Father's Day

Thank God for that. All right, let's get it.

So, but I like to say to all of the fathers, happy Father's Day. You know, it's unfortunate that we live in a time where bad men are celebrated while they live and good men only celebrated after they die. And uh so there are some things that we're going to move over into um having these multiple sanctuaries.

Now uh we're going to be doing things in the future. When we were first given this building, one of the first things that Jerick and I did is we met with an organization and they wired the whole building with fiber so that we could we could stream multiple different ways at the same time. So to be able to have the men go into another sanctuary and the women are in here and the men are in another sanctuary so that we can minister to them separately. But then guess what? You watch this. If I move the men to another sanctuary and leave the women in here where this is the only stream this up so the men that are online are upset cuz they missing out.

So to be able to do is really have to out start thinking concepts and and so to be able to stream both of them at the same time. So, we have to create another YouTube channel so that when we're in here, we'll tell the men, "Hey, switch over to this on YouTube and you can watch the stream of me preaching in the other room with the men." We're going to start doing a little bit of separation in that regard so we can start getting people right.

So, I'm going be getting on my nerves. Dead serious. Some some phenomenal stuff. Okay, so let's go ahead and jump into this. All right, we start with this first graphic. I'm just going to bring up a couple of things in regards to fathers. Even single men are fathers. Okay. Um fatherhood is more of a spiritual thing than it is a physical thing. Um and so uh that's why that's why even kings would call a prophet that was not married his father. Okay. Elijah when his mentor was taken to heaven. My father my father. Okay.

And so, but you know, there is an uh there's always an attack on everybody, but indirectly in order to get the men, Satan will use women to get the men. Sometimes ultimately, there's always the attack is always on the man because the man is the one who carries the natural and spiritual seed. If you can get that, watch this. Most women are in trouble because of a man. Dead serious. I mean, don't take any offense to this. Women wouldn't get tattoos of men didn't get them. There's another principle. I've seen this many times over the years. You can be at a church service and I didn't say he was wrong cuz you had tattoo and all. I'm just saying I'm just using these are principles. I've been in many of church service and you see a couple will come to the service and they'll give an altar call. Okay? And the altar call will be given and a woman will come right to the altar and a man will stand right there. Okay? Switch it. Then I've seen many of situations and the man came to the altar and I've never seen a situation where the man came to the altar and the woman stood in her seat. Okay. Every once in a while the man came to the altar and the woman stood there for a second and and it's like something entered the m girl. You better get your little raggedy behind down there and give your life to Jesus just like that man did. Okay.

Unfortunately, we live in a society that says that because men are leaders, women are less than because they're not. That's completely incorrect. And of course, a woman can be a leader, but ultimately God will always go for the man first. Many women are in charge because there are so many men that set down the ability to be in charge.

It's not a coincidence that Jesus wanted you to know that a large part of his group were women and in specific women that demons had been cast out of them. So there are a lot of there are see sometimes it's not what a man says it's what he does that makes a statement but within every man there are many men those men that are in him had a major influence on what type of man he has become okay Jesus said this about himself the son can do nothing of himself but what he sees the father do and so men are products of what they have seen good bad and And if you didn't have a father, you made somebody your father. It might have been a sports figure. It might have been a politician. It might have been a a businessman. Could have been a drug dealer. Okay? You didn't have a proper father in your life. But what you did see is you saw the drug dealer with a nice car. And even though he was messing up community, still around Thanksgiving and Christmas, he was being a blessing to the community. So, so, so there there are many men on on the inside of a man that have influenced who he has become as a man. Go to the next one.

We can see what type of man you will be tomorrow because let me say this stay right here is that one of the things I want to share is for all of the men you have made it to this point that's very important you have struggled you have gone through ups and downs um um society tends to care about the brokers or brokenness of a woman but ignore the man most men are actually hurting on the inside but if they say that they're hurting They're called less of a man.

But even Jesus was hurting at one time. One time he he was so struggling so much. He told the disciples, "I need y'all to pray for me." And then when he went into prayer, he said, "Father," he said, "If I can get out of this, is there another way?" You know, Jesus struggled at times emotionally. He just never sinned. But we can see what type of man you will be tomorrow by what type of men you listen to today. That's very important because who you listen to and who you watch, hearing is a form of seeing and seeing is a form of hearing. Who you listen to is going today is going to have a major influence on your thinking and your decisions on tomorrow.

Now, I'm just kind of really opening this up because very soon here, maybe in the next week or so, two weeks, I don't know, we're going to start because we're on love and relationships. We're going to start separating them. And I am going to start ministering to the men. I might even bring in a couple of guys that are um in sports and business. We'll see how that goes. Lord just bringing a lot of quality. The men's conference I just spoke at, what was his name? Um Anias. Yeah. What's he remember his last name? Williams. Yeah. He was a he was a football hall of famer. And so I spoke at his church and so we just it was just really Anyway, okay.

We can see what type of man you will be tomorrow by what type of men you listen to today. Go to the next one. We can see what type of man you will be tomorrow by what type of men you associate with today. Cuz birds of a feather flock together. Always remember, the higher you go up, the less men you flock with. The more powerful the bird, the more alone he is in the sky. All them little black birds flugging around, all that type of stuff. in in packs. You can tell by the way they fly. I don't even know where they going. Don't even have a leader. They just all going with the floor. Yeah, that's bird. Just the those black birds are called the crowd.

Next, we can see what type of man you will be tomorrow by what type of man you respect today. Because the Bible says if you receive a prophet or you receive a righteous man, you get part of what's on them in your life. So there are certain men that I've even learned from. I learn from them while at the same time I don't respect them. Now I love everybody, but there are some people I just simply don't respect. Some people going to take this the wrong way. I don't have no respect for a sinner. What am I supposed to respect you for? I'm supposed to look at you as some type of standard where they got money. man.

The worth of a man is how he carries himself when he's broke. The worth of a man is how he carries himself when he does not make much money. The worth of a man is how he carries himself with integrity when he's struggling but he refuses to bend or break when it comes to y'all understand that's the worth of a man. what type of men you respect because who you who you highly revere in respect you're saying that this is somebody that I like them I would like to be like them you have to be very careful with that so you need to take an accurate gauge on who's in your life go to the next one.

We can see what type of man you will be tomorrow by what you are doing today everyone whether you're male or female you are a product of what you have been doing in the past so if you want the future to be different. You have to start sewing different seed today.

Next, how careless you live your life today will determine how much the future will care less about you tomorrow. Go back to that one for a second. If you are careless with your health today, your health could care less about you in the future. If you are careless about your finances today, it's going to care less about you in tomorrow. You understand? Oo, watch this. If you could care less about how you carry yourself as a family man, it's going to care less about you in the future. They're going to come to your funeral because that's the right thing to do, not because they want to be there. I've seen that a million times. I even seen kids won't even go to their own parents' funeral for what.

And always remember this. One of the things that I have recognized that we all need to be careful with this. I mean, I just came back from vacation, so I'm just chilling today. I'm I'm okay. We didn't get home until late last night. Um, but but I have to just be honest with you, and I understand that, but you got to press past that. It can be very difficult to look at yourself in the past and see what you tow up and messed up.

It can be very difficult. Understand that? Cuz it makes you feel bad. But you got to get some type of revelation that what you feel about what you did in the past is not how God feels about you now. Satan likes to get you to focus on your mistakes of the past. Look at where you are now. How many can say this, man? If I had have not done that in the past and what if I would have done this instead, if when he asked my phone number, I would have just said walk on by. Oh man, if id have just left that situation, if id have just if if id have just done right and not slept with that girl. I mean, there's so many things that you can look at when it comes to the past. And as they say, would have, could have, should have. And all you can do is look at how much time you have left and try to redeem it. It's never too late to get things right.

I love the story of the man that was on the cross next to Jesus cuz he tore up his entire life. He tore up his entire life. And so for most of us based on how we think, if we had torn up our entire life down to the last second, we would not think that Jesus would want to even be bothered with us. But this man said, "You know what? I only got a couple minutes left. What does it hurt to just take a chance?" He said, "Lord, he didn't even ask for forgiveness." See, so this is why you have to sometimes be careful what people say. You have to try to see their heart intent. He said, "Lord," he didn't even ask to be let in cuz he didn't think he was qualified to be let in. He said, "Lord, would you just remember me? When you come into your kingdom, would you just maybe remember and think about me?" And Jesus knew what he was asking. He was just too afraid to ask what he really wanted to ask. And that's why he went right to the core. That's what I like about Jesus. Get to the bottom line. He said, "This day you will be with me in paradise. I heard what you said, but I know what you meant."

See, so, so y'all, here's the wonderful thing. You know, of course, whenever you're talking to the men, you're also talking to the women. But here's the wonderful thing about this is that the Bible says that God knows the future. He knows the end from the beginning. So, the mistake that you are that you made in the past that you still feel bad about, Jesus knew you were going to make the mistake before you made it. But he still accepted you before you made the mistake knowing you were going to make the mistake.

Lord, so they know everything that you're going to do anyway. And they and so but now they said, "Now don't get it twisted." Now they said, "Don't be just living in sin. We're not crazy." I mean, I'm giving my own twist on it. God like we're not crazy. You know, whatever you sow, reap. Whatever you sow, you going to reap.

Okay. So, but it's very important in this stage. Um because the dark side is putting much pressure on people who are trying to be right. And and one of the pressure tactics is to think about your wrongs. And as long as you think about your wrongs, you'll never get it right. Because thinking about your wrongs makes you feel disqualified. But even if you live right your whole life, the Bible says all of your righteousness is as filthy rags. We're not impressed by your level of being right. All of you were going to hell. So what's the problem? say so it's very important. Go to the next one.

How seriously you take your life will determine how glorious your eternity will be. That's one of the things that men today, particularly fathers, one of the things that I realize is there are, you know, I was I'm just um when I was on vacation, you know, I was just I was just blessed to be able to take, you know, all our family members, you know, all of the ones that are in the household. then my son, his wife, my uh daughter and her boyfriend. And and I was just walking one time and I was just realizing that that as a as a father, you try your best to provide. You do you try you try your best, but a lot of times now now my family doesn't do this. I'm just I was just thinking about other fathers. And a lot of times you try your best to provide, but those that are under you, they don't appreciate what you provide because they want something better based on how they see someone else living.

And there are a lot of fathers that they they are depressed. They they're down because it seems like nobody really appreciates them, that they're just being used. And and and let me tell you something. I had to be honest with you. That's just how it goes. You I'm I'm being damn serious. I mean just this is how it is what you know and and so you can imagine I mean my family they cool they they don't they don't operate like that you know but but still just because of all that you provide you know for me as a pastor and as you know having you know congregation all of those things the only way for you to truly stay healthy is for you to obey this one principle Jesus said he said you need to focus and study on heaven and so that's One thing that I realize is is that I think about quite often is regardless to my ups and downs emotionally and what I think and all of those things and I wish the people would get it and this and that and that me giving up my life for people and my family is that ultimately what's going to happen is when I stand before God on the other side, he'll make me king.

And if you don't have a revelation that I am called to spend my life for others on this side so I can be crowned king on the other side, you're going to stay frustrated with people. Some of you have children that seemingly won't act right and won't do right. They still haven't come into the kingdom. And maybe it is because of your behavior, but ultimately they have personal responsibility. It doesn't matter that you know my kids grew up in a household where they only saw salvation. Maybe you raised your ch children in an environment that was a total opposite and now you're saved and you wish you would have been saved sooner. You can't focus on that. the fact that you are saved now. You keep on living your saved life now because those children are still connected to you now. And so maybe they didn't come in earlier, but they will come in later because of what you keep on doing perpetually in the now. Y'all following me? But Satan will put in your head, man, if you had have been a better man. If you had have been a better man, your kids wouldn't be acting like this. And maybe that's true. But guess what? Now you are a better man.

And your kids are still watching you. Amen. That's right. And the Lord will use that so it's so quit worrying about the past. Be the best man that you can be so that your children can see the difference between dark and light.

Are y'all following me? They can see the difference between wrong and right. They can see daddy was like this, but he's changed and so maybe I need to change. That's what happened to my my wife. You know, her daughter was more would you call more or less a violent man. What did I say? Oh yeah, that's where Thank you. Where did I come that from? You know, he was, put it this way, he was a bad man. Very bad man. Extremely bad man. But he gave his life to Christ when you were 18, eight. Oh, really? 15 or 16. He gave his life to Christ. how he tra how he transformed in a short amount of time. Um both her parents was just it was just unbelievable. They So watch this. So when I was born both my parents were saved. Okay. When she was born both her parents were not. Okay. And so when um you were How old were you when your mom Oh, wait a minute. How old were you when your mom gave her life to Christ? 18. How old were you when your dad gave his life to Christ? 15. Okay. So, she wasn't even 15. She was around 15 when her Y'all get the point. The point. She didn't see all of the holiness. She didn't see this. She didn't see that. She didn't see this. She didn't see that. She did not see what I saw normally growing up. When I saw growing up, it was never any negative. I never heard a curse word in my household. Never heard my dad raise his voice at my mom or vice versa. No violence, no profanity, no cussing, no same thing. No smoking, no drinking, no nothing. That's what I saw growing up. Okay? I didn't know any of that. So my world view of things was just righteousness, righteousness, righteousness. And this is how the world is.

So um but with her, she saw the total opposite. So the point that I'm making is she saw the total opposite. Her parents came in later after they did not provide the proper witness for their children. Okay, both of them live raggedy lifestyle. When they came to Christ, okay, when they came to Christ, how they lived their life, you could never tell that either one of them had ever been a sinner. Either one of them. Okay. And and then her both of them flipped it. I mean, her mom was just I mean her it was her mom was like her watching her mom was like walk watching an angel on planet Earth. I mean, the way that she served people and what she did for people. She went on the street and did street evangelism and was at home praying with her Bible open reading. I witnessed that when I would visit Lana at her house. And then her dad, he flipped it and became a preacher. He was a violent man, but became a different type of violent man after he gave his life to Christ. Let's see. So, man, that man sat up there and did 40-day fast. I'm still stuck on seven days. You know what I'm saying? I mean, and he was a phenomenal preacher, a phenomenal deliverance minister. So they started late, but now all of the kids over time have gotten saved. All of them. Not immediately. Yeah. But but it's a So I've been the in-law that has been a witness to this. Both of our parents have died and gone to heaven, including our grandparents. And so it's been I'm just ministering to the men about you. Life is not about how you start, it's about how you end.

And you got to keep on going so you can get to an end. And so I've been able I've been privy to watch how a woman a man and a woman give their life to Christ later in life then pass away but then watch just how slowly but surely each one of the children has come into the kingdom including her own sister who end up getting cancer and my wife went and visited her sister who was kind of she's very occultish and then my wife went and visited her sister and she was just and then I think it was the last day the Holy Spirit told you witnessed to her and that last day before she could relieve, Holy Spirit said, "Witness to her now." My wife witnessed to her on the couch, she gave her life to Christ. And in that short amount of time before she passed away, she flipped it. You would have thought she had been saved for 30 years, telling everybody, "Stop sinning and you're going to hell." And boom, boom, boom, boom. That's what happens when you flip it.

See? So, so it's almost I shouldn't say that way. So, the some of your best testimonies are the people who tore it up and then cleaned it up. Yes. Yes. Not the ones. It was ordained for everyone to be clean from the start. It was ordained for everyone to have an environment similar to how I grew up in. But some of you can learn from that, but you can also learn from the ones who tore it up and then get it right and then cleaned it up. Remember there's a parable Jesus said, "Which one of these men pleased me?" He said, "The one guy told him to do something and he said he would do it, but he didn't." He said, "The other guy said, I'm not doing that." He said, 'But then later he did. And he said, ' Which one pleased me? They said, the second guy. He said, 'Absolutely. So there are some people that they start late like you did. There are some people for whatever reason, your home environment, your rebellious attitude, whatever it is, but as long as you start and there's time left, you still have time left.

And I have to say that for the men because, you know, today they're trying to emasculate men. This is no lie. I was when I went to uh Pastor Nia's church in was that Missouri. It don't matter what state it is. I don't know why I got to be so detailed all the time. I was at the airport and I walked into the men's bathroom. And as I was walking in, a guy was walking out, but he was so girly looking. I thought I had mistakenly walked into the women's bathroom. So, I turned around, walked out the men's bathroom, and then walked into the women's bathroom. because this dude gave me the impression I had walked into the woman's bathroom and I just wanted to shout in the airport, "All y'all men stop dressing like girls. Put on whatever." I started to say, "We need to go back to wearing baggy pants with dirt on them and underwear that hadn't been cleaned in two weeks and all of that crazy stuff that real men do." I do wash my underwear. I just that was that was two of my my wife would never let me my wife hardly let me get out the house without stuff being pressed. You want me to iron that for you? I have to take my shirt back off. So, but but you know in all seriousness you that the the devil works against your mind. If you actually pay attention to how Jesus dealt with men, you would see that most of your thoughts about yourself are wrong. It's worse when family members won't deal with you because of what you did in the past. There are men that their family members have disowned them, but they are in jail. Always remember this. There's one individual that will never disown you because of what you did, and his name is Jesus Christ. Men have the bad habit of thinking that what they think about you is what God thinks about you.

That's why it's very very it's very pastors have to be extremely careful how they deal with people sometimes because what you do to a congregation member that congregation member thinks that that came from God. You understand? And so, but you know, so I I just want to to encourage men and you you've made it this far. You still living. You're still existing. You still might be struggling. You have your ups and downs. All of us do. Struggles and ups and downs are not based on if you're rich or poor. If you're educated or not. It has nothing to do with that. Everybody struggles from what degree. Some struggle physically. Some struggle emotionally, mentally, some struggle financially. Okay? But you just have to keep on going. You made it this far. just keep on going. And if you made it this far with the craziness in the past, maybe your future might be better because you're now you're getting ready to learn some things.

But ultimately, you got to have a revelation of I will never die. Yes. And and I'm willing to give up my life. I'm willing to give up my life for this short amount of time because of what is awaiting for me on the other side. If you don't have that revelation, it's going to be difficult for you.

Okay, go to the next one. The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

What makes you the ultimate man is the time that you spend with Jesus. Okay? The time you spend, you know, I refer different people. You you you can pick whatever one you like. Um um but I like to refer to Jesus as king. I spend my time I spend a lot of time with the king. Okay? And so and how you spend time with the king is is spending time in his word and paying attention to how the king talked, how he made decisions, how he dealt with people. And you'll get insight on how you should deal with people. Ultimately, it is your time with Jesus that will make you an extraordinary man, not your time with men. Men can have a good influence on you. But what? Watch this. Whatever positive thing a man shared with you, it came from the king.

Next, it is your time with Jesus that will make you the ultimate man, not a mentor. Nothing wrong with mentors, but let me say something. I am. We're not going to do We will do disciplehip, but we're not doing a whole lot of private mentoring.

See, one of the things I have to be careful of is that people sometimes try to they they take the system and they try to twist it and turn it into what they want instead of adjusting to the system. So, myself and my ministers, I'm not going to have them doing all of this private mentoring. You don't need a private mentor. You already got one. His name is Jesus. I've had some men tell me, "But I don't like to read." That's a lie. Cuz when you went to get your driver's license and they said, "You got to read this and take this test." You read that to take your test so you can drive instead of catch the bus. Don't give me the crap that you don't like to read. That's your way of saying that you're lazy. Personal responsibility for something that's free.

Next one. I should have been using this clock for years. They have a countdown clock to let me know. Hurry up, Reverend. Your time is is I tell you the truth. Of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Stay here for a second. Yet even the least person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. That's a strong scripture. I want you to think about something. First of see this if you would have asked me who do you think is the greatest up until Jesus these are the type of names that would have popped up Moses Noah Elijah Joshua David Daniel all of those those are names that I would have thought about because you were looking at their accomplishments too much.

Jesus said none of them are the greatest. He said John the Baptist is yet the dude that's out there looking like Tarzan in the wilderness eating grasshoppers and bugs. Mhm. Yeah, that's him. I want you to think about this and see always remember this. When Jesus prefaces a statement by saying, "I tell you the truth," it means I'm getting ready to tell you something that's going to rock your mentality because you don't think like me. Going to have a hard time believing that John the Baptist in heaven was considered the greatest. He was considered greater than Adam, greater than everybody. Joshua, David, all of the kings, Solomon, John the Baptist, he said, "I tell you the truth. All who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. So I want you to think about it. John the Baptist is greater than any name you could ever bring up in the Old Testament. But then he flipped it and said, "But yet, even the least Christian who barely make it in in the kingdom of heaven is still greater than the one that's greater than everybody else." So when I see this is what I mean by you got to spend time with the king and see what he said and not what the culture says, not what your daddy said, not what your pastor or your prophet said. What did the king say and the king say I want you to think about this for every man that's in here right now. Every man, whether you just got saved last week or you've been on the battlefield a long time, he said all of the men that exist today are greater than every man in the Old Testament. That's what he said. I ain't come up with that. It sounds like some foolishnesses I would come up with, but I didn't. I tell you the truth. See, when you see that phrase, he's getting ready to tell you something, and you're going to have a hard time believing. I'm greater than John the Baptist. Mhm. Noah, Moses, Joshua, King David, Solomon, he said the if the least in the kingdom is greater than them, what about the ones that are great? This also lets you know that they looking at some that are greater than others. Not accomplishments, character. That's a whole Bible study I need to do is why in the world did you consider John the Baptist greater than every single person in the Old Testament? Cuz in your mind, he didn't do a whole lot. And don't try to give me no revelation right now. Well, I think No, just write it down on your journal. No, don't. When you meditate, never mind. I don't want to say that. Okay. Think about that. For every man that's in here, you you you looking at how much money you have, doesn't count. John the Baptist didn't have any. You look at your accomplishments don't count. Never talked about about John the Baptist education. Maybe with John the Baptist, it was his ability to live like a homeless man off the grid, but still represent Jesus 100%. Maybe that's what they're looking at. One thing I can guarantee you is they're not looking at what you looking at. So you got to spend enough time with the king to see what he's looking at. Because this world, watch this. And the stuff that Jesus looks at to call you a king is not stuff that the world will look at to call you a king. But always remember this. Most of the stuff the world comes up with, the kingdom of God despises.

Next one. That's good. So, so I was uh you know, and let me tell you something. Uh um man, you have to have a lifestyle of just a lifestyle, a prayer, and ask the Lord to make you the greatest man. And you're not a great man because of your money. You're not a great man because of your accomplishments, your degrees. All of those are nice. You're not a great man. That's that's not what makes a great man. And so, but it's and it's amazing that when you begin to seek the Lord this way, he will at times just speak to you in different type of places. And so, I went to something called the extreme experience. My brother and I, we went Bernard and it was a belated birthday present. And uh the extreme experience, they they do it four times in Atlanta where you go out to a racetrack and you can pay a fee and they literally let you race Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Corvettes. Yeah. And you got to wear a full helmet and everything. And they've done a And so you pay a price and you go out there, you pick which car. So Ferraris, Lambbros, Corvettes, Porsches. I always get the Porsche. You know, they got nothing to do with anything. And it allows you to race real sports cars. And uh and they put you out there on the track with you. You are not out there by yourself. you are out there on the track with a bunch of other cars and the the and and you know how when drivers training the the guy that's training you also has a pedal. They don't have that. You are fully on your own. The passenger though is a real race car driver that coaches you. So they use hand signals. If he does that, speed up. If he starts throwing up, okay, slow down. Slow. I mean it's and it's very psychological because you're not used to pushing a car like that at that limit. I'm giving you too much information about the race. So, we went out there and and it's it's and they've been and it's crazy, but they've had over a 100,000 drives and no incident so far. Yeah. It's very the safety and but they let you run it. Side note. So, the first time the first time I went out there and the guy was like, "Come on, push it." And and it's psychological because this is not how you drive on the street. And so, I'm I'm I'm kind of holding back and he like, "Push it. You're supposed to drive this thing like you are running from the police. But it was psychological. This is your your body was like you're not supposed to drive a car like this. You're not supposed to hit the gas pedal every time. Go around the curve as fast as you can. Hit the brake as hard as you can. So I was limit until that Ferrari BLEW PAST ME. I was like, "Oh, it's on and popping out Batman and Robin." Okay. It hit me. It It's surprising how limited the mind can be, man. And when that thing blew past me, I was like, "Oh, I get it." Because if you move too slow, you got to move over to the side and let the faster car. When that man, when that Lamborghin Ferrari blew past me, Ferrari's allowed. I was like, "Oh, no. It's it's on." Now, the point that I'm making, I standing in line and you know, it's it's it's you ever been in in a place and you were standing next to a person and you kind of sense that they might be a Christian? So he just kind of put feelers out there, you know. He's, you know. Yeah. Well, I'm you you watch this. You be in the conversation. Yeah. I'm I'm just grateful to God that, you know, I'm being you're like, "Yo, I sense some things about me, but I want to just jump into this. You get offended." So we standing there in line waiting for our next ride. There was a white brother standing right next to me and we just got to talking and I just sense I think this brother is a believer and so we got to talking and next thing you know you know we both jumped in feeling each and so he shared something with me that was so power man he shared something was so powerful he talked about he's a Christian and they do these things with men fellowships and uh and he told me he said man Jesus Christ you know uh changed me for real. He talked about as a married man how he's very unfaithful to his wife and he was doing this and he was doing that doing this doing that and how how committed he is now you know and he said we do this men's group and he said we focus on these four things for men these four things cover every area of your life faith family finance and fitness are the four things okay and in that order okay um of course being a man of faith faith as Jesus Christ and and so these are the things as we move over into the men's groups and different things disciplehip all those things those are the four things that we're going to focus on is faith okay which then immediately flows over into fa family what type of Christian are you what type of family man are you and then being able to handle your finances in such a way where it's not always the amount of money that you make it's how you use it okay it's it's you know I remember years ago I had to minister to this couple And they were just I mean cool wonderful couple but um but uh she wouldn't do nothing for him. She wouldn't dress for him. She all that on her side and on his side he wouldn't he wouldn't honor her. So they have two vehicles. One is old smoking up the intersection. Other one is brand new. So men, um, if you have two vehicles and one is smoking the inter up the intersection, uh, that's the one you ride in. Now, as crazy as that may seem, some men have not been taught that and they saw the opposite. And it really is difficult to do the opposite of what you saw. And so, but he had his wife and kids riding in the raggedy machine while he out there styling and profiling in a brand new car. Okay. So, so family, finance, and then fitness. Um, you know, ladies, men deal with pressures that we never tell y'all about. Just don't. Women are very vocal about their pressures. And and but but and then even amongst men, we'll keep it light, saying things like, "Well, you know how it is." That's all you have to say in the barber shop. You know how it is. And everybody like, "Yeah, yeah, I know. Am I lying men?" No. Now, what we that statement, you know how it is. It takes women a whole hour to explain all of that. That's just the difference. But men are more silent. We don't. And and and one of the reasons why we're silent is society teaches us that we have no voice. Especially this society now. And right now they're trying to make it seem like even physically, you know, you see this push. It's uh where where everything is about a woman can do what a man can do. We don't need men. We just as strong as y'all. All of the movies you see these don't get me wrong, ladies. Don't don't don't take this where I'm not taking it. I'm not saying a woman can't be in charge, okay? Don't get me wrong with that. But you all of these movies where you got all of these strong men that are special ops, but they're led by a woman that's my wife's size. No, no, that ain't that's not how that go. That's No, that's no. You know, and then they got women fighting men four times your size. This man's arm is as big as my leg and your little bitty self could take him and twist his arm and throw him across the room, drop kick him, and now he just dies. And you fighting four men this size at the same time? No. No. That's that's no only thing that'll happen is a person is demonp possessed. Then you might have the ability to do that. But but no, it's not going to happen. But if you actually pay attention to the culture, it's like they're moving men over to the side and saying that women, we are the ones that rule. No, you don't. No, you don't. I mean, and and whatever. You know, I don't know if it's true or not, so I won't say the name cuz you could be wrong. But apparently a sports figure that all of you would know. I have to be careful with stuff you see on social media. So that's why I won't mention his name in case that's not what he really said. But this picture on Instagram, whatever said. He said, "I would never marry a stay-at-home mom because all they do is just sit on the couch." See? So So this makes women They're having a good time over there. So this makes women this makes women feel like, okay, I need to be better than what God made me to prove a point to the men to see me as less. Okay? And so, but that's the type of society that we're in that all you do is raise a child. It's a crazy society. There's nothing more valuable that you could do is spend all day raising a soul. period. But now, you know, that's insignificant to society now because that's a woman of low value. Okay? You keep believing that. Okay? And so, but anyway, it is what it is. And so, this is what I mean by you have to ignore the culture because this culture is very toxic, very violent. They're crazy and they know they're crazy. They just don't care that they're crazy, you know? And so, but yes, faith, family, finance, and fitness. Let's finish these last couple because this is something that we're going to be on, you know, when it comes to love and relationships and um go to the next one for me.

Now, this is all of the men. Now, you have to be careful. You know, we you we have to do things a particular way for the masses. Jesus said, "What I say unto one, I say unto all." So, let me give you an example. Let me think of something right quick. Um h Okay, watch this. This is the reason why we're not doing a whole lot of private mentorship. We're doing a whole lot of group disciplehip. This This is the reason why I can't get over into this. And watch this. I'm going make a statement now. All right. You should have a journal. And with that journal, you should be writing down all of your prayers. Everything you want God to speak to you about in every single area. Not Christianity, that's just part of it. finances, marriage, children, questions that you have about the universe. How does deja vuis go? You should always be writing because there was uh we found out about a man named

George Mueller. He wrote down 55,000 prayer requests and the Lord answered all of them. Now, y'all heard that.

Now, watch this. Robert, stand up for a second. Stand here. He and I are at lunch together. So, Robert, what you should do is is that you should get a journal and you should write down all of your prayer requests, okay? And everything that you can think of. Don't make it religious. That's not just Christianity. Finances, fitness, deja vu, stuff about the universe, anything you can think of, you should always be asking God questions and he'll answer them supernaturally.

Um, I found out about a guy named George Mueller in the UK. He wrote down 55,000 prayer requests and the Lord answered all of them. See that? See, that's why I don't need to do private mentorship because I'm mentoring you when I preach.

You're just not, you're just not taking any action. You want to take my time and meet with me privately. What I'm saying publicly and and what I say in the one is what I say in all. I don't meet with him privately and give him different revelation than what I gave y'all. Y'all understand what I'm saying? I have to explain these things to help you understand.

So, watch this men. Now, you got a whole Bible, right? A whole Bible. A whole Bible. Let's based on faith, finances, family, and fitness. This is one passage that if you practice this one passage, you would pretty much be good.

"I will sing of your love and justice, Lord. I will praise you with songs."

I'll let you know when to go to the next one because I'm going to move. No, no, you can go ahead. I was just want to go to verse three. Men, look at this. "I will be careful to live a blameless life." That means living a life where we can't blame you for anything. He said, "I will be careful." Which means this takes practice. This means I'm going to make mistakes sometimes. I will be careful to live a blameless life. And guess what, man? You can get better and better at this as you grow. They may have been able to blame you for everything at 20. By the time you get to 50, they won't be able to blame you for anything.

See that next line? "When will you come to help me?" Those are your prayer requests. Lord, I got a question about this. I got a question about this. I got a question about this. And you write, it's just something about writing it down so you can keep track of what you have come to your king about so that when he answers it, you can check it off the list. Because sometimes the I write down the questions and I put two spaces because he might answer it by giving me a whole sentence. That's right.

"When will you come and help me?" Look at the next sentence. "I will lead a life of integrity in my own home." Not my girlfriend's home. My own home. Not my mama and them home. My own home. I will lead a life. See, now watch this. You don't need a private mentor to understand what it means to be blameless. You don't need a private mentor to understand what it means to live a life of integrity. If on your job they tell you, "Now sir, we're getting ready to hire you at this law firm." But this is a law firm of integrity. You don't have to say, "Well, can I meet with the CEO privately so he can give me deep revelation about integrity?" No. You know what integrity means? And if you don't, we can't hire you as a lawyer.

Go to our next one. This one passage. "I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar." That's easy. Don't look at porno. Too quiet in this Presbyterian church. Don't look at porno. And you need to be careful about what you watch on TV because a lot of television shows is porno.

Now, man, I accidentally, man, I turned on something, man, the other day and almost fell off the couch. Now, granted, I understand that people are struggling with certain things, okay? But man, never mind. I saw someone with a Tyler Perry movie, too. And I'll say his name. He didn't gone way perverted. See, that shows you how you can be really, really good and then become very, very, very bad. But you can be very, very bad and become very, very, very good. You can also start out good, become bad, and then good again. You start off bad, go good, and then bad again.

"I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar." Very simple. What category do you put this in? Now, so let me tell you now. I'm I'm so, my wife and I, we like military and special op movies because you can learn a lot about spiritual warfare. Um, logistics. I love logistics. just planning things and and I like planning things and then having backup measures put in place. I have to do that big time with Nigeria. Okay. If this the only reason why I did that men's so we left for our vacation on Sunday. I did the men's conference on Saturday and we leave on Sunday and I'm in another state. The only one of the only reasons why I did it is is that I said if that plane fails and they can't get off the ground or something happens I can still rent a car and drive throughout the entire night. Always plan for the negative. What you doing? Okay. If this goes wrong, what we do now? What was I doing? Oh, so we'll watch special love. And so with that, you're going to see profanity.

So it's the this going to sound weird. The profanity in a military movie is going to have sometimes a even though it's still the wrong spirit, it's going to have a different spirit than the profanity with a comedian. See, the com the comedian is feeding you profanity to try to add essence to his jokes to make you have an experience. where the profanity sometimes in a military fight is based on the frustration of warfare. Now, if you're a military man, you still should be cussing. I'm just trying to let you know that there there are things that I watch and I'll let that go because I'm looking at the overall theme of special ops military boom boom versus me watching something else. And it, you know, typically with a with a sex scene, I'll just kind of I'll fast forward. Nope. Fast forward. Um, and then some every once in a while you pop up one time and just some vulgar stuff pops up and I just turn the television off. Yes, obviously I'm not supposed to watch anything today.

I mean, there are certain comedians, these guys are just geniuses with that gift of comedy, but I just I just don't listen to them because it's just too much profanity. Have y'all ever seen some of these roast that they do with comedians? You know, I turned on one recently and I forgot. I mean, just it's not even necessary to be that vulgar. And you see how society is using the f- word now. I mean, it's just I mean, I'm watching restaurants that that's in the title. I've seen two, but that's in the title. One right here in in Kennesaw. And so, so you have to be careful what you look at and what you listen to. And remember, looking is a form of hearing and hearing is a form of looking.

"I refuse to look at anything vile. and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly. I'll have nothing to do with him." So, as a man, as a king, and as a person of integrity and character and honor, have nothing to do with crooks, individuals that lie and cheat. And I never will forget when we first started the church, when we used to do offerings in the service, you have the offering and then you have two or three men that will go back and count the money so that you have checks and balances, not one guy. So we we we started out with this new guy that we thought was legit. And then the count came up wrong. So they said, "We need to count this to get it right." Guess what his reply was? Ah, what's a few dollars missing amongst friends? Yep. Yeah, you you got to go. You you you stealing the money one. How many know when offering is $10 and you already stealing? Yeah. No, we can't have you around. You steal an offering when it's just $10. See? So, so we had to remove that person out the equation because y'all let it tell you something. You could be a person of great integrity and honor and all it takes is one bad employee to mess up your business. One.

"I hate all who deal crookedly. I will have nothing to do with him." Go to the next one. "I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil." Notice you have to reject the perverse ideas because it's coming from another source. No matter how righteous you are, you're going to come up with a perverse idea. No matter you can have the Holy Ghost coming out your ears and you have read the word so much you have memorized it backwards and forwards and there's still something going to enter your mind because if it entered Jesus' mind for 40 days straight, if the Bible says he was tempted in all points like you are without was seeing. If Jesus was tempted that way, who are you? Jesus was perfect and he dealt with perverse thoughts in his mind. He was tempted in all points like we are. Yet he did not sin. So you have to learn the art of rejecting perverse ideas and they are masters at giving it to you at the right moment.

You'll come across something. I've come across something just by accident. No. Nowadays, you can't watch nothing without them throwing some type of woman. They ain't got no clothes on right in front of your face. Hey, and and and watch this. You can turn if you hesitate for one second, you can feel that claw of lust trying to pull you in. And especially now with algorithms, you know, before you can just back in the day all the young people, you just walk into the gas station and they called them dirty magazines. You know, it would have Playboy and Hustler and and and you could see that this was a a book or magazine with naked women, but they had the whole front cover, so you couldn't even see anything, you know. Oh, and you going to the gas station looking around. Let me get that right there. Today, you can't even go in Walmart. I've been in Walmart twice. And I'm like, why you wearing a bikini inside the grocery store? Is that a dress or a wide belt? I'm sorry. Whatever. Let me tell you something. I have to be the honest to god truth men. You can get to a place if you want to where that does not affect you. You just got to remember we just came from Mexico where you got all type of women wearing bikinis all day long. I was amazed at how all of these women were walking in front of me and there was no feeling that came from my body. Y'all follow me? But it starts with a decision. Okay, I'm marrying one of them. They going to get on my nerves anyway. So, I'm just, you know, whatever. Find look real ugly when they ain't acting right. So, but anyway, "I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from evil." Today, they putting evil on your doorstep. You just got to kick it off the porch.

Uh, next one. "I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors." Stay away from gossipers. "I will not endure conceit." And if you notice this, this is all stuff that men have to deal with. But it's telling you, you got to be a person that's bigger than all of the stuff that you deal with. And sometimes you going to feel like nobody cares, including God. Operate in integrity anyway, because feelings are not the truth. This is just how you feel at the moment. "I will not endure conceit and pride."

Go to the next one. "I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me." See, this also gets over into what? See, because a lot of the scriptures apply to men because God expected a lot of men to have some money. Yes. He said, "So only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me." Cuz most of the men that were in the Bible were rich. Y'all do realize that Abraham was rich. His sons were rich. Job was rich. David was rich. Solomon was ridiculous rich. I mean, everybody, all of these guys had money. And so, most of them had servants. I want to think about this. Abraham's family members got kidnapped. He already had 318 personal trained soldiers who already knew martial arts and how to fight. And he sent those 318 soldiers after an army and got his family back. Okay. Okay. So he's letting you know that if you're rich enough to have servants, okay, or you have a company and you have employees, be careful who you hire and be careful who serves you. As you know on the other side, only those who are above reproach will be close to Jesus and allowed to serve him.

Oh Lord, verse seven, "I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house." This is a rich He got a rich folk here. whether you rich or not. Boom. See, you also need to be careful who works in your house. Remember that old raggedy man that came in my house one time? So now, so now there was another guy who was a solid believer. He was welcome. But sometimes believers that are Christians, and this is going to sound crazy, there are some Christians that don't have integrity, and there are some sinners that do. I don't look for Christian businessmen to do stuff for me. I look for people of integrity. And nowadays, you can look them up. What do the reviews say? Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. I'm still looking for my money. Yeah, you you're not the one. So So he had some assistance helping in the house. This man was so raggedy and is obviously he didn't like preachers, so he come in my house challenging me. and and just dirtying up stuff. Uh uh shoes all dirty just walking across my carpet like it was he was in the garage and and then they still messed up the job. So be careful about not who comes in your house, who works on your stuff, who does your hair. Be careful. "I would not allow deceivers to serve in my house and Lars will not stay in my presence."

Hers eight. "My daily task will be to fer it out the wicked and free the city of the Lord from their grip." So this is a man that he hates to see abuse. This is a man that hates to see injustice. This is a man that hates to see a old lady walking down the street carrying no groceries. Okay? And this is a man that hates to see what the sinners do to innocent people. Y'all got that? Go to the I think this is the second to the last one. Go to the next one. I'll just read it. Jesus said there was a certain rich man who was spendently clothed. So, so you see that in me in the previous passage. If all you did was live that way. I don't need a mentor for that. The king told you what to practice every single day. Now you just need extra details which is the rest of the Bible. Well, that one right there will help you along.

Jesus said there was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and lived each day in luxury. Go to the next one. You can flow now. At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man's table, the logs would come and lick his open sores. Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet, which lets you know that when you die, you immediately go somewhere. Not the grave. Your body goes to the grave. You go someplace. Okay, go back for a moment. Poor man. died and was carried by the angels. This also lets you know when you die, you are carried someplace. You're either carried up above by angels or you're carried below by the dark side. Many witches have been on the bed and as they crossed over, they said, "I made a mistake." Cuz they saw what was coming for them. Carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried. He went to the place of the dead in torment. So, one went to what we call there was a place called Abraham's bosom. It was a form of paradise before people could really go to heaven. But we for the sake of the argument we'll say one went to heaven, other went to hell, but both their bodies were in the grave. When they're in torment, he saw Abraham. Back up. I didn't read that last part. Go back for a second. Thank you. There in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side. Woo. This lets you know there's no limit on your eyesight. The rich man shouted, "Father Abraham, have some pity. send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I'm in anguish in these flames." People crack me up talking about hell doesn't exist. And what is this in here for? Abraham said to him, "Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted. Lazarus had nothing. God is always keeping track." So now he's been comforted and you are in anguish. And besides, there's a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here. No one can cross over to us from there. Then the rich man said, "Please, Father Abraham, at least send them to my father's home, for I have five brothers and I want him to warn them so that they don't end up in this place of torment." He wanted some private mentorship. Abraham said, Moses, I'm serious. Moses, watch, watch, I'm prove it to you. Abraham said, Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote. You don't need no private mentorship. Read what is written. That's all of the men. You ain't you need private mentorship to the degree that you won't read and study. Devon and I were talking about this. Devon, we were talking about this how both Ivana and I are men. We have great wisdom, integrity, character, been doing a long time. We know some stuff. But it's because we read men's books and read the word. We didn't have no private mentors holding us by the hand. Do this, do this, do this, do this. We got it from Jesus. Amen. He said the rich man replied, "No, father Abraham, they don't." Watch this. The mentality in my family is we don't read the scriptures. But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God. Next one. Abraham said, "If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets and what they wrote, they won't be persuaded even if they have private mentorship." Y'all got that? They said that because the system is designed for you to respond to what is written, not experiences. You are designed by God to respond to what is written. You is that? Let me ask you this. Did you learn in school from experiences or did you learn in school because of what was written? Spend all your time in school and then you become a Christian. I don't like to read. But then apparently you don't even have a GED because in order to get a GED, anything else that start with a D, you got to read. GED, diploma, master's degree, PhD, all of them D's.

Just go to the last one so we can end this. I went way too long. This is my last statement. This is by Theodore Roosevelt. one of his most masterful speeches. I read this every time I get to the church and walk into my office. I have a what I don't know what you call it a poster. Black. No, this thing is big. But yeah, and I love this um because every man I think this should be your mentality. This is a piece speech that he gave. It is not the critic who counts. I could stay on that for days. I got a lot of people who criticize me, but they don't count. It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. It's always somebody judging your business when they working at Burger King. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Yes. whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood. who strives valiantly, who hes, whose face comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds. Who knows great enthusiasms of the great devotions. Who spends himself in a worthy cause. who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement. And at worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat. Simple. Be the best man that you can be. Amen. And no matter how you try to be the best that you can be, there's always going to be somebody that's criticizing you that doesn't have the ability to do what you're doing. You can try to be, you may not be perfect. You'll try to be the best family man. It'll be a single guy that has no kids that try to judge you about being a family man. I get it in ministry. People judge me because, you know, whatever they say. And I got told Ezekiel on the podcast, I said, "All these people judge me don't have fruit that I have. They don't have a manifestation that I have. They don't even know what I do. We got 300 people visiting this church a weekend. We got who knows? They didn't filled the whole room just to receive the gift of tongues. But yet they talk about us. You're not supposed to do all that tongue stuff. Okay. Well, tell the people that receiving the gift of tongues right now. My thing is if you don't like us, turn the channel. Oh, that's right. You don't have nothing to do. Oh man. So again, it's knowing who you are in Christ. And you'll find out who you really are in Christ on the other side. Not this side. On this side, you'll find out a little bit of who you are in Christ. But this side, always remember this. I've always said this about ministry and business. Generals are made in the wilderness, not the palace. So many generals and kings for eternity are being made as they struggle in this realm. Period. It's nothing like watching a man who has struggled his entire life. but keeps on operating in integrity and character. There's nothing like watching a man who doesn't buy anything for himself, but he keep on trying to bless the wife and the family members and he puts himself last and he's going to struggle with some things. I That's why I said for Father's Day, quit making these men do what you want to do. Well, he doesn't want to do anything. That's his definition of Father's Day. You didn't plan a whole party and festivities and then we're going to go to the circus and then we're going to go to your favorite restaurant. Then we're going to go for a walk in the park and we're going to take all of these pictures. No, that's what you want to do. Men, most men for Father's Day don't want to do anything. Is there a game on? Yes. Wonderful. Get out. Shut the door. Order me some chicken wings. I'll come out tomorrow. And I know sometimes it frustrates my own kids, especially my daughters. Like, daddy, what you want to do for Father's Day? I'm like, I don't know. Cuz I don't cuz I wasn't thinking about it. We don't even think about Father's Day until somebody tells us happy Father's Day. Women, they thinking about Mother's Day a week out. I wonder what wonderful gifts I'm going to get this time. Men ain't thinking about that. Thinking about that at all. And I have to be I have to really be careful because people can tell me stuff and it just does not register. It just does not register. It just doesn't because whatever. So, you know, we want to say happy father's day to all of the fathers and whether you are whether you are whether you're happy today or sad today whether your children are with you or not you know, it's very unfortunate there are many women they have kept the children from the father. let me tell you something that's a huge judgment against the woman on the other side. That's right. Now, it be different if your father is a if if he's a kidnapper, you know, he is the resident drug dealer and don't put the kids on on drugs. But there are some women that they won't let the children talk to the father. They won't let him talk to him. And I I know a lot of men that they struggle because they just want to spend I know women that will not let the dad spend time with the children simply because he voted for Trump. I know several that cuz you voted for Trump. You can't never see these kids. They use the kids as some type of Yeah. She don't know. She's setting up a terrible judgment for herself. Terrible judgment for yourself. Terrible judgment. So everything is about fatherhood. And the kids want to see the father. You won't even let them talk to him. You won't even let them visit them. You won't even let him take them to the park. And you think it's going to work well for you. Yeah. You got another thing coming on that one. There's a lot of women that's like that. A lot of them. It's unfortunate. Very unfortunate. But oh well, they'll show take that child support though. I know a lot of situations like that. Take the child support won't let the kids see the father. So, you know, it is what it is. All you can do you all is be the best that we can be. And today we have to look outside of our own homes because there are many people that have never had anyone. They just and they fening for that. Okay. So men be the best that you can be and you're going to struggle. Craziness going through your mind. You're going to feel underappreciated when you stand before the king. I unite thee. The greatest men in the kingdom are the ones who can struggle but maintain their integrity and their character. I know men that have gotten older and guess what they said? I try my best to give my children everything. Seems like they don't appreciate nothing sitting there tears running down his eyes. But sp you got to give up your life for something greater. Always remember this. how you serve your kids, how you serve your family, what you do in the community, the Lord is recording it all to determine how he will make you king. Let's go ahead and stand. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah. They still over there praying. Yeah, I see him in there. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Just throw up these scriptures right quick for salvation. Hallelujah. Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him while he's still near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Turn to God for he will forgive. I love that part. God forgives generously. Some people forgive but they still got their eye watching you. I will forgive but I will not forget. It's not how I'm ain't glad that God does not forgive that way. I do not him need him remembering my foolishness from the past.

Go to the next. God presented Jesus as a sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. Sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past.

Go to the next one. Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight. Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord Let me tell you something. The Lord will clear out your complete record. If you're a man in here today, that's cooling includes women. It doesn't matter what you did up until this point. It's a hard thing to look in the mirror and say, "I didn't messed up my life for 40 years." And guess who's standing in the mirror next to you? Jesus saying, "You might have messed it up for 40 years, but I the record and you can start fresh today." That's and that's unfair. That's outside common sense. But the king things of God don't work based on common sense.

Go to the next one. If you openly declare Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. It's by believing in your heart that you're made right with God. It's by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. So this is the prayer that you pray. You can put that up. And so I'm going to have the congregation in a moment just lift their hands, give God thanks for what we have heard and experienced on today. And as we do that, if you need to say that prayer, you have to say it out loud. You have to say it openly. But as we worship God and give him thanks, you go ahead and you say that prayer, whether you're in here, overflow room, or online, and God will change you today. You'll get a fresh start. You'll be a member of heaven, citizen of the kingdom of God. Come on, saints. Let's go ahead and lift up our voices for a moment and give God thanks. Give God praise. Give him glory. Give him honor. We magnify you. We magnify you. We magnify you. Thank you, oh Lord God. We magnify you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We thank you, oh Lord God, for the hour of prayer. Thank you, oh Lord God, for the water baptisms. Thank you, oh Lord God, for those that have received the gift of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus. We thank you, Lord, for the word of God, which is able to save us and deliver us and set us free in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you, oh Lord God, for those that are praying this prayer on today. Thank you, oh Lord God. We bless and honor you. Magnify you and give you thanks. Give you thanks. Give you thanks. Give you thanks. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, oh Lord God. If you believe you receive that, just lift your hands one more time. Give God thanks and praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, oh Lord. I think they're getting ready to let them back in. Tap on the door and ask them are they ready to come in. Oh, all right. Let's congratulate them. All of those that had their own church service receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, congratulations. Hallelujah. a bunch of y'all. Is that everyone? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Congratulations. Congratulations. There was a bunch of y'all that squeezed in that room. Oh, they still coming out. Wow, that's a wonderful thing. All right, sounds good. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hey, before we let you go, I just uh I saw everybody with the shirts on with the 30th anniversary. Thank you for celebrating. We went to Mexico to celebrate our 30th anniversary. And so we uh it's okay for me to show a couple of pictures. We just wanted to show you. We had we took a beautiful photo shoot. We just wanted to show you a couple of pictures of our of our family. And so throw throw up a couple if you have them. So yeah. Does Rachel want me to announce or do I leave that alone? Oh, it's public. Okay. So, don't sound.

Please excuse this interruption. Oh, Lord. For a very special announcement. Now, pastor, I know you about tired of me interrupting your sermons, but today is very special. And there's a reason why I'm interrupting. So, everybody say, "Why, Kee?" Why? Say, "Why, Kee?" Why, Kee? Cuz it's your anniversary. Anniversary. Why y'all get this girl a microphone? All righty. Oh, y'all can come up. Come on, Melody. Melody, hurry. Hurry. I need you to hold the card for me. Always got to use a Jedi mind trick on her. Yes. Oh, wow. That's nice. Go ahead. This is my son and his wife Bailey and our two grandchildren, Levi. I call him Lil Mariachi. Need a hat and a guitar to sing. I can't. Well, I just want to say thank you both for everything you've done over the years. the love that you've poured into each other, the vows that you've faithfully kept, and the many sacrifices that you've made. So many seen, but very many unseen. Um, I know that. And I just thank you because I'm so grateful that not only myself, but also my children are now reaping the blessings of those sacrifices. And beyond that, just thank you for setting a beautiful example of what a godly marriage is supposed to look like. In a world where commitment is taken lightly, your love, faithfulness, perseverance, and devotion not only to Christ, but to each other has been such a blessing to our family and has served as such a great example for others to follow. And so, while I can say all of these things as your daughter-in-law, I know that I'm not alone in that sentiment and that your spiritual sons and daughters feel the exact same way. Um, your legacy extends far beyond your family and the impact of your marriage will continue to bear fruit for generations to come. We love you and happy anniversary. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All righty. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Oh. On behalf of your spiritual children, we have a few words we'd like to share with you. Man of valor, woman worthy of praise. Like trees planted deep and stable, you are God's precious servants, willing and able. You speak wise words, a double-edged sword, yet light as a feather. In Christ alone, through every storm, together you shall weather. You've come such a long way, forgetting not where you've come from. Oo, there's so much joy in who you are today, but your character has remained the same even from day to day. Amen. Abundance always follows you both. We will wonder the why and the because, but it's so simple and disregarded by most. It will forever and always be love. Very openly your love has made you known doing exactly what needs to be done. Many have you nurtured and seen grown helping our light to shine brighter than the sun. Pure gold refined by fire with pure hearts and humble hands. With the peace of God as your umpire, his word you make easy to understand. Your doctrine remains the same. love Christ and love men. We stand in awe of your purity as you proclaim death to our sins. We thank you both for telling us the truth. We know it's much easier to pretend, but the blessing is going through the roof because you don't raise money, but you do raise men. All righty. Wow. Cuckoo. Y'all don't get a chance to see them because they usually serving, but this is our family. And so now they have been exposed. Hello parents. Okay. As you say, I won't be before you long, but I will be before you strong. I I do have a little speech, but it won't be long. So, it's hanging with me. But as your children and closest family, we just want to say happy poor anniversary aka 30 years. You guys have grown together and a aged so gracefully and beautifully over time and have only become wiser and stronger. Obviously, as your children and closest family, we've experienced you pretty pretty much from the beginning in a way no one else has. Um, and through the good and all the challenges, and we've seen your consistency both in the home and in the church. And through it all, if there's one thing that you've instilled in us most, it's that keeping God at the center of your lives is what matters most. Seeking God and following his word will always lead to success, no matter the troubles in between. And obviously, we've seen the fruit of that. It's such a blessing and encouragement to witness firsthand that no matter the ups and downs in life, you will always come out on top when you have God. And because of the many things we've witnessed from you and learned from you, um we get to take these things into building our own marriages and our own families. Um and the many other things God has planned for our lives. So, thank you for all you've instilled in us as a result of your marriage. We're so grateful to have you as parents. Proud of you for continuing to serve one another and God no matter what. And congratulations again. It's such an honor to honor you um after you've been faithful to each other and to us for so many years. So, may God bless you for another 30 and beyond and present you this plaque to commemorate your journey. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And let's give our daughter a hand, Rachel. She got she got engaged on the trip. This is Isaiah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. What's that? I remember that picture. Don't fall into that pool, Rachel. Get baptized all over again. That's when I had no hair. Wow. Oh, this is so nice. I did not know y'all were doing this. Now, what you got? Oh, nice picture. Wow. Nice. Nice. Nice. Oh, wow. All right, pastor. I need y'all to come down. We need us to come down. Come down. Y'all come on down. The people can't see me though. Oh, I don't know if they going to miss out. All right. It's all right. Oh, but as you guys are down there, I just want to uh the song that we're going to sing is Forever by Jason Nelson. This song is was written from the beautiful perspective of God speaking to us, singing these words over us. It expresses just a small amount of his love to his children. We never fully capture the actual depth of his love in one lifetime, let alone one song. Lyrics in this song like, "I'll be committed to you, I'll never leave you," comes from scriptures such as Hebrews 13:5 and Deuteronomy 31:8, which state, "I will not leave you nor forsake you." These words are very similar to the vows that we commit during holy matrimony at the altar before the Lord. Right? So, it makes sense that this song would also be sang at many weddings all over the world. For those that are married, be reminded of your vows in this moment. But for all of God's children, let's be encouraged that our God, our Lord and Savior, has these exact same sentiments and truths towards us, his bride. So today, we acknowledge and give God all of the glory and praise for our pastor's 30 superb years of marriage. Happy anniversary to the Turbo. To God be the glory. Hallelujah. I'll be committed to you. I'll never leave you. Nothing in this world can make me walk away. And no matter what life may bring, I'll be by your side. No matter what you face, you won't be lonely. Because forever is a long time. And that's how long I'll love you. That's how long I'll love you. Forever. Forever is a long time. And that's how long he'll love you. Oh, that's how long he'll love you. Forever. No matter what life may bring, I'll be by your side. No matter what you face, you won't be lonely. And this is my promise to you. My love is everlasting. You can count on me to be there always forever. Lord forever. God says you love you. I love you always. Just I love you forever. I love you. I love you from the beginning of the always be with you again forever. I'm to you. God says he's committed to you. to you forever. To you to a long time, that's how long I love you. That's how long I love you. Forever is a long. to God be the glory. Happy anniversary. We love y'all. We just keep coming and coming coming. Huh? He's like, "Do I go now?" Oh, if I can have everyone that does not serve and does not have on a t-shirt please have a seat pastors. We are committed to you. what you see right now. Shameless plug for those who serve. We are committed to you. We are the ones that hold your arms up. The church does, too. But we serve. Like I said, it's a shameless plug because when the idea came from our dear sister Asia to get these t-shirts together, we came out in droves and in numbers to prove to you that your fruit, we are the fruit and we serve and with that. we're committed to you and that your marriage has been an example to us. So we want to say thank you. We stand together united because he does what church he ra does not they do not raise money. They raise men. Say one more time. They do not raise money. They raise men. Hallelujah. You want to come back up with me? All right. All right. If I had known all this was going to happen, I would have preached for 15 minutes. That's hilarious. They always tricking a brother. They're always tricking a brother. Let's put up one more picture for me if they have it. Send them a couple more. Oh, yeah. Cool. That's the the engaged couple. Cool. Cool. All righty. Yeah, they he surprised her, too. That's the little superstar. Hey, thank you all. You know, it's really um it's just really an honor to uh I don't know what to say. you got something you want to say? And she said, "Give me the microphone." You don't reach 30 years of marriage without going through some trials. You don't reach 30 years without going through some sacrifices, without without having some denials, things that you're not able to do when you want to do them, things you can't say when you want to say them. Marriage isn't about just love. It's about commitment. Staying when you want to go. Staying because God says stay. Honoring God's word and honoring the person you said I do, too. It's not always peaches and cream. But there are great great rewards if you honor God's word and you honor your spouse. I'm grateful for 30 years. grateful for how God has been so faithful when the days we were using food stamps and wick coupons. The days of the struggles, the days of not knowing what's going to happen next, the days of bankruptcy and repossession, God was still faithful. Marriage is about the staying power of God's love and your own commitment to God's word, no matter the challenge. because there are better days. And this vacation with 13 people in Cabo. Oh, we're seeing better days. And I'm so grateful for all your sacrifices, all of your love, your commitment, your selflessness, your humility. I'm so grateful and I look forward to another another 30 years should Jesus Terry All right. All right. Well, thank you so much for everything. When we were on the beach bed, there was a man next to me, next to me. He and his wife had been married for 59 years. 59. Yep. He was a dentist. We had a great conversation. He was a Christian. And so, uh, but it can be done. But you have to be a servant. You really do. You know, you really, really do have to be a servant and just committed to it. People stand up there for better or for worse. She said, "They don't mean that." She said, "Two days later, oh, the worst has come. I got to go." Yeah. Yeah. Worse has come. But yeah, I mean, our pastor, he said, "Get rid of those. Get rid of that for better or worse." He said, he said, "With God, it's supposed to be better and better." God did not create you for ups and downs. He only created you for ups and ups. You know what your life is supposed to kind of be like? the start market, you know, the start market, it goes up and then it kind of comes down a little bit, it goes up, comes down a little bit. Okay? And if you just stay faithful, that's all we can say is just be faithful. You know, I'm I'm I'm beyond grateful for just what we have. Uh just remember that we all going to have it on the other side. All of us. Okay. So, all righty. Well, I don't know how to end this. I didn't even know I didn't I thought y'all had just come up with some cool t-shirts honoring our pastors. I know it was going to be an ensemble and a song and the kiss and this all this. I didn't know none of this. So, yeah, the blankets and the pictures. Hallelujah. But we just we just really really we really really are grateful. So, um yeah, hold on. Just let me think for a second. Um if you're if you're in the overflow sanctuary, you're dismissed. Thank you all for being a part and staying after just to celebrate our day. If you're overflow sanctuary, you can be dismissed. If you're a first-time visitor, just stay there for a second. We're just going to come and just talk to you just for a couple of minutes. So, in the overflow sanctuary, you can be dismissed. If you're a first-time visitor, you can go ahead and just stay for a second if you have time to stay. If you're a first-time visitor in here, you can go ahead and be dismissed and they'll show you which room to go to just for a moment. If you are a first-time visitor and you'd like to just meet with us just for a moment, let's give them a hand. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you all for sharing. Let me give time for the first time visitors to get out and thank you all for just sharing this moment with us. It doesn't seem like it's been 30 years has gone by a lot. You know, with anything, you know, you know what? To be totally honest with you, the ups and downs sometimes come more from ignorance than it's designed to be ups and downs. You have to learn, learn, learn, and then it gets to the point where you don't have any more downs. It's just ups and ups. But you have to learn that. That's why you have to be committed until you get through that trial period of learning what you need to learn. You know, and let me say this. Some of us, we started and we got a divorce and gave up. Guess what? God will give you another chance. It's just simply I know people that tore our marriage up and God gave them a better marriage after that. That's one thing. God is not fair. He's just good. He always give you another chance. Amen. So, we just thank God for that. Having a wonderful family here and abroad. And we just I can't every day I I express my gratefulness to God because I do not take my life for granted. I do not take my life for granted. Okay. So, y'all good? All I can do is say thank you. Hallelujah. We got a great We got a great family. You all a great family. We really do. Talking about all of us collectively, churchwide, everything. We got a great family. All right. Let me just say a prayer of blessing over one. Father, in Jesus name, we thank you, oh Lord God, for this uh Father's Day weekend, 30th anniversary. Thank you, Lord God, for everything. Thank you for being faithful to us. Thank you, oh Lord God, for allowing us to have a measure of success to give others hope. Help us, oh Lord God, to maintain our integrity and character all the way to the end. Thank you for everything that has been experienced today. Baptism, salvation, love, honor, integrity, the word, baptism of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, oh Lord God, for this. May the blessing of the Lord be upon the head of every single person as they live this place. We thank you, oh Lord God, for in these last days of turmoil and wickedness and twisting, you are creating a culture in our midst of love, oh Lord God, and acceptance and integrity. Thank you, Lord God, for using us for this in Jesus mighty name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Give someone a high hug and a high five and a hug and we'll see you on midweek service.