Let Us Not Lose The Love Fight

[00:00:05][music] >> The title is Let us not lose the love fight. Let us not lose the love fight. Even in all this hell that we're seeing, even in all this hatred from the so-called church, these so-called Christians, these so-called white evangelicals, and the black ones. That's why I got to put out my part, too. But with all of this we with all of this hate that's being spewed That's why I said Sunday my message Sunday I'mma talk about some stuff. With all this hate that's being spewed directly from the white church.

[00:00:50]The white Chris- I mean it it's just off the CHAIN NOW. THEY'RE BOLD in the hate.

[00:00:58]But we cannot lose the love fight. Let us not lose the love fight. Now, I ain't saying turn your head. I ain't telling don't you turn your head on nothing.

[00:01:09]Stand your ground.

[00:01:12]But still we still have to operate out of the love of God, but still be firm.

[00:01:18]Still be firm.

[00:01:21]I definitely will not be up here long before you tonight.

[00:01:25]I I like getting in on Wednesdays. I like getting in and getting out.

[00:01:30]I'm still in my little chill mode.

[00:01:34]I and I am. I'm still in my little chill mode, like enjoying my peace.

[00:01:42]Love peace. I'm enjoying my peace, and also celebrating these 52 years.

[00:01:50]>> [laughter] >> Celebrating these 52 years of life for the whole month.

[00:01:58]And I understand why now people celebrate their birthday for the whole month. Like baby, all the hell I've been through, I'm I'm going to enjoy every day in that month in that birth month.

[00:02:10]Even if it's just me saying, "Girl, happy birthday to yourself."

[00:02:16]>> [laughter] >> Enjoy. Learn to celebrate yourself.

[00:02:20]Learn to enjoy you. Quit waiting on people. We actually put out a little clip of Pastor Steve talking about that.

[00:02:27]Quit waiting on people to to to to celebrate you or to be happy FOR YOU.

[00:02:32]AND STOP THINKING YOUR FAMILY GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPY.

[00:02:35]THEY AIN'T.

[00:02:39]BABY, DON'T YOU CELEBRATE YOURSELF.

[00:02:42]I mean, THEY GOING TO BE ON Facebook and social media spying, but let them spy good. Give them something to talk about.

[00:02:49]Cuz you're so much in your peace and you're learning to love you and celebrate you. I put this analogy, this physical analogy up on my Facebook yesterday.

[00:02:59]All this stuff is just coming to my mind.

[00:03:02]But this man, he had a plate and he had a cup.

[00:03:10]And and and this is so true because people want to fit in so bad.

[00:03:17]And in order to fit in this cup, what did he have to do to that that plate?

[00:03:24]Use your critical thinking skills. He had a plate, a whole plate.

[00:03:28]And he had a glass cup.

[00:03:32]He Thank you. He had to break the plate.

[00:03:34]The plate represented a person with the people representing the cup.

[00:03:42]Sometimes And and that's so big in the church world. That's why they get shocked when I'm just preaching truth.

[00:03:48]They can't handle it because they want to fit in.

[00:03:51]They want to fit IN. THEY'RE LIKE, "I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT to do WITH MY LIFE." YOU GROWN. PRAY.

[00:03:57]BUT THEY WANT TO FIT IN SO bad that they break themselves into pieces to fit in the glass cup that ain't nobody going nowhere because crabs are in the barrel.

[00:04:07]Crabs are in the barrel.

[00:04:09]And you breaking yourself into pieces trying to fit in there with crabs.

[00:04:14]And you don't get nowhere. But you got to realize that cup represents comfort for a lot of people.

[00:04:21]And this is why people don't grow.

[00:04:23]Because ain't nobody challenging me. I'm used to people telling me what I need to do with my life. That's why I'm against these false fake words um that's out here now because if it was real prophecy, prophecy comes to foretell or forewarn. And I have not seen that out of these people who calling themselves prophets. I haven't seen that. Um so anyways, let me get into the word.

[00:04:49]So, So, like I said, I'm enjoying these 52 years of life for the whole month of July and throughout the year.

[00:04:58]If you know me, you know that I love peace. If you online, if you know well if some of y'all don't know.

[00:05:06]And I need to start making sit-down videos to so people can now know who I am. But if you know me, you know that I love peace.

[00:05:16]I love peace.

[00:05:20]I value my peace over everything.

[00:05:23]>> Amen.

[00:05:24]>> And I mean that. I value my peace over everything, even friendship >> Yes.

[00:05:29]>> and family.

[00:05:32]Just cuz you family don't mean you going you going to have entrance into my life >> Right.

[00:05:37]>> if you're a hellraiser.

[00:05:40]I speak, "Hey, how you doing?" Give you a hug.

[00:05:44]But that's all it goes. That's as far as it goes, because I value my peace even over family.

[00:05:52]I know and I stand on I mean that. And I don't care what they say. They can call me a non-Christian. I don't care. As long as I got my peace and my God, baby, I'm good. I'm good.

[00:06:04]Clock it.

[00:06:06]>> [laughter] >> Amen.

[00:06:09]And the ones that seem to not like me my And the ones that seem to not like my style or my groove or just simply me tend to be the ones who's always uh dealing with jealousy.

[00:06:26]Think about the people who really don't like you, whether it be family or friends or people you know.

[00:06:32]If you a peaceful person or an happy person the ones that don't like you, they going to be the ones that's always jealous of people.

[00:06:42]That they always got their nose turned up or their head turned cocked to the side of somebody.

[00:06:49]They going to be the ones that they just ain't going to like you because they don't have peace. When you have peace in you, you're drawn to peaceful people.

[00:06:56]You love being around peaceful, happy people.

[00:07:00]But hell raises hate people like us.

[00:07:03]They hate the peace cuz misery love company. And when misery is around peace, it's it's like that demon that which is misery is getting attacked by This just feels too peaceful.

[00:07:19]So, it's the people that that's usually jealous or that that's has hatred in their heart or that loves chaos.

[00:07:30]Have you been around so Are you know somebody? We all do.

[00:07:34]She always into it with somebody.

[00:07:38]She And see, I was like that growing up. All I knew was chaos. All I knew was fighting with family members, arguing with family members. That chaos was normal in my dysfunctional life. Chaos was normal. Then when I went in the atmosphere that it wasn't chaotic, I was like, "Uh, why it feel so so restricted IN HERE?" NO, BABY, THAT WAS PEACE. But my demon of chaos didn't like the atmosphere of peace.

[00:08:12]So I'm talking from experience here when I talk about chaos and hatred and chaos and and dysfunction into the life I'm in now of peace.

[00:08:24]The peace of God that surpasses all understanding kind of peace.

[00:08:28]So, but the people who have an issue with you, they're going to be jealous or they uh operate out of jealousy and then hatred and chaos.

[00:08:42]Baby, I just shake that dust off.

[00:08:45]That's why I'm using these words now because I'm like, I shake that dust I'm a dust shaker.

[00:08:52]I am a dust and I ain't ashamed of it.

[00:08:56]And this is why some people can't have peace in their mind right now because they still trying They was like, "But that's family though."

[00:09:03]So?

[00:09:05]So?

[00:09:06]When you going to get tired of them ALWAYS CUSSING YOU OUT?

[00:09:10]>> [applause] >> LIKE WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM? Get you some self-esteem. Get to praying, to seek God, and that's what people are lacking.

[00:09:19]They just lacking self-esteem. They they used to being in the glass cup. They used to being the crap. They used to being with the crabs because it's comfort.

[00:09:30]That's all the comfort they know because stepping out, walking by yourself, walking with God takes courage anyways.

[00:09:38]And you're not going to be liked, and you're going to be misunderstood, and you're going to look weird because you're free. But in the glass, with all the crabs, they like, "Why you got to go over there for?" Now, think about this.

[00:09:51]Back in the day, Clarksville is just across the bridge, but guess what black people in Louisville used to say? "I don't go over that bridge."

[00:10:00]It's just A 10-MINUTE RIDE. It ain't even that long on the right. About a 20-minute walk over THE BRIDGE, BUT BLACK PEOPLE, WE WERE so crabs in the barrel.

[00:10:12]"I ain't going over that bridge."

[00:10:15]And it hindered us from seeing great things.

[00:10:19]Getting in a different environment, seeing something else.

[00:10:23]It's It took them to put a Walmart over there. I'm talking about back in the day.

[00:10:27]It took them to put a Walmart cuz that was the only Walmart you can get to unless you go out riding all the way out Dixie Highway.

[00:10:35]It took them to put a Walmart years ago over there in the the little the little amusement park that was inside the mall at that time to get black folk over to go across that bridge.

[00:10:48]And now, when we break out the mold as black people, we traveling the world.

[00:10:54]WE TRA- >> [applause] >> WE TRAVEL And don't worry, you can travel by yourself. Baby, they have They have They have black people who put together groups of black If you If you by yourself, I find a group of black people that's going to the same place.

[00:11:11]They're travel groups. Like, you ain't got to stay in THAT BARREL. GET OUT THE CLA- GET OUT THAT BARREL. GET OUT THAT CUP.

[00:11:18]And experience something.

[00:11:21]And you will have pe- You'll be like, "I ain't going back around you cats."

[00:11:26]Cuz they don't want nothing.

[00:11:29]So, let me get back in my Our list still goes together.

[00:11:32]So, So like I said, maybe I shake that dust off my feet so fast on them cats that's full of hatred, chaos that lack that that just that want to stay in that lifestyle.

[00:11:48]I shake that dust off off my feet so fast on them that when the dust settles, they like, "Where she Where she at? Cuz I ain't finished giving her a you know how they and what she at cuz I ain't finished giving her a piece of a piece of my mind."

[00:12:04]of my toxic mind. Baby, keep that. I don't want it. Keep that.

[00:12:11]And I'm long gone walking in my what?

[00:12:15]PEACE.

[00:12:16]>> [laughter] >> WALKING IN THAT PEACE.

[00:12:20]Walking in that peace.

[00:12:24]Walking in my peace, loving you from afar. I didn't say I hated them. You know this fine hate yet. I just say I don't deal with the chaos, the dysfunction. I don't hate white people.

[00:12:38]I'm just not dealing with those ones that's hating me.

[00:12:44]See, I'mma keep my love, but I ain't going to I'm not going to be your doormat. I ain't going to turn my head.

[00:12:50]I ain't going to be like, "Oh, because somebody tried to use this scripture with me a little bit ago talk about, "Well, you know the Bible says we need TO FORGIVE THEM."

[00:13:00]GOD, JUDGE THEM.

[00:13:02]SEE THEIR evil acts that THEY'RE DOING AND JUDGE THEM.

[00:13:07]YOU NOT YOU Y'ALL GOT ME MESSED UP.

[00:13:09]THAT'S why I said and people get mad when you won't submit to this slave Christianity.

[00:13:18]If I seen David them praying for judgment against them and Lord God, judge them.

[00:13:23]Now, I'mma walk in love and and and kindness, but I'mma keep my stand. Judge them. See what they doing, Lord God.

[00:13:31]Whether they be white, black, Chinese, or whoever come, we giving it to y'all. We standing on Look, we as a whole collective right now, we standing on business, and I love it.

[00:13:41]I love it. We're standing on business.

[00:13:44]So, let me finish reading here. So, So, I'm walking in my peace, loving you from afar because I don't have the time to allow your cursed words. And this is why you have to stay walking in the love of God. You can't let people's You can't let what they say about you.

[00:14:07]Yes, and I'm talking about family members.

[00:14:10]I'm talking about your friend Y'all was the bestest of friends. Yeah, you can't let their cursed words hurt you because if you if you think keep thinking about it, it's going to hurt you. It's if you keep thinking about what they said about you, and you be like, "Wait a minute, but I was I was there for you and woopty woo, we was together We was there for each other." Like, you if you let they get to your heart, it will hurt you. So, you can't let their cursed words penetrate your heart.

[00:14:40]>> [applause] >> You can't let their let their bitter cursed words to hurt your heart.

[00:14:46]That's why you got to keep your peace.

[00:14:48]And love them from like, "You know, I love you, but you stay over there." You know, like, "No, we ain't You know, it's been proven we can't we can't co-mingle co-mingle like it cuz it just ain't going to work."

[00:15:02]Nor will I allow others, you or whoever it is, to take out your unresolved childhood traumas on me.

[00:15:14]You got to realize that's what we're dealing with, people's unresolved childhood traumas. This is why relationships ain't working. The unresolved childhood traumas.

[00:15:28]They still dealing with daddy issues, mommy baby I was there.

[00:15:34]Still dealing with these issues and taking it out on whoever's right there.

[00:15:38]Baby you ain't taking that out on me. Go pray, go and fast and pray and ask God look heal me. I got I got issues with with with with leadership, with authority, whoever. I got issues. My unresolved childhood traumas. Don't matter how old you are, you're still dealing with your unresolved childhood traumas. Deal with that. If you're joining a ministry and you come in that ministry and you immediately beginning to say, "Mhm, they seem controlling."

[00:16:05]DEAL WITH YOUR UNRESOLVED CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS, BABY THAT'S WHERE you are. Deal with that. Because because you because that person stands in the position of authority, you're going to have an issue with him because of your unresolved childhood traumas.

[00:16:21]I'm talking from experience.

[00:16:23]That's why I went in that church said that to that pastor and she's like, "Uh-uh-uh, get get your wife up out my office." I was like, huh?

[00:16:31]I thought I can say what I wanted to say because I never dealt with my unresolved childhood traumas and I got put in my place and was shocked and got offended.

[00:16:43]So, that's why I said I'm talking from experience. So, okay, so now let me move on here.

[00:16:49]These are the people that say "You hurt me."

[00:16:54]No, baby, your unresolved childhood traumas. You already hurt. You walking through life hurt. You've never dealt with any of the issues from your childhood. You already hurt. You just looking for your next victim.

[00:17:08]You a victim master and you don't know it.

[00:17:15]So, so like I said, these are the people that say, "You hurt me." And you don't even know them personally.

[00:17:23]These are the ones that come in church or assume that they are strong Christians until you tell them, "No."

[00:17:33]The N to the O. "No."

[00:17:36]Or they didn't get their way in offense.

[00:17:41]If you watching by live stream or if you sitting in here tonight, when you don't get your way. Or if you're in a marriage, because this baby this works.

[00:17:48]This this is even in marriages.

[00:17:52]Whether you the man or the woman in both sexes, when you don't get your way, how do you respond even to your spouse?

[00:18:03]See, we good at putting our kids in their place when they don't get their way. You better not pout. You talking Come here, I'mma slap you. But what about when we do it to each other as husband and spouse?

[00:18:15]Cuz it happens.

[00:18:17]When you don't get your way, that child unresolved childhood traumas come up and you immediately try to control people.

[00:18:27]Okay, and uh so, let me get my place here. An offense immediately springs up in your immature soul. And they done lost their love fight. That's why I wrote wrote, "And you done lost your love fight when you don't get your way."

[00:18:44]As a As a believer in Christ, our soul we're supposed to be strong. Can you get the camera where they can see where I'm pointing to cuz I'm always pointing to where your soul resides. The Holy Ghost, you supposed to be have the Holy Ghost in you.

[00:19:01]With the Holy Ghost, your soul, your spirit man resides in this area. And And this is you supposed to be strong here, full of the Holy Ghost. So, then when you don't get your way, Holy Ghost be like, "Take it. Take it. Shh. Be quiet."

[00:19:18]Holy Ghost will tell tell you, "Be quiet." And you be like, "Well, I Holy Ghost is starting convicting you on the inside." You be like, "Ooh, he ain't convicting you on my HE CONVICTING YOUR REAL SOUL, YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR HEART."

[00:19:32]SO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE when you have yielded to the Holy Spirit or when you're disciplined, you you know, uh I'mma keep my love walk.

[00:19:43]And you know what it takes to keep your love walk.

[00:19:47]In the name of Jesus with the blood of the blood of Jesus. You can look at them crazy. The blood of Jesus. Satan, I rebuke in the name of Jesus.

[00:19:58]And just like Matthew 13 says, you don't have to turn there.

[00:20:02]How some seeds fall because we remember the seeds, we don't have to accept just anything. But, how some seeds fell by the wayside and the birds came and devoured it. And some seeds fell in stony places where there was not much soil, but a little word sprung up.

[00:20:22]But, because the word was not deep in their soul, that when the sun or the heat or your accountability came up, they truly were not grounded in this love walk.

[00:20:40]And that's what we're seeing with these so-called Christians, they were never grounded.

[00:20:46]Think about this. They what they've never taught the true doctrine of God.

[00:20:53]I'm seeing That's what I'm seeing in the like the whole foundation of Western Christianity, they never taught the true doctrine of God. They taught that they're superior.

[00:21:09]In the word and cuz now all it's all foregone and what's coming out?

[00:21:15]This hatred.

[00:21:16]The lack of love, the lack of compassion, care, mercy.

[00:21:23]That shows me they never had it in their foundation as Christians, period.

[00:21:32]So, when the heat of accountability come up, they truly were not grounded in this love walk life. And the other seeds fell amongst thorns and always around other bitter people.

[00:21:46]And then those thorns rose up and choked the word of God out of their life. But the Bible talks about some seeds fell among among the good ground, strong, which is strong believers.

[00:22:01]And notice a lot of seeds don't fall among the good ground because they the the seedlings, they hate being around the good ground.

[00:22:12]So, that's why you don't see a lot of strong believers in the body because the belief they they unseed themselves to go over here to be in the glass cup. I'm still talking about the analogy of they don't broke themselves into pieces to fit in with everybody else because that's the movement. This is the church movement, but yeah, y'all bound.

[00:22:38]So, but the Bible talks Okay, some seeds fell around on the good ground around strong believers in Christ and they produce good fruit. Some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold all because they chose not to lose the love fight.

[00:23:00]Show me a person who's always happy, I'm going to show you a person that they got to walk and they know they walking in love daily. Because throughout that day, you know somebody's Satan's done sent somebody to try to rob them of that peace, of that love. Cuz that's what SATAN DO. HE ABOUT HE GOING to stay busy about his job. And that's why we got to stay busy about us keeping that love walk. Like, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. And sometimes we see them coming and sometimes it's a shocker cuz you'll be like, "Oh, I didn't know you was like it. But now now I know. Now now I know to gird up my loins around you."

[00:23:42]Even us who are strong in the faith have to continuously watch our love walk.

[00:23:50]If you're watching online, even us who are strong in the faith, if you are strong believer, the meaning you have a real relationship with God, a real like you you it's you and God. You talk to God, he talk to you, he leading you.

[00:24:06]Strong believer, you have a personal personal relationship with God.

[00:24:11]We know that we have to watch our love walk.

[00:24:15]So that we don't become like all the seeds that was scattered that didn't make it even though every last seed had the same opportunity for growth.

[00:24:28]But it really doesn't matter who you are growing around.

[00:24:33]So tonight, I want everyone to check their heart love meter. Check your heart's love meter as I read these scriptures on love. Now, you know what verse I'm going to what chapter I'm going to if I'm talking about love.

[00:24:52]First Corinthians what?

[00:24:55]First Corinthians 13. powerful Bible scholars. Let's turn to 1 Corinthians 13.

[00:25:11]Like I said, we're not going to be here long tonight.

[00:25:14]1 Corinthians 13, when you get there, say amen.

[00:25:20]Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, what's another word for charity?

[00:25:28]And have not love.

[00:25:31]Now, now I want you to listen if you're watching online and this uh sanctuary tonight, I want you to listen to what the word is saying for real, for real.

[00:25:40]So, you would know beyond a shadow of a doubt that every pastor that's saying that that that's cut that's saying that they are pastor and every uh deacon or deaconess or uh person that's claiming to be a Christian or if they don't have this thing called charity or another word for it is love, they are lying. We know that they they they're wolves.

[00:26:15]Though I speak with the tongue of men and of angels and have not charity or love, I become a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.

[00:26:30]I don't have nothing to make noise with, but they're just making noise. When they speak, it's just noise. It's just noise.

[00:26:39]They don't know nothing what they're talking about.

[00:26:43]Like the cast of I ain't going to jump off on that.

[00:26:46]What they're speaking is just noise because they're lacking the love, the compassion, the mercy, the kindness, the empathy.

[00:26:59]Two, and and though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I HAVE ALL FAITH, SO THAT I could remove mountains and have not charity, or love, What does it say?

[00:27:22]I am nothing.

[00:27:25]They are nothing.

[00:27:28]That's why you got to know the word to quote this to these cats when they come like uh uh baby, what does 1 Corinthians 13 say?

[00:27:35]Say what what does it all Keep read that cuz you ain't nothing.

[00:27:41]And all and though I BESTOW ALL my goods to feed the poor. Oh, this is for those who are givers.

[00:27:49]Although I bestow all my goods feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burnt, and have not charity, or love, it profit me nothing.

[00:28:07]Meaning you can be doing something and you don't mean it.

[00:28:10]You can be serving in the house of God and you ain't you're not doing it for God, you're doing it for to get the accolades of men.

[00:28:18]And that's what people are doing now, just to get the accolades of men cuz they always wanting to fit in this glass.

[00:28:25]I need to see I need them see me serving so they can move me up.

[00:28:29]Well, ain't a good reason to move like there's more responsibility.

[00:28:34]But you got to do it from your heart.

[00:28:36]When you when you serve do it unto the Lord. When you cleaning the church, clean it unto the Lord cuz he he going to be the one that's going to truly reward you for your faithfulness. When you serve, do it unto the Lord cuz God is going to be you want the rewards from God and not man, for real, because God know how to bless you more than people can.

[00:29:02]Four, charity our love suffereth long.

[00:29:06]Oh my God, if you don't know how to if you don't know this kind of love, you don't know love.

[00:29:14]Love suffereth long.

[00:29:17]That's why parents don't give up good parents don't give up on their children.

[00:29:21]This is why this is how a good in reality, if you don't know what this is how a good marriage is made.

[00:29:29]>> [laughter] >> Cuz baby love suffereth long.

[00:29:37]This is the key to how a good marriage is made is love suffereth long.

[00:29:44]Cuz it ain't peaches and cream. It's yes, that in the beginning.

[00:29:49]But both of y'all coming with y'all unresolved childhood traumas and and and y'all both got issues and he ain't going to listen to you.

[00:30:00]So God got to use that woman to keep praying.

[00:30:03]Until he God get to get get get you good and ripe to where he God can start dealing with him.

[00:30:11]But sometimes it's the vice it's the other way where the man God is using the man to win his wife, you know, so it works, but it's still love. It takes love. IT TAKES LOVE TO BE with a hateful person.

[00:30:24]It takes love. Suffereth long.

[00:30:30]And that's why you rejoice in that 15th year wedding anniversary, 20th year wedding 25, you know, you still got your days where you can't stand each other, but baby listen let's on this anniversary day, love, hey.

[00:30:43]Hey, we going you going to take me out, we going to do something.

[00:30:47]We going to We pick up on that argument later. Love suffers long.

[00:30:53]>> [laughter] >> Amen.

[00:30:56]Table [clears throat] that. Amen. But love is kind.

[00:31:01]That's the point that God is trying to get at least one person. He's trying to keep that one person kind so he can deal with the other person. Cuz God's got to use somebody to stand in the gap.

[00:31:15]Love is kind.

[00:31:18]Even when you don't want to be, love is kind.

[00:31:25]Let me find my place. Okay, if love envieth not.

[00:31:30]Love does not get jealous.

[00:31:33]I'm not looking at my brothers and sisters getting jealous of Why they get that new Why they got it?

[00:31:40]No, ooh, God bless you. Praise the Lord.

[00:31:43]Cuz I know mine is I Look, I rejoice when I see people whatever it is because I'm like, uh-uh, God, I want to I I I know you going to bless me back whenever I need it. So, I look when you when you you when you can in walking in that love walk, we be looking for opportunities to be a blessing.

[00:32:03]>> [applause] >> So, I was with somebody and uh and I was telling them that the scenario that we do when we're I said, I look for opportunities to be a blessing. They said, well, they said, well, well, bless me. I said, it's I said, but you don't need it. I said, you good.

[00:32:20]I said, I'm talking about people who really need it. I'm look I'm always got my eagle eye on looking like, well, what can we do? How can we help?

[00:32:30]But if you but but if you needed it, you know I'mma be there.

[00:32:35]But you good right now.

[00:32:38]Love does not envy.

[00:32:40]We ain't getting jealous of others.

[00:32:43]We'll be like, "Well, praise the Lord.

[00:32:44]You Even people I don't even know that's married.

[00:32:48]When I see somebody get engaged or married, I put my little heart on there, "Congratulations."

[00:32:53]I'm happy for you. You happy?

[00:32:56]Just being happy for somebody because you already know their family ain't happy for them.

[00:33:00]Family and friends ain't happy for them.

[00:33:02]So, love is not jealous of people.

[00:33:09]Love vaunteth itself not. Love is not prideful.

[00:33:14]Love is not prideful.

[00:33:17]We can't be pri- It's good to have pride like we're proud of ourselves. Yeah, but love is not prideful. Love ain't saying, "I think I'm all that because I walk in love." No, that's not even love. That's just pride, foolish pride.

[00:33:32]Love is not prideful. It doesn't vaunt itself.

[00:33:36]It is not puffed up. It's not Love is not conceited.

[00:33:41]But can we have a healthy self-esteem about ourselves? Yeah, but love is not puffed up. No Love is not walking around, "Well, I'm I'm sanctified, filled, Holy Ghost filled, by and by."

[00:33:54]You got to know old church.

[00:33:56]And although I love my sundresses, this just happened to be go all the way to the floor.

[00:34:02]But just think they thought that if a woman had a long dress on, no makeup, no perm, that she's sanctified.

[00:34:11]And they'd have be the nastiest attitudes.

[00:34:14]But love is not puffed up.

[00:34:17]Love is not puff- It's not prideful and it's not puffed up.

[00:34:23]Love does not behave itself unseemingly.

[00:34:28]We still have to carry ourselves properly wherever we go.

[00:34:33]Even when we're on our own time. That's [clears throat] why I tell people like, "Okay, if you if you see me out somewhere, hey, you can speak, but if I'm enjoying my peace, don't be like, 'Oh, I I I cuz I was having a conversation with somebody a a while ago.' I was like, "You know what? I know I said I'm such and such, but I was like, 'No.'" I said, "Because I ain't going to have nobody coming around me just me being a human cuz cuz I like something they like, "Ah, she ain't saved." No, I'm saved. I ain't got a life with because people would judge you in a heartbeat because they think you walking around talking to "Ooh, thus saith the Lord, and God's going TO BLESS YOU TODAY. OH, praise the Lord."

[00:35:14]But if people truly believe that pastors and their families are walking around doing this ALL DAY. WE'RE TALKING I'M NORMAL. WE TALK NORMAL. WE DO normal things. Go out to eat, go bowling, go line dancing. That's one thing. I'll say, "People ain't going to look at me be like, 'I can't believe she dancing.'"

[00:35:33]I sure am.

[00:35:35]I sure am.

[00:35:36]I can't She going to hell because they teach that if you dance, you go What What then Is David in hell? Cuz he sure danced before the Lord. Y'all act like you ain't getting exercise in. Maybe you need to get some exercise in.

[00:35:50]Lord.

[00:35:52]I look I'm growing I'm growing old gracefully. I ain't no child. I'm growing old gracefully. Going to keep my body moving so I won't be all stiff talking about getting jealous of people who's active.

[00:36:04]That's all people do, get jealous because they active and enjoying life and they laughing. I can't believe they laughing. They laughing too loud. They going to hell.

[00:36:14]Lord Jesus, get you some of this this good old energy up in you and laugh. Be happy.

[00:36:20]So, uh so, love and love does not behave itself unseemly.

[00:36:28]Love does not seek its own.

[00:36:31]It love is not easily provoked.

[00:36:34]>> Amen.

[00:36:35]>> We know how to handle our emotions. We don't go off on people.

[00:36:39]Love is not easily provoked.

[00:36:42]Love does not think evil.

[00:36:45]Love does not think evil. Love does not think evil. Anybody who's coming up with evil intentions IN THEIR HEART, WALKING AROUND WITH CONFEDERATE FLAGS, getting in their pulpit, TALKING ABOUT WHAT GOD WHO GOD JUST THAT'S WHY I SAID I got to save some of this for Sunday. LOVE IS NOT EVIL.

[00:37:14]LOVE DOES NOT SIT around saying, "Who we going to go after and kill today?"

[00:37:21]I'm convinced a lot of them are in hell.

[00:37:25]A lot of this these people are in hell.

[00:37:28]They going to hell. They hell bound.

[00:37:30]They would pass the titles. All of that.

[00:37:33]Love is not evil.

[00:37:37]Love does not does not rejoice in iniquity.

[00:37:42]Love does not rejoice in sin.

[00:37:46]Love ain't after I said, "Ooh, they sure DID GO GO BULLY somebody today. THEY SURE DID GO CALL SOMEBODY TODAY."

[00:37:56]Love don't rejoice in iniquity.

[00:37:59]But it rejoices in what?

[00:38:02]The truth. Because the truth is God's word.

[00:38:06]Love rejoices in the truth.

[00:38:10]Love bears all things.

[00:38:12]>> Yes.

[00:38:13]>> Love can handle seeing people messed up.

[00:38:16]Love can handle finding out Yeah, you in adultery.

[00:38:20]I ain't going to I ain't going to have but you love can handle somebody.

[00:38:24]>> Amen.

[00:38:25]Love can handle some some seeing some dirty stuff to restore people.

[00:38:31]Love bears all things.

[00:38:34]I can bear your happiness. Oh, rejoice with y'all when you're doing good. I can bear when you're going through. That's what I preached about Sunday, the different seasons of life because everybody going to go through these different seasons.

[00:38:48]Love believes all things.

[00:38:51]I believe you're going to get on your feet. I believe you're going to do better. I'm I'm standing in the in agreement with you for this new job that you you said you want. I'm believing with you. Love believes all things.

[00:39:05]Love hopes all things. Love endures all things.

[00:39:13]Love never fails.

[00:39:16]It never fails. Love never fails. This is why somebody can be like, "What? You cussed them out real good, you know, and they be like" and they still be like, "Well, you know what? I'm I'm still fighting I still love you."

[00:39:27]I'm not going to let you disrespect me, but I'm going to still, you know, if you need my help.

[00:39:32]And that's what gets people the most when they be like, "Cuz that's that might be the the God moment that God has used waited for all this the whole life to get them to this moment so they can see what real love looks like." It took that for me to see what real love looked like.

[00:39:54]Cuz I was just getting into it with this person and ended up needing him and they were still there. They showed me and I said, "This is what real love looks like."

[00:40:06]Love never fails, but whether there are prophecies, they shall fail. Whether there are be tongues, the double shot not about her, the tongues they shall cease.

[00:40:18]Whether there be knowledge, all this knowledge you were learning now, it shall pass away.

[00:40:26]For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is is in part should be done away.

[00:40:37]When I was a child, I spake as a child.

[00:40:41]I understood as a child.

[00:40:43]I thought as a child.

[00:40:45]But when I became a full-grown man or woman, and because the the Christianity uh uh majority of the church world are immature because you've been taught to be immature. That the That That's what the You've been taught to be stay immature, so that this leader can always be needed. And this is why you are fit in the cup a glass cup.

[00:41:13]Uh so anyways, but when I But when I became a man a strong man or a strong woman, I put away childish things.

[00:41:22]And when people like control, they hate you They hate to see anyone thinking for themselves.

[00:41:28]That's how you know when a person is a controlling or manipulative. When you start thinking for yourself, when you start saying just putting two and two together be like, "Oh no, I'mma do this."

[00:41:39]They feel like I'm losing control, and they'll um turn against you or have the others the other crowds in the barrel turn against you, too. Um For now we see For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face.

[00:41:57]Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am. And now abideth faith, hope, and love.

[00:42:10]Faith, hope, and love. Faith, We got to keep our faith strong. Hope Keep that hope up. And love. These three, but the greatest of these is charity, which is love. We still have to walk in love. Amen.

[00:42:27]Don't lose your love fight. Amen.

[00:42:31]I ask close cuz I said we we ain't going to be in here. We going to get on get on up through. Don't lose your love walk.

[00:42:38]As you learn how to really walk with God. If you're watching online, this is how you really walk with God. Learning to still love in the face of your family turning against you. Cuz if you can't stand your family turning against you, you will never serve God because your family is going to turn That's why Jesus said, I came to bring bring division.

[00:43:03]Between you and your family cuz she said either YOU GOING TO FOLLOW ME ALL THE WAY OR YOU GOING to stay with them cats in that glass the as in the crabs in the barrel.

[00:43:15]But as you can as you mature you begin to really walk in love and learn and even when people piss you off The Bible says, be angry but sin not.

[00:43:26]So, it's telling you you are going to have some days where you are just pissed off.

[00:43:31]But you ain't got to cuss nobody out.

[00:43:34][music] You ain't got to You be like, "Ooh, Lord, blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus. Let me walk away.

[00:43:41]Let me walk away."

[00:43:43]Retreating ain't always bad.

[00:43:45]Keeping keeping If you going to keep that love walk, sometimes you just got to be like, "In the name of Jesus, let me go in the name of Jesus."

[00:43:53]And people know when you say Jesus the way you say Jesus, THEY KNOW.

[00:43:57]>> [laughter] >> IN THE [clears throat] NAME OF JESUS.

[00:44:02]AMEN. But [music] don't lose your love fight. Don't lose your love walk. Amen.

[00:44:08]Eyes closed, heads bowed. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your goodness.

[00:44:13]Lord God, let us keep our love walk strong in you. Strengthen us daily.

[00:44:20]Lord, as we as we deal with people on our jobs, as we deal in with our home environment, with any environment that we go in, Lord God, let our love be strong. Order our steps and direct our path, Lord God. As we're seeing evil, pure evil come out of those who are calling themselves Christians. Lord God, let us stay strong and be like, "Lord, we serve you still, but we will stand."

[00:44:53]Order the steps and direct the paths of your people all over the world as this evil is all over.

[00:45:01]Protect your people from all hurt, harm, and danger. Protect us from those who seek our utter destruction. Father God, uncover the plans of the enemy [music] and his cohorts.

[00:45:15]Leading, guide us.

[00:45:18]Be a Be a hedge of protection all around about us. Have Let Hide us under the shadow of your almighty [music] wings, master.

[00:45:27]We will continue to serve you. We love you.

[00:45:31]As we give you all praise, glory, and honor in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and everyone says, amen.

[00:45:42]>> Pastor Darby taught that according [music] to Galatians 6:6, if you are receiving from a ministry, then you are obligated to sow back >> [music] >> into that ministry.

[00:45:52]We ask that you prayerfully consider sowing into this [music] ministry.

[00:46:09]>> [music] [music] >> Mhm.