Living To Succeed

Hallelujah. So I won't open up with Romans

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chapter 5 verse number 17, Romans chapter 5 verse number 17

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and will launch out from this scripture.

Hallelujah. For If by one man's offense

death, reigned by one much more, they, which receive abundance of

grace, and the gift of righteousness, the gift of

righteousness, shall reign in life by one.

Jesus Christ, let me read it again.

For If, by one man's offense, that's Adam death.

Reigned by one much more. They, which receive abundance of

Grace, which comes through Jesus Christ.

And the gift of righteousness, which comes through Jesus.

East shall reign in life. This isn't when you get to

heaven. This is now there's a mandate

within the kingdom of God that we rain.

Now say that we rain now we rain.

Now, the word rain means to exercise kingly, authority to

rule, Metaphorically the word rain means to exercise the

highest influence, so God has called you to be influencers.

Matter of fact, I submit to you this morning that you're, you

are change agents in today's culture.

You are change agents called by the king to Reign and exercise

the highest influence in our culture.

Today, without you nothing changes in our culture.

There are no insignificant members within the body of

Christ and you need to know your god-given purpose in your

god-given role so that you can influence in your sphere, where

God has placed you the word influence from the 1828,

Webster's Dictionary means moral power.

Our moral power. It means power of Truth.

Operating on the mind, it denotes power whose operation is

invisible, but it's only known by the effects.

So influence is invisible to people that literally see on it

on a daily basis, but they can feel the effects of your

presence wherever you're at. They can feel the effects of

your presence. The Latin word for influence

middle. Literally means to flow in into

or on. To flow in into or on think

about what you do, there's 168 hours in 7 days.

And you're influencing somebody within those seven days, whether

you're at work, whether you're at the grocery store, whether at

the gas station, whether you're at home, or wherever you're at

is a place of influence for you to flow in into her on that

moral power, that power of Truth operate on your mind, doesn't

need to stay within you. The reason the dead Sea's dead,

because it has all Inlet and no Outlet. and God didn't design

you to get all this word on a Sunday morning or a Wednesday

night or two Services, during the week that we have an anchor

Faith Church not to do anything with There's an expectation.

You are responsible for what you're listening to you right

now. To whom much is given much is

required. And so what you're getting, you

need to be able to take it and flow in into, or on what

wherever you're at on a daily basis.

God has called us. In the Great Commission.

I'm going to tell you, take you to both locations where the

Great Commission is located in Mark chapter 16 and Matthew 28.

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But the vision of anchor Faith Church you can see it on that

wall back there. It says to ignite the city

impact the nation and influence the world.

That is a vision statement of anchor Faith Church.

And if you're a member participating together with

anchor, Faith Church, then you're called to do that

assignment. Ignite, this city impact, the

nation and influence the world. And let me show you how

scripturally accurate this is. In Matthew chapter 28, verses 19

Matthew 28:19–20

through 20 Matthew chapter 28, verses 19 through 20.

Matthew 28:19–20

This is one of the great commissions of the Lord Jesus

Christ. This is not a suggestion, this

is not an invitation. But this is a Divine commandment

a Divine Commandment that he wants you to work out in the

Earth. In Matthew chapter 28 verse

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number 19. Through 20 verse 19, through 20

says, go you King James version says, ye interpreted means you

go, he go you, that's talking about you The first we're going

Plies action. If you want to influence the way

that God has designed you to influence and you have it a

mentality that I have to take action faith.

Has an action to it. Go, you go, you.

It doesn't say, go the fivefold ministry.

The Apostle Prophet. Pastor events and teacher says,

go you, therefore, and teach All Nations.

We're doing night. The city impact, the nation

impact the nation. Go you?

Therefore and teach All Nations. Now that were nation in the

Greek means ethnos, where we get the term ethnic groups, from

that's all Races. All tribes all colors.

There's nobody excluded from the kingdom of God, God desires,

that all would be saved and come to the knowledge of the true

salvation is part of God's plan, the knowledge of the truth.

Is the other part and we need to, we need to walk and operate

in truth to be great influencers in this age.

He says, so teach all ethnic groups.

All Peoples, all multitudes, all tribes.

Don't leave anybody out. We have a Great Commission

ordained by God. We're anointed by the Holy Ghost

to go out into the nation and teach.

All people teach means that we need instruct them in the way of

righteousness, we need to impart instruction to them.

We need to instill Doctrine into them, we need them really to be

rooted and grounded. There is a lot of flakiness even

in churches. We don't want to be flaky.

We want to be solid in the word of God operating in fully

functional. According to the holy word, the

holy writ of God Almighty, and he has mandated us to go out and

to teach all ethnic groups. So, we need to impart and struct

and, and give them solid Doctrine.

It says, baptizing, them in the name of the Father, the Son, and

the Holy Ghost, baptizing them. That means to cleanse by dipping

or submerging to walk. Wash to make clean with water.

Thank God. We're going to do water baptism

and the second service, that's one action.

But you realize in Hebrews chapter 6, it says there's

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baptisms and I submit to you today, that just you listening

to the word right now, it the word is equated to water in the

Bible and there's a refreshing. There's a renewing, there's an

impartation. There's a cleansing that's

taking place right now. By the words that are being

spoken. Do you receive that?

You're going to leave today with Clara thoughts.

And clearer vision because the word is being spoken.

It's not about a man. It's about the message of the

holy word of God. Baptizing them in the name of

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

It goes on to say, teaching them to observe all things

whatsoever. I have commanded you.

So there's a standard within the kingdom of God, that were taken

to the nation's every tribe. Every multitude, every race were

teaching them to observe what God has commanded.

Then he says, lo I Am With You Always even to the end of the

world. The other Great Commission is

found in Mark chapter 16. So we're to impact this nation,

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right? Let's say that we are to impact

this nation. In Mark chapter 16 verse number?

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15? This is the other part of the

Great Commission, both of these are stated by the Lord Jesus

Christ, at the end of his Earthly Ministry, before he

ascended, and was seated at the right hand of the father and

he's still alive. He's still well, and he still

makes intercession will work the god.

At the right hand of the father commission means this act of

committing or sending the act of entrusting as a charge or Duty.

So when we see a Matthew 28, and what will read in mark, In is

what God has entrusted us. He's given us something to do.

And now we need to be responsible to fulfill the duty

that he's given us. He's authorized us to act on his

behalf. He's authorized us to act on his

behalf if you don't say anything.

Nothing will change. Lack of lack of contact. lack of

influence, lack of the kingdom of God, expanding If nobody

reaches out, nobody gets touched as a church, we need that we

need to be action-oriented with these two commissions that he's

entrusted us with. Mark 16:15, says, he said unto

Mark 16:15

them, go you into all the world. Now, listen to Matthew 28, he

said to go and teach All Nations where to impact the nation were

to reach every ethnic group, but he uses a different word for the

Great Commission of Mark chapter 16.

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He says go ye into all the world and part of the vision statement

of acre-feet church is to influence the word.

Remember, Romans 5:17 were called to reign as kings.

Romans 5:17

That means to exercise the highest influence.

Hallelujah. Go, ye once again, go ye it's

action. You go you into all the world,

preach, the gospel. The good news to Every Creature.

Now, the word creature in the Greek means the original

formation. The Establishment you realize

back in Genesis chapter 1 and 2, we see the creation of mankind

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and God said, when you're preaching the gospel you're

talking to something that was that's dead on the inside of

them because they were born into sin and now you're ministering

to them. You're speaking to their

original formation that God wanted in their life, which is

for his Spirit to be living on the inside of them.

You see when you receive Jesus Christ, as your lord and your

savior, your old Spirit, your dead spirit is gone and you You

receive a brand new nature on the inside of you.

You become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

When you call on the name of Jesus, as your lord, then you're

saved. And the olden of the old nature

goes away. There's a brand new nature.

A second Corinthians 5:17 says that this way, if any man be in

2 Corinthians 5:17

Christ he's a brand new creation.

Going all the world and preach the gospel to Every Creature.

Why? So they could be a brand new

creation in Christ, Jesus. Hallelujah.

Now, the word world is different than the word Nation.

The word world in the Greek is Cosmos and it literally means an

apt and harmonious Arrangement or Constitution.

It means orderly arrangement. It really talks about a

structure or systems are you with me?

This is vitally important, so that you can be connected with

what anchor Faith Church is called to do in this city,

nation and world. So the word world means

structure or systems or Arrangements.

The church fulfills its mandate when it changes Society.

Not when it's confined to the sanctuary and Sunday School

classes. The church is to build the

kingdom of God in the world. The church is to build the

kingdom of God in the cosmos. Listen, I'm going to give to you

about eight different structures or systems when we think about

world that are operating in the Earth right now, there's a

spiritual and social structure that's taken place.

We listen, we there's a lot of social media that goes around

right teens or is every t on social media.

Know how many of you are not on social media.

One, two, three, four. Wow, Hallelujah.

But that's one. That's one factor.

One structure that we have is a spiritual to social.

You could call it the religious, or the social structure of a

society. We need to be impacting things,

listen. I remember Pastor Brian telling

me one time, that some, some pasture typed out, a bunch of

random keys on Facebook, right? And said that she was praying in

the spirit. Now, we laugh, but that's sad.

That's why we need to teach All Nations.

That edifies nobody. This is why we need to have.

We need to be rooted and grounded in the word of God.

We need to take back the airwaves but typing up random

key saying you're praying. The holy spirit is not one way

to impact the social media Outlet.

There's a minister right now in Georgia who goes into high

schools, listen to this. And he's impact in the social

structure and high schools. That's another education is

another sphere of influence in the word world.

All right, we got the spiritual religious social.

The education is another structure in every society, but

this ministry, he goes, and he reads The Message Bible, but he

doesn't say it's the Bible. Why?

Because we need to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

And if he goes in and he says, I'm getting ready to preach the

Bible to you in a public setting.

Guess what? They're going to shut him down.

But he's giving biblical principles in the education in

that world and that Arrangement and that structure.

He's bringing the word of God in the public schools and then they

allow him. They know he's a minister.

They allow them to bridge. Those teenagers from the

inspirational speeches that he gives over to a church.

He gives them information to get to church, we need that gift.

We need people and packed in the social.

We need people impacted the religious.

Environment to because we need sound Doctrine in the church.

Another. Area in the word.

World is government and politics.

We need men and women of God anointed to go in these into

these areas. Are you listening Church?

If nobody reaches nobody gets touched, we need people in the

spiritual, the social, the religious Arena.

We need people in the education Arena.

We need people in the government and political politics Arena.

It's not Republican, it's not Democrat.

It's the kingdom of God. The same way that Minister goes

into public schools is the same way.

That some of you in this room are some future members of

anchor, Faith Church can go into the political Arena and preach

The Message Bible with the principles and make golly

legislation based off the word of God with.

Not even saying it's the word of God.

But then you know who gets all the glory when things start

changing and prosperity starts happen and you'll get

testimonies like like Daniel and Isaiah when they went before the

leaders of their day and they started saying there's no God

like the god of Isaiah there's no God.

Like the god of Daniel. Another Factor another area

arena. And the word world is the

business and the economy, business and economy.

I believe, with all of my heart that we should have some of the

sharpest Minds in the kingdom of God, some of the most creative

people. You listen and teenagers.

What has God put on the inside of some of you?

What business has he put? Listen, Josiah was eight years

old when he became king. It is not too early for you to

start following God. You're listen.

I I praise God because you're starting younger than I did.

I got born again at about 22. You you're getting ready to

Embark upon a camp this week that's going to help further

your journey and the kingdom of God.

And you're ahead of me. And I thank God for that because

you're going to be World Changers.

Just continue to follow him and seek him first but what creative

ideas he put on the inside of you, what business?

Are you passionate about business?

Then that's what God's call cheated too.

So do it with all of your heart. He wants you to, he wants you

to, he wants you to go in that world or that sector of society

and take over the kingdom of God does not negotiate.

The kingdom of God takes over. You should be prospering, like

nobody else is prospering. It takes wisdom from God, it

time, it takes time waiting upon him, but a god idea, what

bringing all the provision for your household.

And for the kingdom, Pastor Earle always says, you know,

giving is like water going through a hose once again, the

Dead Sea. If you, if you retain all your

riches to yourself. With no Outlet.

Things are going to start, get stinky when there's all inflow

and no out go. I could talk about your

digestive system. Right now, you'll be in a lot of

pain for anybody's been spiritually, constipated.

It's more blessed to give. Than it is to receive, he

provides seed to the sower. The hose gets wet, is what

Pastor Earle says. So, we just need to be a conduit

of blessing. There's an entertainment factor

in society. We need, thank God for the

movies, like, courage, and Facing the Giants, and the war

room and other Christian films that have gotten in and done.

Well, in the box office, we need to overtake that there's enough

junk. Out there if you know impacting

and really perverting people's minds.

We need to take back that sector of society.

You could still get people's attention with these Godly

movies. I've heard many people say,

wouldn't it be awesome to see to see somebody produce a movie

about the life of David? Forget, 300.

Forget Gladiator. What about the life of David?

That would be an epic adventurous film.

That could be on the big screen that promotes the kingdom of

God. And we need to tell it, right.

Y'all know what I'm talking about?

Of haven't seen some movies but I know some people get

frustrated because when they do produce some of these movies

that The plots just doesn't line up with the word of God, But for

those that are called in that world, we need to make sure that

we get it accurate, there's an anointing upon it.

My wife and I couple of years ago for maybe a year and a half

ago we went out on a date and saw God's Not Dead 2, great

movie at the end, they showed literal schools that were you

know, that teachers are being persecuted for, for name in the

name of Jesus Christ. Great movie.

There's in the so the entertainment sector in the

world. There was a sports arena.

Hallelujah, we need to infiltrate, we need right Role

Models, not men or women that have that are all full of

dysfunction. And that other kids are looking

up to and their life's. In shambles, we need anointed

men and women to go in this the sector.

This this part of the world, the word part of the cosmos and and

to do it to the glory of God, we need more Tim.

Tebow's I heard of Tim Tebow and I want to believe with all my

heart that this is true. I wasn't there.

But I'm I'm quoting something that I heard that when he was a

freshman and he went into the University of Florida and he's

working out in the weight room. There's people cussing all

around him. And the story that I heard is he

started going around saying, please don't use that language

around me. By the time he was a senior

because of the respect. What he stood for the character

that he displayed on a daily basis?

I heard there was very minimal cussing in the weight room.

One man there's 100 and there's 100 and I'm sorry this.

There's 100/10 scholarships given and footballs that right

Tony 110. I think so one man and there's

Walk-Ons to one man changed the course of the weight room with

maybe 120 130 people. We need people in that in that

Sports sector of society. The family is another sector of

society and my Lord we need functional families, the church.

Listen, the church is only as strong as the families that are

in it. So you need to rise up and be

the best man that God created you to be or be the best woman

because God does not get the gender wrong.

He created them male and he created them female.

So you either born a male or you're born a female, and God

never changes his mind about that.

So, be the best man. Listen, just because your mail

doesn't mean that you're a man, though because real manhood is

found in the greatest example of the Lord Jesus Christ. and

really real Womanhood is found in that same example because he

gave the principles, he gave the characteristics, he gave the

anointing so quit being so, fussy with your spouse and do

your roll, So many times, we're looking at what they're not

doing what can you do to influence them?

God is not going to judge you based upon what your husband or

wife did or didn't do. He's going to judge you based

upon what you did or didn't do if you're single and desire to

get married, preparation is the evidence.

You believe, something's coming, you don't wait until we start

pyramidal Council, you start getting ready right now.

Hallelujah. So he wants us in this Great

Commission to go into all the nations and all the world.

The vision of anchor, fetch at churches, to impact the nation

and influence the world. We need to, we need to spread

out our influence everywhere. People should miss you when you

leave the room right, Andrew, because your presence isn't

there because you're a container.

Of the Holy Spirit. And when you leave, something's

missing. Hallelujah.

I want to go to Matthew 13:33. Matthew 13:33.

Matthew 13:33 Matthew 13:33

Glory to God. There's much work to be done

what a journey that we have with him Matthew 13:33.

Matthew 13:33

Jesus, now there's several Several Parables with, in

Matthew 13, but I just want to key in on one of them.

Jesus also use this illustration.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast.

A woman used in making bread, even though she put only a

yeast, a little yeast in three measures of flour.

It permeated every part of the do The Kingdom of Heaven is like

yeast. A woman used in making bread,

even though she put only a little yeast in three measures

of flour. It permitted every part of the

do. Now, we need to understand what

who the woman is in this story. Every time, the female context

is used in the Bible. It's referring to the bride of

Christ. Which is the church.

You're a spirit man in a male or female body, but never less.

You're a spirit man. So there's no gender in the

spirit. But we all are Bride of the

Christ. So he's talking about a woman

that put a little yeast into the do, he's talking about the

church, going into the nation, the church going into the world

and putting yeast into the. Do I want to give you some

characteristics of yeast? Yeast is inactive in the

package. As long as we're just listening

in these four walls and we're not doing anything outside of

these four walls were inactive. We need to have more than just a

yeast convention on Sunday mornings.

This stirs us up to go out go you into all the nations, go you

into all the world and take the yeast that's on the inside of

you and put the principles into the nation and put the

principles into the world yeast as helpless and insignificant in

the package. It does not work unless it's

poured out into a different environment.

You need to take, what God's giving you the gifts, the

callings the grace and pour it out into society.

Society. what yeast does not work until heat supplied some of

us when heat supplied we want to back off But I submit to you

today, God is just galvanizing you to get you stronger for the

greatness that he has on the inside of you.

The way that they used to temper swords in the Old Testament,

they put it in the fire. They would take it out of the

fire. They beat it with a hammer, they

put it on a cold water water to solidify the molecules, and then

he put in the fire. Again, the more they put in the

fire, the more they be the hammer, the more they put under

cold water, the stronger that steel became yeast.

Only works when heat supplied your life, only gets stronger in

Christ. When you passed the test in the

trials, all of us, go through storms, all of us goes through

situations, but we The Grow Up In Christ, you can overcome,

you're a winner, not a loser, in Jesus Christ.

Arise. Get a backbone stand up.

Don't complain don't murmur don't criticize operating the

love of God. Operating the faith of God

operating the anointing of God, put your shoulders back, your

chest out and said I'm a child of God.

And I will overcome. This ain't no devil it.

He'll going to defeat me. Bring the heat call pressure.

Your servant not your master. If you fail in the day of

adversity, the Bible says your strength is small.

God will bring it to you again. Some of you been going around

the same mountain, and God is just waiting for you to pass the

test because it's in you there's different seasons and unlike the

Florida educational system God will not just pass you.

He waits for you to get over the test and get on to the next area

of greatness. I sent my wife.

A text yesterday, says the reverence of the Lord expands

your life. Whoo.

Expands man, just referencing, God walking in his steps.

Walking his authority overcoming the test the trials.

Some of your bent over with the devil on your back, you need to

stand up straight and get them off until you are willing bold

and brave enough to go in a different environment.

You will not maximize your god-given potential.

The story of the Good Samaritan. some wondered what others would

say about them if they went to him, Remember the guy that was

on the street? Broken down busted and

disgusted. The Good Samaritan.

Others passed by thinking. What would others say if I went

into that environment? We need to be bold enough.

We have more than enough of the anointing not to listen that do

never affects the yeast. The yeast always affects the do.

The world shouldn't influence us, we should influence the

world. Yeast is not concerned about the

size of the do yeast. Doesn't shrink back when it sees

a big thing a do and say that's too large for me to get into.

No, we need to have the attitude of the Kingdom that says, the

kingdom of God is advancing, and it's taken over.

And yeast, even though it's small, it can do great things.

Yeast is a hidden Lively Force. Yeast doesn't abandon the dough.

Once you get into the do, the principle should permeate that

do even when you're gone, they should still speak speaking the

principles. You want to have such an

influence into the nation's into the world that they can't get us

out. You know, there's a story.

Matthew 25 there was a five talents given to One Two Towns.

Another one talent to the third one. and in that story, the five

took what he had and he gained five more, he went The second

one he had to, he went the one that only had one.

He went and hid what he had. He never maximizes potential, he

hid it in the ground. Jesus came back and said at

least you could have put it in the bank.

So what a gain, some interest, how hard is that?

To get on your donkey and go to the drive-through teller.

And put it in the bank. At least it will gain interest,

but he makes a principal in this.

He says occupy till I come the word occupying, the brick means

is spread out your influence until everything feels the

impact of your presence. Occupy means to spread out your

influence until everything fills your presence.

Hallelujah. I want to give you three keys to

your life in Christ and fulfilling what God's put on the

inside of you. To reach the nation's and the

world. And I want to say this one thing

before we dive into these three keys.

What angers you when something said on the news, Or what's your

passion? Most likely.

That's one of those Arenas of the world that God has called

you into If you see something and I know just politics in

general, could fuel, a lot of people.

But if you have this passion that I literally would love to

get into that world. And start making an influence.

That's most likely God's pan plan and path for your life.

If you feel gifted like man, God I had this athletic ability and

I just love playing sports that could be God's purpose and

passion for you in life. And he wants you to keep him

first and to go into that world and influence it.

If you love social media not because of how many likes you

got or how many friends you have, but you just have this

anger on the inside that something needs to be done.

There's a lot of junk out there and I want to get some godliness

in the airwaves and are not going to do it by typing out

letters and saying I'm praying other tongues I'm going to find

wisdom and God how to infiltrate the airwaves.

So these are the keys. I want to give you two

scriptures before we launch out into these Proverbs. 13 23 says

this Proverbs 13 23 from the living Bible Proverbs 13:20 3.

Proverbs 13:20

This is from the living Bible. It says abundant food is in the

fallow uncultivated ground of the poor.

To get that abundant food is in the fallow uncultivated ground

of the poor. Listen that that means that

there's more in you than you realize.

You think that I'm poor and I'm never going to make it.

You need a break the poverty mentality off and start

cultivating some riches into your life.

And these three keys will help you to get there and help you to

influence the nation and the world.

Number one, you need to organize things.

Number one, you need to organize things.

The word organized Define means this to arranged by systematic

planning and effort effort. Work is not a cuss word.

And work was in God's original plan.

Work is one of the ways that you exercise your god-given Dominion

in the Earth. Your job.

May not be your work. But your work is your purpose.

so deranged by systematic planning and effort to set up an

administrative structure for Listen, there was a Madman at

Galleria, he was confused. He was all over the place in his

mind. Has anybody ever been there?

I mean, thoughts going this way, that way, this way, that way.

But when you have an encounter with the Living God, everything

changes and Luke chapter 8, verse number 35, it says about

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this madman who used to cut himself Torture himself.

But he had an encounter with Jesus organization came to him.

It says, people rushed out to see what had happened.

A crown crowd soon, gathered around Jesus.

They saw the man who had been freed from the demons, he was

sitting at Jesus feet fully clothed and perfectly sane.

There was order an organization that came to his mind, where

there used to be confusion, there was purpose.

Where they used to be chaos. A plan started to be formed.

Psalms 37 23 says, this is steps of a good man are ordered by the

Lord. The first key is organization.

The steps of a good man, are ordered by the Lord and God

Delights in his ways. First Corinthians 14, 40 says,

let all things be done decently and in order, if you're going to

impact the nation and influence the word and cultivate, what

God's given you, you need to organize your life and it only

comes The grace of God habakkuk chapter. 2 verses 1 through 3,

amazing scripture that I came across back in 2008.

And it talks about the prophet habakkuk, praying to God asking

him for direction and we get in the second verse and it says

write the vision down and make it plain.

So out of his prayer time, came organization and came order and

came Direction in 2008 was a very pivotal time in my life.

I was working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

I had been there since 2006 about when Angie, and I first

moved down to help out with the ministry.

In 2004, we had a job with the st.

Augustine use Services serving as a house parents, wonderful

job. We got to influence 8.

That was a sector of society and we went to that world and once

one psychologist said, you're the best house parents I've ever

seen. It wasn't us.

It was the anointing of God. We had a one kid that was on

crack. Or I'm sorry it's mother was on

crack when he was born. So he had their remnants are the

effects of it. They said his neurons weren't

firing correctly, but under the anointing that kid was sharper

in his thinking and Claire. We use, we had the favor of God

to bring them to church. We fought for it.

I mean they said you can't force him, but we kind of just said

we're going Yeah. But then in 2006, God called us

to adopt three kids and I to leave that job and got a job

with Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Pastor Marcus was there too.

And I tell you what, as I was there for two years and started

away on me, things start to become heavy.

My mind started become clouded. There was wait, there was

anxiety. There was pressure.

In this Rent-A-Car business, you know?

You do, they expect you to run 90 to 92 percent occupancy all

the time and their niche in the market was replacement Vehicles,

which means, on Monday morning when everybody that got in a

wreck is dropping their car off at the body shop, guess what?

Enterprise has a lot of contracts with all the major

insurance companies that we're going to provide rental cars for

you? Well, that's great.

But they want you to run 90 to 92 percent occupancy over the

weekend. And it's a 24-hour billion

cycles. So when people on the on the on

the on the pleasure side are written a car at 4:00 for their

getaway weekend, guess what? They don't have to bring the car

back to a floor clock on Monday, but we got 35 reservations on a

Monday morning at the body shop. On top of all this Enterprise

wants you to have a really 100% on their Esq, either Enterprise

service Quality Index call that goes out to their customers.

So we got 35 reservations on a Monday morning with, you know,

three cars. We got car.

Preps Pastor Marcus can testify. We got car, preps, all of our

employees scattered across st. Augustine, dropping people off

your mind, has no clue how and when you're going to get a car

back, I mean, you're trying to take notes, I gotta go to this

business that business. I got to take two people, just

to deliver a call, your your praying for cars to come back,

right? so, when you're done with work

at noon on Saturday, which was relevant, never really knew

because you always get that phone call at 12:55 from a

customer that just park their RV down at Ocean Grove.

And you think in great, that was my extra car for Monday morning.

You're thinking about it, you know.

So this just weighs on me weighs on me but I the God, you know,

God is so good. I came across a book in 2008

when I was a branch manager at 4355 buh-zard Ford and it

changed my life because my mind was not an organization and I

was not impacting the nation or influence the world.

Because if you're not healthy and strong, how can you pour

out? Are you listening?

You got to get built up first before.

You can give out to others. But I intersected a book man, it

changed my life because it went to this biblical principle and a

back about goal setting. and I remember specifically, It

happened right after one hellacious incident where we had

a corporate customer waiting on a car.

I had no cars and I'm like an hour late and we got to deliver

the car to the corporate account.

I think it was one of those Grand Marquis.

Oh, Lord. That they bought cheap member

but they were like, the old lady car, but we're in them as

premium cars. But nobody wanted them because

they had to call him shifter, that's how old it was.

But we're like, you know, you get excited, we got a premium

car for you. And then you see their face, you

see their face with it. You got anything else but I

think it was that car that came back and nobody's in the branch.

I'm trying to get cars on by myself.

And on top of that, we are responsible to service.

Bozarth Ford customers. I mean, we're in their location,

literally, because if we're not there, guess what hurts will be

there? I'm serious.

So I remember thinking all great A car came.

What am I going to do? Nobody's around.

I'm by myself. There's no car pressed to wash

it. They make you wear a white

shirt. They finally went to some blue

shirts and ties. I got to go out clean the car.

I'm just going to deliver the car by myself.

I'm at their vacuum in the car and it's like happened 100

times, it's always awesome. When you get your vacuum, it

sucked the other. Your target sucked into your

vacuum and sweats rolling down your back because it's like

July, and you're trying to stay cool.

Calm and collected, but your minds just going Crazy thinking,

this is so stupid. This is so stupid.

And I remember, I dropped the car off at the corporate

customer. Nobody to chase me.

I said I'm just going to walk back to the branch.

I'm walking and The Heat Of Summer sweating in my shirt and

tie and my mind is just fried. Finally got ahold of somebody

took me back but like I said, God is so good.

I got a hold of this principle and I started off small, do not

despise the day of Small Beginnings.

I started writing down goals to bring some order to my life and

they were simple. I still have the cash.

Calendars today. In chronological order from

2008. I didn't bring him this morning,

but I got in my house on, on the, on the Bible.

I promise you. I got them to this current day.

I have practiced this biblical principle.

It's expanded though. It's much more in detail now

than it was back then. Back then it was just read your

Bible, pray and drink water. But I didn't despise it.

It started bringing order to my life.

Listen, the second thing is part you need to prioritize

Prioritize that means precedence in place or rank what's really

first place. There's a lot of competing

Alternatives a lot more more now today than ever.

Let's see. Do I get on social media to our

watch? My favorite Netflix?

Or I got Apple TV 2. There's a lot of competing

Alternatives out there but you need to prioritize.

What's most important? Matthew 6:33 from the Amplified

Matthew 6:33

Bible says, but seek a mat and strive.

After first, of all, his kingdom and his righteousness, his way

of doing and being right? Then, all these things taken

together will be given you besides.

But seek first, the kingdom of God, that means above all other

competing alternatives. Are you seeking first the

kingdom of God? It doesn't just say Seek the

Mmm, it says seek first in place, time and rank.

I put the kingdom first live on purpose.

You know, when something hits your life, we usually default

back to a bad habit. If you want to overcome that

test, default to the right habit, The Godly principle and

you will start to accelerate in your journey with Christ.

He to him who is given much much as responsible.

He will expand your sphere of influence.

We see what? Pastor Earle He's just been

faithful to follow The Godly principles and now listen, he's

in one location today. He's going to be another

location next week. Why?

Cuz he just followed God first, he's expanding his influence,

all the way to Virginia, he's in Georgia today, he's going to a

grease later on, in 2018 Albania, he's explained why it's

there is no respecter of persons in the kingdom of God.

It's just you doing your role in your assignment and seeking him

first. Luke chapter 10 verse number. 27

Luke 10 · chapter mention

says and he replied you must love the Lord your God with all

your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength and

with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself.

He compresses The Ten Commandments 22 and the first

priority he gives you is to love the Lord, your God with all of

your heart with all of your soul with all of your strength when

it comes to goal-setting. Listen you need to make goals

organized, putting a system into a structure and then prioritize,

but you need goals and six areas of your life.

Life spirit. Devotional time, prayer time.

God, it could this, this could be a spiritual go.

I'm going to invite one person to church per week.

That could be a spiritual goal. I'm going to go out to the high

schools and I don't care what they say.

The only person I remember from Gahanna, Lincoln High School

that sticks out my mind. The most was one guy on the

football team. That stood up for Jesus Christ.

I used to make fun of that guy. But today still lodged In My

Memory. He didn't cuss, he didn't go out

and try to party. He said a standard and today, I

applaud that gentleman. Because above everything else,

my buddies that I ran with, that, that time, he still has

the greatest impact in my mind. So you need spiritual goals.

So goals that your mind, your will and your emotions what

books has called called you to read.

What scripture says he called you to stand on?

In a to think over in a chew over.

Are you resting in him? Do you practice the Sabbath,

principle? I'm not talking about one day,

I'm reading a book right now and said, actually in the Jewish

tradition, you could take many Sabbath's throughout the day in

your mind reflecting on something good, that God's done

a year ago, two years ago, five years ago you could just take a

Sabbath break during the day that refreshes.

Your so he said he would leave you beside the Still Waters and

restore your soul. You need body goals First

1 Timothy 4:8

Timothy 4:8 says bodily exercise.

Profiteth little but godliness prophets and all things having

promise for this life and the life to come.

It doesn't say golly. It.

Didn't say that ball exercise doesn't profit.

It says it profits. Little, so there's profit to it.

You need to take care of yourself.

What are you eating? What kind of exercise regimen.

Are you doing now? Listen, I submit to you.

In the soul realm, if you're worrying and you're anxious you

can eat as good as you and clean as organic as you want.

Drink as much water, take your vitamins, but if you're stressed

out, you're going to counteract all that.

Because in the soul realm, you need to be in a position of

rest. The Bible says be anxious for

nothing but in all things through prayer and supplication

with Thanksgiving, let your request be known to God, let the

peace of God that passes, understanding guard your heart

and your mind in Christ Jesus. It could be walking, you can

combine these things. I just want to inspire you to do

something, right? Something down.

I'm gonna walk three times a week and pray in the spirit the

whole time. I do it for 20 minutes, you're

combining a body goal, and a spiritual goal at the same time.

You need family goals. Family night's date nights

praying for your relatives to be redeemed.

Whatever It Is. God lays on your heart, call out

their name before heaven. You know, Uncle Jack and Aunt,

Sue. That could be your relatives or

not. Mine, I don't know.

Pray for him though. Call out their name before

having asked her Labor's to be sent across their path, you need

financial goals. If you aim at nothing, you miss

it every time. And your financial goals expand

from just, this is what we need for our house of Lord.

What can we do to expand the kingdom of God?

You need social goals? In Psalms I think it's 10 16 it

says I'm going to invite The Godly Heroes of the land into my

house. I want to be around some people

that are going to sharpen me. I want to, I want to be around

some people that going to edify me and Build Me Up.

Listen, if you're always reaching down to help people,

but you're never getting any anything poured into eventually.

Those people that are pulling on your going to pull you down to

their level, instead of you pulling them up, you need to get

around other people that help sharpen you.

We still got to have the ability to pour out, but we also have

the ability to any port in to thank God for Sundays and

Wednesdays. The last thing is discipline.

You need organization. You need to prioritize and then

you need discipline. Discipline defined means

education. Instruction cultivation and

Improvement. Listen, discipline means methods

of regulating principles and practices.

Methods of regulating principles and practices were called

Disciples, which means we are disciplined ones.

Discipline means to inform the mind.

I was reading recently in one book and it said that when you

live by principles, it makes everything easy because then you

already have your priorities set.

When I live by the word of God, choices are easy.

When I don't live by it, I'm like the wind I go with whatever

way or wave that it's going. But where to live by principles

listen, Proverbs 13 for says this, the appetite of the

sluggard craves and gets nothing you listen and teenagers, the

appetite of the lazy person. Craves they desire something,

but they get nothing. But the appetite of the

diligently is that they do. The diligent is abundantly

supplied, when you're diligent, you can have abundance in all

these areas of your life. Spirit soul body, family,

financial and social Proverbs 10:4 says this He becomes poor

Proverbs 10:4

who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the

diligent makes rich, diligent speaks of this.

You clamping down on something and not letting go.

Be diligent. We live in a world, that's

uncommitted. And really disciplined talks

about commitment. I am bound to a course of

action. I like the way that the Apostle

Paul said it in the later chapter of Acts, he said I'm

Bound in the spirit to go to this place.

Nothing's going to take me off the course the direction, or the

plan that God has for me, forget cell phone contracts that you

can get out of in a month. I'm committed to God, forget

about divorce rates being 50%. I'm committed to God, therefore

I'm committed to my wife. Whatever happened to the time

and there used to be a thing called careers in America where

you started with one company and you stayed with even in free

agency. I want to close with this.

This is by an unknown author. It said I'm the servant of all

great men and alas of all failures as well.

Those who are great. I have made great those who are

failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine though.

I work with the Precision of a machine plus the intelligence of

a man, you may run me for profit or run me for ruin.

It makes no difference to me. Take me, train me.

Be firm with me. And I will place the world at

your feet. Be easy with me.

And I will destroy you. Who am I?

I am a habit. To be a success.

Develop and maintain Godly habits.

Discipline. Organization, prioritize

discipline, father, we thank you for this word.

I pray that it's stirs us up, God that it challenges us.

God Organization, prioritize discipline, father, we thank you

for this word. I pray that it's stirs us up,

God that it challenges us. God