first

response out of 57 people. 57% of the people. First

initial honest response. I don't want kids. Do you understand

that this kind of mentality doesn't just happen? This is

a cultural shift over a period of time. I just

don't want kids. 47, 44% said they want to focus

on other things like career, hobbies, personal interests. And so

what they did is the same group of people, after

they responded, they asked, okay, you have no kids. You

wanted to have more personal time. You just didn't want kids.

So how has your life been easier today? Because I

feel like that question really gets into the real reasoning

of why you're not having kids, right? So how has

it been easier? And 90% of these people, or excuse me,

80% of these people said they have more time for themselves. 79%.

So life is cheaper. They can afford to do more

things they want to do. I want to present something

to you this morning, and it's sobering. That this response,

the attitude, the heart of that.

Response, it's an anti-Christ response. It's an anti-Christ response.

It's an anti-kingdom response. It's an attitude that rejects Christ.

And I know in this church here, we don't have,

we're not dealing with that much, but out there we are.

You got to worry about you. You first take care

of you. It's this attitude of selfishness. and we sacrifice

the future on the altar of the God of self.

We've made idols unto ourselves of ourselves. Think about it.

Even in the subconscious, we're always thinking, how can we

better our lives? What can we do better to grow?

What can we do better to grow what we have

and increase and And, oh, they're affecting me, so I can't.

They're blocked out. Block. Don't bother me. I'm going over here.

Over here. Somebody affected me.

Nope.

That's nope. I'm going to worry about myself. All about me.

This attitude, it's anti-Christ. I want to bring something up.

In Luke chapter 9, the disciples were arguing with the

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same vibe, same attitude. Talking about who's the greatest among them. Selfish.

Same attitude. Same spirit. Talking about who among them is

the greatest? Who among them has maybe great achievements? Self-promotion.

Sacrificing each other on their own titles. His disciples began

to argue about which of them was the greatest. But

Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child. Huh.

A little child to himself. I want you to catch

this next part. Then he said to them, anyone who

welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me.

Anyone who welcomes a little one welcomes Christ. It's interesting

how society is rejecting the little ones. I just don't

want them. I just don't like them. They're an inconvenience

to my time. They're an inconvenience to my future, to

my money, to my interests, to my hobbies. But Jesus

welcomes them in. Another part of the scripture says that

their angels are in the very presence of God, the

little ones. They welcome me and they also welcome my

father who sent me. This is very important. Whoever is

the least among you is the greatest. So he takes

a child, puts a child in his lap. And he's saying,

the least among you is the greatest. He is showing

us the body of Christ. He was showing us the

attitude of Christ to be the least. How many of

us know that Jesus didn't come to be served? He

came to serve. How many of us know that on

the day he was betrayed, on that evening, on the

last supper, he got on his knee and began to

wash the disciples' feet? It wasn't about humility. It was

about a lifestyle that we ought to carry. That's why

he said, you must do what I do. He said

to us, you must take my example for if you

do not take this posture of serving one another and

not caring about your own interest but the interest of

your neighbor and the future generation, you have no part

with me. The result of an antichrist mentality has two

devastating results. The first one is abortion. It's real. They

interfere with my future, so Done. In 2022, Roe v.

Wade was overturned. And a lot of us in the

church were like, praise the Lord. Righteousness wins. It was delegalized,

de-enforced legalized over all the states, but still give them

the opportunity to do whatever they want per state. So

some states banned it, some didn't. But you know what

lifted up? Telehealth. You know, right now, 29% of abortions

happen via telehealth. Take a pill, boom. You could be

in a state that banned it and call a doctor

in New York, say, what's up? They'll ship it to

you and New York laws protect their own doctors. How

many of us know that changing legislation is good and godly,

but it does not change a heart? This is a

cultural mind that you and I have been given by

God to go into the culture and say no. No.

Your child matters to the heavenly father, to your future,

to me. I will walk this journey. I will adopt.

I will do what it needs to happen. But it

takes us, the bride of Christ, to stand up in

our rightful place and say no more. We're going to

fight for our future. We're going to fight for the

kingdom of heaven on this earth. Since 2020, there's been

a 21% increase in abortions. Roe v. Wade didn't do

nothing for that. I'm not saying it wasn't beneficial. We

should vote all the more. But I'm saying this is

a heart issue. This is an issue that you and

I are tasked. We can't do it from here. We're

only talking to you. You're the ones. You're the hands

and feet. You're the mouth of God on this earth.

We're here just to stir each other up, encourage one

another to go do the works. to go speak the words,

to go encourage change, transform the culture and society. One

in four current pregnancies result in abortions. Two thirds of

these abortions are happening to females in their 20s. I

want you to think about this. It's not underage. Like

2% is 17 or younger. We're talking about in the

prime The society has engraved into our minds that kids

are a hindrance. Kids are a burden. Kids are wrong

for what we have in our future. It's quite the opposite.

In Exodus, we find that kids were murdered when Moses

was born. The time of Moses, they took all the males,

threw them in the Nile, killed them all, killed them all.

It's all on the altar of selfishness. Pharaoh, oh my God,

these Hebrews are going to overtake us and turn on us,

kill them all, kill all the boys. The time of Jesus,

we also find the same thing. Herod sent his soldiers

to kill every boy two and under. Why? Because King Jesus,

the light that has come, threatens selfish agendas. That was

a physical manifestation. That was in the seen realm. Right

now it's happening in the spiritual. It's happening in the unseen.

It's happening by a pill. How many of us know

that because kids are written in the fabric of who

we are as people... When you don't have kids and

when you become a society that doesn't have kids, it

leaves a void in your heart. It leaves something that

you we're just called to love on something. We want

to love something. We want to go make babies without

having babies. You'll get it tomorrow. But we've become a

society that's all about self and how we feel. And unfortunately,

it has led us down this path with the second

atrocity almost to say, I'm only talking about statistics right now.

With this void in our heart, it needs to be filled.

We understand that, right? And so it led us to

this number two violation. It's adoption and not the way

you're thinking. I want you to hear me good because

I'm not pointing anybody out. The abortion of kids and

the adoption of pets. Please. I understand that it's like

70 to 80% of households have pets. There was a

study done with our society with the intention of not

having kids to have pets. And they asked them, why

don't you have a kid? You want to hear some

of the results? 70% say a pet substitutes a child.

You know that there's twice as many pets, pet homes,

as there is kid homes? There's about 160 million homes

in the U.S. with pets. You want to hear how

many kid homes? Under 18. So this is a long list. Long,

long term of time. We got 73 million kid homes

right now. 163 million pet homes and 73 million kid homes.

In 2002, it was about 50-50. We're still growing. We're

still good. 2007, these numbers went bad the other way.

We have right now, we're at a 70% pet home

ratio to a 40% kid home ratio. It's pretty drastic.

It's pretty heavy. So they asked these same people, why

no kids? They said to substitute a child. 69% said

a pet is easier than a child. How do they know?

I don't know. Do you know how many doggy daycares

there are? How much money it is? 48% have said

it's cheaper. The other 50 are realistic. They understand pets

are expensive. 51% of these individuals who do not, who

choose to not have a kid because it substitutes, a

pet substitute says, a pet is equal or more value

to a human. A pet. I want you to go

back to Genesis if you can. Is that Devin back there? Devin,

go back to Genesis 1.28. Watch, fill the earth and

govern it after be fruitful and multiply. Rain over the

fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and

all the animals that scurry along the ground. Notice, and

please don't take offense, it doesn't say confide in the animals.

And I, please, I understand there's scientific, there's emotional things, there's,

I understand. But we're confiding in animals more than the

presence of Jesus. Do you understand that we as a society,

not us in the room, we're perfect, but we as

a society are choosing to look at a face of

a pet, at the face of the living God. We're

rejecting the very blessing that God has given us and

sacrificing our future as a society on the altar of self.

Have a... brother in Christ named Shane Winnings that goes

around college campuses and does viral videos where he records

certain things that are kind of tricky, but he walked

around and with a clipboard, hey, there's these pets that

are being aborted, forced abortions, and we're signing a petition

for the pets that are being aborted to stop them

getting aborted. Would you sign this? And he probably had

like a 90 plus percent ratio of like, yes, I

will sign that. And then the next clipboard is like,

they're doing the same thing to humans. Would you sign that?

It's like, no, I won't sign that. This is real.

Because society has said a pet is not an inconvenience,

but a human is. And that is demonic. So the

question today is, are kids a burden? Wow. The word

burden is a very objective term. Not in society. Society

has labeled burden as a negative connotation, as an oppressive term.

And generally, it's used as an oppressive term. Saying kids

are going to take your money. They're going to take

your future. They're going to take your sleep. They're going

to take everything from you and leave you high and dry. Why?

Maybe that mentality has led us to be such a

separation between the kids you do have and where we're

at now. The attitude that we have leads us down

a wrong path. I want to bring a scripture here.

Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. Watch what Jesus says. Can

Matthew 11:28

I get the keys whenever there's a chance? Thank you.

Jesus said, come to me All of you who are

weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest.

Next verse. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach

you because I'm humble and gentle at heart and you

will find rest for your souls. And watch this next part.

For my yoke is easy to bear and the burden,

say burden. Burden that he gives us. The burden that

I give you is light or it's easy. I wonder

if it's a kingdom burden, children. It's a burden of blessing.

It's a burden. Of maturity. It's a burden of purpose.

It's a burden of honor. It's a burden that gives

you something to live for. It's a burden of legacy.

It's a burden that gives us. The opportunity to live.

The Christian life out on this earth. Family. Family. is

one of the biggest pillars of society. And if the

enemy knows in the time of Moses, he can snuff

that out. In the time of Jesus, he can snuff

that out. And in your present time, in the 21st century,

if he's snuffing that out at a 25% ratio right now,

what do you think it's going to be in 10

years unless you rise up? Excuse my passion. It's Father's Day.

What do you think is on his heart? His kids.

You're on his heart. So this morning, there's no shame.

There's no condemnation. Some of us have just believed a lie, maybe,

in our history. This morning is just an opportunity to say, God,

I don't want even to listen to what Roman has

to say. I want to listen to what you have

to say. I want to open that scripture and see

who you are, your nature, your character. What you value,

I want that to be the value system of mine.

Some of us carry mentalities of like, well, if I

can't be a blessing in my kid's life, I don't

want kids at all. I'm telling you what, you have

no idea. You have no idea what God has for you.

Some of us are provoked to restore relationships with our

kids right now. There might be a father or two

in this room that's saying, you know what, I haven't

fathered really well. And maybe that's why my kids don't

want to have kids. And maybe this morning is a

moment of, Of like, I'm going to man up. And

I'm going to show what servanthood looks like. Wash the

feet of my kids. Come in humility and say, you

know what? I know I'm wrong. Maybe I'm not. But

it doesn't matter. I'll take that. I'll take that. And

I'll take that. Whatever it is, I'll carry that. I

just want to be restored to my purpose. And that's

being a father. That's being a mother. That's being a leader.

That's being an influencer. That's going into the society that

God has put you in. And say, you know what?

You matter to me. You matter to me. Your future

matters to me. This morning, would you just stand to

your feet? I don't know if you're in the room

and you're convicted to just be a mouthpiece or if

you're convicted to potentially repent or if you're convicted to say,

you know what? I don't even know what he's talking about,

but I know I need to know Jesus. There's an

opportunity this morning to know our heavenly father. So I'm

going to have the destiny, the prayer team come up

just for a quick, quick moment. I know we got

a wonderful car show out there with some food and

fun and fellowship, but this morning I want there to

be an opportunity just to receive healing if you need healing.

If there's past trauma, if you were raised in a

family with bad fatherly or motherly examples and you just

need healing, this is a moment. This is a moment.

If you, maybe you're in this room and you're like,

you know what? I haven't been the best parent, but

I want to move forward. This is a moment. Maybe

you're here and you're past the point of being a parent,

but you're like, you know what? I want to actually

be an instrument in the hand of God. And I

want to be a multiplication on this earth of the

kingdom of heaven. This is a moment for you too.

If there's something that hits you this morning, And you're saying,

you know what? I want to be more influential in

the society. And I want to see it go from

a 1.59 to 1.65 to a 1.75 to a 2.5.

You know that if they stopped abortions today, we would

be replenished as a society. We'd be at a 2.1

as a society. There's no lack of kids. It's just

the discernment of the mind that God's raising us up into. Cool?

Would you close your eyes? Father, I thank you that

this morning is a morning of change, a morning of excitement. God,

that you're going to fire us up. And I know

it's a sobering word, but I know it's on your heart.

And God, you wish the best for your kids. And

here we are. We ask that you would utilize us,

transform us from the inside out to be your hands

and feet on this earth. In Jesus' name, I want

to encourage you to come and pray with somebody. Maybe

there's a pain in your body, or maybe you're giving

your life to the Lord, or maybe there's something you

want to see change in your life. Come pray with

a prayer partner. God bless you this morning.