THE MYSTERY OF FREEDOM, PART 7 | DR. MIKE WOODS SR | 18 JAN 25 | RADAH CHURCH

The Lamb that paid the price for me. Worthy is the Lamb. Oh, that shed His precious blood just for me, Lord. Worthy is the Lamb. Oh, worthy You are. Worthy is the Lamb. You are, You are holy. Hallelujah to your name, Jesus. Jehovah is your name. Yeah, Jehovah is your name. Jehovah, Jehovah is your name. Oh, Jehovah, Jehovah is your name. Mighty warrior, he's great in battle. Jehovah Jehovah is your name. Mighty warrior, he's great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is his name. Jehovah. —your name. Jehovah is his name. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is his name. I'm a witness today. It is his name. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah, it is your name. He's a mighty warrior, mighty warrior. He never lost a battle. Jehovah, Jehovah, it is your name. He's a mighty warrior, mighty warrior. He's never lost a He's always on duty. Jehovah, it is, it is your name. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah, Jehovah God, your name. It is your name. Jehovah is his name. There's no other name. Jehovah is his name. Jehovah Jehovah, your name is mighty warrior. Mighty warrior. He's great. He's great in battle. Jehovah, he Your name, the mighty warrior, mighty warrior, great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is his name. Hallelujah is his name. Your name. Jehovah is his —your name! Healer is his name! Healery your name! Healer is his name! Healery his na- Savior is his naim? Saviour ees his namn?! name! Savior is his name! He's here to deliver me! Deliverer is his name! Deliverer is his name! Deliverer is his name! Jehovah is his name! Jehovah is his name! Jehovah God, he is Jehovah, he is Jehovah. Jehovah, he's a healer, he's a, he's a way maker, he makes a way out of no way. He's your comforter, he's your peace, he's your wheel in the middle of a wheel, he's your peace in the middle of a wheel. Jehovah, he is Your name. He's a mighty warrior, mighty warrior. He's so great in battle. Jehovah is your name. He's a mighty warrior, mighty warrior. Great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is your name. Ooh, Jehovah, Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is his name. Jehovah is It is your name. Jehovah is your name. Is your name.

Hallelujah! Come on, lift those hands in this room. You believe his name is powerful, it's mighty, whether he's Jehovah Jireh, your provision Hallelujah! Whether he's Jehovah Nissi, your banner. Come on, just lift your hands and open your mouth and give him the fruit of your lips this morning. Come on, give him the fruit of your lips. I know it's cold outside, it kept some people in, but we're here and we've gathered in this place in one accord, and we are waiting with open hearts We're trusting, we're believing, we expect something great.

Come on, open your mouth if you believe Jehovah is his name and his name is powerful. He's Jehovah Rapha, he's the Lord your healer. He's Jehovah Tsidkenu, he's the Lord your sanctifier. He's Jehovah Makkaddish, the Lord your righteousness. He's Jehovah Gabor, the Lord your warrior. Oh God, he'll fight. I dare you, just worship him. There's no other name given among men whereby we can be saved. Hallelujah! So all of the redemptive names of Jehovah are found in the name of Jesus. Come on, just open your mouth and begin to worship Jesus in this very room. Come on, feel this room with your voice. Come on, come on, open your mouth. Yes, God, come on, worship her. You're the mighty warrior. You're great in battle, God. You're great in battle. You never lost a battle. You always win. Come on, worship her.

My God, great in battle.

Jehovah, Jehovah. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is your name. Come on, sing to him. Mighty Warrior, Mighty Warrior, he's great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Mighty Mighty Warrior, great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Mighty Warrior, great in battle. Jehovah is your name.

I want y'all to sing it to him.

Mighty Warrior, Mighty Warrior, you're great in battle, you're great in battle. Jehovah, Jehovah, your name, Mighty Warrior, Mighty Warrior, you keep driving back Jehovah, Jehovah. Your name is Jehovah. Your name is Jehovah. Jehovah is your name.

Is your name Jehovah?

Is your name—

come on, all over this building, give Jesus the fruit of your lips.

Come on, would you lift the name of Jesus in this place? Would you lift up that great name? Come on, the worshipers of worship. Come on, yes, yeah, come on, come on, we give you glory, God. Come on, worshiper, fill this room with your voice. Come on, fill this room with your voice. Yeah, come on, let's let all here in county know that he is Lord, and that there is no other name given among men whereby we can be saved. Come on, come on, lift up that name. He said, if I be lifted up, I'll draw all men unto me. Come on, open your mouth. Come on, open your mouth. Sheba Kalyan. Oh God, come on! The worshipers are worshiping. Come on, give him glory! Okay, I dare you, worship till you feel better. Worship till he lifts the burden. Worship till he opens the door. Worship till he makes a way. Worship until he superimposes himself upon your space. Oh God, worship until the Spirit of God invades your very space. God, we give you glory. Oh God, we— oh, we lift your name on high. Oh, glory, glory, glory to the mighty warrior. You're great in battle. You're great in battle. You're great in battle. Keshatta taba mantetabai. Come on, lift your voice. I'ma move, but open up your mouth. God's been good to you and I. Come on, open your mouth and bless him. Hallelujah, hallelujah! If it had not been for the Lord that was on your side, where would you be? Come on, open. We gonna go. Come on. I'm gonna teach, but I need you to give God what's due him. He's due worship. He's due praise. Some of y'all have hit and missed that worship all week long, but he, he deserves your worship. He deserves your praise.

We bless you, God. We bless you, God. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. We give you the glory. Your name is God, yes God. Jehovah is your name, Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is your name. Jehovah is your name. Yes, God. Jehovah is is your name.

Hallelujah!

Mighty are you, great in battle, great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Come on, lift your voice. He's due that worship. Jesus, to him that sits upon the throne and unto the Lamb be blessings and glory and honor and power forever. His name is above all names. He's great and he's mighty, glorious and awesome. Jehovah is your name. I'mma move. Jehovah is Your name, shai anason, Jehovah. Your name, Jehovah is your name. Shaka. We love you, Jesus. We love you. We love you, God. You're so good to us. You're so mighty and wonderful. You're the glorious King. Your grace and your mercy is sufficient. Thank you, Lord, that you've loved us so completely. So many times we concentrate and try to perfect how we love you, but if we only stopped to thought or think how much you love us. It would make loving you so easy. You love us so completely. Thank you for your perfect love. Thank you for your grace and mercy. Thank you for your goodness toward your people. Just lift those hands in this room, please. If you got two hands, lift them. It's God that gives you the ability to do it. Hallelujah!

We bless your name. Glory to God!

Glory to God! Just minister to him a few more moments. I'm going to move, but I believe the Holy Spirit is trying to complete something in this worship experience this morning. It's between you and him. It's not about the singers, it's not about me. This is you and him. Come on, worship Jesus. We give you glory, we give you honor. Come on, worship him, adore him, bless him, give and praise. He's a good God. He's a mighty God. Hallelujah. Beside him there is no other. He loves you so much.

Hallelujah.

And I want you to know this morning, he is here for you. Just engage him. Glory to God. Just engage him. Hallelujah. We bless his name. What a mighty God we serve. Hallelujah. You're great in battle. Jehovah is your name. Hallelujah. Father, we love you and we thank you for assembling us in this place this morning. Thank you for the glory that is here for us right now. Thank you, God, that we won't leave this place the way we came in. Do something unusual.

Yeah, something man cannot do.

Saturate the walls, charge the atmosphere, and let your Shekinah glory be revealed. Father, let us experience the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost even as we are articulate your word today, and we bless you for it now. In Jesus' name, amen. And thank God.

Would you clap your hands and give God praise? Come on, clap those hands!

Hallelujah! He's worthy of praise and glory. Hallelujah! This indeed is the day The Lord has made, and we shall rejoice and be glad in it. Amen. Amen. Glory to God. So glad to be back in the house of God again. Hallelujah. God is kind to us, isn't he? Amen. So this morning, I'm gonna jump right into this because I want to make sure I get all of this to you this morning. I'm so glad to see all of you that freshed out in the cold. Glory to God. For some, it probably was too cold to get out. Glory to God. But glad you're here. Amen. All right, so this morning I'm going to continue in our series on the mystery of freedom. Say that when we say the mystery of freedom. I believe that freedom doesn't just happen. Freedom is an element in the that responds to responsibility. Amen. All right, let's read our foundational verses for this series. Let's go to Mark 4:11. You can put that up. The Bible said, therefore he said unto them— glory to God— unto you— it— that is not the right scripture. Let me read it out of my Bible.

Mark 4:7, he said, and he said unto them, unto you is given— yes, it is— to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But unto them that are without—

say without— all these things are done in parables.

So say this with me, say, unto me, God wants to give me mysteries that pertain to the kingdom of God.

All right, next scripture. Glory to the name of God. Praise God. Come on with me, Mario, this morning. Next scripture. Scripture. 1 Corinthians 2:7.

The Bible says this, it says, but we speak the wisdom of God.

Say wisdom of God.

In a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory. So watch this. So the, the other verse, go back to the other verse, Mario, so they can see it. So he says, as believers, we're given to know the mystery. The next verse tells us we can't know the mystery— go back to the next one— unless it is spoken. Are y'all hearing this? So mysteries have to be taught. Okay, so a lot of time we go to church and we hear a whole lot of stuff. Oh, you're hearing this? That doesn't speak to the mysteries of the kingdom. You cannot function effectively as a kingdom citizen if you don't understand the mysteries. The Bible says it's the hidden wisdom. You cannot tap into mysteries except you be a person of prayer.

I'm gonna say that again.

Him. Because there are a lot of speakers, a lot of preachers who speak loudly, eloquently, who are very good illustrators and communicators. But because they don't spend time with God, they can only give you what comes out of head and intelligentsia. Are y'all hearing this? But when you spend time with God, God reveals mysteries. So that's why we're plowing through the mystery of freedom this month, because this is a key to effective kingdom living. And so I'm trying to unlock some mysteries in this area. Glory to the name of God. Uh, John 8:36, it says, if the Son therefore makes you free You're what? You're free indeed. Say, I'm free indeed. So when you— when you're born again, when you come in contact with God, you should be free. Watch this, in every area of your life. Not just free to come to church, not just free to worship, but freedom should show up in your finances. Freedom should show up in your family. Freedom should show up for your children, your mama, your daddy, your aunties, your uncle. Freedom should be a part of who you are indeed. When you look at your life, you should be able to see freedom in every area. I'm telling you, I'm not pulling no punches this year. I want you to get free for real. I, I want— and that's why I want to give you the principle to help you practice this. Glory to God. So let's look at what a mystery is. Go put it up there, Mario. A mystery is from the Greek word mysterion, and it is a secret previously hidden. Are y'all hearing this? But now made clear so that purpose can be fulfilled and problems can be solved. Y'all got that? So God hides something for a season, and then when you come in the right time, he reveals it so you can receive it and apply it to your life. Watch this. We can spend most of our life trying to control things on our own, and when you think about that, where's that really got you. Y'all hearing this? Every time you get in the way, it creates a problem. Let me just talk about me. Every time I have gotten in the way of God's instructions, it created delays, it created issues, it created problems. Watch this. You need God, okay? Say that with me. Say, I need God. The moment you stop thinking you need God, you're in trouble.

You need him.

The old mother said, I need him in the morning, I need him in the noonday, I need him when the sun go down, I need him when I'm sleeping at night. Are y'all hearing this? So I need him in every facet so I can fulfill my purpose, so I don't create delays that will distract me so I don't fulfill purpose, so I can solve the problems I'm on earth to solve. So let me give you a quick review of what we've already taught.

Glory to the name of God.

So first thing, the process of freedom. We talked about bondage coming from procrastination. So when you procrastinate and constantly put things off, you put yourself in bondage. Okay, a lot of people are bound because they never take care of business like they should. Are y'all hearing this? Black folk got a word called finish. I don't even know where that came from, but I'm finna go here, I'm finna do it. And most time when folks start saying finna, they never do what they say. They've been finna for years, and that procrastination leads to incarceration. But can I submit to you, and I've already taught this, I'm not going to go back through it, but can I submit to you, sometimes God will allow you to be incarcerated so that he can get your attention, so that he can speak the necessary things that need to be spoken to your life.

Are y'all here?

Can y'all hear me okay? Okay. Say incarceration. Some of you never did time in a jail, but you've been doing time in life. Okay, there are some people doing time on a, on a job that they don't want to be on. Some people doing time in a bad marriage, doing time. Y'all hearing this? Some people doing time having to deal with the version of themselves that they got to deal with every day. Y'all hearing this? That's a sentence. Watch this. When you want to be free and don't know how to get free— okay, maybe y'all never been there.

I've been there.

All right, let me keep moving. So in incarceration, there has to be moments of confrontation. Well, God will confront you. You got to confront yourself, because if you face a situation, God can fix it. Say that with me. Say, if I face it, God can fix it. Come on, say it again. Say, if I face it, God can fix it. All right, after you face it, God fix it, he brings liberation.

I'm not going to preach these again. Go to the next one, Mario.

You can be saved and bound. I already taught that. You can be in here jumping, shouting, speaking in tongues, going to church every Sunday, reading your Bible, still bound. Somebody said, no, I can't, because Jesus came into my life. And we just read, he who the Son sets free is free indeed. That just means you ain't free, because you can be saved and delivered into wilderness. We already talked about that, so y'all go back and watch it. Go to the next one. We're just reviewing. We, we've already covered that the mystery of freedom is manifested when we embrace the power of a person, the power of a place, the power of periods, which is time, and the power of presence. So you need— you can't really have power in your life if you don't connect with the right person. The right places. You got to be in the right place. If you don't have your timing down— are y'all hearing this? You got to do things in the right time because sometimes you can be on target and out of time. Oh boy, it doesn't mean it's the wrong thing, it just means it's the wrong time. Okay, then we talked last week about presence. You need to be a dwelling place for the presence of God. You'll never be free or have power because— watch this— where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

All right, next one, Mario. We're just reviewing.

Okay, we already talked about this. Entitlement and sin keeps you bound. So first of all, sin separates you from God. Sin is missing the mark. Watch this. You may not do the big sins, okay? Adultery, fornication, that, that people call big, because to God all unrighteousness— okay, y'all not talking much—

is sin.

Are y'all hearing this? The word sin is from the Greek word harmesia. Which means to miss the mark, to come short of God's plan. So you ain't just coming short of God's plan when you fornicate. You coming short of God's plan if you're not fulfilling purpose and solving problems. Okay, I'm gonna move because I see y'all don't want to hear that. And then there are some people that think God owes them something. Thing. They're entitled. They think, because I'm saved now, God's got to do XYZ. The devil is a liar. God owes you nothing. You owe him everything. You owe him your entire life. We got enough entitled Christians who think because they got born again, heaven belongs to them and everything that God has is theirs. But I'm gonna tell you something. I taught you last week that if you don't manage things properly, God will take from you what he gave you and then put an angel in front of it to guard it to make sure you don't get it back.

Okay, yeah, I taught that Thursday night for those of you that was, you know, someone sleep on Thursday.

Glory to God. Okay, so next one, Marion, last one. Truth is a prerequisite to freedom. All right. Right, so we're gonna drop some truth today. So again, we've discovered there's person, there's place, there's periods, there's presence. You cannot unlock power and freedom— watch this— without understanding purpose. I gotta teach this this morning because it's important to really being free. I just said it, if you don't understand purpose, you're missing the heart. Are y'all hearing this? If you don't understand purpose— Mario, can you turn me up some more in the house?

Something's not right. I don't feel my normal.

Okay, that's good. I know y'all can hear, but I, I'm—

I, I hear me out of these. I don't hear me out of them. Glory to God.

All right, say purpose. Let's get a working definition of purpose. We're going to get through this day. Next slide, Mar. You got to stay with me all day long. Well, let's— okay, go. Let's read the text. All right, the Bible said, many are the devices in a man's heart, Proverbs 19:21. Nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. I think it's important to read that in the NIV. Let's look at what the NIV says. Go to the next slide. It says, many are the plans in a person's hearts— that's you and So we can have dreams, plans. We're born with them. Many plans in your heart, but it's the Lord's purpose that prevails. So you got all these plans, but the only thing that works is God's purpose. Matter of fact, you can do it and it may work for a while. Here's the key: you may work and it'll be stressful in it, and you won't have God's hand on it because it's not purpose. You got to make sure you're not doing something just because it's in your heart. Are y'all hearing this? You know what, because there's a lot of people that do the wrong stuff. Oh, it was in my heart. Some folk cuss you out and say, I cussed them out because it was in my heart. The Bible said out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Listen, I'm saved real good, but I ain't forgot how to cuss. So I have to— y'all ain't—

look how y'all looking at me, Apostle.

I ain't forgot. I ain't say I do it, but I ain't forgot how. And there are some moments where that thing be trying to come up and I have to bring it down.

Oh, look, okay, look how y'all looking at me.

Okay, y'all left heaven to come to church this morning.

Okay, okay.

But you cannot just move on because there are some wicked things in your heart. Oh, y'all ain't got to say nothing. The Bible said the heart is desperately wicked. Who can know what's in the heart? So you got to spend some time with God to make sure purpose— watch this—

rules your heart.

Touch yourself and say, purpose has to rule my heart. Watch this. No matter how good you are at it, at a thing, no matter how much you enjoy doing a thing, if it's not purpose, it ain't God. Okay, okay, I'm gonna leave y'all alone because y'all, it's cold outside and I don't want it to be cold in here. Glory to God. Go to Romans 8:28.

I don't even think I got that one up there, but let's read it real quick.

The Bible says, and we know that all things— say all things. Say it again. Say all things. All things work together for good. This word good is a Greek word bana, and it means profit. P-R-O-F-I-T. Ask a businessman to define profit. He's going to tell you what's left over after the expenses have been paid and covered. God says everything in your life should work together for profit. You should get some increase out of it. You should become better because of it. But here's the principle: it works together for good to them that love God. Let's start right there, because maybe some things are not really working together. Some, plural in Greek, which means God becomes a co-laborer in your problem. Some plural means that God gets involved in your situation, works with your situation. Are y'all hearing me? And he says, we're gonna work together to make sure they get some good out of this hell. Why? Because they love me. So what does it look like to love God? Jesus said it like this: If you love me, it is just as simple, you'll keep my commandments. Commandments. Here's the first commandment we're promised: Love your neighbor as yourself, and love the Lord your God with all your heart. Y'all hearing this? So real keeping the commandments of God is loving God with all my heart. Okay, how much we speak in tongues, how much we pray, How much we worship. If I can't love, it's nothing. The Bible said I can prophesy with the tongues of men and angels, but if I can't love my brother, the Bible said it profits me nothing. So my love for God is not just lip service. Is how I treat my brother. Y'all, y'all hear? It's how I treat my brother. So I got to be able to love— watch this— even in spite of. Love is not like a thermostat where you can turn it down and up at will. Love has one temperature. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. It's always sacrificial. It's a verb, always. It's always giving. Watch this. If you love God, you didn't come to God— oh my God— to take from him. You came to give. You came to give your life. You came to give your time. You came to give your purpose. You came to give your energy. You didn't come to take. Because watch this, anybody that comes into your life, if they did not come to give, they came to take. I wish I had some help here. And you gotta find people that show up to give. Let me help you, single people. You want to be married? Marriage is all about giving. Glory to the— if you ain't ready to be a giver, you might not— you might ought to rethink marriage, because marriage is always about the other person. Listen, watch this. If both spouses would realize this is about both of us, and it's— and then in my mind I got to always think this thing is about her, and if she's thinking it's about him, guess what? We're going to always have a successful marriage. But the moment I get selfish, not only am I putting marriage in jeopardy, but I've all also ceased to love 'Cause guess what? Love is not selfish. Love ain't never selfish, it's always giving. Are y'all hearing this? So maybe— let me get back to point— things are not working together for good. Because you're not loving. Your love walk is shady. Are y'all hearing this?

Oh, it ain't for people in this church, it's for those online.

Okay, let me talk to them. That they good. Maybe y'all love all shade because they looking at me like it's y'all. Okay, all right. So he said, works together for good to the man. Love God, watch this, and are called according to his purpose. Here we go. So let's break that down. It works. So you're gonna get some property, you're gonna get some good if you won, because called is not— he's calling you. Called is past tense. I can look at my phone history and I can see, well, yesterday I called my wife on the way home from the golf course. Are y'all hearing this? That's past tense. She answered the call, we had a conversation, we established purpose. Us in that conversation. Are y'all hearing this? So called means you have had a conversation with God. You answered the call. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. It's actually the Greek word kaleo, which means that you received instruction from a deity and you made a choice to obey what you word. So maybe stuff ain't working out for the good because you ain't answered the call according to his purpose. According— symphaneo in Greek is where we get words like symphony. So in alignment, in unison, a symphony has percussion, brass— am I right, Pastor Jeffrey? Wood, wood, wood instruments, stringed instruments, horns. But watch this, if the conductor says play this piece in E-flat, here's what I understand. The strings in E-flat makes a different sound than the brass in E-flat because they're different instruments. But if they play together in E-flat, they make a sound of harmony. They are in alignment with the conductor because the conductor has revealed purpose. The purpose is for this piece to be melodious, is for this piece to sound good to the ear. So watch this, every one of us have a call that God has made to our life. We're different in expression, we're different in how we may do things, we're different in how we live life. Our swag is different, our communication is different, but God uses your uniqueness this. He uses who you are to fulfill purpose. Okay, so Pastor Jeffrey, I want, I want you to do something for me. Get on the keyboard, turn it up so they can hear it, and I want you to play, because some people are not in accord, they're in discord. So I want you— yeah, play an F, a B, a C, Play an A and play a B-flat on that. Okay, that's, that's the one. Now beat on that, just make that sound, just keep making it. That's what discord sounds like. Come on, keep hitting it, Pastor. That's what it sounds like. And your life, when you're not in alignment with purpose, this is how your life sounds. It's tense. Are y'all hearing this? It's suspicious. You're doubting, you're fearing, you're scratching your head. But this is not what God wants from you. Play a C, an E, and a G and play it in the melody of sleep beautifully, Pastor Jeffrey. See, this This is what your life should sound like. He wants you to go from discord to accord. That's accord. He wants peace. He wants joy. He wants happiness. He wants love. He wants you to walk according to his plan in his accord. Clap your hands and praise him if you believe it. Okay, thank you, Pastor. He wants you to go from discord to accord. The only way that happens is walking according to purpose.

Say purpose. All right, next slide, Mario.

Let's go, let's teach this. So here's the power of purpose. First of all, number one, purpose is the original intent for the creation of a thing. Purpose deals with why you are here. It doesn't deal with what you can do, who you are. It deals with why you are. Every person in this building was created for a reason, was created for significance, was created to do something that no one else could do. There's a unique why on your life that's bigger than you can ever imagine. Say, I'm here on purpose. See, I'm not a mistake. God don't sponsor junk. Say, I'm not a flop. Say, I'm supposed to be here. Say, God intended to create me.

Create me.

Now watch this. Because your heart is beating, that's an indicator that his original intent is still necessary. You're on this planet to do something that no one else can do. Are y'all hearing this? You're so unique and special So your whole handprint is different than everybody else's. That's why if you commit a crime, there's no way they coming to get me. And I'm telling you, if I, if I know it was you, I'm gonna tell too. I'm gonna snitch. Yeah, I don't care what they say, snitches get ditches. I don't care, I'm telling because I don't want them come to get me. But one thing I know, if your fingerprints at the scene— well, are y'all hearing this?

They gonna know it was you. But you have originality.

You're vintage. That's good, which means there's no one else like you. So celebrate being you. You know, I love— that's what I love about about this, this church. I watch this. I— when Shannon prays, she prays different than Prophet. When Prophet pray, she pray different than Apostle H. Are y'all hearing this? But I celebrate all the difference because we need everybody. Just look at somebody and say, we need everybody. I appreciate the worship. When, when, when Lady Felicia sings sings, it's amazing. But when Mr. Tonya sings, it's also amazing. Are y'all hearing me? So we thank God for diversity. Are y'all hearing this? It's purpose that gives us unique value. That's why you ain't got to be nobody else. We gotta stop trying to be copies. Of other people. You are necessary. Next point, write this down: everything in life has a purpose.

The cockroach got a purpose.

I don't know what that joke of purpose is, but he got one. In my opinion, his purpose is to die. 'Cause if I see him, I'm taking him down. But the reality is he serves some— 'cause you— I've watched old films of like when the bomb Hiroshima dropped on Hiroshima and all everything else blow up, little cockroaches just still crawling around. I'm like, how this bomb didn't blow up this joker? There's some purpose that he has. Otherwise God wouldn't have created it. Your little toe, that little crusty toe with all them coins on it, because your mama took you to Payless when you were young. Hey, we were going to Payless, get the 2 for 1. One. I'm telling you, we was suffering in our feet. And now my mama got the mitigated God. Every time she see me with nice shoes, oh, I really love your shoe. Oh, you did that? Cause of how you used to buy me shoes. So I'm gonna make sure I have good shoes on my feet now, cuz you wasn't right, lady. You But that little toe has purpose. Are y'all hearing this? I'm serious. I mean, the reality is, if you cut that toe off, your equilibrium is going to be off. Are y'all hearing me? Then the nose in your head— in your— hairs in your nose, purpose. They keep the dust and the debris out. Everything has purpose. Are y'all hearing me? Watch this, including you. You're supposed to be here.

Touch yourself again. Say, I have purpose.

So I was created for a reason. Now, while everything in life has purpose, it's the problem every purpose is not known. Write that down. Every purpose is not known. That's a problem.

Next, next point, Mario, so they can see it. Yes, sir. Thank you.

This is a big issue, and a lot of the world's problems is because of this right here. You have a lot of people operating again at a dimension of bondage. They think they're free, but they're walking according to their own purpose— to make money, to fill their pockets, to create propaganda that will draw attention to themselves. Watch this. No matter what the purpose is It is supposed to bring glory to God, not to yourself. The problem with every purpose not being known is that where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.

Next point, Mario.

So where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. You don't know the purpose of something, you're going to abuse it. People who abuse children don't know the purpose of them. It's called child abuse. You don't know the purpose of money, you'll abuse money. It's financial abuse. You know the purpose of your spouse, you'll abuse your spouse. That's called spousal abuse. Abuse. I call it the spirit of Ike. He had no revelation of Tina. You know, he didn't— he, he didn't know her purpose, so he abused her. Listen, it's, it's tragic because abuse is two words: abuse, abnormal use. So you know the purpose, something you use it the wrong Watch this. Everything in life has a purpose, right? The cocoa plant where they get cocaine— oh boy— has a purpose. They took the plant, turned it into an illegal drug, and because they don't know the purpose, now they abuse it. That's called drug abuse.

Okay.

The marijuana plant.

And I ain't telling nobody to go out here and light up a blunt.

Are y'all hearing me? Go smoke some reefer, as we used to call it. It ain't even reefer no more. This— I don't even know what this stuff is they smoking now. It smell different than what the stuff I used to smell coming up. I'm like, how in the world you, my wonders can be all the way up and it's coming in. I'm like, how in the world? But listen, they took that plant, laced it with all kind of different stuff, and people abuse it.

Y'all hear me?

It's called drug abuse.

So when purpose is not known, your life life. You'll abuse your life.

You'll live life in bondage and not freedom because you don't know purpose. You'll go through unnecessary suffering. God teach us today. You'll go through things that you shouldn't go through because you lack purpose. Just say this to God. Say, Father, Open my eyes that I can know purpose. Which brings me to my next point: if you want to know the purpose of a thing, never ask the thing. Yeah.

Okay, Mario, I need you to just put one at a time, son, because I don't want to get it.

So, so, so if I want to know purpose for my life, I shouldn't go and ask Mother Diane. I shouldn't ask Evangelist Lamont. I shouldn't ask Pastor Jeffrey. Are y'all hearing this? I shouldn't even ask myself. Well, you want to know the purpose of something, never ask the thing. Okay, this chair has a purpose. If I start asking it, what's your purpose, there will be no response. Like Pastor Jeffrey said, if he responds, he's leaving, because it has no capacity to give me an answer. Are y'all hearing Hearing this, why would we go to people who don't have the answer to this question? This is why people have abused the prophetic, because there's so many people looking for clarity about purpose, and now these prophets just tell folk anything because they want to feel like they're prophesying. It fulfills an insecurity in them to be a prophet, and it makes them feel some kind of way that they gave somebody something that they said was from God. If you want to know the purpose of a thing, never ask the thing. Guess who you got to ask? You got to ask the one that made the thing. You gotta ask the manufacturer. So if I, if I talk to the chair manufacturer— matter of fact, this, this chair came with instructions because we had to put these chairs together, and it— because they came in pieces, so it told us everything we need to do and the purpose of every part, every screw. The manufacturer sent instructions. You need to talk to God if you don't know your purpose. Purpose. Watch this. When prophets start prophesying to you about purpose, it should be a second witness— oh boy— to what God told you when you went to God for yourself. That's why I always say a prophet ain't never got to give me a word because my relationship with God is tight. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. I know his voice. And a stranger I will not follow. But if the prophet do prophesy, it needs to be a second witness to what God told me when I went to God for myself. Prophecy shouldn't be a surprise. Y'all talk like Gooma Pow. Yeah, some of y'all don't even know who it is. Next one.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but it's life without purpose. People get upset about death, but the greatest tragedy in life is not you leaving this planet, but it's living your whole life not knowing why you're here.

Because guess what? Purpose is the key to fulfillment. That's why you shouldn't marry nobody. I don't care how fine they are, that ain't purposed. Because there's a point, fine-ness won't be enough. Y'all ain't— okay, all right, there's some man watching me saying the devil is a lie, preacher. Yes, it will. But with age and time, y'all ain't got to talk to me here. Fineness has a way of vacating the premises. Okay, y'all, y'all quiet.

Okay, yeah, it will.

So you better slip past them hips and them fingertips and the manicured toes and all that stuff you like, and get inside the package. Are y'all hearing this? And make sure the package has the contents that speaks to your purpose. This is why so many people are married and not fulfilled. And so what they do is, man get off work at 5, he jumps on 285 when he could go 5 minutes down the street home go home and just rides on 285 in traffic for 3 hours because he don't want to see this person that doesn't fulfill him. When you're married, you ought to want to go home. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. I can go to Kroger, I can't wait to get back to my house. Just so I can be in the same space with my wife. And not just because I, I love her, but because she has purpose. Because when you're with somebody that fulfill you, you never know what you might miss if you spend too much time out of their presence. Are y'all hearing this? Okay, if you're on a job, as soon as you get there at 8:30, 8:45, you're like, okay, when 5 o'clock gonna come? I need to get up out of here. That job ain't your purpose because it doesn't fulfill you. Are y'all hearing this? When you're doing purpose, you don't need coffee, you don't need your caffeine, you don't need no espresso. You get out the bed, throw your clothes up in the air, run up under them, and run into your day. Now if you're doing that for real, you might need to stop by the water before you throw your— I just want y'all to make sure y'all doing that, okay? Cleanliness is next to— okay. Okay, that's, that's, that's what they said, right? Next point.

The deepest craving in the human spirit is to find a sense of significance and relevance. You may not believe this, but your humanity that, that is designed by God is constantly looking for significance.

It's constant. And this is why people make mistakes, because watch this. This. People commit suicide— watch this— just to get attention because they didn't discover purpose. And in their head, if I kill myself, somebody's gonna see me.

But you're gonna be gone.

Ain't nobody gonna even know. You ain't gonna even be able to experience that attention. People commit murders. People— watch it is. Social media has helped people. Everybody posts pictures— watch this— trying to find significance and relevance. The reality is you don't know them people, and I'm a witness. They'll love you today and crucify you tomorrow. The moment you do something they don't like, they're gonna stop liking your picture. And they're gonna post something crazy about you. Let them know what you're doing. So you better find your sense of relevance and significance in God. Some people buy fancy things to feel relevant, not because they like them or they fulfill some purpose. They do it to be seen. If you dress nice, do it for you. I like to dress nice, but I don't do it for y'all because I don't think half of y'all appreciate how I dress anyway. So what I do is I put it on for me. Are y'all hearing this? My brother, Brother Kenneth, he played— he's one of my golf buddies. We play together at the country club. He's a member there too.

We played yesterday. He told me you're gonna be here today, so I'm glad you're here, bro.

But he paid me a compliment a few weeks back.

He said, said, man, you always dress nice when you come on the golf course.

I said, there's somebody that can appreciate. Are y'all hearing this? Because even if I play horribly, I'm gonna look good.

Okay, y'all don't understand that.

Okay, I'm gonna look like Tiger if I can't hit like him. All I'm saying is I do that for me. Because it builds confidence. Are y'all hearing me? The reality is, do what you do for God. Live for the audience of one. Are y'all hearing this? We spend too much time trying to please people. Oh God, folk that— I'm telling you, there's wishy-washy, change like weather, change like the water, bipolar at best. And you're trying to please them. Live for the audience of one.

Last one: purpose is the key to fulfillment. I already said that. Let's move.

Here's the reality: you're called to be an oracle. Say this with me. Say, I'm called to be an oracle, not an echo. So you shouldn't be a cheap copy or imitation of anybody else. Your life should be an oracle. It should be an epistle written and read of men that speaks loudly that you are a person of purpose. Are y'all hearing me? That speaks loudly that you're significant and you're relevant But watch this, without you opening your mouth. Amen. Right. Do you realize you can be an oracle without speaking? You can live in a way that people just read the glory on you. They read purpose on you. Are y'all hearing me? Say, I'm born to be an original. Here's a tragedy in that.

Everybody was born to be an original, but most people become imitators. That's not who you're to be. Here's my last point today, and we going to move on to something else. Next slide, Mario. So if you want to have true power and freedom, you got to embrace the power of prosperity. You really can't be free if you don't prosper. Church don't like this message, and most of the folk that don't like it broke and stuck. Are y'all hearing this?

I know there are people that took the prosperity message and did crazy stuff with it. They taught it irresponsibly, but the reality is this is necessary. It's God You cannot establish anything without prosperity.

Are y'all hearing me?

Let's go to 3 John 1 and 2.

Let me give you some scripture, and then we're gonna get into some points.

He says, beloved, I wish above all things— above you prophesying, praying— oh boy. Above you getting married. I wish above everything that thou mayest prosper. Say this with me. Say, it's God's will.

It's God's will. That I prosper.

That I prosper. And be in health even as thy soul prospers. So here we go again. Many a time people do not prosper in the church, and this is God's desire. Wait a minute, it's his desire. I want y'all to say it. When you say, it's God's desire for me to prosper. So watch this.

What is possible? The Greek word means to have well-being. That is supplied— watch this— through purpose that comes from a deity.

So the deity gives purpose, he supplies well-being, removes lack, and gives you everything you need to do life. Oh, it's God's plan, because you can't do life effectively live without this. Life becomes very hard, very, very bound without prosperity. There are some people that's homeless that could testify that I'm telling the truth.

Are y'all hearing this?

So God blesses us, prospers us, so we could be a blessing to them.

Are y'all hearing me?

He blesses us through our purpose so we can be a blessing to the world. The world. You need money to do that. Are y'all hearing this? Somebody said, well, prosperity ain't only money. Is the large majority of it is, because there's a conjunction here that says, and be in health. So that, that, you know, prosper and be in health. So God, that's a part of prosperity, but God wants you physically healthy. 'Cause you can't fulfill purpose sick.

Oh boy, it never was God's will for you to be sick.

Okay, above all things that you be in health. Heart disease should not be yours. Cancer shouldn't be yours. Diabetes, high blood pressure— I don't care what your doctor said, he's still practicing medicine. It shouldn't be yours. He, he'll tell you, I'm practicing medicine. That's why he give you diagnosis, try these new medications, because he's practicing. But God knows your body. When you came into the kingdom, this is the mystery of freedom, you tapped into a healthcare system system that can never fail. Okay, y'all didn't hear that. I said it can never fail. But you got to believe that, and your soul has to prosper. What is soul? Soul is mind, will, and emotion. Sukkei. Psychological, mental. Your mind has to prosper. Prosper? How does my mind prosper? It has to be taught. Your mind can't prosper if you don't take the position of a learner. We got too many people in the church that know everything. Listen, I don't care how you grow and how, how much you come into who you are, you still will always be a learner. Matter of fact, when you go to heaven, you're still going to be learning. The Bible declares that we will be ever learning and coming into the knowledge of truth. Say that with me, say, learning never stops.

You got to keep learning.

So your soul, your mind, your will, and your emotion— watch this— So this is so good because your will is stubborn. Oh, your will wants what it wants. Your will want to do things the way you want to do it. Are y'all hearing this? But your will's got to prosper, and you got to give up your will and say, God, what do you want? Are y'all hearing this?

Your mind, your will, your emotions.

You can't let your emotions take the lead in your life. We get all emotional and we start making emotional decisions. Worst thing you can do is get all emotion, make a decision decision while you angry.

Make a decision while you depressed. You have to find that space between stimulus and response.

Go there, talk to God so you can get the right answer before you decide.

Y'all here? So here we go, let's get into this. Ecclesiastes 10:19, let's read that. The Bible said a feast is made for laughter and wine maketh merry, but money answers some things.

It says all things. Okay, y'all don't believe that, right? So you, you go down to Georgia Power when your light bill is due, stand out there and start speaking in tongues. Matter of fact, just go on in the building and talk in tongues and pray real loud.

They're gonna say, okay, sir, your bill's still due, and, uh, where's your payment? And they're gonna turn you off.

Are y'all hearing this?

Money answers all things.

You need a car, you need money. You know, house, you need money. You got to eat. When we leave here, many of you gonna go spend some money to eat. Are y'all hearing this? Because money answers all things. Feasts is for laughter. We get around food, we eat.

That's purpose, right? Folk drink wine and they get merry, they get happy, start telling the truth when they get drunk. But money answers everything.

Deuteronomy 8:18, watch this. He said, but thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for it is he that gives you power. So there's a power in this to get wealth. Why? So he can establish his covenant which he swore to his fathers, as it is this day. So money is necessary to establish covenant. Say that with me. Say money is necessary to establish the covenant of God and release prosperity into my life. Say, God desires me to have wealth so I can take my part in getting this done.

All right, so here we go.

Point number 1 about this money—

y'all don't want to hear this. 2 things in church people don't want to talk about: sex and money. People don't want to talk about sex, but they want a whole lot of it. Don't want to talk about money, but they want a whole lot of it. So we're gonna get money, we need to discuss it. And it ain't gonna happen just because you throw an offering over your back and turn 3 flips and run around the church.

You need to understand money, glory to God, and what you need to do to make money. I'm telling you, my goal is to make sure you get free for real, indeed, in every area of your life. So here's the first point: God— here we go— is the source of all prosperity. Prosperity. Say that with me. Say, God is the source of all prosperity. We just read it. He gives you— he gives you power to get well. So let me announce to you this morning, your job is not your source. Your business is not your source. God is the source. He gives you the business, he gives you ideas, he'll give you a job if that's his purpose for you, and he will use that to produce prosperity. So you should freak out when you're having a slow month. You ain't got no clients, no contracts, you ain't got no business coming in the door. Well, you shouldn't freak out and pull your hair out because God is the source of all prosperity. And you got to trust him to take care of you. Okay, let's go, Mario. Next point. This is very important. Nothing can be established without wealth.

Okay, I talked to y'all about, glory to God, them 34 acres over there we gonna buy and what we gonna build on it.

I've been so proactive in that.

I sent my wife a picture yesterday of the aerial view of the land where the architect had already put the buildings on the property.

I'm getting that printed and gonna blow it up, and I'm gonna initially just put it back there on the easel because I'm for real. Glory to God. We're gonna put our production studio, a soundstage, over there. Hallelujah! Glory to God! It's going to be so phenomenal in this community. Is it not on the picture, babe? Glory to God! It's already there. I mean, I'm looking at that vision, I'm like, oh my God, this is about to happen. And the crazy thing about it, that I'm 56 years old and still dreaming, because that's what God will do. He'll give you kingdom vision. Even in your latter days. And when I started looking at it, God said, sir, your latter will be greater than your past. All the churches you've established in the past, this what you're doing now will be greater than anything you've ever done. So the soundstage is going to be there. Watch this, I'm going somewhere with this. And then also on the property, there's going to be lakes, walking trails with speakers in the trees that sets an atmosphere for glory while people outside walking and working out. It's be such a serene environment. There'll be 50 luxury houses that go from 2,500 to 6,500 square feet. When the houses on there, they're on the— all on the plan already. Listen, I'm telling you, we're going somewhere. Glory to God. There's going to be— glory to God— a restaurant and a bakery on site. There's going to be an event center so that our production company can host things like the Oscars and the Grammys and the BET Awards. Y'all ain't got to say nothing here, but I'm telling you where we're going. We may be small, but God has released a dimension of wealth where there's nothing we cannot do because he is the source of all prosperity. Oh God, I feel something. And he releases wealth to fulfill his purpose. That ain't all that's there. We're gonna have a 1,500-seat sanctuary with all of the offices and classrooms classrooms and gyms and a youth church and everything in that building. We'll have a K-12 Christian Academy. We're gonna have Radha University on that property. We're gonna— oh, y'all ain't got to help me here— we're gonna have a seniors community on that property. Oh, glory to the name of God! We're gonna also have— oh God, I love this part of it— we're gonna have a 7-story administrative building that houses other businesses. That we rent to other entrepreneurs, that has a training center for entrepreneurs. I'm telling you, we're going somewhere, and we're talking about $300 million worth of buildings that God is going to establish because he holds all the prosperity in his hands. I should have put the picture in the slide. I'm sorry.

So y'all can see it.

Yeah, I'm— it's gonna be out there Sunday. Glory to God. But I need you to understand, you lack by choice because you serve a God that owns everything. Are y'all hearing this? Good God from Zion. Well, I forgot there's another building God added to me in prayer just yesterday. We're gonna put a 24/7 prayer tower on this property that will point toward heaven, and people can go up in the elevator to this thing that looks like a circular intercessory room, and people can pray 24 hours, 7 days a week inside of— oh, y'all ain't got to say nothing to me here— inside of this prayer dinner.

Ah, glory to God. So nothing can be established without wealth. Somebody say nothing.

Number 3: money is not currency, your mind is. If you think you can't do it, you won't. But when you're really free, your mind is is free. And you know God has no limits. I'm gonna teach this before the series is over, but Pharaoh's— the spirit of limitation has followed people out of bondage, and that spirit of limitation is still in most people's mind. I have time to teach you today, but you got to shift your mind. I start thinking different about money. God called you to be the head and not the tail.

I gotta get out of here, man.

All right, say, my mind is currency. Watch this.

Your bank account is a direct reflection of how you think, not your lack of opportunity. Not your lack of clients, not your lack of employment. It's what's in your mind. Glory to God. I read that Richard Branson was the founder of Virgin Airlines. He started Virgin Airlines with no money, but he adopted a mind mindset that said, this is the vision for my life and I'm gonna get it done.

Are y'all hearing this? He called up a private jet company and said, y'all got a 747 just laying around y'all can let me lease? They told him no at first, told him he was crazy. He had to call about 6 times, but that mindset of diligence wouldn't let him stop call it. So which means you can't be lazy when you shift your mind. You got to keep being diligent and go after what you want. Are y'all hearing this? Finally got through to the person that could talk to him, and they, they just kind of played— was playing around. Look, man, you can't do this because if we rent this to you, we're gonna have to rent this plane to you for $100,000 a month with the pilot, the fuel, and all that.

$100,000 $100,000 a month.

He said, okay, I ain't got $100,000 a month, but I'm telling you what I'm gonna do.

I already have the clients I can put on the plane. If you invoice me 30 days, give me the plane, we're gonna make our first flight, and in 30 days I'll make my first payment.

Just like that, they agreed. If his mindset would have been one that wasn't diligent— the diligent soul makes fat. You got to keep going even when they say no. Rejection is direction. And if God said it, you can't stop until you see it. Two things you got to do: you got to keep saying it until you see it, because when you speak it, your mind shifts to what you're— oh my God— saying out of your mouth. Okay, all right, whatever.

All right, I'm gonna keep moving.

So say, I'm called to prosper. This making some of y'all uncomfortable? Good, good. Watch this.

Resources and money in God's kingdom— watch this— they move just like every other kingdom. Certain principles govern how resources are moved.

Obedience to the principles of scripture— hear me— releases prosperity into your life.

Next one: money and resources are trust.

Are y'all with me? I'm gonna say that again.

Money and resources are trust.

God releases resources based on trustworthiness, not desire. Question is, can he trust you with what you're asking for?

I said it.

Third Thursday. God releases things based on how you manage. We saw that in the parable, the fellows that had the talents, and the one that didn't do nothing with his talent, he took it and gave it to the one that was doing something. Can God trust you with the million dollars a month you're praying for? Can he trust you with $100,000 a month you're praying for. Watch it. If you don't tithe— okay, here we go— of $2,000 a month— faithful of a few things make you ruler over many— you ain't gonna tithe out $10,000 a month. Somebody said, when I get it, I'll do it. No, you won't, because if you do one thing one way, you do everything that way. Are y'all hearing me? So you realize, back to number 1, that God is the source of all prosperity. You take care of him. I know it's making y'all uncomfortable.

It's okay.

I'm glad though, because again, I'm dedicated to you getting free for real.

Glory to Jesus.

Go to Luke 16, verses 10 and 11.

I ain't Got that up there, Mario. Glory to God.

I'm just, I'm just flowing.

No, that ain't up there. Y'all here? Glory to God.

Bible says this, he said, he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. So again, if you're not tithing off $1,000 a month. Why would God trust you to tithe off $100,000 a month? You won't bring him the $100,000. Are y'all hearing this?

Apostle, please just move on.

No, I'm not, because I want us to be free, man. Granted, most of the people in this church tithe consistently.

Consistently.

Some of you watching, y'all be at home watching and don't tithe, but you want more. Are y'all hearing this? Okay, okay, yeah. 1 Corinthians 4:2. I'mma move. Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. So if you want to be a good manager over God's stuff—

remember I told you Thursday night, it ain't your stuff.

The earth is the Lord's, the fullness thereof. God owns everything, so it all belongs to him, right? Your car, his. So if you do right by him, he'll make sure you keep your car. You won't be rebuking the repo man, blaming the devil that your car going up the street. It wasn't the devil. You ain't pay your note. Are y'all hearing this? Matthew 25:21. This is what we want to hear, right? Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou has been faithful over a few things. I'm gonna make you ruler over many. I ain't got these up there, Mario. I'm just, I'm just trying to help somebody. Say money and resources are trust. What can you be trusted with? Nobody knows that better than you. Are y'all here? Y'all shouting a little better when I was talking about purpose. Okay, I want you to prosper, but you got to be faithful with what you got. Stop complaining about your house. Clean it up, pay the bills, and, and trust God to bless you with another. Are y'all hearing this? You don't clean up the house you got and praying for another one. You raising hell in that house. I'm gonna move. Money and resources are trust. This is called Commonwealth. In the kingdom, we have wealth in common, but those who get it are those that can be trusted. You go to England, there are people that live better than others because the king can trust some more than he do others. Because there's a Commonwealth in England, that means the king is responsible for the citizens. In the kingdom of God, guess who responsible for us? God. The king is responsible for us, his citizens. Question is, what can he trust you with?

Are we here this morning?

Number 2, put it up there, Mario. Money and resources are gifts. Everything you receive originates from the owner. Again, God owns everything. So that— I want you to start looking at life like this. Nothing you have, you have of your own strength. It's a gift. Shannon, that new Lexus is a gift, and you trust God to take care of that gift he gave you.

Are you hearing me?

Okay, let's get some scriptures on this. Let's go to James 1:17.

I'm just— it ain't up there, Mario.

I'm just— it says every good gift and perfect gift is from above. Lord have mercy. So watch it. So the bad stuff come from the devil. God said the good stuff— watch it, there's that word again— but now the prophet comfortable stuff, the stuff given for your pleasure, for you to enjoy and fulfill purpose. It comes from God. Are y'all here? 1 Chronicles 29:14. Somebody said, there's a lot of scriptures, Apostle.

Yeah, this is probably more than y'all read all last year.

I'm gonna get them to you, all right? 1 Chronicles 29:14. The Bible said, all things come of thee and of thine own have we given thee. Say that with me.

Say, everything comes from God. Number 3, put it up there, Mario.

The quantity of money and resources you receive— oh my God— is determined by you and what you can manage. So again, what you have right now has been determined on what you can manage. Watch this, the world system, your credit score in a certain thing, they only will give you so much. And what, guess what, your credit score— somebody said, Apostle, I didn't come to church for this. Yes, you did. It's a reflection of you. So let's get that right this year. Let's work on it. There are ways to make that better. That's why you want to make sure you have Freedom Revival at the end of the month. We're going to talk about that on Saturday, how to make these things better. I'm gonna give you some practical stuff on how to get your money right.

Are y'all hearing this?

Glory to God. All right, let— okay, let me give you some scripture on it.

Because God gives according to capacity that's proven.

You got to prove what you can handle. God love you, and he don't love nobody else no more than you, but he knows what he could trust you with.

Again, have you— has your capacity to receive that been proven? Lord, hammer. Matthew 25:15. Y'all don't believe it, I'm gonna give you some word.

25:15 says, to every man according to his several ability, proven capacity.

He gives according to your ability.

Luke 16:12, if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, man, oh boy, here we go, who shall give you that which is your own? So if you can't serve someone else— are y'all hearing this? When it's time for you to get people to serve you and your vision, you ain't gonna have nobody because you didn't serve right when you were serving. You missed the opportunity. Are y'all here? Proverbs 28:20. I'm trying to get out of here. A faithful man— uh-oh. That has the capacity, that's proven faithful, shall abound in blessings.

Yeah, what's your capacity? What's your ability? What are you faithful in? What can you manage? Number 4, put it up there, Mario.

Money, resources demand your creativity. Activity to multiply.

Let me just work here a minute.

The Bible says in Genesis 1:28, be fruitful and multiply. You gotta first be fruit. What we don't want to do is multiply unfruitfulness. Multiply habits that literally are going to get you nowhere. Are we here? You got to become creative so you can multiply your resources. You have the capacity to create because you have Holy Ghost in you. I wish I can get this to you like I feel it. Say this with me. Say, I'm a creator because the Holy Spirit lives in me. So watch this, you ought to be creating.

Rub your belly again. Say, I'm a creator. Because the Holy Spirit lives in me. You know what God expects from you?

He expects innovation.

He expects stewardship and productivity, not stagnation. Too many people in the church, in the body of Christ, are stagnant.

Are y'all stuck. But God expects productivity. Okay, go to Ecclesiastes 10:10.

I'm almost done. Just stay with me, you need this.

Wisdom is profitable and direct. That's clear. It's profitable, it's direct. So what I'm giving you right now is wisdom, hakma in Greek, in Hebrew, which is the proper use of knowledge. See, we can learn something, but if we don't use the knowledge properly, it won't profit us nothing. So I want you to take what you're learning and use it. Become a creator. You got a creator in you, for God's sake, so you ought to be creating something. He expects it. Proverbs 8:12, he says, I, wisdom, dwell with prudence and find out knowledge of witty inventions. That's creation. Inventions. You ought to be inventing things. We come to church and all we want to do is have good church. But what can— God will take the praise, he loves it. He'll take the worship.

But to make a difference in the world, you got to create something. Y'all getting it Hope I ain't boring. You need this, man.

We got to come to a point we make learning important.

Number 5, put it up.

Money must work for you, not you for it.

Most people spend 80% of their day creating finances. Working for money.

But that never was God's plan.

God's plan was for you to become a creator and a producer so money can work for you. Okay, let me give you scripture on it. Uh, Matthew 6:33, right? Seek ye first— the word first is proton in Greek, which means give superlative priority to, make it more important than anything else. The kingdom of God. The word seek is zetaio in Greek, which means to pursue hard after.

So with uninterrupted focus, you go hard after the kingdom of God. It's your first priority. We make life hard when we don't do this, when the kingdom is not your first priority, when everything else is more important harder. You're making it harder on yourself. Are y'all hearing this? I'm gonna preach it till you get it. You got to pursue hard after him, which means you rearrange schedules, you rearrange desires for kingdom. You make sacrifices and drive an hour and 30 minutes to church. Are y'all hearing this? Because you rearrange things for kingdom. Don't get that mad at me, it's the Bible. You put this thing in superiority priority. Are y'all with me?

Here's what happens when you do that: all these things will be added to you. So when you start putting kingdom, business, and purpose as priority you ain't got to pray for a car. Car is added. Are y'all hearing me? You ain't got to pray for a house. House added.

You ain't got to pray for a million dollars. Million added. All right, I'mma move. Okay, Luke 12:15. The Bible say a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possess. So again, priority has to be the kingdom. My pursuit should be purpose and kingdom authenticity. Provision becomes the reward of that pursuit. This scripture just says if I go after the kingdom, God will just slip me a Bentley. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. He'll slip me a $8,000— 8,000 square foot house. Long as I'm going after the kingdom, he's going to slip us all those buildings on that property. Are y'all hearing me? That's why I can stand up here in confidence and say we going to buy it without a bank. We ain't gonna need the bank to buy it. That means we're gonna have every dollar because he gonna slip it to us. See, this room and say, okay, well, if we ain't got enough people to do that— well, we ain't got to have enough people. All you need is one person to become preoccupied with what you're doing. You just need one Tyler Perry, one Oprah Winfrey, one Trae Young— y'all ain't got to talk to me here— that sees who you are and what you're and they'll sow the seed. Okay, God will use them to slip you what you need.

I got to get out of here, man.

Proverbs 13:22. Okay, here we go. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. This is when your money is working for you. You can do that. You can't do that if every dime you get going out the bills. You ought to determine this year that your money won't be consumed in bills, that you're going to walk in a level of money freedom that you could put all your bills on autopay. Y'all ain't got to talk. See, some, some of y'all miss that, that you could put every bill you got on autopay and never think about it again. All right. Instead of worrying about your bills every month, just put it on auto pay and pursue kingdom.

Oh God. Okay, I'm about to go.

Number 6, write it down: money is not for hoarding, it's for investing. Say this, I have plenty of money. To give away all the time. I have plenty of money to invest all the time.

When you're investing, you're creating a flow, you're creating a stream. I don't have time to talk fully about this, but the reality is you have to become fluid when it comes to money.

If you're static when it comes to money, again, it means your money money has an assignment already before you get it. But when you got streams coming to your life, it doesn't matter what comes at you because you created a flow. You're not hoarding money. Some of y'all got money sitting over in an account and it ain't earning no interest, it ain't growing.

Yeah, I asked y'all, can I teach y'all this morning. So then, this is not entertainment.

I'm trying to give you some apostolic wisdom for real. But it's not for hoarding. It's not—

hoarding is not just you keeping it, it's giving it in a static way to entities that really are robbing you every month of the ability to leave an inheritance. But you got to learn how to pay yourself first, okay?

Luke 12:15, it just tells us to beware of covetousness.

So don't covet your money in a way that— I know some people got plenty of money they never spend, never invest, never give. Don't ask them for nothing, the first thing they're gonna say, I ain't got no money.

And you know for a fact they got plenty. That's my daddy's favorite word. Got plenty money. This dude is rich, but you go to his house, you wouldn't know it. You look at his cars, you wouldn't know it. Look at how he dress, you wouldn't know it. Ask him for something, you definitely ain't gonna know, cause he gonna tell you real quick, ain't got no money. He's mastered that phrase.

And really, I, I went over to help him get his online stuff up to another level, gave him a camera, all this stuff, got it set up.

I said, oh, Dad, for this to work, you need a laptop. Well, Mike, you ain't got one laying around? No, I ain't got one laying around. Go buy you a laptop, man, because it's not for hoarding. Take some of that money you got and go buy your laptop so you can stream this stuff.

Are y'all hearing me? Glory to God.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, it says, cast thy bread upon the water.

So watch this, the scripture even got a revelation of bread. You know how old days they used to call money bread?

Cast your bread upon the water, all right, and it will return to you not many days.

Are y'all hearing me?

Proverbs 11:24-25, it says, there is that scattereth, and there is, and yet increase. So when you release the seed or you invest, it brings back increase.

Oh boy, I got to get out of here. Number 7, put it up there, Mario. Okay, so just like when you stand before God and give account of your sins. You will give an account for what you did with money and resources. Did you use the blessings in your life to fulfill purpose, or did you squander it on trips and clothes and to look good? Are y'all hearing this? Did you invest?

You're gonna give an account for that. Romans 14:12, every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Are y'all here?

Luke 16:2 says, give an account of your stewardship. Matthew 25:19 says, after a long time, the Lord reckoned with them.

In other words, you're gonna give account. You're gonna stand before God about how you deal with finances. Number 8, put it up there, Mario. Money and resources must be multiplied. I don't already hit that because watch this, preserving money without management and multiplication is literally mismanagement.

So just, you, you might think you messing your managing your money because you holding it, you're not.

That's mismanagement, because you should have your money working for you. Oh boy, I got to go. Number 9: money and resources test your goodness.

Good is not defined by morality alone.

By your ability to manage effectively. Okay, let me give you scripture. We just read this one before, but I'm gonna read it again. Matthew 25:21, well done, thou good and faithful servant, because thou has been faithful in a very little. Luke 19:17.

Proverbs 20:6, this is a good one, who can find a faithful man.

We always talk about who can find a virtuous woman, but who can find a faithful man? Are y'all hearing this? That'll be loyal and accountable to what God has called them to do. It's hard to find, man. Number 10, put it up there, Mario. Money and resources are the measure of your faithfulness. Watch this. Luke 16:11 said, if therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust true riches, the real wealth? Who gonna give that to you if you ain't been able to handle the money you get from your job? Here's the last one. Put it up there, Mario. Somebody said, 'Oh, thank the Lord Jesus.' I'm trying to help y'all, man. Management determines promotion and influence. How well you manage money determines how you'll be promoted in life. You ain't got to believe that, but it's so true.

We read it again, Matthew 25:21.

You faithful over few, I'll make you rule over much.

Proverbs 22:29, see a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings.

You take care of your business and be diligent, God will put you in the right rooms. He'll show you favor. Why would God put you before people who could serve as your business and you're not faithful in his. Glory to God. I want to release something over you. I'm going to read it. Y'all stand. I'm— y'all stand while I read this prophecy over you. And it's out the Bible. You can go to the next slide, Mario. I'm done. Go to the next one. Yeah, we're gonna go there next. I want to release this blessing over you. You got to receive it. You know, sometimes we, we receive the word in response to what we like, what we heard, but this right here, you should be able to respond to this because it calls you to responsibility. You gotta take care of business. Business, man.

The Bible says in Deuteronomy 28:1—

I'm gonna read it, I'm just reading—

it says, and it shall come to pass. Anytime you read 'and it come to pass' in the Bible, that means it's history.

Are y'all hearing this?

That means it happened. So can I tell you something? What I'm about to read is going to come to pass in your life. This is an announcement that it shall come to pass, that if you will hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe and do his commandments which I command you this day, that the Lord your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth. Here's the first thing that's going to happen. Y'all ain't excited enough for me. God's going to set you on high. I know it's just a few of us in here today, but I'm going to talk to you like the room's full. He's going to set you on high above all the nations of the earth. Somebody say that. When we say above all nations, glory. Not some of them, all of them. The word nation there is ethnicities. In, in Hebrew it means all people. In other words, the world is going to look to God's people to see the purpose and the promise of God come out of their life. Watch this, verse number 2: And all these blessings shall come on thee and shall overtake thee. Oh my God. So the blessings of God, I'm telling you, it's going to come to pass, are about to come on you, which means you're about to wear the blessing of God everywhere you go. People are going to see the blessing of God on you. I'm telling you, God— and God is not erecting that place on those 34 acres for Michael Woods to be seen, but every time somebody rides by Rudder City, God will get glory because the blessing is already on that property. And when the buildings go up, the blessing will glorify God. I'm telling you, the blessing about to come on your life, on your family, on your children, on your finances. Somebody ought to shout, I receive it, Lord! Oh God, y'all too quiet in this church. He said the blessing shall come on thee and overtake thee. In other words, he's saying the blessing is gonna hit you like a linebacker hitting the quarterback on a quarterback blitz. I'm telling you, the blessing of the Lord is about to hit you like Lawrence Taylor. It's about to take you out. Glory to the name of God. You're not going to be able to resist the blessing that's about. I'm trying to put some prosperity on you. I'm trying to put some wealth on you. I'm trying to announce the blessing of the Lord that makes rich and adds no sorrow over your life. I need somebody to open your— oh my God— your mouth and say, I receive the blessing of the Lord. I got to get out of here Amen. Oh God, he said these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if thou will hearken to the voice of the Lord your God. If you just listen and obey. Say that with me. Say, God, I will listen and I will obey. Say, whatever you tell me to do, say, God, I'll do it. Watch this. The Bible says in verse 3, blessed shalt thou be in the And blessed shalt thou be in the field. Everywhere you go, the blessing is going with you. Verse 4: Blessed shall be the fruit of your body. Your children are gonna be blessed, your families are gonna be blessed. And blessed shall be the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, and the increase of your kind, and the flocks of your sheep. In other words, everything that pertains to you, God says I'm getting ready to release on it. No more dry seasons, no more seasons of lack, no more seasons of not enough. God said in verse 5, blessed shall be thy basket and blessed shall be thy store. So when you go to the store, your basket that you roll through the store, God said your basket will be blessed. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. And God said, I'm gonna bless your store, I'm gonna bless your businesses, I'm gonna bless your dreams, I'm gonna bless your ideas, I'm gonna bless you. Verse 6: Wherever you go in and wherever you go out, you shall be blessed. And here's the last one. He said, the enemy shall come to you 7 ways, but They'll dispatch 21 ways. God says, I'm defeating your enemy and every weapon formed against you. God says, I'm causing it to be dismantled. I wish I had somebody that could open your mouth and shout about the blessing. I'm telling you, it's coming, it's coming, the blessing. Is coming on you. The blessing shall overtake you, shall glory. Oh my God, I need you to receive it now. I need you to receive it. The Lord said in verse 8, I'll command the blessing upon thee in your storehouses. And everything you put your hands on. I'm going to bless the land that I give you. God, we command that 34 acres to be blessed now in the name of Jesus. We command every dime we need to put that property together. We thank you that the blessing is already here. We thank you that the blessing is upon this people under the sound of my voice. And watching me online is multimillionaires and billionaires that God's going to bless so you can do the work of the Lord. Keep seeking the kingdom, keep going after him. The time has come. Oh my God, oh my God, I, I got to get out of here, but just say that with me. Say, the time has come. No more bondage, no more lack, no more despair. God's about to bless us so we can be a blessing. Uh, y'all ain't got to help me, but he's going to use us to clean up homelessness. He's going to use us to feed countries, to feed hunger, even in the United By thy power, I'll be true.

Grab somebody by the hand. We're praying. Just leave nobody untouched in this building. Father, I thank you for this word. Thank you for the power of a person, the power of a place, the power periods, the power presence, the power of purpose, and the power of prosperity. Thank you that these elements bring true freedom to our life. And he— squeeze those hands you're holding.

Even as I pray for my family this morning, I declare that every one of these principles will come alive in their life and that they will experience true freedom.

Start— that they'll choose the right persons, the right places, they will embrace periods, that they will pursue your presence daily, that they will open their life up to your purpose.

And Father, they will yield to your prosperity so we can share in Commonwealth, so that the wealth of the kingdom of God can be made manifest in our life.

We give you praise and glory for what's to come.

We declare what's to come shall be better than what has been. We thank you that there will be no lack in the lives of your people. I rebuke lack in the name of Jesus. I thank you that every person under the sound of my voice is blessed to be a blessing, and that in their fear of Dominion influence. They will be a blessing to the world. I declare that every person under the sound of my voice is a creator, and they create like you create, and they're creator because you live in them. And daily we'll be able to create with our mouths. We'll speak to nothing and something will emerge. Because we have your power and your ability in us, and we bless you for it now.

We thank you, Lord, for the blessing that's upon us. We receive the blessing. We receive the blessing. And we thank you that the days ahead will be manifest the glory.

And when others see us, they will see your hand upon our lives, and they'll desire to be changed. And many will come to us because of the blessing and say, what must I do to be saved? What must I do to walk out my life with you, Jesus?

Thank you blessing.

It's not for vain glory.

It's to give you glory, God.

It's to bring honor to your name.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Loose those hands and clap them and praise God.

Come on, clap your hands and praise God. Come on, clap your hands and tell him you love him. Come Come on, we love you, Jesus. Just a few moments. We love you, Jesus. We love you, Jesus. We love you, Jesus. We love you. We love you. We love you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We thank you for fighting every battle, God. Thank you that our enemy will come in 7 ways and they'll dispatch 7 times 3 ways. We thank you, God, that we have victory over our enemies. Nothing in our past will defeat us because you're a mighty warrior, great in battle. Jehovah is your name.

Jehovah is your name. Come on, sing it one time. Jehovah is your name. Everybody lift it.

Your name. Jehovah is your name. Your name.

Your name. Come on, sing to Jesus.

Jehovah, Jehovah is your name. Your name.

Come on, sing.

Mighty Warrior, Mighty Warrior, great in battle. Jehovah Jehovah is your name. Come on, sing it, Mighty Warrior. Mighty Warrior, great in battle, Jehovah is your name.

Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Just a few moments and we're going to prepare our hearts to leave this place. He's with you. His purpose is real and he wants to manifest it in your life. It brings freedom when we walk in the responsibility of purpose. He wants you to prosper. Prosper.

He wants to give you wealth above all things.

He wants you to prosper and be in health as your soul prospers. Vow today you're going to make sure your soul prospers. In Jesus' name, we thank you, Lord. Your name One last time. Mighty Warrior, Mighty Warrior.

Remember that this week.

Great in battle, great in battle.

Jehovah, Jehovah is your name.

We're going to prepare our hearts to give.

Mario, make sure the ways to give are up online as well as in here. Glory to God. I want you this morning, if you owe God tithe, to get that right with him. Tithe, the 10th, is holy unto God. You may be saying, Lord, I need my whole check. But let me try— let me tell you something. You can only do so much with that 100%. You can do better with 90% and God than you can with 100%. So get that right today. And up and above your tithe this morning, I want every person to get your best offering. Make a sacrifice this morning. Give diligently unto the Lord. The ways to give are up on the screen. There are 5 ways you can give. You can text to give, you can Zelle the church, you can Cash App the church, you can use PayPal, or you can go to our website at rhonachurch.com/donate. If you have— if you have physical cash, you may come and place it in the receptacle. Glory to God, we give God praise. Well, y'all Were you blessed today? Glory to God, I pray you were. Thank you, Lord. I love you, I love you, I love you, Lord, today, because you care. For me in such a special way. That's why I praise you, I lift you up, and I magnify your name. That's why My heart is filled with praise. Why don't you show God you love him this morning? Sing, I love you, I love you, I really do, I love you, oh yes I do, I love you, Lord, today because you cared for me, because you cared for me in such a special way, in such special way. That's why, that's why I praise you.

Sing, I lift you up, I lift you up, and I magnify, and I magnify your name.

Sing, that's why, that's why my heart is filled with praise. Father, Bless every online giver, every giver in the room. Give it back to them 1,000 times more. We thank you, God, that no weapon formed against their finances will ever be able to prosper. But we thank you that the scripture we read today in 1 John 3:12, you would above all things that we prosper and be in health even as our soul doth prosper. We thank you that as we have participated in this time of worship through giving, God, that you will begin to release prosperity into our life.

We thank you that no weapon formed against our finances, in our home, our businesses, against our children will be able to prosper. But God, we thank you that money will answer every need and every purpose.

In Jesus' name, amen. And thanks be to God. Would you clap your hands and praise God? Oh, that's why, that's why my heart is filled with praise. Say it again. That's why, that's why, that's why, that's why, that's why my heart is with praise. Come on, one last time. That's why my heart— that's why my heart is filled with praise. Hallelujah! Come on, bless the Lord in this place. Hallelujah! Glory to God! Just a few announcements before we go, um, glory to God, I'm going to keep announcing this because, um, I'm so excited. We are getting a great response, and, uh, I want to continue to encourage you and encourage your friends and yourself to secure your cabin. We're going on a cruise, family, and we're calling it Dominion at Sea. Somebody give God praise for that. Amen. Y'all cold or something? Can y'all praise God for the cruise?

Maybe y'all mad because I ain't giving away another one.

I mean, I told you I got one more in me, but it ain't in here. Okay, all right. So, but we're thanking God for this cruise. It's going to be a blessing. Uh, just go to rodderchurch.com/atsesea. Uh, you can secure your cabin for just $200. It has to be 2 people in the cabin. So pair it with somebody, uh, September 7th through the 11th. It's going to be a phenomenal, uh, 5 days. Glory is going to hit that ship. We're going to have a lot of fun. So let's make sure, uh, you're a part of that. Amen. Amen. Next slide, Mario. All right, so Freedom Revival starts on January 30th through February 1st. Um, speaker is going to be me. I tried to pray about getting some other people. I called some other people and God said, no, I want you to spend these 3 days. So I'm going to preach all 3 days. Amen. Amen. So thank the Lord, and we're going to have a hot time in the Lord. So let's make sure you're here, 7:00 PM on Friday, Saturday at 12 noon, Sunday at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM. 4 services. All right, so let's make sure you're in the building. Our 7 days of prayer and fasting will commence on Sunday, uh, February 1st at midnight, and we'll fast for 7 days. Uh, glory to God, I'm excited about the fast. Uh, no food, water only, uh, midnight to 6 daily. We're believing God for True Freedom. Amen. Amen. And we're going to talk about things like freedom and dominion, financial freedom, freedom from soul ties, freedom to— freedom to soar and fulfill vision. So it's going to be great that weekend. So let's make sure you're in the building. Bring guests. This is a great opportunity for you to get people out to the church that have not been. Here's how you need to RSVP your I need everybody to do this. Somebody say everybody. So I need you to text the word freedom. The number up there I think is wrong. Well, what— it's right. Is that 8279? Yeah. All right, so yeah, text it to 470-777-8279. Text the word freedom and you're going to get an RSVP form back to your phone. Go ahead and fill that out, send that text to all your guests and get them to RSVP and Let's fill this place up, uh, for those 4 nights. Amen. Amen. I believe that we ain't got to have special guests to have good revival. Amen. Glory to God. It's going to be great. And we got, you know, we got some stuff coming up where we got guests coming, but the Lord has said it and we going to do it, but we just going to do this ourself. Amen. All right. Glory to God. Uh, babe, do you have any announcements? Announcements. Glory to God. Well, if there are no announcements, we gonna stand. Come on, Prophetess Greta, and say our final word and dismiss us. Glory to God.

And an awesome word, a powerful word. Glory to God. Even as he was decreeing, um, that over us at the end of the service. Um, my husband is a witness. I was praying those very same words for the church, for everybody, just like he was decreeing. And I was studying and I came across— I was looking up what, um, the palm tree meant. It was about, uh, God's provision, him blessing. And I could just see the church just giving life to our ministry. And I said, I want to get a picture of that for him to put up in this new church, a big one. It's just God blessing us in his provision. I thought about, Lord, do we need to build one on the property? Because it signifies God's life, his provision, him doing everything that we need. So I just thank God this morning. Lord, we thank you and we praise you, Lord God, for a leader, Lord God, that's pouring into us, oh God, that we may come up to the place that you would have us to be in this season and in this hour, Lord God. We thank you for him pouring into us, Lord. We thank you for the First Lady standing by his side with the same vision, Lord. We thank you how she smiles even when he's preaching the word, Lord God, because you know there's an assurance in her spirit of what you're doing in them and in us, Lord, in this ministry and this territory, in this state, Lord God, in this world, how we will touch the world, Lord, every nation all across, Lord God. And we thank you, Lord God, for equipping us through this man of God and preparing us. Thank you, Lord God. Even as we go out this door, Lord God, we're not going out of your presence. And we thank you as your angels go before us, Lord God. And Lord God, they will meet us again when we come. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen.