A Resurrected Kingdom | Dr. Mike Woods Sr | Resurrection Sunday 20 Apr 2025

He's worthy of it all. He's worthy of it all. Oh, he's worthy of it all. Let's sing a melody unto his name. He's worthy to be praised. He's worthy to be worshiped. This is our intimate worship moment. It's not about us, but it's unto him. So we're singing unto you, Lord God. Hallelujah to your wonderful name, Jesus. We reverence your wonderful name, Lord God. We, as we acknowledge you as our Lord and Savior, For you are worthy of it all. We bless you. We thank you for the blood that was shed for us.

We bless you, Lord.

We thank you for the blood that was shed for us, Lord God. Hallelujah to your wonderful name, Jesus. Glory to your name. Glory to your name. Glory to your name. Glory to your name. He's worthy.

Hmm.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord. Glory to your name. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he. Sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Yes, worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he.

Yes.

Yes, sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Yes, worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he. Yes. Sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Yes. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore you. I'll forever adore you, Lord. Yes. Clothed in rainbows of living color. Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder. Yes. Blessing and honor, strength and glory and power be to you, the only wise King. Yes, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes, with all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore you. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. Holy, holy, holy. Come on and sing unto the Lord. Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore you. Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes, hallelujah, Lord. With all creation, hallelujah, Lord. Praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything. Hallelujah, Lord. And I will adore you. We cry holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy Lord God. We cry holy, holy, holy Lord. Hallelujah, Lord. Hallelujah, Lord. We lift up our praise to you, Lord, with all praise. Hallelujah, Lord. Hallelujah. Praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything. You are my everything. Hallelujah, Lord. And I will adore you. Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, Hallelujah, Lord! The Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes, with all creation, with all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything and I will adore you. Holy, holy, holy, holy. Oh holy, holy! For thou art whole-ahh— for thou art whole-ahh. Hallelujah we sing! With all creation, all creation we praise to the King of Kings. Hallelujah Lord, you are my everything and I will adore You. Holy, holy! Oh thy holiness! For Thou art whole-ahh. Thank God, for you are holy, holy are you, Lord. Hallelujah, you are holy, Lord. You are holy, holy Lord. With all creation, praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, you are my everything. Hallelujah, Lord. Hallelujah, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy God, our God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Hallelujah, Lord! Hallelujah, Lord! With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will Adore you. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah to your wonderful name, Jesus. Come on, exalt his wonderful name. He's worthy to be worshiped. He's worthy to be adored. We're singing unto the Lord. We're singing unto his holy name. Hallelujah! Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes! With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will Adore you. Holy, holy, holy, holy are you, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. He's holy, he is holy, he is holy, he is holy. For thou art holy, thou art holy. He's worthy of it all, he's worthy of it all. He's worthy of it all. Mm. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he. We sing, sing a new song. To him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Worthy is the— worthy God— Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he. Yes, sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Yes, worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is he. Sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Holy, holy, holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will Adore you. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Yes, with all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything and I will adore you. Everybody sing. We're singing unto the Lord. The Lord God. We're singing unto the Lord. Was and is and is to come. Yes. With all creation I sing. Praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore you. Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy. Hallelujah, Lord God Almighty. Hallelujah, Lord, who was and is and is to come. Yeah. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings! You are my everything and I will adore you holy, holy— Holy, holy, holy— Hallelujah Lord! The Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come; Yes, with all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything and I will adore you.

Come on, lift your hands in this place. Hallelujah! Lift your hands and worship him. He is holy, he is righteous, and we say, holy, righteous. Come, Lord, abide with us. Your presence is all we need. Your presence. For in thy presence is fullness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. The worshipers are worshiping. Even those, we welcome you that are watching us online right now. The worshipers are worshiping. Lift your hands up and worship Jesus. He's our King. He's our God. The angels are crying holy. Creation cries holy. We lift him high as we cry holy. Holy is the Lord. Holy is the Lord. He's holy. He's holy. He's holy. His holiness is so astute, it's so perfect, that when it superimposes upon our life, it generates holiness in us. Hallelujah! And it moves us, really, when we entertain his holiness, to practical holiness. We display it in what we do, what we think, how we move. Come on, worshiper, open your mouth and just say it. He's holy. He's holy. Just tell him, you're holy, you're holy, God, you're holy. Yes, Lord. Holy. You're holy, you're holy, you're holy. You're so holy, God.

You are holy, God.

Holy, holy. It is in you we live and move and have our being. And if that be the case, our moving and our being is holy. You're holy, God. And we thank you that we are a holy expression of who you are. And the angels cry— that's just in my spirit— holy. All creation cry. Y'all sing it. Holy, holy. Be lifted high.

Sing to him, holy, holy, holy, forever, holy, forever.

Come on, sing.

And the angels cry, sing to him, holy, holy. All creation cries Holy, you are lifted high. Holy, holy forever. And the angels cry, come on, sing holy, holy, holy. Holy, all creation cries. Holy, holy, you be lifted high. Jesus, you're holy, holy, holy forever.

And the angels cry, sing holy, Holy, holy, all creation cries.

Sing holy, holy, you are lifted high. Sing holy, holy.

Sing to Jesus, holy forever. Come on, declare it in this room.

And the angels cry, angels Cry, come on, sing holy, holy, you are lifted high, holy, holy, we lift you high, God, you are lifted high, you're holy, holy, holy forever, holy forever, come on, lift it again. And the angels cry, and the angels cry, holy, holy, all creation cries, creation cries, sing holy, holy, holy, you are lifted high, holy, sing holy forever, holy forever, come on, sing it And the angels cry, and the angels cry, sing holy, holy, all creation cries, creation cries, sing holy, holy, you are lifted high, come on, sing to God, declare it holy forever, holy forever, come on again, and the angels And the angels cry, and the angels cry, holy, holy, all creation cry, holy, holy, you are lifted high, you're holy, holy, holy forever, holy forever.

Come on, I believe we can say that A little better out of your spirit.

And the angels, the angels cry, come on, sing it. Holy, holy to him, to him, creation cries holy, holy, you are lifted high, holy, holy forever.

Come on again.

And the angels, and the angels cry, sing it. Holy, holy, all creation cries, holy, holy, you are lifted high, lifted high, holy, holy, holy forever.

I'm gonna stay right there. Holy forever.

Holy forever.

Come on, sing it again. Holy forever.

Holy forever.

But no matter who stops being holy, you're holy, you're holy.

Holy forever.

You're holy, you're holy, you're holy.

Holy forever.

That's why I worship you. You're holy forever.

Holy forever.

Forever, forever, forever. Forever, forever, forever.

Holy forever.

Forever, forever, forever. Throughout eternity. Debansai.

Holy forever.

Ota mama, sing it. Holy forever.

Holy forever. Give me You're the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, and you're holy, holy forever.

You're Alpha and Omega.

You're holy forever, holy forever.

You're holy forever. Holy forever.

Holy forever and ever and ever. Holy forever, forever and ever, forever, forever. Holy forever, you're holy forever. Holy forever, you're holy, Jesus.

Holy Lord, holy forever. There's no flaw in you. There's no failure in you. You're holy.

Holy forever.

I'll say that again. There's no flaw in you. There's no failure in you.

Holy forever. You never failed me yet, God. You never failed me yet, God.

You never failed me yet, God.

You never—

Yes.

Holy forever.

Holy forever and Holy Lord, holy forever. Come on, sing it to Jesus.

Yeah, holy forever.

Come on, one last time. Holy forever and ever. Holy forever. Come on, lift those voices in this room. Thank you!

Thank You Jesus—

Come on God wants to hear The Corporate Man come up... Holy holy holy holly ho-ly hol-y-holy holey? Holey-holee?! Hol-e only!? C'mon—the worshipers of Worshiping!!! Ho-lay whole-a whollyholea?? Hole-holeeeeee??? Whole-heh-wholleyho-leahholley?! Helewholeehollehoolaeheuleyou're wholle forever your wholee for ever!! You're holy forever. You're holy forever. You're holy forever. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. You're holy forever and ever. You're holy, you're holy, you're holy, you're holy, holy, righteous. Come, Lord, abide with us. Your presence is all we need. Your presence is all we need. Your presence is all we need. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we hear you, God, we hear you, and we accept the challenge. You're all we need, God, without a room full or arena full on Easter. You're all we need. You're all we need, and we worship you, God. We declare it. As the song said in the verse, do we believe you're worthy? We do. Do we believe you're King? We do, we do, we do. Come on, do we believe you're holy? We do, we do. Do we believe you're Lord of all? We do, we do. Come on, worship. Give him the fruit of your lips. Open up your mouth. He's all you need. And you know what? Sometimes God will put us in precarious situations to test our place to show you that you can do nothing without him. Let's talk about— and I'm telling you, you have to learn to worship him right where you are, no matter what it looks like, no matter what you're going through. You've got to declare his holiness. He's without flaw. He cannot fail. He is absolutely pure and perfectly and absolutely wise. And God, we worship you. You're holy, you're holy, you're holy. Did y'all hear me? That word in Greek is hagios, which means without flaw, without failure, to be chaste and pure. God cannot fail. So when you say he's holy You're speaking to his perfect record where he has never failed. You're announcing to him that you know he cannot fail you. You're announcing to the world that you serve a God that has no ability to fail at all. Holy forever, holy forever.

Holy forever. Come on, speak to Jesus.

Speak well of him.

Holy forever.

And speak well of Jesus. Holy forever. Holy forever. Men may fail, but he can't fail. Holy forever. Men may disappoint you and let you down. He's holy forever. Holy, holy forever.

Holy, holy forever.

Holy, holy forever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Holy forever. He never failed me yet. Yes, God. Holy, holy. His track record is perfect, is perfect. He's holy, he's holy.

Holy forever.

There is none more holy, holy forever. None more righteous than Jesus. Oh, sh— none more holy, none more holy.

Holy forever.

Take us into the Holy of Holies. Yes. Holy, my God. Holy forever. We can see your glory. Oh yes. Holy forever.

Hallelujah.

Sing it again. Holy. Holy forever. Lift your voice and say, holy, holy forever. Jesus, Jesus. Is he holy? He is. Is he worthy?

He is.

Holy, holy, holy is our King. Mighty is our God. Come on, worship Jesus. Oh, come let us adore him. Oh, come, let us adore him.

Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Oh come let us adore him! Oh come— Adore him? Come!

Let us ador—

Him! Oh come! Oh come let us ador— He, Christ the Lord.

I want you to sing it like you're in awe of him. Oh, come, let us adore.

We adore you, God.

Oh, come, let us adore your awesome wonder. Adore him. Sing it with all. Yes, God.

Adore him, Christ the Lord.

Sing it again.

Oh, come, come, let us adore.

It's heaven's song of adoration.

Oh, come, let us adore him. Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Now sing for healing. He alone is worthy.

Sing it with love.

Like, he alone, no other God, no other situation.

He alone is worthy. He is worthy.

For you alone.

For you alone. He is worthy. So worthy.

Christ. Now I need you to sing it to him. Say, for you alone are worthy.

For you are— sing to Jesus. You are worthy.

You alone are worthy.

For you alone are worthy. For You alone are worthy, Christ the Lord. Come on, sing to God. For you alone, for you alone, you are worthy. For you alone, for you are You're alone worthy. For you alone are worthy, Christ alone. One more time. For you alone. For you alone.

All worthy. Oh, sing it out, just breathe.

For you alone. For you alone, all worthy. For you alone. For you alone, all worthy, Christ.

Christ the Lord. Worthy Christ. Christ the Lord. Christ the Lord. Come on, say it again. Christ the Lord. Christ Christ the Lord. Worthy Christ.

Christ the Lord. The Lord.

Worthy Christ the Lord.

One last time.

Worthy Christ. The Lord. Hallelujah.

We worship you, God. Glory to your name, Jesus. You're so worthy, God. You're so worthy, God. Thank you, Jesus.

What a holy God you are. The holy God you are. Holy God. Holy is our King. Holy is our King.

Holy is our King.

Holy is our King. And we declare his holiness. And Father, we ask this morning that you would superimpose that holiness upon us, that we'll move in integrity and righteous character in all we do, that we'll respond in holiness. We'll respond in righteousness. And no matter what comes against us, God, we will react as your children. We will behave as ones that represent you. God, let your holiness shine through us on this Resurrection Sunday, today and the rest of our lives. May people know that we are yours and yours alone. May we live like you're worthy. May our lives be one of adoration. May our lives be one of praise. And Father, we say, get the glory out of our life. Yeah, man, get the glory out of our life, God. In the mighty name of Jesus, we surrender all to you. We lay it all down again, and we say you're worthy of our life, God. We present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service. You say, worthy Christ our Lord. Worthy Christ, the Lord. You cry, Christ, the Lord. Sing it to him, you, you cry, cry You're the promised Messiah.

You're the living King.

Christ, Christ the Lord, the Lord, Christ the Lord. We declare you Lord, you Lord, you Lord. Christ. The Lord, Christ the Lord, you're my king, you're my God.

Christ the Lord. Christ the Lord.

You're everything to me, everything to me.

Christ the Lord.

One last time, him. Christ, Christ. The Lord. Come on, lift that voice and bless him. Come on, he wants to hear the corporate man. Open your mouth, open your mouth. Fill this room with your voice, fill this room with your voice. None like you nowhere, God. You rule and you super rule. God, you are Christ the Lord. You are Christ the Lord. Jesus, our King. Beside you there is no other. You are holy. You are holy. You're wonderful and mighty, God. You're wonderful and mighty. You're wonderful, God. You're awesome. Now, Lord, as we open your word, anoint our ears to hear. What the Spirit will say to the church: do something in this place that man cannot do. Hide Michael Woods behind the cross and allow no flesh to be seen. Let us experience the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost. Father, may your people see you more clearly, love you more dearly, walk with you more nearly. Now, Lord, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. In Jesus' name, we thank you that you are the center of it all, and we bless you in Jesus' name. Clap your hands, everybody, and give God praise. Come on, give him praise. He's a good God. Hallelujah. Mario, you can roll that video for me, son.

Why Jesus?

Turn the lights off, please.

Why all the talk of crucifixions and the resurrection of the dead? The idea that our present reality can be radically transformed by one historical day from antiquity. Why does this one event persist to shake nations, stands against kingdoms relentlessly, relentlessly remaining there in every test in time. Why does the life of one rabbi bring hope to the billions and peace beyond understanding, peace even in facing death? His axioms transcend culture, moving between and among every generation, offering new grace with each day to the poor and to the rich, to the young and to the old, each who calls his name. His name. This is not just a page between the chapters of history, neither myth, metaphor, nor a line of spectacular exaggeration. His influence on every human life story is unfit to be placed into any existing category. No, Jesus isn't written into our story. Rather, our story is written into his. His. Every authority, even the grave, obeys His sovereign will. This is why we exalt the mighty name of Jesus over and over and over again. His victory has given us life. His mercies stand at the center of our faith. He alone holds the pen of history. He is the One true God, and at that, a God who died for us. Why rejoice? Why is this our anthem? The answer for why Jesus comes down to this: Jesus is at the center. His victory over death. The grave is written into every line. Between old and new, between death and life, there stands one historical reality: the resurrection of Jesus.

To God. Come on, give God praise. He is at the center of everything. And one thing I love about what was being said there is that our story is not— hallelujah— his— we're written into his story, not the other way around. We are part of what he has done. Glory to God. Give Jesus another hand. Glory to God. Wonderful Savior. We bless him and we honor him. He's a good God. Y'all glad to be in church today? Hallelujah! Oh, praise God! I got a preacher out of my phone. I left my iPad at home, so it's gonna happen though. We're gonna make it work. Glory to God! Jesus, trying to get these letters to be bigger. Thank you, Lord. Bless his holy name. Look, not somebody say God is good, say, and his mercy endureth forever. Yeah, he's a good God. Glory to God. I want you to go, um, real quickly, uh, to Luke's Gospel, uh, chapter number 24. 24. And I don't think that scripture is in your slides, so you can hang in there for me, Mario, for a moment. But I want to read this one because it's important to where we're going. Amen. Somebody say amen. Glory to God. All right, we're gonna get through this today. Luke 24. Man, preaching with a phone. Glory to God. 6. All right, the Bible says this. You'll find this intelligence. Luke 24:6 and 7, it says, he is not here, but he is risen. Remember how he spake unto you when he was with you in Galilee. Verse 7, saying, the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands hands— here we go— of sinful men and be crucified, and on the third day rise again. I'm gonna read it again. I'm gonna read verse 7 again because it's just all right to read the Bible. He says, saying, the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and on the third day Rise again. Say that with me. Say, he's not there. He's not there. And the, the, the word was talking in the present tense, but we could talk now in the past. He's not there. That's a real place, and he's still not there. Uh, this morning I want to talk about a resurrected kingdom. Glory to God. Say that with me. Say, a resurrected resurrected kingdom. Glory to God. The resurrection of Jesus is one of the most refuted events in history. It's still being refuted this day. There are people who say that Jesus, one, never actually lived, and then there are people that say He never actually got up. And you know, if we allow them to win that argument, then every other thing about our salvation, it becomes weak, it becomes powerless. Because listen, if I were to stop reading the Bible at the crucifixion, I would have been inclined to believe that Christianity and the gospel and the Bible is a gospel of grief. Oh, y'all ain't got to say nothing. That's a horrible way to die, to be murdered. Watch this, to be innocent and murdered. But if I had to stop reading there, I don't know if I would be doing this. But I kept reading and I discovered that He got up from the grave with all power and authority in his hands. Now, that day in history is not just about— glory to God— or celebrating a holiday or Holy Week or eggs and baskets and all that good stuff. This day is about the resurrection actually working in our life every day. Matter of fact, rub your belly and say this. Say, the resurrection should be working in my life every day. I need you to understand this. So it goes beyond the church, it goes beyond the four walls. This thing should be working in you daily. You should be showing up in the world, and people should be experiencing resurrection power because of you. And listen, if there's no people of the resurrection— come on— then there is no real validation. Our only proof that Jesus lives is that Jesus lives in us. Oh boy, okay. See, we can read it, we can study it, we can believe it, but to really have proof is to know that he lives in you. When I grew up in the church, they used to sing a hymn, and some of y'all don't even know what a hymn is. You say hymn, y'all be like, who's him? But they, they used to sing a hymn that says, he lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today. He walks with me, he talks with me along life's narrow way. He lives, he lives salvation to impart. Ask me how I know he lives. He lives in my heart. So there ought to be a reality that God is real, that God is alive in you. So this morning I want to talk about how to foster that, how to be a kingdom person that lives daily under the auspices of resurrection. So let me give you a working definition of resurrection. Glory to God! Resurrection is a coming back to life. It's a coming back into practice. So that says, first of all, there could be no resurrection without death. So that means something has to die. So we already know Jesus died. We refuted the theology on Friday. This— I preached it Friday night that Jesus did not die on Friday. Jesus said, I will be in the grave 3 days and 3 nights. There is no way in God's green earth you get 3 days and 3 nights from Friday to Sunday. Jesus' words carry weight. How can we believe everything else he's saying, we don't believe that? He's— I'm just like Jonah, I'm gonna be in the belly of the earth 3 days, 3 nights, dead. Are y'all hearing this? Watch this. That also refutes the Jonah theology that Jonah was alive in the belly. The Bible never said Jonah lived in the belly for 3 days. He was in the belly. But if you study the inside of a— the belly of a whale, there is no way you can have human existence inside of the belly of a whale because all of your oxygen is cut off. And Jesus said, just like Jonah— because Jesus was dead. Say he was dead. Jonah was dead in that well, but God raised him up out of it so that this prophecy would make sense. Say that with me. Say, prophecy has to make sense. So if somebody give you a word, it don't make sense, you might not start questioning it really fast, because prophecy should line up with the Bible. So if you get a word, it should make sense. Listen, if you get a word, okay, If somebody comes and give my wife a word, and, and he's a man, and says, well, woman of God, God told me to tell you that, uh, you're going to marry me, so that means you got to leave Michael. That don't make sense, okay? It don't make sense because I belong to her. Are y'all hearing this? She and I are one. We have a covenant. We're already married. That can't be God. You can't show up in my house and march around my house 7 times and say, God said I'm about to have the keys to your house. The devil is a liar. When you get through marching, I'm gonna still have the keys. I'm gonna still have the deed. Glory to the name of God. Because, because that doesn't make sense. Say prophecy must make sense. So Jesus was dead. He had to come back to life. This is what makes him different than Buddha, Muhammad, Sun Myung Lee, Confucius. He— this God we serve, he died and came back to life. Watch this, he came back into practice. So that applies to you and I too. Are y'all hearing this? You can't really operate in resurrected power if you have not crucified your flesh. Oh boy, see, a lot of times we want to operate in power. Oh, power! We're praying for people and our flesh is dirty. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. We want to see glory flow through us. We want to see a holy God move and manifest in us, but our flesh is still operating. And God says, if you want to see resurrection in your daily life, if you want to practice the power of resurrection, you got to kill the stuff that don't represent him. I ain't saying you gotta— please don't nobody go out of here, because people have a tendency— because we live in a day where miscommunication is just as powerful as communication. People will take a word and they'll hear it wrong and they'll create something from it. I did not tell you to go and kill yourself, okay? Yeah, somebody told me that one time. They was mad at me. Let's go kill yourself. But come on, man, listen, that's not what I'm saying to you. I'm saying, like the Bible, mortify the members of your flesh— those behaviors, those habits that don't represent God. So every day you ought to be checking yourself out and this stuff. Yeah, you know what you battle with. We all understand where we struggle. We under— all understand where there's a problem. Even if you don't do it, you think it. And every day when you get out of bed, you ought to be mortifying that flesh, and for the very purpose that you can be in practice so you can operate in resurrected life. Are y'all here? Glory to the name of God. So resurrection— and there's synonyms for resurrection, and I'm just going to give them to you real quick. Resurrection also can be rebirth. It could be resuscitation. It is a return to life. It is a rising from the dead. Watch this, it's revival. It's— God knows we can stand that in this hour. We can— and revival ain't just having a guest speaker and for 3 days, glory to God, and that preaches every night. Revival is a coming back to life. It's a quickening. Where you're empowered to live for God. Are y'all here? God wants to restore us back to the practice of kingdom. Are y'all hearing me? Uh, resurrection can also be reanimation, salvation, transformation. Oh my God, reassure us, because you know when you lose confidence, something dies. When you stop believing, when you have no more faith, something in you dies. Hope dies. But God sends resurrection power to give you reassurance that no matter what you're going through, God's got you. I just know somebody and say, God's got me. Y'all didn't do it. Look somebody in the face and tell them, God's got you. I'm about to go. I promise you I'm not gonna be long. I just sound like it. Listen, so again, there could be no resurrection without death. If we don't accept resurrection, all the other elements of Jesus's passion— his life, his death, his crucifixion, his burial— if we don't accept resurrection and ascension, again, we find ourselves powerless. But touch yourself and say, I need power with God. Hallelujah. The thing that separates Jesus again from these other gods— because Jesus is the King of Kings, right? He's the Lord of Lords. He's the God of Gods. The God of small g god. I don't deny that Buddha is a god, but the God I serve is the God of Gods. I don't deny that— oh my God— Muhammad is a god, but the God I choose to serve is the God of gods. I don't deny that Hare Krishna was a type of god, but Jesus is the God of gods. I need somebody to shout it in here. He's the God of gods. And somebody watching this video, write it in the comments: Jesus is the God of God. And what separates him as God is resurrection. Hallelujah. So we're talking this morning about kingdom resurrection. So let's look at this word kingdom really quick. Your kingdom comes from a Greek word, basileia. Say basileia. It means authority. It means rule. So if you look at the word in English, kingdom, it's two words. It's the dominion of the king. It's the domain of the king. It's where the king sits and rules. Go to the next slide, Mario. There are three elements in every kingdom. The first one is the king. You cannot have a kingdom without a king. Are y'all here? Anybody walking around talking about they got a kingdom or they in a kingdom, you need to be able to identify who the king is. That's in any kingdom, whether it's the kingdom of man, the kingdom of darkness, or the kingdom of God. And I just want to be clear this morning, I want to go on record and say that the king of our kingdom is God. So then when we say Jesus is the king of our kingdom, so the king influences and impacts— watch this— the domain. His very presence, his very majesty, his very authority brings influence to the domain. When the king speaks, what he says becomes law. I'm gonna say that again. So the king says a word, the word that comes out of the king's mouth is law. So that means we don't have no right to change what the king said. Oh, because we live in a time where people are trying to change what the king said. Because it doesn't fit what they want to do. It doesn't fit their lifestyle. It doesn't fit their desires. But the king, when he decrees a thing in his word, it's established. Are y'all here? Okay, maybe I— maybe some of y'all missing. Let me just give you one example. There's a group of inclusionists. These inclusionists believe that everyone, everybody is included in the plan of salvation, that they are already saved, which means you don't have to get saved. They believe you're already saved. That ain't what the Bible say. The Bible said to be saved, you got to confess with your mouth. Believe with your heart that Jesus died and rose again from the dead, and you shall be saved. So if you don't believe that and you don't confess that, you're not saved. Oh, y'all hear me? But the inclusion is say everybody say therefore, because everybody's saved however you choose to live is okay. They'll tell you stuff like, my body is my body, I do what I want to do with it. If they tell you, I want to have sex outside of marriage, it's my body. Are y'all here? They'll tell you, if you're a lesbian, you could just keep being a lesbian. You're homosexual, you just keep being a homosexual. But that's not what the scripture says. Are y'all here? Somebody say, oh, this is not an Easter Sunday message. Yes, it is. I'm trying to get you to understand you got to live a resurrected life. You can't change what the king said. Watch this, let me take you deeper. If the king says you're supposed to be prosperous— are y'all hearing this? Then you should be living in prosperity. We shouldn't be living broke and poor and lacking. Our King said, I would above all things that you prosper and be in health. That's another decree. So you shouldn't be sick. You shouldn't accept sickness just because it shows up in your body. The King has decreed your healing. So guess what? How do we get that? You say what he says. So in every— I don't have time, let me move. Every kingdom, there's a king. Secondly, every kingdom, there's a domain. It's a physical place where the king rules. Oh boy. Psalm 47:7 says, for God is the king of all the earth. Yeah, there it is. For God's the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding. So when you praise and when you're singing, you're not just singing a song because we in church and going through the motion, but we're worshiping because we understand there's a real King that controls the entire earth. We're standing here calling him holy because he's real. Let me tell y'all something. Let me just tell you something about me. I wouldn't be up here doing this. Just Michael Woods wouldn't be up here singing, wouldn't be up here preaching, wouldn't be at this church today. Y'all ain't got to talk. If Jesus wasn't real, y'all ain't got to talk to me, cuz religion ain't enough to keep me in church. All right. Religion has failed people too many times, and it never empowers you toward God. But the very fact I found out I serve a real King that has a real domain— oh my God, hallelujah! That's what keeps me coming back. Every time I feel him, every time I hear his voice, every time he embraces me, every time he heals me, every time he provides for me, it keeps me coming back to where he is. He's king of all things. He has a physical place where he rules. He rules in you. He rules the entire— say that with me. Say, God is the king of the earth. So why are you concerned about what Trump's doing and what's happening in the White House? Why are you even worried about that? We're under a whole nother system. We operate under a heavenly kingdom. We don't live from earth to heaven, we live from heaven to earth. Let thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. All right, so thy kingdom come, thy will be done. That's what we want. Glory to God. So in every kingdom there's a king, there's a domain. Thirdly, in every kingdom there are citizens. You cannot have a kingdom without citizens. Someone said, 'Oh no, I'm a citizen of Ellenwood. I'm a citizen of Georgia. I'm a citizen of the United—' You are if you came from heaven. Watch this. Jeremiah 1:5 says, 'Before he formed you, he knew you.' So before you got in your mother's belly, he knew exactly who you was. That word 'knew' is yada in Hebrew, which means he interacted with you. He made deposits in you. And then he puts you in your mother's womb so you can deliver what y'all talked about in the before. That's why you have moments that you call déjà vu. You say, oh my, I've been here before. This is how— yeah, because God played your entire life in the interaction. And, and you have those moments where your spirit catches up with your humanity. And you see where you've already been, and you can feel where you're going. And watch this, if you learn how to walk in the spirit so you don't fulfill the lust of the flesh, every day you will live in that kind of realm where you'll understand what's happening with your life. Spiritual people never get caught off guard, because even if it's something you didn't expect, something in your spirit has already been prepared to walk through it. God have mercy. Okay, say I'm a citizen of God. I'm a citizen of God. Say I'm a citizen of the kingdom. I'm a citizen of the kingdom. Now watch this. The reality is if you are indeed a citizen, you don't get to like, oh boy, here we go on this citizenship thing. You don't get to be born into citizenship. Like in America, if you're born in America, you're a citizen, even though we got folk trying to change that. Glory to God. If you from somewhere, they trying to change it, but it's okay because we understand we're from heaven anyway. In a kingdom, the king— watch this— chooses the citizens. Say, I'm a citizen of heaven. If you ever go to England, you'll see signs say the Commonwealth of England. You go to Bahamas, you'll see signs say the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Because in kingdoms, in those areas and regions, the king decides who gets citizenship. You know why? Because the king has to take care of the citizens. The king is responsible for the citizens. So he chooses wisely who becomes a citizen. Just because you're born there, you don't get citizenship automatically. You have to show responsibility, or you have to show accountability and sustainability through the family line you were born in. King chooses. Watch this, Jesus chose you. Y'all don't believe it? Go, go to John 15:16. He said, you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask in my name, in the name of my Father, in my name, my Father will give it to you. What a powerful thing for kingdom citizens. You're talking about living a resurrected life, that when you're operating in this realm perfectly, you understand, number one, I didn't choose myself, I didn't choose God. Like the, like the intro said, I'm written into his story. He already decided who I am, what I'll be, what I have, where I go. He knows me. Me. Are y'all here? He says, I chose you so you can go and bring forth fruit. Now, anybody understands anything about fruit, there's a process. It starts with seed. You can't get an apple without an apple seed. Are y'all hearing this? You can go out there and plant some oranges and think and then pray over and say, 'Lord, give me apples.' It's already programmed in the DNA of that seed to be an orange. Here we go. So you've been chosen and appointed to go into the kingdom, show up in the world as a kingdom citizen, to bring forth a certain type of fruit. Can I— can I submit to you, you are who you are. Always be who you are. Never try to be someone else. Never, never try to manifest the seed or the fruit of someone else, because you're uniquely you. And when God needs somebody like you, he's going to come looking for that fruit. But if you're faking it Y'all here trying to be somebody else when God comes looking for you. Okay, that ain't what I put in you in Jeremiah 1:5. What is this? And this is why many times you find yourself being replanted over and over again, because you got to get your identity right so you manifest in the right realm. Say, I'm a citizen of the kingdom. I can teach that all day. I'm moving. I just want to get to the last part though. He said, and so whatever you ask in my name— see, when you're operating— whoo-wee, God have mercy— when you're operating in the plan of God for real, glory to God, you have rights to ask God for whatever you want. And he said, I'll give it to. See, you don't get answers to prayers that are not aligned with his will. 1 John 3: If you ask anything according to my will, I give it to you. So you got to get in the will, get in his plan, so that when you talking to the Father, he's going to give you what, what you need to make your fruit stronger. Are y'all hearing this? To make your assignment greater. Glory to God. Touch yourself and say, I got a seed in me that needs to bear fruit. Say, I got a seed in me that can guarantee— come on, say it— that can guarantee answers to my prayers. That's why a lot of folks don't pray. They fear that God's actually going to answer. Some people hate rejection, so they don't even talk to God because they say, you ain't gonna even ask you about this because you ain't do the last thing. Well, he didn't do the last thing because you were out of the will. Because this scripture says if you ask anything that's in the will— so let me go back to my wife as an example. Can't no dude be on his knees talking to God about my wife. Y'all, come on, man. I don't know why I keep going here. Maybe somebody's somewhere praying that the devil is a lie, that there's no way that's not in the will. Are y'all hearing this? Oh, glory. Okay, let me move. Let me move. Y'all with me? I just sound long. I promise you ain't gonna be long. Glory. So let's, let's just get in this. So a resurrected kingdom, we put it together, is to bring to life— here we go— the authority, the rule, the ability of God through us by living as kingdom citizens, by operating under his domain, by aligning our life with his voice. Say that with me. I gotta align my life with his voice. That's good, man. So let's, let's get into this. So a resurrected kingdom has some things that we must accept as reality to live out. Number 1, the resurrected kingdom is connected to the resurrection because the king of the kingdom is the one that got up. So the first part of this, you need to make sure you got him in you. Oh boy, you got to make sure that you have a desire to live his desired way of life. Go to John 11 real quick because I want to show you that the resurrection is not just this— again, this historical event But it's the coming back to life of a king. Go to the next slide, Mario, so they can see the scripture. Glory to God. And his desired way of life. You can say I'm going there next, so just stay there. John 11:25-26, it says this, it says, Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and I am the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, Yet she— he shall live. Wait a minute, Jesus is talking some interesting language here. He says, I'm the resurrection and I'm life. So if you want to experience this power, you can only do it through me. Come on, say that with me. Say, Jesus is the resurrection And he's the life. Come on, say it one more time. Jesus is the resurrection. Notice I didn't say Buddha, I didn't say Muhammad, didn't say Confucius, Sumo Lee. Jesus is. And so in order to operate in this power, this ability, this authority, you got to accept that. Notice the next thing he says. He says, those that believe on me me. The word believe, there's a pistuo in Greek, which means to have confidence and reliance upon. So God says, now if you rely on me and put your total confidence in me, he says, though you were dead— this is resurrected life— he said you will live. Wait a minute, so that means whatever's dead in my life Because he's talking about alive folk that's walking around with dead stuff. Oh boy, because there are a lot of people in this world that are dead humans walking. They, they are alive with heart beating, but they're zombies. Because— and I'm talking about even folk in the church. Some of the people in the church are the worst. 'Cause again, religion doesn't empower. And you can go to church all you want, but you need to know the resurrection and the life. And then you need to put your belief and your reliance upon him. And God says, when you do that, though your finances was dead, he said, them finances will live. Though you got dead members in your family, I'll resurrect them and save them. He said, though your children have dead habits and dead appetites, he said, I'll resurrect them and bring them to life. Good God. Rub your belly and say, the resurrection lives in me. Yeah. The second thing, the resurrected kingdom operates outside of the fear of human limitations. See, there's no human limits on how the kingdom operates. I need y'all to get this. The moment you try to do a kingdom thing in yourself, you impose limitations on the process. You cannot do this on your own. Watch this. The Bible says the way of a transgressor is hard. So you could be saved and be transgressing against the appointed chosen assignment on your life, and you invite hardness. Are y'all hearing this? But there are no limits. Say, there are no limits. I want you to grab that. God wants you to live a life without limits where you can flow in the things of God. And I'm not just talking about churchy stuff, but I'm talking about you can show up in the world, in your business, and in your life and really be prosperous, really be successful, and really give glory to God because you have removed the boundaries, you have removed the limits from your life. Just elbow somebody next to you, said, take the limits off. This thing ain't governed by natural laws. Acts 4 is on the screen. It says, with great power, the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. So even though the apostles did this, it's an example for all of us to do this as well. So how do we continue after resurrection, after the baskets and the church I grew in, pretty dresses and Easter egg hunts and plays and all, and speeches? And after all of that, are y'all here? How do we show up in the world How do we testify? A testimony is two words— testimony, which means you have a monologue about the test. It means you have a discussion, you have a talk about the test. And so all the things you've gone through to get to where you are, and when you understand what God has done for you through his power, you continue to testify by living under the auspices of that same power that brought you out. In other words, your life should be a living testimony to God's— I know my life is— to God's goodness, to God's grace. Glory to God! The very fact that God uses me, the very fact that God chooses to operate in and through me, is a testimony to itself. Because I ain't always been as good as I am. I ain't always did the right thing. I have not always dotted every i and crossed every t. There's some things I've done I'm not proud of, even while I was saved and a preacher. But The grace of God, the favor of God took a dead man who was struggling. Y'all ain't got to— this my testimony, you ain't got to say nothing— he was struggling with his flesh and couldn't get his flesh under control, who had problems with fornication, problems with adultery. But with great power, glory to the name of God, he resurrected me. He turned my life around. He did a new thing. I'm telling you right now, he's real. The very fact that I can sleep with one woman every day, glory to the name of God, is a testimony to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Oh God. Ah, shaman te tebea. I'm telling you, he'll give you a testimony. If you want it, he'll give you a testimony. You ain't got to struggle with that thing you can't let go. Oh, glory to the name of God. You ain't got to keep fighting the devil in your flesh, but if you yield to God, he'll come in in, and he'll live in you, and he'll move that thing out of the way. Hallelujah. He said with great power they continue to testify. So we don't just testify about the resurrection today, we testified every day in how we live, in our behavior, and how we show up in the world. I got to get through this. Go to— go to— well, let me Keep reading. They said, we testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's grace was powerfully at work in them all. So watch this. When you receive grace, grace starts working through and it starts superimposing itself on other people. Are y'all here? See, when you're really a recipient of grace which is charis in Greek, which means to empower you toward your gift, to empower you toward righteousness. When Jesus shows up, he gives you the grace to live for him. Grace doesn't mean you have a license to sin. Grace means you have power to please him. You have power to work through him and with him. Oh God, help us. I gotta get through. Go to 1 Corinthians 2:4. Oh glory! Say, I got power with God. The Bible says, and my speech and my preaching— here we go— he said, was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and power. I don't care how intellectual someone is, glory to the name of God, or how good they can sound. Glory to the name of God. When we are advancing the kingdom, we don't entice people with intellect. We demonstrate what God can do with spirit and with power. People need to see the power of God. People need to encounter God's spirit for real so they'll know he's real. People say all the time— what? And I've been— I done planted 8 churches, done grew 8 churches and this is the last of the 8 I planted, and I'm probably going to plant some more. Either Pastor Jeffrey's going to pastor this one and I'm going to go somewhere else, or he, he going to go somewhere else. We going— another one going to get planted even out of this one. But here's what I understand: all the time I've been doing this, I've always had the complaint, you hold church too long, you pray for people too long. Well, ministry take time. I'm going to say that again: ministry take time. You cannot see this manifestation of the Spirit in a 75-minute service. Ask me how I know. I've tried it. Oh, it's real quiet. Maybe some of y'all in here don't say it. That— oh, it's okay, it's okay. God got your number too. Listen, let me tell you something, cause you can sit up in the church where there's no demonstration. You watch this. The Bible said in the last days, the sons and and daughters shall prophesy. Your children won't understand prophecy and be a— that's literally your sons and daughters. They weren't talking about no spiritual sons and daughters. No, your children shall prophesy. They cannot prophesy if you don't put them in prophetic culture. Oh God, they can't say what God says if they don't see it. They may not understand it now, but we want to hide them somewhere in the back in a children's church, in a corner, in front of a TV with no power, with a teacher who might be perverted. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. Come on now, I'm just telling— I ain't against children's church. I grew up in church. We had Sunday school. We went— and I'm telling you, I got a lady coming that's about to join this church. She's a master at Christian education. We're gonna start having Sunday school and education for our children. We'll have our 9 o'clock service and we'll get out, and then we're gonna structure this thing where they can do what they need to do to take care of our kids. But you know what, growing up in the church, the church was ministry. I'm telling you, I turned out pretty good. I sat on the pew next to my parents. My daddy was the preacher. And let me try to act up while church was going on. Y'all ain't got to say nothing to me. I'm telling you, and, and I learned what the anointing was sitting in church, not some back room looking at TV, drinking juice. Y'all, come on, these children need to be exposed to power. They go to school every day exposed to everything. They exposed homosexuality, they're exposed to lesbianism, they're exposed to whoredom. They've got children around them cussing. You ought to want them around the anointing. Oh my God, my son there. God, I love you, I love you, Jesus, Jesus. Okay. Yeah, don't kill the messenger. I got to give Jesus for real. He'll tap me up into your conversation. We have church and I'm the first one that— because you know what I want to do? I want to go to Copeland's for brunch on Sunday. We have church at 9 o'clock. I can't go because we ain't got out in time enough yet. But I gotta yield to whatever God's doing. Yeah, so, so we, we need to see demonstration. And because of that, I've seen people who can't see, they can see now because we worshiped and waited on God. I've seen— and my wife can attest to this— she's seen these same miracles I'm about to call out. We've seen people who cannot walk get up out of wheelchairs and walk, and they still walk. Cause we waited on God. We've seen children who were born deaf, could not hear, but we waited on God and that child hears today. If that child was in children's church, it went home deaf. Are y'all here? Yeah, glory to God. Okay, I just love Jesus. He's good. He loves us. That's why he talks to us like this. Glory to God. Okay, let's keep moving. He said, and it's not with our great articulation, great hermeneutical adjustments. While I believe the church needs to be more hermeneutical and more homiletical, we need to study. The preachers need to know what they're talking about. I understand that, and because I'm a studious preacher. But at the end of the day, after it's all said and done, we need demonstration. Say that with me. Say demonstration. That's the expression. You know, if you learn demonstration in here, it'd be so easy when you leave here to practice demonstration out there. Here's my next point, third point. You cannot live in the realm— put it up, Mario— because I want them to see this— of the resurrected kingdom if you don't know the King. You can't operate in this lifestyle of power, this lifestyle of authority, this lifestyle that has victory over death— are y'all here— if you don't know the King. So that means you gotta foster relationship with him. It's not about how you pray, it's what happens when you pray. It's not about how you sound, it's about how you enter in. Oh boy, it's not about the goosebumps and pimples you get. Knowing him is relational. There are people that just met God I'm talking to somebody online. They don't know him, they just met him. I've met a lot of people. Glory to God. I met Tyler Perry, I met Denzel Washington, I met Deion Sanders, I've met— I could just keep going— T.D. Jakes. I've met so many people. I don't know them, because in order to know somebody, you got to spend time with them. In order to know God, you got to spend time with him. So if you want to live this life, you got to decide today, I'm gonna take up a life of devotion. You ought to have some prime time with God. You know what prime time is? That means you come at to the same place the same time. Every day. Shows that come on prime time, they come on that same time every week. You need prime time with God. You need a spot where you go to meet him. You need a sacred place where it's just you and him, cuz you want to get to know him. Watch this. Intimacy, it always happens in private. A man doesn't talk to his wife in public like he talks to her in private. Well, he shouldn't, okay? But there are some men, they're just ignorant, and they talk any kind of way to women in public. There's some so ignorant, they'll raise their hand to hit a woman, and that's the devil. But if I want to know my wife, and, and the more I live with her, the more I get to know I have to spend time with her. I can't be in the house and all I do every day for 24 hours is lock up in my studio, lock up in my office, and never see her until it's time to go to bed. I'm not fostering intimacy. But there's some things I'll say to her that are in— when it's just us— that I won't say in front of you. Y'all here? So you got to get into a place of intimacy with God where you can get to know him. You need, you need some time when you pray. How is it you can binge-watch 10 episodes of a show on Netflix? Oh yeah, yeah, and you can't pray an hour? You sitting there watching How to Get Away with Murder, every episode. Blacklist, every episode, you know you need to get up and do something else and you just right there. That's too much TV, man. But you can't spend an hour with God to study, an hour with God to pray, an hour reading and learning about your King, an hour in worship. Are y'all hearing me? You cannot live in this realm if you don't know him. Knowing him is up to you. Preacher can't do it for you. Relationships are up to the people in the relationship. Can I tell you something? God is waiting on you. The Bible says that his ears are forever open to the prayers of the righteous. So God got a big sign on his chest say, 'I never close, always open.' He, he's waiting to hear your voice. You gotta know it. And let me tell you, for the people that just don't— may not understand, let me help you. You ain't got to do nothing super deep. Talk to God like you talk to everybody. Reverence him, honor him. He's God. He's your Father. I remember I went through something with me and my dad. Me and my dad are great friends. I love my daddy now. I mean, for the past 20 years we've been all right, but we had a season where I wasn't talking to him. I had some issues that I needed to deal with with him. He has some issues with me, but listen That thing did something to me. But you know what I did? I found peace spending time with the King. And where I was lacking in my natural father, God became the father I didn't have in the spirit. And everything I needed, all the guidance, all the wisdom, it came from heaven. I missed the relationship with my daddy during that time. I'm just trying to tell you God is real. And there's no concern you have that he will not listen to and instruct you on. But you got to spend some time with him. Hallelujah. Philippians 3:10. This is how you do it. He said, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto to his death. Here's the issue. He says, that I may know him. Say, I gotta know him. Say it. Say, I gotta know him. The word know in Greek is ordo, which is absolute knowledge. Let me tell you what that looks like. 1 1 2. That's absolute knowledge. It means the knowledge never changes. You and I can die, 1 1 gonna still be 2. Are y'all hearing this? 2 2 gonna still be You can become a rebellion to math and decide, I'm gonna change that, and we gonna say 1 1 is 1. It's not true. 1 1 is 2. It's never gonna change that absolute truth because we know. It has been decided through— another word for gnosis, a process by encounters and experience. So we go through a process of relationship and encounters that create absolute knowledge. So what you want to get to is a place where you absolutely know that God is God and nobody can change your mind about that. Can't nobody tell— an angel can come and preach another gospel to me and say the God you serve ain't God, I'm gonna tell him he lying because I know. Are y'all here? I know based on encounters, based on process, based on relationship, based on what I've seen him do. That ought to be your quest, to know him through encounter, to know him experimentally, to know him based on what he has done. Can I propose a question right here? Is there anybody in here that God has done anything for and you know it? It? Just raise your hand. You know it was God. So there are few of us that know that God has done some things. And some of you may not raise your hand, but you know that there are some things that were beyond your control. Some of you are still breathing because of the hand of God. Some of you, your mama had a plan to abort you and she didn't, and you're still here. Glory to the name of God, because God stopped it and blocked it. My mama tried to abort me. Y'all got to talk. And couldn't. I know it was God that blocked it. Are y'all here? She was 15 years old, didn't want a baby, but God— oh boy, he said that I may know him and the power of his rest. So that's what I want know the power of resurrection. Watch this. And the fellowship of his sufferings being made conformable unto his death. So I talked about this in the beginning. It may cause suffering for you to give up some things you want to hold on to. Nobody wants to give up what they like. Oh God. Okay, y'all just left heaven to come to church today. But some of us— and we need to stop saying in church that sin was miserable. We'll get up in church, say, 'God, deliver me from a miserable life of sin.' Sin wasn't miserable. I could think of some sins to take your whole check. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. Well, there was nothing miserable about sin. While we were in it, we enjoyed it. Listen, and even while you're saved and as you grow and mature, you'll recognize that that thing is dangerous if you touch it again. Are y'all here? There's just some things I'm not gonna look at, some things I'm not gonna do, places I'm not gonna go, because I can't open that door. Are y'all hearing that? And it may be suffering because you may want it. Oh, are y'all here? Oh, it's quiet. It is quiet. That's okay, I anticipated it. Glory to God. I got a good friend, her name is Francine Riley. When the church gets quiet, she has a tape recorder up there with her and she has recorded her amens. I need, I need that right now. She just play 'em. Glory to God. So she can get some help. Hallelujah. Are y'all with me? This is a call to align ourselves with the kingdom constitution, which is the Bible. Every kingdom has a constitution. The Word of God is our constitution. We do what it says. Sometime again, it's It's a suffering process because you don't want to let go. But can I announce to you— and I'm almost done— that God wants you this morning to let go of the things he's trying to take? There's some stuff we hold on to that God says, I need you to let go of, because there's another dimension of me you will never experience as long as you hold this. See, because when you really come into knowledge of the King, you embrace his culture. You want what he wants. You want to do what he says do. And then when you embrace his culture, you have access to his Commonwealth. Commonwealth is a shared wealth. In every kingdom, Commonwealth— wealth in common. You share in the wealth of the king. That's why the king in England waits till everybody has accountability, everybody's built stability for themselves, so whatever he gives is an added benefit. So God says, I need you now to understand, I want you to come in alignment. Somebody say alignment. I'm almost done. Here's my last point. The resurrected kingdom is proof. Somebody say proof. That the worst thing is not the last thing. Oh God, I believe I'm talking to someone here and online that you've been through hell. You've had some problems, you've had some issues, but I stopped by here today in this little church to tell somebody that the worst thing is not the last thing. And it's— oh my God, it— God's got something more on his day planner. He's got something more in his schedule. I know that thing almost took you out. I said it Friday night and I'll say it again. The devil has hit you with his best shot, but you're still standing. I, I need you to tell somebody that. Look them in the face, look them eyeball to eyeball, and say, the last thing— y'all ain't say it— say, the last thing is not the worst thing. And say, the worst thing is not the last thing. Tell them God's getting ready to do what you thought could never be done. I got to go home, y'all. Just elbow somebody else. Glory to God. The Bible, the Bible says in Acts 1:3, the Bible said he showed himself alive after his passion with many infallible proof. I need you to understand something. Glory to the name of God. God's getting ready to give you proof. You're getting ready to see the proof that he's real. You're getting ready to see the proof that he's alive. You're getting ready to see the proof that you can't lose. I'm telling you right now, with Jesus you always win. I need somebody to help me preach. Just high-five another person. Y'all ain't doing it. High-five somebody and tell them, I'm coming out of this. I'm coming out with power. I'm coming out resurrected. I'm coming out anointed. I'm coming out with joy. I'm coming out filled with glory. I'm coming out filled with the anointing. I need somebody to understand that God called you to live a resurrected life. He's about to prove to you that there's greatness in your children. He's about to prove to you that your money ain't gonna always be funny. He's about to prove to you that he is God, and beside him there is no other. I wish I could preach this like I feel. Lord have mercy, I feel the preacher. I'll preach it by myself if I have to, but I'm telling somebody here today, glory to the name of God, that God's getting ready. Oh my God, to make sure you know like never before that he is God. Glory to the name of God. I need you to understand you're living proof that God is God. God, I thank you that my life is living proof that God is God. My life is living proof that you live. And because you live, I live also. Because he lives, you can face tomorrow. I just need somebody that rub your belly and say, he's alive in me. I have a resurrected life. I have greatness in me. I have purpose in me. I have power in me. I have victory in me. I have glory. In me, and nothing I'm going through will stop the joy that God will bring me. For, and we know that all things work together for the good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose. Lift your hands and say, I got glory. On the inside. Shout yeah! Say yeah! Good God. Hallelujah. It's a resurrected kingdom that needs to resurrect through you, that need to resurrect upon you. You gotta stop living a dead life. Oh, that's not God's plan for you. It's his plan for you to live. He said the thief come to steal, kill, and destroy. He said, but I have come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly. God wants you to move in abundance. He wants you to live in joy. He wants you to live in peace. Hallelujah! Lord, I love you. Y'all stand, I'm done. You got to show up in the world when this kingdom is operating in you every single day. Once again, you become the living proof that the worst thing you went through It's not the last thing. There is more. The way it is now, it's not the way it's gonna be. I'll say that again. The way it is now, it's not the way it's gonna be. God wants to restore. He wants to heal you where you hurt. He wants to bring things together and introduce you to a future you never experienced. Father, I thank you for this word. I need you to do me a favor this morning. Grab one person, please be obedient. One person. This is the instruction: get one person by both of their hands. We're praying this morning. The Bible said we should pray one for the other, and I want you to begin to put some pressure in that right hand. Your right hand is a hand of authority. It's your binding hand. Look them in the face, say, I'm getting ready to pray for you, and I'm gonna bind everything in the name of Jesus that will hinder your purpose, God's plan, your assignment. Say, in Jesus' name, you'll have victory. Put pressure in that right hand. Say, I'm gonna bind up every person that doesn't belong in your life. Because I believe the word. Tell them, whatever I bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Now squeeze that left hand, that's your loosened hand. Say, I'm getting ready to loose some things for you. I'm gonna loose your finances. I'm gonna loose peace. I'm gonna loose healing. I'm gonna lose power. I'm gonna lose a resurrected life for you today. Now squeeze that right hand again. That's your binding hand, and I want you to begin to pray. We're praying one for the other. Come on, come on, open your mouth. Let the corporate voice ring out. That's a destiny you're holding. That's a life you're holding. I want you to pray for him for real. Koshi amante te baya, bren sete beko rambandaya. And it's real simple. Squeeze that right hand. And so, Father, in the name of Jesus, even that's with obeying your word. You said we should pray one for the other. And so, Father, we're praying one for the other today. And Father, we trust and believe that as we pray, God, you hear us when we pray. You said whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven. So Father, we bind up everything in the life of this person that's not like you. We bind sickness, we bind poverty, we bind disease, we bind lack in the name of Jesus. We bind up every demonic force, we bind up every person and every entity that doesn't belong in their space. And Father, in the name of Jesus, we decree and declare that your word says whatever I bind on earth, it will be bound in heaven. So Father, in Jesus' name, we bind it up now. We bind up everything that's not of you. Come on, squeeze that left hand. And Father, we loose healing, we loose deliverance, we loose breakthrough in their life, God. We loose good health, we loose prosperity in the name of Jesus. Maybe if you prayed at home, you could pray at church. Come on, open your mouth. You can't pray at church because you don't pray at home. Open your mouth. That's a real life you're holding. Don't play with it. Pray. Glory to God. Talk to God. Loose the blessing. Loose purpose. Loose destiny. Loose breakthrough. Loose the assignment. God, in the name of Jesus, we declare it. You said whatever we loose on earth, it will be loosed in heaven. God, we cast the devil out of the mind, break down every stubborn will, and we say yes, Lord. Yes to your will, yes to your way, yes to your plan. Yes, God, we will obey, we'll do what you say. And Father, we bind up limitations. But we learned today, God, we're in a kingdom that has no limits. So we bind up limitations in the mighty name of Jesus, and we say it is so in Jesus' name. Come on, loose your hands and go for yourself. Some of y'all couldn't wait. I'm telling you, you better stop leaving God out of your life. Your life is hard because you don't put him in it. The way of a transgressor is hard. You can't pray and you got problems because you don't put God first. And I'm trying to help y'all this morning. You are hard and in a hard place because God is second. And I'm telling you that because I love you. It's gonna keep being hard. You're gonna keep struggling. You'll never scale because your life is special. Your life is special, and you can't do what everybody else do. I'm talking to somebody right now. You can't live like everybody else, and as long as you try, you're gonna have problems. As long as you keep doing what you're doing, you're gonna have issues. But you gotta sell out, and God said you got to give him your all. I'm sorry. I can't, I can't make this sweet for you. Your life is important. You can't keep playing with God and expect him to bless you. We love him and we honor him. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Mario, come here for a moment, please, sir. I need you to do me a favor. Grab them 3 chairs right there and put them behind me. Glory to God. We love you, Jesus. Oh, hallelujah! We bless you. Come on, worshipers are worshiping. Hallelujah! Come on, open your mouth, corporate man. Amen. Give him glory. Hallelujah. We give you glory, God. You can put them closer than that because I'm gonna get you to get 2 more after that. Glory to God. Holy, holy, forever. And the angels cry. And the angels cry.

Sing holy. Holy. All creation cries. Holy. Holy. You are lifted high.

Holy. Holy, holy, holy, holy forever. Come on, worshipers! And the angels cry, and the angels cry. Come on, sing it to Jesus. Holy, holy, holy. All creation cries, all creation cries.

Sing holy, holy, holy. You are lifted You are lifted high. Holy, holy, holy forever. Holy forever.

Y'all keep singing this. Come on, all these kids, come real quick. I, I feel you. I just want to put my hands on you. All y'all come, children.

Y'all parents, just let y'all children go.

I just want to put my hands on them. Father, we bless these children. Release them into destiny, God. Stir the gifts that are inside of them. Cover them in the blood and protect in Jesus' name. Father, bless this baby from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. Let your blood cover, let your blood keep. Do a new thing in their life, God. God, let them have a sensitivity to you even in their youth, God, and we praise you for it.

Jesus' name.

God, bless from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. Let your blood cover, God.

Let her experience your love, God.

Let glory be revealed in Jesus' name. Father, from the crown of her head to the very sole of her feet, bless this daughter, God. With all she's been through, get the glory out of her life, God. God, heal every wound, heal every pain in the mighty In the mighty name of Jesus, we thank you for restoration of her life. Let her know, God, what love is. Let her experience it in this season, and we bless you for it in Jesus' name. God bless this baby from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet in Jesus' name. Cover in the blood, keep her, God. Let her experience your love. Protect her, God, from the enemy and the ways of the devil in Jesus' name. Shabaya! God bless Amanda from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. Let your glory be revealed in her life. Use her, God. God, give her a sensitivity to the realm of the spirit. God, accelerate her knowledge, accelerate her speech. God, even as she's having a birthday this week, God, do something new, do something special. Give her a You're a miracle God, and we bless you for it in Jesus' name. Father, bless this baby from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet. Get the glory out of his life, God. Let resurrection flow through him in the mighty name of Jesus. So be it. So be it. Father, bless this young man from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet. God, let your glory be revealed in his life. Stir up every gift in him, God. Use him and let your power— let your power through his intelligence— let it be clear in the world who you've made him to be, God. Get the glory out of his life, God. Wherever he go, let glory precede him in his work, in his profession, in his dreams. We thank you for it, God. In— Shaddai, in Jesus' name. Father, bless this young lady from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. Get the glory out of her life. Stir up the gifts, God. God, let wisdom flow out of her. Holy— I thank you for her days ahead will be filled with joy. They'll be filled with peace and prosperity. And wherever she put her feet, let it prosper. Whatever she put her hands to, God, give her big victory. I thank you for sweatless victory in her life, in the name of Jesus. Holy, holy, holy. Father, bless Christopher from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet. God, get the glory out of his life, in the mighty name of Jesus. In the mighty name of Jesus, thank you that you're making him whole Oh God, I rebuke everything not like you, God. I command his body to line up with your body, to line up with your word, and we break every word curse. That's ta ta ta. And we thank you for freedom right now in the name. I command his words to be loosed. Freedom of its speech. I command his tongue to articulate. Oh, Shabbat, in the name of Jesus. So be it, in Jesus' name.

And the angels cry, and the angels cry, holy, holy, all creation cry Holy! Holy! You're lifted high! You are lifted up!

Holy!

Holy forever!

Come on one last time— And the angels cry!

And the angels cry! Sing holy! Holy! Holy, all creation cries, all creation cries, sing holy, holy, you are lifted high, you are lifted high, holy, holy, holy forever.

Hallelujah, we bless him. We're going to take a moment in this service today to license some people who are definitely called to ministry, who've been walking it out all their life, but we're going to license them under the auspices of this ministry today. And we trust God that as this next year progress, they all will go through 1 year ministerial training They'll be taught, they'll be trained, and it's going to be great. We have a whole university. They're going to go through one of the curriculums that we have in Rhoda University, and they're being prepared to be appointed into various fivefold ministry areas in the world, in this church, and how they'll serve life. So I'm going to ask those that are candidates today to come and take a seat up here. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Wonderful Savior. Thank you, Jesus. Yes, God. You can come, Pastor Mario. Got music. Thank you, Jesus. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We bless you, God. You could be seated. Praise God. Glory to God. Glory to God. The individuals you see, family and friends, glory to God. Today, Jeffrey Jasper. Matter of fact, Jeffrey— oh, let me— I, I need to say that. I want to make sure I say it right. Jeffrey Odok Jasper. Glory to God. Zion Nayyara Sharai— inshara— inshara Jasper. Sharia Marie Burns. Hallelujah. Felicia Juanette Woods and Tanya Latisse Anderson. They sit before us today because they have proven their qualifications to minister, and we have inquired— me, meaning me personally— diligently of the Lord concerning them, and we found them not only sacred and fit for these licensed today, but we see something in their future that's greater than this moment. I need everybody out there just say, greater than this moment. Come on, say it again. Say, greater than this moment. We believe God. Hallelujah. So I'm gonna ask you guys some questions, and you need to either affirm, I do, or I don't. All right, so first question: do you believe you are moved moved by the Holy Spirit to serve in ministry? I do. I didn't hear everybody. Okay, let's ask it again. Do you believe you are moved by the Holy Spirit to serve in ministry? All right. Will you strive to live a life keeping with what you preach? Hm. Now, do you believe the Bible to be the infallible word of God? Now, you've heard that, people. You've confessed that before the Lord. Now, if you ever decide that the word of God is not the infallible word of God and go to preaching something else. We're going to remind you of this day. The only thing you ought to preach is the word. You can study, use other context to help you in your process, but the word of God, the canon of the Holy Scriptures, cannot be changed. Glory to God. Now I want every person in this building to pray with me because I'm gonna just go through and pray for each one of them. And I just want you praying with me. If you can intercede, stretch your hands this way and we're going to pray. Glory to God. So Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you for my son. And from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet, I decree and declare that this anointing that's been evident upon his life for a long time— God, we're simply anointing him for another phase today. And we thank you for what you're getting ready to do. We thank you for the service he's already given you in the body. We thank you for the things you've allowed him to accomplish as a leader in the church. And so, Father, in the day— I bless you for the anointing right now. So, Father, even as my hands, let them be as your hands. For even as the word minister, diasune, means servant, he is the epitome of that word already. And Father, I thank you that he will be an example to others of what it means to serve, what it means to honor you with his life. And I'm asking you to get the glory out of it. Oh, shabaya! We bind up everything, God. Every fear, every doubt, every stronghold, every diabolical plan of the enemy that will try to stop his elevation. Thank you for the office of the senior pastor. The time, Baba Asa, that you have held for him in the future, thank you that you've already made a people ready. You've already opened the door. And Father, thank you that this next year will just be a formality for deployment as he'll move into that space. And I release the spirit of a learner, God. I pray, God, that it will continue to be upon him, that he will learn and grow, learn and grow. In the mighty name of Jesus, we declare it to be so. In Jesus' name, Father, I I thank you for my daughter Zion. Oh, rakasha bakala kinshe te aya. Re kita taba shekun te te de be soto. From the crown of her head to the very sole of her feet. Li bango sha ta taba baya. I thank you for the anointing that's on her life, and I thank you, God, that the service she's displayed even goes beyond this moment. And I thank you, God, that as she moves into to the future. God, you're getting her ready too for this next phase. I thank you for the prophetic anointing that rests on her life. So first and foremost, I thank you, God, that you will prepare her in this year to come to stand in the office of a prophet. And God, even next year, as we ordain her as a prophet, as we affirm what you've already said, God, in the name of Jesus, She will learn all she needs to learn. She will grow and increase. And when she prophesies, even throughout this year as she serves as a minister, what she says will be seen. What she says will come to pass. Raba so to rocket in the name of Jesus. And many will be edified. Will be magnified and increase because of the anointing of prophecy that's on her. She will move fluently in the gifts of word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, and the gifts of prophecy. She will become a master in those areas. She shall operate in the gift of intercession. I impart to her today the gift of an intercessor. I declare it to be so in the name of Jesus. And even as she will serve as our pastor of social media ministry, I thank you, God, that even as she's appointed to that place. You will give her the skill and the wisdom to handle all of the media for the church, and she will be anointed for this task like never before. You will give her creativity that she never had. She is creative because the Holy Spirit lives in her, and we glorify you for it. In Jesus' name. Hallelujah! Come on, saints, if you're intercessor, pray, pray as I lay my hands today upon my daughter Sharia Marie. She's endured a lot for this moment— negativity, ridicule, even in her past. She's gone through things that others would not even qualify her to sit in this spot, but your blood has made her whole. She is a living testimony of how you can turn a life around and how you take the position of a learner. You can grow, you can increase, and you can find favor with you, Father. And you have saw fit, God, does she preach your gospel, does she be a minister of the gospel. And so, Father, we thank you for the gift of intercession that's upon her. And Father, we thank you that in this year she'll be trained not only to preach and to teach and to do the things you've called her to do, but she'll be trained in the areas of intercession. And Father, your glory will be revealed even now when she prays. Something happens in this room when she leaves intercession. God, I pray that you would increase the anointing upon her life, and I thank you, God, that she will be— even as she becomes the pastor of helps for this church, as we build an effective helps ministry, God, you will use her for glory. And God, that the anointing, God, that is on her life— she has proven, God, through her accountability and her loyalty, oh God, that she is ready for this moment. So Father, let your glory be revealed. And Father, may this day be a testament to what your blood can do, to who you are, to how you can bring transformation. The person she is now, from the day she walked in this church several years ago is a testament that we doing this ministry is worth it, because what we've seen with her life has been nothing short of a miracle. And what we know is the best is yet to come, and there— her greatest days are still ahead. So we bless you, God, and we praise you. And even this grace you've given her for children God, continue to expand that wisdom, expand that grace, expand that knowledge. Release the concept and the idea on creating a structure and a business model that will be effective for helping hundreds of children at one time. And send our employees and help in homes and houses and real estate. I declare it in the name of Jesus. And I bind up every place of struggle. And I thank you that the blessing of the Lord that makes rich and adds no sorrow is upon her, in Jesus' name. Come on, intercessors, pray. Father, I thank you for Minister Tanya Latisse Anderson. God, as she is being anointed under this ministry as a minister, she has been serving you in ministry. I pray, God, that this day will represent a new paradigm shift that would take her into dimensions she has never known, into places she's never seen. And even, God, as you are preparing her to continue to flow as the pastor of worship, God, that you will cause her to write creative songs, wake her up in the midnight hour to write Give her an ear to hear the music that you will send from heaven. Release in her spirit the combination to usher your people into glory. For God, you made her a general in the spirit, so give her the leadership aptitude to lead people into your your presence and to encounter you. And so, God, I'm asking you that in private you will give her private encounters that she can reproduce in our presence, that she can show us how to get into deep places that we've never experienced. And so, Father, we give you glory. We thank you for the mantle of the worship that her life and her experience will align with her song. Take every pain she's gone through and amalgamate it into a place of worship. Take every truth she knows about you and bring it to a culmination of glory. I declare you are a glory carrier. I declare that the glory of God flows in and through you and out of you. And Father, even as my hands are upon this daughter, I declare today in the name of Jesus that the Boaz you have prepared for her, that God, you will begin to send him her way. And that I declare that as she hides in worship, that as she hides in service, as she hides in preparation, God, he will find a wife and he will find a good thing and he will obtain favor with God. Thank you that he'll have stability, he'll have the strength to lead her. He'll have the boldness to surrender to you, and he'll trust and honor what you've put in him. Oh, Shabbaath! And even as my hands are upon her body, her head, I declare today that her body is whole. I speak to every infirmity in her body, and I I command it to back up now in the name of Jesus. I say, woman, be made whole in Jesus' name. I said, with his stripes you are healed. Receive it, be made whole. It's your portion. Healing and deliverance is the children's bread. We lay hands on the sick and they recover. I command your body— Shabba tos! Soba. Come on, intercessors! Rebe, suntu, rabba! I lay my hands upon my wife, a daughter that has been committed to you all of her life, one that has had authenticity and uniqueness from her mama's belly. And this moment that she doesn't take lightly, this sacred moment, she doesn't take lightly the opportunity to carry the word, although She's been caring and she's been sharing it. She's been serving as a minister. But God, today, as she receives these licenses, I stir up boldness in her. I stir up the gift of God in her like never before. And as she goes through this year of process, as she's being trained to operate as our executive pastor, as she's being trained in matters of apostleship, that the power of the living God will begin to flow in and through her life, and that your glory would be revealed as she's prayed for many and she's cast down demons, as she's laid hands on others, as she spoke life to others. May in the name of Jesus multitudes be delivered because of what's upon her life. I thank Thank you, God, that you have made her a Proverbs 31 woman. She is blessed in the city, she is blessed in the field, she's blessed when she comes and when she goes. Her neighbors call her blessed, those in her profession, those around her have called her blessed, and we decree and declare she will carry the glory of God. Kela basa tata bababa tai. And her business savvy, her discipline with money. We thank you that these anointings will carry over into her office as executive pastor. We thank you that this church will experience wealth. The church itself will have wealth because of her leadership. Shabba! Toh sabai. And you'll give her creative ideas for creating wealth in this house. Thank you for the businesses she'll start under the auspices of this church. Not our businesses, but the church's businesses. Schools and daycares that will be birthed and erected. Hotamai. Curriculums that will be released. Businesses that she'll release. As the executive pastor of this house. And thank you that you'll assemble a team around her of effective administrators who will operate in your glory and serve faithfully. And we bless you for it. So beautiful. Thank you, God, because she's seen your hand heal in her own body. That these hands, hallelujah, that she has will operate in healing. She will lay hands on the blind and they will see. She will lay lay hands on the deaf and they will hear, the lame and they will walk. She'll lay hands on cancer patients and they'll be made whole. I declare that the gifts of healing and deliverance will flow heavy through her life. Whoa, sha! In Jesus' name. I declare she'll even raise the dead. I declare it to be so. Eshagata. Ah, in the mighty name of Jesus. Come on, worshipers. Come on, worshipers. Just open your mouth and worship. Come on, the presence of God is here right now. Come on, just worship him a few moments. We're gonna go. Father, we give you glory for these ministers, these servants, God. These new servants in the kingdom, these new servants in the body, that you're preparing them for the next phase with everything they've done. We thank you that this season shall be greater. Hallelujah! A greater anointing, a heavier consecration. And Father, we worship you for what you're gonna do through them. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Certificate of license, please stand. who has shown evidence that he has been called by God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. His license entitled him to preach the gospel and exercise his gifts as he may have opportunity. His act is sealed on this 20th day of December— I'm sorry, not December— the 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 2023. at Rhoda Church at Ellingwood, Georgia. Jasper, a hand, come on! This certificate of license is proudly presented to Felicia Juanette Woods, who has shown evidence that she is called by God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. This license entitles her to preach the gospel and exercise her gives as she may have opportunity. This act is sealed on this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025 at Rudder Church at Ellenwood, Georgia. Y'all give our First Lady Felicia a hand. Glory to God. Certificate of license. This certificate is prayerfully presented to Zion in Shikaya, who has shown evidence that she has been called by God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. This license entitles her to preach the gospel and exercise her gifts as she may have opportunity. This act is sealed on this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025 at Rhoda Church at Ellenwood Church. Come give Minister Zion a hand. Glory to God. Hallelujah. This certificate of license is presented to Sharia Marie Burns, who has shown evidence that she has been called by God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. This license entitles her to preach the gospel, to exercise her gifts as she may have opportunity. This act is sealed on this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025 at Rodder Church at Ellenwood, Georgia. Y'all give Minister Sharia Burns a hand! Glory to God! My God, today, certificate of license. This certificate is prayerfully presented to Tanya Latisse Anderson. Son. Glory to God, who has shown evidence that she has been called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. This license entitles her to preach the gospel and exercise her gifts as she may have opportunity. This act is sealed on this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 2025 at Roddick Church in Ellenwood, Georgia. Y'all give God praise for Tanya La Matthias Anderson. Give all our ministers a hand. Glory to God. Hold on, hold on. Glory to God. Glory to Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Now, get one with me in the middle of it. Hallelujah! Y'all give God praise and glory. Thank you, thank you. Bless the Lord, we give him praise. Come on, y'all praise him. Glory to God. Amen. Hallelujah. Glory to God. We give you glory, Jesus. Hallelujah, Jesus. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord Jesus. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Glory to God. We bless you. We bless you. We bless you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We thank you. We honor you. Clap your hands and give God praise again. Hallelujah. Come on, give him praise again. Glory to God. We're going to take this time to give. Glory to God. we're going to do this quickly. Praise God. I'm going to read a scripture for you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. As we prepare our hearts to give, Mario, put the ways to give on the screen for us. Hallelujah. Hallelujah! Glory to God! Thank you, Holy Spirit! Thank you, Jesus! The Bible says here, it says, give. Somebody say give. And it shall be given unto you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over. I like this part: shall men give to me in return. So I just want you to keep in mind as you give this morning that you're setting yourself up for provision. I read that because I heard somebody say that, that it ain't necessary to be giving all the time. You ain't got to sow seed all the time. We live because of seed. Are y'all here? All right, matter of fact, you are the living expression of a seed. Okay, are y'all hearing this? Okay, they still ain't got it. Pastor Jeffrey, you breathe because your daddy sowed a seed into your mama. The word sow is sperma in Greek, is where we get the word seed. Are y'all here? So when we release seed, we're setting life in motion. And when that person was saying that— I wanted to say, say real bad, but God told me to be quiet and just let him do what he was doing— the very air they were breathing was because of seed. The very house they were standing in exists because of giving. are y'all here? Everything in my life is connected to how I've given in some way. This is the life source, and you have to operate in gratitude. And what happens when you do that? You get in this circle of supernatural provision where God sends men to supernaturally give to you. I'm telling you, God wants to set you up to always be blessed. Blessed. So let's pray. Father, we praise you for this time of giving. We praise you for this moment. We believe the word. Your word says, given, it shall be given unto us good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall men give to our bosom. And so, Father, we thank you, God, that as we give today, these seeds are going to come back good measure, pressed down, shaken together. And I thank you that the people in this room are going to meet the needs we have and a church. Thank you that we don't lack anything, that as we give corporately together, we'll have what this church needs. Even those online that will share in this offering, we decree and declare that they will sacrifice and they'll be liberal. God, release the spirit of liberality in this place, and let us be joyous about our giving. In Jesus' name, amen. And amen. So take a moment, pray about it, get your seed in the ground. If you have physical money, I'm gonna bring the bucket. Glory to God. You're welcome to bring that. You got a check, make it payable to Raleigh Church. You have cash? How have you given? Let's give. Let's get it in the ground. Glory to God. Let me give my seed. Glory to God. Sickness and poverty must cease, for the devil is defeated. We are blessed. We're blessed in the city, we're blessed in the field.

We're blessed. We're blessed when we come and when we go. We cast down every Stronghold, sickness and poverty must cease, for the devil, for the devil is defeated. We are, we are blessed. We're blessed in the city, we're blessed in the field, we're blessed when we come and when we go home. We cast down every stronghold, sickness Sickness and poverty must cease, for the devil is defeated. We are blessed late in the midnight hour. God's gonna turn it around, it's gonna work in your favor. Come on, say, late in the midnight hour, God's gonna turn it around.

God's gonna turn it around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around. We claim the city, we're blessed in the field, we're blessed when we come and when we go home.

We cast down every stronghold, sickness and poverty must cease.

For the devil is defeated, we are blessed. If you're blessed, clap your hands and praise God. Hallelujah! Glory to God! Listen, we're getting ready to go, uh, very quickly. Can you change that slide all the way to the end for me, Mario, just so the people online I can see what's on the end. Just, just space it out all the way to the end. Oh, you got the live on. Don't worry about it. Okay, we're good. Let's just leave the live on. It's fine. Listen, guys, because I'm looking at this screen and that screen doing something totally different. Okay, thank you, Lord. Glory to God. Isn't God good? Were we blessed today? Yes. Amen. We're gonna go home Again, congratulations to all our ministers. Uh, if either of them before we go have something they want to say, I'm gonna give them an opportunity to do that. Y'all got something y'all want to say? You sure? Okay, all right, your chance. All right, all right. As we leave, those of you still watching us, please don't miss the opportunity to give. Get your seed in the ground. Amen. Glory to God. Our Cash App is Rother Church. Glory to God. Our Zelle is info@rotherchurch.com, and you can go to our website rotherchurch.com/donate and give. You have something?

You're looking like you got I saw the movie many times, but I know the biblical word about God, how He's God, but it was just something just hit me so hard. And this was happening, but it was just, it was like a music came over me, and I didn't even speak Spanish. I didn't even do upstairs. I got some things done, but he was just turning me, turning me, turning me apart. And all I could say was, I mean, I was just in tears because I was like, Lord, thank you because you didn't have to do this. And if all you want me to do is live for you, and every thing that they did to me, spitting on me, carrying his cross. I mean, just if you just think about it, sit down and think about it, and we complain about everything. He didn't say nothing, and they just whipped him, they pushed him, they spat on him, they put nails in his hands, thorns on his head. He did all that for us. He didn't even have to do it because he could have saved himself. But I sat and God began to really soften, just beginning to soften my heart even more. And I can do that for weeks. Say, Lord, I, I can't do nothing but serve you, because if you did all that for me, I don't even deserve it. Some things I've done, not a whole lot, because I'm green. I ain't did a whole lot of things. So I've been just in this way, but thoughts, things, thoughts that I may have thought. But I say, God, I can't do nothing but I don't have any kind of English or nothing in me that says I want to go back. I, I desire what the world has for me, because if he could do what he did and he didn't have to do it, and then I know that he is the King of Kings, I'm on the winning side. So I don't desire, I don't want to go to the left, to the right, but it was like something in him let me know that he's holy and I want to be holy. I got to be holy. If I have to stand and go by myself, it's well worth it because when I stand before him, I don't want him to say, I didn't do this, I told you to do this, you didn't do that, I told you to say this to her, you didn't say that. I don't want I'm gonna stand before him and he tell me, depart from me, he don't know me. And I've spent my whole life saying I'm saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost. But when I stand before him, the God that knows all things, we can't fool him. We can fool a whole lot of people, but one thing about it, if you sit down and begin to be true to yourself and realize you got some stuff that you need to move, that you need to get out the way, that you need to set aside. When we stand before him— and we don't know when it's coming, but I believe he's standing up right now. The world is already where it's ready. The field is ready. And when he stand up, and when I stand before him, I want him to tell me, well done. I don't want him to tell me he don't know me. Lord, I cast out devil in your name, all of that. I still— I don't even know you. You don't You know of me, you don't know me, because if you know him, you would change, you would want to be like him. But that movie and just how God just worked with me all night about that, and it wasn't that I'm, I'm sinful, but it was just a new me, a more respect that came over me. Lord, where I'm slack, forgive me. Where I'm lacking, Lord, forgive give me. Because if you did all that just for me, me, little old me, and everybody, even the drunkards in the street, the prostitutes, the whole mongers, the lesbians, all of these people, God, you died for them. And some of them still won't say thank you. Wake up every morning, put on their clothes and go out the door. Never give God reverence. Lord, I thank you for my life. Life. If he take his breath away, there's no life. And I don't take that for granted. Every morning I wake up, Lord, I thank you for the breath, because I realize if you decide today, right now, while I'm standing, well, I want my breath back, guess what? He gonna take it. And whether man falleth, so shall he lie. And you don't want to be found guilty of not being where God wants you to be. This is a serious I've never been more serious in my life. And it don't take paper for me. I don't have to have a piece of paper because I know who God is and I know what God means to me. But the reverence that he put on me last night, and with that little animated movie, I just began to thank God and realize he is holy. He's holy, holy, holy.

Holy Lord God Almighty, early in the morning my soul shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons. Almighty. Yes, God. Early in the morning, my soul shall rise to thee. Oh, he's holy. He's holy, he's holy. He's merciful and he's mighty. God in three persons.

So happy. If you haven't know or you don't know who he is, he's God in three persons. He is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. And I wouldn't leave today without giving him my life because he deserves that. He He don't ask for much, but he just wants a life. And I promise you, living for him is better than living what you live in the world. Because where we, where we are today and the way the world is going, I wouldn't be caught not knowing I got somebody that has me in his best interest. The world can give you only so much, and then you still have to fall on your face. Lord, I'm sorry. Me. But if you put your hand in his hand, you don't have to worry about nothing that goes on in this world, nothing at all, because we do have the King of Kings that lives and he's on our side. And I'm so thankful for him being holy in my life. So that's all I got to say.

I'm gonna sit down. Hallelujah. That's right on where I was going Listen, very quickly, we got to all get repentant before we leave this building. Every hip-hop we got, we're going to lose. Every hip-hop movie we got, we're going to lose. Every system we got. If you're in this room, as my wife said, if you don't know Jesus, you don't know him. You know what? That you don't know him and you want to give your life to him today. He's the Savior of the world. He wants to save your very life. He wants to change your very life. Every head bowed, every eye closed, no one looking around. Please, you'll do that. If you're here and you say, Michael, I want I want to know God. My business ain't straight. If I died today, I would go to hell. You know your business is not straight with God. I want you to lift your hand. Just lift your hand. Say, I know my business is not straight. I see those hands. Keep those hands up. I see them. I'm not going to embarrass you. Every head bowed, every eye closed. You don't want to look at the wild people. We've all helped set the deceit. And you say, I want to know God. I want to give my life to Jesus. I see those hands. All right, here's what I want you to do. Those of you that lifted your hands and those of you that didn't, we're going to pray this prayer with them because Jesus is here to receive you. So say this with me. Say, Heavenly Father. Come on, everybody. Heavenly Father. Especially those that lifted your hand. Say, Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus. I open my heart. And I invite you in. Say, I repent of my sins. Say, Lord, come in my heart. Live in me. Take residence. Take control of my life. Say, Lord, I believe that you died and rose again. So on this day, I declare by the word of God, of my mouth and your works that I am saved. I receive you in Jesus' name. Say, Father, fill me with the Holy Ghost in Jesus' name. So be it. Amen. Would you give God praise for salvation today? Come on, you can do better than that. The Bible The Bible said the angels of heaven rejoice at the coming of one. Ismael Faux came just at that moment. I need you to give God praise for those souls that have given. Oh yeah, God, we thank you. Hallelujah. What more can we ask for? Hallelujah. To add more souls to the kingdom. Listen, I'm I just want to encourage those of you that gave your life to God, you need a place where you can grow. You need a church where you can grow. We believe in sharing the word in this place. Sometimes it's tough, sometimes it's hard, but we share what God says. And if you need a place where you can grow, you can grow in this place. This is a good place to become. To develop, to believe, and be deployed into who God says you are. So consider that in your prayers because you need the word. Faith come by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Give those souls another hand. My God. Hallelujah. Chip, can I pray for you real quick? There's a second thing I need you to do. Christopher done got comfortable in your lap and didn't want to go. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Lift your hands. Father, we thank you. Your word declares that healing and deliverance is the children's prayer. Father, I thank you for wholeness in her heart, wholeness in her mind, wholeness in her spirit. I thank you for wholeness in her body. And every attack of the enemy that comes against her mind, I decree and declare peace in her mind, peace in her body, peace in her spirit. Father, do a new thing in her and let our eyes behold it. Father, you said in your word we can lay hands on the sick and they recover. God, I believe you. I trust you. I trust your word. You sent your word and it heals them. And I thank you for miracles that can't be denied in the life of this your daughter. Get the glory out of her life. And Father, I pray that even as I lay my hands upon her, you'll remind her that you're gonna get the glory out of her life. And that her life is not in vain, and that you— oh, Rabba, and that you're gonna use her. I release angels at my charge to minister to her day and night, for your word says angels hearken to the voice of thy word. So I'm gonna tell you what I'm believing for, God. I'm believing you to do what the doctor said couldn't be done. You are a miracle-working God. I'm believing you for a faith, a belief that you can do this for real. And so, Father, I declare Tiffany's body— I speak to it and I command it to be made whole, and I release the faith to trust you. And oh, shai, mantor! Oh, God said he wants your life to be a testimony of what he can do, and he said this healing is going to occur through a process. He said to let you know, first you must build your faith. Faith comes by hearing. You got to believe it. You got to believe you could be whole. You got to not accept. You got to accept the power of God and don't accept anything else. And it takes your faith to make you whole. So that starts with the word. Faith come by hearing and hearing the word. So I'm gonna send you a whole list of healing scriptures to build your faith. I want you to pray and read those scriptures out loud every single single day. Watch this, I'm gonna be praying in agreement with you. We're gonna see this with our own eyes, but we both got work to do because God says he's got to build your faith. And God says you will function in the realm of humanity as normal, and your life will be a testimony to his glory. He just needs faith. Trust his word. He can heal. He has healed the lame. He's healed many before in your situation. God says if you just believe, all things are possible. So Father, we thank you that as we stir faith, I release the gift of faith. I impart the gift of faith. I impart the gift of faith in Tiffany's life, and I declare you'll make her whole. And God, her life will be a living testament of what you can do. We accept it, we believe it, we receive it in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. And many will come to God when you tell them what God did for you. Whoa, my God, you will testify in power to the goodness of God for your life. And we bless you for it in Jesus' name. Amen. Somebody say, so be it. You got to believe. Somebody say, just for me, just for me. Jesus came. We're going home. You can stand.

Jesus came and did it just for me.

Come on, lift those voices and say it again.

Just for me. Just for me. Just for me. Just for me.

We're going home.

Please Oh, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus came and did it just for me.

Come on, sing!

Just for me, just for me, just for me, Jesus came Jesus came and did it just for me.

We thank God for all of our visitors. I thank all of you for coming and being here today, all you that came to support the service and your family members. Thank you so much. Give God— give yourself a hand for being here today. Glory to God. Father, we thank you for everything that have been done in this service. We thank you for your glory. We thank you for your love. We thank you for your tenderness. Thank you for your aggression and your authority. Thank you for real change in our life. Thank you for the promise of your word. You said it in your word, if we can only believe, all things are possible to them who believe. And so, Father, we believe you, we trust you to watch over every prophecy in our life, to perform it, bring it to pass. Thank you for these children as they leave. Cover them in the blood even as we've already prayed for them. May their purpose and their destiny be realized. May it unfold, may it come to life. We thank you for what you're doing in this church. I'm asking you, God, to continue to cause us to grow. Add to the church daily such as will be saved, and we praise you for it. Now let your anointing that destroys yokes and removes burdens go with us as we leave this place. And we acknowledge that what you did, you did it just for us, and we praise you for it. Now in Jesus' name, hug somebody and say, Jesus came Jesus came and did it just for me. Come on, one more time before you go. Just for me.

Just for me. Me. Just for me. Jesus came and did it just for me.