Truth Collection: 07.05.26 Message Title: Can You See What God Is Doing | Pastor Bryan Powe

message today is I'm so so grateful to God to

come into and to share it with you and I just

pray that it's as impactful as as as God has

just stirred my spirit up to see I'll just pray

we experienced the fruit of it in this moment

but week week week one we started with let's

get loud right and so this week we're gonna talk

about can you see what God is doing Can you see

what God is doing? And what do you mean by Pastor

Brian? We can see what God is doing You can't

help but start to praise him but seeing what

God is doing and It is not as Automatic as we

may want it to be the Bible tells us that behold.

I'm doing a new thing Will you not perceive it

which lets us know you can miss what God is doing.

You can miss God could be moving, changing things,

shifting things right in front of you, and you

not perceive it. But we know that that is not

the design that God has for us, but God wants

us to see everything that he's doing. So look

at your neighbor and say, hey neighbor, can you

see what God is doing? And I pray that by the

end of this message that anything that could

be withholding your ability to see what God is

doing in your life I pray that the Spirit of

God removes whatever that is and you leave here

with clear sight and say I can see what God is

Doing let's just flip that we said can you let's

just what no no I Love it y 'all right here with

me The question was can you see what God is doing

The goal would be by the time we leave this message

is you to look at you. Hey neighbor, I Can see

what God is doing I Can see him I can see him

whoo, I can see him getting excited But we'll

start at verse 15 and we will finish chapter

1 today in faith You know what, I'm gonna go

up to 13. But it says, in him, you also, when

you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your

salvation, and believed in him were sealed with

the promise, Holy Spirit, say, hey neighbor,

you are sealed. And this is important because

when we start to talk about, Seeing what God

is doing. You have to see a finished work is

that foundation and so what? Paul is giving credence

to here, are bringing to our mind or to our hearts

more, most importantly, is that when you believe,

when you said, I am saved, I believe Jesus died

and rose again, through that confession, at that

moment, you became sealed with the promised Holy

Spirit, right? So saved, sealed. Look at neighbor

say, saved, sealed. Saved and sealed I'm God

keep going Who is verse 14 so right? That's a

thought right who is the guarantee of our inheritance

until we acquire Possession of it to the praise

of his glory verse 14 Paul then says hey you

were saved now you are sealed I'm hearing myself

somewhere But um But you were saved then Through

that, you were sealed by the Holy Spirit, but

not only are you sealed by the Holy Spirit, but

that sealing is representation of a guarantee.

What is that guarantee? That you have eternal

life. Say, hey, neighbor. I have eternal life.

It's been sealed. It's sealed. Much like a container,

you know. that depending on how they seal something

determines how long it can be preserved. A weak

seal won't lead to something being preserved

for a long time. But you could put a seal around

something and it can be preserved for a very

long time. I don't know if many of you guys noticed,

but yesterday they were sealing a time capsule

and they were saying, we don't want this open

for another 250 years. Any of y 'all saw that?

Thank y 'all for paying attention to the world

around us But if you saw it, they didn't just

put it in a Ziploc baggie If it's going to last

250 years there must be something, a way it's

done so that it's guaranteed survive the journey,

right? So they took it and they made sure it

was airtight, because if liquid gets in, it can

harm what's inside of it. They made sure how

deep it was dug. They made sure that what it

was made out of could last that time. Now you

would think, why couldn't they just put it in

the ground? Well, if you're talking about 250

years, you have to put it in the ground in a

way that it can survive all types of things.

So when the Bible speaks of you being sealed

by the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit being

a guarantee, it's saying that this is what was

necessary so that your eternal life would never

be in question. Because the Holy Spirit is the

greatest seal you could have to God being on

your side. That the Holy Spirit represents God

Himself living on the inside of you. And if God

moved on the inside of you, look at your neighbor

saying, Check it out. He sealed himself in there.

Often tell people sometimes when you pass away,

you just bring God back where he already put

in you. Some of y 'all will catch that. God,

I'm bringing back what you put in me. When I

got saved, you moved in. Now I'm returning with

what you sealed me with. That's how we can experience

heaven here on earth heaven lives in you I'm

gonna have y 'all some y 'all didn't catch that

it's how we can experience Heavenly realities

in this physical world is because heaven lives

on the inside looking every say hey neighbor

heaven lives in you Haha y 'all wanna hear something

heaven is sealed in you I often get into arguments

with people theological arguments. There's like

can you lose your salvation? I said, well, do

you know how to undo the seal? You would need

you would need to know how to undo the seal in

order to it to take what was secured and make

it insecure Mmm, but this is important that you

see this because this is that finished word You

know what I don't like? This is not even part

of my message. But it is so wrong, but some of

y 'all just need to hear this, because you know

what people think? They think their behavior

unseals you. But he sealed you so your behavior

can't undo what he did. That was the whole point.

Jesus was sent so you could no longer get in

the way. So how could you now disrupt what he

sealed so that you couldn't even mess it up?

Y 'all hear what I'm saying It's like putting

a child lock on a piece of medicine You know,

they put a little child lock so the kid can't

get in it. They don't know how to Get it out

It's been sealed You've been sealed It's important

that you see this because what you understand

is this is all done so that you can stop interpreting

life through the lens of God not being for you.

Because if you start to think that somehow God

is out to get you, then you'll start to perceive

what's in front of you as him trying to get you.

And I tell people God doesn't. punish people,

he prunes people. What is punishment? Punishment

is when I am correcting you without vision of

your future. Pruning is me adjusting you because

I know what you can become. Can you perceive

and see what God is doing? God knows what he's

doing with you. So anything that comes to you,

Right comes to you that makes you adjust that's

not punishment. That's not that's that's pruning

It's for your good and you understand that certain

trees have to be seasonally prune Looks at this.

Hey neighbor You are seasonally prune Every year

there should be something you're working on The

fact that I have something to work on isn't evidence

that I'm going in the wrong direction. It's evidence

that I'm headed in the right direction. The Bible

describes God as a loving father who does not

withhold what is necessary so that you can become

to your full potential. He's not like your earthly

father. Your earthly father would correct you

through convenience. Your heavenly father corrects

you based on what's promised. If your earthly

father is tired, you may get a couple a cup,

you know a couple lashes If you scream too long,

I'm getting emotional it hurts Your heavenly

father's like pain don't last always I Can heal

anything is broken There's nothing like when

you to punish and the physician I know what I

can fix He said who is the guarantee of our inheritance

until we acquire possession of it to the praise

of his glory. So he's also wanting us to live

as though we have a reward after life here on

earth. The term inheritance speaks of set aside

for an appointed time. Set aside for an appointed

time and and when you know you have an inheritance

How you treat every day should change? Just think

about in the natural sense that if You knew you

had an inheritance and this inheritance Kicked

in once you hit the age 55 you treat 40 54 different

Cuz I'm almost there You if someone calls you

and says hey you just got fired you like, you

know I could just live at somebody else for a

year that ain't too long How you how you treat

problem changes How you adjust to what's happening

around you changes so he's not He's not saying

you have an inheritance waiting on you so that

you can just put hope in the future. He's wanting

you to perceive today differently. He's wanting

you to shape this truth and allow it to change

how you act tomorrow. In the same way of some,

I mean, say it again. If someone told you when

you turn 55, you have a million dollars coming

your way. If you get fired at 54, From a $35

,000 a year job You going out stressing you worried

you concerned No, some of y 'all they pass what

you talking about they fired me I quit Soon as

I found out it was coming I quit Quit at 44 knowing

it was coming at 54 Why why why because I have

taken ownership of what's to come and So when

we talk about living from a finished work is

saying I'm taking ownership of what's to come

in my today, that I am shaping what I see based

on what I already know is settled. Amen, amen.

He says, for this reason, because I have heard

of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love

towards all the saints, I do not cease to give

thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers."

So what Paul is starting to say, he's listing

qualifiers for what he's about to say. The most

important thing for you to understand about what

he's saying is, is I've observed the condition

of your heart. I see how you are. He said, I

see your faith in the Lord. I see your love towards

the saints. So I don't cease to give thanks for

you. Remembering you in my prayers that the God

of our Lord Jesus Christ. The father of glory

may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation

in the knowledge of him. Let me put this in context,

because part of what we've been learning to do

is become a better community. And he's shaping

how we should interact with each other, that

we often see brothers and sisters in the faith.

Man, your heart ever cried out towards somebody

that they are just doing the right thing, but

there's not a lot of good things happening. That

that it's man. I see you You're keeping the faith.

I see you. You're praying. I see you. You're

praising. I see you. My heart goes out towards

you because I see you are as remaining faithful,

although there are many unsettling things in

your life. I just want to put you in the context

of this. This is what Paul is speaking about

them. He's saying, I know it's been long. I know

it's been a lot. I know, I know I get it. I get

it. You have done what's right. You've been loving

on people, you've been praying, praising, so

you've been doing all the things yet you have

not yet to materialize or see what God is doing

for you. Is that all right? Can we talk? And

so he prays, this is a prayer. He said, I pray

that you can begin to discern the wisdom of what

God is doing. Woo, you gotta hear this. I'm gonna

read it again. He says, I do not cease to give

thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father

of glory may give you the spirit of wisdom and

revelation and the knowledge of Him having the

eyes of your hearts. enlightened that you may

know what is the hope to which he has called

you, what the riches of his glorious inheritance

is in the saints." So what is Paul praying? Is

he praying that God open up the windows of heaven

and pour out a blessing that there ain't room

to receive? Is he praying that you receive breakthrough

and you get that thing you've been praying about?

Is he praying that your job changes? Is he praying

that your career changes? Is he praying that

your family changes? He's not praying for any

of those things. What he's actually praying is

that you grow in wisdom to see what God is doing.

He's actually praying that your eyes are enlightened,

that your heart becomes aware of what God is

doing. Paul doesn't take a posture of God's not

doing nothing. He says, no, no, in every season,

God is doing something. The problem is we can't

always see what God is doing. So I pray that

your eyes become open to what God is doing. I

pray that your eyes become exposed, that wisdom

grows, your knowledge of Him increases so that

you can see what God is doing, because to say

He's doing nothing would make you a liar, because

God is always working together everything for

your good. You can't see it, but He's doing it.

You can't recognize it, but it's happening. You

don't feel like it, but it's going on. So I'm

not praying for breakthrough. I'm praying that

your eyes can see what He's doing. God is not

withholding any good or beneficial thing from

you. God is moving right now. Oh, I'm getting

excited. Because this is the message to us today.

I know many of y 'all walked in like, God, I

pray you break through tomorrow. And God's like,

I pray you see what I'm doing right now. You

ain't for me to break through. I've already broke

through You you have to now take off the scales

that are stopping you from seeing what i'm doing

Right now because if you can't see me now, you're

not gonna see me then Look at them say god is

doing a new thing. Can you see it? He's doing

it, can you see it? He's doing it, can you see

it? It's never his doing, it's our seeing that

has the problem. So he prays, open up their hearts.

open up their eyes. Let them see God. Let them

not get weary and well -doing. Let them continue

to be fervent. Let them continue to be patient.

Let them see what I'm doing. This is prayer.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that

you may know what is the hope to which he has

called you what What are the riches of his glorious

inheritance to the saint and what is? immeasurable

Greatness of his power towards us who believe

he's perceived. He's hoping that you can see

the power that is working on your behalf He says

to the same measure at which his great might

that he worked in Christ when he raised him from

the dead and seated him at his right hand in

heavenly places, far above. Here we go, verse

21 of Getcha. He said, far above all rule and

all and authority and power and dominion and

above ever. name that is named not only in this

age but also in the one to come not only in this

age but also in the one to come that he is seated

in authority all power over all things on heaven

and all things on earth that it is governed by

Christ himself That all things in both above

and beneath all things in heaven and on earth

are governed by Christ What is he challenging

us to do to never take Christ out the picture?

Cause all things are governed. All things are

under his power, under his authority, under his

rule, under his reign on both heaven and earth.

What does that mean? That means if you can't

see God, it doesn't mean cause he's not there.

Cause all things are under his power, under his

authority. And he is seated next to God. Interceding

on the behalf of the believer saying the blood

still covers them you can ooh I'm getting ahead

of myself, but I'm getting excited cuz we almost

there He says then he put all things look 22

and he put all things Under his feet and gave

him as head over what all things to the church

Which is his body the fullness of him who feels

all He's saying so he's over all Rules are fills

are He's in all Can you see What God is doing

Now pastor, this is bad news. Can you see? What

God is doing? No, this report ain't good. Can

you see? Because he is in all things governs

all things over all things Nothing happens that's

outside of heaven's reign. Nothing. I know this

challenges us, but it challenges us to do what?

Pray that God opens up. God, I don't understand

why that person is in authority, but open up

my eyes. Give me the wisdom to discern why you

are allowing this He doesn't give us a space

to say that ain't God Whoa What a minute wait

a minute we love to say that ain't God he doesn't

give space to a that ain't God He gives a challenge

to see God, even when you don't like what you're

seeing. He gives an invitation to trust him,

even when you don't like what you're seeing,

but he does not give you the authority to say

it ain't him. He's challenging us. To go deeper

in our knowledge of God He's challenging us to

anytime. I can't see you. It's not a you. It's

a me Y 'all just say something with me just say

it to yourself God open up my eyes of understanding

I Know there's some things you walked in here

wondering God is this you This should be your

prayer. God, I know you're in it. You cannot

be in it. I know you have authority over. Open

up my eyes. Grow me in the knowledge of who you

are so that I can see you. But Paul covers three

core principles of our finished work. Seated,

sealed, and settled. That we must see Christ

as seated. We must see ourselves as sealed. And

we must see everything concerning our lives as

settled. Because it's all under his authority.

There's nothing in your life that God doesn't

govern. I'm gonna let that sit for a moment,

because we love to say you messed it up. His

grace is sufficient. His mercy endures. You can

either take that statement and cast it out or

use that truth to reshape what you see. Choice

is yours. You can say past Brian you crazy fine

stay sad Fine stay frustrated stay mad stay unsettled

But as for me I'm seated Boy the joy of the Lord

is like a flowing river in my life Why because

I refuse to remove God from my life. Good decisions,

bad decisions, great outcomes, bad outcomes.

It doesn't matter. He's seated. I'm sealed. So

everything that concerns me is settled. Look

at your neighbor, say, it's settled. And then

look at him and say, hey, I'm talking about,

look, keep talking to him. I'm talking about

that thing you're worried about. It's settled.

If he be seated and you be sealed, all things

are settled. He's walking us through these theological

principles that are a core foundation to our

finished work and how we move as people of faith

Seated sealed settled Truth is we don't just

fill our hearts with the future. Hope we fill

our eyes with the present god That's what he's

trying to get us to do is You have to fill your

eyes with the present God. I think one of the

most powerful things that Paul says here, which

really should agitate you just a little bit,

it says having the eyes of your heart enlightened.

See, the thing about the heart, a heart is a

controversial topic in the church. Many people

are under the belief that your heart is of evil

and it has no hope. But Paul is actually challenging

that very set of theological belief that your

heart is forever ruined That what happened to

you will forever be a part of how you shape what

you see No, no, no. He's coming against the very

thing that people have Wrongfully theologically

said that it is irrelevant to your faith and

he's saying no I Know you know your spirit the

spirit is his I know you know your mind is being

renewed, but many of y 'all still believe that

your heart has been damaged and so you can't

do nothing about it. It's the result of your

decisions, it's the result of what people have

done to you, that there are things inside of

you that you are just, can't get past. It hurt

me. They hurt me. It hurt me. I'm damaged. How

I treat people, interact with people, interface

with people is forever going to be tainted because

God can't do nothing with this. I'll remind you

the words of David. Lord, creating me a clean

heart, renewing me a right spirit. Paul is also

acknowledging. that same process at that point,

and said, may their hearts be flooded and filled

with you. May God continually and perpetually

purge you from the pain. May he continue to heal

you from what happened. A lot of our unanswered

questions about what's going on are actually

stored in our heart. The heart does describe

that one space that many people don't wanna hear.

It's not what you said, it's how you said it.

That you find out that the heart rules expression.

Matter of fact, Jesus says out of the abundance

of the heart, the mouth speaks. That it controls

and it dictates what is expressed. That truthfully

you can believe a thing. But if your heart remains

disconnected, it will be hard for you to even

speak what you believe. I ain't talking to myself.

That many of you guys truthfully allow the pain

of your past to control the confession you have

today. You allow your present conditions to stop

the confession of faith God has given to you.

You you're allowing people's perception of how

they will feel about what you said and how many

times you said it before and nothing happened

I'm gonna wait this time till I get some evidence.

What are you talking about? The just shall live

by faith You holding my past failures against

me is your problem not mine How you change perception

of me based on my past is your problem not mine

It's time that you put the problem in the right

place And you thinking that you can outwork people's

perception of you is crazy If they have decided

that you are a failure Let let let god be true

and every man be a liar. I could care less I'm

gonna say it to this side. You just I could care

less I believe God says, and shout it from the

top of the mountain until he bring me home. I'm

not gonna stop. I'm not gonna stop. I'ma keep

saying it as he said it to me. I'ma keep speaking

it as confidently as I see the work is finished.

God is what it is. What that sound like to y

'all? Settled. I'm not gonna let my heart determine

how I respond to who God is. You believe it in

your mind, but it is your heart that has you

half -stepping and half -speaking and shy, discouraging.

And he says, I pray that God take that heart

and enlightens it with the understanding of who

he is. I'll never forget this. I've never shared

this from the pulpit. I've shared this to people

privately, when it's important. And I just felt

the Spirit of the Lord say, it's okay, you can

share it now. Some of the greatest battles that

I faced in order to be where I'm standing right

now, no one ever saw. I'm saying this not so

you can think about me. I want you to think about

you as I'm talking about this. And so it's hard

for people to see that I belong here because

they weren't there for the battles that got me

here. And if I'm being honest, the battles that

got me here aren't even battles you would even

share or shout from the mountaintops. The actual

struggles aren't things that are popular to talk

about in church. The victories that I'm most

proud of aren't the ones that you would write

a post about. And I look back and I say, man,

God, I didn't know that was what you was doing.

I know. I can look back now and realize why that

was what it was, but... In the midst of it...

So what happened, Pastor Bryan? Um, and y 'all

forgive me for the dates. It's not the dates

that's important, but the timing of things. Um,

I was in college. Truly truly believed that I

that God had called me to be a designer and architect

So I went to USF and signed up to be an architect

and engineer And First semester I could just

tell like something something something it I

Called up my mom and I said I'll just expedite

this to so I can get to the part. I said mom

God just told me that The church needs some help

and I'm supposed to help she could tell you I

thought it was like I was supposed to go out

there and come up here move some boxes and Something

like that That's what I thought The truth of

the matter is I never saw the destiny of my life

connected to this building So I would go up and

do whatever I was asked to do But I didn't really

see myself as woven into the future of it. This

is how far back I'm dating. I'm just coming out

of college. I was like, I'm going to be an architect.

At that time, I was trained to be a professional

golfer. And I was on the side of, you know, I'm

going to help the church by giving big offerings.

Anybody ever been in that category? So that would

be my thing. Once I pop off as a professional

golfer, you know, My parents will never have

to worry about asking people to sew again cuz

I got you and I figured that's my service to

the kingdom I'm just saying this as a son watching

my parents and so She says yeah, I'll come up

I went to her I said so what do you want me to

do? She said I don't know My dad was here. So

I went up to him. I said what you want me to

do he says I don't know. I said, no, one of y

'all got to tell me something to do so I can

leave. But God told me to come here. She can

tell you, I literally was walking between his

office and the parking lot. My dad just gets

up to leave like I'm leaving the building. This

is your thing, not my thing. So I end up back

to my mom's expediting it. And I said, listen,

I just need to do whatever it is that God told

me to do so I can go. What I observed was that

there was Help needed one of the hardest places

to to get people to be a part of is as it concerns

the finances in the church Simply because people

just be tripping to make that supple and so I

Said okay. I've always been very acute as it

comes to financial things and so Said alright,

I'll tell you what. Um, it had grew to the point

to where she was like This is where we need help

at I had switched my major to accounting in business

So that I could specialize Once I realized you

need a degree to do what this is so I can specialize

so I can do my assignment and keep it moving

What I didn't know Is at that same point in time

now I'm going pretty fast here is um, you know,

I would find a young lady named Rashida Fall

in love with her Now we talking about marriage.

Well marriage and my part -time career don't

go together. I need a job now So now the place

I came to volunteer not I was I was working for

free He bothered me I got other plans It was

actually became a joke at one point because I

had got seven people jobs and I still ain't had

one that's what people would say What they didn't

know is that I'm gonna just talk a little trash

that I have provision, you know Not of you know,

I'm saying my heavenly father takes care of Brian

I've already out that was fine But now I need

a job because I'm talking about getting married

we need things I Stay upstairs at my parents

crib Seated sealed instead of upstairs Bother

me. Yeah, you can ask mama. It did not bother

me People will come how long you gonna live upstairs

at your parents house. I said listen when I leave

here I guarantee you it will be in my own house

That's what I told him through some look back

at them. You throw shade at me I got some shape

for you to Christians know how to poke bears,

too Y 'all don't lie. We got petty in our system.

It was a little petty, but it was what it was

You know I'm saying so I'm upstairs when I leave

here will be with my wife in our new house I

had no job. I had some aspirations, strong ones.

So let me fast -forward. So, you know, it was

determined that my work unto the Lord was worthy

of being hired, but at an entry -level position.

So I got hired at an entry -level position with

entry -level dollars. If you don't know my father,

maybe it would confuse you. But no, he don't

care about none of that stuff. Listen. So here

I am. God has called me to do, to the job. He's

called me to do. And I do feel... Can we just

talk? I do feel pressure. I'm thinking about,

I just proposed to this girl. We need a house.

We need cars. I'm feeling real financial pressures,

because I'm still upstairs in my parents' crib.

We got to get up out of here I'm trying to find

anything that fit my budget as far as housing

But you got to eat once you get in there And

in my mind I told myself Brian just work as hard

as you can They'll see it. And when they see

it, you'll get increase. So give it all you got,

because you got to get married. And you can't

stay here, although you know that here is where

you belong. I worked, I worked, I worked. Guess

what, y 'all? No increase. Matter of fact...

I got a change in assignment. Don't want to hear

what it was. I was assistant to doing payroll

for the church. See, I thought everybody was

getting paid when I was getting paid. I'll never

forget the day That book rolled open And I saw

what my co -laborers was getting paid And what

I was getting paid what they was doing and what

I was doing what I needed that they had And I

said god, why did you put me here The first thing

that hit me was envy, jealousy, strife. When

I tell you I got hit with every spirit, I was,

God get me out. You know my need. Why would you

put me here? I'm trying to keep my heart pure

and every week I'm reminded. not appreciated

them thoughts start coming I never had that thought

a day in my life I said I'm unappreciated they

don't see my value they don't recognize me all

these things every week are flooding my heart

I'm getting mad at people they don't even know

why I stopped doing things because I was like

You gonna do this one you doing this one today

you will work today I Was in the fight of my

life To remain Pure While having to deal with

emotions that I knew were there to shipwreck

me. I said, God, I don't know what you were doing

and why you have me here, seeing this. And I

just kept remembering, God, I don't want to become

what I'm thinking. Don't want to become realistic,

but I was failing I was Times ticking down People

complain and I'm thinking you complain you don't

even know what struggle is But I'm surrounded

I want y 'all get the reality I'm surrounded

by so much wealth. But I'm seated in the midst

of it with so much struggle. And God told me

to do this, and this is my suggestion to some

of y 'all. I said, Brian, I need you to sit down.

Because obviously the first attack first attack

was with my parents And I knew he was trying

to get me Just to change my heart towards them

My parents have been incredible Unbelievable

So I need you to sit down He says, you know how

much you make? I say, yeah. He says, now I need

you to add up. If you had to pay for all the

things I've blessed you with this year, how much

would it add up to? I sat down and started to

write it every Every dinner, my parents paid.

I said, man, I'm living in their house. If I

had to pay rent, how much would that be? I started

to write it all out. All the trips. What my parents

had blessed me with was more than I was making.

I'm not done yet. He says, Brian, this is what

I want you to receive for the rest of your life.

If you receive this, you'll be able to serve

me in purity for the rest of your life. I didn't

see this assignment. but I never want you to

ever think that how blessed you are is governed

by the amount of money you make. He said them

two things can never be connected. He said you

are blessed. You are blessed. You know what you

make, but you are blessed. Think about how you

were living. Think about what I have done. He

said that he went in on Friday and said, Brian,

had I had given you the same money that they've

blessed you with, would you have done the things

you enjoyed with the money? I said, no. If you

had given me the money instead of it coming through

them, I would have saved it. He says, not only.

Am I taking care of you? But I'm making sure

you enjoy life Because if I had given you the

money you wouldn't have even used it to enjoy

life. He said I'm protecting your enjoyment in

life He said but you got one other problem you

got to settle You can never disqualify a blessing

because of the hands it came through Because

they were my parents I had disqualified it as

a blessing. Oh I'm talking now. I have figured

it's their responsibility. No, it's not No, it's

not It's not their responsibility. It wasn't

their responsibility. So I had a whole category

of blessings from God that I had disqualified

as part of what he was doing so I couldn't see.

What he was doing not because he wasn't doing

it But because my heart was fixed on seeing things

how I want them to be I wanted the money to go

through my account. I wanted to make the choice

I wanted to control this I wanted to control

that meanwhile God's like boy I'm trying to bring

you to a life where you are freely living according

to what I dictate I want you to understand the

numbers will never determine how blessed you

are. I am with you. I'm with You will always

live above what that paycheck says I Came out

of there not a dollar had changed But my whole

life changed when I allow God to sit me down

So I could see what he was doing an incredible

tool but a horrible master he will never let

you be the master but that don't dictate the

life you gonna live and the life you are living

look at you never say I am blessed if you struggling

with that the prayer is God open up my eyes So

that I can see how blessed I am because the it

ain't with you That's me and a lot of y 'all

have disqualified things cast things out consider

it no longer good Some things God's been so consistently

good you don't even call it good no more That's

a you problem not a he problem I don't count

that no more. It's been too consistent. That's

a crazy thing to say. That's a crazy thing to

say. When's the last time you was hungry and

couldn't buy food? Exactly. You the problem.

Because there's people... If you can't if you

are willing to become callous because of consistency

That's a principal problem more ain't gonna solve

that Matter of fact more will cause you to form

pride right there Some of y 'all trying to figure

out why the money always funny it ain't funny

it's always control just not by you Why can't

I ever just get to this because if you got to

that you would leave him Take no thought for

what you need for your heavenly father knows

You have to see God as walking with you to live

by that We know that, but we struggle to live

that. Can I get a cap? Y 'all better testify.

We know that we are not supposed to live and

plan and store, yet we store, we keep, we protect.

And he says sufficient for today is the supply.

I tell you all the time, you don't have a money

problem. You just thinks it's you. Think it's

gonna last longer than what God has planned You

have a timing problem The only reason you're

not blessed because you think a five -year supply

is supposed to go ten years You can't see what

God's about to do in four years So you you don't

know there's a real So you living like it's the

last so you stressed out though. You're blessed

That ain't God promise you problem that's what

you can see because you can't see the next thing

he's doing you only can you're only monetizing

and looking at the last thing he's did as if

it's the last thing he's gonna do that's a perception

problem that's an eye problem not a God problem

It's amazing. I just want to say this so that

y 'all can hear what I'm saying. Y 'all saying

this off the chain, and I cry every time I think

about it. That was one of the most painful moments

of my life. Satan was trying to get me to hate

my parents. Y 'all didn't see that victory. Couldn't

post about that one That wasn't popular to talk

about It was the fight of my life and no one

even gives you an applause for it That's what

I want y 'all to connect with Because many of

you guys are in a fight for your life ain't nobody

gonna give you no applause, but God sees you

They look at me and say, I don't know how he

got up there. I think about all the nights I

cried to keep my heart pure so that God could

use me in this moment. Battles fall in one that

no one even cares about. Acronym, something is

always shifting. God is always erasing, and my

situation is always evolving. C, I'm looking,

but I must remember, something is always, not

shifting, sifting. That God is always separating

the wheat from the tares. That's why some people

you thought was gonna be there. Because he's

always sifting. He's always sifting. He's always

taking what is and making sure what don't belong

don't stick around. It's always sifting. So I

don't care if they tripped out and left because

God is always sifting. Always sifting. Life feels

unsettled. It's not unsettled. It's all God's

always sifting. That's I call it unsettled. He

calls it sifting That's my perception It's always

sifted always He's always a racing what you mean

a racing for giving you for what you've done

So I can't look at what I see and think I'm being

punished Because God's always a race I Know you

did it but his grace is sufficient So I can't

take the lens of condemnation and say this is

my punishment He's always a racing and things

are always evolving evolution we're like from

caterpillars to butterflies the transformation

is unmistakably real but still hard to fathom

how can you can go from a life of crawling to

a life of flying I never knew it could fly It's

nothing like when God hits you with those, I

never knew it could be like this. These things

are always evolving. You are always evolving.

I never saw myself as this. But you are always

evolving. So when I... that what I'm seeing is

always sifting, God's always erasing, and I'm

always evolving. Father God, I thank you for

today and thank you for the opportunity to come

and to present your word. I pray that your word

went forth and just healed our hearts and renewed

our minds and stirred us up in our spirit. Father

God, I pray that as we go out with this truth

that... We don't keep it to ourselves that we

impact the community around us with this truth.

Let's bring a new question to those atmospheres

of doubt. Can you see what God is doing? But

if anybody's hearing you're not saved, you haven't

given your life to Jesus Christ, I'd like to

take this moment to open up. I guess it's always

open. I'd like to take this moment for us to

have the pleasure of welcoming you into the kingdom

of God. So if that's you and you want to be saved,

I want you to do something. I want you to use

the first one on the left if you're here. Type

it in the chat if you're listening. It takes

a confession of the mouth and a belief in the

heart. nor forsake us. We understand that God

is always one of us to sow a seed, because as

long as the earth remains, there shall be seed,

time, and harvest. But we sow cheerfully because

we're not doing it out of necessity. We're not

doing it because we've been convinced or forced

to do it. We're doing it because we've heard

from God, and God has instructed us to do so.

So you can be cheerful. about anything God has

placed in your heart to do. But that's why we

declare that we are, what church? Cheerful givers.

Amen? Well, as you guys, so I'm gonna have them

play a video. This is incredible, but I'll let

them play it and then I'll talk afterwards. at

the Young Hearts Big Dreams Summer Camp. Let's

go. Art is what? It's a way of what? Expressing

yourself. Art was a form of escape for me. It

was a way of me getting outside of the world.