From Fear to Fullness | Pastor Jesse Jernigan | 2.4.26 (Sermon)

So tonight, um I the Lord, this message

was birthed out of a challenge that I

received from the word of God. Um so I I

don't want you to think that as I bring

this challenge to you that I'm just

throwing it at you. I've had to chew on

this for several days myself. Um and

I'll be honest, I'm still navigating

this myself. So I'm believing the Lord

is going to continue to speak to me

through the word of God on how to deal

with this certain subject. Um because I

feel like in the life of believers that

there are certain things that God speaks

to us. Um but then in the midst of his

voice speaking, I believe that the enemy

will come along the other side and start

to rare his voice up and begin to just

whisper in our ear on this side. Right?

And and and it strikes something in our

heart that we're going to talk about

tonight. Uh but I've got a fresh

perspective on it. And I I want you to

understand that I feel like for where

we're going as a church, uh for where

the Lord is taking us, for the steps

that he is ordering and the divine or

sacred thresholds that he has ahead of

this house, that the Lord is instructing

me on these Wednesday nights to uh

stretch our wines skins, if you will,

get us prepared for what he has coming.

Uh because we don't want to slip into a

season and not be ready for what is

coming. Now, we don't have to know all

the information. Come on, somebody. Uh

to trust the Lord.

>> If if we had to know the whole story, we

would never trust God.

>> That's right.

>> Uh because I'll be honest with you, you

could take my brother Joseph from from

Old Testament. Uh he he was able to

trust God in every step. And bro was

getting accused, getting lied about,

come on. Getting beaten, left for dead,

and wondering God, where are you at? But

yet he chose to trust the Lord. And in

the end, he was able to look at his

brother and say, "Don't be angry that

you sold me." Hey, come on. Don't be

angry that you sold me because you meant

it for evil, but God meant it to

preserve life. And and so here's the

beauty of it. As we take steps um in

that obedience, it's going to take some

stretching of our comfort zone, some

stretching of our wine skin, if you

will, because we're not called just to

house old wine. And God is calling us to

house new wine. And I believe God's

going to pour that out on us. So, let me

quickly at this is not in direct

correlation to where I feel like the

Holy Spirit would take us tonight, but

in an attempt to stretch our wine skins

to get prepared for the word of God, I

want to run down three scriptures real

quick. In Psalm 34, u, if you want to

turn there, you can, or mark it down so

you can look at it later. Psalm chapter

Psalms 34 · chapter mention

34. The writer said it like this. I will

bless the Lord at all times. His praise

shall continually be in my mouth. My

soul shall make its boast in the Lord.

The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

And then he says something significant.

Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us

exalt his name together. He he was

saying, "Oh, magnify the Lord with me

and let us exalt his name together." And

here's the reason why. Because David

knew the secret that if I take the

magnifying glass of my perspective and I

see the problem and I make it bigger in

my perspective than God is. Watch this.

It doesn't mean the problem's bigger

than God.

You can but you can shift the

perspective of your life and you can

view your problem as bigger than God.

You can magnify your problem. So David

was instructing the people. So he said,

"We're going to praise God at all times.

Always going to be a praise on my lips."

So that means this to us that we have

the choice tonight whether to magnify

the problems or the things or the fear

or the uh the assault, the hurt, the

things we've been through, the abuse. We

can magnify all of those things if we

choose to. And in our perspective, it

will seem like it's bigger than God. Or

we can shift like David said, "Oh,

magnify not the problem, but magnify the

Lord with me." And so tonight, this

message is an invitation to each one in

this house to magnify the Lord more than

you magnify the fear that the enemy

tries to place on your life.

So in that vein, I want to invite you

into a moment to be able to see what the

Holy Spirit is saying to you currently

and what the Holy Spirit is saying to

our church as we take these next steps

towards sacred thresholds. So if you're

ready for the word tonight, shout, "I'm

ready."

>> I'm ready.

>> Now, I want you to stand to your feet.

We're going to read some scripture

together. 1 John chapter 4 and 2 Timothy

1 John 4 · chapter mention 2 Timothy 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1. 1 John chapter number four.

and and throughout the night I will be

reading from uh the New King James

Version. And I'm I think there's a

couple spots in here where I inserted

some other versions. Um I may have

marked them in my notes. I may not have.

So if it doesn't look exactly like it it

does in your Bible. Just hey, just uh

humor me for a few moments and let me

get through that. Uh because I this is

all fresh that the Lord put on me today

as I was bringing this together through

the power of the Holy Spirit. First John

1 John 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4. When you get there, say, "I

got it."

>> All right. Go to verse number uh 17 of

that chapter. Bible says, "Love has been

perfected among us in this that we may

have boldness in the day of judgment

because as he is, so are we in this

world." The Bible says in verse 18,

"There is no fear in love."

Can we read that one more time? There is

no fear in love. Watch this. But perfect

love cast out fear.

Or another way that is stated, perfected

love cast out fear. He said because fear

involves torment and our God is not

about torment. Come on, somebody. But he

who fears has not been made perfect in

love. Woo. That's challenging right

there. that and and if I can just be

real honest, that's where I got hung up

on this past week. That's that's where

it's at. We love him because he first

loved us. Now, go to second Timothy

2 Timothy 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1 verse number 7. I'm read one

verse and I'm going to let you sit down

and and I'll stand the rest of the time.

Um unless I have a chair um but that's

okay. 2 Timothy chapter 1 verse number

2 Timothy 1 · chapter mention

7. For God has not given us a spirit of

fear, but of power and of love and of a

sound mind.

>> That's so good. I want to read that one

more time. Even if I don't say nothing

else good the rest of the night. That

right there is good. Come on. That's

good word. That's good bread right

there. For God has not given us a spirit

of fear, but of power and of love and of

a sound mind.

So tonight, I want to take us on a

journey um through scripture and through

through what the Lord revealed to me. Uh

a journey from fear to fullness. From

fear to fullness. Can we pray together?

Father, thank you for your word. Thank

you for your goodness, your mercy, your

grace over our life. Uh, and God, I just

ask that you would add anointing to this

moment. Add your presence, add your seal

to this, Lord. Let us hear your word.

God, let us walk in your word. Let us

get fresh revelation tonight from your

word that will help us to walk this

thing out. God, we give you praise. In

Jesus name we pray. And everybody says,

"Amen."

>> Amen. Oh, look what the Lord has done.

Look what the Lord has done.

He gave me a chair so I can sit my honey

down. Hallelujah.

>> And it turned THE MESSAGE AROUND. OH,

I'M GOING TO PRAISE his anyways. Okay,

let's focus. From fear to fullness. Uh

so here here's what I want you to

understand. Fear has the ability to

paralyze you and I uh any part of our

life. I if you understand that, let me

bring it down to context. Um, a good day

and a bad day uh is only one phone call

away.

>> That's the truth.

>> A smooth day and a bumpy day is one bad

call away. Uh, you know, fear and joy is

checking a bank account and if the

numbers are black or red, can I get an

amen?

>> All right. Fear has the ability to

paralyze you and I. And what is that

fear's uh maybe end goal if you would

tonight? It would be to stop us from

moving forward in our godgiven

assignments. Uh and I was challenged

this past week as I was grappling with

uh the challenge that the Holy Spirit

brought to my life. And here here's

really where the challenge laid into me

out of verse number 18 where it talked

about but he who fears has not been made

perfect in love. The statement that was

spoke to my heart was any area that I

still have fear in is an area that I've

not completely surrendered to the Lord.

>> Hello somebody.

>> Any area that I still have fear in is an

area that I've not completely

surrendered to the Lord.

>> And I said, "Hold up.

Wait a minute.

Some may right. Come on, somebody.

>> I said, "All right, Lord, work with me.

Help me. Help me in this." Because I

believe it or not, I I'll say this.

Believe it or not, the enemy will try to

place fears on your pastor's mind, too.

>> I know people look at pastors and say,

"Wow, they're superheroes. They never

have a bad day."

>> Well, you ain't look close enough.

Hallelujah. There are days, there are

moments, there are there are times, not

just in ministry, not just in uh in in

in the realm of the church, but in the

realm of personal life, in the realm of

business and all these different areas

in just physical life and children and

raising kids and all there. There are

all kinds of fears that can attach

themsel or weigh themsel on our life.

And here's the thing, if that fear is

controlling an area of my life, then I

have not submitted that to the Lord

completely.

>> And so I had to grapple with that and

say, "Lord, help me." And then the Lord

began to work things out in my heart and

give me a clear process between or

taking us rather from fear to fullness

tonight. So if you're ready to go on a

journey with your pastor tonight, shout,

"Bring it on.

We're we're going somewhere. Okay. We

must real or we must realize that in our

life if fear is there then we have to

release control of our life in that area

to God. It all belongs to him anyways.

>> Our entire life belongs to the Lord.

Here's the fact though. We have to come

back to the realization. Our life

doesn't belong to us. We were bought

with a price.

We are only stewarding what God is

allowing us to steward.

>> We are just stewards. We don't own this

thing. We don't control what we get to

do as a believer. Matter of fact, the

writer said that they exchanged that

that sin and now I'm a bondervant to

Christ. Okay? I don't belong to myself,

but I've got to be willing to release

control of my life in every area to him.

When we realize our position as stewards

only, watch this, it releases us from

the pressure of having to perform to get

God's grace.

>> When we realize that our position is

only to be a steward, it releases you

and I from the pressure of having to

perform to gain God's grace.

>> Because if this thing's about

performance, I can promise you, I will

mess it up.

>> But it's not about performance. It is by

grace that you have been saved through

faith in God. You can't earn it. You

can't you can't diplomat it. You can't

legislate your way into the kingdom. You

have to accept the free grace and gift

of God. And that only comes through the

blood of Jesus Christ. Can I get a amen

in the house for the word of God?

The fact is that we have placed oursel

in a position to feel like we have to

perform to be able to outwork the fear

that the enemy tries to place on our

life. And here's why. Because we think

we're in control.

>> Yeah.

>> Now, I'm not saying this to to to if if

it's hitting hard, bro, sis, bro,

whatever you want to call, I don't know.

I just want to say it like this. I'm

going be honest with you, it hit me like

a ton of bricks this week.

There was some people that are close to

me that that the enemy has been has been

uh just coming against them with fear

and and I reached out to them and I

said, "Look, God gave me a revelation. I

got to give you this. I I got I got to I

got to share this with you because I

feel like it's a key to you getting

free."

>> And tonight, I feel like there's people

in here that you want to do the will of

God. You desire to do the will of God.

You desire to walk in freedom and power

and authority. But the enemy is laying

fear on your life and making you feel

reluctant to even take the next step

because you're afraid you're going to

fail. But here's what you need to

understand. If God is calling you to

that assignment, if God is calling you

to that thing, no fear will be able to

stop the plan of God from being

accomplished. Because again, it's not

your plan, it's his plan. And we've got

to get to a place where we don't let

fear paralyze us. But we let fear be a

catalyst. That if there's fear trying TO

COME OVER MY MIND, THAT MEANS the enemy

is shaking his boots. Because the next

step I take is about to wreak havoc on

the kingdom of darkness. And if I can

just get over fear for just a second,

then I'm going to let the enemy know I'm

coming at you with everything I've got.

This church is coming at you WITH

EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT. My family's come.

Come on, SOMEBODY. MY BUSINESS IS coming

at you BECAUSE I WILL NOT LET FEAR

CONTROL MY LIFE.

>> I won't let fear control me.

>> Because then when I release those things

and I realize I'm only a steward of

God's grace, then complete dependency on

the Lord becomes the order of my life

and it becomes completely evident not

just to me but to everybody around me.

Amen. Are you with me so far?

So I'm convinced that if we magnify the

wrong thing,

it will be all we speak about, all we

think about

and if it's all we speak about and think

about by proxy it will control every

area of our life.

>> You can also you can always tell a

person if they are a fe fearful person

or a faithful a faithfilled person by

their conversation. Yeah.

>> You talk to them long enough, you will

either hear their faith come out or

you'll hear their fear come out.

>> And so what I want to teach us tonight

is for where we are going as a church,

for where you are going as an

individual, as a family, we cannot and

we don't have the luxury of letting fear

talk. We have to let faith talk. Amen.

That means as a body, as a body of

believers, when we step across these

sacred thresholds, whether you feel it

or not, praise God, this is the way

we're going.

>> Hello, spirit fingers. Everybody in the

house,

>> saying, "Pastor, you should preach this

on Sunday. I'm gonna preach it on

Wednesday."

>> And then if I have to, I'll just take

these notes and I'll repeat on Sunday. I

ain't scared. Don't bother me one bit.

The only difference between now and

Sunday is I'll be standing up yelling.

Come on, it's true. Y'all know it's

true. And I'll tell Michael, "Get on

that organ." And everybody be like, "Oh,

hallelujah. Hallelujah."

I don't know where that came from, but

anyways.

But I want us to be on the same page and

have our wine skin renewed so we're able

to hold what God is about to pour out in

this house.

I I just being honest. The the rich

history that we have is going to be

connected to the great destiny that God

has for us. Thank God for everything he

has done. We honor what God has done in

this house. Amen.

>> Because if none of that was done before,

the foundations weren't laid, we would

not be able to build upon that right

now. That's why I, you know, that's why

I'm super thankful for Pastor Johnson

and Sister Johnson in the house. These

are some of our great former pastors of

this great house. And come on, can we

take a moment and just give the go give

God a hand for these precious folks

right here. I love you so much. I love

you so much. But if it had not been for

their sacrifices, we wouldn't be in this

building today.

>> It's just the truth. They spearheaded

that. They led that and said, "Hey,

we're doing it." Whether it makes sense

or not, we're doing it. Amen. Because

they heard the voice of God. They said,

"We're not gonna listen to fear talk.

We're gonna let faith talk."

Okay. So, watch this. If we if we're not

careful, we will magnify the wrong thing

and it'll be what we speak about, think

about, and it will control our life. But

after tonight, rather, what we're going

to do is we're not going to focus only

on fear tonight because a lot of times

in these messages, we talk about fear,

fear, fear, fear, fear. I'm not going to

do that. I'm going to give us the the

anecdote to fear and not allow fear to

be what we magnify. I do have to address

it, but that's not how we're going to

get out of it.

Amen. You got to have something when you

walk out that door. I got something to

chew on all week. So, we're going to

focus on what the Lord desires to give

us rather than what the enemy wants to

give us. And so, let's look at part B of

2 Timothy chapter 1 verse number 7 where

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God said, watch this. He's not given us

a spirit of fear, but of power. Somebody

say power.

>> Power,

>> love.

>> Love

>> and a sound mind.

So the enemy wants to give me fear. He

wants to get that spirit of fear wants

to come. But the spirit of God wants to

give me power, love, and a sound mind or

self-control.

Okay? Now, because I believe if we can

catch a glimpse of what God has for us

when the enemy presents something

different, we won't be swayed by it.

We will know what God has for us and the

fact that it is better than anything the

enemy can bring against our life or

bring to our life. And we won't be drawn

away by the enemy's traps. And watch

this. We won't self-sabotage.

>> Come on.

>> Okay. The enemy wants to make us fearful

in the point that we will self-sabotage,

but in the name of Jesus, not in this

house.

Now, part of the way we're going to

accomplish this is by what Paul said to

Timothy in 2 Timothy chapter 4:es 1-5.

He said, "I charge you therefore before

God and the Lord Jesus Christ who will

judge the living and the dead and at his

appearing and his kingdom." He said this

to Timothy. He said, Timothy, he said,

"Preach the word." Somebody shout,

"Preach the word."

>> Preach the word. Be ready or in season

and out of season. convince, rebuke,

exhort with all longsuffering and

teaching. For the time will come when

they will not endure sound doctrine, but

according to their own desires, watch

this, because they have itching ears,

they will heap up for themselves

teachers, and they will turn their ears

away from the truth, and be turned aside

to fables, but you be watchful in all

things, endure afflictions, do the work

of an evangelist, and he said, fulfill

your ministry. One of the tasks of that

that we're going to use in this house to

combat a spirit of fear is by preaching

the word of God.

>> Faith comes by hearing and hearing by

the word of God. That means when we

stand up here, whether it's me or one of

the other ministers and they stand up

here and preach, we're not going to come

loaded with our opinions and our

stories. We're going to come loaded with

what the word of God says.

We don't have time to to to to meander

down story lane and all those different

things when we have people's lives

hanging in the balance. I want the word

of God coming forward in power and

authority

>> because the gospel is what sets men

free.

>> The gospel confronts, right? It brings a

sword. All right. Jesus said, "I didn't

come to bring peace. I came to bring a

sword." We're going to divide some

things.

>> I know that's contrary to what everybody

the loveydovey Jesus. Come on.

>> But Jesus said, "I'm bringing a sword.

We're fixing to swing some things,

right? We're fixing to cut some things.

In other words, we're going to purify a

church. He said, "I'm going to get my

bride ready."

Amen.

>> So, in this vein, the way that we

prepare the bride is we preach the word

of God. All right? That's one side of

things. Another side of things is this

is that you and I will start taking

ownership of our own faith.

Okay,

that's good preaching.

>> How do I take ownership of my own faith?

Read the word for yourself.

>> Please,

>> please read it. Because we have a

because we don't because a generation

has not taken the word of God seriously.

We have a biblically illiterate

generation coming up.

because it's easier for them to get

their scripture off of Tik Tok than it

is to get to the word of God and see

what God has to say.

>> It's just the truth. I'm just being

honest.

>> And if we can be honest, we want things

quick, fast, in a hurry. We We want the

microwave thing rather than going with a

slow cooker.

>> Slow cooker takes more time, but it

tastes better

>> and it will sustain you better.

Microwaves take all the good nutrients

out of it.

>> So, we have to get down to a point to

where we read the word for ourselves.

Say, "Well, I'm not sure what to do

about that." Well, listen. If you watch

our announcements, scroll by long

enough, you can get on this thing called

the Bible app. All right? And we

actually have a place on the Bible app

for our church to join up with different

Bible studies and things like that. You

can link up with that. But also, you can

get on there and you can find a way to

discover a Bible reading plan that will

help you have something that's

systematic to where you're not just like

you don't go old school and say, "All

right, power flip. What are we going to

read today?" You know what I'm saying?

You get you get systematic about it and

say, "Lord, teach me, show me things.

Let me go to this is practical things

how we drive the spirit of fear out and

we embrace what God wants to have in our

life." Because we we could get I can get

up here and I could stir you up, man. I

could go I could go find a really cool

Old Testament story of victory and and

judges. I could go back there and find I

could preach the one about where they

defend David and his men defended the

bean patch and baby we could preach

about fighting for your family and man I

can get up here and say hallelujah glory

to God. But if we don't walk out of here

and say we're going to go back to the

house and read the word for oursel all I

have done is entertain you.

>> Amen.

>> Inspiration's good. Come on. Challen

high challenge is good. But if there's

nothing hitting the road when we get

home, then we are still as messed up as

we were when we walked in.

>> And I refuse to pastor a church that

does not get in the word of God.

>> Get in the word. But I want to take it a

step further than that. Read the word,

but study the word.

>> Meditate on the word. Don't just read it

and say, "That was good. Now let's move

on to what we got to do." Read it.

Contemplate it. Pray about it. And say,

"Lord, speak to me."

Let him show you. Find resources that

will help you understand what the word

of God says. Trusted resources.

Come on. Not just crazy people.

>> We we going we're going to try our best

in the next um in the next several

weeks. We're going to we're going to do

something we ain't never done before.

We're going to launch a podcast from the

church that we're going to go on there

and we're going to we're going to

dissect scripture. We're going to talk

about that. Our messages will be

available on there um as far as the

preaching of the word goes, all those

things. But we're going to take deep

dives into scripture and we're going to

try to facilitate disciplehip on there

because I know people's life is

fast-paced. I get it. But I don't want

just any kind of information coming to

you. I want it to be the real deal.

>> Amen.

>> And so it takes some effort on our part

to study. Reading is one thing, but

studying is another thing.

It's okay to go back and find out who

wrote it, why they wrote it, when they

wrote it, what the culture was, where

they wrote it, what the economic

situation, what was the political

situation when they wrote it. Because I

promise you, it will open up a whole

another world of scripture.

>> It will let you see it for what it

really was in that moment. But here's

the beauty about the word of God. It

meant it for them, but it also translate

to us today.

It doesn't just skip us because it was

written to them.

Okay. All right. That's enough of that.

Read the word. Study the word. All

right. How else am I going to take my

take ownership of my faith? I'm going to

pray.

>> Spend time in prayer. Pray over your

children.

Pray over your children's rooms.

>> Anoint it. Pray over them. You don't

have to be spooky or mystical. Just be

believe the word of God.

Amen.

>> You pray. I'm gonna lay this one on you.

Fast.

>> Fast on your own.

>> Amen. That's what God has called us to

do as believers.

While the bridegroom is here, there was

no need of that. But he's gone now. And

so, we have to prepare oursel through

prayer, fasting, reading, and studying.

Fellowship with believers. Can I get a

witness in the house?

>> Take time to fellowship with other

people. You're going to have a great

opportunity in the next few several

weeks when we launch our liberty groups

to join up with folks that are leading

this and making sure that we have plenty

of time to fellowship and make sure that

we have time to fellowship around God's

word and it's going to be beautiful.

Here's another way that you can take

ownership of your faith. Step up and

serve.

>> Step up and serve. Find an area of

ministry that you can step up and serve

in. And I promise you that will take

your faith to another level. There is

nothing like serving. Remember when

Jesus said when the disciples said,

"Hey, let's go in the city and grab you

some food." And Jesus said, "Don't worry

about it. I got food you don't even know

about."

>> Remember him saying that? And of course,

they were sitting there thinking,

"Listen, who brought Jesus fish and

bread? How dare somebody else take my

position?" No. Jesus was feasting on the

will of God, serving in the kingdom

himself. Can I tell you, when you serve,

it takes your relationship to another

level. And you you get you get around

other people of like faith and you're

pushing the same direction for the same

purpose. Man, it becomes something

powerful. This p this past weekend,

right, you guys went for You've been

You've been coined. Was it this weekend?

It was this weekend. Yeah, it was this

weekend. You guys went for You've been

coined. And there was an encounter that

they had with a young man that gave his

life to Jesus. and they had the

opportunity to lead somebody to Christ

by paying, come on, paying for laundry

detergent and paying for somebody's

laundry to get done. Can I tell you? But

everybody that was in that circle,

everybody was there, they received

strength in that moment

>> because they were in the room. They were

in the position and they got strength.

Okay? So serve, evangelize, tell people

about Jesus. Tell people about Jesus. So

let's break down the scripture in 2

2 Timothy 1:7

Timothy 1:7. For God has not given us a

spirit of fear, but of power and of love

and of a sound mind. That's what the New

King James Version says. This is I did

write this down. The the Passion

translation says it like this. For God

will never give you the spirit of fear.

That's good.

>> He will never give you the spirit of

fear. But watch this. He said, let me

let me read it in context. For God will

never give you the spirit of fear, but

the Holy Spirit

>> who gives you mighty power, love, and

self-control.

So, there's a statement I'll make at the

end, but I'll go and make it now. Why

would I want to take something that God

didn't give to me?

>> If the enemy is going to give me fear,

why why I don't want that? God did not

intend for me to have that.

Now, some people are thinking, "Well,

what about like whenever, you know, I

got to like run out to the mailbox in

the dark and like I start out walking

slow and then I take off running

faster."

What about that? Is that Is that Am I

being fearful? No, you're just being

human, man. There's boogie monsters out

there. Take off running.

I ain't walking in that mailbox and

back. The devil is a liar.

Shoot. Shoot. There might be a possum

out there that'll get me.

or knowing some of the crazy people I'm

around. There may be somebody in the

woods trying to scare me.

>> Or there may be people cutting off my my

my satellite during the middle of

football game. Ain't that right, Brother

Jack, Sister Mary. I don't know who

would do something crazy like that. My

Lord, right in the middle of Notre Dame

game.

It's all right. But I just that's those

kind of fears. Hey, you know what? Be

scared of the dark, scared of heights.

Man, I am terrified of heights.

My God of heaven.

Every time I get on a plane, I just get

so terrified. Like I don't I don't tell

nobody, but boy,

that seat, I'm surprised it don't have a

hole in it for my butt chewing it up.

Come on. I get nervous. I get so

nervous. I don't know if y'all do this,

but man, when turbulence starts

happening, I cannot sit still.

If if I like move, then I feel like I'm

the one moving the plane and it's not

all the crazy air pressure around. We

may go down at any second. I'm like,

well, that's just me. I'm just

stretching my legs. You know, the

plane's rocking a little bit. I Y'all,

it takes everything in my brain to focus

on the fact that I'm not 35,000 ft in

the air. Oh, when I start thinking about

it, start thinking about the goodness of

Jesus, maybe I'm closer to heaven than I

don't know.

>> Anyways, I'm a scaredy-cat, but I I

don't let on to it too much. I I do

okay. I do all right. See that? My

lady's learning something new right now.

She don't even know. I was terrified the

entire weekend.

I'll be honest with you. The one time I

was really scared

is when we were me and the girls were

leaving uh Jackson Hole. And if you ever

been to Jackson Hole, it's literally in

a horseshoe of the Tetons. Like the the

airport is down and there's no wind

really at the airport itself. But when

you take off and you hit the top of the

mountains, there's like this wind shear

that is there. Um, and it was me and

Bailey, Laya, and Tara. They were they

were on the other side of the aisle in

those three seats. I was here by a brand

new married couple. And man, we were

taking off and it was beautiful. But as

soon as we hit the top of those

mountains, I No kidding. the plane slid,

started sliding. And they Tara, God

bless her, she was younger, she had her

headphones in, eating popcorn, watching

movie, didn't even care. Laya, she kind

of looked at me in the big old eyes. And

then Bailey's like, "Dad, ARE WE GOING

TO DIE? WE'RE GOING TO DIE."

So she's doing that from that side. The

married couple, they join hands and

there is a prayer meeting going on the

left side of me and we are sliding and

bumping and going all kinds of crazy.

And I was like, "But it's fine, baby.

We're we're good. We're good. Daddy's

I am great. I'm doing great right now."

But that I was so terrified during that

moment. Didn't mean I didn't trust the

Lord. I was like, it's what we've always

said. I don't mind dying. I don't want

to die something stupid.

I mean, I guess that'd be all right way

to die. Go down with the plane, but I

just I don't really want to. But you

know, it just it there are some fears

that are natural occurring fears that

are not from the enemy. Okay? So, what

that's not what I'm talking about. I'm

talking about when the enemy tries to

inflict fear on top of your life, on top

of your family. Okay? So, he said this.

He said that that for God will not give

us the spirit. He will never give you

the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit

who gives you mighty power, love, and

self-control. This literally boils down

um to which of the two spirits we are

going to receive.

The one spirit is the spirit of fear,

but the one that we should receive is

the Holy Spirit. So, we have the choice.

Do we pick which one we pick? The spirit

of fear is an option that we could pick,

but it leads to destruction.

The Holy Spirit is the better option.

Can I get an amen?

>> Which brings mighty power, love, and

self-control.

So, for the fact of going to go and pick

for everybody in the house, we're

picking the Holy Spirit.

>> All right? And so, I was going to leave

it up to everybody, but I don't want

nobody be crazy and say, "Yeah, let's

give a spirit of fear." No. No. Shh. Be

quiet. We're going to go with the Holy

Spirit. Everybody say, "I pick the Holy

Spirit."

>> I

>> Okay. And he brings mighty power, love,

and self-control. So, let's talk about

those three things. All right? We're not

going to focus on fear anymore. Fear can

come whenever it wants to. But if I see

what God has for me when fear does come,

I will instantly reject fear.

>> Okay? So, he's going to give me and

bring me mighty power. Wow. Watch this.

We are not called to live and be

powerless.

We are called to be powerful in the

kingdom of God. How do you know that

pastor? I can go to the book of Acts

Acts 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1 and verse number eight. He

said, "But you shall receive power when

the Holy Ghost has come upon you." Amen.

>> He said this in Romans chapter 8:37. He

said, "Yet in all these things we are

more than conquerors. We have g been

given power to conquer by him who loved

us who is Christ Jesus. We have been

called to be a powerful generation. Not

a broken generation, not a cursed

generation, not a not a cyclical

generation that is stuck in the cycles

of of destruction and and and and the

chaos and the anarchy of the enemy. No,

we are called to have power to break the

cycles of the enemy and let him know he

does not have power over us. But guess

what? We have power over you, enemy. My

marriage will not be broken because I

will have self-control. I will be mighty

in power and grace and I will not let

the enemy wreak havoc on my family

because I am a person and identified

with power that comes not from me but

from God himself. Can you say amen?

>> Now we have power that is God-given.

Okay. God-given power so that we cannot

have pride when we overcome the enemy.

>> Come on. Come on.

>> Because a lot of people they win a

victory. They say, "Woo, man. Look what

I did."

>> Can I tell you that's that's dangerous.

>> Pride comes before destruction

>> and a hotty spirit before a fall.

And so we got to be careful in our

hearts, in our lives to recognize our

position. Again, we're not in control.

We are only stewarding this.

>> So it's like, brother Jerry Paul, if I

just went out tomorrow and I bought you

I bought myself because that would make

more sense. I bought myself a Ferrari,

which would not fit any of my family in

it except for me and my wife, which

would be kind of fun. But if I bought

myself Ferrari, but I said, "Hey,

Jarpot, I'm going to loan this to you

for you to take care of for me,

right? You don't just put any regular

gas in there. You don't put regular oil

in there. You have to There's special

things you got to do to caress the

Ferrari. Come on. And take care of it."

But you're going to feel an immense

responsibility because it's not just

yours. You have been loaned this and you

have been called to be a steward of

that, right? And so it's the same thing

with us and this power that God has

given us. It is not our power. He is

loaning this power to us to operate in

to do his work.

>> And so does that give a fresh

perspective of it that that we receive

it, but I ain't in control of this

thing. He is the one that's in control

of it. I cannot manipulate the power of

God to do what I want it to do.

>> Let's go Star Wars. It is not the force.

The force be with no the force not be

with me. I want to be in line with the

power of God.

>> Okay, you're watching this now. We're

not called to be powerless. We're called

to be powerful. Now, we through this

power, we have mighty power over sin.

I want you to see this. These are things

that God gives us. Fear does not give us

the spirit of fear. Romans 6:18 or 6:14

Romans 6:18

rather says it like this. For sin shall

not have dominion or power over you,

>> but we have power and dominion over sin.

We have authority over sin. We have

mighty power, watch this, over demonic

spirits as well.

>> We have we have power over demonic

influences

and watch this. We have power over

rebellion and witchcraft.

All the operations of the enemy. For we

don't wrestle against flesh and blood,

but against power, principalities,

powers, rulers of darkness, spiritual

wickedness in high places, all these

things. We wrestle against those things.

But here's what you need to understand.

The power that God gave you gives you

power over those. You are not to fall

into a place where you fear the enemy.

You are to stand in a place that you

know that the power that God gave you is

greater than anything that could come

against your life.

>> Sickness that tries to revisit your

life. I am more powerful than that. Not

because of me, but because of the one

who lives inside of me.

>> So I will not walk in fear. I will not

operate in fear, but I will operate in

power and faith.

>> And then again, the danger is and I

preached about this on Sunday, the

disciples whenever they were brought

when this this dad brought this

demon-possessed child to them and said,

"We need you to cast this demon out."

Jesus and Peter, James, and John came

off the mountain of transfiguration and

brought they came down into a chaotic

situation. The disciples failed. People

were going crazy. The dad's crying. The

the son is flopping around the ground,

demonpossessed. And Jesus walks out of

the glory right into a chaotic situation

because the disciples, watch this, they

had already cast out demons before. But

what they did not realize is the way I

did it before is not the same way God's

going to use me the next time.

>> Okay? And a lot of times we will out of

fear we will try to replicate what

happened before thinking that's what God

called us to do now when God has called

us to go to a different pattern and not

rely on an old way of doing things and

say God I trust you more than I do my

traditions

>> I'm preaching good right now

>> because they got bound in that and

because they tried it the same way they

did IT BEFORE. GO BACK AGAIN. MARK

Mark 9 · chapter mention

chapter 9 is where the story took place.

I think it's Mark chapter 6 toward the

Mark 6 · chapter mention

end of it where they cast out demons.

They were given the power. So they HAD

THE POWER, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO

REPLICATE something they did BEFORE

WITHOUT TRUSTING GOD TO GIVE THEM THE

power again.

>> And can I tell you the kingdom of God

does not it does not operate off of

replication. It operates off of faith.

>> Yes.

>> Faith, not fear. Jesus isn't here, so we

got to repeat the same thing we did last

time. No. Trust him. Look at the

situation. See the faith of the father

and say, "Yes, be free in Jesus name."

>> Come on.

>> It's not my word anyways. It's not my

power. I have to operate in that. Now, I

can get meddling into that all night.

I'm not going to. But we have power over

rebellion and witchcraft. How do you

know that we have power over that?

Because the self-samed spirit that

raised Christ from the dead lives in us.

>> That's all I need to know. His spirit

lives in me as a believer. Therefore, I

carry the same authority that Christ

carried on this earth.

Amen.

>> We'll teach about that later, too.

We are called to push back darkness. All

right? But watch this. Scripture also

instructs us to be careful in this

matter when it comes to demon spirits.

It comes to influences, comes to

witchcraft, rebellion, spiritual

wickedness in high places. Watch this.

Scripture instructs us not to rejoice

over this power.

Right? It is something that I am I am uh

cognizant of. I understand it. I know

it. Therefore, it it it allows me not to

operate in fear, but I'm not here to

rejoice over that. But he said rather

rejoice that your name is written in the

Lamb's book of life.

>> Come on, somebody. Is anybody's name

written in the lamb's book of life

tonight? Can we take a moment and just

obey God and rejoice right there for a

second?

Hallelujah.

>> I don't rejoice because I can go around

and I can cast out demons. I rejoice

because I'm on my way to heaven.

>> That's a powerful thing that we operate

and we walk in.

>> All right. Now, we also have mighty

power in the middle of our weaknesses.

God demonstrates his power through human

weaknesses.

And watch this. God deliberately works

through weak people to display his

spirit's power.

If we will stay humble, he will exalt

us. Right?

The scripture, if we'll stay humble

where we are, that's why I always tell

my team and anybody that I'm working

with, you better stay humble and hungry

because if you lose either one of those,

I can't track with you anymore.

Amen.

>> If you're gonna get if you're going to

get all hottie, I c I can't work around

that kind of thought.

>> I can't do it. If you're going to be if

you're not going to be hungry, if you're

going to be satisfied, I can't work with

that either.

>> Amen.

>> So, we're going to be humble and hungry.

In that same vein, I'm thankful that

God, even in spite of my weaknesses,

chooses to use me.

It's it's a beautiful thing, but also a

humbling thing. He doesn't have to

choose me, but he did.

He did choose us. God's power oftentimes

operates most effectively

within impossible circumstances.

When things don't even look like they're

supposed to look.

when you get to the doctor's office and

you said, "I didn't think it was going

to go like that."

Amen.

>> When when you're not sure what is going

on, that's when God's power can operate

most effectively because at that point,

it is out of your control to produce

results.

>> It's out of your control. Brother Ernie,

I remember I wasn't I wasn't here during

that time. It was right before I came in

2008 n that area right there uh when

everything happened and your colon and

all those different things. And I

remember pastor telling me the story of

how they would they were in the hospital

and squeezing their hand right squeezing

until literally their fists would just

like it was like cramped up because they

were praying so hard because in the

flesh it looked absolutely impossible

for you to even be here in 2026. That's

crazy that it's 2026 number one. But

thank God that even in the midst of an

impossible situation, he showed up. And

so what I say again is the same God that

showed up back then is the same God

that's showing up right now in Jesus

name. I believe that with all my heart.

If he did it then, he'll do it again.

Amen. So I speak that over you, sir.

>> Even in our weaknesses. Now watch this.

He operates most effectively within

impossible circumstances. Meaning this

that our limitations will not hinder his

power.

Our limitations will not hinder God's

power. But watch this. Our limitations

though become a canvas for God to paint

his miracle working grace on.

That's how he gets the most glory. If

you know how to fix it, it's hard really

to give God a lot of glory for that. But

if you get into a situation, you have no

answer and you have no recourse for

what's going on, but you say, "My trust

is in the Lord." And then he comes

through. Come on. Let me tell you,

that's where God paints his masterpiece

right there.

>> I got a report from one of my my best

buddies, Pastor Lee Tate from over in

Pensacola. He sent me a text. And let me

actually I'll just let me, if y'all

don't mind, can I just pull that text up

real quick? Let me see. He texted me

today, I think it was. Let me let me

just pull that up. Hold, please. Here we

go. Here. Here it is. He said, he texted

me yesterday afternoon around 4:30. He

said, "I just got off the phone with my

wife." He said, "My father-in-law was

given two years to live with treatment

with with stage four cancer last fall,

but he said today he is cancerree after

it had metastasized all over his body."

Come on. I I just can we just take a

moment and give God praise for that? I

just I felt that right there. That's an

impossible situation. But the canvas God

painted on. Oh my God. I feel the glory

of the Lord. CAN WE REJOICE WITH MY

BUDDY? I BELIEVE GOD SAY IF HE DID IT

THEN, HE'S GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT. IF

YOU NEED A MIRACLE, I DARE YOU TO GIVE

GOD PRAISE TONIGHT FOR HIS MIRACLE

working power. Hallelujah.

My God.

>> Yes, he do. He can do it.

>> Man, that's good, y'all.

He didn't even know he was going to be

part of my sermon tonight. I didn't know

it either.

>> I'm telling you, if God can do it like

that,

>> I tell you, he he wants to do that

>> all the time.

>> But what we have to do is get to a place

where we say, "God, I'm humble before

you. I don't have the answer, but I'm

trusting you to give me the answer." And

here's what here's the here's the

tendency. We can come to an altar and

and we do this a lot. We come and we

bring it to God and we lay it all down.

But as soon as we go back out, we get

back on WebMD and try to figure out how

to fix it.

>> Right?

>> Amen.

>> And I'm not knocking that. I'm not

knocking being wise. I'm not knocking

having a plan. But what I'm telling you

is don't try to take it away from God

and do it yourself. Let him fix it.

If you need God to come through in your

family uh financially, if you need God

to come through in your family uh with a

home, with housing, whatever it looks

like, can I tell you God can make all of

that happen if we just place our trust

in him

>> and let him let him do what he does best

and that's the miraculous.

>> It's so much better when he does it,

too. I'm just being honest.

>> You know, I look back over my life and

the times where I made it happen, it

didn't work out very good. But when he

came through, it was joyful. It was

sweet, and it was beautiful.

>> And it sustained. If I can just be real

honest, when God showed up, it was

sustainable.

Whenever we do it, then we have to keep

performing.

>> We got to keep performing. Okay. Am I

helping anybody tonight?

>> All right. So, the last scripture I want

to I want to bring in on that is 2

Corinthians uh 12:es 9-11. And I kind of

compressed it a little bit tonight just

to give you the front and back end of

it. He said, "My grace is sufficient for

you, for my power is made perfect in

weaknesses." And then he said at the end

of that verse number 11, he said, "For

when I am weak, then I am strong." Then

I'm strong. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't

that beautiful? So you can't tell me

that God doesn't have mighty power at

work in our life. He does. So that's the

that's the first thing that power mighty

power he gives us. The second thing it

gives us is love. Look at your neighbor

and say, "Love."

>> Love, love, love. And I'll say this at

the beginning of talking about love.

Don't be ashamed of truth.

Because truth and love, they they work

together.

A lot of times we feel like, well, if I

can just pacify somebody, that means I

love them. Pacifying somebody is not

loving them.

It's not.

You know, if that's what you're wanting

me to do, you're going to be gravely

disappointed.

Amen. Just go ahead and put that up

front because I I'm not I'm not here to

pacify you. I'm here to lead you. I'm

here to take this church where God wants

it to go. I'm here to lead you and your

family where God desires for us to go.

I'm not here to pacify you and hope help

you feel comfortable in an existence

that's not moving forward.

>> Okay?

>> All right. I don't know where that came

from either, but don't be ashamed of the

truth. Maybe it's the truth. Now, second

Timothy chapter 1

verse 8 through2 says it like this.

Therefore, do not be ashamed of the

testimony of our Lord. Don't don't be

ashamed of truth nor of me his prisoner

but share with me in the sufferings for

the gospel according to the power of

God. It says, "He who or who has saved

us and called us with a holy calling,

not according to our works, but

according to his own purpose and grace

which was given to us in Christ Jesus

before time began, but has now been

revealed by the appearing of our Lord of

our Savior Jesus Christ, who has

abolished death and brought life and

immortality to light through the gospel

to which I was appointed a preacher, an

apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

For this reason, I also suffer these

things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed.

Somebody say, "I'm not ashamed."

>> I'm not ashamed.

>> For I know whom I have believed, and I

am persuaded that he is able to keep

that which I've committed to him against

that day. Can I tell you, not being

ashamed of the truth of the gospel is

what love is really all about.

>> Because truth is love.

Truth is love.

>> Speaking the truth is love. Ephesians

Ephesians 4:15

4:15 says, "But instead we will remain

strong and always sincere in our love as

we express the truth."

>> So anywhere you see these two things

working together, you're seeing the will

of God come to pass and what the spirit

of God is giving us, not fear, but now

he's giving us love. And that love comes

hand in hand with truth. We as

believers, watch this, will not only

receive his love. We will become the

resting place of his love.

We will become that as we as we are

gifted this love and this truth. Because

Ephesians chapter 41 17-19 says, "Then

by constantly using your faith, the life

of Christ will be released deep inside

of you and the resting of his love will

become the very source and root of your

life." Wow. It will become the source

and the root of our life. And then it

says in 18 and 19, then you will be

empowered to discover what every holy

one experiences. The great magnitude and

the astonishing love of Christ in all

its dimensions. How deeply intimate and

farreaching his is his love. How

enduring and inclusive it is. Endless

love beyond measurement that transcends

our understanding. This extravagant love

pours into you until you are filled to

overflowing with the fullness of God.

Did you see all the all the descriptions

of his love? It will become a resting

place. The source and the root, the

great magnitude of his love, astonishing

love, intimate love, farreaching love,

enduring love, inclusive love, endless

love, beyond measurement, transcending

understanding, extravagant love. Can I

tell you that is the very definition of

being filled to overflowing with the

great love of our savior? I don't know

about you, but how many ready to receive

his love tonight? Anybody ready to

receive that? I I'm just telling you, I

want every bit of the love of God.

>> Because when I'm filled with the

fullness, watch this. Then I'm gonna

overflow on somebody else.

>> And that's what God's design is. Yes, it

is for you, sir. And yes, it is for you,

ma'am. His love is for you to enjoy, but

it's not for you to harbor only for

yourself.

>> It's to become a flowing well. Stagnant

water does nothing for anybody. But when

it becomes a flowing well, if you'll

give, watch this. The Bible says that he

would give seed to the sewer.

>> What does that mean, pastor? That means

if you're stingy, he ain't going to give

you none.

>> If you're stingy with your time, stingy

with your money, God's going to take

that away from you.

>> Hello.

>> But if you will say, I refuse to be

stingy. I want to produce what God has

called me to be. I will overflow on

somebody else. What you what you flow

out or what flows out of you, God will

put back in you. He will continue to put

it into you as you have an outflow. If

you're willing to be a good steward,

there it is. Of his love. We'll be a

steward of his power, but we have to be

a steward of his love as well. Bring

that other people. Now, let's talk about

the third part of that scripture, the

sound mind or or self-control, right?

One way or the other. It can go it can

go both sides. We're going to talk about

a little bit of both of those. A sound

mind represents stability and mental

health,

but it isn't something that can be

obtained through intellectual capacity.

A sound mind that he's talking about is

not something that you can get a degree

about

and you can talk through. This is a gift

from God.

Amen.

>> Can we agree upon that?

You got to pick that spirit. Spirit of

fear or the spirit of God. Holy Spirit.

And with the Holy Spirit comes power,

love, and sound mind. Now, I will say

this. There are godly, Holy Ghost fil

people that can help you get to a place

of stability. Amen.

>> But it is still a gift from God. He may

choose to use an instrument to bring

that to your life and help you get to

that point, but let me tell you

something. The gift that is coming to

you is from God. They are just a channel

that it flows through.

Now we possess it through God's power,

his mercy and his grace. If fear comes

into the picture, fear distorts our

thinking and derails believers from

God's will. Okay?

But making a renewed mind is essential

for discerning the purpose and the plan

and the will of God for our life. When

Paul references a a sound mind, watch

this. He points to the Holy Spirit's

work producing obedience in our life to

follow in the word of God and follow the

steps that he's laid out in his word. A

transformation

that reshapes identity from within

rather than from merely improving

external discipline. This is a inside

job.

It starts inside and then works its way

outside.

The word of God says in Isaiah 53 that

he was wounded for our transgressions

and he was bruised for our iniquities.

Okay? If you understand what a bruise

is, bruise is an outward sign of

bleeding on the inside.

Can I tell you, God didn't do anything

by accident and he didn't put in his

word by accident. I'm not here and I'm

not naive to think that there's not some

people in here that are struggling with

a sound mind tonight because the enemy

has tried to put fear on you. But can I

tell you that our savior was bruised for

your iniquities. He was bruised for

those places inside of you that are

hurting. The bleeding that was on the

inside, it was for that hurt that's on

the inside of you tonight.

>> And so I say this, the blood that he

bled on the outside, oh, we saw that and

we received that for forgiveness. But

the blood that was on the inside that

was flowing on the inside of his body

was to touch the very soul of our being

so that we don't have to suffer in

silence.

TOO MANY TIMES WE SHOUT ABOUT IT AND WE

MISS THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY needs

healing on the inside of their life.

>> They're broken. They are bruised. They

have been battered by the enemy and they

don't know which WAY IS UP AND EVEN

WHICH WAY IS DOWN. AND THEY DON'T EVEN

KNOW how they made it in the house. BUT

CAN I TELL YOU, I SERVE A GOD WHO CAN

RESTORE YOU IN AN INSTANT. AND YOU CAN

WALK OUT AND SAY, "I'VE GOT PEACE IN MY

SPIRIT LIKE I'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE."

THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE.

>> That's the kind of savior we serve. It's

not so much exterior things, but it

starts on the inside.

This inward renewal enables believers to

move beyond anxiety and confusion to

clarity and peace.

It is not God's will for you to live in

anxiety.

It is not God's will for you to be stuck

on medication for that all your life.

>> Amen. I'm not here to knock you if

you're on it. I'm just here to tell you

that my God can set you free from that.

He can touch you right where the enemy

hurt you.

>> You've been carrying it for years, but

in the name of Jesus, it can stop

tonight.

>> You don't have to leave here the same

way.

>> And I'm going to yield time in a minute

because I feel that in my spirit that we

can lay hands on people and people can

be transformed tonight. But somebody's

moving from anxiety, confusion to

clarity, and to peace tonight.

>> You going to do it?

H how do we how do we bring this thing

around to prevent a maintenance pastor

when it comes to when it comes to a spot

of a sound mind and and self uh

self-disipline or self-control? It's

very simple. There are times in our life

that we come up against concerns

and we see something that's concerning

in our life and if it's left unchecked

that concern can lead to fear.

We're concerned about this. It's it's

something I I see it's not really going

the way I should it should be going. I

what I feel and hear and what I see with

my eyes is two different things. And if

I'm not careful, if it's unchecked by

the word of God, it can I'm not saying

it will. It can lead to a fearful state

of mind.

Okay? Because fear arises when

situations exceed our control.

That's when fear shows up. When you say,

"I can't fix this. I don't know what to

do. It's out of my control." you start

to get fearful immediately.

And if you're not careful, that spirit

of fear will come in. But I'm giving you

tools tonight to say, "No, God gave me a

sound mind."

>> Right?

>> God, hey, whoa. Hey, that fear, that's

not for that don't belong to me. I did

not accept that gift. In Jesus name, I

refute that gift and I accept the sound

mind that God gave me.

>> I may not know how to get out of this,

but I'm gonna have peace while I figure

it out.

>> Amen.

I'm going have peace. Now listen, the

only control we need to be reaching for

is self-control.

>> Don't be reaching for the steering wheel

and this thing called Christianity in

our journey. Don't be reaching for that.

Reach for self-control. God, how am I

supposed to conduct myself today? Amen.

How am I supposed to conduct myself?

Because watch this. Self-control comes

when our mind is anchored to God and his

kingdom rather than being consumed by

worldly concerns.

That's when self-control comes while

also on the other side maintaining an a

a focus on eternal hope that is only

found in Jesus Christ.

Because it can't just be an exterior

thing. It's got to be an interior anchor

in my heart. This enables believers to

make wise decisions without depending on

mystical guidance.

Amen.

>> I don't again I'm not knocking therapy.

I'm not knocking a psychiatrist. But I

don't have to search for that if I can

open the word of God and hear his voice.

>> Amen. That will be a supplement. That

will not be my source.

Amen.

And again, thank God for Christian

counselors. Thank God for those that can

help us get through that because I

believe God anointed them for that

moment. But even they know they are not

the source

>> if they're doing it right.

>> If they try to get you to latch on to

them, you just say, "Listen, I'll take

my leave and I'll go somewhere else.

Thank you, Jesus."

>> Amen.

>> Because it's going to be for their

selfish gain at some point at that

point. So maybe I helped somebody right

there. But I don't have to wait and

depend on mystical guidance. This type

of renewed mind also recognizes one's

identity in Christ rather than relying

on human wisdom and strength. Sound

thinking on the other side of this is

just as vital and matters equally. A

sound mind rejects negative and impure

thoughts while embracing positive and

wholesome thoughts.

How do we do that? I'm going to give you

something real real easy and practical.

If you want a sound mind and you want

self-control,

meditate on God's word,

I I don't mean to be overly simplistic

tonight, but meditate on God's word.

Meditate on it. He will keep those in

his mind in perfect peace. Those who

keep their mind on the Lord, they

meditate on his word. Okay. Now, another

way is memorizing scripture.

memorizing scripture. Believe it or not,

this is gonna probably date me, but

there's an app for that.

You can grab apps and they'll teach you

how to memorize scripture. All right?

Rather than scrolling mindlessly through

social media, memorize scripture.

>> Because what you're doing is you are

equipping your mind to combat the enemy.

I had a one one young man, I was going

to buy him a Bible and uh such a sweet

guy. We were looking at different

versions and all this different stuff

and I had I had my preference. I was

like, "Hey, I think you should probably

get this, you know, whatever." And uh I

said, "This would be a good one, a good

one to study, memorize." And he kept

looking through them and he he flipped

to one page, one certain scripture, look

at it, and then put it back. And flipped

to one certain day. Finally, I was like,

"Man, what about this one?" He grabbed

he said he read it. He said, he said,

"Pastor, that just won't do in the heat

of battle."

And I was like, "What did you just say?"

I said, "Bro, you teaching me right

now." He said, "That won't do in the

heat of battle. I can't memorize that."

He said, "But I can memorize this

version and then I can throw that right

at the enemy and tell him to back off."

I said, "You get whatever version you

feel led to get, son. It's perfectly

fine. You go right ahead. You You just

get up in there." And I said, "Praise

God." And and so we memorize scriptures,

but watch this. Pray scriptures. Pray

them over yourself. Pray them over your

family. Because when that happens, that

becomes the central state to maintaining

your mental state of clarity in every

season of life. Because the word of God

doesn't change. Our circumstances may

change. It may be chaotic and tomorrow

the stock market may be up. The next day

it may crash. We may take Greenland.

They may take us. I don't know what's

going to happen. It's just chaotic OUT

THERE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING

ON. I DON'T WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE

CANNOT disturb what is happening in me

if I've got the word of God in me.

>> Amen.

>> There's a lot of, you know, biblical

prophecy in line with all that. We could

talk about that later. I don't have

time. I want to, but I don't have time

to do it. But here's what I'm going to

tell you. The things going on exteriorly

cannot affect my relationship with the

Lord.

>> They can't when I have his word in my

heart.

And if you do this, if you hide his word

in your heart, you will not sin against

God. Right? That's beautiful if we get

it in there. Now, I'm going to give you

two scriptures and I'm going to let you

go. These are going to be good ones for

you to memorize. All right, you ready?

Write these down. Philippians chapter

4:es 6-9. If you want to have a state a

a a pure mind and you want to have a a a

self-control and a a a heart that is

lined up with the word of God and you

want to be able to look the enemy right

in the face with a sound mind. Here's a

good one. Philippians 4:es 6-9. It says

this, "Don't be pulled in different

directions or worry worried about a

thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout

each day offering your faithfilled

requests before God with overflowing

gratitude. Tell him every detail of your

life. Then God's wonderful peace that

transcends human understanding will

guard your heart and mind through Jesus

Christ. He said, "Keep your thoughts

continually fixed on all that is

authentic and real, honorable and

admirable, beautiful and respectable,

respectful rather, pure and holy,

merciful and kind. And fasten your

thoughts on every glorious work of God,

praising him always. put into practice

the example of all that you have heard

from me and seen in my life and the God

of peace will be with you in all things.

Man, if you can get that scripture going

on in your brain every day and and man,

we'll go old school on it. Whatsoever

things are pure and whatsoever things

are lovely, whatsoever things are of a

good report, think on these things. If

you got to go King, go King James. I

don't care. Get in there. That's

beautiful. But however you get it in

you, get that scripture in you. So when

the enemy brings fear, you can say, "No,

I don't think about the fact that

everything can fall apart, whatsoever

things are pure, whatsoever things are

lovely, if they're of good report. I

know that everything may be falling

apart. Oh, but I choose to believe the

report of the Lord, and I'll put the

word of God right in the enemy's face."

And can I tell you, he cannot stop the

word of God from doing what it's sent to

do, cuz that's what it said. It will

accomplish what it was sent to do. and I

trust his word above anything else. Can

you say amen?

>> That's one of them. Here's another one.

Romans 12:2.

Romans 12:2

This is the last one I'm going to give

you. I can give you a bunch more, but

I'm out of time. Romans 12:2. It says

Romans 12:2

this, and this this is a different

version. Um, so you just have to bear

with me and I'll go ahead and do this.

It's a different version and emphasis

added. I don't know what that means, but

that gives me liberty to put a little

extra in there. Okay, so that's where

we're going to go. Stop imitating the

ideals and opinions of the culture

around you.

>> Sweet mercy of God. That right there

will preach.

I got to preach to some young people in

a couple weeks. That may be what I start

with. They just going to be like, man,

he ain't never coming back.

And that that that part of it right

there, that culture around you means

don't be squeezed into the mold of this

world system that is falling apart.

Don't allow the enemy by fear to squeeze

you into a mold you are not destined to

fit in.

>> My mind will be renewed. Okay. He said,

"But be inwardly transformed by the Holy

Spirit

through a total transformation of how

you think."

Okay. This will empower you to discern

God's will as you live in a beautiful

life. satisfying and perfect, not in my

eyes, but in his eyes.

>> Ain't that beautiful? I'll say this.

Fear will not be our portion.

>> And I speak that prophetically over each

one of you in this house. Fear will not

be your family's portion.

>> Amen.

>> We will not be controlled by fear. We

will be driven by faith.

And I say it I said it at the beginning.

I'll say it one more time. The question

I always have when I read this scripture

first or 2 Timothy chapter 1:7. For God

has not given us a spirit of fear, but a

power, love, and a sound mind. If God

didn't give it to me, why in the world

would I take it?

>> Why would I take it? I refuse to take

the bait. Maybe it's a fear of failure.

Understand? I get that. Hey, I'm with

you. I've made some dumb decisions

before really. And if I keep living,

I'll probably make some more. I hope

not.

I try not to. But here's what I'm going

to tell you. Don't be afraid that

because the last time you did that, it

messed up. Don't be afraid to step out

and listen to the voice of God this time

and trust him with it.

Get guidance. Get wisdom. There's there,

hey, there's wisdom and much counsel.

There's nothing wrong with that. That's

biblical. But understand, I'm not going

to take the fear side of that and let

that run my decisions.

It may make me aware, but it's not going

to run my life. But on the other side of

that, I'm going to say, God, if this is

what you have for me, if my portion is

mighty power and it is love that is

perfected and it is a sound mind and

self-control, God, I want to land here

and I want to receive what you have for

me. And so, the fact is tonight, many of

us have been trapped before in fear. And

if we could if we could testify, I'm

going to say this, but I can testify. I

have been there. And when this when that

statement, let me read it one more time.

The statement at the beginning,

if there is an area of my life that

still has fear,

then in that area, I have not completely

surrendered to the Lord. When I heard

that, it rocked me to my core. And I

said, "God, forgive me if I've ever

operated in fear before.

Forgive me of the times that I know I

operated in fear.

Forgive me where I have I have said

faith take a backseat because I don't

see it.

That's scary.

It doesn't mean we go around willy-nilly

and don't operate in wisdom. I'm not

saying that. Doesn't mean you go out and

just like spend all your money tomorrow.

I No, don't do that. Don't do that.

Operate in wisdom.

But when God says to move,

am I willing to say fear? You will not

control this conversation. God's already

given me power to overcome. He's given

me power that even in my weaknesses,

he's going to show up. He's given me

love that is perfected and I'm going to

steward it with all my might. And watch

this. He's given me a sound mind that I

can walk through chaos. It can be

exploding around me and I could just be

saying, "Thank you, Jesus."

That's crazy. I know that's crazy to

think. It's so true, though. Can you get

a picture of it? CHAOS IS IS ERUPTING

ALL AROUND ME. But I've got confidence

that God's going to bring me through.

Hallelujah. I I want to ask you in this

house, is anybody in the house would

say, "I'm thankful for a journey from

fear to fullness tonight." Can we jump

to our feet and give God some praise in

the house? Come on, just for a moment.

Just raise those hands and just tell

him, "Thank you for his goodness, his

mercy, his power." where Lord we stand

here in this house and we say thank you

Lord for taking us from fear to fullness

God I refuse God to drift. I refuse to

be dismantled by fear but my mind is

made up tonight that I will give you

everything that I have. I will stand

flatfooted God even if it costs me

everything. And I will not operate in

fear but I will operate in the gift that

you've given me. and that is power,

love, and a sound mind.

>> And Lord, tonight, Lord, specifically

over people's minds and their souls

tonight where the enemy has wounded

things and they have been bruised and

they have been beaten and they have been

busted. And Lord, they're even walking

in here. They are limping their way into

the house of God tonight because they

just barely made it. Lord, I speak peace

over their mind. I speak healing over

their mind. I declare that the enemy

will not win this. The fear that the

enemy is putting on them that things

will never change. The devil is a liar.

And I speak the peace of God. I speak

the blood of Jesus. And I declare right

now that the bruises that you received

inside of your body that showed up

through that outside mark, God, I

declare that was for my inner healing.

And I'm going to walk out of here with

peace that passes all understanding.

Even when I don't understand it, God, I

know you're bringing peace to my life.

And Lord, tonight I speak power. I speak

love. And I speak a sound mind over your

people tonight. That your power and

grace would be evident in their life

above anything else, God. that when the

enemy may bring in fear and the enemy

may try to bring things in and the enemy

may try to speak negativity over my

life, I do not receive that. But I

choose to believe the report of the Lord

tonight. God, we thank you and we give

you praise. In Jesus name we pray. And

everybody all over the house said amen.

Come on, can we put our hands together

one more time and give Jesus a hand of

praise?

Hallelujah.