Truth Collection: I Have a Reason to Praise | Message Title: Let's Get Loud | Pastor Bryan Powe

precious name I pray the name above all names

y 'all say with me Jesus amen amen with love

on the person next to him and tell him I'm so

glad to see you in church today listen I am extraordinarily

excited if you didn't get the news we are starting

look at neighbor said we're starting something

new today We are starting a truth new truth collection

today and I am I can say extraordinarily Excited

about this one. I'm stirred up to the full to

till it overflows, right and I'm gonna go ahead

do that piece at the end. There was something

I was going gonna do at the beginning But I'm

gonna go ahead and reserve it for the end of

the message But boy, I got a testimony to tell,

and I'm so excited to tell it. But to this new

Truth Collection, if you didn't know, we do two

things here at Revenue Truth Ministries. We do

sermon series and things we call Truth Collections,

right? And you guys can turn to the book of Ephesians.

And the sermon series are topical, right? So

we talked about new life, new community. But

when we do truth collections, we like to just

pick out a book in the Bible and go line upon

line to see what God is going to do. And so God

was saying, and so I'm excited. And I believe

we should be able to get this book done over

the summer. But we are going to be studying the

Book of Ephesians over the summer. Oh, I'm so

excited about it. And the subject matter is this.

The title of this truth collection is I have

a reason to praise. I have a reason to praise.

Look, your neighbor said I have a reason to praise.

And here's the truth, right? Many believers have

fallen into a dangerous place, which is reactionary

praise, which they're praising based on change

and circumstances. They're praising based upon

things shifting. But truthfully, as believers,

our praise should not be reactionary. It should

be a lifestyle. that we've been called into a

lifestyle of praise. Matter of fact, the Bible

teaches us that praise is important to God because

it fulfills our intended purpose that you were

created to praise, right? That praise is acknowledgement,

it ushers in his presence, God's presence. Psalms

22 and three says, God inhabits the praises of

his. people and so it lets us know that praise

isn't something that we should take casually

but praise is something that we should take to

heart that we should be people who praise the

lord and so the title of um my message today

is let's get loud let's get loud that by the

end of this message, this series, your praise

should go up a few decibels, right? That wherever

you come in at, you should come out a little

louder than the way you came in. And because

here's the truth, right? Truth is when we praise

the Lord, our hearts are drawn away from our

afflictions and are set upon his presence and

his mighty power. That praise draws your attention

away from your. afflictions away from your problems

away from shame guilt and condemnation and it

reminds you of the power of God that the reason

we praise is because we are in remembrance of

the power of God that we understand what what

God can do that's why praise is a lifestyle because

I understand that God can always change what

I think is unchangeable so I don't have to wait

for it to change in order to praise the Lord

I Praise the Lord because I know his power is

available. I'm getting excited, right? But many

believers, their praise is connected to what

is going on around them. that's a grave right

we've been talking about going from graves to

glory right that many believers that their praise

has got to a place where it is connected to what's

going on around them that if a door opens they

praise them that when prayers are answered they

praise them that if situations change they praise

them but here's the truth our praise should be

a lifestyle not a reaction That we don't react

in praise. We live by praise. That we wake up

in the morning, what we praise the Lord. Thank

you for waking me up today. That before you break

bread, you say, God, thank you for this food,

this nourishment to my body. That before you

go to sleep, God, thank you for this day. I'm

ending it with sound mind, with clarity of thought.

And I'm thankful that you're gonna wake me up

tomorrow. And we gonna do it again. But as believers,

we are to praise. God as a lifestyle go ahead

look at him say hey neighbor your praise should

be loud too right because what is happening what

what what happens when a person is struggling

to praise God and I think it's important for

us to realize that when a person is struggling

to praise God it is evidence that your faith

is shifting away from his presence and power

being available. That when you refuse to praise

God, you find it difficult to praise. It's also

indication that you are also losing hope that

God can change you. And so I know sometimes people

see people praising the Lord. They say they doing

too much. No, they are heavily reminded of what

he can do. That praise is evidence that I trust

God. that I still believe in God and my trust

in him has responded in a praise you see. But

it is important for us to realize that if you

see a believer who is hesitant, they just can't

open their mouth. They can't move their feet.

They can't clap their hands, whatever your expression

is But when that there is a difficulty or withholding

and I'm not saying this as a person who hasn't

been there before You know, I was the type of

person that I was the one that said it doesn't

take all that it just doesn't take all that but

truthfully if I was being honest that that was

me that was me trying to convince myself Of what

wasn't necessary But the Bible tells us that

our God is worthy to be praised I'm not saying

you have to mimic somebody else I'm saying but

over time you find how your praise is to go to

God that Somehow some way he shapes a unique

way that you praise him for what he has done

But the thing I really want to say the thought

that it doesn't take all that has to go away

Because truth is our praise is not born out of

a changed place, but a revealed position. That's

what I'm saying, that the book of Ephesians finished

show us how, no, no, no, you have a reason to

praise. Because it's not about a change in position.

It's a change in place. It's about a revealed

position. I see who I am in Christ. Praising

what I know about who I am in Christ I'm responding

to who I am But in Ephesians 1 to 1 Paul writes

this book While he is in prison That Paul is

writing this book about praise while he is in

a prison that his environment looks like a grave,

but the revelation he has still brings praise

out of him. Why you saying this is because that

shows this evidence that our praise shouldn't

be controlled or governed by our environment,

but our environment should be governed. By our

praise What are you saying that truth it is is

not the place that should govern our praise but

our praise that should govern the place We see

this all the time any of you guys ever been out

shopping somewhere and you was there right about

when they closed and Then they turned the music

off And it's listen you was it's like you was

having a shopping experience The music turns

off and it's like everything shifted you ever

felt that before it happens at many places But

when the music turns off, it's like it's over

like it's done. The atmosphere is gone What what

are you saying that? No, this is a reality That

sound shapes atmospheres that sound sets the

tone of how you embrace where you are That the

sound matters where you are that when there's

no sound there's often it's hard to maintain

good atmosphere I'm gonna say it again that where

there is no sound. It's hard to maintain a good

atmosphere because sound governs atmospheres

Sound can set the tone of an atmosphere Sound

can let you know whether or not I should stay

or go gunshots leave Violence, stay. Why am I

saying this? I'm saying because a lot of times

we walk into places as if they govern, as this

place has authority over how it feels. No, you

have authority through your praise. to shape

and govern every environment you walk into. That

sound shapes the environment. You walk in there.

OK. I'm getting ahead of myself. But just to

give you guys some understanding that the context,

the emphasis, right? This is who Ephesians is

written to. It's a wealthy city. It's a spiritual

marketplace. It's a place. full of competing

identities and false gods. And so Paul opens

up this letter, right? He opens up this letter,

letting know that the life of faith is not founded

upon the pursuit of better behavior, but upon

the unveiling of who you are in Christ. And so

he begins that conversation to get them to move

away from what their environment is and start

to praise God as a result of what he has done

by reminding them that your faith is not founded

upon the pursuit of better behavior, but upon

the unveiling of who you are. That the foundation

of your faith isn't better behavior, it's understanding

who you. are when you forget that the foundation

of your faith is who you are in Christ, you allow

your behavior to shift how you feel about the

state of your salvation. But when you realize

that the foundation of your salvation isn't about

your behavior, but what God has done, you have

a reason to praise. Y 'all already ready look

at them say we already ready Pastor stop pumping

the prime priming the pump. Whatever way you

go. I Just want y 'all to know why we talking

about this right now Because a lot of you guys

are allowing circumstances to change dictate

See y 'all ready? It says Paul, an apostle, starting

in verse one, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus

by the will of God to the saints who are in Ephesus

and are faithful in Christ Jesus. He says, grace

to you and peace from God our Father and the

Lord Jesus. Christ, that already right here in

these first two verses, Paul is laying the foundation

of why they have a reason to praise. And it starts

with the labeling of to the saints of Ephesus.

He's letting them know that I'm calling you according

to who you are, not where you are right now.

He says, to the saints. Look at your neighbor

say, hey neighbor, you are a saint. A saint is

a holy one, one set apart and consecrated by

God, that he's giving them their identity even

in the midst of their confusion, that he's letting

them know, I know that y 'all are. Serving false

gods y 'all are doing things that God does not

approve of but to get your attention Let me remind

you of who you are. You are a saint a holy one

set apart Consecrated by God that God chose you

he knows you he selected you he picked you and

he's calling you a saint What are you saying

that he's not saying to the successful ones to

the perfect ones the ones who have it all together

He is saying to the saints Now I'm gonna have

you say this to yourself say I am a saint a holy

one set apart consecrated by God Because truth

is God doesn't name you according to your condition

he names you according to his calling What are

you saying, Pastor Brian? That they were in Ephesus'

location, but they were in Christ, their identity.

That as believers, we have to understand that

we'll always have a physical location, but we

have an identity everywhere we go. And our identity

always supersedes our location. Hear what I'm

saying. Your location never speaks to your identity.

Your identity always shapes your location. That's

why it starts with saying, you are a saint, a

holy one, consecrated by God. Take that. into

every environment you see, that you are holy,

consecrated, set apart, and called by God. I

know you are going to a foreclosure, but that

foreclosed atmosphere doesn't change your identity.

Walk in there as a holy one. consecrated, set

apart by God, and watch you, your identity begin

to shape this atmosphere. You responded differently

to this than anybody else. I know, baby, because

this is a blip on the radar. It's not my founding

location. This may be a foreclosure today, but

I know a God that can work things together for

their good. And so although this is my present

location, it hasn't shifted my identity of who

I am. So although I shouldn't be praising because

of where I am, no, I got a reason to praise because

of who I am. Who I am is a reason to praise that

it doesn't, I know I may show up. in some places

have been through some things done some things

said some things but those locations do not determine

who i am to the saints say it one more time i

am a saint because there's the truth truth is

your environment may describe where you are but

jesus defines who you are. And so I see a lot

of believers right now. It's that midway point

of the year. And you're thinking right now, I'm

not where I thought I would be. I came to turn

that devil upside down on his head today. And

so you're thinking, not another year like this.

And where you are is trying to shift your sense

of what God can do. Where you are is trying to

shape who you are now. It's trying to change

it. I thought I'd be further along. I thought

this, I thought this, I thought this. We all

had thoughts. And if we really wanna be transparent,

98 % of us aren't living what we thought It's

okay there's lots of churches in Tampa if you

if this this is the one for the people that I

may not be Where I am, but I know who I am And

I want to take who I am and start to allow it

to shape where I'm about to be though Listen,

listen, listen. But no, like 98, I tell you all

the time, this is just not where I thought I

would be. I just never saw myself facing these

circumstances, and I never saw, and I never saw,

and I never thought, and I never could, and I

never imagined, and I never this, and I never

that. I said, okay. what we not gonna do is allow

that to shape who we are as a great description

of how you got here but that ain't the fuel that's

gonna get you from here no no no no no that's

that's the thing that's gonna keep you here you

keep thinking about that you ain't moving from

here you gonna have to shift how you are in order

to move from this location. I know you can describe

to a T how you got here, but what you need to

understand is how you don't stay here. And let

me tell you, this is how you don't stay here.

You start to remind yourself who you are. the

midst of it make some folks mad start them start

getting loud start get make a man but who does

God say we are says we are chosen we are accepted

we are covered by grace we are his possession

Speak this over yourself. I'm chosen. I'm accepted.

I'm covered by grace. I'm his possession. That's

who I am. That's who I am. And who I am is about

to shape and shift where I am. We've been talking

about new life, new community. And this is where

I want to really help us as a community. Because

we have to help each other live this out. The

truth is we must become a community that calls

out identity before insecurity. We don't remind

people of where they've been. We remind them

of who God says you are. The moment one of your

brothers and sisters start to get on one of them

trains be like, who are you? I ain't ask you

where you are and how you got here. I said, who

are you? No, no, I know the story is a good one

to tell. But if telling the story keeps you in

this chapter, then we got to tell a new story.

Why are you saying this, Pastor Brian? Because

you'll never get up from something you've been

knocked down from until you realize you have

the strength to. Many people are sitting on the

sidelines Because they don't recognize they have

the strength to actually play Why are you saying

pastor Brian because you know how many y 'all

I talked to and You know what God has called

you to do then you start telling me what you

got to do to be qualified for How many y 'all

in this room right now smothered and covered

With what you think you need to do in order to

be qualified for what I actually raise your hand

for a guy called I'm kind of as you call yourselves

out for what God called you to do Y 'all want

here percentage I could I'm nice. Nobody's raised

a hand But from my conversations amongst and

in the community it's 98 % of us We know who

God says we are. We know where God's called us

to be. We're just smothered, covered, and chunked

in the qualifications the world says we need

in order to participate in the thing God said.

Some of our reactionary thoughts aren't praising

God. It's compiling the NIST of who we need to

be in order to do what he said And all I'm saying

is before you create that list Before you start

to pile up a list of things You have to be qualified

in in order to do what God says first remind

yourself I was chosen Accepted covered by grace

For what he's called me to do Verse three, he

says, bless be the God and father of our Lord

Jesus Christ. Look at this, who has blessed us

in Christ with every spiritual blessings in heavenly

places, even as he chose us, what, in him. before

the foundation of the world that we should be

holy and blameless before him in love What are

you saying pastor Brian that he's letting us

know that there are some things you have to realize

that have already been done Before you start

thinking about what needs to be done is that

we live from the identity of what Christ has

already done, that your strength for the race

God has called you to sits on the foundation

of who you are in Christ, not how qualified you

are by this world. That when God speaks a word

to you, he's expecting you to look at what he's

done to get the strength to qualify and see yourself

as qualified for what he said. That he's saying

that when you hear me say, this is for you, child,

your next thought should be, I've been chosen,

set apart, called by God, I've been made blameless,

seen as holy, and given all spiritual blessings

in heavenly places to get it done. I'm gonna

say it again, because some of y 'all missed it.

God says, hey, I understand where you are. But

I told you, you will be a lender and not a borrower.

You say, you know what we say? God, I got a lot

of debt. Wrong foundation. You're starting from

your environment, not your identity. I want you

to open up a restaurant. You know, it takes six

months to get a permit. I got a bill due next

month this time and ain't gonna solve my problems

You're looking at your environment Not your identity

you're starting from a fractured foundation How

should we put practice pastor Brian And this

is really, I just gonna say, make it plain. Because

really it's best when you get loud right in the

midst. That unexpected letter shows up. There's

been a miscalculation. You or us? Right there.

God, you said I'm the head and not the tail.

Above and not beneath. I'm blessed coming in

and I'm blessed coming out. Now my environment

says this, but my identity says I've been chosen,

called, set apart, made holy, seen as blameless

before you and have been given every spiritual

blessing in heavenly places. so that I can experience

every promise you've spoken. Y 'all rocking with

me. And he's saying that's what starts to stir

up our praise. Right in the midst. You hear the

news, you get the report. You get the results.

You see what is being said. But you never forget

what's been said. Because we live from what the

Bible describes as a finished work. We start

our journeys from a finished position. We start

our race from a it's already done position. We

start every journey having already realized I

have everything Necessary for what this journey

is about to be So I'm not going into it seeing

myself as insufficient I'm going into it seeing

myself as full of what's necessary for what's

ahead of me Look at your neighbor one more time.

Say hey neighbor I got what it takes Find somebody

else say hey you you have what it takes It says

you have been blessed not you're going to be

not it's coming not it's on the way not God's

Considering it not possibly not when you not

if this it says you have been blessed with all

spiritual blessings in heavenly places. That

you start with the mindset that I am full, I

am flooded with God in heaven itself. Woo! Woo!

Verse five says he predestined us for adoption

to himself as sons through Jesus Christ according

to the purpose of his will. I love this right

here because it lets us know that God was determined.

God was determined that God had a will. He had

a design for how he wanted to see us exist in

this world. And God was determined to see us

exist. as we were created in this world, that

God had a fixation, a desire to see me and you

operate at our full capacity in the midst of

this world, that God was determined to make sure

me and you started sufficiently full of what

we need in order to be successful, that it was

God's will. You gotta hear what I'm saying. It

ain't your choice. It was God's will. It wasn't

your behavior. It was God's will. It wasn't your

prayer. It's God's will. God was determined to

set you up for victory. It was in his will, his

good pleasure out of his love, from his grace

that you couldn't earn nor deserve that he gave

you all. Spiritual blessings in heavenly places

God was determined for you to wake up every day

and realize I am full and flooded with God himself

So ahead of time before you chose him. He adopted

you. You got to hear what Paul is saying He's

saying you didn't choose this he chose you he

called you out of darkness brought you into this

marvelous light he He flooded you with blessings

in all spiritual places. He then made you righteous,

made you holy, made you blameless, set you apart,

called you a saint, because He was determined

for you to walk in this world, not living based

on what it is, but on who you are. God was determined.

It was His idea. It was His pleasure. It was

His design. You didn't choose you. He chose you.

You, woo, called you out, set you apart, then

set you up. Woo, it was God. Look at you, understand

what I'm saying? It was God. I got this thing,

I was walking around all week saying this and

look what the Lord has done. Woo, look what the

Lord has done. Some of y 'all need to get yourselves

a mirror, look at it and just say, look what

the Lord has done. Look what the Lord has done.

It wasn't me, it wasn't you, it was God himself.

His determination, His choice, His pleasure that

decided to send His Son to die a bloody death

so that you wouldn't be judged by your sin, you

wouldn't be condemned by what you've done, but

that you would see yourself as holy, blameless,

acceptable, and a well -pleasing before Him.

It was His choice. It was His choice. Look at

your neighbor say, I am. Who he says I am What

you gonna do about this I don't know but I am

Who he said I am I'm the head and not to tell

above and not believe bless going in and bless

coming out I'm the lender and not to borrow.

I'm the heal protected my health I'm the peace

of God in every situation that shows up. I'm

righteous. I'm chosen. I'm blameless. I'm holy.

I'm set apart, consecrated, called by name. Whoo!

That's who I am. That's who I am. That's who

you are. Get yourself together. It's already

done. And God wants us to start to see this as

clear, as clear as we see this. from a physical

position. Here's the thing. Amber's last name

is Pope. Did she have a choice? I'll see what

I'm saying. She ain't have a choice in the matter.

And every once in a while, Amber will display

behavior that's not representative of her last

name. And I'll look at her, and I'll say, pose,

don't do that. Now, I want you to realize something.

Even though Shaping her in the character of what

her last name represents Just because she hasn't

achieved The character of what her last name

represents. It doesn't change You got to hear

what I'm saying it doesn't change her last name

It doesn't change her last name. She is a pole

when she act like one and when she doesn't, she

can't change her last name. She is not legally

capable of changing her last name. She don't

have a vote in the matter, a choice in the matter.

If she walked in today and said, Rashida and

Brian, I don't want to be a poll no more. We'll

say, girl, you done lost your mind, but we ain't

changing your last name. You were born a poll

and you will Be a Po until legal situations happen

and there is a process that transitions you,

but guess what? The name don't go nowhere, it

just slides. You came in this world of Po and

you coming out this world of Po. You didn't have

a choice in the matter and I'm trying to tell

you that's the Confidence that God wants you

to walk in recording your name and identity in

him. You don't have a choice I know sometimes

you don't act like it, but it doesn't change

who you are You are not actually capable of changing

it. You didn't wonder one that chose it He chose

you you didn't choose to be holy. He made you

holy you didn't choose to be blameless He made

you blameless. You didn't choose heavenly blesses.

He gave them to you The Bible says he poured

it out upon you in his lavish love and a tip.

I could run right now. I just want to run. Because

when I think about what God has done, you can't

help but praise him. You can't help but praise

him. Look, I got a reason to praise. I'm gonna

stop praying here. But I just came to get y 'all

stirred up this morning. Satan is not taking

this year from us. I know we have all seen and

been through a lot of things thus far. We've

lost some people, but we haven't lost who we

are. We have failed at some things, but we haven't

lost who we are. We haven't been perfect at all

things, but it hasn't changed who we are. We

said some things and done some things, but it

hasn't changed who we are. God is still determined

to complete the work He started in your life,

and He is the one that is faithful to complete

it. God's not done, so we aren't done. in this

book so that we can look at it. He's going from

graves to glory. He's going from graves to glory,

and God's not done yet. For some of y 'all, he

ain't even got started yet. But don't you allow

good doing to cause you to begin to doubt his

power. No, no, let your praise represent your

trust in him. Your praise is a sign that your

faith has not shifted away from what he said

But it is firmly planted in what he said your

praise Will change the atmosphere You've let

what has happened shape it enough. It's time

to let what he's done Shape it now Well, I'm

trying to go I could close everything I got up

here. Woo! Look what the Lord has done. I wanna

show y 'all something. I wanna show y 'all something.

Boy, and I'm telling you. Yo, yo when I refer

to me myself, I'm just just let y 'all know but

um, yo pastor Oh, I got a lot of a lot of persecutors

a lot of people say things and doubt a lot of

things But this is what I know The race isn't

given to the swift The race isn't given to the

strong, but into he that endures to the end.

I only, not only do I know what God said, I know

how God said it should look. And you don't, there's

nothing like the confidence and courage you get

when you got both. Only do I know what God said

I know how what God said should look I know what

how God says should sound But I'm so godly proud

of y 'all So godly proud of y 'all as a church,

as a people. This week, what has been a three

year spiritual battle, them walls came crumbling

down. God told us to be absolutely determined

determined not to be peripheral in the lives

of this next generation, but to be integrated

in the lives of this next generation, to not

be no substitute, to not be the other thing,

but to be the thing. And so it looked wild. At

times crazy, even to me. Move a school into this

building. When we gonna start this, I know what

we need to start, but I also know what it needs

to look like when it starts. And I refuse to

see it ever represented less than what it was

supposed to be. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no. There should never be an asterisk on God's

work. What's that asterisk? Oh, that's just the

church. Oh, they're just Christians. And so that

asterisk lets the quality go down, the presentation

go down, that we say, you know, it was good for

what the church is doing. Some of y 'all said

that with your own mouths. It was a nice thing

the church did, knowing it pales in comparison

when stacked up against. what the world is doing.

Just reveal the truth, can we just tell the truth?

And I'm sharing this with you that I'm just trying

to be sensitive to people too at the same time,

but I want you to understand sometimes what the

journey looks like when you're doing what God

said. People mad, people upset, people confused,

all the stuff. Some of y 'all seen it too, the

walls is dirty. When we gonna clean the walls

in? Meanwhile, Deacon Frankie doing everything

he can to paint the walls to keep them white.

They came to me, the school came to me. Why can't

we just paint them a different color? I said,

because if it's a different color, we won't see

when they messed up. The key isn't dark walls.

The key is white walls that we keep training

the kids how to keep clean. My dad told me when

you can't do fancy, at least you can do clean.

Clean. is capable clean is achievable for everybody

and many people are asking for excellence while

stepping over cleaning you got to do clean before

you can do excellent can a church say amen I'm

just trying to tell you how to live this word

out I'm trying to tell you how you stand up and

realize oh now that you know who you are your

car shouldn't look like that your house shouldn't

look like that you shouldn't look like that you

should represent who you are I know some y 'all

want to keep this in a spiritual place, but the

spiritual is always there to get our physical

together. Just take this as this. Amber, you

are a poet. I'm telling you right, you are a

saint. You are a saint, a holy one, consecrated,

set apart for the purposes of God. That's who

you are. I'm going to say it again. It just gets

me stirred up every time I hear it. But you are

in the same way I would look at amber and say

you're a pope. I need you to realize this you

are a saint a holy one consecrated Set apart

made blameless made holy made righteous so that

you could serve the purposes of an almighty God

That is who you are That's who you are. No, Pastor

Brian, no, no, no, no. Many of y 'all still trying

to let your environment say who you are. No,

no, no, I'm telling you who you are. And you

start letting that identity shape your environment.

Shake the way you talk, shake the way you walk,

shake the way you keep your house, keep your

clothes, keep your kids, everything, everything,

everything. Your life is flooded and radiating

with this glory. Whoo! So where people see you,

they just notice something different about you.

Yeah, there is. I'm a holy one. The same. Set

apart. Called by God. You know, I have to do

the whole run. consecrated I've been made blameless

and holy I've been forgiven of all my sins yesterday

today and the ones to come I've been I've been

made righteous I've been invited into the courts

of God I have an intimate relationship with the

shaper and creator of the universe he knows me

by name I can't get away from that. I can't get

away from it. Whoo! Let that sit on y 'all for

a minute. Just let it sit on you for a minute.

That's who you are. That's who you are. That's

who you are. That's who you are. That's who you

are. Now say to y 'all, that's who I am. That's

who I am. That's who I am. That's who I am. I'm

a mess with y 'all. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not

a Republican. I'm a holy one. Because y 'all

starting to argue over that again. When you're

not even in that system, you're not even, you're

not even. I'm saying stuff to you. Hear what

I'm saying. They told us church and state can't

coexist. There is a whole state church, state

school in our church. How'd that happen? Well,

I'm a holy one called by God, consecrated, set

apart for the will of Him to be done. He called

me by name. I didn't even choose it. He chose

me and blessed me and set me up. to say things

and do things and to pursue things that would

bring glory to his kingdom and shake this world's

foundations that when the world looks at it they

can only say look what the the lord has done

because how did you get it done how did it happen

this ain't even supposed to happen how did it

happen how did it happen it's not supposed to

happen but it's happening to get to it. Y 'all

put up the photos. Y 'all put up the photos because

we got evidence. Ain't nothing like some evidence.

But right here, y 'all see the smiling faces

on the kids faces on the kids because them ain't

our kids. These are children from the community.

Where they at y 'all? Look what it reads. Look

what it reads. This summer, our Bulldogs have

been enjoying an exciting collaboration with

Revealing Truth Ministries through their Young

Art Big Dream program. Together! We have created

meaningful opportunities for students to explore,

create, and grow through engaging, enriched experiences.

From team building challenges and dance classes

to arts and crafts and interactive games and

creative activities, our students have been building

confidence, developing friendships, and making

unforgettable summer memories in fun, safe, and

faith. Go show the other half. Environment, we're

so grateful for our partnership with Revealing

Truth Ministries and the Young Heart Big Dreams

programs. This incredible collaboration has provided

enriching experiences for our students and we're

excited to continue bringing this same spirit

of creativity, teamwork, and hands -on learning

into the upcoming year. Thank you, Revealing

Truth Ministries. for making this summer so special.

Here's to an amazing school year ahead. That's

not our post, that's their post talking about

what the Lord has done. Listen, the kids were

coming into the building saying, when do we get

to be with the church people? Ooh, y 'all got

to hear what's shifting spiritually. They came

into the building saying, when do we get to be

with the church people? These are summer school

kids. They don't want to be here. But now they

enjoy being here. Generations will speak of what

that means. I just came here to tell y 'all,

y 'all got a reason to praise. Tell y 'all thank

you. Thank you for believing. Thank you for sowing.

They came in, the teachers said, y 'all are giving

them Real paint supplies We said Yes Blown away

Blown away And what I love so much is God set

it up in a way that he cannot be ignored I'm

saying this because we've been going back and

forward for over a year and some change of saying

we need to get with the kids. And I want to be

transparent with y 'all. Can I be transparent

for a moment? I discern by the spirit that they

were trying to use us in a moment to build them

a playground. when what we partnered on was we

was gonna do it together. But we not to be played

with. My editing crew ain't in here right now,

so I'm gonna tell y 'all the real truth, too.

No, no, no, it's cool. I know how to keep it

holy. I'm sharing these things with you, because

I want you to realize what the fight often looks

like. You're talking about a year and a half

later. You're talking about promises made, not

kept. You're talking about people saying stuff

like, where is it? And I'm saying it would be

hard to explain, but we're using it as a bargaining

tool. because we refuse to lay down and do something

that would keep them from actually honoring what

our commitment was. We said from the beginning,

the only reason we're doing this is so that we

can touch those kids. No touch, no playground.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no touch. No,

this is system. All this stuff is just, no. We

got, I'm just part that, what's it gonna say?

Sometimes you gotta talk to people like this

for them to understand. We're sitting down in

the table right there. This is probably three

months ago. And they're saying some things. I

said, you know, y 'all have an interesting way

of negotiating. They said what do you mean? I

says for some reason y 'all choose to pick a

path that continues to make me trust you less

and less They looked up I Said now it's not none

of my business But I wouldn't advise you practice

this type of communication with anybody else

outside this room, but I can tell you this I

Will not return to this room. I'm done talking

my little evidence over there. They was emailing,

calling, saying all types of stuff for three

months. I said, don't y 'all say a word back.

Silence. What we gonna do about this? What we

gonna do about that? We not doing nothing. We

will wait and see what the Lord's gonna do. Where

is this and where is that? Listen, this is what

I do trust if you are if you see what God is

doing and you stay prayed up and stop Stop listening

to people and they stuff you'll see what God

is doing But you can't be called by God and care

about what with the comment section saying And

some of the worst comments come from the people

you care about you got to know that too Y 'all

live this out. But you got to know who you are.

Stay firmly planted. I know what he said. You

don't look like something's going on. Why would

I look like it? What type of faith are you? Are

you talking about that we look like what we are

going through? Why would I look like it? Of course

I don't look like it. I walk around like everything

is just how God wants it to be. We think we found

somebody that will understand the vision that

y 'all have. And so we gonna go ahead and do

a rearrangement of the people that you've been

dealing with. We have a whole new set for you

to start dealing with. and they understand everything

y 'all want to do. I said, all right, set up

to meet, walked into the room, same room. Pastor,

I already know everything y 'all want to do.

And the answer is yes. I will work to get it

all. If people change some things around, the

answer was yes, but everybody is saying no, but

as I was talking, I'm just talking to the wrong

person. If the answer is yes and you saying no,

I'm talking to the wrong person. It doesn't mean

I'm doing the wrong thing or I'm pursuing the

wrong thing. It just means either there's a new

person coming or a shift is coming that you don't

know about. to see what God called us to do again

to birth and take root. I'm saying to you because

I'm so proud of y 'all and you may not understand

fully the significance of what you are a part

of and how your contribution and support is changing

a generation. I'm gonna do my best to let you

know without getting us into too much trouble.

Because when they find out, y 'all know there

is a day, and when they find out what is happening

on 5201 North Armenia. so strong and secure in

who we are that we don't change our speech, we

don't change our tone, and we continue to gain

more and more territory for the kingdom of God.

Amen. Y 'all enjoy church today. New life. New

life. So if you're today, you're not saved, or

you're listening online, you're not saved. We

would love to take this opportunity to introduce

you to Jesus. Man, hopefully this message has

shown you that there's so much that he has to

reveal to you about who you are. And so if that's

you today, you want to give your life to Jesus,

submit yourself to his leadership. Man, just

think about your father's business. in the house,

join us in the first room on the left as you

leave, and we'll tell you all about what it means

to be saved, amen. At this time, we'll also receive

today's offering, amen. As you guys know, we

believe in cheerful givers here at Revealing

Truth from Ministries, that as a man, purpose

in his heart, so let him give, not give. are

of necessity because God loves a cheerful giver.

How do we remain cheerful about your giving that

you allow God to communicate what you talk to

you, tell you what to sow and in response and

obedience to what God says to do, you sow. And

so if God, whatever God placed on your heart,

do it and trust that he will never lead you astray.

Some people ask me and I will tell them, I was

like, Because there's so much I don't know why

I don't know why people be so confused And uh,

so some people come and still do we still time

if I said, is that what god told you to do? It's

the same response. What did god tell you to do?

It's not hard and be cheerful about what he tells

you to do Come on but a man I'm just thankful

and appreciative that whatever God has laid on

your heart to do that you do it. It most certainly

gives us the ability to position, the opportunity

to move forward the vision. That's amazing reason

why I'm saying thank you. I asked you guys before,

hey, can you sow into this kingdom offering so

that we can make our camp free, so that we can

do these things for free. And you guys sowed,

that's how we were able to tell those kids that,

no, it doesn't cost anything. that the paint's

free, the food's free, all of it's free because

there are people who love God, who love you.

And so I thank you guys for giving us the ability

to do that. It's what actually made it possible.

And they just have never experienced a level

of generosity like that. They don't know how

to respond to the goodness of God. but I promise

you it's a seed sown every time. Amen. I've already

gone way over time, but it's okay. You know,

we've been also, I know just to remind you guys

that God told us to take this summer to understand

how to function a multi -generational church.

So that's why you see us doing the different

things in worship, and we are saying, God, just

show us how for us to coexist, right? We want

to see the generations that Psalm tells us and

Proverbs tells us, various works from one generation

to the next. We're not trying to build a young

church, and we're not trying to build a seasoned

church. We're trying to build a multi -generational,

His church. And so that means that we have to

master how to do worship and how to do different

things. And God told us to take the summer to

do it. So that's what we've been doing. I thank

you guys for being patient with that, right?

Um, you know, so But uh god god get put a time

frame. He said by august you gotta have it together

So by august we'll have it together But I thank

you guys for your patience as we um pursue new

life and how we reach um this generation with

truth Amen, but if you can stand to your feet,

we will be dismissed Is there anything else I

should be saying announcing? No, it's all good

If it's all good and all hearts and minds are

clear and full of faith, now unto him who is

able to keep you from falling and to present

you faultless for the presence of his glory with

exceeding joy to the only wise God, our savior,

be glory and majesty, man, in power both now

and forever, amen.