Carry the Corner | Pastor Trev Evans

Come on, grab your Bibles and let's get

ready to make our confession. Whether

that's a paper Bible,

phone, tablet, whatever you have, y'all.

I'm doing all I can to stay in this hat.

Do you hear me?

>> I'm going to do it as long as I can in

Jesus name. Come on, hold it up. Let's

make our confession. Let's say, "This is

my Bible.

>> This is my Bible.

>> It is God's word.

>> It reveals to me.

>> It reveals to me

>> God's will.

>> Therefore,

>> therefore,

>> it's the final authority. authority

>> to which I submit

>> to settle all the issues

>> settle all the issues

>> of my life

>> it is the standard

>> is the standard

>> of my conduct

>> of my

>> and the basis basis

>> of all my expectations

>> Come on shout it out I am

>> I am

>> what it says I am

>> I possess

>> what it says I possess

>> what it says I pos

>> and I can do

>> I can do

>> absolutely everything

>> it says I can do

>> I'm a believer

>> not a doubter

I'm a doer.

>> I'm a doer.

>> Not just a hearer.

>> And my life

>> my everyday life

>> My everyday life

>> is the better

>> is the better.

>> After having heard

>> after heard

>> the word of faith.

>> The word of faith.

>> Faith comes by hearing.

>> Faith comes by hearing

>> and hearing.

>> And hearing by

>> hearing

>> the word of God.

>> Word of God.

>> Let's ride.

>> Man, I'm so glad to see you in that

chain. I just know. I know there's too

many of us in here for me to be the only

one.

>> Amen.

>> Yes, sir.

All right. Yes, sir. God knows I love

the sound team. Jesus.

Listen, we going to Mark chapter 2. Mark

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chapter 2. Mark chapter 2. Those who do

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not know, we are on our 40-day corporate

fast. And this year, we are going to be

in the book of Mark the entire time. And

so, we are teaching every morning uh

from the book of Mark. Y'all, let me

pause for a second. Did Pastor Christie

not teach her face off these past two

days? Do you hear me?

>> God almighty knows.

Jesus, Lord have mercy. I called her. I

said, "Listen, I know what the book

said, but we might need one more day on

solitude."

>> My God.

And so, we are in the book of Mark and

uh it is incred. Buckle your seat belt

cuz Pastor Shandelle going to be

released this week.

And we are in the book of Mark. And so

today we are in the book. We're not

deviating from that. Mark chapter 2

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beginning at verse one. Let me let me

read a couple verses. And it says,

"And again he entered Capernaum.

After some days and it was heard that he

was in the house. Immediately many

gathered together so that there was no

longer room to receive them, not even

near the door. And he preached the word

to them. Then they came to him bringing

a paralytic who was carried by four. And

when they could not come near him

because of the crowd, they uncovered the

roof where he was. So when they had

broken through, they let down the bed on

which the paralytic was lying.

Yeah. We want to talk from the subject

today, carry the corner.

>> Carry the corner. I'm not a touch your

neighbor kind of preacher, but I need

you to bump him this one time and bump

him and tell him say, "Carry the

corner."

>> Carry the corner.

>> As Pastor Sedette

said in the video, we live in the most

connected era in human history. Yet we

are starving for true relationships.

>> You can have a thousand friends online

and not have four people that you can

call when life gets hard.

>> Loneliness isn't just a social trend. It

is a spiritual weight crushing every

generation in America. We are physically

crowded but spiritually isolated.

hiding our match behind filters and

photos and busy calendars.

According to the latest data, I got my

own data. Pastor Sedette, let's ride

from the US surgeon general. In 2026,

the isolate this isolation is a national

emergency

>> among teens. 79% of Gen Z report feeling

chronically lonely. the highest rate

ever recorded.

For those in their 20s and 30s, 70% of

of these adults feel lonely even in a

crowd,

paralyzed by the high pressure of

transitions, of career, of identity, and

starting families. Middle-aged adults

over 45 suffer from persistent

loneliness that affects their physical

health.

And one in four adults over the age of

65 are socially isolated.

A health risk, I mind you, that the

surgeon general equates to smoking 15

cigarettes per day.

>> Catch this. That that level of

loneliness impacts our seniors

physically as if they were smoking 15

cigarettes a day.

You and I must understand that this

isolation isn't just a social trend.

It's a spiritual battleground.

>> The enemy wants you isolated because a

lone sheep is an easy target.

>> My God.

>> In our text in Mark chapter 2, Jesus had

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just finished grally uh journeying

through Galilee, healing lepers and

confronting demons. As pastor Christie

taught on yesterday, Jesus was trending.

Everybody was talking about this healer.

And when chapter 2 opens up with his

return to Capernaum where he was living

now, Capernaum was not a quiet village.

It was a hightraic fishing hub known as

Jesus's headquarters. This is where

Jesus actually lived for a period of

time. It was a melting pot of Roman

soldiers, wealthy merchants, and tired

laborers. Actually, the perfect place

for a miracle to disrupt the status quo.

In first century Capernaum, the house

was the center of life with flat roofs

made by timber and packed down with

earth. As Jesus stood in this crowded

home, the house was not just filled with

expecting people, but also the cold

scrutiny of religious leaders who had

come to see if this healer was really

who he said he was.

>> Yeah. But Jesus did not come to perform

for the religious crowd

>> or to debate the critics. He came to

meet the desperate need of individuals.

They understood that when you are stuck

in a state of total dependence, you your

breakthrough is not a solo mission.

>> When you are stuck in a state of

stagnate, you need to understand that

your breakthrough is not a solo mission.

>> There are some things that you can do by

yourself. But beloved, let me tell you,

there are other things that you going to

need some help.

>> Amen.

Ah this was not just the these guys were

not just being helpful though this was a

strategic heavy lifting kind of love.

>> This brings us to the heartbeat of our

message today. The call for all of us to

carry the corner.

>> When we talk about carrying the corner

we are not just talking about being nice

>> or being friendly.

>> Amen.

>> No. When we talk about carrying the

corner, we said carrying the corner

means, catch this, teaming up with the

others, with others for a season to help

lift someone's burden to Jesus,

supporting them long enough for them to

find healing and carry their own

testimony.

>> Boy, that is good. God almighty. Carry

the corner means teaming up with others.

YOU'RE NOT CARRYING it by yourself.

>> This is teaming up with other people.

THIS IS PARTLY WHY SOME OF YOU ARE WORN

OUT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE carrying people.

>> And God designed you to carry a corner.

>> Oh Lord.

>> Means teaming up with others for for a

what?

>> For what?

>> FOR WHAT?

>> NOT A LIFETIME.

>> HE'S 35.

HE OUGHT TO BE PAYING HIS OWN PHONE

BILL.

>> She 42.

>> SHE SHOULD PAY HER OWN LIGHT BILL.

>> YOU CARRY FOR HOW LONG?

>> Your neighbor didn't want to say it, but

it's for a season.

>> FOR A SEASON. CATCH THIS. TO help lift

someone's burdens. Where?

>> To Jesus.

>> I'm not carrying it just TO CARRY IT. MY

CARRYING IT HAS a destination.

HE SAID SOMEONE BURDENED TO to to

someone's burden. Carrying that burden

to Jesus. Wait a minute now. I'm not

getting ready to have another blooper

this week.

It says it says means teaming up with

others for a season to help lift

someone's burden to Jesus. Catch this.

Supporting them

just long enough

>> for them to do what? find healing and do

what?

>> Carry their own testimony. Boy, that is

good to me.

>> Understand something. It is the

recognition that while one person might

buckle under the weight of the mat, four

people can march that mat straight to

the feet of Jesus.

>> God, which leads me right into our first

point. Point number one is that

cooperative faith got him moving.

Cooperative faith got what kind of

faith?

>> Cooperative faith is what got him

moving. There it is in verse three. It

says, "Then they came to him

>> bringing a paralytic who was carried by

four." Understand something in the time

of our text. Yes, Lord. Paralysis meant

total dependency. Amen.

>> Unfortunately, there were no

wheelchairs.

>> No special accommodations to aid those

who were physically challenged.

>> Their challenges were visible.

>> You could see a person's paralysis by

the mat that he or she carried.

>> Yeah. Understand something. We too have

those who face physical paralysis in our

day. And thank God there are

accommodations in place to help them

navigate those physical challenges.

>> However,

today I am concerned not for those right

now with physical challenges. I am

concerned for those of us who are

dealing with an unseen paralysis

>> that often goes undetected.

Ah, you might be walking through the

grocery store, sitting in the sanctuary

or clocking in every day at work, but

internally

>> you are on the mat.

>> Ah, yeah. Because life has knocked the

wind out of your soul.

>> Yeah. You have the mobility to move, but

you lack the momentum to live.

>> Why? Because life has knocked the wind

out of your soul. You can be on the mat

of depression and grief where you have

the legs to walk but not the will to

move

>> because OF A HEALTH CHALLENGE OR BECAUSE

OF THE LOSS of a loved one. It can knock

you down on the mat.

>> Ah there's a mat of relational betrayal.

>> Yeah. Because I know some of you ARE

LISTENING TO ME now listening to me now

and you have already shut your Bible.

you have already closed your mind off

because you HAVE HAD A PAST WHERE

SOMEBODY'S BETRAYED YOU AND ANYTIME you

hear TALK OF TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING

WITH OTHERS and sharing you immediately

shut it down.

>> But you have to understand that that

that that is a mat.

>> Relational betrayal is a mat where the

person who was supposed to CARRY YOUR

CORNER IS THE one who dropped you.

Let me tell you something. You need a

circle to prove that Matt Carriers still

exist.

>> I DON'T NEED YOU. I CAN'T. NOW, YOU

CANNOT BELIEVE THE LIE OF THE ENEMY INTO

THINKING THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO DROP

YOU. YES, SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE DROPPED

YOU. WE ARE HUMAN. BUT LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING. EVERYBODY WON'T DROP YOU. The

devil is A LIAR. EVERYBODY WON'T DROP

YOU. EVERYBODY WON'T DROP YOU. EVERYBODY

WON'T DROP YOU.

>> I'M TRYING TO SLAY THAT DEVIL. EVERYBODY

WON'T DROP YOU.

>> AND YOU AND I CANNOT USE THAT AS a

license to stay in isolation.

>> There's the matter of depression and

grief. There's the mat of relational

betrayal. But there's also the mat of

secret struggle.

>> Talk, Holy Ghost.

This is where shame and addiction makes

you hide.

>> This is perhaps the heaviest mat because

it's the one we try to hide under nice

clothes

and smooth cars.

>> Yeah. Whether it's a secret addict

addiction like a struggle with

pornography

>> or a secret issue like a mountain of

debt, if you allow it, shame will

paralyze your soul.

>> Woo.

It will tell you that if you reveal your

mat that people will stop walking with

you.

>> But I want to say it in consecutive

weeks. Every week I stand on this stage

and God gives me breath. I want to say

it. IT'S TOO MANY OF US IN here

>> for you to be the only one.

They may not BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR MAT,

BUT IF SOMEBODY ELSE HIDING THAT MAT UP

UNDER THE CLOTHES,

>> SOMEBODY ELSE

>> TOOK THEIR MAT IN the boot. That's

country for the trunk.

>> But it's too many of us in HERE. I DON'T

CARE WHAT KIND OF MAT YOU CARRYING.

>> I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THE STRAIN OF A

MARITAL RELATIONSHIP. THERE'S TOO MANY

OF US IN here

>> for you to be the only one. AND WHAT

HAPPENS IS THE DEVIL LIKES TO SILENCE

US.

>> The Bible CALLS HIM THE PRINCE OF

DARKNESS.

>> And whatever we keep in darkness, he has

dominion over. But if YOU EVER GET BOLD

ENOUGH TO OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH AND LET

SOMEBODY KNOW WHAT KIND OF MAT YOU ARE

CARRYING,

THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT

>> AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, THEN WE HAVE

FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE OF YOU AND I DON'T

HAVE FELLOWSHIP AND WE hiding

>> talk Holy Ghost.

>> YOU CAN COME IN HERE SUNDAY AFTER SUNDAY

AND NEVER CONNECT WITH ANYBODY AND YOU

ARE NOT HAVING FELLOWSHIP. NO MATTER HOW

MANY TIMES I TELL YOU, TALK TO YOUR

NEIGHBOR.

>> YOU AND I DO NOT HAVE FELLOWSHIP UNTIL

WE come into the light.

>> Now, I'm not going to act like that's

not scary,

>> because it is.

>> It's scary, but it's necessary.

>> Because there's too many of us dying in

isolation.

>> I'm not talking about physically right

now. I'm talking about emotionally.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT MENTALLY. I'M TALKING

ABOUT SPIRITUALLY.

>> You are coming TO CHURCH AND YOU LIFTING

YOUR HANDS, BUT YOU DEAD ON THE INSIDE

BECAUSE YOU CARRYING A MAT AND YOU ARE

CARRIED IT BY YOURSELF.

>> Talk Holy Ghost.

>> You and I, can I tell you something? You

and I were not made

>> to do life alone.

>> Cuz life be

>> lifing.

Oh,

>> what? Life? No. Life be lifing.

>> No. Like life be life be liing.

>> Like life life.

Life be what?

>> Life be what?

Life be lifing

>> with health challenges

>> and bills

and and and

children

life be lifing

AND UNDERSTAND SOMETHING MANY OF US ARE

IN THIS BY OURSELVES.

IT'S IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE

YOU CAN CALL ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE

IN YOUR LIFE WHO SAID IF YOU NEED me

>> call me.

>> BUT YOU AND I HAVE ALLOWED PRIDE

>> TO MAKE US THINK THAT WE CAN HANDLE LIFE

ON OUR OWN.

>> BUT WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO do is to

do this life inside of a group. See,

hold this is what you need.

Yeah. Thank you, Holy Ghost.

You need to establish

relationships.

>> Catch this. Before you need them.

>> That's right.

>> YOU CAN'T CALL ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ME

MID TUG AND WE AIN'T NEVER HAD A

CONVERSATION. YOU WANT ME TO GET IN HERE

WITH THIS ROPE? I DON'T KNOW YOU.

WE GOT CIRCLES AFTER CIRCLES AFTER

CIRCLES AFTER CIRCLES FOR WOMEN, SINGLE,

MEN, AND MARRIED. YOU WON'T COME TO ANY

OF THEM.

>> AND THEN MAD BECAUSE YOU GOT THE ROPE BY

YOURSELF.

>> We have to establish relationships

before we need them.

>> Catch this. This is why

>> so that when you call on help, you don't

have to give a whole dissitation.

WHEN I GET IN TROUBLE, all I need to

say,

I NEED SOME HELP,

>> Y'ALL. I NEED SOME HELP. I need some

help. I need SOME HELP. HEY. YES, SIR.

OH, LISTEN TO ME.

>> LIFE IS NOT TOO HARD. YOU JUST DOING IT

BY YOURSELF.

>> THE DEVIL AIN'T THAT TOUGH. YOU JUST

DOING IT BY YOURSELF.

>> THAT PROBLEM IS NOT INSURMOUNTABLE. YOU

JUST TRYING TO DO IT BY YOURSELF.

YOU CAN OVERCOME THAT LUST, BUT YOU'RE

NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BY

YOURSELF.

>> You got to call somebody.

Thank you, Lord. Understand something.

Your miracle is often found in the hands

of the people holding your rope.

>> Your miracle, YOU STANDING THERE WAITING

ON GOD.

>> And God said, "I've already answered

your prayers.

>> I sent it through people.

>> God has always answered through people.

It said good measure

>> pressed down

>> shaken together and running over

>> that man talk Pastor Shandelle that man

SHALL GIVE UNTO YOUR BOSOM.

>> STOP STANDING OUTSIDE WITH YOUR POCKETS

OPEN LIKE GOD THROWING MONEY OUT OF

HEAVEN. HE'S NOT THROWING MONEY OUT OF

HEAVEN. IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH

PEOPLE.

Understand

something. It was corporate faith

that got him moving.

>> IT WAS IT WAS THE FAITH OF OTHER PEOPLE

COMING TOGETHER THAT GOT HIM MOVING.

>> Oh my God.

You have to realize that God often wraps

his answers in the people he places

around you.

This is why you can't be This is why you

can't be the last one here and the first

one to leave.

>> This This is This is why you This is why

you need to serve somewhere in ministry.

>> This is why you need to don't make

excuses, but make plans to pull up on

your Wednesday night of Cornelia

circles.

>> Oh, God. See, because what happens is

you make no connections cuz the sun is

shining.

>> You make no You don't know. I don't know

about them circles, right? Sit in a

circle and talk.

I don't think I feel like I don't feel

like sitting on circle and talk.

And that's cool until life hands you

something

>> that you can't solve by yourself.

>> Until life hands you something OR

RELATIONSHIP GOES DOWN. AND SEE WHAT

HAPPENS IS OFTENTIMES in those circles,

God uses other people to help us.

>> I'm a witness. I already know what I'm

talking about. Yeah. GOD WILL YOU GOD

WILL SPEAK JUST AS GOOD through other

people.

>> He'll help you to REALIZE YOU THOUGHT

YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE that went through

that.

>> You thought you were the only one going

through that. And God will sit you in a

group of people where somebody THAT WENT

THROUGH THE SAME THING you went through.

DIFFERENT NAME, DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF

MONEY, same situation.

>> My God.

>> It was corporate faith

>> that got them moving. They grabbed a

corner

and the It wasn't the paralyzed man

faith at this point.

>> It was their faith.

>> It was the faith of the group.

>> And so, thank you, Pastor Shandelle. Let

me just say this. The four friends were

only able to move the man because they

could find the man.

>> I love Pastor Shandelle. Yeah. The the

the four friends were able to move the

man because they were able to find the

man. We often harbor resentment toward

our community for not CARRYING OUR MAT,

BUT we've been buried

so deep in privacy.

>> I know it just sit there. I'm going to

BE DONE WHEN I get through. WE HAVE

BURIED OUR MAT SO DEEP IN PRIVACY AND

WE'RE MAD THAT NOBODY'S CALLING AND

NOBODY'S REACHING OUT.

>> GOD,

>> YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK AND

YOU MAD CUZ NOBODY HAS FOUND YOU.

>> But they a they WERE ABLE TO CARRY HIM

BECAUSE THEY COULD FIND HIM.

>> My God. It was corporate faith that got

him going.

>> It was corporate faith that got him

going. Number two, it was relentless

faith that got him to Jesus.

>> Come on, Bible. It was relentless faith

that got him to corporate faith got him

moving,

>> but it was relentless faith that got him

to Jesus.

>> Yeah. Talk Bible. Verse four, it says,

"When they could not come near him

because of the crowd, they uncovered the

roof where he was." Let me just stop

right there. Oh, these notes ain't going

to help me right now. Hold. Listen. They

unc They They weren't moved by the

crowd.

>> They didn't let the crowd stop them.

>> Catch this. They they didn't

spiritualize inconvenience.

>> THEY DIDN'T SPIRITUAL THEY DIDN'T GET

the man there.

They They didn't get the man there.

Just let me carry the cop by myself for

a little bit. They didn't carry the cop

up there and they say, "Lord, they too

many people.

Jesus, what are they DOING GIVING AWAY

FOOD? WHAT

It must not be God's will today.

>> They coming up and bringing him to

Jesus. It's raining outside.

It must not be I know I'm talking good

today.

>> It must not be the will of God today.

Hey, must must I'm going to go back and

online.

>> They didn't spiritualize

>> in. It was a resilient faith.

>> See, corporate faith will get you

moving.

>> But it takes resilient faith to get to

Jesus.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO GET YOU DO NOT be

taken back

when the enemy puts things in your in

your path on your way to Jesus.

There are some people that you are

believing God for and WHEN YOU START

PRAYING FOR THEM AND YOU PUT THEIR NAME

on the board, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GET

WORSE.

>> BUT THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR US TO GIVE

UP.

>> THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR US TO PUNK OUT.

WE MUST HAVE RESILIENT FAITH.

>> I WILL NOT ALLOW ANY CROWD TO KEEP ME

FROM GETTING TO JESUS.

They had a relentless kind of faith.

They were resilient.

>> They they Scott they they were they were

resil. Thank you, Lord. God said

their their their relentless faith

had to do with their conviction about

what Jesus could do.

>> THEY WERE THIS WAS NOT this was not some

casual kind of, oh, I think he can heal

him.

They had a conviction

>> that Jesus is who he said HE WAS.

>> THEY HAD A CONVICTION THAT IF I COULD

JUST GET HIM TO JESUS. SEE, THAT'S WHAT

THAT'S what I believe. We wouldn't be so

easily pursu dissuaded

>> if we had a strong conviction.

>> WE WOULDN'T LET THE CROWD STOP US

>> IF WE HAD A REAL CONVICTION. WE WOULDN'T

LET INCONVENIENCE HINDER us if we HAD A

REAL CONVICTION.

>> WHEN I BELIEVE DOWN AND I KNOW DOWN IN

MY SOUL THAT JESUS IS ABLE TO HEAL YOU,

I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED.

>> I hear you, PASTOR TRACY. I DON'T CARE

WHAT THEY SAY.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE FIRST NO

THEY GIVE ME

>> BECAUSE I KNOW DOWN IN MY SOUL THAT

JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE

FACING.

OH, I HEAR YOU. YEAH, YOU TELL ME NO

TODAY, BUT I'LL BE BACK.

>> OH,

I wish I had some women in here who used

TO GO TO THE CLUB, AND THAT ONE

INTERESTING GUY WOULD NEVER GIVE UP.

BOY, you go TO THE CLUB LAST WEEK, HE'LL

PULL UP ON YOU AND BUY YOU A DRINK, AND

YOU'LL TELL HIM YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED.

YOU THINK HE GONNA GIVE UP? NEXT WEEK.

He be right there.

>> Yes, sir.

>> That's how some of you GOT THE HUSBAND

YOU GOT RIGHT NOW. HE AIN'T GIVE UP.

But God said we must have the same type

of conviction

>> that we won't let obstacles

>> or the crowd

>> or inconvenience

stop us.

>> They had relentless faith.

>> Their faith was so relentless that the

crowd didn't even deter them.

The Bible said that when they came up

and saw the crowd was there, they said,

"Shoot, there's another way.

>> Get that. Bring them upstairs."

Upstairs.

There's There's not a patio

or access door.

>> Upstairs. WHY WHY ARE WE GOING UPSTAIRS?

Because when you have a conviction, sir,

>> you don't let obstacles stop you.

>> You search for opportunities.

>> YOU DON'T LET OBSTACLES STOP YOU. The

Bible said that they went up, took this

joker. Catch this. They not joker. I'm

sorry. That's my Aiden coming out.

Bible says that when they could not come

near him because of the crowd, they

uncovered the roof

>> where he was,

>> they started breaking. This is not their

house.

>> They start breaking up the roof

of A HOUSE THAT JESUS WAS STAYING IN.

>> And understand something. JESUS DIDN'T

GET MAD.

>> Jesus didn't get upset.

They found a way.

>> We we talking about about about groups

and and these kind of God is calling

some of you to find a way to lead a life

group.

>> No, it's not it's not. You're going to

have to make the time to lead a group.

>> You got to find some OF YOU NEED TO FIND

A way

>> to make your way on these Wednesday

night for corner circles.

>> You got you got to you got to you got to

move something. YOU GOT TO TEST

SOMETHING UP. RIGHT.

>> Oh yeah. Yeah. YOU CAN'T LET YOUR

CROWDED SCHEDULE KEEP YOU FROM GETTING

THERE. YOU GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP ON THE

ROOF AND TEAR SOMETHING UP.

>> Said they got on the roof. Catch this.

And and it said, "So when they had

broken through,

this is what the Holy Ghost wouldn't let

me get past." He said, "Every

breakthrough is not for you.

Every breakthrough IS NOT FOR YOU. GOD

IS CALLING US to create a breakthrough

for somebody else.

>> GOD IS CALLING US TO CREATE a They DID

ALL THIS WORK, NOT FOR THEMSELVES.

>> THEY DID ALL OF THIS WORK AND CREATED A

BREAKTHROUGH FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> This is Bible. You look in Acts where

where the Bible said Paul and Silas

prayed and sang praises.

>> They were singing and singing praises.

But the Bible said that all of the

prisoners got loose.

>> They were SINGING AND PRAISING GOD, BUT

IT CREATED A BREAKTHROUGH FOR MORE THAN

JUST THEM.

>> CAN I TELL YOU THAT GOD WANTS US TO

CREATE BREAKTHROUGHS NOT JUST FOR

OURSELVES?

They were relentless. Somebody shout

relentless.

>> Relentless.

>> They were relentless.

They were relentless. They didn't allow

anything to keep them from moving and

getting this man to Jesus because they

had a conviction about Jesus's ability

to heal them. Understand something.

Community is not a spectator sport.

>> Community is not a spectator sport.

These guys got their hands dirty.

>> Yes. to get this man to Jesus.

>> Thank you, Lord.

Understand something. We spend so much

time praying for God to open doors for

us.

But the four friends in Capernaum

reminded us that sometimes God is

waiting for us to pick up a shovel

and create an entrance for our neighbor.

this can't can don't don't we know Jesus

well enough so that at least one time we

can come to church and praise for

somebody else

>> do we have enough Holy Ghost and enough

relationship with God that we can

rearrange our schedule and it's not for

our benefit

>> do do we at least know him well enough

and have enough relationship with him

and care enough about the people that's

around us to pick up a corner.

>> It's what God is calling us to do.

>> Number one, it was cooperative faith

that got him moving. Number two, it was

relentless faith that got him to Jesus.

Oh God. But then number three, it was

transform transformational faith that

carried car transformational faith

allowed him to carry what used to carry

him.

>> Thank you, Lord.

>> Transformational faith

allowed this man to carry what used to

carry him.

>> It's it's right here in the text. It's

right here. Look look at verse 10

through 12. It says he said to the

paralytic. Jesus starts talking to the

paralytic. He said, "I say to you,

arise,

>> take up your bed,

>> and go." Wait a minute. Now you asking

me. Jesus has healed him. And now he's

asking him to pick up and carry

>> what used to carry him.

>> This is what faith. This is

transformational faith.

JESUS TOLD HIM, "PICK UP YOUR bed

>> and walk home. Walk past the people who

doubted.

>> WALK PAST THE PEOPLE WHO SAID YOU WOULD

NEVER BE ANYTHING.

>> WALK PAST THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED PAST YOU

WHEN YOU WERE LAYING ON THE I I'M NOT

TRYING TO BE THIS KIND OF

CONFRONTATIONAL CHURCH, BUT YOU GOT TO

SEE WHAT JESUS IS SAYING."

>> YES, SIR.

>> YES, SIR. That's right.

>> SEE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME OF

YOU OH, THANK YOU, HOLY GHOST. THERE'S

SOME OF YOU WHO WILL NOT PICK UP YOUR

mat

>> because you're ashamed of your mat.

>> JESUS COULD HAVE JUST HEALED HIM AND

TOLD HOME.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> But he didn't.

>> He said, "Pick up the very thing

>> that used to carry you.

I delivered you from pornography.

>> Don't act like you were never addicted.

>> Pick up

WHAT USED TO CARRY YOU.

>> You you you you were a single mother

and they told you you would never be

anything.

>> I know I'm preaching good right now. YOU

WERE A SINGLE MOTHER AND THEY TOLD YOU

THAT YOU WOULD NEVER BE anything

>> and they EMBARRASSED YOU,

>> STOP TALKING to you and it paralyzed you

>> and Jesus comes and there corporate

faith somebody gets around you see oh

God

the corporate faith comes around them

get them moving then relentless faith

get them to Jesus and Jesus heals them

>> Jesus Jesus don't want you to leave that

mat.

>> Jesus wants you to take up that mat.

>> As a single mother,

>> not at Oh, thank you, Lord. Not so that

you can go and tell people, "Ah, see

what I mean? I ain't need you." No way.

You see what the Lord had done for me?

That ain't what this is.

God deliver me. You see that?

What is that?

>> That that's THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHY GOD

TOLD YOU TO GRAB YOUR MAT

>> SO THAT YOU CAN TEASE OTHER PEOPLE.

>> He told you to grab your mat

>> so that you can show other people ABOUT

HIS POWER.

GOD GOD IS CALLING. HE'S SHIFTING OUR

church

>> to to to not not not shifting like we

haven't always done but we have a we

have an emphasis on

making disciples

>> to help people because our evangelism

team and we are all a part of the

evangelism team doing a great job and

people getting saved

>> but God is calling us to not just go get

them but go make them. Yeah. Yeah.

>> He's calling us as in scripture to go

make disciples. And a part of the kind

of groups that we're going to have is

what we call disciplehip groups

>> where we are going. Some of you have a

strong relationship with God

and you've taken up your mat and you're

walking. Jesus don't want you to take up

that mat to just show how powerful you

are

>> to how much you know about the Bible.

He wants you to take that mat and go

find somebody else.

>> Who just got saved but don't know don't

know

>> Adam from Malachi.

>> See many many Oh God. Thank you. Many of

us are strong in areas.

>> I'm going to say it now. Watch this.

like like in the fast. I heard some of

you, you saw the the the booklet and you

opened it up and you saw the food

restrictions and some people were like,

I eat like that anyway.

What is this?

I know some people said that.

My god. Supposed to be fasting. What is

fasting? Supposed to eat like this

anyway.

read the Bible.

>> You mean to tell me there's people

that's not reading the Bible? I read my

Bible every day.

We should be making time for God, right?

You haven't made time for God already.

I make time for God every day.

Can I tell you something? What you're

doing? You're taking your mat and

showing it off.

>> Oh Lord, you showing off your mat like

it's show and tell.

>> Like you so great.

BUT WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO IS TO

TAKE UP OUR BED, CARRY OUR MAT TO HELP

SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> If the fast is easy for you, THEN FIND

SOMEBODY WHO'S STRUGGLING AND HELP THEM.

>> IF READING YOUR BIBLE IS EASY FOR YOU,

FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S STRUGGLING WITH

READING AND HELP THEM.

>> That's right.

>> He's called us to carry a corner.

What am I singing? Any single mothers in

here? This is on my heart to do. Single

moms, stand up. I need four of you right

quick. Four of you. Come here. Uh-huh.

Come on. I just need four. One. That's

Yep. Them two right there. Yep. Come on.

Come on.

One, two, three, four. Come on.

Where the other single moms at? Stand

up.

Where they at? They in here. Y'all in

here? Let me Oh yeah. Come here. You in

the white shirt. Come here.

>> Thank you, Holy Ghost.

Lay right there. Lay on that mat. Lay on

that mat. Lay right there on that mat.

>> Yep. Lay down. I want y'all. Everybody

get a corner.

>> Make it happen. Make it happen. Make it

happen. That's it. Make it happen.

That's it. That's it. That's it. That's

it. Come back this way. Come back this

way. That's it. Make it happen.

>> Uh-huh.

Lay it down.

>> Lay it down.

>> Just stay right there. This is what God

wants to do.

>> I feel the power of God. This is what

God wants to do.

>> He wants to Yes, sir. Y'all know it. He

wants you

>> to grab a corner.

>> That's so YOU CAN SHOW HOW POWERFUL YOU

ARE.

>> BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO FEELS LIKE THEY

CAN'T GET TO JESUS.

THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO IS PARALYZED.

>> It's not that they won't come.

>> They can't come.

>> OH, IT'S THEY CAN'T COME. They can't

move.

>> You and I CAN'T STAND BACK. BUT ALL

SANCTIFIED SOMEBODY. WELL, WHY DON'T

THEY JUST STOP? THEY CAN'T STOP.

>> Why don't they JUST PUT THE PORNOGRAPHY

DOWN? DON'T YOU THINK THEY TRIED?

>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST STOP DRINKING? THEY

TRIED. Won't you JUST STOP SMOKING? THEY

TRIED.

>> We were not made

>> to do life alone.

>> And God has called us.

>> Do you hear me?

>> GOD IS CALLING US TO CARRY a corner.

>> And listen to me. Some of us, the

carrying of the corner is stepping out

to lead a life group.

Amen.

>> God is calling you to rearrange your

schedule to lead a life group.

>> Amen.

>> There's a mat that he has picked you up

from.

>> SOMETHING HE HAS BROUGHT YOU through

>> and now you need to help somebody else.

>> That's one. But catch this. The rest of

us are called to carry our corner. Hear

me

>> by all of us being a part of a group.

Life groups for corneria are not

optional.

>> We are a church of groups.

>> SOMEBODY SHOUT IT. WE ARE

>> WE ARE

>> a church

>> of groups.

>> That's good.

>> Because let me tell you something.

>> Today she's laying down

>> and they are carrying her. But when she

stays in this group, life will hand one

of them something and they will be on

the mat and then it'll be her time to

carry a corner.

>> God is calling us

>> to carry a corner.

>> Brother, for some that is getting more

connected in your church,

>> in your relationships.

Some of you have dropped your corner in

your marriage.

>> God said, "Pick it up.

>> Pick it up. That other person can't

carry it by themselves.

>> Pick up your corner."

>> God is calling all of us corneria

>> to pick up our corner in these groups.

>> We have a mission, a mandate from God

>> to have more than 100 life group

leaders. when we need them because we

don't want to put 20 people in a group

that keeps it from being small. And my

introverts, I'm looking out for you

because you're not going to talk in a

big group.

>> Thank you.

>> You want the intimacy of a small group.

>> And so the only way we can do that is by

having more group leaders so that we can

keep it small.

>> My prayer is that we will make a

commitment

to be a part of a group.

everybody.

>> And then for those that God is dealing

with your heart that you step forward to

lead a group and when we all do that,

we're carrying our corner. Let's pray.

>> Father, in Jesus name, y'all stay right

there. Father, in Jesus name, we thank

you for your goodness. We thank you for

your mercy. Hallelujah. Yes.

>> Father, we sense your presence right

now.

>> And we thank you

>> for your love.

>> Thank you for your grace.

>> Thank you for your mercy. Thank you,

Lord, for opening up the scriptures to

us to help us to see

>> that, Father, we were not made to do

life alone. But Lord, you have called us

to carry a corner. Lord, you have called

us to get up from that mat that's been

carrying us and for us to take it up

and to move forward into what it is you

called us to do.

Father, I pray

that as we hear your word, that we will

not just be hearers, but we will be

doers as well.

>> Get the glory out of our lives.

>> Is our prayer.

>> Use us, Lord.

Use us. Our storage is empty and we are

available to you.

>> We are available to you, Father. We

won't make excuses. We will not allow

the crowding of our schedules to deter

us. But Lord, we will make a way because

we have a conviction

that you are who you say you are. And if

we would do our part, you would do

yours. So, Father, we thank you for it

now in Jesus name.