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00:00 you.
00:03 It's called extra and I'm
00:14 believing that that's what god
00:15 is going to release into the
00:17 life of every believer.
00:18 Everybody shout extra extra.
00:22 Amen. First Samuel seventeen
00:25 verse forty. Those of you who
00:27 are online, if you've not yet
00:29 made a covenant commitment above
00:31 giving us that you will please
00:33 do that. We're endeavoring and
00:35 we're believing by faith and
00:36 not only are we going to meet
00:37 the goal but we're going to
00:39 exceed it of 1 million dollars
00:41 above our tithes and offerings
00:44 on November the twelfth. If
00:46 you've not made a covenant
00:48 commitment as that you'll do so
00:50 first Samuel seventeen verse
00:53 forty.
00:58 He took his staff and he put
01:00 it. Then he took his staff in
01:04 his hand. He chose five smooth
01:07 stones from the stream. Put
01:10 them in the pouch of his
01:11 shepherd's bag and with his
01:14 sling in his hand, he approached
01:16 the Philistine. Then he took
01:19 his staff in his hand, chose
01:20 five smooth stones from the
01:22 stream, put them in the pouch
01:24 of his shepherd's bag and with
01:26 his sling in his hand, he
01:29 approached the Philistine. You
01:31 may be seated in the presence
01:33 of the lord. Would you arm
01:35 yourself with a writing
01:36 instrument or ask that you'll
01:37 go to the note taking section
01:39 of your smartphone, of your
01:41 device, of your tablet. I want
01:44 to preach for a little while
01:46 today using as a subject. I am
01:49 more than prepared. I am more
01:53 than prepared. Would you look
01:55 at me? He's talking about
01:59 prepared. If you know that as
02:01 your own witness, would you
02:03 shout that out loud? I'm more
02:05 than prepared.
02:08 The mantra for my middle
02:15 school, Mount Royal Elementary
02:18 Middle School in Baltimore,
02:20 Maryland, corner of McMechen and
02:22 16th Street, PS 66. Our mantra
02:26 for our middle school was
02:29 proper preparation prevents poor
02:32 performance. I want you to say
02:35 that out loud. Proper
02:37 preparation prevents poor
02:40 performance. Come on. Once you
02:42 get that in your spirit, every
02:43 person, would you resoundingly
02:45 declare that out loud? Proper
02:47 preparation prevents poor
02:50 performance. Unfortunately, many
02:53 who complete college are not as
02:56 equipped as the adolescents who
02:59 went to my middle school because
03:02 they confuse experience with
03:05 expertise. As a consequence,
03:09 they don't prepare because they
03:11 feel as if they can rely on what
03:15 they've already done. Benjamin
03:18 Franklin once said, "By failing
03:21 to prepare, you are preparing to
03:24 fail." By failing to prepare,
03:27 you are preparing to fail. In
03:31 Venus Williams' book, Come to
03:33 Win, she asserts that you must
03:36 be as passionate about
03:38 preparing as you are about
03:41 performing. You've got to be as
03:43 passionate about preparing as
03:46 you are about performing. John
03:49 Eads, the business coach,
03:51 shared an article on LinkedIn
03:54 that there are four different
03:56 ways leaders demonstrate
03:59 preparation. Four different
04:02 ways that leaders demonstrate
04:05 preparation. I'm going to send
04:06 you that article about four
04:08 different ways that leaders
04:10 demonstrate preparation. I want
04:12 you to text NBNotes to 54244.
04:19 Text NBNotes to 54244. I want
04:25 you to share that article with
04:27 those who you work with on your
04:29 job. I want you to give it to
04:31 your young people and to your
04:33 students, to those who you care
04:35 about. Four different ways
04:37 leaders demonstrate preparation.
04:40 Again, you're texting NBNotes to
04:44 54244. The first one, hear this,
04:49 the first one is the oblivious
04:51 zone. The oblivious zone. Which
04:56 is what happens when you operate
04:58 by accident and not by
05:01 intention. Those in this space
05:05 depend, hear this, on other
05:08 people's work ethic. They lean
05:11 on other people's information.
05:14 They give very little
05:16 contribution but coast on their
05:19 charisma. They believe that
05:22 their charm will compensate for
05:25 their lack of content. What is
05:28 dangerous is they don't even
05:30 realize that they are a
05:33 detriment. I was never a great
05:35 student in high school, never
05:37 was I a great student. I'm
05:39 telling you what I loved the
05:41 most was group projects. I love
05:44 group projects because I knew I
05:46 could depend on the other people
05:48 in the group to produce what was
05:50 needed and necessary and they
05:52 would designate me to be the
05:54 spokesperson for the group
05:56 knowing I had done none of the
05:58 work. You got to be careful of
06:00 people who will take credit for
06:03 your contribution. They don't
06:06 want to make any sacrifice. They
06:08 don't want to participate in any
06:10 labor but they always want the
06:12 recognition and always want to
06:14 be honored. Some of y'all ought
06:16 to be clapping because right now
06:18 you know you doing your
06:19 manager's job. You are doing
06:21 your supervisor's
06:22 responsibility and yet they are
06:25 threatened by your existence.
06:28 It is the oblivious zone. The
06:31 second is the over value zone.
06:35 It is when you put all of your
06:38 confidence in what you have
06:41 known that you leave no room to
06:44 learn anything new. You have got
06:49 to be careful because I'm not
06:51 even talking about the people
06:53 you work with. I'm talking about
06:55 the people you worship with.
06:59 Because of what they have known
07:01 about you, they are going to
07:03 learn from you. Because of what
07:05 they have known about god, they
07:07 are not receptive to new
07:09 revelations about who god is.
07:12 Ladies and gentlemen, I am
07:14 telling you that Abraham almost
07:17 became a convicted felon for
07:20 murder. How? Because god told
07:22 him to sacrifice his son Isaac
07:25 and had he gone on what god
07:27 said, he would have missed the
07:30 ram in the bush. I'm telling
07:32 you, you are going to be
07:34 available for new downloads
07:36 about what god is saying about
07:38 your life, what he is saying
07:40 about your experience and what
07:42 he is saying about your
07:44 destiny. What applied for June
07:46 has no credence in November.
07:49 How many of you know that god
07:51 will speak something new even to
07:53 an old situation? Is the over
07:57 value zone. Thirdly, I want you
08:00 to know that this is the
08:03 optimum zone. The optimum zone.
08:06 Which is when you show up, hear
08:09 this, over prepared and ready to
08:12 perform. Over prepared and ready
08:16 to perform. You give no thought
08:19 to what happened prior because
08:22 you are fully engaged in what is
08:25 happening in the present.
08:27 Athletes will call this getting
08:29 in the zone. That I've got to
08:31 get out of my head the
08:33 highlight tapes of last week's
08:35 game and I've got to be mindful
08:37 of what is getting ready to
08:38 happen when I get out of the
08:41 huddle. Is what Luther Vandross
08:43 called here and now. You got to
08:46 get in the zone. Be prepared of
08:48 what's going to happen this week
08:50 has nothing to do with what
08:52 happened last week. Would you
08:54 just elbow your neighbor, tell
08:55 him I'm in the zone right now. I
08:58 am not here for trivialities.
09:00 I'm not here for pettiness. I'm
09:02 not here for gossip. I'm not
09:04 here for small minded thinking.
09:06 I'm in the zone because God has
09:09 shown me some stuff that I've
09:11 got to accomplish, that I've got
09:13 to do, that I've got to conquer
09:15 and it don't matter to me what
09:17 you talking about if it don't
09:19 line up with what God has said
09:21 to me. Somebody shout out loud.
09:23 I'm in my zone.
09:25 Then fourthly, hear this,
09:29 fourthly is the overthink zone.
09:33 The overthink zone. It is when
09:38 you arrive, you ain't going to
09:41 believe it because I'm talking
09:42 about you, is when you arrive
09:45 over prepared. Why? I'm talking
09:51 to just a small group of us who
09:53 are over thinkers. You over
09:56 analyze and you create outcomes.
09:59 Here it is that match scenarios
10:02 that have not even happened. You
10:05 are ready for whatever is thrown
10:07 your way even when you the one
10:09 that's got the ball. Y'all ain't
10:11 saying nothing. You over analyze.
10:14 You are thinking about the worst
10:16 case scenario even when God's
10:18 got you in the best possible
10:20 situation. Blink at me twice if
10:23 you are an over thinker. You are
10:25 in the bed and all of a sudden
10:27 you wake up thinking about what
10:29 somebody said two weeks ago and
10:31 you connecting the dots as to
10:33 why this don't make sense. You
10:35 are not a detective but you have
10:37 launched your own investigation.
10:39 You done put yellow tape around
10:41 Negroes. You know that they are
10:43 guilty. You are the judge. You
10:45 are the jury. You are the
10:47 prosecution. Why? Because you
10:49 are a self-admitted over
10:52 thinker. Listen to me. It is
10:58 only I want you to write this
11:00 down. It's going to help you.
11:01 It's going to free somebody.
11:03 Only over thinkers can be over
11:07 prepared. Better say that again.
11:12 Only over thinkers are over
11:16 prepared. Ladies and gentlemen,
11:19 as a self-aware over thinker,
11:23 misery loves company. So I want
11:27 you to know that I was naturally
11:29 drawn to David who shares the
11:32 characteristics of an over
11:35 thinker. Those of you who
11:37 graduated summa cum laude from
11:39 Sunday school, you are mindful
11:41 of the story of David and
11:43 Goliath. Those of you who had
11:45 perfect attendance for vacation
11:47 Bible school, you know of the
11:49 story of David and Goliath but
11:51 there are some blues clues that
11:54 are nestled in the text that I
11:56 think that you have hopscotch
11:58 over that give us a clear
12:00 indication that David is an
12:03 over thinker. I want to show it
12:06 to you that for 40 days,
12:08 Goliath has been taunting the
12:11 children of Israel. For 40
12:13 days, he has been making a
12:15 mockery of them. And David's
12:18 father doesn't feel confident
12:20 that David has what it takes to
12:22 be in the army. We got no
12:25 evidence that David was ever in
12:27 ROTC. We have never seen David
12:29 run a mile. I got no evidence
12:31 that David knows how to do a
12:34 perfect and appropriate pushup.
12:37 So as a consequence, all of
12:39 David's brothers are in the
12:41 army. All of David's brothers
12:43 are in the army but David is at
12:45 home. David's father gives him
12:48 a part-time job with Uber Eats
12:50 and tell him take these cheese
12:53 sandwiches down to where your
12:55 brothers are and begin, watch
12:57 this, to check on them and give
12:59 an evaluation. For 40 days,
13:03 Goliath is taunting, I need you
13:05 to hear this, for 40 days,
13:07 Goliath is taunting David's
13:09 brothers but never says anything
13:12 to David. I cannot find one
13:15 scripture where Goliath ever
13:18 spoke to David. He spoke to
13:21 David's brothers. But because
13:23 David is an over thinker, he
13:26 makes up in his mind that if the
13:28 enemy is messing with my
13:30 brothers today, that he's going
13:33 to come after me on tomorrow.
13:35 Ladies and gentlemen, sometimes
13:37 you gotta go to war when it ain't
13:39 even your battle. You gotta let
13:41 the enemy know if you come for
13:43 any of my family members, I take
13:46 it personally. I got the wrong
13:48 church in here today. Some of
13:50 y'all need to be going to war
13:52 because the enemy is trying to
13:54 snatch members of your family.
13:57 And if he is successful at
13:59 getting them, he's coming after
14:01 you next. But those of you that
14:04 believe by the grace of God, I
14:07 am getting ready to snatch
14:09 family members out of the
14:11 clutches of the adversary. This
14:13 ain't the time for you to be
14:15 cute. Would you do me a favor?
14:17 Would you go to war for your
14:19 sister that's depressed? Go to
14:21 war for your brother that can't
14:23 find a job? Would you go to war
14:26 for siblings that don't go to
14:28 church anymore? The enemy thinks
14:30 if he gets your family members
14:32 today, he's going to destroy you
14:35 tomorrow over my dead body. You
14:38 will not have my children. You
14:41 will not have my sibling. You
14:43 will not have my cousins. For
14:46 God I live. I'm over thinking
14:51 that if he thinks he can get my
14:54 family members, he'll believe
14:57 that I am next on the chopping
15:00 block. Ladies and gentlemen, I
15:02 need to show you something
15:04 that's so incredible is that the
15:06 father says today that go to
15:09 your brothers and drop off these
15:13 sandwiches. Amazingly, you
15:15 ought to note that David has
15:17 never been to the Valley of
15:19 Eli, but he knows how to get
15:21 there without Google Maps. He
15:24 knows how to get there without a
15:27 GPS system. I want you to lift
15:29 up your hands. I want to show
15:31 you what I heard God say in
15:33 prayer this week that God is
15:35 going to show you. I hope you'll
15:37 shout about it. He's going to
15:39 show you how to reach family
15:41 members that that there have
15:43 been people who it has been hard
15:45 for you to communicate with hard
15:48 for you to relate to y'all ain't
15:50 saying nothing as soon as y'all
15:52 have a discussion, it escalates
15:54 into an argument. How about God
15:56 says between now and Thanksgiving
15:59 I am going to give you the
16:01 blueprint on how it is you're
16:03 going to relate to family
16:05 members here just shout that
16:07 don't even speak to you family
16:09 members who have been distant
16:11 family members that been holding
16:13 a grudge with you. You got no
16:16 idea God going to show you how
16:18 to reach him and those of you
16:20 that need that kind of oil.
16:22 Would you just worship God that
16:24 God is a God of reconciliation
16:27 that God is a God of healing. I
16:31 don't care whether it is with a
16:33 spouse or an offspring. God can
16:36 bring family members together.
16:38 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He's
16:47 bringing your son back to you.
16:49 Hallelujah. I can't hear
16:52 nobody. I better say it for
16:54 somebody. He's bringing your
16:55 daughter back to you. I can't
16:58 believe y'all ain't going to
16:59 shout about it. The sister you
17:01 ain't spoken to in years is
17:04 getting ready to knock on your
17:06 door. I declare and decree God
17:10 is healing marriages in this
17:13 moment. Watch God pull it
17:16 together. The responsibility,
17:20 the responsibility David had
17:23 was to bring his brother
17:26 sandwiches and to check on
17:29 him. And as soon as the
17:32 brothers see him on site, they
17:35 got an attitude. They mad at
17:39 David as soon as he shows up.
17:41 He's there to bring them food,
17:43 to check on them for the
17:46 father. But as soon as they see
17:48 him, they get angry. What you
17:51 doing here? You never notice in
17:54 all this time that David brings
17:57 them food on the battleground
17:59 and not one brother ever says
18:03 thank you. God, I can't hear
18:06 nobody. There are those of you
18:08 in this room who are built
18:10 different, that you don't need
18:12 other people's affirmation to
18:14 have a pure heart. Because they
18:17 don't understand. I didn't do
18:19 it for the accolades. I didn't
18:22 do it to get my name called. I
18:24 did it because I wanted to see
18:26 you do well. Everything in me
18:29 told me not to give you the
18:30 money. Everything in me told me
18:33 not to help you. But there's a
18:35 wiring in me that wants to see
18:38 you get to your next level.
18:43 They don't even understand that
18:45 the way you are built, that you
18:49 were prepared to be taken for
18:53 granted. You were prepared to
18:57 be undervalued. You were
19:01 prepared not to be celebrated.
19:04 Deion Sanders said, "My whole
19:06 life people were booing me. But
19:09 I knew how to run anyway." And
19:12 I'm talking to some people this
19:13 morning who never had a strong
19:16 support system. Never grew up
19:18 with affirmation and words of
19:20 encouragement. But every day
19:23 you pull yourself up by your own
19:26 bootstrap because you know that
19:28 there's a call on your life that
19:30 is greater than other people's
19:32 opinion. If I was left to what
19:35 my family thought, I'd be on the
19:37 side of the road. But his grace
19:40 and his mercy.
19:45 Because I understand.
19:51 I'm prepared not to be
19:52 appreciated. I'm prepared not to
19:55 be valued. I'm prepared not to
19:58 be honored. Because I know,
20:01 watch this, that the Father sent
20:04 me.
20:13 Ladies and gentlemen, Saul, who
20:16 was the president at the time,
20:19 hears that there's a young lad
20:20 that wants to go into battle and
20:23 says, "Since nobody else will go,
20:27 let me put my armor on him."
20:32 And I like the tenacity of David.
20:35 Even though they put the armor
20:37 on him, he says, "Take it off
20:39 me. It doesn't fit."
20:42 Watch this. "Who I am."
20:46 This ain't for everybody. Most
20:47 of y'all shouldn't be shouting.
20:49 But I need those of you who are
20:51 confident enough to be yourself
20:56 even when it don't fit in with
20:58 what other people are doing.
21:01 I ain't got to dress like y'all.
21:03 I ain't got to hang out with
21:04 y'all. I ain't got to do what
21:06 you like. I am not living to
21:09 please you. When I looked in the
21:11 mirror this morning, I knew I
21:14 had it going on. If you don't
21:16 like what I got on, get over it.
21:19 I am comfortable in my own skin.
21:26 It is, um, it is, um, Sean, the
21:32 old book we read, it is the
21:34 courage to be. Look at your
21:37 neighbor, tell him, "I am fine
21:38 in my own skin. Flaws and all,
21:42 I am still the bar. I didn't
21:45 gain weight, but I'm still
21:46 turning heads. Y'all ain't
21:48 saying nothing. This ain't even
21:50 the kind of car I drive, but
21:52 folks still are jealous of me
21:54 because can't nobody beat me
21:57 being me. If I had to do it all
22:00 over again, I'd still want to
22:03 be myself. You may be seated.
22:12 In the presence of the Lord,
22:14 you may be seated. Thank you
22:17 for letting me be myself.
22:22 Come on, I can't hear nobody in
22:24 here. I'm tired of fitting in
22:27 your box and living up to your
22:30 standard. I'm just glad to be
22:33 myself. Be myself. You may be
22:43 seated in the presence of the
22:46 Lord.
22:53 Hallelujah.
22:57 Ladies and gentlemen, he takes
23:01 off Saul's armor and he does
23:08 something that is a little
23:09 off-putting. He pulls out a
23:13 slingshot and the people hear
23:18 this, believe he is unprepared
23:25 and David got to run his resume.
23:28 Said, I done beat a lion before.
23:32 I done handled a tiger before.
23:35 God help me and I did it both
23:37 with my bare hands. See, there
23:40 are some folk around you who
23:42 don't know the fight you have
23:43 had. And the reason why they
23:46 don't know the fight you have
23:47 had is because you don't even
23:49 look like you've been in a
23:51 fight. But I need those of y'all
23:53 in this room that know all my
23:56 life I had to fight, but I still
23:59 keep getting back up again.
24:06 He said, I fought a lion and a
24:10 tiger with my bare hands. Here
24:16 is the problem, is that in all
24:20 of his previous fights, you're
24:22 going to be mad that you didn't
24:23 see this. When he fought the
24:26 lion, when he fought the tiger,
24:27 listen to me, in all of his
24:29 previous fights, he used his
24:31 hands. Watch me. He had never,
24:37 never fought with a slingshot.
24:43 God, y'all don't like this.
24:46 Had he brought to the battle his
24:49 past experience and thought he
24:55 could use in the last fight,
24:58 God, y'all ain't saying nothing
24:59 to me, Goliath would have
25:01 snatched him up. But he was
25:04 prepared for a new position
25:07 because I can't take old
25:10 equipment into a new battle
25:13 because this requires a
25:15 different level of preparation.
25:21 Pulls out a slingshot and he
25:24 goes down to the brook. And when
25:26 he goes down to the brook, this
25:28 is where we get confirmation
25:31 that David is an over thinker.
25:35 I know you've been trying to
25:36 figure out where I'm going. I'm
25:37 going to take you there. Give
25:39 you evidence that David is an
25:43 over thinker because he's
25:45 getting ready to fight for God.
25:48 He's about to fight for God's
25:50 people. Hear this. And when he
25:53 gets down to the brook, y'all
25:54 ain't going to believe what
25:55 happens. He picks up five
25:57 stones. It's evidence of an
26:02 over thinker. God. Pastor,
26:05 what are you saying to me? If
26:06 David, if you got confidence
26:08 that God is going to fight the
26:11 battle for you, why do you need
26:14 more than just one rock? God
26:18 help me. You got to believe
26:20 that that one rock is going to
26:22 wipe your enemy out. But David
26:28 is an over thinker. He says, I
26:31 need to get four rocks, four
26:32 more rocks outside of that one.
26:35 Why pastor? Uh, because I found
26:38 out in a second Samuel that
26:40 Goliath has four brothers. Oh
26:44 my God. So I need some rocks in
26:49 case they come after me after
26:51 this battle is over. Y'all
26:53 ain't saying nothing to me. He
26:55 says, I am in a valley. I am
26:58 not on a plane because I am in
27:01 a valley. Watch this between
27:03 two mountains. The wind is
27:06 prone to swirl. So I don't
27:09 want to take the risk that when
27:10 I throw my rock, the wind will
27:13 throw the stone off kilter.
27:15 Y'all ain't saying nothing. He
27:17 said, Jamal, tell new birth. I
27:19 needed extra rocks because I
27:22 didn't know whether once I
27:24 defeated Goliath, if the rest
27:27 of the Philistines would try to
27:29 fight me, y'all still ain't
27:31 saying nothing in here. So
27:33 David took the five rocks, walk
27:36 down to the valley, wound up
27:39 his slingshot. Y'all ain't
27:41 going to believe what happens
27:42 next. And he knocks out Goliath
27:45 using just one rock. He only
27:49 had one shot. Y'all ain't
27:51 saying nothing because every
27:53 area of Goliath's body had
27:56 armor on it but his head. He
27:59 said, when I kick Goliath, I
28:02 gotta blow his brains out so he
28:05 won't think about messing with
28:07 me again. God said, when you
28:09 get your next blessing, it's
28:12 going to blow your enemies.
28:15 They're not going to believe
28:17 you driving like that. You're
28:19 not going to believe you got
28:22 fight like that.
28:25 I got good news for you. I got
28:32 good news for you. Goliath's
28:36 four brothers never show up. I
28:41 got good news for you. The
28:44 Philistine army never launches
28:47 an attack against David. I got
28:50 good news for you. That with
28:52 the one shot, he made it with
28:54 just one sling. Pastor, what are
28:57 you saying to me? I hope 50 of
28:58 y'all will tear up this church.
29:00 God said, for the rest of this
29:02 year, you ain't going to have
29:03 to use your extra. That
29:06 whatever it is that you have,
29:08 you going to be able to hold
29:10 on to it. Why am I shouting?
29:13 Because God said, you ain't
29:15 going to have to live off of
29:16 your savings. You ain't going
29:18 to have to open your 401k. You
29:21 ain't going to need nothing
29:22 from anybody. Everything you
29:25 need.
29:28 It is. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
29:36 Look at the person beside you.
29:38 Hold on to my extra. I got to
29:42 show you something. My time is
29:45 almost over, but I got to show
29:46 you something. After David comes
29:52 out of that field, after he
29:55 destroys Goliath, he never has
30:01 to fight one on one again.
30:05 Every time he fights after
30:07 that, he's got an army on his
30:10 behalf. Oh, y'all ain't saying
30:13 nothing to me. God told me to
30:15 tell you your last fight was
30:17 your last fight by yourself. I'm
30:20 raising up for you some backup.
30:23 Some of y'all don't know when
30:24 to shout. I don't want you to
30:26 shout for yourself. I want you
30:29 to shout for your neighbor's
30:30 fight to let them know I got
30:33 you in this. You ain't got to
30:35 deal with this all by yourself.
30:38 Oh my God. I'm almost finished.
30:46 I'm almost finished. I need you
30:49 to have your neighbor's hand in
30:50 your hand. I'm almost finished.
30:54 I just got one last point and
30:57 I'm getting out of here. I need
31:01 somebody's hand in your hand.
31:05 Look at your neighbor and say
31:06 what you going to do with your
31:07 extra?
31:26 Somebody's hand is in your
31:27 hand. God said you ain't going
31:30 to have to fight by yourself.
31:33 I'm raising up people to fight
31:35 for you. God, I can't hear
31:38 nobody in here. I'm raising up
31:40 folk that's going to have your
31:41 back. I'm raising up folk that
31:44 got your best interest at heart.
31:47 I'm raising up people who are
31:49 going to destroy your giant.
31:58 Somebody's hand is in your hand.
32:02 You getting ready to help fight
32:03 somebody else's giant. You're
32:07 going to fight somebody else's
32:08 demon. You're going to fight
32:11 somebody else's battle. Ladies
32:14 and gentlemen, I preach this
32:18 week Wednesday in Grand Rapids,
32:21 Michigan. Thursday I preached in
32:25 Raleigh, North Carolina. Friday
32:30 I preached in Memphis. I ain't
32:37 got all my voice with me today.
32:41 I ain't got all my strength with
32:42 me today. I've been privileged.
32:46 I've been privileged my father
32:48 Bishop John Bryan is in town
32:51 preaching today at another
32:53 church. Been privileged to
32:55 preach with him. Been
32:57 privileged to preach with Bishop
33:00 Jakes. There's only one person
33:03 that I regret I never had the
33:07 opportunity to preach with.
33:09 There's only one person. Only
33:13 one person I wish I had the
33:17 opportunity to preach with. God
33:20 woke me up in Memphis. Said
33:23 Jamal I'm going to let him close
33:26 out the sermon for you. Because
33:29 you ain't got the strength to do
33:30 it. Says I'm going to let him
33:33 finish the sermon and then you
33:37 just close it out with the
33:39 strength you got left. I'd like
33:43 to introduce to you the person
33:44 who's going to help me preach.
33:46 The last point of this message.
33:49 I don't know if you know him or
33:51 not but the earth can't forget
33:53 him. Vincent if you bring my
33:57 guest preacher on for me please.
33:59 Thank you. This thing I'm going
34:03 to fight. And I want you to know
34:13 one other thing. I feel like
34:16 David against Goliath. But I
34:21 got five rocks and I haven't
34:23 thrown one yet. I want you to
34:28 know New Berk we ain't thrown
34:31 our rock yet. But if God be God
34:36 I need somebody to open up your
34:39 mouth like the devil is defeated
34:42 him. God be God. Only got five
34:51 and I've not thrown my rock yet.
34:55 I want you to lift your hand
34:57 because you get ready to throw
34:59 your rock. Here it is. You ready
35:03 to throw your rock? Because the
35:08 world was hoping you'd never
35:09 throw it. It took 13 years. God
35:15 I can't hear nobody. It took 13
35:18 years and the army did not rise
35:20 up. But I want Bishop Long to
35:23 know that New Berk is about to
35:25 throw a rock in the earth. I
35:28 can't hear nobody that when we
35:30 open up our mouth every
35:33 principality that thought it was
35:35 going to destroy this ministry.
35:38 Every bank that thought it was
35:40 going to shut this down. Every
35:43 person that spit New Berk out
35:45 of your mouth. That giant is
35:48 getting ready to fall. But I
35:51 need 30 seconds of worshipers
35:53 in this room that know if God
35:57 be for you. I can't hear
36:00 nobody. If God
36:03 be for you. I want you to lift
36:09 that hand.
36:10 Lift that hand.
36:34 Lift up that hand.
36:42 (Applause)
37:10 I want you to lift up that
37:19 hand. I speak over every lifted
37:25 hand. What your soul craved to
37:30 hear. But your ears have never
37:34 been able to entertain it. As
37:37 the man of God said over this
37:38 house, I am deputized by heaven
37:41 to announce over every lifted
37:44 hand, you are more than
37:48 prepared. Y'all didn't hear what
37:53 I just said. No matter what
37:55 comes your way this week, you
37:58 are more than prepared. You are
38:05 not intimidated. You are not
38:07 threatened. You will not
38:09 shrivel up. You won't shrink
38:11 yourself. You are more than
38:13 prepared. As great as he that
38:18 is in you. And he that is in
38:21 the world. Go after the job.
38:25 You're prepared for it. Go
38:27 after the position. You are
38:29 prepared for it. Go after the
38:32 house. You are prepared for it.
38:34 Don't you let them punk you.
38:37 You are more than prepared. I
38:43 speak over every lifted hand.
38:47 That whatever you have gone on,
38:49 gone through in your life,
38:52 prepared you for your next
38:53 chapter. Prepared you for your
38:57 next opportunity. Prepared you
39:00 for your next door. Might I say
39:04 to you that when David went to
39:06 drop off the lunch, he didn't
39:08 know he was going to fight that
39:10 day. But he was already
39:12 prepared for it. You don't know
39:15 what is coming your way next.
39:18 But I don't want you to think
39:20 it strange or let it take you by
39:22 surprise. You don't need no
39:24 additional time. You are
39:26 prepared for it right now. I'm
39:30 not talking to your neighbor.
39:31 I'm talking to you. Those of you
39:34 who know by the grace, the power
39:36 and the oil of God that you are
39:38 prepared for whatever is next in
39:41 your life. Would you give God a
39:44 triumphant sound of thanksgiving?
39:51 Come on. I can't hear you.
39:54 Don't talk to your neighbor.
39:56 Talk to yourself. I'm prepared
39:58 for it. Somebody shouted out
40:07 loud. I'm prepared for it. I'm
40:09 prepared for it. Listen to me.
40:17 Listen to me. You are prepared
40:21 to be a critical part of this
40:23 ministry. You are prepared to
40:25 change history. You are prepared
40:29 to change your bloodline. You
40:32 are prepared to change the
40:34 economy of your family. You are
40:37 prepared. Here it is. For what
40:39 it is you never went to school
40:41 for. Your background was
40:44 setting you up for this moment.
40:46 You had no idea. You had no
40:48 idea. You had no idea. You
40:50 had no idea. You had no idea.
40:53 I need somebody to just shout
40:55 out loud. I'm more than
40:57 prepared. A million dollar
40:59 contract. I'm more than prepared
41:01 for that. A lucrative business
41:03 deal. I'm more than prepared for
41:05 that. A joint venture. I am more
41:08 than prepared for that. I want
41:13 you right where it is that you
41:15 are. Deacons, if you'll help me
41:17 open up access. There are those
41:19 of you in this room who never
41:21 thought you'd be a member of a
41:23 mega church. There are those of
41:25 you who are in this room. I
41:27 don't even know how God aligned
41:29 for you to be here on this day.
41:31 Somebody in this room, you got
41:33 to get to this altar. Why?
41:35 Because you got to come back
41:36 home to this church. This is
41:38 where God has called you to be.
41:40 This is where you are assigned.
41:42 This is where you're going to
41:43 fight. This is where you're
41:45 going to blossom. This is where
41:46 you're going to grow. Listen to
41:48 me intently. Listen to me
41:50 carefully. If you are in this
41:52 room and you know you need a
41:55 church that will fight for you,
41:57 would you please make your way
41:59 down this out to this altar in
42:01 this moment? Even now, I need
42:04 you to do it. Come on quickly,
42:05 please. I'm expecting a harvest
42:08 on this day. I'm believing that
42:10 God is going to do it for you
42:12 on this day. Come on. Where are
42:14 you? Where are you?
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