Steven Furtick - This Is That Day (Part 1)

January 4, 2025 | S25:E3

Kick off the new year by embracing a transformative mindset aligned with God's vision for your life. In this 5-part series, learn to redefine success, break free from old patterns, and step confidently into your full potential.

Closed captions

Show Timecode
Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - This Is That Day (Part 1) | January 4, 2025
  • An encouraging message
  • 00:00:03.022 --> 00:00:03.989
  • From pastor steven furtick
  • 00:00:04.089 --> 00:00:05.557
  • Of elevation church.
  • 00:00:05.657 --> 00:00:06.959
  • If you're looking
  • 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:07.526
  • To strengthen your faith
  • 00:00:07.626 --> 00:00:08.560
  • And shift your perspective,
  • 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:10.029
  • Stay tuned.
  • 00:00:10.129 --> 00:00:10.462
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:00:10.929 --> 00:00:14.767
  • >> i wanna share with you from
  • 00:00:15.234 --> 00:00:16.068
  • >> i wanna share with you from a prophetic scripture
  • 00:00:16.135 --> 00:00:17.036
  • A prophetic scripture in isaiah 27.
  • 00:00:17.102 --> 00:00:20.906
  • In isaiah 27. isaiah 27.
  • 00:00:20.973 --> 00:00:25.544
  • Very meaningful to me
  • 00:00:27.813 --> 00:00:31.417
  • Very meaningful to me and i hope you will
  • 00:00:31.483 --> 00:00:32.084
  • And i hope you will feel the same way.
  • 00:00:32.151 --> 00:00:33.819
  • Feel the same way. a word that the lord gave
  • 00:00:33.886 --> 00:00:34.953
  • A word that the lord gave to his people long ago,
  • 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:36.822
  • To his people long ago, but it speaks to us today.
  • 00:00:36.889 --> 00:00:38.690
  • But it speaks to us today. somebody shout, "today."
  • 00:00:38.757 --> 00:00:39.925
  • Somebody shout, "today." >> congregation: today!
  • 00:00:39.992 --> 00:00:40.893
  • >> congregation: today! >> today.
  • 00:00:40.959 --> 00:00:43.462
  • >> today. isaiah 27:1 through 6.
  • 00:00:43.529 --> 00:00:50.002
  • Isaiah 27:1 through 6. by the way, i wanna say
  • 00:00:50.069 --> 00:00:50.736
  • By the way, i wanna say a huge thank you to our church
  • 00:00:50.803 --> 00:00:52.805
  • A huge thank you to our church who gave so generously
  • 00:00:52.871 --> 00:00:53.939
  • Who gave so generously in our year end offering that
  • 00:00:54.006 --> 00:00:55.841
  • In our year end offering that you gave over $11 million...
  • 00:00:55.908 --> 00:00:58.110
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:00:58.577 --> 00:01:00.045
  • To share the gospel,
  • 00:01:00.446 --> 00:01:02.948
  • To share the gospel, to heal the sick,
  • 00:01:03.015 --> 00:01:05.417
  • To heal the sick, to clothe the poor.
  • 00:01:05.484 --> 00:01:07.086
  • To clothe the poor. that's absolutely amazing.
  • 00:01:07.152 --> 00:01:09.721
  • That's absolutely amazing. i cried coming to church today
  • 00:01:09.788 --> 00:01:12.424
  • I cried coming to church today just thinking how thankful
  • 00:01:12.491 --> 00:01:13.225
  • Just thinking how thankful i am for you,
  • 00:01:13.292 --> 00:01:15.027
  • I am for you, how expectant i am
  • 00:01:15.094 --> 00:01:16.195
  • How expectant i am for god to move in your life.
  • 00:01:16.261 --> 00:01:19.565
  • For god to move in your life. and, i wanna start this year
  • 00:01:19.631 --> 00:01:20.432
  • And, i wanna start this year with a prophetic word
  • 00:01:20.499 --> 00:01:22.234
  • With a prophetic word that god gave me for you.
  • 00:01:22.301 --> 00:01:25.704
  • Isaiah 27:1, "in that day,
  • 00:01:25.804 --> 00:01:28.073
  • Isaiah 27:1, "in that day, the lord will punish with
  • 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:30.909
  • The lord will punish with his sword, his fierce,
  • 00:01:30.976 --> 00:01:32.911
  • His sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword.
  • 00:01:32.978 --> 00:01:35.647
  • Great and powerful sword. leviathan the gliding serpent,
  • 00:01:35.714 --> 00:01:39.184
  • Leviathan the gliding serpent, leviathan the coiling serpent,
  • 00:01:39.251 --> 00:01:41.753
  • Leviathan the coiling serpent, he will slay the monster
  • 00:01:41.820 --> 00:01:44.456
  • He will slay the monster of the sea."
  • 00:01:44.523 --> 00:01:46.425
  • Anybody got some stuff
  • 00:01:46.525 --> 00:01:47.559
  • Anybody got some stuff that you need god to kill
  • 00:01:47.626 --> 00:01:48.327
  • That you need god to kill this year in your life
  • 00:01:48.393 --> 00:01:49.194
  • This year in your life that's been dragging you down?
  • 00:01:49.261 --> 00:01:52.264
  • That's been dragging you down? that's what leviathan was.
  • 00:01:52.331 --> 00:01:53.465
  • That's what leviathan was. leviathan was a chaos monster,
  • 00:01:53.532 --> 00:01:55.334
  • Leviathan was a chaos monster, a mythological figure.
  • 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.002
  • A mythological figure. and, many believe it represented
  • 00:01:57.069 --> 00:01:58.337
  • And, many believe it represented babylon and assyria and egypt,
  • 00:01:58.403 --> 00:01:59.972
  • Babylon and assyria and egypt, the enemies of israel.
  • 00:02:00.038 --> 00:02:02.541
  • The enemies of israel. but the truth is we all live
  • 00:02:02.608 --> 00:02:04.109
  • But the truth is we all live with our own leviathan,
  • 00:02:04.176 --> 00:02:05.110
  • With our own leviathan, don't we?
  • 00:02:05.177 --> 00:02:06.145
  • And, the lord promises
  • 00:02:06.245 --> 00:02:07.579
  • And, the lord promises that in that day that
  • 00:02:07.646 --> 00:02:09.715
  • That in that day that whatever has you wrapped up
  • 00:02:09.781 --> 00:02:11.150
  • Whatever has you wrapped up and whatever has you stuck down
  • 00:02:11.216 --> 00:02:14.119
  • And whatever has you stuck down in yourself he will
  • 00:02:14.186 --> 00:02:15.921
  • In yourself he will punish with his sword,
  • 00:02:15.988 --> 00:02:17.256
  • Punish with his sword, his fierce, great,
  • 00:02:17.322 --> 00:02:17.956
  • His fierce, great, and powerful sword, leviathan,
  • 00:02:18.023 --> 00:02:19.825
  • And powerful sword, leviathan, the gliding serpent.
  • 00:02:19.892 --> 00:02:23.695
  • The gliding serpent. now, look at verse two,
  • 00:02:23.762 --> 00:02:25.330
  • Now, look at verse two, "in that day sing about
  • 00:02:25.397 --> 00:02:27.733
  • "in that day sing about a fruitful vineyard,
  • 00:02:27.799 --> 00:02:29.968
  • A fruitful vineyard, i, the lord, watch over it.
  • 00:02:30.035 --> 00:02:31.870
  • I, the lord, watch over it. i water it continually.
  • 00:02:31.937 --> 00:02:34.072
  • I water it continually. i guard it day and night
  • 00:02:34.139 --> 00:02:37.442
  • I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
  • 00:02:37.509 --> 00:02:39.311
  • So that no one may harm it. i am not angry.
  • 00:02:39.378 --> 00:02:41.013
  • I am not angry. if only there were briers
  • 00:02:41.079 --> 00:02:43.215
  • If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
  • 00:02:43.282 --> 00:02:45.050
  • And thorns confronting me! i would march against them
  • 00:02:45.117 --> 00:02:47.119
  • I would march against them in battle,
  • 00:02:47.186 --> 00:02:48.120
  • In battle, i would set them
  • 00:02:48.187 --> 00:02:49.221
  • I would set them all on fire.
  • 00:02:49.288 --> 00:02:50.889
  • All on fire. or else let them
  • 00:02:50.956 --> 00:02:51.690
  • Or else let them come to me for refuge,
  • 00:02:51.757 --> 00:02:53.492
  • Come to me for refuge, let them make peace with me,
  • 00:02:53.559 --> 00:02:54.960
  • Let them make peace with me, yes, let them make
  • 00:02:55.027 --> 00:02:56.728
  • Yes, let them make peace with me."
  • 00:02:56.795 --> 00:02:59.131
  • Peace with me." let me give you verse 6
  • 00:02:59.198 --> 00:03:00.699
  • Let me give you verse 6 and then i'll tell you
  • 00:03:00.766 --> 00:03:01.300
  • And then i'll tell you our topic for today.
  • 00:03:01.366 --> 00:03:03.035
  • Our topic for today. "in days to come
  • 00:03:03.101 --> 00:03:05.404
  • "in days to come jacob will take root,
  • 00:03:05.470 --> 00:03:08.173
  • Jacob will take root, israel will bud and blossom
  • 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:10.442
  • Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world
  • 00:03:10.509 --> 00:03:13.478
  • And fill all the world with fruit."
  • 00:03:13.545 --> 00:03:14.846
  • With fruit." in days to come
  • 00:03:14.913 --> 00:03:16.281
  • In days to come jacob will take root,
  • 00:03:16.348 --> 00:03:18.550
  • Jacob will take root, israel will bud and blossom
  • 00:03:18.617 --> 00:03:21.086
  • Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world
  • 00:03:21.153 --> 00:03:23.622
  • And fill all the world with fruit.
  • 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:24.723
  • With fruit. in days to come.
  • 00:03:24.790 --> 00:03:26.992
  • I wanna preach to you today
  • 00:03:27.092 --> 00:03:28.060
  • I wanna preach to you today a message, "this is that day."
  • 00:03:28.126 --> 00:03:31.330
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:03:31.697 --> 00:03:34.166
  • This is.
  • 00:03:34.600 --> 00:03:36.268
  • This is. somebody shout, "this is."
  • 00:03:36.335 --> 00:03:38.003
  • Somebody shout, "this is." >> congregation: this is.
  • 00:03:38.070 --> 00:03:38.870
  • >> congregation: this is. >> shout like you're at
  • 00:03:38.937 --> 00:03:39.705
  • >> shout like you're at a football game, "this is...
  • 00:03:39.771 --> 00:03:40.505
  • A football game, "this is... >> congregation: this is...
  • 00:03:40.572 --> 00:03:42.407
  • >> congregation: this is... >> that day."
  • 00:03:42.474 --> 00:03:43.041
  • >> that day." >> congregation: that day.
  • 00:03:43.108 --> 00:03:43.675
  • >> congregation: that day. >> tell your neighbor,
  • 00:03:43.742 --> 00:03:44.476
  • >> tell your neighbor, "this is...
  • 00:03:44.543 --> 00:03:45.277
  • "this is... >> congregation: this is...
  • 00:03:45.344 --> 00:03:46.211
  • >> congregation: this is... >> that day."
  • 00:03:46.278 --> 00:03:46.979
  • >> that day." >> congregation: that day.
  • 00:03:47.045 --> 00:03:47.579
  • >> congregation: that day. >> other neighbor, "this is...
  • 00:03:47.646 --> 00:03:49.014
  • >> other neighbor, "this is... >> congregation: this is...
  • 00:03:49.081 --> 00:03:50.015
  • >> congregation: this is... >> that day."
  • 00:03:50.082 --> 00:03:50.415
  • >> that day." >> congregation: that day.
  • 00:03:50.482 --> 00:03:50.983
  • >> congregation: that day. >> say it again, put it in
  • 00:03:51.049 --> 00:03:51.783
  • >> say it again, put it in the chat, "this is...
  • 00:03:51.850 --> 00:03:53.151
  • The chat, "this is... >> congregation: this is...
  • 00:03:53.218 --> 00:03:53.852
  • >> congregation: this is... >> that day."
  • 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:54.720
  • >> that day." >> congregation: that day.
  • 00:03:54.786 --> 00:03:55.354
  • >> congregation: that day. >> i'm breaking out,
  • 00:03:55.420 --> 00:03:57.155
  • >> i'm breaking out, i'm going forward,
  • 00:03:57.222 --> 00:03:58.290
  • I'm going forward, i'm growing up,
  • 00:03:58.357 --> 00:03:59.658
  • I'm moving into it,
  • 00:03:59.758 --> 00:04:01.326
  • I'm moving into it, i'm walking tall 'cause this is
  • 00:04:01.393 --> 00:04:06.698
  • I'm walking tall 'cause this is that day in jesus' name.
  • 00:04:06.765 --> 00:04:10.802
  • That day in jesus' name. you may be seated.
  • 00:04:10.869 --> 00:04:13.572
  • You may be seated. this is that day.
  • 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.508
  • This is that day. the perspective of isaiah 27
  • 00:04:16.575 --> 00:04:19.678
  • The perspective of isaiah 27 is the perspective
  • 00:04:19.745 --> 00:04:21.647
  • Is the perspective of an integrated faith.
  • 00:04:21.713 --> 00:04:24.916
  • Of an integrated faith. an integrated faith,
  • 00:04:24.983 --> 00:04:27.319
  • An integrated faith, not a fragmented faith.
  • 00:04:27.386 --> 00:04:29.821
  • Not a fragmented faith. a fragmented faith is when you
  • 00:04:29.888 --> 00:04:31.056
  • A fragmented faith is when you believe in god when things
  • 00:04:31.123 --> 00:04:33.058
  • Believe in god when things are good and doubt him
  • 00:04:33.125 --> 00:04:36.094
  • Are good and doubt him when things are down.
  • 00:04:36.161 --> 00:04:38.030
  • When things are down. this is an integrated faith.
  • 00:04:38.096 --> 00:04:40.032
  • This is an integrated faith. everybody say, "integrated."
  • 00:04:40.098 --> 00:04:41.733
  • Everybody say, "integrated." >> congregation: integrated.
  • 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:42.768
  • >> congregation: integrated. >> it means that in the process
  • 00:04:42.834 --> 00:04:44.970
  • >> it means that in the process of moving forward in what god
  • 00:04:45.037 --> 00:04:47.606
  • Of moving forward in what god has for you in the days to come
  • 00:04:47.673 --> 00:04:50.309
  • Has for you in the days to come you will have to make
  • 00:04:50.375 --> 00:04:51.476
  • You will have to make the decision to remain hopeful.
  • 00:04:51.543 --> 00:04:56.415
  • The decision to remain hopeful. when i say remain hopeful that
  • 00:04:56.481 --> 00:04:58.817
  • When i say remain hopeful that also includes leaving room
  • 00:04:58.884 --> 00:05:01.553
  • Also includes leaving room for disappointment.
  • 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:03.588
  • For disappointment. so, for grown-ups believing
  • 00:05:03.655 --> 00:05:05.791
  • So, for grown-ups believing in god means remaining in hope
  • 00:05:05.857 --> 00:05:09.728
  • In god means remaining in hope while leaving room
  • 00:05:09.795 --> 00:05:11.530
  • For disappointment.
  • 00:05:11.630 --> 00:05:13.265
  • For disappointment. that goes to every area
  • 00:05:13.332 --> 00:05:14.566
  • That goes to every area of our life,
  • 00:05:14.633 --> 00:05:16.335
  • Of our life, hopeful that you might
  • 00:05:16.401 --> 00:05:17.836
  • Hopeful that you might have a good week
  • 00:05:17.903 --> 00:05:19.504
  • Have a good week with your family,
  • 00:05:19.571 --> 00:05:20.405
  • With your family, a good meal with your kids,
  • 00:05:20.472 --> 00:05:21.773
  • A good meal with your kids, but leaving some room --
  • 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:24.776
  • But leaving some room -- everybody say, "leave room."
  • 00:05:24.843 --> 00:05:25.911
  • Everybody say, "leave room." >> congregation: leave room.
  • 00:05:25.977 --> 00:05:26.511
  • >> congregation: leave room. >> that's what i tell the tailor
  • 00:05:26.578 --> 00:05:27.312
  • >> that's what i tell the tailor when he takes my pants in,
  • 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:28.380
  • When he takes my pants in, i say, "leave some room...
  • 00:05:28.447 --> 00:05:29.181
  • [laughter]
  • 00:05:29.581 --> 00:05:30.182
  • In case holly cooks really good
  • 00:05:30.716 --> 00:05:31.750
  • In case holly cooks really good over the holidays.
  • 00:05:31.817 --> 00:05:32.684
  • Over the holidays. just leave me
  • 00:05:32.751 --> 00:05:33.251
  • Just leave me a little growing room."
  • 00:05:33.318 --> 00:05:34.986
  • A little growing room." and i think that leaving room
  • 00:05:35.053 --> 00:05:36.455
  • And i think that leaving room for disappointment that's what
  • 00:05:36.521 --> 00:05:37.723
  • I mean by integrated faith,
  • 00:05:37.823 --> 00:05:40.325
  • I mean by integrated faith, it's really how our faith is
  • 00:05:40.392 --> 00:05:41.360
  • It's really how our faith is sustained so that we see
  • 00:05:41.426 --> 00:05:43.395
  • Sustained so that we see disappointments as doorways
  • 00:05:43.462 --> 00:05:44.896
  • Disappointments as doorways to greater faith not dead ends.
  • 00:05:44.963 --> 00:05:49.434
  • To greater faith not dead ends. in case the first few years
  • 00:05:49.501 --> 00:05:51.203
  • In case the first few years of your walk with god
  • 00:05:51.269 --> 00:05:53.171
  • Of your walk with god have been confusing to you,
  • 00:05:53.238 --> 00:05:54.806
  • Have been confusing to you, because at first
  • 00:05:54.873 --> 00:05:56.041
  • Because at first things seem to go up
  • 00:05:56.108 --> 00:05:56.842
  • Things seem to go up when you walked with god
  • 00:05:56.908 --> 00:05:58.276
  • When you walked with god and then things went down
  • 00:05:58.343 --> 00:06:00.178
  • And then things went down and you thought that
  • 00:06:00.245 --> 00:06:00.812
  • And you thought that following god was always
  • 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:01.747
  • Following god was always going to lead you up.
  • 00:06:01.813 --> 00:06:02.981
  • Going to lead you up. god wants to give you
  • 00:06:03.048 --> 00:06:03.882
  • God wants to give you an integrated faith.
  • 00:06:03.949 --> 00:06:06.351
  • An integrated faith. in case the first few days
  • 00:06:06.418 --> 00:06:08.253
  • In case the first few days of your new year have sucked --
  • 00:06:08.320 --> 00:06:11.857
  • Of your new year have sucked -- and, i thought about saying,
  • 00:06:11.923 --> 00:06:12.691
  • And, i thought about saying, "have been
  • 00:06:12.758 --> 00:06:13.525
  • "have been spiritually challenging,"
  • 00:06:13.592 --> 00:06:15.060
  • Spiritually challenging," but when it sucks it sucks.
  • 00:06:15.127 --> 00:06:16.061
  • [laughter]
  • 00:06:16.495 --> 00:06:17.729
  • You know, i just put it
  • 00:06:18.063 --> 00:06:19.464
  • You know, i just put it how you put it.
  • 00:06:19.531 --> 00:06:20.265
  • How you put it. this is like, this is
  • 00:06:20.332 --> 00:06:21.466
  • This is like, this is the same old, same old.
  • 00:06:21.533 --> 00:06:23.168
  • The same old, same old. what we wanna talk about today
  • 00:06:23.235 --> 00:06:25.036
  • What we wanna talk about today is a little bit different,
  • 00:06:25.103 --> 00:06:25.871
  • Is a little bit different, because we understand that
  • 00:06:25.937 --> 00:06:27.339
  • Because we understand that it is our responsibility
  • 00:06:27.406 --> 00:06:29.007
  • It is our responsibility as christian people
  • 00:06:29.074 --> 00:06:30.675
  • As christian people to manage our expectation.
  • 00:06:30.742 --> 00:06:33.545
  • To manage our expectation. meaning, i've gotta make sure
  • 00:06:33.612 --> 00:06:36.515
  • Meaning, i've gotta make sure that i don't let my experiences
  • 00:06:36.581 --> 00:06:37.916
  • That i don't let my experiences in life regulate
  • 00:06:37.983 --> 00:06:40.485
  • In life regulate my expectations of god.
  • 00:06:40.552 --> 00:06:43.455
  • My expectations of god. write this down, i will not...
  • 00:06:43.522 --> 00:06:45.090
  • Write this down, i will not... >> congregation: i will not.
  • 00:06:45.157 --> 00:06:46.358
  • >> congregation: i will not. >> or say it out loud,
  • 00:06:46.425 --> 00:06:47.192
  • >> or say it out loud, whatever you wanna do
  • 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:48.627
  • Whatever you wanna do to reinforce it.
  • 00:06:48.693 --> 00:06:50.128
  • To reinforce it. auditory learning, okay.
  • 00:06:50.195 --> 00:06:51.463
  • Auditory learning, okay. let's just say it out loud,
  • 00:06:51.530 --> 00:06:52.197
  • Let's just say it out loud, "i will not...
  • 00:06:52.264 --> 00:06:53.031
  • "i will not... >> congregation: i will not...
  • 00:06:53.098 --> 00:06:53.865
  • >> congregation: i will not... >> allow my experience
  • 00:06:53.932 --> 00:06:55.133
  • >> allow my experience in life...
  • 00:06:55.200 --> 00:06:56.101
  • In life... >> congregation: allow
  • 00:06:56.168 --> 00:06:56.802
  • >> congregation: allow my experience in life...
  • 00:06:56.868 --> 00:06:58.203
  • >> to regulate my expectation
  • 00:06:58.303 --> 00:07:00.071
  • >> to regulate my expectation of god."
  • 00:07:00.138 --> 00:07:00.639
  • Of god." >> congregation: to regulate
  • 00:07:00.705 --> 00:07:01.573
  • >> congregation: to regulate my expectation of god.
  • 00:07:01.640 --> 00:07:03.442
  • My expectation of god. >> that is a daily decision
  • 00:07:03.508 --> 00:07:05.210
  • >> that is a daily decision you've gotta make.
  • 00:07:05.277 --> 00:07:07.279
  • You've gotta make. and, i think that alot
  • 00:07:07.345 --> 00:07:09.080
  • And, i think that alot of the damaged relationships
  • 00:07:09.147 --> 00:07:11.216
  • Of the damaged relationships in our life are because
  • 00:07:11.283 --> 00:07:12.050
  • In our life are because of unmanaged expectations,
  • 00:07:12.117 --> 00:07:15.821
  • That we really started
  • 00:07:15.921 --> 00:07:17.422
  • That we really started depending on somebody to do
  • 00:07:17.489 --> 00:07:18.356
  • Depending on somebody to do things for us that only god
  • 00:07:18.423 --> 00:07:19.224
  • Things for us that only god could do for us.
  • 00:07:19.291 --> 00:07:21.660
  • Could do for us. we really started
  • 00:07:21.726 --> 00:07:22.561
  • We really started expecting things to be like
  • 00:07:22.627 --> 00:07:24.896
  • Expecting things to be like the perfect little movies
  • 00:07:24.963 --> 00:07:25.931
  • The perfect little movies we make up in our mind
  • 00:07:25.997 --> 00:07:26.898
  • We make up in our mind of how things are supposed
  • 00:07:26.965 --> 00:07:28.633
  • Of how things are supposed to go when we show up.
  • 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:31.470
  • To go when we show up. and so, the integrated faith
  • 00:07:31.536 --> 00:07:32.370
  • And so, the integrated faith that isaiah describes,
  • 00:07:32.437 --> 00:07:33.872
  • That isaiah describes, really beautiful because
  • 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:35.173
  • Really beautiful because he says that
  • 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:36.441
  • He says that there's two things happening,
  • 00:07:36.508 --> 00:07:38.310
  • There's two things happening, there is a fight --
  • 00:07:38.376 --> 00:07:40.445
  • There is a fight -- everybody say, "fight."
  • 00:07:40.512 --> 00:07:41.580
  • Everybody say, "fight." >> congregation: fight.
  • 00:07:41.646 --> 00:07:42.214
  • >> congregation: fight. >> that's verse one
  • 00:07:42.280 --> 00:07:43.081
  • Of isaiah 27,
  • 00:07:43.181 --> 00:07:44.516
  • Of isaiah 27, "and that day the lord
  • 00:07:44.583 --> 00:07:45.417
  • "and that day the lord will punish with his sword,"
  • 00:07:45.484 --> 00:07:46.585
  • Will punish with his sword," now you don't have a sword
  • 00:07:46.651 --> 00:07:48.053
  • Now you don't have a sword if you just going through life
  • 00:07:48.119 --> 00:07:50.021
  • If you just going through life strolling through your day.
  • 00:07:50.088 --> 00:07:51.423
  • Strolling through your day. so, there's a fight happening,
  • 00:07:51.490 --> 00:07:53.358
  • So, there's a fight happening, and then in verse two it says,
  • 00:07:53.425 --> 00:07:55.060
  • And then in verse two it says, "in that day sing about
  • 00:07:55.126 --> 00:07:56.862
  • "in that day sing about a fruitful vineyard."
  • 00:07:56.928 --> 00:07:57.762
  • A fruitful vineyard." so, let me point
  • 00:07:57.829 --> 00:07:58.330
  • Something out to you,
  • 00:07:58.430 --> 00:07:59.397
  • Something out to you, there is a sword
  • 00:07:59.464 --> 00:08:01.299
  • There is a sword in verse one and there's
  • 00:08:01.366 --> 00:08:03.168
  • In verse one and there's a song in verse two.
  • 00:08:03.235 --> 00:08:06.371
  • A song in verse two. but the sword
  • 00:08:06.438 --> 00:08:08.006
  • But the sword and the song are happening
  • 00:08:08.073 --> 00:08:10.408
  • And the song are happening on the same day.
  • 00:08:10.475 --> 00:08:12.177
  • On the same day. okay.
  • 00:08:12.244 --> 00:08:14.446
  • Okay. this integrated faith
  • 00:08:14.513 --> 00:08:16.047
  • This integrated faith will make me get up
  • 00:08:16.114 --> 00:08:17.015
  • Will make me get up in the morning
  • 00:08:17.082 --> 00:08:17.883
  • In the morning and never say again,
  • 00:08:17.949 --> 00:08:19.451
  • And never say again, "it's gonna be one
  • 00:08:19.518 --> 00:08:20.318
  • "it's gonna be one of those days,"
  • 00:08:20.385 --> 00:08:23.188
  • Of those days," because it's always going
  • 00:08:23.255 --> 00:08:24.155
  • Because it's always going to be one of those days.
  • 00:08:24.222 --> 00:08:26.925
  • To be one of those days. i almost got discouraged before
  • 00:08:26.992 --> 00:08:28.226
  • I almost got discouraged before i came out today 'cause my hair
  • 00:08:28.293 --> 00:08:30.395
  • Right there was flat
  • 00:08:30.495 --> 00:08:31.396
  • Right there was flat and i couldn't get it up
  • 00:08:31.463 --> 00:08:32.497
  • And i couldn't get it up and i was going,
  • 00:08:32.564 --> 00:08:33.265
  • And i was going, "oh god how am i gonna preach
  • 00:08:33.331 --> 00:08:34.399
  • "oh god how am i gonna preach if my hair is flat right there?"
  • 00:08:34.466 --> 00:08:35.567
  • If my hair is flat right there?" are you serious?
  • 00:08:35.634 --> 00:08:36.201
  • Are you serious? you have the word of god
  • 00:08:36.268 --> 00:08:37.802
  • You have the word of god and the spirit of god
  • 00:08:37.869 --> 00:08:39.204
  • And the spirit of god and you gon' have a bad hair day
  • 00:08:39.271 --> 00:08:41.172
  • And you gon' have a bad hair day and get up in the pulpit
  • 00:08:41.239 --> 00:08:42.307
  • And get up in the pulpit without confidence.
  • 00:08:42.374 --> 00:08:43.341
  • Without confidence. and, i think i fixed it,
  • 00:08:43.408 --> 00:08:44.075
  • And, i think i fixed it, but i'm still not really sure
  • 00:08:44.142 --> 00:08:45.477
  • But i'm still not really sure so i'm kinda insecure
  • 00:08:45.544 --> 00:08:46.545
  • So i'm kinda insecure as i stand before you.
  • 00:08:46.611 --> 00:08:49.447
  • It's amazing.
  • 00:08:49.548 --> 00:08:50.248
  • It's amazing. it doesn't take much
  • 00:08:50.315 --> 00:08:52.350
  • It doesn't take much to remove us from
  • 00:08:52.417 --> 00:08:54.519
  • To remove us from a hopeful expectation.
  • 00:08:54.586 --> 00:08:58.089
  • A hopeful expectation. my expectation
  • 00:08:58.156 --> 00:09:00.392
  • My expectation is my responsibility.
  • 00:09:00.458 --> 00:09:04.029
  • Is my responsibility. nobody can ruin my day.
  • 00:09:04.095 --> 00:09:11.836
  • Nobody can ruin my day. i got a verse for that,
  • 00:09:11.903 --> 00:09:13.538
  • I got a verse for that, psalm 118:24.
  • 00:09:13.605 --> 00:09:16.675
  • Psalm 118:24. it's the year 2024, right?
  • 00:09:16.741 --> 00:09:19.010
  • It's the year 2024, right? alright.
  • 00:09:19.077 --> 00:09:19.811
  • Alright. this is a verse 24 for you,
  • 00:09:19.878 --> 00:09:21.279
  • This is a verse 24 for you, "this is the day...
  • 00:09:21.346 --> 00:09:22.747
  • "this is the day... >> congregation: that the lord
  • 00:09:22.814 --> 00:09:23.815
  • >> congregation: that the lord has made.
  • 00:09:23.882 --> 00:09:24.115
  • Has made. >> the lord has made.
  • 00:09:24.182 --> 00:09:27.185
  • >> the lord has made. we will rejoice
  • 00:09:27.252 --> 00:09:30.155
  • We will rejoice and be glad in it."
  • 00:09:30.221 --> 00:09:32.891
  • And be glad in it." so, if god made this day,
  • 00:09:32.958 --> 00:09:35.994
  • So, if god made this day, nobody else gets to mess it up.
  • 00:09:36.061 --> 00:09:38.697
  • Nobody else gets to mess it up. i used to say to people when
  • 00:09:38.763 --> 00:09:39.598
  • I used to say to people when they send me a nice text,
  • 00:09:39.664 --> 00:09:40.365
  • They send me a nice text, "you made my day,"
  • 00:09:40.432 --> 00:09:41.166
  • "you made my day," i quit saying that
  • 00:09:41.232 --> 00:09:42.500
  • I quit saying that 'cause i figure if they can
  • 00:09:42.567 --> 00:09:43.234
  • 'cause i figure if they can make my day by sending me
  • 00:09:43.301 --> 00:09:44.502
  • Make my day by sending me a nice text,
  • 00:09:44.569 --> 00:09:46.571
  • A nice text, they can mess up my day
  • 00:09:46.638 --> 00:09:49.007
  • They can mess up my day if they send me
  • 00:09:49.074 --> 00:09:49.608
  • If they send me another type of text.
  • 00:09:49.674 --> 00:09:52.177
  • Another type of text. now, we wanna get up
  • 00:09:52.243 --> 00:09:52.811
  • Every day this year and say,
  • 00:09:52.911 --> 00:09:54.813
  • Every day this year and say, "this is the day
  • 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.082
  • "this is the day that the lord has made,
  • 00:09:57.148 --> 00:09:59.451
  • That the lord has made, i will rejoice
  • 00:09:59.517 --> 00:10:01.086
  • I will rejoice and be glad in it."
  • 00:10:01.152 --> 00:10:02.287
  • And be glad in it." so, it's the challenge,
  • 00:10:02.354 --> 00:10:03.888
  • Watch this, to remain
  • 00:10:03.989 --> 00:10:06.391
  • Watch this, to remain in hope while leaving room
  • 00:10:06.458 --> 00:10:08.960
  • In hope while leaving room for disappointment.
  • 00:10:09.027 --> 00:10:10.629
  • I think our expectations
  • 00:10:10.729 --> 00:10:12.230
  • I think our expectations this time of year
  • 00:10:12.297 --> 00:10:13.898
  • This time of year could use a little hgh,
  • 00:10:13.965 --> 00:10:15.467
  • Could use a little hgh, holy ghost hormone,
  • 00:10:15.533 --> 00:10:18.403
  • Holy ghost hormone, to get us on an expecting path,
  • 00:10:18.470 --> 00:10:23.642
  • To get us on an expecting path, that god has given me a hope
  • 00:10:23.708 --> 00:10:24.776
  • That god has given me a hope and future and an expected end.
  • 00:10:24.843 --> 00:10:27.445
  • And future and an expected end. no matter what they did
  • 00:10:27.512 --> 00:10:28.513
  • No matter what they did or didn't do for you,
  • 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:30.115
  • Or didn't do for you, no matter who left
  • 00:10:30.181 --> 00:10:31.149
  • No matter who left or who stayed,
  • 00:10:31.216 --> 00:10:32.117
  • Or who stayed, or who called back
  • 00:10:32.183 --> 00:10:32.984
  • Or who called back or who blocked your number,
  • 00:10:33.051 --> 00:10:34.819
  • Or who blocked your number, i have an expected end.
  • 00:10:34.886 --> 00:10:38.323
  • And yet, as i walk through
  • 00:10:38.423 --> 00:10:39.424
  • And yet, as i walk through these days i understand that
  • 00:10:39.491 --> 00:10:40.825
  • These days i understand that my challenge is to remain.
  • 00:10:40.892 --> 00:10:42.661
  • My challenge is to remain. do you wanna take notes
  • 00:10:42.727 --> 00:10:43.628
  • Do you wanna take notes on my message today?
  • 00:10:43.695 --> 00:10:44.863
  • On my message today? my first word is "remain,"
  • 00:10:44.929 --> 00:10:46.865
  • My first word is "remain," because i wanna challenge you
  • 00:10:46.931 --> 00:10:48.767
  • Because i wanna challenge you to remain in hope this year
  • 00:10:48.833 --> 00:10:52.337
  • To remain in hope this year and leave room
  • 00:10:52.404 --> 00:10:53.672
  • And leave room for disappointment.
  • 00:10:53.738 --> 00:10:55.173
  • For disappointment. and you're like,
  • 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.707
  • And you're like, "which one is it?"
  • 00:10:55.774 --> 00:10:57.208
  • "which one is it?" i want you to do both.
  • 00:10:57.275 --> 00:10:59.577
  • I want you to do both. i want you
  • 00:10:59.644 --> 00:11:00.078
  • I want you to expect the blessing
  • 00:11:00.145 --> 00:11:03.014
  • To expect the blessing and accept the mess.
  • 00:11:03.081 --> 00:11:07.652
  • And accept the mess. in that day, there will be
  • 00:11:07.719 --> 00:11:09.688
  • In that day, there will be a sword 'cause everybody
  • 00:11:09.754 --> 00:11:11.189
  • A sword 'cause everybody in here's fighting something.
  • 00:11:11.256 --> 00:11:12.924
  • In here's fighting something. everybody in here
  • 00:11:12.991 --> 00:11:13.925
  • Everybody in here has a leviathan.
  • 00:11:13.992 --> 00:11:14.826
  • Has a leviathan. i might preach about
  • 00:11:14.893 --> 00:11:15.427
  • I might preach about leviathan next week,
  • 00:11:15.493 --> 00:11:16.895
  • Leviathan next week, a whole sermon on leviathan.
  • 00:11:16.961 --> 00:11:19.464
  • [cheering]
  • 00:11:19.764 --> 00:11:21.166
  • I might do it next week.
  • 00:11:21.466 --> 00:11:23.435
  • I might do it next week. would you come back if i did?
  • 00:11:23.501 --> 00:11:24.936
  • Would you come back if i did? >> congregation: yes!
  • 00:11:25.003 --> 00:11:25.837
  • >> congregation: yes! >> would you make a hat
  • 00:11:25.904 --> 00:11:26.604
  • >> would you make a hat about it if i did?
  • 00:11:26.671 --> 00:11:27.439
  • [cheering]
  • 00:11:27.806 --> 00:11:28.573
  • Yeah, they know.
  • 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:30.875
  • Yeah, they know. but notice that while the sword
  • 00:11:30.942 --> 00:11:33.678
  • But notice that while the sword is fighting leviathan --
  • 00:11:33.745 --> 00:11:35.013
  • Is fighting leviathan -- because everybody has
  • 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.381
  • Because everybody has a leviathan and everybody
  • 00:11:36.448 --> 00:11:38.283
  • A leviathan and everybody knows how to hide it.
  • 00:11:38.349 --> 00:11:40.985
  • Knows how to hide it. it's a coiling serpent,
  • 00:11:41.052 --> 00:11:43.088
  • It's a coiling serpent, it's a gliding serpent.
  • 00:11:43.154 --> 00:11:45.457
  • It's a gliding serpent. you hide your leviathan
  • 00:11:45.523 --> 00:11:46.858
  • You hide your leviathan behind a smile.
  • 00:11:46.925 --> 00:11:48.126
  • You hide your leviathan
  • 00:11:48.226 --> 00:11:49.661
  • You hide your leviathan behind new clothes to disguise
  • 00:11:49.728 --> 00:11:52.330
  • Behind new clothes to disguise the fact that i dragged
  • 00:11:52.397 --> 00:11:53.898
  • The fact that i dragged old habits underneath
  • 00:11:53.965 --> 00:11:55.400
  • Old habits underneath new clothes.
  • 00:11:55.467 --> 00:11:57.001
  • New clothes. some of us have new hair.
  • 00:11:57.068 --> 00:12:00.305
  • Some of us have new hair. talked about a bad hair day,
  • 00:12:00.371 --> 00:12:01.906
  • Some of us actually have
  • 00:12:02.006 --> 00:12:03.007
  • Some of us actually have new hair on our head
  • 00:12:03.074 --> 00:12:04.509
  • New hair on our head in a new year,
  • 00:12:04.576 --> 00:12:05.710
  • In a new year, yet notice this in the text,
  • 00:12:05.777 --> 00:12:07.979
  • Yet notice this in the text, notice this in the text,
  • 00:12:08.046 --> 00:12:09.481
  • Notice this in the text, at the same time that god
  • 00:12:09.547 --> 00:12:11.449
  • At the same time that god is dealing with the enemy,
  • 00:12:11.516 --> 00:12:14.219
  • Is dealing with the enemy, he commands you to sing
  • 00:12:14.285 --> 00:12:17.055
  • He commands you to sing about the fruit that is
  • 00:12:17.122 --> 00:12:18.256
  • About the fruit that is coming forth in your life.
  • 00:12:18.323 --> 00:12:20.358
  • Coming forth in your life. i love the bible.
  • 00:12:20.425 --> 00:12:22.794
  • I love the bible. because this gives me an
  • 00:12:22.861 --> 00:12:24.295
  • Because this gives me an integrated expectation of god,
  • 00:12:24.362 --> 00:12:27.565
  • Integrated expectation of god, that there will always be
  • 00:12:27.632 --> 00:12:29.334
  • That there will always be a fight in my life,
  • 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:31.336
  • A fight in my life, but there will always be
  • 00:12:31.402 --> 00:12:32.771
  • But there will always be fruit in my life.
  • 00:12:32.837 --> 00:12:34.939
  • Fruit in my life. as a matter of fact,
  • 00:12:35.006 --> 00:12:36.274
  • As a matter of fact, i learned
  • 00:12:36.341 --> 00:12:37.609
  • I learned the bigger the fight
  • 00:12:37.675 --> 00:12:39.477
  • The bigger the fight the bigger the fruit
  • 00:12:39.544 --> 00:12:40.111
  • The bigger the fruit is going to be,
  • 00:12:40.178 --> 00:12:42.113
  • Is going to be, and the size of the fight
  • 00:12:42.180 --> 00:12:44.415
  • And the size of the fight is a preview of the size
  • 00:12:44.482 --> 00:12:46.785
  • Is a preview of the size of the fruit.
  • 00:12:46.851 --> 00:12:47.952
  • Of the fruit. high five somebody say,
  • 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:49.220
  • High five somebody say, "it's gonna be big, baby."
  • 00:12:49.287 --> 00:12:51.322
  • "it's gonna be big, baby." >> congregation: it's gonna be
  • 00:12:51.389 --> 00:12:52.056
  • >> congregation: it's gonna be big, baby!
  • 00:12:52.123 --> 00:12:52.724
  • [applause]
  • 00:12:53.057 --> 00:12:53.892
  • I'mma preach today
  • 00:12:54.359 --> 00:12:55.226
  • I'mma preach today i don't know what y'all
  • 00:12:55.293 --> 00:12:55.860
  • I don't know what y'all are gonna do.
  • 00:12:55.927 --> 00:12:58.429
  • Shout, "remain."
  • 00:12:58.530 --> 00:12:59.497
  • Shout, "remain." >> congregation: remain!
  • 00:12:59.564 --> 00:13:00.598
  • >> congregation: remain! >> he talks about jacob,
  • 00:13:00.665 --> 00:13:02.367
  • >> he talks about jacob, he talks about israel being
  • 00:13:02.433 --> 00:13:04.035
  • He talks about israel being planted and bearing fruit,
  • 00:13:04.102 --> 00:13:06.704
  • Planted and bearing fruit, having root and bearing fruit,
  • 00:13:06.771 --> 00:13:09.507
  • Having root and bearing fruit, and i wonder, are you rooted
  • 00:13:09.574 --> 00:13:11.342
  • And i wonder, are you rooted in the right thing
  • 00:13:11.409 --> 00:13:12.243
  • In the right thing as this year begins?
  • 00:13:12.310 --> 00:13:15.146
  • As this year begins? and i came to ask one question
  • 00:13:15.213 --> 00:13:16.414
  • And i came to ask one question of our global e-fam
  • 00:13:16.481 --> 00:13:17.482
  • Of our global e-fam in our local campuses
  • 00:13:17.549 --> 00:13:18.516
  • In our local campuses all around the world,
  • 00:13:18.583 --> 00:13:19.818
  • All around the world, what will you do with your '24?
  • 00:13:19.884 --> 00:13:25.623
  • What will you do with your '24? i think we're all
  • 00:13:25.690 --> 00:13:26.457
  • A little humbler about
  • 00:13:26.558 --> 00:13:27.525
  • A little humbler about our new year's resolutions
  • 00:13:27.592 --> 00:13:28.726
  • Our new year's resolutions after the year formerly
  • 00:13:28.793 --> 00:13:30.094
  • After the year formerly known as 2020.
  • 00:13:30.161 --> 00:13:31.329
  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:31.830 --> 00:13:33.264
  • Every preacher i know was up
  • 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:35.500
  • Every preacher i know was up preaching about vision,
  • 00:13:35.567 --> 00:13:36.434
  • Preaching about vision, 2020 vision, and then --
  • 00:13:36.501 --> 00:13:39.003
  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:39.504 --> 00:13:40.405
  • Just completely blindsided
  • 00:13:40.705 --> 00:13:42.373
  • Just completely blindsided by the fact that the lord
  • 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:43.675
  • By the fact that the lord didn't give us a prophetic word
  • 00:13:43.741 --> 00:13:44.976
  • Didn't give us a prophetic word that we would be looking
  • 00:13:45.043 --> 00:13:45.810
  • That we would be looking at seats all year preaching
  • 00:13:45.877 --> 00:13:47.312
  • At seats all year preaching in our empty buildings.
  • 00:13:47.378 --> 00:13:48.746
  • In our empty buildings. so, all the sermons
  • 00:13:48.813 --> 00:13:49.581
  • So, all the sermons are humbler in the new year.
  • 00:13:49.647 --> 00:13:53.251
  • Are humbler in the new year. all the plans are
  • 00:13:53.318 --> 00:13:53.985
  • All the plans are a little bit moderated,
  • 00:13:54.052 --> 00:13:55.820
  • A little bit moderated, mitigated, modulated.
  • 00:13:55.887 --> 00:13:59.724
  • Mitigated, modulated. i found a verse for that too,
  • 00:13:59.791 --> 00:14:02.327
  • I found a verse for that too, proverbs 27:1.
  • 00:14:02.393 --> 00:14:03.895
  • Proverbs 27:1. i put this one in
  • 00:14:03.962 --> 00:14:04.562
  • The king james, check it out,
  • 00:14:04.662 --> 00:14:06.698
  • The king james, check it out, "boast not thyself of tomorrow,
  • 00:14:06.764 --> 00:14:10.268
  • "boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not
  • 00:14:10.335 --> 00:14:11.970
  • For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
  • 00:14:12.036 --> 00:14:17.208
  • So, when i had you shout,
  • 00:14:17.308 --> 00:14:18.576
  • So, when i had you shout, "this is that day,"
  • 00:14:18.643 --> 00:14:20.011
  • "this is that day," shout it again,
  • 00:14:20.078 --> 00:14:20.712
  • Shout it again, "this is that day."
  • 00:14:20.778 --> 00:14:21.579
  • "this is that day." >> congregation: this is
  • 00:14:21.646 --> 00:14:22.080
  • >> congregation: this is that day.
  • 00:14:22.146 --> 00:14:22.513
  • That day. >> some a y'all said that
  • 00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:23.548
  • >> some a y'all said that in lower case letters.
  • 00:14:23.615 --> 00:14:25.850
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:26.150 --> 00:14:26.918
  • No exclamation point.
  • 00:14:27.285 --> 00:14:30.088
  • No exclamation point. this is that day.
  • 00:14:30.154 --> 00:14:31.556
  • This is that day. you're very deep,
  • 00:14:31.623 --> 00:14:32.724
  • You're very deep, so you're like,
  • 00:14:32.790 --> 00:14:33.258
  • So you're like, "what do you mean by that day?"
  • 00:14:33.324 --> 00:14:35.994
  • "what do you mean by that day?" i was just reading the bible
  • 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:37.862
  • I was just reading the bible 'cause isaiah said,
  • 00:14:37.929 --> 00:14:38.529
  • 'cause isaiah said, "in that day the lord's
  • 00:14:38.596 --> 00:14:41.266
  • "in that day the lord's gonna fight your enemies,
  • 00:14:41.332 --> 00:14:43.234
  • Gonna fight your enemies, and in that day you will sing
  • 00:14:43.301 --> 00:14:45.904
  • And in that day you will sing of a fruitful vineyard."
  • 00:14:45.970 --> 00:14:48.373
  • Of a fruitful vineyard." that day.
  • 00:14:48.439 --> 00:14:50.275
  • That day. you know that day
  • 00:14:50.341 --> 00:14:50.909
  • You know that day you dream of?
  • 00:14:50.975 --> 00:14:52.343
  • You dream of? there are many of you today
  • 00:14:52.410 --> 00:14:53.978
  • There are many of you today who are dreaming of a day.
  • 00:14:54.045 --> 00:14:55.914
  • Who are dreaming of a day. say, "i'm dreaming of a day."
  • 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.115
  • Say, "i'm dreaming of a day." >> congregation: i'm dreaming
  • 00:14:57.181 --> 00:14:57.815
  • >> congregation: i'm dreaming of a day.
  • 00:14:57.882 --> 00:14:58.316
  • Of a day. >> if you don't talk back
  • 00:14:58.383 --> 00:14:59.117
  • To me during the sermon,
  • 00:14:59.217 --> 00:14:59.817
  • To me during the sermon, you'll get a flat tire
  • 00:14:59.884 --> 00:15:00.451
  • You'll get a flat tire when you leave to go
  • 00:15:00.518 --> 00:15:01.119
  • When you leave to go in the parking lot.
  • 00:15:01.185 --> 00:15:01.619
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:01.953 --> 00:15:02.587
  • We got some guests,
  • 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.254
  • We got some guests, i need to explain the rules.
  • 00:15:03.321 --> 00:15:04.322
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:04.622 --> 00:15:05.623
  • Say, "that day."
  • 00:15:06.457 --> 00:15:07.158
  • Say, "that day." >> congregation: that day.
  • 00:15:07.225 --> 00:15:08.393
  • >> congregation: that day. >> that day.
  • 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:10.261
  • >> that day. and so, we have
  • 00:15:10.328 --> 00:15:11.429
  • And so, we have an expectation that god
  • 00:15:11.496 --> 00:15:13.798
  • An expectation that god is going to free us from
  • 00:15:13.865 --> 00:15:15.466
  • Is going to free us from certain things this year,
  • 00:15:15.533 --> 00:15:17.735
  • Certain things this year, that god is going
  • 00:15:17.802 --> 00:15:18.469
  • That god is going to deliver us from certain
  • 00:15:18.536 --> 00:15:20.004
  • To deliver us from certain dilemmas this year,
  • 00:15:20.071 --> 00:15:20.872
  • Dilemmas this year, that god is going
  • 00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.706
  • That god is going to provide for us.
  • 00:15:21.773 --> 00:15:23.675
  • An expectation is great
  • 00:15:23.775 --> 00:15:25.944
  • An expectation is great as long as it's integrated.
  • 00:15:26.010 --> 00:15:28.046
  • As long as it's integrated. because, i think the danger
  • 00:15:28.112 --> 00:15:31.049
  • Because, i think the danger of having expectations
  • 00:15:31.115 --> 00:15:32.150
  • Of having expectations about what god
  • 00:15:32.216 --> 00:15:33.151
  • About what god is going to do, you know,
  • 00:15:33.217 --> 00:15:34.085
  • Is going to do, you know, "2024, god's gonna
  • 00:15:34.152 --> 00:15:35.787
  • "2024, god's gonna do more in '24.
  • 00:15:35.853 --> 00:15:38.323
  • Do more in '24. i'm leaving the shore in '24.
  • 00:15:38.389 --> 00:15:40.224
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:40.625 --> 00:15:41.125
  • I'm gonna get
  • 00:15:41.993 --> 00:15:42.593
  • I'm gonna get a stronger core in '24."
  • 00:15:42.660 --> 00:15:44.429
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:44.729 --> 00:15:45.463
  • You want another one?
  • 00:15:46.331 --> 00:15:48.433
  • You want another one? something i've never
  • 00:15:48.499 --> 00:15:49.267
  • Something i've never seen before in '24.
  • 00:15:49.334 --> 00:15:52.370
  • Seen before in '24. my ceiling is gonna be
  • 00:15:52.437 --> 00:15:53.905
  • My ceiling is gonna be my floor in 2024.
  • 00:15:53.972 --> 00:15:58.409
  • My floor in 2024. i'm not gonna be poor...
  • 00:15:58.476 --> 00:15:59.711
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:16:00.011 --> 00:16:05.316
  • While we say that
  • 00:16:10.955 --> 00:16:11.723
  • While we say that and while it's good
  • 00:16:11.789 --> 00:16:12.290
  • And while it's good to envision that
  • 00:16:12.357 --> 00:16:13.458
  • To envision that and i'll be honest with you,
  • 00:16:13.524 --> 00:16:14.292
  • And i'll be honest with you, some of the things that
  • 00:16:14.359 --> 00:16:14.959
  • Some of the things that i'm seeing today in my life
  • 00:16:15.026 --> 00:16:15.960
  • I'm seeing today in my life are the result of a vision
  • 00:16:16.027 --> 00:16:16.894
  • Are the result of a vision that god gave me at a time
  • 00:16:16.961 --> 00:16:18.596
  • That god gave me at a time when i couldn't see anything
  • 00:16:18.663 --> 00:16:21.199
  • When i couldn't see anything like what i'm seeing today.
  • 00:16:21.265 --> 00:16:22.300
  • Like what i'm seeing today. i believe in that expectation.
  • 00:16:22.367 --> 00:16:24.635
  • I believe in that expectation. i think the danger we should
  • 00:16:24.702 --> 00:16:26.070
  • I think the danger we should talk about as you move into
  • 00:16:26.137 --> 00:16:27.538
  • Talk about as you move into your new year and what god
  • 00:16:27.605 --> 00:16:28.973
  • Your new year and what god wants to do through you
  • 00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:31.075
  • Wants to do through you is that sometimes
  • 00:16:31.142 --> 00:16:31.943
  • Is that sometimes your expectation of the future
  • 00:16:32.010 --> 00:16:36.514
  • Your expectation of the future can become your excuse
  • 00:16:36.581 --> 00:16:38.449
  • Right now.
  • 00:16:38.549 --> 00:16:41.853
  • Right now. and i'll break it down
  • 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.487
  • And i'll break it down to a phrase that i heard
  • 00:16:42.553 --> 00:16:44.288
  • To a phrase that i heard and i'll use elijah
  • 00:16:44.355 --> 00:16:45.123
  • And i'll use elijah to give it to you.
  • 00:16:45.189 --> 00:16:46.457
  • To give it to you. when he was very little
  • 00:16:46.524 --> 00:16:47.992
  • When he was very little we were talking easter pictures
  • 00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:49.027
  • We were talking easter pictures as a family and of course,
  • 00:16:49.093 --> 00:16:50.895
  • As a family and of course, our kids just love
  • 00:16:50.962 --> 00:16:51.696
  • Our kids just love taking easter pictures
  • 00:16:51.763 --> 00:16:52.630
  • Taking easter pictures because they're
  • 00:16:52.697 --> 00:16:53.264
  • Because they're the pastor's kids.
  • 00:16:53.331 --> 00:16:55.700
  • They were fighting,
  • 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:57.535
  • They were fighting, they were angry,
  • 00:16:57.602 --> 00:17:00.171
  • They were angry, they were despondent,
  • 00:17:00.238 --> 00:17:01.739
  • They were despondent, and elijah finally,
  • 00:17:01.806 --> 00:17:02.840
  • And elijah finally, like after having
  • 00:17:02.907 --> 00:17:03.574
  • Like after having to change outfits a few times,
  • 00:17:03.641 --> 00:17:05.576
  • To change outfits a few times, this is the legendary line
  • 00:17:05.643 --> 00:17:06.844
  • This is the legendary line that he said in our family.
  • 00:17:06.911 --> 00:17:08.413
  • That he said in our family. he said, "i hate easter.
  • 00:17:08.479 --> 00:17:13.317
  • He said, "i hate easter. when i'm the pastor --"
  • 00:17:13.384 --> 00:17:14.786
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:16.354
  • So, let's break this down.
  • 00:17:16.821 --> 00:17:18.022
  • So, let's break this down. he said, "one day
  • 00:17:18.089 --> 00:17:20.725
  • He said, "one day when i'm the pastor,
  • 00:17:20.792 --> 00:17:22.660
  • When i'm the pastor, we're not even gonna
  • 00:17:22.727 --> 00:17:23.394
  • We're not even gonna have easter.
  • 00:17:23.461 --> 00:17:24.429
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:24.762 --> 00:17:25.763
  • I'm canceling easter."
  • 00:17:26.064 --> 00:17:28.966
  • I'm canceling easter." he was like five,
  • 00:17:29.033 --> 00:17:29.767
  • He was like five, so don't judge him like that.
  • 00:17:29.834 --> 00:17:31.169
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:31.369 --> 00:17:31.569
  • "oh, my god!"
  • 00:17:31.803 --> 00:17:32.370
  • "oh, my god!" he was five.
  • 00:17:32.437 --> 00:17:34.405
  • He was five. but check this out
  • 00:17:34.472 --> 00:17:35.039
  • But check this out a five year old's perspective.
  • 00:17:35.106 --> 00:17:36.474
  • A five year old's perspective. one day, when i'm the pastor.
  • 00:17:36.541 --> 00:17:40.945
  • One day, when i'm the pastor. one day, when.
  • 00:17:41.012 --> 00:17:43.714
  • One day, when. one day, when.
  • 00:17:43.781 --> 00:17:47.285
  • One day, when. have you ever been a victim
  • 00:17:47.351 --> 00:17:48.686
  • Have you ever been a victim of one day when syndrome?
  • 00:17:48.753 --> 00:17:52.723
  • Of one day when syndrome? "yeah, i'm not doing
  • 00:17:52.790 --> 00:17:54.158
  • "yeah, i'm not doing too good right now,
  • 00:17:54.225 --> 00:17:55.359
  • Too good right now, but one day.
  • 00:17:55.426 --> 00:17:57.862
  • But one day. one day, when i get
  • 00:17:57.929 --> 00:18:00.164
  • One day, when i get these kids out the house."
  • 00:18:00.231 --> 00:18:03.835
  • These kids out the house." the problem i have
  • 00:18:03.901 --> 00:18:05.036
  • The problem i have with that plan,
  • 00:18:05.103 --> 00:18:06.170
  • With that plan, one day when i get
  • 00:18:06.237 --> 00:18:06.871
  • One day when i get the kids out the house,
  • 00:18:06.938 --> 00:18:08.372
  • The kids out the house, is that 20 years ago
  • 00:18:08.439 --> 00:18:10.608
  • Is that 20 years ago you were saying,
  • 00:18:10.675 --> 00:18:11.342
  • You were saying, "one day, when i have
  • 00:18:11.409 --> 00:18:12.810
  • "one day, when i have kids of my own."
  • 00:18:12.877 --> 00:18:16.114
  • And now, it's shifted
  • 00:18:16.214 --> 00:18:18.449
  • And now, it's shifted to a future stage where
  • 00:18:18.516 --> 00:18:19.550
  • To a future stage where you think you'll have
  • 00:18:19.617 --> 00:18:20.585
  • You think you'll have more space and less stress.
  • 00:18:20.651 --> 00:18:25.189
  • More space and less stress. let's do another one.
  • 00:18:25.256 --> 00:18:26.824
  • Let's do another one. i'm gonna start a business
  • 00:18:26.891 --> 00:18:29.093
  • I'm gonna start a business one day, when i have
  • 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.928
  • One day, when i have the right partner.
  • 00:18:30.995 --> 00:18:32.964
  • The right partner. i used to laugh when teams
  • 00:18:33.030 --> 00:18:35.199
  • I used to laugh when teams would come to see our church
  • 00:18:35.266 --> 00:18:36.167
  • Would come to see our church and they were starting
  • 00:18:36.234 --> 00:18:37.034
  • And they were starting their own church
  • 00:18:37.101 --> 00:18:38.169
  • Their own church and the pastor would
  • 00:18:38.236 --> 00:18:39.036
  • And the pastor would pull me a side and say,
  • 00:18:39.103 --> 00:18:39.804
  • Pull me a side and say, "hey, i got a gift,
  • 00:18:39.871 --> 00:18:41.439
  • "hey, i got a gift, i got an anointing,
  • 00:18:41.506 --> 00:18:42.039
  • I got an anointing, and i can't start a church.
  • 00:18:42.106 --> 00:18:42.773
  • And i can't start a church. i wanna reach people
  • 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:43.508
  • I wanna reach people far from god,
  • 00:18:43.574 --> 00:18:44.041
  • Far from god, but i don't have a team,
  • 00:18:44.108 --> 00:18:45.343
  • But i don't have a team, where do you get your team?"
  • 00:18:45.409 --> 00:18:46.811
  • And i would always
  • 00:18:46.911 --> 00:18:47.445
  • And i would always make something up.
  • 00:18:47.512 --> 00:18:47.945
  • Make something up. "oh, well you know
  • 00:18:48.012 --> 00:18:48.779
  • "oh, well you know the build a bear store?
  • 00:18:48.846 --> 00:18:49.914
  • The build a bear store? well, they got a build
  • 00:18:49.981 --> 00:18:50.548
  • Well, they got a build a ministry team store
  • 00:18:50.615 --> 00:18:51.883
  • A ministry team store and i went down there
  • 00:18:51.949 --> 00:18:52.917
  • And i went down there and i found the right amount
  • 00:18:52.984 --> 00:18:53.918
  • And i found the right amount of achiever, and doer,
  • 00:18:53.985 --> 00:18:55.086
  • Of achiever, and doer, and the right amount
  • 00:18:55.153 --> 00:18:55.586
  • And the right amount of dreamer,
  • 00:18:55.653 --> 00:18:56.320
  • Of dreamer, and i put a team together."
  • 00:18:56.387 --> 00:18:57.321
  • And i put a team together." what do you think
  • 00:18:57.388 --> 00:18:57.955
  • What do you think the team came from?
  • 00:18:58.022 --> 00:18:58.789
  • The team came from? the same place
  • 00:18:58.856 --> 00:18:59.991
  • The same place jesus got his team,
  • 00:19:00.057 --> 00:19:01.425
  • Jesus got his team, you find the people that god
  • 00:19:01.492 --> 00:19:02.894
  • You find the people that god has placed in your life that
  • 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.829
  • Has placed in your life that are imperfect and you make it
  • 00:19:04.896 --> 00:19:07.064
  • Are imperfect and you make it happen with who you've got.
  • 00:19:07.131 --> 00:19:08.466
  • Happen with who you've got. now, if you are expecting
  • 00:19:08.533 --> 00:19:11.736
  • Now, if you are expecting a stage in your life
  • 00:19:11.802 --> 00:19:13.337
  • A stage in your life when the perfect people
  • 00:19:13.404 --> 00:19:14.805
  • When the perfect people will come into your life
  • 00:19:14.872 --> 00:19:16.140
  • Will come into your life to help you figure out
  • 00:19:16.207 --> 00:19:18.609
  • To help you figure out your imperfect life --
  • 00:19:18.676 --> 00:19:21.212
  • Your imperfect life -- if god sends
  • 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.580
  • If god sends perfect people in your life,
  • 00:19:22.647 --> 00:19:23.881
  • Perfect people in your life, you should send them away
  • 00:19:23.948 --> 00:19:25.082
  • You should send them away so they stay perfect.
  • 00:19:25.149 --> 00:19:26.184
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:26.584 --> 00:19:27.785
  • 'cause the moment
  • 00:19:28.252 --> 00:19:28.886
  • 'cause the moment they get tangled up
  • 00:19:28.953 --> 00:19:29.754
  • They get tangled up with you and me,
  • 00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.488
  • With you and me, they won't be perfect anymore.
  • 00:19:30.555 --> 00:19:34.091
  • They won't be perfect anymore. did you ever do
  • 00:19:34.158 --> 00:19:34.825
  • Did you ever do the one day when thing?
  • 00:19:34.892 --> 00:19:37.595
  • The one day when thing? "but i'mma get in shape
  • 00:19:37.662 --> 00:19:38.229
  • "but i'mma get in shape one day when --"
  • 00:19:38.296 --> 00:19:39.297
  • One day when --" one day when what?
  • 00:19:39.363 --> 00:19:39.864
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:40.331 --> 00:19:41.632
  • "i'mma do the diet
  • 00:19:42.033 --> 00:19:42.833
  • "i'mma do the diet one day when --"
  • 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.702
  • One day when --" one day when what?
  • 00:19:44.769 --> 00:19:46.437
  • One day when what? i'll tell you
  • 00:19:46.504 --> 00:19:47.104
  • I'll tell you what happened to me --
  • 00:19:47.171 --> 00:19:49.207
  • What happened to me -- this is so embarrassing.
  • 00:19:49.273 --> 00:19:50.741
  • This is so embarrassing. one day i saw in the mirror --
  • 00:19:50.808 --> 00:19:53.177
  • One day i saw in the mirror -- i don't know how you see
  • 00:19:53.244 --> 00:19:53.911
  • I don't know how you see 45 pounds that
  • 00:19:53.978 --> 00:19:54.946
  • 45 pounds that you've gained all at once.
  • 00:19:55.012 --> 00:19:55.880
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:56.314 --> 00:19:57.682
  • But it was like
  • 00:19:58.249 --> 00:19:58.783
  • But it was like a flash of revelation,
  • 00:19:58.849 --> 00:19:59.817
  • A flash of revelation, it was like a road
  • 00:19:59.884 --> 00:20:00.818
  • It was like a road to damascus to me.
  • 00:20:00.885 --> 00:20:02.720
  • I'll walk by the mirror
  • 00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.988
  • I'll walk by the mirror after being married to holly
  • 00:20:04.055 --> 00:20:05.690
  • After being married to holly for 18 months with my shirt off
  • 00:20:05.756 --> 00:20:08.726
  • For 18 months with my shirt off and i said,
  • 00:20:08.793 --> 00:20:10.528
  • And i said, "why didn't you tell me
  • 00:20:10.595 --> 00:20:11.495
  • "why didn't you tell me this was happening to me?
  • 00:20:11.562 --> 00:20:12.563
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:12.930 --> 00:20:14.332
  • And why did you contribute
  • 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.900
  • And why did you contribute to it with your cooking?"
  • 00:20:15.967 --> 00:20:18.869
  • To it with your cooking?" and i said,
  • 00:20:18.936 --> 00:20:19.437
  • And i said, "i'm going on atkins."
  • 00:20:19.503 --> 00:20:22.106
  • 'cause that's the diet i knew
  • 00:20:22.206 --> 00:20:24.275
  • 'cause that's the diet i knew and it involved bacon
  • 00:20:24.342 --> 00:20:25.743
  • And it involved bacon and i like bacon.
  • 00:20:25.810 --> 00:20:26.677
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:27.044 --> 00:20:28.713
  • So, i gotta lose this belly,
  • 00:20:29.146 --> 00:20:30.114
  • So, i gotta lose this belly, but i gotta use bacon to do it
  • 00:20:30.181 --> 00:20:33.184
  • But i gotta use bacon to do it 'cause i'm not gonna be
  • 00:20:33.251 --> 00:20:33.818
  • 'cause i'm not gonna be counting macros any time soon.
  • 00:20:33.884 --> 00:20:36.220
  • Counting macros any time soon. and holly said,
  • 00:20:36.287 --> 00:20:36.754
  • And holly said, "great, that's great.
  • 00:20:36.821 --> 00:20:38.155
  • "great, that's great. we could go on
  • 00:20:38.222 --> 00:20:38.656
  • We could go on a diet next week."
  • 00:20:38.723 --> 00:20:39.957
  • A diet next week." i said, "no, i'm not
  • 00:20:40.024 --> 00:20:41.025
  • I said, "no, i'm not eating another carb
  • 00:20:41.092 --> 00:20:42.159
  • Eating another carb starting right now."
  • 00:20:42.226 --> 00:20:43.461
  • Starting right now." and i didn't.
  • 00:20:43.527 --> 00:20:45.396
  • And i didn't. we went to wendy's that night.
  • 00:20:45.463 --> 00:20:46.397
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:46.797 --> 00:20:47.932
  • I donated back the bun
  • 00:20:48.833 --> 00:20:50.067
  • I donated back the bun to the homeless ministry
  • 00:20:50.134 --> 00:20:51.302
  • To the homeless ministry and just ate the patty.
  • 00:20:51.369 --> 00:20:52.737
  • And just ate the patty. and i did that over, and over,
  • 00:20:52.803 --> 00:20:56.707
  • And i did that over, and over, and over, and over and she
  • 00:20:56.774 --> 00:20:58.576
  • And over, and over and she thought that was so strange.
  • 00:20:58.643 --> 00:21:00.311
  • Thought that was so strange. she said, "you could've gave me
  • 00:21:00.378 --> 00:21:01.379
  • She said, "you could've gave me time we could've shopped,
  • 00:21:01.445 --> 00:21:02.980
  • Time we could've shopped, we could've hired
  • 00:21:03.047 --> 00:21:03.814
  • We could've hired a nutritionist,"
  • 00:21:03.881 --> 00:21:06.083
  • A nutritionist," but i knew too much to have
  • 00:21:06.150 --> 00:21:07.351
  • But i knew too much to have to give a nutritionist money
  • 00:21:07.418 --> 00:21:09.453
  • To give a nutritionist money to start doing what
  • 00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:10.054
  • To start doing what i could do today.
  • 00:21:10.121 --> 00:21:13.057
  • I could do today. now, i'm tell you one day,
  • 00:21:13.124 --> 00:21:15.726
  • Now, i'm tell you one day, "one day when i have more time,
  • 00:21:15.793 --> 00:21:16.727
  • "one day when i have more time, i'mma write a book.
  • 00:21:16.794 --> 00:21:19.563
  • I'mma write a book. one day when my wife
  • 00:21:19.630 --> 00:21:22.033
  • One day when my wife starts acting right.
  • 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:25.770
  • Starts acting right. i could really be
  • 00:21:25.836 --> 00:21:27.505
  • I could really be a great businessman if my wife
  • 00:21:27.571 --> 00:21:29.540
  • A great businessman if my wife would believe in me.
  • 00:21:29.607 --> 00:21:30.775
  • Would believe in me. one day when
  • 00:21:30.841 --> 00:21:31.609
  • One day when she gets the vision --"
  • 00:21:31.676 --> 00:21:33.544
  • She gets the vision --" what if she doesn't need
  • 00:21:33.611 --> 00:21:34.578
  • What if she doesn't need to get the vision?
  • 00:21:34.645 --> 00:21:35.246
  • To get the vision? what if you need
  • 00:21:35.313 --> 00:21:35.813
  • What if you need to show the discipline?
  • 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.547
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:21:37.014 --> 00:21:40.184
  • Somebody say, "one day...
  • 00:21:40.685 --> 00:21:42.219
  • Somebody say, "one day... >> congregation: one day...
  • 00:21:42.286 --> 00:21:43.154
  • >> congregation: one day... >> one day when."
  • 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.088
  • >> one day when." >> congregation: one day when.
  • 00:21:44.155 --> 00:21:45.056
  • >> congregation: one day when. >> "one day, i'mma tell you
  • 00:21:45.122 --> 00:21:46.891
  • >> "one day, i'mma tell you pastor steven, i'mma start
  • 00:21:46.957 --> 00:21:47.925
  • Pastor steven, i'mma start giving to the church.
  • 00:21:47.992 --> 00:21:48.726
  • Giving to the church. one day when i --
  • 00:21:48.793 --> 00:21:50.961
  • One day when i -- one day when i manifest
  • 00:21:51.028 --> 00:21:53.931
  • One day when i manifest all of the riches.
  • 00:21:53.998 --> 00:21:55.132
  • All of the riches. i know that the day is coming.
  • 00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:58.102
  • I know that the day is coming. god has told me i will be
  • 00:21:58.169 --> 00:21:59.670
  • God has told me i will be a millionaire,
  • 00:21:59.737 --> 00:22:00.571
  • A millionaire, i will fund the kingdom.
  • 00:22:00.638 --> 00:22:02.139
  • I will send apostles into
  • 00:22:02.239 --> 00:22:03.741
  • I will send apostles into the earth and one day when
  • 00:22:03.808 --> 00:22:06.043
  • The earth and one day when i get this business right --"
  • 00:22:06.110 --> 00:22:07.244
  • I get this business right --" if you won't do it with $10
  • 00:22:07.311 --> 00:22:09.647
  • If you won't do it with $10 i promise you won't do it
  • 00:22:09.714 --> 00:22:10.715
  • I promise you won't do it with millions.
  • 00:22:10.781 --> 00:22:11.182
  • [applause]
  • 00:22:11.549 --> 00:22:12.350
  • I promise.
  • 00:22:12.817 --> 00:22:14.852
  • I promise. 'cause it's gonna be
  • 00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.786
  • 'cause it's gonna be more zeros this is gonna
  • 00:22:15.853 --> 00:22:17.088
  • More zeros this is gonna make you throw up even that
  • 00:22:17.154 --> 00:22:18.356
  • Make you throw up even that much more when you give it.
  • 00:22:18.422 --> 00:22:22.059
  • Much more when you give it. one day, when.
  • 00:22:22.126 --> 00:22:22.960
  • One day, when. and i have found myself --
  • 00:22:23.027 --> 00:22:24.295
  • And i have found myself -- now, i know this
  • 00:22:24.362 --> 00:22:24.862
  • Now, i know this new year's message
  • 00:22:24.929 --> 00:22:25.796
  • New year's message is not the shoutiest
  • 00:22:25.863 --> 00:22:27.164
  • Is not the shoutiest new year's message,
  • 00:22:27.231 --> 00:22:28.032
  • New year's message, but i think it could be
  • 00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.833
  • But i think it could be a sustaining one for you
  • 00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:31.802
  • A sustaining one for you if you make a subtle shift.
  • 00:22:31.869 --> 00:22:34.605
  • >> as we enter
  • 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.906
  • >> as we enter into this new year,
  • 00:22:35.973 --> 00:22:37.174
  • Into this new year, i wanna share with you
  • 00:22:37.241 --> 00:22:38.075
  • I wanna share with you one of my husband's
  • 00:22:38.142 --> 00:22:38.876
  • One of my husband's most practical,
  • 00:22:38.943 --> 00:22:40.044
  • Most practical, helpful series that
  • 00:22:40.111 --> 00:22:41.512
  • Helpful series that i think he's ever done.
  • 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:43.013
  • I think he's ever done. you don't have to stay
  • 00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:44.048
  • You don't have to stay stuck in old habits
  • 00:22:44.115 --> 00:22:45.182
  • Stuck in old habits and patterns of living,
  • 00:22:45.249 --> 00:22:46.417
  • And patterns of living, you can discover
  • 00:22:46.484 --> 00:22:47.485
  • You can discover a new mindset.
  • 00:22:47.551 --> 00:22:49.086
  • A new mindset. that's why "mindset reset,"
  • 00:22:49.153 --> 00:22:50.955
  • Isn't just another series,
  • 00:22:51.055 --> 00:22:52.590
  • Isn't just another series, it's a journey.
  • 00:22:52.656 --> 00:22:53.657
  • It's a journey. with my husband as your guide,
  • 00:22:53.724 --> 00:22:55.359
  • With my husband as your guide, you'll learn how
  • 00:22:55.426 --> 00:22:56.026
  • You'll learn how to reevaluate your thoughts,
  • 00:22:56.093 --> 00:22:57.428
  • To reevaluate your thoughts, redefine success and failure,
  • 00:22:57.495 --> 00:22:59.530
  • Redefine success and failure, and develop practical mindsets
  • 00:22:59.597 --> 00:23:01.165
  • And develop practical mindsets to help you reach
  • 00:23:01.232 --> 00:23:02.500
  • To help you reach your full potential.
  • 00:23:02.566 --> 00:23:04.168
  • Your full potential. it's about breaking free
  • 00:23:04.235 --> 00:23:05.770
  • It's about breaking free from the habits that keep you
  • 00:23:05.836 --> 00:23:06.637
  • From the habits that keep you stuck and moving forward
  • 00:23:06.704 --> 00:23:08.472
  • Stuck and moving forward with divine purpose.
  • 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.141
  • With divine purpose. as my husband shares
  • 00:23:10.207 --> 00:23:11.208
  • As my husband shares in this series,
  • 00:23:11.275 --> 00:23:11.942
  • In this series, sometimes it's about
  • 00:23:12.009 --> 00:23:13.043
  • Sometimes it's about simply recognizing
  • 00:23:13.110 --> 00:23:14.512
  • Simply recognizing the win today.
  • 00:23:14.578 --> 00:23:16.080
  • The win today. small, daily victories add up
  • 00:23:16.147 --> 00:23:18.582
  • Small, daily victories add up and overtime you'll begin to see
  • 00:23:18.649 --> 00:23:20.384
  • And overtime you'll begin to see the real transformation
  • 00:23:20.451 --> 00:23:21.986
  • The real transformation in your life.
  • 00:23:22.052 --> 00:23:23.287
  • In your life. so, i wanna personally
  • 00:23:23.354 --> 00:23:24.288
  • So, i wanna personally invite you not just
  • 00:23:24.355 --> 00:23:25.356
  • Invite you not just to watch this series,
  • 00:23:25.423 --> 00:23:26.457
  • To watch this series, but to live it.
  • 00:23:26.524 --> 00:23:27.491
  • But to live it. let these messages renew
  • 00:23:27.558 --> 00:23:28.993
  • Let these messages renew your mind and change your life.
  • 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:31.328
  • Your mind and change your life. whether you're feeling stuck
  • 00:23:31.395 --> 00:23:32.496
  • Whether you're feeling stuck searching for joy
  • 00:23:32.563 --> 00:23:33.497
  • Searching for joy or you need a reminder that
  • 00:23:33.564 --> 00:23:35.065
  • Or you need a reminder that christ in you is enough,
  • 00:23:35.132 --> 00:23:37.168
  • Christ in you is enough, this series is for you.
  • 00:23:37.234 --> 00:23:39.336
  • This series is for you. you can call or go online
  • 00:23:39.403 --> 00:23:40.738
  • You can call or go online to get this five-part series,
  • 00:23:40.805 --> 00:23:42.373
  • To get this five-part series, it's available for
  • 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.274
  • It's available for your gift of any amount.
  • 00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.942
  • Your gift of any amount. this message is too important
  • 00:23:45.009 --> 00:23:47.111
  • This message is too important for you to miss,
  • 00:23:47.178 --> 00:23:48.879
  • For you to miss, so take that step today.
  • 00:23:48.946 --> 00:23:50.781
  • So take that step today. it's time to live,
  • 00:23:50.848 --> 00:23:51.982
  • It's time to live, not by what you see
  • 00:23:52.049 --> 00:23:53.317
  • Not by what you see but by what he says.
  • 00:23:53.384 --> 00:23:55.686
  • But by what he says. let's embrace a new way
  • 00:23:55.753 --> 00:23:57.354
  • Let's embrace a new way of thinking together.
  • 00:23:57.421 --> 00:23:58.622
  • Of thinking together. call or go online now
  • 00:23:58.689 --> 00:24:00.424
  • Call or go online now to get your copy of
  • 00:24:00.491 --> 00:24:02.092
  • To get your copy of "mindset reset."
  • 00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:03.394
  • >> "mindset reset"
  • 00:24:03.861 --> 00:24:04.695
  • Is available today for
  • 00:24:04.795 --> 00:24:05.996
  • Your gift of any amount.
  • 00:24:06.096 --> 00:24:07.264
  • A practical 5-part dvd series
  • 00:24:07.364 --> 00:24:09.433
  • From pastor steven furtick
  • 00:24:09.533 --> 00:24:10.668
  • Designed to transform
  • 00:24:10.768 --> 00:24:11.836
  • Your perspective.
  • 00:24:11.936 --> 00:24:12.903
  • And, for your gift
  • 00:24:13.003 --> 00:24:13.637
  • Of $65 or more,
  • 00:24:13.737 --> 00:24:15.039
  • You'll also receive
  • 00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:16.440
  • "the god of a new beginning,"
  • 00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:17.508
  • A series created
  • 00:24:17.608 --> 00:24:18.676
  • To help you see yourself
  • 00:24:18.776 --> 00:24:19.777
  • And god in a new light.
  • 00:24:19.877 --> 00:24:21.278
  • Plus, you'll get,
  • 00:24:21.378 --> 00:24:21.846
  • "faith for the fight,"
  • 00:24:21.946 --> 00:24:22.980
  • A cd featuring
  • 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.948
  • Five motivational tracks
  • 00:24:24.048 --> 00:24:25.382
  • From pastor steven
  • 00:24:25.483 --> 00:24:26.417
  • To encourage you to stay strong,
  • 00:24:26.517 --> 00:24:28.052
  • Along with a magnet
  • 00:24:28.152 --> 00:24:29.153
  • To remind you to keep
  • 00:24:29.253 --> 00:24:30.154
  • Moving forward in faith.
  • 00:24:30.254 --> 00:24:31.522
  • Just call or go online to start
  • 00:24:31.622 --> 00:24:33.057
  • Your mindset reset today.
  • 00:24:33.157 --> 00:24:34.391
  • >> the lord sent a special word
  • 00:24:35.125 --> 00:24:36.427
  • >> the lord sent a special word for somebody and i can't wait
  • 00:24:36.494 --> 00:24:38.762
  • For somebody and i can't wait to find out who it is
  • 00:24:38.829 --> 00:24:39.697
  • To find out who it is that he sent it for.
  • 00:24:39.763 --> 00:24:40.898
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:43.868 --> 00:24:49.974
  • >> when a kit is packed
  • 00:24:50.841 --> 00:24:51.542
  • At elevation church,
  • 00:24:51.642 --> 00:24:53.244
  • It starts small.
  • 00:24:53.344 --> 00:24:54.378
  • Putting hygiene
  • 00:24:54.478 --> 00:24:54.979
  • Products together,
  • 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.846
  • Or packaging ingredients
  • 00:24:55.946 --> 00:24:57.181
  • For a meal,
  • 00:24:57.281 --> 00:24:58.115
  • But that's just
  • 00:24:58.215 --> 00:24:59.116
  • The beginning of the journey.
  • 00:24:59.216 --> 00:25:00.818
  • Once put together in boxes
  • 00:25:00.918 --> 00:25:02.419
  • They travel by train,
  • 00:25:02.520 --> 00:25:03.654
  • By boat, by truck.
  • 00:25:03.754 --> 00:25:05.356
  • That kit is being positioned
  • 00:25:05.456 --> 00:25:06.957
  • For the moment it's needed.
  • 00:25:07.057 --> 00:25:08.659
  • When disaster happens,
  • 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.960
  • When hunger rises
  • 00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:11.662
  • Locally and globally,
  • 00:25:11.762 --> 00:25:13.430
  • That kit is there to provide
  • 00:25:13.531 --> 00:25:14.598
  • For an immediate need.
  • 00:25:14.698 --> 00:25:16.367
  • When you give,
  • 00:25:16.467 --> 00:25:17.635
  • This is what you're giving for.
  • 00:25:17.735 --> 00:25:19.103
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:25:20.037 --> 00:25:22.640
  • >> i will bless the lord
  • 00:25:23.073 --> 00:25:24.008
  • >> i will bless the lord at all times.
  • 00:25:24.074 --> 00:25:25.442
  • At all times. i will bless the lord
  • 00:25:25.509 --> 00:25:26.310
  • I will bless the lord at all times.
  • 00:25:26.377 --> 00:25:27.444
  • At all times. i will bless the lord
  • 00:25:27.511 --> 00:25:28.512
  • I will bless the lord at all times.
  • 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.847
  • At all times. and his praises,
  • 00:25:29.914 --> 00:25:31.282
  • And his praises, and his praises,
  • 00:25:31.348 --> 00:25:33.050
  • And his praises, and his praises
  • 00:25:33.117 --> 00:25:34.818
  • And his praises shall be in my mouth.
  • 00:25:34.885 --> 00:25:36.687
  • Shall be in my mouth. if you've got a praise
  • 00:25:36.754 --> 00:25:38.355
  • If you've got a praise lift your voice and --
  • 00:25:38.422 --> 00:25:39.757
  • [cheering]
  • 00:25:40.090 --> 00:25:44.061
  • >> ♪ praises ♪
  • 00:25:44.762 --> 00:25:46.196
  • ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:25:46.263 --> 00:25:47.264
  • >> ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:25:47.331 --> 00:25:49.433
  • ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.000
  • ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:25:50.067 --> 00:25:51.402
  • ♪ all my praises ♪
  • 00:25:51.468 --> 00:25:54.171
  • ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:25:54.238 --> 00:25:54.772
  • ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:25:54.838 --> 00:25:56.307
  • >> ♪ only you ♪
  • 00:25:56.373 --> 00:25:57.575
  • >> ♪ only you deserve all ♪
  • 00:25:57.641 --> 00:25:59.476
  • >> ♪ you deserve praises ♪
  • 00:25:59.543 --> 00:26:02.112
  • >> ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.947
  • ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:26:03.013 --> 00:26:03.414
  • >> if i really
  • 00:26:03.914 --> 00:26:04.915
  • >> if i really think about it.
  • 00:26:04.982 --> 00:26:05.282
  • >> ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:26:05.449 --> 00:26:05.983
  • ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:26:06.050 --> 00:26:06.684
  • ♪ all my ♪
  • 00:26:06.750 --> 00:26:07.184
  • >> ♪ you deserve praises ♪
  • 00:26:07.251 --> 00:26:10.120
  • >> ♪ oh lord ♪
  • 00:26:10.187 --> 00:26:10.788
  • ♪ you deserve ♪
  • 00:26:10.854 --> 00:26:11.822
  • >> ♪ only you ♪
  • 00:26:11.889 --> 00:26:12.756
  • >> ♪ only you deserve ♪
  • 00:26:12.823 --> 00:26:14.858
  • ♪ all my ♪
  • 00:26:14.925 --> 00:26:15.726
  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:15.793 --> 00:26:19.263
  • ♪ i won't forget what you did ♪
  • 00:26:19.330 --> 00:26:23.334
  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.270
  • ♪ i won't forget ♪
  • 00:26:26.337 --> 00:26:28.906
  • ♪ what you did ♪
  • 00:26:28.973 --> 00:26:30.240
  • ♪ oh ♪
  • 00:26:30.307 --> 00:26:31.241
  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:31.308 --> 00:26:34.211
  • ♪ i won't forget what you did ♪
  • 00:26:34.278 --> 00:26:38.415
  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:38.482 --> 00:26:40.317
  • >> ♪ i won't forget ♪
  • 00:26:40.384 --> 00:26:42.553
  • ♪ what you did ♪
  • 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:47.424
  • >> ♪ you woke me up ♪
  • 00:26:47.491 --> 00:26:49.126
  • ♪ this morning ♪
  • 00:26:49.193 --> 00:26:51.161
  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:51.228 --> 00:26:54.932
  • ♪ my cup is overflowing ♪
  • 00:26:54.999 --> 00:26:58.769
  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:26:58.836 --> 00:27:02.439
  • ♪ you have blessed me ♪
  • 00:27:02.506 --> 00:27:03.807
  • ♪ and i know it ♪
  • 00:27:03.874 --> 00:27:06.710
  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:27:06.777 --> 00:27:10.247
  • ♪ you're the god ♪
  • 00:27:10.314 --> 00:27:11.281
  • ♪ of new beginnings ♪
  • 00:27:11.348 --> 00:27:13.450
  • ♪ hey ♪
  • 00:27:13.517 --> 00:27:13.784
  • >> i don't know who needs
  • 00:27:14.284 --> 00:27:14.985
  • A new beginning tonight,
  • 00:27:15.052 --> 00:27:16.787
  • But i've come to tell you.
  • 00:27:16.854 --> 00:27:18.055
  • >> ♪ he's the god ♪
  • 00:27:18.489 --> 00:27:19.456
  • ♪ of new beginnings ♪
  • 00:27:19.523 --> 00:27:22.493
  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
  • 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.630
  • >> ♪ praises ♪
  • 00:27:26.697 --> 00:27:28.899
  • ♪ o lord you deserve ♪
  • 00:27:28.966 --> 00:27:29.999