Pastor Harry Pitts tells 514 Grace Church that faith means breaking self-imposed limits rooted in fear and comfort. He says believers should expect multiple income streams and million-dollar ideas in 2026, and that vision without purpose becomes mere ambition while purpose without vision leads to stagnation.
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These next couple of years are going to be vital. It's not anything for us to be afraid of. I just believe that God is going to make a prophetic shift that's going to take place. And if you're watching me now live on stream, God bless every single one of you. We're going to be celebrating 2026 here in a couple of hours here in the USA and and our our. partners that are watching us in the UK, our partners that are watching us in South Africa, on the continent of Africa, and Brazil, and all over the world, and Canada, and the UK. God bless every single one of you. And our partners here in the United States of America, Tracy and I thank you guys for supporting us in 2026. But I don't want to belabor the word. I want to get straight to the message because there's a word from the Lord for every single one of us. And I think this year is going to be paramount that we follow God and we listen to every single thing that he says. Hearing from God is going to be vital, family. Do you hear me? Hearing from God is going to be vital in 2026. Because I posted a lot of information on social media. Because I believe this. I believe that if you have one income, then you're at risk. You're going to need multiple streams of income in the coming years because the dynamics have changed and we need to be mindful of this. But I do have a word that God has given me to share with every single one of you that are watching and every single one of you that are sitting here present. on tonight, 2026, as we're prepared to go in and celebrate the new year for 2026. I want to title this sermon Faith That Refuses Restriction. Faith that refuses restriction, because many believers are not held back by sin or lack of faith. or lack of opportunity. They're held back by limits they quietly accepted that God never imposed on them. Hold that thought. Father, I thank you in Jesus' name. I thank you for your divine word. I thank you for your power and your revelation that shall flow. God, touch your people on tonight. Let your word be profound and let it minister to hearts. I thank you, God, for Jesus, who is the Savior, who is our deliverer, who is our prosperity, who is our grace. God, I thank you for Jesus, our Lord and Savior, the one that is and is to come. Amen. Jesus, we thank you on tonight. We thank you for your word. Let your revelation flow. Let the people of God be blessed as we go into 2026, Lord, knowing that you're with us, that you will never forsake us. And we thank you for your power, your presence, and your anointing. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Many of us are not held back by limits. We're not held back by these limits, but some of us are imposing these limits upon ourselves. Some of the strongest restraints in a believer's life— are you listening to me? Some of the strongest restraints in a believer's life are invisible. They are not enforced by circumstances or people. Or even the enemy himself. They are enforced by agreement. Agreement that is made with our feelings. Agreement that is reasonable in our thinking, manageable, or safe. Because when we step out on faith, it stretches us. So we need to Operate in a manageable circumstance. When God says to step out in faith, he wants us to step out in faith. Faith has within itself built the ability to stretch. Oh my goodness. But faith was never designed to operate comfortably. Faith was never operated— it was never designed to operate comfortably. When God invites you forward, he does not ask you to stay within the boundaries of your current understanding. He calls you to trust him beyond it. There are limitations that we've got to deal with, limitations that are not divinely assigned, limitations that are self-imposed, limitations that we learn. Because God did not design your life to be confined by what you have already seen or experienced. Many of the limits people live under were absorbed over time through disappointment, fear, or failure, or comparison when they start to compare themselves to other people. Small thinking is often self-protective. It keeps expectations low so disappointment feels survivable. But safety is not the same as obedience in 2026. Are you listening to me? When you shrink expectation, you shrink Capacity. Faith that pleases God is not reckless, but it is never timid. Ah, the faith that pleases God is never timid. God-sized vision requires both sight and trust. Vision allows you to perceive a future you're not yet standing in. Trust allows you to move toward it before it makes sense. Many people can imagine a better future, but they never move because imagination alone does not sustain obedience. Trust is what carries you forward when clarity is incomplete. Vision shows you what could be. I need you to listen to me. Trust anchors you while you pursue it. When vision and trust work together— Ah, you're listening to me. When vision and trust work together, faith becomes active rather than Theatrical. Ah, when vision and trust work together, faith becomes active rather than theatrical. And we need to be clear because fear appears when growth is always near. Fear will show up. He and his cousin, his twin cousin doubt. Ah, well, they, they'll show up when they know growth Mm. Growth is near. In 2026, we have to— ah, we've got to eliminate fear. We've got to show fear and doubt the trapdoor. You got to go. We gotta mail them away and, and don't place on the return to sender. We've got to get rid of fear and doubt because fear often shows up when progress is about to occur. Not because something is wrong, but because something is unfamiliar. Ah, it's not because something is wrong, not because, uh, there's something wrong with your thinking. Hmm. But because something unfamiliar is required. Growth stretches identity. It challenges comfort. It demands a different level of responsibility. So fear speaks loudly, hoping to convince you to stay where you are. Ah, he shouts and he screams, and because he wants to— he wants you to be postured right there. He wants you to be planted right there. Ah, Right there, because God wants to move and elevate you, and God wants to develop in your life and in the lives of your family and the lives of your children and your grandchildren. God wants to develop multiple streams of income. But I need you to hear me. You got to pull out your scripture. You got to give fear a silver bullet. Ah, you gotta put a bullet in him. Because fear is not a warning sign to stop. It is often a signal that expansion is happening in the life of the believer, in the life of the believer's family, in the life of a church, in the life of a ministry. Fear is not a warning sign to stop. It is A signal that your expansion, God is going to Rehoboth you. God is going to expand you and I. Because what feels threatening may actually be transitional. What feels threatening, ah, may actually feel, ah, it ain't may feel, excuse me, it is actually transitional. Hmm. Because anytime you operate and move in faith, the enemy will try to fight you. He'll give some resistance. Ah, but what you have to understand about resistance training is it develops the muscles. It builds the muscle. It gives the muscle longevity. Ah, it builds strength. So when resistance comes, the muscle has the tenacity and the elasticity to fight. Resistance is part of formation, not failure. Every meaningful pursuit attracts resistance, not because it is wrong, but because it is significant. Resistance tests resolve. It reveals what you Truly believe. It separates curiosity from commitment. Those who abandon the process too early— I need you to listen to me. I need you to listen to me. Those who abandon the process too early often mistake resistance for rejection. Ah, don't abandon the process too early because right there is where you're about to get your breakthrough. But resistance does not mean God is against you, beloved. It often means you are moving in the right direction. The weight of opposition often matches the weight of your assignment. Mm. Anytime you're fighting situations that appear to be larger than you, because it is trying to tell you, Ah, the opposition is saying that there's something great that is birthed on the inside of you. Something great that is birthed on the inside of your ministry. Yes. Because the journey shapes the believer before the promise ever shows up. God is never in a hurry to deliver something you are not ready to sustain. Yeah, man, I'm preaching my own self happy. God is never in a hurry to deliver something you are not ready to sustain. Ah, the waiting, the refining, the pressure— these are not delays. They are preparation for God's greatness in your life. Ah, God wants to Bring out of you greatness. Are you listening to me? God is birthing inside of every single one of us greatness. Are you listening to me, 5:14? Are you listening to me out there that are watching online? Those in South Africa, those in Kenya, those in Nigeria, those in Canada, those that are in the UK, are you listening to the preacher? Yes, sir. Ah, God often develops depth before he grants access. God's got to develop some depth inside of every single one of us in 2026. Ah, he does this because he has to develop you before he gives access, because if he gives access too soon, prematurely, it could end up becoming an enemy to your success and his vision for your life. God has to develop inside of every one of us depth because he's not going to give you something before your time that you're not ready to handle. It's like giving a 6-month-old baby the keys to your Bentley. Ah, and this baby is not ready to drive something that exquisite, that expensive. He can't even hardly hold a bottle. Why would you give him the keys to your car? So this is why God has to develop— ah, you're listening to me— depth. Ah, God has to develop depth inside of every single one of us. I got to preach this moment. If the promise arrived too early, it would expose immaturity rather than produce the fruit that God wants to produce. Ah, yes, yes, God knows what's best for all of us. Somebody said, preach it. Preacher. Ah, God has to expose, ah, the things that may try to hinder, uh, this growth because it would, uh, given too soon, the giftings, ah, the blessings would expose immaturity rather than produce the fruit That the Father needs in every single one of our lives. Ah, you wonder why God has moved some folk out of your life. You're bound to dysfunctional folk because dysfunctional people try to hinder God's purpose in your life. It's not that they're bad people. It's not that they're mean people. It's just that they're just not for you, baby. Ah, you've got to understand this. Ah, just because it tastes good doesn't mean that it is good. Ah, don't allow people to try to play on your, your, your heart, your kindness. God has to remove, ah, the dead weight out of your life. And, and if that means removing, uh, the young man that you thought was the one, nah, he was not your Ah, you said, preacher, you've gone from preaching to melling. No, no, listen to me. Just hear me out. Are you listening? He was never your mate. He was your mission. I think I'm preaching to somebody out there because God has your husband waiting for you. I've been married for a long time and I've ministered to young women and young men and they've missed The gift that God wanted to give them. Why? Because they just couldn't wait. They got it twisted. They thought he or she was their mate. God said, no, that's your mission. Ah, baby, don't go ahead of God because greatness is birthed over time. Ah, because formation Listen to me. Formation— when God is forming you and God is shaping you, formation always precedes fulfillment. Are you listening to me? Are you listening to me out there? Formation always precedes fulfillment. Ah. So we have to be mindful of what We're dealing with. We can't allow distraction. We can't allow things. We can't allow material gain to hinder us from the purposes of God. Are you listening to me? Hear me. Unrestricted faith. Unrestricted faith. See, we have to put a bullseye on some things that are just unrestricted to us. We can't give everyone and everything access to us. As God elevates you, you can't give everything or everyone access to you. Unrestricted faith especially demands courage and adaptability. Pursuing what God places before you requires courage. The courage to believe you were created for more than survival. It also requires adaptability. Bigger vision often requires new strategies. In 2026, you're going to need new strategies. You're going to need to hear the voice of God. Ah, I'm not talking about listening to, uh, TikTok preachers or podcasts. I'm talking about hearing the voice of God. Old methods may not be sufficient for expanded assignments. Old methods may not be sufficient for expanded assignments. When fear loosens It's grip. Are you listening to me? Listen, listen, listen, listen. When fear loosens its grip, creativity— ah, the creativity that God has placed inside of every single one of us. Listen to me. Listen, listen. When fear loosens its grip, creativity increases. Ah, it's flow and presence in your life. When trust in God deepens, clarity follows. Courage moves you forward when you hear the voice of God. Uh, listen, adaptability keeps you effective. You've got to be Adaptable. You have to be malleable. You have to be flexible. You have to be adaptable because it keeps you effective in the things of God and the mission of God and the purposes of God for your life. Ah, the enemy is afraid of a believer that adapts to the things of God. He's afraid of believers Believers that hear God, because the ones that hear God will move and flow according to His calling and His purpose. Ah, when the devil thinks he's got you, God says, "No, you just adapt." Yeah, you just flow. You AAO. What what does that mean? What does that acronym mean, Pastor? It means you adapt. Ah, you adapt and overcome. Yes, that's you. Somebody say AAO, adapt and overcome. Ah, this scares the devil. It gives him a cardiac arrest. Ah, when you adapt and overcome— are you listening to me? Listen, believers, listen to me. Listen, Lord. Mm-hmm. When you adapt and overcome, the enemy is incapacitated. He is ineffective. He has no authority. He has no power over your life. God causes you to be adaptable because when you can be adaptable, then God can use you mightily. Ah, and hear me. Vision must be rooted in purpose. God understands this. This is why he gave you the vision. Vision without purpose— I'm giving you the Blue's Clues for success in 2026. I'm giving you the keys to the kingdom for success in 2026. You have to be adaptable. God has given many of you ideas and vision. God has given my wife and I ideas, million-dollar ideas that we're going to implement in 2026. Ah, don't, don't, don't. No, no, no, no, no, no. God has given you ideas and vision and purpose like that as well. Million-dollar ideas. We don't need the church's money. God has placed this inside of us. Million, million-dollar ideas to get his vision done. Because when God gives a vision, God gives the provision. We've got a work to do. Tracy and I have a work to do. And we can't be held back because of— Money. lack of this. No, God says, I've given you funds already and you've sown the seed, but I'm gonna give you something better than the money you have in your hand. I'm gonna give you a vision. I'm gonna give you ideas. I'm going to give you million-dollar ideas. Ah, you're going to see this with your own eyes. God did it before and he's going to do it again for my and high because we have vision for ministry, vision to help people, vision to serve our community, vision for the nations, vision for this church, vision for the leadership. God has vision because vision without purpose becomes ambition. We have a lot of people that have ambition but they have no purpose. They have no vision. Purpose without vision becomes stagnation. So you just understood it correctly. You must have vision, purpose. Ah, God gives ambition, but they all work collectively. Purpose without vision becomes stagnation when your vision Aligns with God's design. Are you listening to me? When your vision aligns with God's design for your life, endurance increases, meaning deepens, pressure becomes bearable. Purpose stabilizes vision. Consistency turns faith into fruit. Action is the language of belief. Persistence is what bridges belief and outcome. As we hasten to a close in 2026, I need you to hear me. God has vision and supply for those that are willing to obey, those that want to hear him, those that want to see him. I've heard God. I've heard him speak. And we're going to walk in this. We're going to experience what God has spoken over our lives, the overflow. Ah, we are experiencing, many of us are experiencing the flow, but there's something different about the overflow. The overflow causes your cup to run over on other people. Ah, hear you, Pastor. We're gonna walk in this overflow. Millionaire, multi-millionaire statuses going to come to those that are sitting in this building, those that are sitting Yeah. In this room, those in this place, in this holy divine place we call church. The overflow is flowing right now in 2026. I tell you, you've got to hear, hear the voice of God, hear him speak clearly. I need you to be intentional In 2026. Not distracted. You need to think outside of your comfort zone because God is stretching many of you. He's stretching Tracy and I. He's stretching those that are a part of this movement, this Grace Nation movement in the West Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area. Where going to do great and marvelous things for God. So I suggest if you're watching, you better get on board because we coming. God is here to do great and mighty things through 514 Grace Church. People say, now where did you get the name? Go and look up Matthew chapter 5:14. We are a city on a hill, a light that'll shine that will Never be hidden. God has called us to, to have a divine edict for this city, not only for the city but for nations. We know what we're called to do. We know what we're going to do. Ah, so those of you that are ready for this next wave, this next move, you better come on. You better come on and get what God is going to give for you. You better come on to get planted. This is the season of the overflow. This is what God is going to do through this ministry. Ah, so I say this with all sincerity, your persistence is what bridges belief and outcome. As I hasten to a close, faith that refuses restriction does not settle for what feels safe. It believes God is larger than present limitations. This type of faith, it trusts him beyond visible outcomes. If you listen to me, do not shrink what God is expanding. Ah, the pain, uh, the discomfort that you're feeling is God stretching you, God expanding you in 2026. Do not abandon what God is forming. Do not limit what God intends to grow. Live with the vision that stretches you. Live and move as God breathes the breath of life in you, as God's prosperity is poured out upon those that will seek him and do his will, those that will obey him. And follow his commands and his vision and his purpose for their lives. Move with trust. You need to move with trust. Move with the trust. Hear me, that steadies you. Remain faithful through every season that God is And those that are watching me in 2026, you got to be planted this time. You can't be out of control. You can't be a long-ranger Christian. That's not going to work anymore. God is only going to move in his church. God is going to move amongst his people. No more renegades. You've got to be planted, beloved. My wife and I, Traci, love you. We're praying for you. Yes. I pray that 2026 brings you great joy, but it's got to be those— and you need to hear me— it's got to be those that are obedient to God's for their lives. Those that are submitted and planted, submitted to God, loving God, preaching his gospel to the nations. God has commanded the church to make disciples of men. Uh-huh. We can't flow with culture anymore. We got to preach the unadulterated word In 2026, no more compromise, no more living in the shadows, but obedience is what God is looking for. Complete obedience to those that love him and those that desire him and those that want his word. God and only God is what you must have. God is what you must have. Amen. I want to pray over every single one of you. If you would, please stand. Please stand. All the leaders and ministers, please come up front. I need you to stand before the people. And we're going to pray over everyone that's watching us online and those that are watching us in multiple countries all around the globe. God bless every single one of you. I thank you for those that have given to the work of the ministry for 5/14. We are managing the funds correctly. We are 501, so you can give knowing that your funds are tax— tax— it's going to— you'll receive a proper tax credit. And we also steward God's money well. And we thank God for what he's doing and what he's going to do. Please lift your hands all over the room. Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus. I thank you for your divine word. God, in 2026, God, cause your word to, to change lives. We thank you, Lord God, that you've called every single one of us to be vessels of honor. And God, we'll be vessels that the overflow run down into the lives of others. We thank you, Lord God, that we will not be the borrower, but we will be the lender, because we know that the borrower is a slave to the lender, and we know that money is a terrible taskmaster. God, we trust you. We believe you. And as you bless us, Lord God, with this wealth. God, we will honor you with our substance. We thank you, God, that we restored it well. God, I pray blessings over every single family, every single college student, every single— every elder, every youth that's in this room, those that are watching us online. I pray the blessings of God over their lives. Amen. Thank you, God, that in 2026 we shall prosper and we'll be the head and not the tail. We know that there are changes taking place in the government and technological changes. We're now in an era where technology is becoming, uh, the new voice. And Father God, we thank you that we will be We will be malleable. We will hear you and we will flow. God, we want to be in this next flow that will see the greatness of God manifested. God, I thank you, God, that you'll multiply the funds that are in our checking accounts as we put together the visions that you've given us. Bless everyone under the sound of my voice, and I thank you, Father. Amen. Amen. For this blessing. In Jesus' name I pray. Tracy and I love every single one of you. God bless you. We thank you for standing with us in 2025. We are a new church. We're not very, very old. We're a new church. We're a new movement. We've been called— Tracy and I have been called to ministry for a long time, and we've operated in a Multiple capacities, leaders, youth leaders, youth pastors. But God called us to ministry, to, to see this church in the West Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area for this movement that God wants to do in this area. God wants to expose the unfruitful works of darkness so that Jesus can be glorified. My wife is so loving, so kind. She's Stood with her husband. She believes in the vision, and we both submit to God. We are under covering. We submit to God. We submit to the covering that's present before you and the leaders. We don't operate from off the mountain of our covering. We believe that God is going to do something great and mighty. God is doing something great and mighty in 514. In 2026, watch God do the magnificent. We believe it. We accept it. And those of you that are watching us, if you don't know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, I want to invite you. I want to invite you to pray this prayer with me. In 2026, go into 2026 knowing that you've given your life to Jesus and that you're saved. Pray this prayer with me. Father God, I thank you for saving me. I believe that Jesus died and rose on the 3rd day, and because of his death, burial, and resurrection and ascension, I'm now able to be a part of the family of God through the adoption of sons. God, I thank you for the blood of Christ that covers my sins, because we know without the remittance of sins there is no forgiveness of sin. Thank you for the shed blood of Jesus. Thank you, God. I confess my sins, every single one of them, and I denounce the devil himself, and I accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. I believe according to Romans 10:9-10 that I am born again. And Jesus, I accept you into my heart as my personal Lord and Savior. I pray this prayer in Jesus' name. I pray. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, thank you. Thank you so much. You are now my friend. You are now precious one. You are now my dear brother, my dear sister, my dear loved one. You are now part of the body of Christ. God has something great and spectacular for you. If you give your life to Jesus, do me a favor. Call us. 770-398-6232. Or email us at the church here at 514 Grace Church. Email us. Reach out to us on social media. Send me a DM. I promise you that the social media people, the staff that handles our social media, they'll get it to me. And I'd love to meet you in person. Tracy and I would love to meet you in person and shake your hands, love on you, bless you. More than that, Tracy and I would love to pastor every single one of you. And I want to say this to you in 2026. God bless you. God has great and mighty things for you. The best is ahead. Don't give up. Don't quit. Just know Jesus is Lord and he has the best for both you and I. God bless you. We love you. Happy 2026. Happy New Year to every single one of you. 514, God bless every single one of you. Tracy and I love you. You guys, be blessed in Jesus' name. You are dismissed. Love every single one of you. Be blessed in Jesus' name.
