Called and Conflicted | INDY | 5/31/2026

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[00:00:04][music] >> God's bringing down a change.

[00:00:11]God's bringing [music] down a change.

[00:00:15]God's bringing down a change. [music] God's bringing down a change. Y'all hear me say it.

[00:00:23]>> God's bringing [music] down a change.

[00:00:26]>> Come on, y'all can sing it. It's real simple. Come on.

[00:00:28]>> God's bringing down a change.

[00:00:30]>> Come on, let me hear you.

[00:00:32]>> [music] >> God's bringing down a change.

[00:00:36]God's bringing [music] down a change.

[00:00:39]>> There's in the change of the Lord.

[00:00:42]>> By the Lord >> the change he has >> God is [music] bringing down a change.

[00:00:49]>> God is bringing down a change.

[00:00:51]>> God's bringing down a [singing] change.

[00:00:54]>> God is >> God is bringing down a change.

[00:00:57]>> God is >> I see it.

[00:01:00]bringing down [music] a change.

[00:01:03]There's in the change.

[00:01:05]>> There's [music] in the change of the >> Yes, sir.

[00:01:07]>> By the Lord >> Oh.

[00:01:09]>> the change he has made.

[00:01:10]>> Oh, Lord. Yeah.

[00:01:12]There's in the change.

[00:01:14]>> There's in the >> Yeah.

[00:01:16]>> [music] >> Yeah.

[00:01:19]Oh, Lord. Yeah.

[00:01:22]Oh.

[00:01:23]>> [music] >> Oh.

[00:01:27]Oh.

[00:01:29]>> [singing] >> Oh.

[00:01:31]>> [music] >> Oh.

[00:01:37]>> [music] >> Come on, y'all say it with us.

[00:01:42]>> [music] >> Come on, say it again.

[00:01:48]>> [music] [singing] [music] >> Come on, help me say it. He changed me.

[00:01:57]>> He changed me.

[00:01:58]>> He changed me.

[00:01:59]>> He changed me. [music] >> Grace and peace and good morning. What this is the day that the Lord has made and we're going to rejoice and be glad in it. For we have many reasons to rejoice before the one reason we are at New Zion Temple the Indy location, the Indy campus. And just in case you're on the way or in the vicinity, we are at 4407 Lafayette Road under in the wonderful city of Indianapolis, Indiana.

[00:02:27]Under the great [laughter] leadership of Bishop Brandon Jacobs and our executive pastor of every location, Lady Vivian Jacobs. We honor our leaders. And we got to AP too.

[00:02:37]We got to AP We also honor AP Elder Pastor Julius Freeman. We love you to the echo of our Bishop. We appreciate you as well. So listen, this is the day the Lord has made. We are expecting a high time in the Lord.

[00:02:54]>> Oh yeah, they getting started.

[00:02:56]You hear them? They taking us way back today.

[00:02:58]>> Okay, so listen, we going to talk to the devotion. So what we got Wednesday and Tuesday? Go ahead.

[00:03:02]>> Tuesday, don't forget we got Bible study. And for you are not in the building, make sure you check Church Center to get that link. Wednesday morning, meet us for our morning devotion. And then meet us back here in the building for our one hour power prayer. You know what I'm saying?

[00:03:18]>> And since they And since they already started, let me get jump right to what's really coming up next. Tonight >> Tonight >> Tonight we They even canceled Sunday school for tonight. We going to be in Chicago, y'all for our Midwest regional meeting.

[00:03:32]>> That's what it is.

[00:03:32]>> That's what it is. That's what it is.

[00:03:34]Oh, and and it's a family affair. We'll be partnering It'll be Pilgrim and the Church of God in Christ having church together. You don't want to miss that.

[00:03:41]Again, we'll be in the city of Chicago.

[00:03:44]If you want If you want those instructions, go to the Pilgrim's Instagram or any social media outlet for those directions.

[00:03:50]>> Absolutely. And New Zion Temple online, we would love to see you there if you're able to in the city of Chicago.

[00:03:56]>> All right, y'all, before we go, we have we have our YouTube online police officer >> Yes, sir.

[00:04:02]>> with us today.

[00:04:03]>> We are so happy to see her.

[00:04:05]>> We love our cousin.

[00:04:06]>> Come on in.

[00:04:07]>> Come on in. I'm going to move out the way.

[00:04:08]>> You go ahead.

[00:04:09]>> Hello.

[00:04:11]You great to see you.

[00:04:13]>> How y'all doing? It's your girl Susan, your favorite moderator.

[00:04:16]>> That's right.

[00:04:17]Listen, if Sister Susan can make it inside the building, you can, too.

[00:04:22]>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Repping from >> How are you?

[00:04:25]>> Mississippi. I'm good.

[00:04:26]>> What's going on?

[00:04:28]>> Going good. I just came up here cuz I'm looking for housing.

[00:04:31]>> Yay!

[00:04:33]I love it. I love it. And it looks like you brought your wonderful mom with you as well.

[00:04:37]>> See, y'all, look. Bring your mom, bring your dad on Legacy Sunday. Today is Legacy Sunday as well. So, I'm so happy that you brought your mom so she can experience this.

[00:04:47]>> Yes. Intergenerational.

[00:04:48]>> It's You hear me? Come on here. Well, listen.

[00:04:52]We don't We don't have much time left, but we want to remind you all that Father's Day is coming up.

[00:04:59]>> That's right.

[00:04:59]>> And we want to honor our Bishop, all right? So, y'all get prepared, all right? We love him and we honor him, and we want to make sure that he have a great Father's Day, all right? Well, it looks like we have to head back into the sanctuary. All right. So, we're going to pass this mic back on to Pastor Joe, and we're going to have to close this thing out.

[00:05:19]>> All right, so listen, y'all.

[00:05:20]All jokes aside, if you need something from the Lord, I promise you you can obtain it today. Today can definitely be your day. But, we walk by faith, not by sight. You might not see what you need, but God has it in the palm of his hand, and I dare you to believe for it. He'll give it to you today, in Jesus' name.

[00:05:36]>> name.

[00:05:37]>> We love you all. Let's have some church.

[00:05:39]>> See you.

[00:05:40]>> Give thanks to him and praise his name, for the Lord is good, and his love endures forever. His faithfulness continues through all generations.

[00:05:58]Lord God, would y'all join me in prayer?

[00:06:01]This is Legacy Sunday. This is when we look back over the years, right?

[00:06:06]And thank God for all that he has done.

[00:06:09]Can you just think of some that the Lord has brought you through? Can you think back on your grandmother praying? You remember hearing her pray? We're here to represent [music] that old-time church where God has brought us through. So, join me, y'all, when we pray. Lord God, we just thank you. We thank you.

[00:06:29]Cuz we can think back, Lord, on things that you have brought us through, and we are grateful. We don't take it for granted at all. We thank you for how you brought us through dangers, like my grandmother used to say, seen and unseen. Hallelujah. We thank you, Lord.

[00:06:45]We thank you, Lord, for this service on today. We thank you for our people that are joined here. We thank you for those that are online. Lord, we just bless your great name, and we invite your presence here with us today. We're nothing without you, and we need you, Lord. We thank you for this day. Breathe on the service. Breathe on the ministry, Lord. Give us ears to hear what your spirit was saying to us on today. We thank you, Lord, and we bless your great name in Jesus name. Amen.

[00:07:15]>> Thank y'all for joining this morning.

[00:07:16]Now, we turn it in the hands of the musicians.

[00:07:20]>> [music] >> Come on. Clap your hands and give him glory.

[00:07:26]If he's been good to you, I'd say clap your hands [music] and give him glory.

[00:07:30]Now, while you're clapping your hands, can you at least open up your mouth?

[00:07:34]Come on, and lift a sound in the room.

[00:07:37]Come on.

[00:07:38]I said, while you're clapping your hands, can you open up your mouth at the same time?

[00:07:42]And lift the sound in the room. Come on.

[00:07:44]Come on, church.

[00:07:47]Come on.

[00:07:48]You over here because of the grace [music] of God.

[00:07:51]Come on. We thank him for life, health, and strength.

[00:07:54]Come on.

[00:07:55]We thank him for his mercy.

[00:07:57]We thank him for his love. [music] We thank him for his faithfulness. Come on, church. Y'all, I'm calling on you on this morning. Clap your hands [music] and give God the glory.

[00:08:07]I take up your hands and give God the glory. Hey.

[00:08:11]Come [music] on. I'll give you 15 more seconds. Come on.

[00:08:13]Let's clap our hands like it's a tarrying service. Come on, church.

[00:08:17]Yeah.

[00:08:19]Oh, Lord.

[00:08:22]Yes.

[00:08:24]Yeah. Yeah.

[00:08:26]Hallelujah. [music] It's Legacy Sunday.

[00:08:29]And we about to have some church. Come on. Y'all know what it is.

[00:08:32]I need you to clap your hands. If you have a tambourine, pull it out.

[00:08:35]Come on. [music] Come on.

[00:08:37]You got room to move your feet again.

[00:08:42]Come on, church.

[00:08:45]>> [music] >> Y'all don't mind if we go back to coming up the old time traditional throne.

[00:08:49]>> [music] >> Come on.

[00:08:53]Yeah.

[00:08:54]Singing [music] old Zion.

[00:08:58]Singing old Zion.

[00:09:02]Singing old Zion.

[00:09:04]>> [music] >> Singing old Zion.

[00:09:10]We [music] don't pray like we used to pray.

[00:09:14]We don't pray like [music] we used to pray.

[00:09:18]Singing old Zion.

[00:09:20]>> [music] >> Singing old Zion.

[00:09:26]Singing old Zion.

[00:09:29]>> [music] >> Singing old Zion.

[00:09:34]We We fast like [music] we used to shout.

[00:09:38]We don't shout like we used to.

[00:09:42]Sing it out loud.

[00:09:44]>> [music] >> Sing it out loud.

[00:09:49]>> [music] >> Sing it out loud.

[00:09:54]Sing it out loud.

[00:09:56]>> [music] >> Everybody clap your hands.

[00:10:00]I need you to put a little bit more authority in that hand clap.

[00:10:03]It's Sunday morning. [music] Come on.

[00:10:06]Everybody clap your hands.

[00:10:13]Come on, church.

[00:10:13]>> [music] >> Everybody clap your hands.

[00:10:19]Yeah.

[00:10:19]>> [music] >> Yeah.

[00:10:27]I'm going to do it one more time. Come on.

[00:10:28]>> [music] >> You know it. Come on.

[00:10:30]Sing it out loud.

[00:10:34]Sing it out loud.

[00:10:37]>> [music] >> Sing it out loud.

[00:10:42]Sing it out loud.

[00:10:46]Sing it out loud.

[00:10:48]>> [music] >> Sing it out loud.

[00:10:53]>> [music] >> Sing it out loud.

[00:10:58]Sing it out loud.

[00:11:00]Come on.

[00:11:00]>> [music] >> Everybody clap your hands.

[00:11:15]Could [music] I do another one?

[00:11:16]This is another one. Hey.

[00:11:18]Surely, I don't like it.

[00:11:21]>> [music] >> Surely, I don't Surely, I don't >> [music] >> Surely, I don't Surely, I don't Surely, I don't >> [music] >> Surely, I don't God don't like it.

[00:11:36]God [music] don't lie.

[00:11:38]God don't lie.

[00:11:40]God don't lie.

[00:11:42]I'm sure that I'm sure that I'm sure that God don't lie.

[00:11:49]>> [music] >> God don't God don't lie.

[00:11:54]God don't lie.

[00:11:56]God don't lie.

[00:11:57]>> [music] >> God don't lie.

[00:12:00]God don't lie.

[00:12:01]God don't lie.

[00:12:03]God don't [music] lie.

[00:12:05]I'm sure that I'm sure that >> [music] >> I'm sure that God don't lie.

[00:12:13]He's not a man. [music] I'm sure that He is not a son of man.

[00:12:19]>> [music] >> Tell me, Peter.

[00:12:21]God don't lie.

[00:12:23]God don't lie.

[00:12:25]God don't lie.

[00:12:27]God don't lie.

[00:12:29]>> [music] >> If he said it, then you You can stand on it.

[00:12:33]If he said it, you can stand on it.

[00:12:36]>> [music] >> God don't lie.

[00:12:39]God don't lie.

[00:12:41]God don't lie.

[00:12:43]God [music] don't lie.

[00:12:45]God don't lie.

[00:12:47]God don't lie.

[00:12:48]>> [music] >> God don't lie.

[00:12:51]God don't lie.

[00:12:59]Come on, [music] church.

[00:13:02]I can praise him for just that.

[00:13:07]Let me hear you clap that God don't lie.

[00:13:09]Whatever God spoke over your [music] life, whatever he said, you can stand on it.

[00:13:17]Old church said you can take it to the bank.

[00:13:19]Come on.

[00:13:21]God don't lie.

[00:13:22]Clap your hands. Yeah! [music] God don't lie.

[00:13:27]God don't lie.

[00:13:29]God don't lie.

[00:13:30]>> [music] >> God don't lie.

[00:13:33]God don't lie.

[00:13:35]God don't lie.

[00:13:37]God don't lie.

[00:13:38]>> [music] >> God don't lie.

[00:13:42]>> [music] [music] >> God bless the child.

[00:13:52]>> [music] [music] >> Come on, I got another one.

[00:14:04]Jesus [music] said said Jesus said Jesus said it.

[00:14:10]>> [music] >> Jesus said it.

[00:14:12]Scripture said Scripture said Scripture said Scripture [music] said Believe on me.

[00:14:22]Believe on me.

[00:14:23]>> [music] >> Believe on me.

[00:14:26]Believe on me.

[00:14:28]Believe on me.

[00:14:30]Believe on me.

[00:14:32]Believe on me.

[00:14:33]>> [music] >> Believe on me.

[00:14:36]Out of your belly.

[00:14:38]Out [music] of your belly.

[00:14:40]Out of your belly.

[00:14:42]Out of your belly. [music] Out of your belly.

[00:14:46]Out of your belly.

[00:14:48]Out of your belly.

[00:14:50]Out [music] of your belly.

[00:14:52]Flow.

[00:14:53]Flow.

[00:14:54]Flow.

[00:14:55]Flow.

[00:14:56]>> [music] >> Flow.

[00:14:57]Flow.

[00:14:58]Flow.

[00:14:59]Flow.

[00:15:00]Flow.

[00:15:01]Flow.

[00:15:02]Flow.

[00:15:03]Flow.

[00:15:04]Flow.

[00:15:05]Flow.

[00:15:05]>> [music] >> Hey!

[00:15:08]River.

[00:15:10]River.

[00:15:12]>> [music] >> River.

[00:15:14]River.

[00:15:16]River.

[00:15:18]River.

[00:15:20]>> [music] >> River.

[00:15:22]River.

[00:15:24]River.

[00:15:26]>> [music] >> Living water.

[00:15:28]Living water.

[00:15:30]Living water.

[00:15:32]Living water.

[00:15:34]Living water.

[00:15:36]Living water.

[00:15:37]>> [music] >> I'm living water.

[00:15:40]Come on, clap your hands. [music] Everybody, everybody, clap your hands.

[00:15:45]Clap your hands. Everybody, everybody, clap your hands.

[00:15:49]Clap your hands. [music] Everybody, everybody, clap your hands.

[00:15:53]Clap your hands. Everybody, everybody, clap your hands.

[00:15:57]Clap your hands. Everybody, everybody, [music] clap your hands.

[00:16:01]Clap your hands. Everybody, everybody, clap your hands.

[00:16:04]Everybody, everybody [music] Everybody, everybody Everybody, everybody Everybody, everybody Hey. Everybody, everybody >> [music] >> Everybody, everybody Everybody, everybody >> [music] >> Everybody, everybody You want to Clap your hands.

[00:16:21]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:23]You want [music] to clap your hands.

[00:16:24]Hey.

[00:16:25]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:27]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:29]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:31]You want to clap your hands. [music] You want to clap your You want to clap your hands. Hey.

[00:16:37]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:39]You [music] want to clap your hands.

[00:16:41]You want to clap your hands.

[00:16:45]Clap your hands.

[00:16:48]Oh [music] yeah, people.

[00:16:49]Shout out to God with the voice of triumph.

[00:17:01]I got [music] the devil under my feet.

[00:17:04]Hey. I got the devil [music] under my feet.

[00:17:08]Hey.

[00:17:09]I got the devil under my feet.

[00:17:13]I got [music] the devil under my Come on, church.

[00:17:17]I got the devil under my feet.

[00:17:20]>> [music] >> I got the devil under my feet.

[00:17:25]I got the devil under my feet.

[00:17:28]>> [music] >> I got the devil under my feet.

[00:17:32]Hey.

[00:17:33]Holy Ghost keeping [music] him down.

[00:17:37]Holy Ghost keeping him down.

[00:17:39]>> [music] >> Holy Ghost keeping him down.

[00:17:45]Holy Ghost keeping him down.

[00:17:47]>> [music] >> Let's go. Let's go. Holy Ghost keeping him down, down, down.

[00:17:54]>> [music] [music] >> Where are my praisers at?

[00:18:02]Can I get a few dancers?

[00:18:04]>> [music] >> Can I get a few dancers to come down to the dance floor?

[00:18:09]I need somebody to get out of your seat.

[00:18:10]Come on. [music] Get up out of your seat.

[00:18:13]Get up out of your seat.

[00:18:15]Get up out of your seat. Where are some more dancers? Get up.

[00:18:18]We're going to make this a dance off.

[00:18:19]>> [music] >> Come on. Anybody else want to dance?

[00:18:23]Everybody [music] dance now.

[00:18:29]>> [music] >> Well, I came to have church.

[00:18:35]>> [music] >> Just in case you came to do something else.

[00:18:39]I came to Hey, >> [music] >> clap your hands.

[00:18:47]>> [music] >> Woo.

[00:18:54]Come on, mama, dance. Let's go. Hey. I got the devil [music] under my feet.

[00:19:00]I got the devil under my feet.

[00:19:04]>> [music] >> I got the devil under my feet.

[00:19:07]I had to say that this week. Got the devil under my feet.

[00:19:12]I have the [music] devil under my feet.

[00:19:15]have Say you got the devil under my feet.

[00:19:19]You got to go. Got the devil [music] under my feet.

[00:19:24]I got the devil under my feet.

[00:19:27]Let's go. Holy Ghost keeping them down.

[00:19:31]>> [music] >> Holy Ghost keeping them down.

[00:19:36]Holy Ghost keeping them down.

[00:19:40]Holy [music] Ghost keeping them down.

[00:19:43]Let's go. Holy Ghost keeping them down, [music] down, down, down.

[00:19:54]>> [music] >> Where my church at?

[00:19:59]If you ain't clapping your hands, you moving your feet.

[00:20:02]But there's no such thing as a [music] quiet praise.

[00:20:09]>> [music] >> Good God almighty.

[00:20:13]Good God almighty.

[00:20:15]Good God almighty.

[00:20:17]Good God almighty.

[00:20:18]>> [music] >> He's a good good God.

[00:20:21]He's a good good God.

[00:20:23]He's good good God. [music] He's a good good father.

[00:20:27]He's a good good father.

[00:20:29]He sits [music] high.

[00:20:31]And he looks low.

[00:20:33]Good God almighty.

[00:20:35]I can't hear I can't hear [music] you.

[00:20:39]I can't hear you.

[00:20:41]You ought to shout it.

[00:20:43]You ought to sing it.

[00:20:44]>> [music] >> You ought to say it.

[00:20:46]Good God almighty.

[00:20:49]Good God almighty.

[00:20:50]Everybody [music] move.

[00:20:57]Come on, church. Everybody move.

[00:21:03]We got [music] 30 seconds. Come on. Come on. Come on. Everybody go.

[00:21:07]Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

[00:21:09]Let's go, let's go, let's go.

[00:21:11]Let's go, let's go, let's go. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, [music] let's go, let's go, let's go. You got 20 seconds.

[00:21:21]Hey, hey, everybody move.

[00:21:29]You want to put [music] a praise on it.

[00:21:35]There's a praise on the inside.

[00:21:38]I [music] just can't keep it to myself.

[00:21:40]There's a holler stirring up. Hey, there's a holler stirring up. [music] There's a holler stirring up. There's a holler stirring everybody.

[00:21:49]There's a holler.

[00:21:51]There's a holler.

[00:21:53]Everybody shout.

[00:21:59]That thing will flip at any given moment.

[00:22:01]>> [music] >> Come on, church.

[00:22:05]>> [music] >> If you're watching online, yep, we churchy and we hood. Come on, that's what we do.

[00:22:11]We going to find a way to praise [music] him.

[00:22:14]We going to find a way to give him glory.

[00:22:16]Come on, everybody don't know how to shout.

[00:22:19]Everybody [music] can't do this.

[00:22:21]I need you to move the best way you can.

[00:22:23]I don't care if you hood. Everybody [music] go, let's go, let's go.

[00:22:29]You better find your way.

[00:22:31]You better find [music] your way. How do you praise him? Find your way. How do you praise him? Find your way. How do you praise him?

[00:22:38]How do [music] you praise him?

[00:22:40]How do you praise him?

[00:22:42]Everybody praise him.

[00:22:44]>> [music] >> Everybody praise him.

[00:22:46]Hey, hey.

[00:22:48]Online.

[00:22:50]>> [music] >> On YouTube.

[00:22:52]On Facebook.

[00:22:54]Find your way.

[00:22:56]>> [music] >> You better put a praise on it.

[00:22:58]You better put a praise on it.

[00:23:00]Put a praise on it.

[00:23:02]Put the praise on [music] it.

[00:23:04]Now everybody clap your hands.

[00:23:18]Oh [music] come on, put those hands together.

[00:23:21]And we need power.

[00:23:24]Power.

[00:23:26]Say power.

[00:23:28]Say [music] power, Lord.

[00:23:30]Say power.

[00:23:32]Say power, Lord.

[00:23:34]Say power.

[00:23:36]Say [music] power, Lord.

[00:23:38]Say power, power.

[00:23:40]Power, power.

[00:23:42]>> [music] >> Power, power.

[00:23:44]Power, power.

[00:23:46]Holy Ghost.

[00:23:47]Power.

[00:23:47]>> [music] >> Breakthrough.

[00:23:49]Power.

[00:23:50]Deliverance.

[00:23:51]Power.

[00:23:52]Power.

[00:23:53]Power.

[00:23:54]Power.

[00:23:55]Power.

[00:23:56]Power.

[00:23:57]To walk right.

[00:23:57]>> [music] >> Power.

[00:23:59]To talk right.

[00:24:00]Power.

[00:24:01]To live right. Say power.

[00:24:04]Power.

[00:24:05]>> [music] >> Say power.

[00:24:07]Say power.

[00:24:14]>> [music] >> Oh it feels churchy in here today.

[00:24:18]Hallelujah.

[00:24:21]>> [music] >> Now come on, if you know you need power, come on and put those [music] hands times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make a boast in the Lord. And the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Here's where we all participate. Oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Come on and let's bless him. Hallelujah. For surely he's worthy. From the rising of the sun [music] until the going down of the same, he's worthy to be praised. So, somebody [music] ought to put those hands together and bless him.

[00:25:17]Hallelujah.

[00:25:21]>> [music] >> Hallelujah.

[00:25:26]At this moment we are going to take time to welcome our visitors and we ask if we have any first-time visitors [music] that you please stand so that we can acknowledge you.

[00:25:38]Amen. We welcome you on behalf of our pastor, Bishop Brandon A. Jacobs, and New Zion Temple. We [music] say thank you for coming and if you would be so kind, there is a QR [music] code that you can scan on the back of your chair um to give a little information and we'll have somebody reach out to you.

[00:25:57]Amen.

[00:25:58]Amen. Today is Legacy Sunday.

[00:26:02]Hallelujah. And I don't know about you, but I know down through the years he has kept me, so I know he's kept you. Why?

[00:26:09]Because I'm sitting here looking at you.

[00:26:11]So, with that being done and said, at some point of this service, hey, ought to take a moment and think about how good God has been to you. And when you take that moment to think about it, you owe him a thank you. Amen. Amen.

[00:26:25]Our dancers are coming to present something today, so let's say amen as they come. Amen. Amen.

[00:26:54]>> What is it?

[00:26:57]>> We honor you. We bless you. We praise you, Jesus.

[00:27:00]>> [music] >> Hallelujah.

[00:27:02]You're wonderful and you're so greatly to be praised. We honor you, Lord.

[00:27:07]Hallelujah.

[00:27:08]>> [music] >> Hallelujah.

[00:27:10]Hallelujah. We bless you. We reverence you in this place, for you're great and you're [music] so greatly to be praised.

[00:27:16]Hallelujah.

[00:27:20]Hallelujah.

[00:27:22]Can I get somebody [music] to shout glory?

[00:27:25]Come on, say glory.

[00:27:27]>> [music] >> We love you, Jesus. Hallelujah.

[00:27:30]Hallelujah.

[00:27:32]We bless you because you're great and [music] so greatly to be praised.

[00:27:36]Come on, put your hands together. Let's bless the Lord.

[00:27:41]Hallelujah. [music] Glory to the highest.

[00:27:44]>> Glory to the highest.

[00:27:46]>> Glory to the highest.

[00:27:48]>> Glory [music] to the >> Glory to the highest.

[00:27:52]>> Glory to the >> Glory to the highest.

[00:27:56]>> Glory to the >> Hey, glory to the highest.

[00:28:00]>> Glory [music] to the highest.

[00:28:02]>> Glory to the highest.

[00:28:05]Come on, make some noise in this place.

[00:28:08]We adore [music] you, Lord, because you're so wonderful and so greatly to be praised.

[00:28:13]Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[00:28:15]>> [music] >> Yeah.

[00:28:20]Oh.

[00:28:21]Lift up [music] your hands and pray.

[00:28:23]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:25]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:27]>> Lift up your >> [music] >> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:31]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:33]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:35]>> Lift up your >> [music] >> Hey, lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:39]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:41]>> Lift up your hands and pray.

[00:28:43]Come on, let me see you lift [music] your hands.

[00:28:45]Hallelujah. We adore you, Lord.

[00:28:49]We praise you, Jesus.

[00:28:50]>> [music] >> Hallelujah!

[00:28:53]Because you're so good.

[00:28:55]Because you're wonderful. [music] Hallelujah!

[00:28:59]Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

[00:29:01]Come on, let me see you lift your hands to the Lord.

[00:29:04]Hallelujah! [music] Hallelujah!

[00:29:06]Oh!

[00:29:08]Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:10]>> Come on and clap >> [music] >> with me.

[00:29:12]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:14]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:16]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:18]>> Come on and clap >> [music] >> with me.

[00:29:20]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:22]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:23]>> Hey!

[00:29:24]Come on and clap >> [music] >> with me.

[00:29:26]>> Come on and clap with me.

[00:29:28]>> Come on and clap with me. Come on, let me see you clap with me.

[00:29:31]>> Come on and >> Wonderful savior. [music] Mighty God.

[00:29:41]We honor you. Hallelujah!

[00:29:43]Come on, [music] put your hands together. Come on. Come on.

[00:29:53]Oh!

[00:29:55]Come on and dance with [music] me.

[00:29:57]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:29:59]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:01]>> Come on and dance with me. [music] >> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:05]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:07]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:09]>> Come on and dance >> Yeah, yeah.

[00:30:11]Come on and dance with [music] me.

[00:30:13]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:15]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:17]>> Come on and dance with me.

[00:30:18]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:30:19]When the spirit of the Lord comes upon [music] my heart, I will dance like David danced. You know the story. David danced before the Lord with all of his might. Because God [music] is good and he's so greatly to be praised. Come on and dance. Come on and dance with us.

[00:30:33]Hallelujah!

[00:30:35]Woo!

[00:30:37]>> [music] >> Hallelujah!

[00:30:40]Hallelujah!

[00:30:41]Oh, lift [music] him up.

[00:30:43]>> Lift him up.

[00:30:44]>> Lift him up.

[00:30:47]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [screaming] [cheering] >> Clap your hands right now for the dancers.

[00:31:58]Come on, that's [music] NZT on.

[00:32:00]The youth dancers, come on, you got to do better than that.

[00:32:03]Even if your child is not [music] up here, come on, you got to clap your hands. We support them.

[00:32:09]The presence of the Lord [music] is in this place. Come on.

[00:32:11]Hallelujah.

[00:32:13]Hallelujah. For the glory of God.

[00:32:16]Hallelujah.

[00:32:17]Hallelujah.

[00:32:20]Hallelujah. They dancing like that, but I can dance. You know what type of dancing I do.

[00:32:25]And in any given moment Old song says, "When I think upon the goodness of Jesus and all that he has done for Sometimes you got to get a [music] little selfish right there. When I think up on the goodness of Jesus and how he has set me free.

[00:32:42]Your hands will go up.

[00:32:44]Your feet will start moving.

[00:32:47]But some don't know how to dance [music] like that. You just start moving your leg like that.

[00:32:51]We know how to do it. Hallelujah. Clap your hands [music] and give God glory.

[00:32:56]Hallelujah. Choir is about to sing a song before we go into our song.

[00:33:00]Amen. I'm going to introduce the man of God.

[00:33:03]After the choir singing, my brother Amen. He's the AP in the Hammond location.

[00:33:12]Amen.

[00:33:14]Amen. And he's a good brother.

[00:33:17]Amen. Day one, the day I met him, amen, he's always been genuine. He's a honey.

[00:33:23]He's a 100%. Amen. And his beautiful wife My sister is over there who came to support. Come on, we support. Come on.

[00:33:32]This is our own. This is our location that's in Hammond, Indiana. Amen. And he's going to deliver the word of God.

[00:33:38]Amen.

[00:33:39]Amen. In the In the In the place of our bishop, Bishop Brandon A. Jacobs. Come on.

[00:33:45]In the In his absence, Lady V. Jacobs.

[00:33:49]And our AP, amen, Minister I mean Elder Julius Freeman. Come on, clap your hands. Come on, in their absence, amen.

[00:33:55]So again, once the choir gets done singing their A selection, we only doing one, amen, because the dancers took her other selection, amen. So we going to share the stage, amen. That's what we do. Amen. So again, you can stand once the choir is done, amen. We want to acknowledge the man of God, amen. Amen.

[00:34:10]So come on, you can stand up. You can sing with us. Come on, let's position.

[00:34:13]Let's go.

[00:34:14]>> [music] >> This is a good one right here. Let's have some church.

[00:34:18]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Clap your hands. Come on. Put on the Commodores out. Come on. You know it.

[00:35:35]It's only a matter >> [music] [music] >> It's only a matter >> [music] >> It's going to be It's going to be over real soon.

[00:36:00]It's only a >> [music] >> Okay.

[00:36:05]It's only a Everybody clap your hands again.

[00:36:11]Come on. [music] While you're clapping your hands, where does the problem lie? Come on.

[00:36:16]You know the song.

[00:36:17]>> [music] >> Come on.

[00:36:21]Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:36:24]Come on. Commodores sing.

[00:36:28]>> [music] [music] >> Come on, altos.

[00:36:43]>> [music] >> Sing it out, altos.

[00:36:51]>> [music] >> Yeah, yeah.

[00:36:57]>> [music] >> Where my tenors at?

[00:37:03]>> [music] [music] >> Everybody sing.

[00:37:16]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> It's holy intense.

[00:37:59]It's holy intense.

[00:38:00]>> [music] >> It's holy intense.

[00:38:03]It's holy intense.

[00:38:05]No matter what you're going through.

[00:38:08]Holy [music] intense.

[00:38:10]You got to hold on.

[00:38:12]Say, "Hold on."

[00:38:14]He's on.

[00:38:16]Hold on.

[00:38:18]>> [music] >> He's on.

[00:38:20]Hold on.

[00:38:22]He's on.

[00:38:24]>> Hold on.

[00:38:25]>> Hold on.

[00:38:25]>> Hold on.

[00:38:26]>> [music] >> Be strong.

[00:38:28]>> Hold on.

[00:38:29]>> Hold on.

[00:38:30]>> Hold on.

[00:38:31]>> Be strong.

[00:38:32]>> Hold on.

[00:38:33]>> Be [music] strong.

[00:38:34]>> Hold on.

[00:38:35]>> Be strong.

[00:38:36]>> Hold on.

[00:38:37]>> Be strong.

[00:38:38]>> Hold on.

[00:38:38]>> [music] >> Be strong.

[00:38:40]>> Hold on.

[00:38:41]>> Be strong.

[00:38:42]>> Hold on.

[00:38:43]>> Be strong.

[00:38:44]>> Hold on.

[00:38:45]>> It's only a test. [music] >> Hold on.

[00:38:47]>> It's only a test.

[00:38:48]>> Hold on.

[00:38:49]>> It's only a test.

[00:38:50]>> Hold on.

[00:38:51]>> It's only a test.

[00:38:52]>> Hold on.

[00:38:53]>> The problem that you have >> Hold on.

[00:38:55]>> just cuz you seem so strong.

[00:38:57]>> Hold [music] on.

[00:38:57]>> Try and you try >> Hold on.

[00:38:59]>> the deeper in the hole.

[00:39:00]>> Hold on.

[00:39:01]>> Turn it over to Jesus.

[00:39:03]>> Hold on.

[00:39:03]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:05]>> Hold on.

[00:39:06]>> It's [music] only a test.

[00:39:07]>> Hold on.

[00:39:07]>> He going to work you out.

[00:39:09]>> Hold on.

[00:39:09]>> He going to work you out.

[00:39:11]>> Hold on.

[00:39:12]>> Holy a test.

[00:39:13]>> Hold on.

[00:39:14]>> Holy a test.

[00:39:15]>> Hold on.

[00:39:16]>> Holy a test.

[00:39:17]>> Hold on.

[00:39:18]>> [music] >> Holy a test.

[00:39:19]>> Hold on.

[00:39:20]>> Holy a test.

[00:39:21]>> Hold on.

[00:39:22]>> Can I get a witness out there?

[00:39:23]>> Hold on.

[00:39:24]>> Can I get a witness out there?

[00:39:25]>> Hold on.

[00:39:26]>> Holy [music] a test.

[00:39:27]>> Hold on.

[00:39:29]>> Everybody shout it.

[00:39:29]>> Hold on.

[00:39:31]>> Everybody sing it.

[00:39:32]>> Hold on.

[00:39:32]>> It's only a test. [music] >> Hold on.

[00:39:35]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:36]>> Hold on.

[00:39:37]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:38]>> Hold on.

[00:39:39]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:40]>> Hold [music] on.

[00:39:41]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:42]>> Hold on.

[00:39:43]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:44]>> Hold on.

[00:39:45]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:46]>> Hold on.

[00:39:47]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:48]>> Hold on.

[00:39:49]>> [music] >> It's only a test.

[00:39:50]>> Hold on.

[00:39:51]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:52]>> Hold on.

[00:39:53]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:54]>> Hold on.

[00:39:55]>> It's only [music] a test.

[00:39:56]>> Hold on.

[00:39:57]>> It's only a test.

[00:39:58]>> Hold on.

[00:39:59]>> It's only a test.

[00:40:00]>> Hold on.

[00:40:01]>> It's only a test.

[00:40:03]>> Hold on.

[00:40:04]>> It's only a test.

[00:40:05]>> Hold [music] on.

[00:40:06]>> It's only a test.

[00:40:07]>> Hold on.

[00:40:08]>> It's only a test.

[00:40:09]>> Hold on.

[00:40:10]>> Now come on, clap your hands. Everybody, [music] let's go.

[00:40:21]>> [music] >> Oh, come on somebody. Put your hands on it.

[00:40:27]Can we run [music] that back? Say it's only a test.

[00:40:30]It's only a test.

[00:40:32]It's only [music] a test.

[00:40:34]It's only a test.

[00:40:37]It's only a test.

[00:40:39]It's [music] only a test. Hey.

[00:40:41]It's only a test.

[00:40:43]It's only a test.

[00:40:45]It's only [music] a test.

[00:40:47]It's only a test. Hey.

[00:40:49]It's only a test.

[00:40:51]It's [music] only a test. Hey.

[00:40:53]It's only a test. Hey.

[00:40:55]James said >> [music] >> count it all joy when you fall >> [music] >> into diverse temptation.

[00:41:03]Just knowing this that the trying >> [music] >> of your faith of your faith it worketh patience.

[00:41:14]It [music] worketh patience.

[00:41:16]It worketh patience.

[00:41:18]That's why it's a tester.

[00:41:20]You got to hold on.

[00:41:21]>> [music] >> You got to hold on.

[00:41:24]You got to hold on.

[00:41:26]Say hold on.

[00:41:28]>> [music] >> Hold on.

[00:41:31]Hold on.

[00:41:33]Hold on.

[00:41:35]Hold [music] on.

[00:41:37]Hold on.

[00:41:39]Hold on.

[00:41:41]Hold on.

[00:41:42]>> [music] >> Say it's only a test.

[00:41:44]Say it's only a test.

[00:41:47]It's only a test.

[00:41:48]>> [music] >> It's only a test.

[00:41:51]Hallelujah.

[00:41:53]Ooh, I feel [music] that thing good.

[00:41:55]That thing got good to me.

[00:41:57]Cuz I believe David said [music] that many are the afflictions of the righteous.

[00:42:05]But the Lord [music] delivers us not from some crisis, not from a few, but all of them [music] all.

[00:42:14]You better lift your hands and open up your mouth and say thank you.

[00:42:18]But this test [music] is only temporary.

[00:42:22]Hallelujah. I said this test is only temporary. So you ought to clap your hands [music] and open up your mouth and say God, if you get me through this test, I'll testify [music] that can't nobody do me like Jesus. Can't nobody love me like the Lord can. I got He's a bridge over troubled water.

[00:42:46]>> [music] >> He's been my shelter.

[00:42:49]He's been my shelter in the time of storm. And every [music] single time I called on the [music] on the name of Jesus.

[00:43:02]Cuz at the name of Jesus every knee has got has [music] got to bow.

[00:43:09]Every name >> [music] >> There's power in that name.

[00:43:17]There's strength in that name. There's healing in that name. There's breakthrough [music] in that name. Look at your neighbor and say neighbor, there's power in that name.

[00:43:34]You ought to clap your hands and tell the Lord thank you.

[00:43:36]>> [music] >> Hey, y'all don't know my God don't know my God don't know.

[00:43:42]Hey, y'all don't know my God don't know.

[00:43:43]>> [music] >> That name saved me for real.

[00:43:47]When I look back over my life and I saw [music] what God had done for me, I can truly say that I've been blessed.

[00:43:56]I got a testimony.

[00:44:03]Cuz it could have been me out doors with no shoes and no clothes and all left alone without a friend but just another number with a >> [music] >> tragic end.

[00:44:20]But he I go shout out on my own go shout. He did not see fit to let none of these things be.

[00:44:27]But every by your power he keeps on keeping me and I just got to thank you Lord for all the work Clap [music] your hands like that saints.

[00:44:42]Clap your hands like that saints.

[00:44:44]Do you got a thank you in your belly?

[00:44:46]Do you got a thank you in your yes?

[00:44:48]Do you got a thank you in your belly?

[00:44:50]Do you got a thank you in your yes? If it had not been for the Lord who was who was on my side [music] I'd I'd be foolish.

[00:45:02]I'd be lost.

[00:45:04]I'd be a ship good [music] God here without a sail.

[00:45:09]I go shout out on my own go shout.

[00:45:11]Oh, I dare you for [music] 30 seconds before we get this offering to put your feet on the floor like [music] your life depends on it.

[00:45:26]>> [music] >> Say thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:45:35]Thank you. Thank you.

[00:45:36]>> [music] >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:45:43]>> [music] >> I feel that thing.

[00:45:46]Hallelujah.

[00:45:47]More than a feeling God.

[00:45:50]I'm [music] just grateful this morning.

[00:45:52]Hallelujah.

[00:45:53]Thank you Lord. It don't take much for me saints.

[00:45:56]All I got to think about is this [music] name.

[00:46:02]That name saved me.

[00:46:05]I was in a low place.

[00:46:08]But I called his name.

[00:46:11]But I called his name.

[00:46:14]But I called his name.

[00:46:17]But I called his name.

[00:46:20]Demons flee.

[00:46:21]>> [music] >> When I called his name.

[00:46:26]Hard ain't win.

[00:46:27]>> [music] >> It win. Oh way.

[00:46:32]Demons flee.

[00:46:34]>> [music] >> When I called his name.

[00:46:38]I'm good at saying hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah.

[00:46:49]>> [music] >> You better put your feet on the floor.

[00:46:54]What a glorious [music] already here.

[00:46:57]I think you better put your feet on the floor. And if you can't dance, you better have a clap.

[00:47:03]If you ain't got no clap, you better lift your hands.

[00:47:07]And open up your mouth and call his name. [music] Call his name.

[00:47:14]Call his name.

[00:47:17]>> [music] >> You better call his name.

[00:47:22]Hallelujah.

[00:47:24]We got to give.

[00:47:26]We got to give.

[00:47:27]>> [music] >> But put your hands on that thing.

[00:47:31]Hallelujah.

[00:47:33]Glory be to God.

[00:47:34]>> [music] >> Hallelujah. Clap your hands on that one thing.

[00:47:37]His name His name got power.

[00:47:41]His name delivers.

[00:47:43]For the name of the Lord is a It's a strong tower.

[00:47:48]The righteous run in They are saved.

[00:47:54]>> [music] >> Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:48:00]>> [music] >> I want to let this thing go, but I His name is He saved me for real.

[00:48:11]Snatched me out of a pit.

[00:48:13]>> [music] >> If y'all don't mind, this damn personal.

[00:48:16]So, give me 30 seconds real quick.

[00:48:19]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> We got to give. We got to give.

[00:49:04]We got to give. [music] But, I'll give him a praise every time.

[00:49:09]Every time.

[00:49:10]It's time for offering sake.

[00:49:16]>> [music] [music] >> It's time for offering.

[00:49:23]I got to keep it PG this one. I'm sorry.

[00:49:26]Ooh, the glory to If you need your Go ahead [music] and get yours, mama.

[00:49:30]Get yours, mama.

[00:49:32]Get yours, mama.

[00:49:33]If you need a tithe and If you need a tithe [music] and or a offering envelope, just wave your hand in the glory. If you need a tithe and or offering envelope, just wave your hand in the glory.

[00:49:47]Hallelujah. And at this time, if you're sitting, let's stand at this time as we read our [music] offering confession.

[00:49:54]Yeah, keep that going right there. I like that, Kelly.

[00:50:00]If y'all can repeat after me.

[00:50:03]Hallelujah. If you can repeat after [music] me as you're standing.

[00:50:06]I like that.

[00:50:08]As we give today's ties, offerings, seeds.

[00:50:12]We're believing [music] God for jobs and better jobs.

[00:50:17]Raises [music] and bonuses.

[00:50:20]Benefits.

[00:50:21]Business prosperity.

[00:50:24]Sales and [music] commissions.

[00:50:26]Settlements. Estates. And inheritance.

[00:50:30]Interest and incomes.

[00:50:32]Y'all not saying it with enough noise for me. I said interest and incomes.

[00:50:35][music] There we go. Rebates and returns. Checks in the mail, hey.

[00:50:40]But you better [music] yet, checks in my hand.

[00:50:43]Gifts and surprises.

[00:50:45]To my Cash App.

[00:50:47]Zelle.

[00:50:49]PayPal. [music] Venmo. And all electronic ways to transfer money.

[00:50:55]Finding money.

[00:50:57]Bills paid off.

[00:50:59]Debt demolished. [music] Royalties received.

[00:51:02]Money paid back and loans paid off. I shall lend and not borrow. [music] Look at your neighbor and say, "Neighbor, you shall not lend >> [music] >> not borrow.

[00:51:15]I shall prosper and be in health. I shall give and be blessed. It's offering [music] time. It's offering time. It's offering time. And I will praise the Lord and I will give cheerfully in Jesus' name.

[00:51:30]Let's be at the leading of [music] our ushers.

[00:51:34]Hallelujah.

[00:51:37]His name got power. [music] His name it heals.

[00:51:43]His name it frees.

[00:51:46]His name [music] delivers.

[00:51:49]His name got power.

[00:51:52]His name, it heals.

[00:51:55]His name, it frees.

[00:51:58]His name [music] delivers.

[00:52:00]Everybody call him, say Jesus.

[00:52:03]Everybody call him, say Jesus.

[00:52:06]Everybody call [music] him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:09]Everybody call him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:12]Call him, call him, call [music] him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:15]Call him, call him, call him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:18]Call him, call him, call him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:21]Call him, call him, call him, call him, call him, call him, call him, call him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:24]Hey, hey, everybody [music] call him, call him Jesus.

[00:52:27]Jesus.

[00:52:28]Help me call him.

[00:52:30]Help me call him.

[00:52:31]Anybody know his name? Anybody [music] love his name?

[00:52:34]Anybody know his name?

[00:52:36]Anybody love his name?

[00:52:37]I love to call him. I love [music] to call him.

[00:52:40]The pain don't heal. The pain don't heal.

[00:52:43]Late in the midnight hour, I call I call him.

[00:52:46]>> [music] >> He heard me.

[00:52:48]He gave me a piece of mind.

[00:52:51]He my shepherd.

[00:52:52]He my guide.

[00:52:54]He hands with me.

[00:52:55]All the time.

[00:52:56]>> [music] >> Don't you worry.

[00:52:58]Don't you fret.

[00:53:00]My God never failed me yet.

[00:53:03]>> [music] >> Call his name.

[00:53:05]Call his name.

[00:53:06]Anybody know his name?

[00:53:07]Anybody know his name?

[00:53:09]Help me call his name.

[00:53:10]Help me call his name.

[00:53:11]>> [music] >> Help me call his name.

[00:53:13]Help me call his name.

[00:53:15]Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, [music] Jesus.

[00:53:17]Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

[00:53:18]Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

[00:53:19]Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

[00:53:21]Late in [music] the midnight hour, I call him.

[00:53:24]Late in the midnight hour, he turned it up.

[00:53:27]Help [music] me call him.

[00:53:28]Help me call him.

[00:53:30]They hung him high.

[00:53:32]They stretched him wide.

[00:53:33]He hung his [music] head.

[00:53:35]For me he died.

[00:53:36]That's not how the story ends.

[00:53:39]Three days later, >> [music] >> he rose again.

[00:53:42]Help me call him. Anybody Anybody know his name?

[00:53:49]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> If you're online, I encourage you to sow in the glory. The ways to give should be on the screen.

[00:54:20]Amen.

[00:54:22]Hallelujah. Father, we bless the tithe, the offering, and the seed. Father, I pray even now that you blow our minds in the name of Jesus. Father, I pray even now that as we sow that you multiply it for your glory. In Jesus' mighty name we do pray. As we all agree, can we say amen?

[00:54:40]Hallelujah to God.

[00:54:42]Hallelujah to God.

[00:54:48]Hallelujah.

[00:54:50]The glory's already here. Hallelujah. I don't want to belabor the time.

[00:54:53]Hallelujah. But it's good to be back in Indy again.

[00:54:58]Come on, y'all. I love y'all real bad, for real. Amen. Praise God. Can we give it up for our Legacy Choir? I mean, y'all Oh, y'all not loud for me. I'm sorry. I'll clap myself.

[00:55:11]>> [cheering and applause] >> Amen. Y'all sang it. You directed uh Sister God. Hallelujah. Well, you directed. Hallelujah. Can we clap our hands for the best bishop on this side of heaven, Bishop Brandon A. Jacobs Sr., my spiritual father, your spiritual father. Hallelujah. He is on assignment, so we thank God for our leader.

[00:55:34]Hallelujah. Then not only just equips us, but he gets us prepared for what's to come. Amen. And can we clap our hands for the best first lady on this side of heaven? The Lady Vivian Jacobs, we love you. We love you. We love you. I know she's watching and she sends her love and condolences.

[00:55:52]Can we give it up for my brother, Elder Pastor Julius Freeman, AP Freeman?

[00:55:57]I know he watching cuz he literally just texted me talking about my title today.

[00:56:01]I said, man of God.

[00:56:03]>> [laughter] >> Amen. And last but not least, can we give it up for my wife?

[00:56:08]>> [screaming] >> Hallelujah.

[00:56:10]I love you real bad, girl. I really do.

[00:56:12]Hallelujah.

[00:56:13]I really do.

[00:56:15]Hallelujah.

[00:56:17]Amen.

[00:56:18]That's my favorite right there.

[00:56:21]Hallelujah.

[00:56:22]So, we thank God for her. Amen.

[00:56:24]Hallelujah. I don't want to belabor the time. If you guys can all stand for the reading of God's word.

[00:56:29]Hallelujah.

[00:56:31]Jeremiah chapter 20. Okay.

[00:56:34]Verses 7 through 9. I'll be reading from the King James Version Bible. Once again, Jeremiah chapter 20.

[00:56:43]Verses 7 through 9. Once you have it, signify by saying Jesus.

[00:56:47]And I'm assuming if you look up at me, that means you waiting on me.

[00:56:50]Amen.

[00:56:52]Verse 7.

[00:56:54]O Lord, thou has deceived me.

[00:56:59]And I was deceived. Thou art stronger than I am and has prevailed. I am in derision daily.

[00:57:11]Everyone mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out. I cried violence and spoil because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me and derision daily.

[00:57:27]Verse 9.

[00:57:28]Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name, but his word his word his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones and I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay. As you're making your way down to your seats, help me tag my text on this morning called and conflicted.

[00:58:02]Called called and conflicted.

[00:58:09]Help me Holy Ghost. I yield to you.

[00:58:13]Church we are in a underlying crisis that continuously gets swept under the rug.

[00:58:22]Recent studies have shown that a significant number of people serving in ministry and leadership battle with emotional exhaustion, burnout, and internal conflict because of the weight of their assignment.

[00:58:38]Research from organizations like Barna Group and the National Alliance of Mental Illness has found that people in serving ministry report feeling isolated, emotionally drained, and mentally overwhelmed from constantly carrying the burden of others while neglecting their own souls.

[00:58:58]Some surveys have even suggested that large percentages of church leaders have considered quitting ministry altogether due to stress, criticism, and emotional fatigue.

[00:59:12]Can I get an amen in here? Which means the greatest conflict in your life may not be whether you're called, but whether if you can survive what the calling has done to your mind.

[00:59:23]Everybody loves to talk about being chosen, but nobody talks about the overwhelming feeling of being called yet fatigued.

[00:59:31]Called and misunderstood, called and still fighting your own intrusive thought thoughts and self-doubts. And can I propose to you early saints of God that sometimes the greatest conflict in your life is not in between you and people, but often times it's in between what God has called you to do and what your flesh is unable to sustain.

[00:59:55]Can I get some help in here early? Some of y'all came in today loving God, but you was still conflicted. You was fasting and praying and you was still conflicted. You was serving people's God God's people faithfully, but you were still conflicted. You was discipling others and you still felt empty, but deep down inside you're having this internal dialogue with God saying, "Lord, why me? Lord, why me? Why did you put such a weight on my life, especially when I did not even ask for it? It just makes me ask myself, why does obedience cost so much?" And the truth of the matter is, saints of God, people will celebrate your anointing without realizing the warfare that's attached to it.

[01:00:47]>> [cheering] >> Must I say that again? People will clap their hands and say the man or the woman of God is anointed, but they're clapping their hands, but what they don't realize is the many nights that you wanted to give up, the many nights when you wanted to quit, the many nights when you could not sleep. And it's something it's something about how God will keep you compelled to the call and won't let the suffering silence what God has placed on the inside of you.

[01:01:20]Mhm.

[01:01:21]And saints, this dilemma is where we find ourselves in this prophetic book of Jeremiah, this young weeping prophet. We find him in this text stuck between a rock and a hard place. He's frustrated with God and his calling for being the prophet to the children of Israel, but the children of Israel was a rebellious people. They were a indecisive people, a people that heard, but their hearts was not transformed.

[01:01:57]But Jeremiah finds himself trapped in between the tension of being called by God and conflicted by what the call required.

[01:02:07]Mhm.

[01:02:08]God already spoke something over Jeremiah's life. I believe it's in Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 5. God then says, "Before I formed thee in the belly, I I knew thee." Then he tells Jeremiah, "Before thou had came out of the womb, I then sanctified you." In other words, "I had set you apart." Then he proceeds to tell Jeremiah, "I then ordained thee. I assigned you. I've commissioned you." But saints, we got to slow down here because we got to look at the progression, but also look at the intentionality behind God's design. He tells Jeremiah, let's run this back real quick. He He tells Jeremiah, "I knew thee." This is him establishing relationship. Then he says, "I formed thee." This is him forming creation. And then he says, "I sanctified thee." This is him showing his consecration, but not just his consecration, but also his placement.

[01:03:14]And then he says, "I ordain thee, giving Jeremiah a mission, which shows these four things. That God relates, he forms, he separates, then he sends. Must I say that again? It shows us four things. That God He relates, he forms, then he separates, then he sends. But saints, don't that sound real familiar? I believe it's in Genesis chapter 1, where God says, let us make man in our image. That shows that God relates. Then he shows Then he forms man out of the dust. That shows his creation. And then he places Adam in a garden. That shows consecration and placement. And then lastly, he tells man to have dominion. That shows mission.

[01:04:14]And I came to encourage you this morning that God's intention was clear from the beginning when he made you.

[01:04:26]If If God took his time on Jeremiah, he certainly took his time on you.

[01:04:34]I'mma say that again.

[01:04:36]If God took his own time on you.

[01:04:44]Don't get caught up trying to figure out God, why?

[01:04:50]But ask God, when?

[01:04:56]And can I tell you I got a journey.

[01:04:59]Can I tell you that in this text it's showing us that God will sometimes trust you with an assignment that stretches your faith and exposes your humanity all at the same time.

[01:05:15]Can I say that again?

[01:05:17]It's something about being on assignment when God has called you where he will stretch every portion of your faith in him and exposes your humanity all at the same time. Have you ever been there, saints of God? Where God will place you in a situation where your spirit will say yes, but your flesh is still asking questions.

[01:05:41]I got to talk back church tonight. So now, we see this conflict in the story in Jeremiah chapter 19. God tells Jeremiah to do something very strange.

[01:05:51]He tells Jeremiah, "I need you to go buy a clay bottle, then go out to the valley of the son the son of Hinnom." Somebody say Hinnom. It was a place of idolatry.

[01:06:03]It was a place of child sacrifice. It was a place where rebellion was normal and preach judgment in the middle of a place that was the pinnacle of wickedness. Hm.

[01:06:15]Hm.

[01:06:16]I got issues now. But if I had time, I'll tell you that whenever God calls a person, he almost always escorts them to a place of familiar unfamiliar.

[01:06:29]Because God never develops purpose in the predictable.

[01:06:34]But often times, he develops it in the tension of what you're accustomed to and where he's calling you to become.

[01:06:45]I've got to say that again. He develops you in the tension of what you are accustomed to, what you are used to. And then what he does is he places your calling and tries to tell you, "Yeah, I know that you called, but it's your flesh constantly battling saying, God, is this truly for me?"

[01:07:05]I've got to move. After God tells Jeremiah to then pronounce judgment on Judah, he then tells them to take that same bottle that he bought and he needs it to break it in front of everybody.

[01:07:18]That don't make sense to me.

[01:07:20]Because now the bottle that he told him to buy and break now becomes the sermon.

[01:07:27]And then when he breaks it, that then becomes the prophecy.

[01:07:31]Because the shattered bottle of clay because becomes an image of what happens when people resist the hands that formed them.

[01:07:41]But here, saints, lies the tension leading up to Jeremiah chapter 20.

[01:07:47]Jeremiah has to carry out this word to a rebellious, but not just rebellious, but they was a hard-headed people.

[01:07:56]And he still had to carry the emotional burden of being connected to the very same thing that he's warning.

[01:08:06]How hard is it when God places you in the very same thing that is your burden, but you got a call to it?

[01:08:17]Ain't it something how God can place your assignment in the birthplace of your burden? God called you to those coworkers that you did not like. Those coworkers that was driving you crazy.

[01:08:29]God called you to keep on tithe. God told you to keep on tithe. But every time I tithe, and every time I had sold, I was going deeper and deeper and deeper into a financial hole. But isn't that the burden of being called by God's called by God, saints?

[01:08:46]To be sensitive enough to hear God clearly, but human enough to still feel the pain of what he's saying?

[01:08:57]And here, saints, this dilemma is where we find ourselves in Jeremiah chapter 20.

[01:09:03]Where Jeremiah isn't just fighting Judah's rebellion, but he's fighting this emotional turmoil and weight of his assignments.

[01:09:15]I'm just trying to figure out what made him faithful to this call.

[01:09:19]You called me to the son of Hinnom, this valley of rebellious people. What is it about Jeremiah that keeps him from keep on going towards what God had called him to? Because if I'm just putting myself in this text just for a second, if it's always some degree or level of impossibility, then there must be something of Jeremiah of himself or outside himself that keeps on drawing him to the call. There's something that's drawing him to the call. There's something that's still drawing you to your call. But eventually, the same man preaching about brokenness to the people of Judah starts hearing the cracks within himself.

[01:09:59]And now, since he spoke about Judah's wickedness and rebellion, for sure this high priest starts to hear about it.

[01:10:07]Ain't it something how you can just be on assignment that you got that one person that just tries to alter your assignment?

[01:10:15]And once he does, for sure this high priest then beats Jeremiah and then put him in a stock.

[01:10:23]But we got to unpack this, saints, because a stock is just not some ordinary place of confinement. These stocks were a restraint device. They was constructed by two pieces of wood, each with half circles carved into them, so that the prisoner limb the prisoner's limbs and head were locked into a place to prevent movement. But what makes matters worse, saints of God, was this was the high gate of Benjamin, which was right outside the temple. So, let's run this back. God then allows Jeremiah to not be in a just in a stock, but he allowed him to be a public spectacle in front of the people of God. So, not only is Jeremiah bound because of what the Lord had told him to do, but now he becomes this public spectacle. I got issues now because sometimes you would think that suffering comes from rebellion.

[01:11:20]But in this case, Jeremiah's suffering did not come from rebellion. It did not come from sin. It did not come from neglect. It did not come from rebellion, but rather his suffering came from faithfulness.

[01:11:36]Oh, I made y'all make y'all uncomfortable this morning. That's what I came here for. And can I tell you, saints of God, sometimes the greatest tension in your life is not in between sin and righteousness, but it's between your calling and your capacity.

[01:11:54]We sitting here trying to juggle in between our burden and our bandwidth.

[01:12:01]Between what God had placed in our hands and what our hearts can actually handle.

[01:12:09]Between the fire that's in this text that's shut up in his bones and our fatigue in our bodies.

[01:12:18]What that looks like being faithful to the choir or giving up because it it takes too much time or being faithful to the praise and worship team because it takes too much time. Being faithful to the youth department. Being faithful to the ushers. Being faithful to media cuz it takes too much time. But taking on the call of ministry can't suffocate you, but it can also revive you.

[01:12:43]And that makes me ask the question on this text on this morning. What do you do when your calling becomes the source of your conflict.

[01:12:57]Let me ask that again.

[01:12:59]Where do you turn?

[01:13:01]What do you do when the very same thing that you called to becomes the source of your problems?

[01:13:13]We're going to have a conversation this morning.

[01:13:16]What do you revert back to when conflict comes your way?

[01:13:20]What do you revert to when problems come your way?

[01:13:24]I know that trouble don't last always, but we got to be real here, saints.

[01:13:28]Trouble is apparent.

[01:13:30]Trouble is everywhere.

[01:13:33]And I got one answer for you to the answer this question. This text revealed that Jeremiah was transparent. Look at your neighbor and say, "Neighbor, remain transparent."

[01:13:44]I ain't got no deep no no deep answer.

[01:13:47]It's just It's just what it is. If Paul says that we must make our prayers and our supplications made known unto him, then why are we doing God a disservice by not making our prayers and our supplications made known unto you? But that's the problem right now with this modern-day church. We tell God tells us a promise to make our prayers and our supplications, but we live and we exist and we move and we become complacent in the very same conflict that God has ordained us to.

[01:14:15]And it's in this text that Jeremiah says, "Lord, you deceived me.

[01:14:22]And I was deceived. And you are stronger than I, but I am in derision daily. I am in conflict daily. Is there anybody in here on today? When you wake up in the morning, you say, "God, I have too much weight on my life. I got too much on my plate. I feel like throwing in the towel." Maybe I got to run that back. I've got too much on my life. I got too much on my plate. I got too much conflict and I'm trying to figure out, God, why are you allowing this in my life when I keep on calling your name and there is no answer?

[01:15:06]Another words in this text, Jeremiah isn't questioning God's existence, but in his transparency, he's questioning the weight of his obedience.

[01:15:18]Hear the text, saints.

[01:15:20]He says, "Lord or master, you deceived me." Let's slow down here for a second.

[01:15:28]He's still calling him Lord, but he's still making his supplication.

[01:15:33]But the problem is with the saints nowadays is that we make the supplication, but really truly do you trust the Lord that you're praying to?

[01:15:45]And what I hear as I read this text is that transparency and uncertainty reveals that faith is not the absence of struggle, but the refusal to abandon God while struggling.

[01:16:00]Can I say that again?

[01:16:01]Transparency and uncertain events in your life reveals that faith is not the absence of a struggle, but it's the refusal to abandon or leave God while you're struggling. It's the refusal to say, "God, even when I don't understand, I still trust you. Even when I don't see my way out, I still trust you. Even when I try to figure out how is the end going to happen in the beginning and how the beginning is going to happen in the end, but you still make up in your mind, Lord, I still trust you." I believe Paul then tells Timothy that we've got to fight the good fight of faith.

[01:16:43]>> Oh, yes.

[01:16:45]Cuz without faith it is It's impossible.

[01:16:53]To please God.

[01:16:55]And what the enemy likes to do saints of God Is keep you bound to your struggle so you cannot tell God how you truly feel.

[01:17:11]Send me my notes.

[01:17:13]The enemies tactic in this season to a mature saint is what he tries to do is blind you with business.

[01:17:22]He even blinds you in assignment.

[01:17:25]You get so caught up in the motions of church. You get so caught up in the motions of servitude that now you're so frustrated in your servitude that you forget to tell God Lord I've been in derision daily.

[01:17:46]And can we be real church? Serving God and his people yes it's great. Yes it is rewarding but it gets draining it gets tiring. Can I get a amen in here?

[01:17:58]Serving God's people in the Lord's church can we be a human here for a second? It gets tiring. There's times when I wake up in the morning and I say Lord I don't want to pray. I don't feel like talking. I don't feel like talking to you but I got to offer up my body as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God because it is my You ain't served long enough until you had to question God is this really for you? You start asking questions like is it really worth it?

[01:18:32]I don't get paid for this. I I get paid enough for this. I could be doing something else with my life. Why did you call me to something I don't like? And that's the issue. That's the problem with the saints of God today. We want to be used by God, but only by the cost of your convenience.

[01:18:58]You want to be used.

[01:19:01]But like I just said, Paul says that you got to present your body as a living sacrifice.

[01:19:10]That is a oxymoron in itself. I have got to live to die, then die to live.

[01:19:18]That don't make sense to me, saints of God.

[01:19:21]But in reality in this walk with God, I just told Deacon, I just told James that I got to wake up every day cuz this call on my life is a serious mandate, but I got to tell God as much as I don't want it, this is your will for my life. And I'm here to let y'all know, I'm here to let y'all know this morning that you got to say Lord, you deceived me. I know I don't understand, but even in your transparency, God hears you.

[01:19:53]And I'm here to let you know that this walk with God comes with a cost.

[01:20:03]This walk with God comes with a great expense.

[01:20:16]Ooh, I feel that thing in my spirit.

[01:20:18]When I woke up this morning, God had told me that there is a serious weight on the people of God. So I just need you in this moment to lift your hands and open up your mouth and say Lord, it's heavy, but I trust you. Lord is heavy, but I trust you. I don't know your will per se, but I trust you. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding, >> [music] >> but in all your ways all acknowledge.

[01:20:51]And then he'll direct, he'll direct, he'll direct, he'll direct, he'll direct, he'll direct. I don't know who this for on this morning, but he will direct your path. But you've got to make every prayer and supplication made known unto the Father.

[01:21:17]I know this ain't no preaching message this morning, but we need conviction that will bring about transformation.

[01:21:25]The saints coming in here and entering the church of God, but not leaving transformed.

[01:21:31]But we got to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. But in order to be renewed by our minds, the text literally says it's a renewing. So that means ing is present tense. So you cannot slack when God is mandating you to be renewed daily.

[01:21:52]Then Jeremiah says in verse 8 for since I had spoke I cried out I cried out violence and spoil.

[01:22:05]In other words, every time Jeremiah opens up his mouth, it was nothing but judgment, correction, and destruction.

[01:22:14]Every time Jeremiah had something to say, every time Jeremiah had a prophetic word for his people, all it was was a warning of judgment, correction, and judgment. Imagine what went through his mind every time he spoke it was a word of resistance. Have you ever been there saints of God where your faithfulness had led you to a place of rejection?

[01:22:41]Where you been to a place that every time God tells you to do something you get denied every time. Where God had told you to speak and nobody wanted to listen. Where God had told you to stay and every time every time you stayed everything in you wanted to leave.

[01:23:02]Because sometimes mm.

[01:23:05]The greatest test of your calling is not receiving the assignment. It's enduring the resistance that comes after you've accepted it.

[01:23:18]I've got to say that again.

[01:23:21]Sometimes the greatest test in your life is not just receiving the call or the mandate that's on your life. But it's enduring the resistance that comes after you've accepted it.

[01:23:39]Because we have been conditioned to believe that obedience automatically huh produces ease.

[01:23:54]We've been accustomed to believe that our obedience in God comes so easily.

[01:24:03]But I stopped by to let you know to challenge your thinking on this morning.

[01:24:12]The resistance that Jeremiah was dealing with was not outside the will of God. But the resistance was the evidence that we he was exactly where he needed God to be.

[01:24:30]Can I say that?

[01:24:32]Can I say that? Can I say that one more time?

[01:24:37]The resistance that Jeremiah had experienced was not outside the will of God. The resistance was confirmation that he was within the will.

[01:24:53]Look at your neighbor and say, "Oh, neighbor.

[01:24:56]Oh, neighbor.

[01:24:58]Oh, neighbor. You're exactly where God had called you to be.

[01:25:04]You're exactly where God has called you to be."

[01:25:09]>> [music] >> And then in verse 9, Jeremiah says, "I will not make mention of them nor speak in his name."

[01:25:20]Now, the conflict and the warfare is now overriding his mind. But then But then But then there comes a shift right when he was tired.

[01:25:38]Right when he wanted to quit.

[01:25:42]Right when he wanted to to throw in the towel.

[01:25:46]Jeremiah Jeremiah But he says, "But his word was in my heart as as [music] a burning fire shut up in my bones."

[01:26:03]That fire was a compulsion.

[01:26:07]That fire [music] was judgment.

[01:26:10]That fire was judgment. So, even [music] though Jeremiah wanted to quit. The fire would do more if he held it in.

[01:26:23]I stopped by I stopped by I stopped by to let [music] you know the fire the call on the inside of you that fire that you keep ignoring [music] is calling you is calling you is calling you.

[01:26:42]Look at your neighbor and say neighbor don't negate [music] the fire.

[01:26:48]You got the wrong neighbor. Say neighbor don't negate >> [music] >> the fire.

[01:26:55]I don't know who this word is for but if you got fire down on the inside if you [music] got fire down on the inside there is something that you got [music] to release.

[01:27:09]I got to say that one more time.

[01:27:12]>> [music] >> If you got fire down on the inside >> [music] >> there is something there's a call there's a conviction there's a compulsion there's a call there's a conviction [music] there's a fire that you got to release.

[01:27:32]No procrastinating in [music] this season. No sitting down in this season but look at your neighbor and say neighbor look at the fire.

[01:27:43]Look at the fire. Look at [music] the burden that God has placed on your life.

[01:27:49]Look at the fire that's down on the inside of you. So I came by to let you know stay faithful and release. Stay faithful to your assignment. Stay faithful to the [music] burden. Stay faithful to the call. Stay faithful to the assignment.

[01:28:11]>> [music] >> Look at your neighbor and say, "Oh, neighbor, stay faithful. Stay faithful.

[01:28:17][music] Stay faithful and remain what God has assigned you to.

[01:28:24]You're conflicted in your members cuz there's a fire down on the inside of you.

[01:28:32]>> [music] >> You're in trouble, conflicted in your mind cuz there's a fire down on the inside of you.

[01:28:42]You're conflicted. You're tired.

[01:28:45]You're weary, but the Bible says, "Don't be weary in your well doing in due season.

[01:28:55]I said, "In due [music] season, you will reap if you faint not." So, I stopped by [music] to West Lafayette, Indianapolis [music] to let you know there's a word.

[01:29:12]There's a word.

[01:29:13]There's a word >> [music] >> on the inside of you, but you got to realize the assignment that's on your life. The burden that God has entrusted you with. You tried to run.

[01:29:33]You tried to quit, but like Jeremiah, there's a shut up.

[01:29:40]There's a closure. [music] There's a shut up.

[01:29:44]There's a closure in your bones. So, even if you tried to run, that fire will bring [music] you back. You can run.

[01:29:54]You can run, but you can't hide.

[01:29:59]You can quit, but God will pull something down in your belly.

[01:30:05]God will ignite >> [music] >> the yes down in your soul.

[01:30:12]God will [music] ignite the fire that you need to produce.

[01:30:18]>> [music] >> But I stopped by.

[01:30:21]I stopped by.

[01:30:22]I stopped by to let you know >> [music] >> there's a burden There's a burden There's a call that [music] you can't hold cuz that burden is what you're destined to. That [music] burden That burden That weight That weight It's Hebrews that [music] says lay aside every every weight that's so easily [music] beset you. So you can't hide but lay it down.

[01:30:59]Lay it down and give the call unto God. [music] Cuz there's a fire There's a fire There's a fire >> [music] >> in your bones. I see what David said.

[01:31:13]Thy word have I hidden in my heart >> [music] >> that I might not that I might not that I might not sin against [music] thee.

[01:31:26]The same calling that wounded Jeremiah was the same calling >> [music] >> that kept him alive.

[01:31:34]Can I say that?

[01:31:38]One more time.

[01:31:41]The same calling that wounded him was the very same thing that kept you alive.

[01:31:48]It kept you alive.

[01:31:50]It kept you alive. It kept you alive. It kept you alive cuz the fire is your life source. That fire is your life source, huh.

[01:32:02]>> [music] >> ignited. huh.

[01:32:04]Be ignited, huh. You ought to stand up, huh, and give God [music] a praise, huh, cuz he trusted you, huh, with your assignment. That fire, huh.

[01:32:14]That fire, huh. That fire.

[01:32:20]Look at your neighbor and say, "Neighbor, I got fire."

[01:32:27]I know, huh, you wanted to quit, huh.

[01:32:30]I know, it's been hard, [music] huh. But, there's a shut up There's a shut up, huh, >> [music] >> in your bones, huh.

[01:32:40]There's a shut up, huh, in your bones, huh. It'll call you back, huh.

[01:32:44]>> [music] >> It'll call you back, huh. It'll call you back, huh. No matter how far you walk, you walk called to what God has placed >> [music] >> on the inside of you, huh.

[01:32:58]You got a call, huh, on your life, huh.

[01:33:01]Look at your neighbor and say, "Oh, neighbor, >> [music] >> you can't run.

[01:33:10]You can't hide.

[01:33:12]You can't quit.

[01:33:14]Don't go [music] anytime.

[01:33:17]Can I say that again, huh?

[01:33:19]You can't run.

[01:33:21]You can't hide.

[01:33:22]>> [music] >> You can't quit.

[01:33:25]You've got to fight, huh. So, fight the good [music] fight of faith, huh.

[01:33:31]Fight the good fight of faith, huh.

[01:33:34]For I reckon, [music] that the sufferings of this present time is not worthy to be compared >> [music] >> to the glory that shall be that shall be that shall be revealed. [music] There is glory after this.

[01:33:56]>> [music] >> Cuz I know of a man who wrapped himself up in humanity for 33 years at the garden of Gethsemane.

[01:34:11]Drops of [music] blood came streaming down his face, but there was >> [music] >> a burden.

[01:34:18]There was a call from [music] praying and he said, "Take this cup from me.

[01:34:27]Take this cup from me."

[01:34:30]But nevertheless, [music] nevertheless, nevertheless, you got to have a nevertheless in your [music] belly.

[01:34:40]You got to have a nevertheless in your soul.

[01:34:44]He says, [music] "Not my will, not my will, >> [music] >> but your will be done."

[01:34:53]But his yes get attached to the call.

[01:34:58]Cuz on the hill on the far away stood an old rugged cross. It was the emblem of suffering and shame.

[01:35:14]>> [music] >> They hung my savior, stretched my savior [music] wide, and he bowed his head.

[01:35:22]Not one day, not two days, but three days he rose with [music] all power in his hands. Mighty working power, >> [music] >> cancer healing power, cancer healing power, mighty working power, the same power that raised Jesus [music] from the dead is now on the inside of you.

[01:35:49]I believe it's in John chapter 14. Jesus said I will send the helper.

[01:35:58]I'll [music] send the comforter.

[01:36:01]But that comforter is to remind you how what burden, what call, what burden, what call is on the inside of of you.

[01:36:13]So stop negating the call.

[01:36:16]Stop negating what God has made [music] dating for you in this season. If Jesus negated the cross, we wouldn't be here. But Jesus did what his assignment was to do. That's why that's why that's why I can say living he loved [music] me, dying he saved me, buried he carried my my sins far away.

[01:36:53]But rising [music] he justified, he freed me forever.

[01:36:59]One day >> [music] >> he's coming back.

[01:37:06]He's coming back.

[01:37:17]Saints, lift your hands.

[01:37:23]>> [music] >> I woke up this [music] morning and I felt a weight a conviction >> [music] >> a burden or a call >> [music] >> not just for myself, but for you.

[01:37:51]For the church.

[01:37:54]We want to be used by God, but we negate the fire that God is calling us to obtain and go through.

[01:38:07]Bible says that [music] many are the afflictions of the righteous.

[01:38:14]But there's a promise in that B clause of that verse.

[01:38:18]But >> [music] >> the Lord will deliver.

[01:38:24]But there is no deliverance with no acceptance.

[01:38:33]You've [music] got to embrace what God has called you to do in this season.

[01:38:38]You cannot [music] negate if God has called you to be outside discipling men or women. You cannot negate [music] if it's the media ministry. You can't even negate negate if God is calling you to forgive.

[01:38:55]We got so much hatred [music] in our hearts.

[01:38:58]And we expect progression, but we ignore the mandate.

[01:39:06]You keep asking God, "Lord, when you going to take this cup from me?"

[01:39:13]But when are you going to have another blessing in your spirit?

[01:39:20]Ooh, I feel that thing heavy up in here.

[01:39:26]You've got to have a yes even when the burden and the call feels heavy.

[01:39:32]Jeremiah did not want [music] to embrace and take this call. He did not lose the faith, but his obedience came with a heavy weight.

[01:39:46]That fire in that six is always misinterpreted. [music] Preachers talk about it being this fire, this contention's fire.

[01:39:54]But that fire is a compulsion.

[01:39:57]It is a conviction.

[01:39:59]So every time he tried to run away from the call, the fire kept bringing him back.

[01:40:10]In Jeremiah chapter 1, verse 6, I believe, when God then says, "I've put my my word in you."

[01:40:19]So he establishes to Jeremiah early, "No matter what you do, your DNA is my word."

[01:40:30]And the same principle goes for you saints of God.

[01:40:34]Every time you try to negate the call that God has prompted on your life, whatever God has prompted you to obey, your DNA is his word.

[01:40:50]Your DNA, who you are, what God has called you to, what he has destined you to be, is found in him.

[01:41:03]In the beginning was the And the word was with God, and the word was The answer is Jesus, saints.

[01:41:14]And I'm here this morning to encourage you, but also to compel you that you cannot ignore the promptings of the Holy Ghost in this season.

[01:41:30]Cuz you don't know what's at risk. You don't know what's at stake. You don't know who is attached to your yes.

[01:41:44]I know this yes say is whole.

[01:41:49]You might not even understand what God is telling you to do with but it's in your yes that he will start producing.

[01:41:58]And I feel like it's somebody that feels so stagnant. You feel like God, I have not I've just plateaued in this season.

[01:42:05]I've just been on the edge and I feel like just tanking and I feel like God, I don't know where you at currently, but God is saying what did I tell you last?

[01:42:17]What have I That's what Jeremiah kept saying this word.

[01:42:26]Cuz God tells Jeremiah early on that this word this word this calling this burden on his life it is in him.

[01:42:36]What has God put in you?

[01:42:39]What fire did God put in your belly?

[01:42:46]So many people are not functioning in purpose because they got strange fire.

[01:42:59]You calling yourself when God ain't called you to that.

[01:43:03]>> [music] >> That's strange fire.

[01:43:08]You're not called to that. You don't have the grace for that. It can be in this season or it can be not at all.

[01:43:17]But the danger in operating prematurely is death.

[01:43:25]You going to a season or you going to the wrong call prematurely you will die fast.

[01:43:33]That's why process >> [music] >> is necessary.

[01:43:37]Jeremiah embodied that.

[01:43:41]Jeremiah understood that even if I just tried to run, I can't.

[01:43:47]>> [music] >> Cuz there's fire.

[01:43:49]This burden is shut up in my bones.

[01:43:56]And so many of us got a fire, but our bones ain't enclosed.

[01:44:04]It's still open.

[01:44:07]So, what we do is we ain't grabbed ourselves in the wrong type of fire and expect God to use us.

[01:44:18]But I stand here as a man of God to let you know that you cannot afford in this [music] season to jeopardize the call because of your convenience.

[01:44:33]You cannot [music] jeopardize the call, the weight, the burden of God [music] because of your convenience.

[01:44:44]Almost everything that God calls you to comes with some inconvenience.

[01:44:50]And you looking for a confirmation, you looking for ease, but the confirmation [music] is in the uneasiness.

[01:45:00]Can I be transparent, Andy?

[01:45:03]You think I wanted to preach?

[01:45:08]I ain't been saved my whole life. I was outside thuggin'.

[01:45:13]And the Lord snatched me.

[01:45:17]Cuz there was a hot potato in the mondo sha. There was a fire hot on my cosha in the mondo sha.

[01:45:24]That every time I tried to run, his words just kept >> [music] >> pulling at my coat side.

[01:45:32]It kept pulling me back.

[01:45:35]Every time the streets kept calling my name, God had his his hand on me.

[01:45:43]What situation that you keep putting yourself in?

[01:45:47]And God is calling you back.

[01:45:51]>> [music] >> I know I'm talking to somebody up in here today.

[01:45:55]>> [singing] >> You might be saying, "God, [music] I've went away."

[01:46:07]So, it's three things.

[01:46:15]You looking for a lord and savior.

[01:46:17]>> [music] >> You looking for somebody to be the master, to be the savior of [music] your life.

[01:46:26]You never asked God to be your lord and savior.

[01:46:32]So, I challenge you today.

[01:46:33]>> [music] >> I encourage you today. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, >> [music] >> that if you do not have a relationship with the Lord Jesus [singing] Christ, I dare you to come forward.

[01:46:50]And it might be someone online >> [music] >> saying, "Lord, I need a lord." [music] Number two.

[01:47:01]The Bible says that he is married >> [music] >> to the backslider.

[01:47:07]And I feel you in my spirit.

[01:47:11]And what that means is you were saved.

[01:47:15]In fact, you asked God to come into your life.

[01:47:18]But in certain seasons of your life, you reverted back to what God did not call you to.

[01:47:26]You've been walking and straying [music] away from the faith.

[01:47:30]And God is saying, "Son or daughter, I need you to come back home." [music] He'll leave the 99 just to get just to get [music] the one.

[01:47:41]And number three, you need a church home.

[01:47:45]You need a family. You need a pastor.

[01:47:47]You [music] need a bishop to oversee you, and cover you, and keep you.

[01:47:52]You need a church family.

[01:47:55]It cannot be real.

[01:47:57]When I joined in 2019, outside of bishop, you know what kept me here?

[01:48:02]Outside of his word, community.

[01:48:06]The gathering of believers is what kept me.

[01:48:10]And you've been looking and searching for a church home.

[01:48:13]I challenge you.

[01:48:16]Join us.

[01:48:17]So, look at your neighbor to the left and to the right of you, and say, "Neighbor, do either of those three categories fit you?" Number one, you need to be saved.

[01:48:30]Number two, you've backslidden, [music] but need to get in right standing with God.

[01:48:36]Or number three, you need a church [music] family.

[01:48:43]I ain't too proud to beg.

[01:48:45]>> [music] >> Is there anybody?

[01:48:48]Anyone? And if it's you, you can come [music] forward at this time. Look at your neighbor one more time and say, "Neighbor, is one of the three categories you?"

[01:48:59]And even [music] if you want to lift your hands, you don't feel like walking, you can lift your hands.

[01:49:03]I'll come to you.

[01:49:05]Is there one?

[01:49:10]Is there one?

[01:49:12]Hallelujah.

[01:49:15]Hallelujah.

[01:49:16]Clap your hands for a saved house.

[01:49:20]Glory to your name, Jesus.

[01:49:25]>> [music] >> Hallelujah.

[01:49:30]Hallelujah.

[01:49:32]We thank God.

[01:49:37]Hallelujah. Thank God.

[01:49:39]Elder Can we clap our hands one more time?

[01:49:43]Hallelujah.

[01:49:45]Come on, let's bless him Let's bless the Lord for the word.

[01:49:49]Come on, let's encourage our preacher.

[01:49:50]Come on.

[01:49:52]Come on, that was a wonderful word.

[01:49:55]It's just like fire.

[01:49:57]Shut up in my bones.

[01:50:00]Amen. We are so glad that >> [music] >> you all came and joined us today. You all may be standing.

[01:50:07]You all can stand. You all can stand.

[01:50:09]Everybody in the room standing.

[01:50:13]Amen. Remember this this evening.

[01:50:16]It is our Pilgrim Fellowship at the Oasis in Chicago, Illinois. Uh and [music] our our pastor is uh very important in Pilgrim. And he would love to see New Zion Temple represented. We already have the volunteers. But it would [music] be great to see your face in Pilgrim. Amen.

[01:50:39]Amen. That's at the Oasis in Chicago.

[01:50:41][music] Remember half time uh this week. Amen.

[01:50:46]Uh on Tuesday night, remember our prayer on Wednesday night. Um and we encourage everyone to come [music] out and be in prayer. Amen. Did y'all enjoy yourself today?

[01:51:01]It was a good sweet spirit in the room today. And we are so glad. Let us dismiss [music] with no sun No Sunday school this morning.

[01:51:13]Hey, The now.

[01:51:16]No Sunday school this morning. Amen, because I know people will be traveling and getting down the road. Amen. So, I'm going to pray a blessing over our house and we can get out of here. God, we thank you for your presence. We thank you for the anointing. We thank you for the word of God that went forth today.

[01:51:33]God, we thank you for all you have done.

[01:51:36]God, we asking, Lord, to touch as we travel and down up and down the highways today. God, let the service in Chicago [music] be a blessing, God. And Lord, as we travel back and forth, I ask you for traveling grace, God. Lord, I ask you, Lord, even today, let the word go forth and not come back void. Lord, let it be fire shut up in our bones. And Lord, we give your name the praise, honor, and glory. Lead us from this place, but never from your [singing and music] presence. Lead us back on your appointed time.