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00:00:00 [congregation applauding]
00:00:04 Father, we thank you for this and other opportunity
00:00:08 to minister to these, your precious sheep.
00:00:12 Thank you, Lord, that revelation knowledge will flow freely,
00:00:16 uninterrupted and unhindered by any satanic or demonic force.
00:00:20 And Father, I pray that you will speak through my vocal cords.
00:00:26 And you think through my mind.
00:00:30 None of me and all of you is in Jesus' name we pray.
00:00:37 And everybody said?
00:00:39 Amen.
00:00:40 Praise the Lord.
00:00:41 You may be seated.
00:00:43 If you have your Bibles, go with me to the book of Romans
00:00:50 chapter 13, verses 7 through 8 in the New Living Translations.
00:00:58 We started a series last week where we talked about the debt
00:01:06 that will pay off all debts.
00:01:09 And when we talked about that, I mean, just last night,
00:01:12 got a testimony, Taffi sent me of a young lady who had $150,000
00:01:19 and it was canceled.
00:01:21 [congregation applauding]
00:01:23 And this series is not even talking about money.
00:01:28 It's talking about love.
00:01:30 And so, there must be something to this thing
00:01:35 that we're looking at.
00:01:38 So, I'm gonna talk about part two of this teaching,
00:01:40 but I wanna call it something a little differently while we'll
00:01:43 continue with the debt that cancels all debt.
00:01:46 I wanna call this teaching this morning,
00:01:50 "Is Your Currency of Love on Empty?"
00:01:53 Are you on E?
00:01:58 Where this currency, and this, we found out last week that this
00:02:02 is a currency of love.
00:02:05 Notice what it says, verse 7 and 8,
00:02:09 "Give to everyone what you owe them.
00:02:14 Pay your taxes."
00:02:16 I say, "I say, I say, pay your taxes."
00:02:18 Pay the government fees to those who collect them.
00:02:25 And also, you owe respect and honor to those
00:02:31 who are in authority.
00:02:32 So, regardless of who's the President of the United States
00:02:35 of America, you owe respect and honor.
00:02:42 Verse 8 says, "Owe nothing to anyone."
00:02:47 Wow.
00:02:49 "Except," so he says, "Clear up all debts and obligations you
00:02:54 have with any person except this one debt that will not be paid,
00:03:00 will never be paid, except for your obligation
00:03:05 to love one another.
00:03:09 If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements
00:03:13 of the law."
00:03:15 So, according to this, we should owe no man anything except love,
00:03:25 and you gotta wonder why, because love shows the world
00:03:31 who God is.
00:03:33 Love shows the world who God is.
00:03:38 Love is the supreme matter which the godly man and the godly
00:03:45 woman must concentrate on.
00:03:48 Our concentration has to be on this issue of love.
00:03:54 If you discovered you had five more days to live,
00:03:59 your focus and concentration, of course,
00:04:03 needs to be on this above everything else.
00:04:07 And there's a reason why.
00:04:08 Why is God wanting us to continue to focus on paying
00:04:15 and being obligated to pay this debt of love,
00:04:20 where every man is your creditor,
00:04:23 where all of humankind is your creditor?
00:04:26 If you'll notice in Romans 13 and 8,
00:04:31 he says something at the end we need to take care of as well.
00:04:35 Right now, I'm just tying loose ends from last week.
00:04:38 He says, "If you love your neighbor,
00:04:40 you will fulfill the requirements of God's law."
00:04:43 Why are you--why would we be even interested in fulfilling
00:04:47 the requirements of God's law?
00:04:49 I mean, we're no longer under the law,
00:04:52 but we're under grace, but there is the law of love that's still
00:04:55 in the New Testament.
00:04:56 Why did you bring that up, that if you love your neighbor,
00:04:59 you will fulfill the requirements of God's law?
00:05:02 You see, in what way does love fulfill the law,
00:05:09 in other words?
00:05:10 That's what we need to settle.
00:05:11 In what way does love fulfill the law?
00:05:15 You see, where love is, the things which the law forbids
00:05:20 do not occur.
00:05:26 When love is in that place, the things that the law forbids
00:05:31 do not occur.
00:05:36 It's almost like that when you love your neighbor,
00:05:40 you put the law out of work.
00:05:42 There's no need for the law because when love is in place,
00:05:51 you put the law out of work because there is nothing for it
00:05:55 to condemn.
00:05:57 Y'all, I need to do that again.
00:06:01 That shocked your system, right?
00:06:03 When love--see, the only people that are trying to keep 613 laws
00:06:08 might be the people who don't have love in place because when
00:06:12 love is in place, the law is put out of work.
00:06:17 It is expelled because there's nothing to condemn from that
00:06:21 point on because love is in place.
00:06:26 You see, you can pay off your house loan,
00:06:28 but you can never come to the point of saying,
00:06:31 "I have loved enough."
00:06:33 You will never come to the place where you can say,
00:06:40 "I have loved enough."
00:06:42 And when you come to realize this,
00:06:48 this is where you spend a lot of your prayers at.
00:06:50 It ain't, "Show me how to get this,
00:06:53 show me how to do this, show me how to get a promotion."
00:06:56 It's all about, "I need to get this love in place,"
00:07:00 'cause you're gonna discover when this gets in place,
00:07:03 a lot of stuff lines up.
00:07:05 Let me show you something in Luke chapter 5,
00:07:12 verse 1 through 11 in the NLT.
00:07:14 Luke chapter 5, verse 1 through 11.
00:07:18 It's the most important message I've ever talked before in all
00:07:20 my life except--'cause we getting ready to look up our
00:07:25 redemption draw if not.
00:07:28 And you're not gonna be able to go to heaven talking about how
00:07:30 many times you came to church and all of your works and all
00:07:33 that other kind of stuff.
00:07:34 There's a reason why this is the preeminent thing that we must
00:07:39 focus and care and begin to care about.
00:07:47 Look at this illustration.
00:07:48 Verse 1, he says, "One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore
00:07:52 of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to
00:07:56 listen to the Word of God.
00:07:59 He noticed two empty boats at the water's edge,
00:08:03 for the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
00:08:09 Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon,
00:08:12 its owner, to push it out into the water.
00:08:17 So he sat in the boat and he taught the crowds from there.
00:08:23 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
00:08:26 'Now go out where it is deeper and let down your nets to catch
00:08:31 some fish.'" Notice the response.
00:08:36 "'Master,' Simon replied, 'we worked hard all last night and
00:08:40 didn't catch a thing.
00:08:43 But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again.'
00:08:47 And this time their nets were so full of fish,
00:08:52 they began to break or tear."
00:08:55 Think of that.
00:08:57 How many of you would like to have a net-breaking harvest?
00:09:00 Well, that's what I'm trying to tell you.
00:09:05 You pay this debt of love, you're gonna start moving from
00:09:08 just enough to more than enough, and you're gonna start having
00:09:11 a net break.
00:09:12 Your net gonna start tearing.
00:09:14 Why is your net gonna tear?
00:09:15 Because the stuff coming out of that net, you're gonna be able
00:09:18 to share with somebody else.
00:09:19 It's the same illustration, "My cup runneth over."
00:09:22 What do you do with what's running out the cup?
00:09:24 You share it with somebody else.
00:09:25 You keep this debt of love going.
00:09:27 "A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat.
00:09:35 And soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of
00:09:40 sinking."
00:09:41 Oh, my God.
00:09:43 A boat-sinking harvest.
00:09:45 I declare that over you right now.
00:09:49 I declare that over you right now, that when you get blessed,
00:09:53 those who are connected with you gonna get blessed, aiyah.
00:09:57 And we are going to begin to experience a boat-sinking
00:10:01 harvest.
00:10:02 I declare that, that the members of this church, not just one,
00:10:06 not just two, because one not gonna be able to take it all,
00:10:10 but two not gonna be able to take it all.
00:10:12 You're gonna get yourself fooled and then spill out on somebody
00:10:14 else, and they're gonna do it and spill out on somebody else,
00:10:16 and they're gonna spill on somebody else.
00:10:18 And before you know it, we are all showing up with a
00:10:20 boat-sinking, net-breaking harvest.
00:10:24 So, when Simon Peter realized what had happened, he sounded
00:10:33 like College Park, what had happened was, and he fell to his
00:10:38 knees, now watch this, he fell to his knees before Jesus and
00:10:43 said, "Oh, Lord, leave me.
00:10:48 Ain't no good.
00:10:50 I'm such a sinful man."
00:10:53 For he was awestruck, you understand what I'm saying?
00:10:57 He was blown away.
00:10:59 Some of y'all gonna--you gonna get blown--what God is getting
00:11:02 ready to do, what God is getting ready to do in these last days,
00:11:05 you're gonna be awestruck.
00:11:07 It's gonna be--whew.
00:11:09 For he was awestruck by the number of fish they caught,
00:11:18 as were the others with him.
00:11:20 Watch this now, watch this.
00:11:22 His partner James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
00:11:25 were also amazed.
00:11:27 Jesus replied to Simon, "Don't be afraid from now on.
00:11:33 You'll be fishing for people."
00:11:35 Yeah, I'll do it, Lord.
00:11:42 I said--say that over you, "You're gonna be fishing
00:11:44 for people."
00:11:46 All right, now watch this.
00:11:50 Now, this is what got me.
00:11:52 "And as soon as they landed with all the stuff that God bought
00:11:58 into their hands, they left everything and followed Jesus."
00:12:05 See, I know some of y'all ain't clapping now when I was talking
00:12:13 about that boat sinking harvest.
00:12:15 See, but what you don't understand,
00:12:17 the same Jesus that broke the nets the first place,
00:12:20 the same Jesus that sunk the boats the first place,
00:12:23 why would we stay there with the stuff when we can leave and go
00:12:27 with the source?
00:12:29 Why stay with the things when we can have connection
00:12:35 with the source?
00:12:37 I need to close my Bible, just go on, go home.
00:12:42 You can live off that for the rest of the week.
00:12:44 Like I said earlier, supernatural love.
00:12:50 Look at Jesus loving.
00:12:52 This is all love.
00:12:53 Love has action.
00:12:55 Supernatural love always produces supernatural results.
00:13:00 Somebody says, "But pastor, I don't know if I have
00:13:02 supernatural love."
00:13:03 You do.
00:13:04 Romans 5 and 5, we'll look at it a little later.
00:13:07 He says, "The Holy Spirit came in and he poured his love
00:13:12 on the inside of you."
00:13:14 The day you got saved, supernatural love has been
00:13:17 poured on the inside of you.
00:13:19 Why did he give you supernatural love?
00:13:21 Because some things are gonna be difficult to love
00:13:24 in human love.
00:13:26 Some things you can't love in human love.
00:13:29 Some things are too hard to love in human love.
00:13:32 But remember, you have something more than human love.
00:13:35 You have supernatural love, which means you can love what's
00:13:39 not lovely, and you can love what's ugly, and you can love
00:13:42 what's hard to love, and you can love what's too difficult
00:13:45 to love because he gave you his love.
00:13:48 Glory be to God.
00:13:50 He's not expecting you to pay this debt with your love.
00:13:53 He wants you to pay this debt with the love he gave you,
00:13:57 a love that won't run off and a love that'll continue to move
00:14:02 you into net-breaking, boat-sinking harvest.
00:14:06 Let me gather myself 'cause I'm about ready to tell
00:14:12 you something.
00:14:23 I had a miracle this past Tuesday in my physical body
00:14:28 that wasn't supposed to happen.
00:14:31 The doctor said, "Well, you know, it is what it is."
00:14:36 And I just thought about paying this debt of love.
00:14:40 And I can't tell you what it is, but Taffi know what it is,
00:14:45 and I know what it is, and that's all who need to know
00:14:48 what it is.
00:14:50 But God healed whatever he healed.
00:14:58 When that man said, "That's messed up, that's broken,
00:15:00 that won't work no more, forget this," ha!
00:15:03 But when you pay the debt of love, you will get a
00:15:07 net-breaking, boat-sinking, iron-swimming, oil-not-stopping,
00:15:17 jacks-in-the-mouth of a fish.
00:15:19 So, I'm no longer 98% healed.
00:15:24 I'm 102% healed.
00:15:29 So, excuse me while I shout, "Hallelujah!"
00:15:35 Excuse me while I shout, "Hallelujah!"
00:15:41 I--we see the power of God in many different ways.
00:16:04 Excuse me just for a moment.
00:16:05 We see the power of God in a whole lot of different ways.
00:16:07 We see the power of God, you know, when he fed the multitudes,
00:16:13 multiplied fish and bread.
00:16:15 We see the power of God in the Word of God in healing the sick,
00:16:20 raising the dead.
00:16:22 We see the power of God when he was walking on water and a host
00:16:25 of other things that showed the miraculous power of God.
00:16:31 However, a power that moves a person from a state of sin and
00:16:39 fear and all the problems of the world, and he moves that person
00:16:46 to a place of peace and joy and hope.
00:16:53 Now, that's what I would call the real power of God.
00:16:59 The real power of God, ladies and gentlemen,
00:17:02 is the power of love.
00:17:04 That's the real power of God.
00:17:09 I'm not--I'm not--listen, and please,
00:17:11 please don't misunderstand me.
00:17:14 I am no longer looking for the circus acts.
00:17:17 Me prophesying your address, your last name,
00:17:28 where the homonym came from.
00:17:31 To me, that ain't the real power of God.
00:17:32 The real power of God is a transformative power that can
00:17:37 transform you from fear, can transform you from sin,
00:17:41 can transform you from the problems of the world,
00:17:45 and all of a sudden, you're in peace and you're in joy and
00:17:49 you're in hope.
00:17:50 That's the real power of God.
00:17:53 There's got to be a reason why God continues and consistently
00:17:57 talks about this love being above everything else.
00:18:01 The power of love is eternal.
00:18:09 Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 8.
00:18:12 The power of love is eternal in the NLT.
00:18:14 Everything else will fade away.
00:18:16 Other anointings will fade away.
00:18:20 Prophecies will fade away.
00:18:23 Tongues will fade away.
00:18:26 Verse 8, prophecy and speaking in unknown language and special
00:18:30 knowledge, it'll become useless, but love will last forever.
00:18:34 It is eternal.
00:18:36 The power of love is eternal.
00:18:38 It never passes away.
00:18:40 The power of love supersedes every other form of power.
00:18:47 Every other form of power is superseded by the power of love.
00:18:53 You see why it means little, that when you have the power to
00:18:57 heal, but you ain't got the power to love, how little that
00:19:00 means to God.
00:19:03 The power to blow your breath and everybody on the right side
00:19:10 fall out, but you ain't got the power to walk in love.
00:19:14 You see how little that means to God.
00:19:16 And so, we've taken all those other anointings and we've
00:19:21 turned them into shows and circuses and fables, and people
00:19:24 show up for shows and circuses and fables, but they might not
00:19:28 show up if you're talking about love, but if I tell you, "Show
00:19:31 up and I'm gonna lay hands on a thousand people and cancel and
00:19:34 all I'm gonna--" No, no, no.
00:19:35 I appreciate all those other anointings, but this anointing
00:19:39 is eternal.
00:19:41 In fact, this anointing is the battery to all those other ones.
00:19:51 Y'all ain't listening to me this morning.
00:19:53 It supersedes every form of power, and only love has the
00:19:58 ability to overcome human faults.
00:20:01 Love has the ability to overcome human faults.
00:20:06 You deal with another power, you'll tell people, "Well, see,
00:20:08 the reason why when you lay hands on somebody, don't nothing
00:20:12 happen is because of the faults."
00:20:14 But love overcomes the faults.
00:20:18 The power of love can overcome the weaknesses.
00:20:21 The power of love can overcome the failures.
00:20:26 The power of love can get you healed when you don't deserve
00:20:30 it.
00:20:32 The power of love will anoint you to be able to heal somebody
00:20:35 and you don't deserve it.
00:20:38 Look what he says in Colossians chapter 3, verse 12 and 13 in
00:20:42 the NLT, Colossians 3, 12 and 13 in the NLT.
00:20:47 He says, "Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves,
00:20:52 you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness,
00:20:55 humility, gentleness, and patience," all that's love.
00:20:59 He says, "Now, when you clothe yourself with this, make
00:21:01 allowances for each other's faults."
00:21:05 Church folks don't do that too much.
00:21:07 Make allowances for each other's faults.
00:21:10 You know what church folks do?
00:21:11 They're looking out for a fault so they can somehow in
00:21:15 self-righteousness exalt themselves above you because
00:21:18 you got a fault.
00:21:19 They had a fault last week, but they ain't told you about
00:21:21 their fault.
00:21:22 He said, "Make allowances for each other's faults and forgive
00:21:26 anyone who offends you and remember the Lord forgave you,
00:21:29 so you must forgive others."
00:21:33 I'm talking about paying the debt of love.
00:21:36 Love is the power to be transformed,
00:21:41 power to be transformed.
00:21:45 So, we gotta be patient with folks 'cause they're--you're in
00:21:48 the process of being transformed.
00:21:50 I don't need to beat you up right now 'cause you're in the
00:21:52 process of being transformed.
00:21:54 That's just like if I see you with half your makeup on and
00:22:01 your rollers in your hair.
00:22:03 You ain't finished yet.
00:22:04 Don't be talking about how somebody, "Oh, well, baby,
00:22:06 you don't look good."
00:22:07 She ain't finished yet.
00:22:10 You saw somebody at church and they had a human moment and
00:22:15 they end up cussing.
00:22:16 You're like, "Ah, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:22:18 God ain't finished with them yet now."
00:22:20 You gotta understand how they used to cuss.
00:22:23 Their little three-letter word wasn't nothing compared to what
00:22:25 they used to.
00:22:26 God had to transfer for them, transform them out of them
00:22:29 five-letter words and them compound cussing words and got
00:22:33 them down to them three-letter words.
00:22:36 So, you don't know how far God has bought them while you're
00:22:39 trying to point a finger at them and judge them.
00:22:42 You gotta make allowances for everybody's faults.
00:22:44 Some of y'all looking at me like--
00:22:49 Let me show you something.
00:22:54 I wanna trace this with Scripture 'cause I still--
00:23:11 "Well, what's this power?"
00:23:12 Look at Acts chapter 1 and 8 when it first showed up
00:23:14 in the earth.
00:23:16 You can look at this in the King James for all of these.
00:23:19 Acts chapter 1 and 8.
00:23:22 "Is this power to be transformed?"
00:23:24 Well, in verse 80 it says, "But you shall receive power."
00:23:27 Literally, it is the ability to get the job done, power,
00:23:31 the ability to get results.
00:23:33 "But you have received--you shall receive power.
00:23:37 After that, the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and you shall be
00:23:42 witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and
00:23:46 in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth."
00:23:52 And so, you say, "They receive power," and I said, "For what?"
00:23:59 And then somebody gets religious, "To be witnesses."
00:24:01 Yeah, what that mean?
00:24:03 What does that look like?
00:24:05 And so, let's gather context together and see what we see
00:24:10 here.
00:24:11 You go to John 1 and 12, he can answer that question of,
00:24:15 "For what?"
00:24:18 He says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he
00:24:24 power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his
00:24:32 name."
00:24:34 So, power to be transformed into sons of God, daughters of God.
00:24:41 Verse 5 and 5, we mentioned this, but let's look at it now.
00:24:44 Verse 5 and 5, we see the work of the Holy Spirit in us.
00:24:49 So, notice what happens as he pours this love on the inside of
00:24:55 us, "And hope maketh not a shame, because the love of God
00:24:58 is not shared abroad--because the love of God is shared
00:25:00 abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us."
00:25:06 So, we have the Holy Spirit given to us, and he is going to
00:25:11 head this transformation, and the first act of the Holy Spirit
00:25:16 is to pour love in us.
00:25:20 Wow.
00:25:21 The work of the Holy Spirit in us to transform us into the
00:25:26 image of Christ, which is the essence of God's love, as he
00:25:32 shows us in 2 Corinthians, I believe in verse--chapter 3 and
00:25:38 18, turn there, 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and 18.
00:25:41 So, we receive power, the power to be transformed into sons and
00:25:46 daughters of God.
00:25:47 The Holy Spirit now comes in, and his job is to transform us
00:25:52 into the image of Christ.
00:25:54 All of this has to do with transforming us into the image
00:26:00 of Jesus Christ.
00:26:02 We literally took the power in the Holy Spirit and made it all
00:26:06 about, you know, doing some manifestations or--and ain't
00:26:10 nothing wrong with that.
00:26:11 Those things will come, but we completely covered up the fact
00:26:15 that, you know, he is going to be transforming us into Christ.
00:26:20 We're becoming something, someone.
00:26:23 We're becoming him, and when we see him, we will be just like
00:26:26 him.
00:26:27 Why?
00:26:28 Because the power has been given.
00:26:30 The transformation has started.
00:26:31 You remember Jesus made a commitment?
00:26:33 He says, "I will start the work in you.
00:26:35 I will continue the work in you, and I will finish the work in
00:26:39 you."
00:26:40 Ladies and gentlemen, there's a work going on in you.
00:26:43 There's a work going on in you.
00:26:44 There's a work going on in you.
00:26:45 We don't--we definitely don't want to turn church into the
00:26:50 stage where we perform.
00:26:53 That's not what this is.
00:26:54 There's a work going on in all of us that we're being
00:26:58 transformed into sons and daughters of God, that we're
00:27:01 being transformed into the image of this love.
00:27:04 Look what he says in verse 18, 2 Corinthians 3, "But we all,
00:27:07 with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
00:27:12 we are changed," or transformed.
00:27:14 "We are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
00:27:19 as by the Spirit of the Lord."
00:27:21 See, the Holy Spirit is responsible for transforming us
00:27:26 from the inside out.
00:27:28 Wherever you are now, don't expect to be that same way next
00:27:31 year, and you're being transformed in your everyday
00:27:36 living, not coming to church.
00:27:39 Coming to church helps, but coming to church is where we
00:27:42 get--where we get built up.
00:27:46 We come to church to get built up.
00:27:48 All right, everyday living is the process of being transformed.
00:27:54 Through the stuff you have to confront, through the
00:27:56 conversations you have, through the hurt, the pain, the issues
00:28:00 of life, then he comes in, takes advantage of all of the issues
00:28:04 of life, and in your living, he starts transforming you.
00:28:08 You used to cut somebody out?
00:28:10 Nah, you don't say nothing.
00:28:11 You used to not say nothing?
00:28:12 Nah, you say, "I bless you."
00:28:14 He's transforming you.
00:28:16 He's doing that.
00:28:17 You don't know why you're doing that, but he's in you, changing
00:28:20 your mind about stuff, working on your desire to wanna do what
00:28:25 you didn't used to wanna do, and you need to pause for a moment
00:28:29 and celebrate, "Look how far he's brought you from."
00:28:35 You not there yet, none of us are, but you are being
00:28:38 transformed, praise God.
00:28:40 And we're here this morning to be built up, to walk out here and
00:28:45 say, "Yeah, I'm getting ready to leave, and maybe I have a flat
00:28:56 tire outside, but you know what?
00:28:58 I respond to that differently than I did before.
00:29:03 I am being transformed.
00:29:06 I am being changed.
00:29:08 He's working on my desire.
00:29:10 I don't desire the evil I used to desire."
00:29:13 You good, man.
00:29:19 You're gonna be all right.
00:29:20 So, this is why he says don't compare yourself amongst
00:29:22 yourself, because you're comparing your stage of
00:29:25 transformation, maybe with somebody else's stage of
00:29:28 transformation, and that's not wise.
00:29:31 You ain't been transforming as long as they have.
00:29:33 You just started your transformation, so you still
00:29:41 going home doing, you know, you gotta have a help, a little mad
00:29:45 dog gotta help you calm down a little bit.
00:29:47 You know, you'll be all right after a while, but you still
00:29:49 need a little sip every now and then to help you out.
00:29:51 Don't beat yourself up, you'll be all right.
00:29:54 You'll learn that that bottle ain't got nothing in it that
00:29:56 can help you like the Holy Ghost can help you, and you're
00:30:00 being transformed.
00:30:01 But how can ever people--how can people ever get to a certain
00:30:03 place if they're always being dogged out by church folks who
00:30:07 somehow in their mind think that they have reached the ultimate
00:30:10 of perfection, and they still dripping water on the floor
00:30:13 from the baptismal service.
00:30:15 Just got baptized and wanted to try to tell somebody what the
00:30:18 Bible say.
00:30:18 Shut your mouth up, go get a piece of pie.
00:30:20 And Taff and I was on line Friday, and we just went off,
00:30:25 and she said, "Go get a straw and sip something, be quiet."
00:30:32 When we pay the debt of love, we release the power of God for
00:30:49 people to be transformed.
00:30:53 Wow, how's that work?
00:30:54 What's that look like?
00:30:56 Somebody who ain't even Christian, somebody who's not
00:30:58 interested in changing, and they encounter you paying the debt of
00:31:03 love, and they pause.
00:31:07 They don't get to see that all the time.
00:31:10 And you showing up--I mean, when you spoke to them, they told you
00:31:12 to go somewhere, and you said, "You know what?
00:31:14 I still got--I still owe you love.
00:31:17 I know you just cussed me out, but I still owe you love.
00:31:19 Don't do it no more, though, but I still owe you love."
00:31:21 I'm transforming now, don't mess with me.
00:31:25 I still--but you still owe 'em love.
00:31:30 I don't think we get that.
00:31:35 We've turned this love thing into this little
00:31:37 goo-goo-ga-ga stuff.
00:31:40 It is what God uses to not only transform you, but by paying
00:31:45 that debt of love, you transform somebody else because they can
00:31:49 see God without no Bible.
00:31:54 And you don't know how embarrassing it is when you see
00:32:00 Christians who don't even understand how to be Christians
00:32:02 because they think it's all about the performance, and they
00:32:06 miss an opportunity to release transformative power.
00:32:14 'Cause some things you do for people, they'll never forget it.
00:32:16 They'll never forget it, and that might be the one thing that
00:32:21 turn their whole lives around when they can really see one day
00:32:28 a real Christian.
00:32:30 I was out and about yesterday, and I have never bumped into so
00:32:37 many people.
00:32:39 It kind of freaked me out a little bit.
00:32:41 A lot of people came up, "Oh, we love you, Pastor Dollar," in the
00:32:45 parking lot.
00:32:46 "We love you."
00:32:47 It starts kind of scaring me a little bit like,
00:32:49 "What's going on?"
00:32:50 And this--we went out to breakfast.
00:32:52 I had--me and Taffi made a deal.
00:32:54 I said, "If you go do this with me," and she said,
00:32:56 "you take me out to breakfast."
00:32:57 I said, "I'll take you to breakfast."
00:32:59 I did what she didn't want me to do, and then I took her to
00:33:03 breakfast.
00:33:04 And this lady and her daughter came up, and her daughter just
00:33:09 broke down crying, fell in Taffi's arms crying,
00:33:13 fell in my arms just crying.
00:33:15 I was trying to be like a man, but I'm like,
00:33:17 "Man, you got to stop all this crying.
00:33:19 It's breaking me down.
00:33:20 I don't want to be up here crying too."
00:33:22 I said, "Why you crying?"
00:33:23 She said, "Y'all just changed my life, JoBel."
00:33:25 I said, "Oh, Lord Jesus."
00:33:27 And you know what?
00:33:28 At the end of the day, I said, "Oh, people do care."
00:33:31 I had got the mindset from all of the stuff around the world
00:33:36 that, you know, outside of the church,
00:33:39 people don't like no Creflo Dollar,
00:33:41 but they hate that joke.
00:33:43 Who that, you know?
00:33:44 You know, I'd be online, and somebody be bulls,
00:33:47 you know, and they'd be cussing, you know,
00:33:49 I'd tell them what the Lord do, and they say, "Bull."
00:33:51 And I'm like, "God dang," you know what I'm saying?
00:33:53 One guy got online and said, "Creflo,
00:33:55 why don't you just gone quit while you were here?"
00:33:57 And then somebody got online and said,
00:34:01 "You still around?
00:34:02 I thought you were dead."
00:34:03 But they started paying a debt of love to me,
00:34:09 and that supernatural started going out.
00:34:15 It blew my mind.
00:34:21 I'm telling y'all, this is the objective of God
00:34:27 in our lives.
00:34:28 This is the one.
00:34:30 And I may have to preach this 20 more times before you get it,
00:34:36 but this is it.
00:34:37 2024, with all of the stuff that's happening around the
00:34:43 world, God still needs people that will be committed to paying
00:34:48 the debt of love.
00:34:50 [applause]
00:34:56 Some people think they have a right to be rude.
00:35:02 I know the narcissist does, but some people think they have a
00:35:14 right to be rude.
00:35:16 So, they automatically go into a restaurant and they think they
00:35:20 have a--they think they have this right to be rude to the
00:35:23 restaurant, or rude to the people that deliver your food,
00:35:28 or rude to the people just--Kenneth,
00:35:32 what is that you say?
00:35:33 How much it costs to be kind?
00:35:35 What is it?
00:35:38 Love and kindness is always in season.
00:35:40 Isn't that the truth?
00:35:43 But look at 1 Peter chapter 3 and verse 10 in the NLT.
00:35:52 Look at 1 Peter chapter 3 and verse 10.
00:35:54 You're not--2024, for others, it's gonna be crazy.
00:36:00 For you, you're gonna reach a stage in your transformation
00:36:08 that you've never seen before.
00:36:10 You'll hear things about folks, you're gonna say,
00:36:16 "That ain't none of my business."
00:36:18 You want me to pray for 'em?
00:36:19 I'd be glad to do that, but that ain't none of my business.
00:36:21 What you think?
00:36:22 "That ain't none of my business to be thanking none.
00:36:24 That ain't none of my business."
00:36:26 For the Scripture says--oh, this blesses me every time.
00:36:33 If you want to enjoy life--how many of y'all want to enjoy
00:36:36 life?
00:36:37 You want to enjoy life?
00:36:39 All right, let me show you how.
00:36:41 If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days--how many of
00:36:45 you want to see many, many happy days?
00:36:49 Well, keep your tongue from speaking evil and keep your lips
00:36:57 from telling lies.
00:36:59 How many of you still want to enjoy?
00:37:05 Keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling
00:37:14 lies.
00:37:15 That's gotta be a part of the transformation.
00:37:17 Ain't nobody there yet perfect.
00:37:20 Ain't nobody there yet perfect at all.
00:37:23 Some people--me and Taffi were joining yesterday, just joining.
00:37:27 I said something, made her fell out the chair, and she woke up
00:37:30 this morning laughing about it.
00:37:32 She almost fell out the car seat again laughing about it.
00:37:34 She said, "I can't believe you said that."
00:37:36 I said, "I can't either, baby."
00:37:38 I said, "But don't play with me.
00:37:40 I'm in College Park, you know.
00:37:42 All we used to do is join.
00:37:43 Don't be trying to join now.
00:37:44 We all--we just joined all--some of y'all don't know what joining
00:37:47 is, but we--I used to join you till you cry.
00:37:49 But if I want to see long days and happy life, I gotta--this
00:37:59 will determine that.
00:38:01 This will determine that.
00:38:05 I did a little small teaching this week on how complaining
00:38:11 rewires your brain.
00:38:15 It's the part of the brain where your intellect, your intelligence
00:38:19 is, your decision-making.
00:38:22 And it rewires your brain to complain more.
00:38:28 And it shrinks that area where your intelligence is.
00:38:33 The more and more you complain, rewires your brain, you
00:38:36 complain even more.
00:38:37 And you look around, you complaining about everything.
00:38:40 And it's also bad for your health.
00:38:42 As you start complaining, it releases more cortisol,
00:38:45 increases your blood pressure, increases your blood sugar, all
00:38:50 because you're complaining.
00:38:52 You just need to shut up.
00:38:55 You need to get the anointing or shut up.
00:38:57 Somebody need to write a song, "You Need to Shut Up."
00:39:04 This is big time right here.
00:39:10 I was explaining to my younger daughter.
00:39:12 She was telling me some things, and I said, "Baby, there is a
00:39:14 connection between your words and your brain."
00:39:17 I said, "Now, notice, when you feel like what you describe,
00:39:22 back up and see what you've been saying."
00:39:24 She said, "Yeah, Dad, yeah."
00:39:27 And we don't want to do that, but see, that's a part of your
00:39:30 transformation.
00:39:31 Now, I'm not up here saying this to try to bring condemnation to
00:39:35 anybody, 'cause we all still working there.
00:39:38 And what God is looking at is that the Holy Spirit is still
00:39:43 working there with you.
00:39:44 I don't want nobody in here to be feeling, "Well, you know,
00:39:47 you know, that's just me."
00:39:48 Yeah, me too.
00:39:49 We still working there.
00:39:51 But here's the good news.
00:39:53 You're going to get there because God has made a
00:39:55 commitment that if he started to work, he going to continue to
00:39:58 work, he going to finish the work, and one day, you're going
00:40:02 to get up and find that instead of complaining 90% of the time,
00:40:07 you complaining 1 1/2%.
00:40:12 You have to realize this is a journey.
00:40:14 Let me read 1 Peter again.
00:40:27 It got quiet after I read that, 1 Peter 3:10.
00:40:30 Let me read it again, see if we can get anything else out of it.
00:40:33 "For the Scripture says, 'If you want to enjoy life,'" yes,
00:40:37 "'and you want to see many happy days,'" yes, "'keep your
00:40:40 mouth from speaking evil.'"
00:40:43 And speaking evil is speaking about others in an evil way.
00:40:47 "And keep your lips from telling lies."
00:40:50 You know, there's a lying spirit in the church.
00:40:54 There's a lying spirit in the church.
00:40:55 Somebody say, "Why you ain't working there no more?"
00:40:57 The Lord moved me.
00:40:58 The real truth is you got fired.
00:41:00 Tell the truth.
00:41:10 Let me move on because something happened.
00:41:14 The question is, are we running short on the currency of love?
00:41:24 Yeah, we get frustrated with one another.
00:41:31 Yeah, we disagree with one another.
00:41:34 Yeah, and in some cases, we simply don't like being around
00:41:39 one another.
00:41:41 However, John chapter 13, verse 35 in NLT,
00:41:49 "Why must we allow the Holy Spirit to constantly transform
00:41:53 us out of these positions?"
00:41:55 He says, verse 35, "Your love for one another will prove to
00:42:02 the world that you are my disciples."
00:42:05 There's no other proof that the world is going to take except
00:42:13 this love, not how many times you pray for people,
00:42:19 not that you pray for something, something happens,
00:42:20 not 'cause you prophesied their middle name.
00:42:22 No other circus act is going to convince them that you are God's
00:42:28 disciples.
00:42:29 He says, "I need you to pay this debt of love because I need
00:42:33 this world, this unsaved world that I died for.
00:42:37 I want to transform them, but they don't believe,
00:42:40 so as you pay the debt of love, that's going to be proof that
00:42:46 you're my disciples."
00:42:48 Look at what Jesus said about it in John 17, 25, and 26 in NLT.
00:42:54 John 17, 25, and 26 in NLT.
00:42:56 This is pretty--this is interesting in 25 and 26.
00:42:59 He said, "O righteous Father, the world doesn't know you."
00:43:03 So that's where the issue is.
00:43:05 The world doesn't know him.
00:43:07 And then he says, he says, "But I do."
00:43:09 And so Jesus said, "I know him.
00:43:12 The world doesn't know you, but I do."
00:43:14 And he says, "And these disciples know you sent me
00:43:18 because they know I know you and they see I know you because
00:43:23 they see the love that I have and they know that you sent me
00:43:26 because what they see in me."
00:43:30 Next verse, "I have revealed you to them and I will continue
00:43:35 to do so."
00:43:37 How do I know it was love?
00:43:39 "Then your love for me will be in them and I will be in them."
00:43:43 Wow.
00:43:49 I don't know what we told church--what we were told that
00:43:51 church was.
00:43:52 I don't know what, you know, who convinced you that, you know,
00:43:56 this is a part of your life and you need to be there.
00:43:58 But I am telling you right now, it's more than, "Gimme, gimme,
00:44:01 gimme, 'cause you think God's name is Jimmy."
00:44:03 It's more than that.
00:44:05 It's so much more than that.
00:44:08 It's so much more than, "Let me be right with God.
00:44:10 Let me do right with God.
00:44:11 Maybe he'll help me get my bag."
00:44:13 See, that goes back to that mammon spirit.
00:44:15 It's so much more than that.
00:44:24 When we choose to look past our interpersonal challenges and
00:44:27 focus on loving one another, we show the mark of disciples and
00:44:33 we are actually showing the world what God love looks like.
00:44:39 They can't see God.
00:44:40 They can only see that through us.
00:44:43 They can't see it.
00:44:48 "Well, let God show you love."
00:44:49 They can't see him, but they can see you.
00:44:52 And what do they see when they see us?
00:44:59 Taff and I have a revelation on leaving good tips.
00:45:05 'Cause they know who we are, what they see.
00:45:12 'Cause they talk about you after you leave.
00:45:14 Ooh, you know, they--don't wait on them.
00:45:16 They cheat, tippers.
00:45:17 They cheat.
00:45:19 Every one of you today will have an opportunity to pay on this
00:45:30 debt of love, but now you know why.
00:45:33 This is what they're gonna see.
00:45:35 No, we still don't get it.
00:45:39 We still don't get it.
00:45:40 We still trying to turn church into a circus.
00:45:43 We still don't get it.
00:45:48 Oh, we still don't get it.
00:45:50 Still trying to go around telling people,
00:45:52 "The Lord told me to do this."
00:45:54 You don't know the Lord's voice enough to be talking and telling
00:45:57 people what the Lord told you.
00:45:59 The Lord told you to be quiet and learn the vocabulary of
00:46:01 silence, and you still running your mouth.
00:46:03 'Cause we don't get in the Word no more, and we don't, you know,
00:46:10 TikTok has replaced the Bible.
00:46:12 How about that?
00:46:17 And when social media platforms have more influence on your
00:46:23 thinking than the Word, child of God, church, we're gonna miss
00:46:29 'em.
00:46:37 Love results in supernatural miracles.
00:46:44 That's what God's trying to show you.
00:46:47 Look at 1 Kings 17, 8 through 16.
00:46:53 That's in the Old Testament.
00:46:54 I'm gonna show you an Old Testament example and a New
00:46:56 Testament example in an NLT.
00:46:57 1 Kings 17, 8 through 16.
00:47:02 I haven't shared this in a long time.
00:47:04 God said to Elijah, "Go and live in the village of Zarephath,
00:47:10 near the city of Sidon, and I have instructed a widow there
00:47:13 to feed you."
00:47:16 He's trying to get this widow woman out of her trouble by
00:47:20 trying to get her to pay her debt of love.
00:47:22 So, he went to Zarephath.
00:47:26 As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow
00:47:29 gathering sticks, and he asked her, "Would you please bring me
00:47:33 a bottle of water and a cup?"
00:47:35 Trying to get her to pay her debt of love.
00:47:38 As she was going to get it, he called to her, "Bring me a bite
00:47:43 of bread, too."
00:47:44 Now, she's about to like get like, "Who you think--what you
00:47:47 think this is?"
00:47:49 But she said, "I swear by the Lord your God that I don't have
00:47:58 a single piece of bread in the house, and I have only a handful
00:48:02 of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom
00:48:07 of the jug.
00:48:09 I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal,
00:48:13 and then my son and I will die."
00:48:16 So, she said, "I wasn't doing this for you, even though what
00:48:19 he had already--Elijah said what he already told her.
00:48:22 Try to get her to show her debt of love."
00:48:24 And she's still preparing to die 'cause she couldn't see no other
00:48:27 way out 'cause they ain't had none of this in the house either.
00:48:32 So, Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid.
00:48:36 Go ahead and do just what you said, but make a little bread
00:48:41 for me first."
00:48:42 Oh, the church would have had a fit if they'd read that
00:48:45 Scripture today.
00:48:47 "Make a little bread for me first."
00:48:51 What is he trying to do?
00:48:52 Somebody say, "What's wrong with this dude?"
00:48:54 Going to this poor lady's house, and she got a son there, and
00:48:59 that preacher coming in there talking about, "Yeah, I know
00:49:02 what you got, but make that one for me first."
00:49:04 They'd have barbecued him in this day and time.
00:49:07 But that's not what he was saying.
00:49:13 He was still trying to get her to pay down her debt of love.
00:49:18 We know your situation.
00:49:24 We know the circumstance you're facing.
00:49:27 Pay down her debt of love.
00:49:31 Now, you've heard this more exalted in the man of God.
00:49:33 "Oh, he's so anointed, and he's so powerful, so that's why he's
00:49:36 there, and if you'll, you know, give to him first, then, you
00:49:39 know, you'll have a blessing, and so, therefore, I'm like a
00:49:42 man of God, and then you give to me first, you'll have a
00:49:44 blessing."
00:49:45 I don't believe that.
00:49:47 I do think there's a blessing that comes to you to do that.
00:49:50 I ain't got no problem with that, but I think it's better,
00:49:52 deeper than that.
00:49:53 It's kind of like Romans 13 was.
00:49:55 It's more than just getting out of financial debt.
00:49:57 It was a debt of love, and I think this situation and every
00:50:00 situation that deals with God who is love, there's that love
00:50:03 still will release an anointing for things to happen.
00:50:05 So, I believe, you know, you can differ with it.
00:50:08 I ain't got no problem with that, but I believe that when he
00:50:11 said, "Make me a little bread for me first," he was saying,
00:50:15 "Pay her debt of love."
00:50:17 Then, use what's left to prepare a meal for yourself and your
00:50:26 son, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says.
00:50:32 "There will always be flour and olive oil left in your
00:50:36 containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the
00:50:41 crops grow again."
00:50:44 So, she did as Elijah said.
00:50:46 Oh, she paid her debt of love, and she and Elijah and her
00:50:51 family continued to eat for many, many days.
00:50:58 Verse 16, "There was always enough flour and olive oil left
00:51:04 in a container just as the Lord had promised through Elijah."
00:51:09 Here's another situation where the debt of love released
00:51:12 supernatural power.
00:51:14 Believe with all my heart.
00:51:20 Look at this, Mark chapter 2, verses 1 through 12.
00:51:24 This is interesting.
00:51:26 Now, this is gonna move us into compassion, 'cause compassion's
00:51:37 not compassion until it has action.
00:51:40 Compassion is love in action.
00:51:49 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later,
00:51:52 we'll read the verse 12, the news spread quickly that he was
00:51:57 back home.
00:51:59 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with
00:52:03 visitors that there was no one, no more room, even outside the
00:52:07 door while he was preaching God's Word to them.
00:52:11 We know what that seemed like, don't we, Ken, when we had that
00:52:14 trailer down in Carrollton and people were packed inside,
00:52:18 outside, they wouldn't let us use the pool, so we had to fill
00:52:23 our bathtub up and we had to do a double-dunk baptism.
00:52:28 Slide up, we put you down there, slide back, stick your knees
00:52:31 down there, and then you can get on up.
00:52:33 But we got her done.
00:52:38 Said four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
00:52:42 They couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they
00:52:47 dug a hole through the roof above his head.
00:52:51 That was the dead of love.
00:52:53 Who does that?
00:52:54 Who does that?
00:52:55 They would stop at the crowd and say, "Well, we tried, but we
00:52:59 couldn't get you in."
00:53:02 But love moved them.
00:53:03 We finna climb on the roof, and we're gonna tear the shingles
00:53:07 out of the roof, and we're gonna put a hole--remember they said
00:53:11 Jesus was home, and they found out he was home.
00:53:14 I mean, 'cause I'm thinking, "Whose house was that they just
00:53:16 tore up?"
00:53:18 All right, now, this is gonna shock you.
00:53:22 It was Jesus' house.
00:53:24 No, no, no, the Bible says foxes have holes and the birds of the
00:53:27 air have a nest, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head,
00:53:31 and so for the rest of your Christian life, you thought
00:53:33 Jesus was homeless.
00:53:35 They said that about Jesus when he was traveling and he was
00:53:40 going through this village, and he was saying, "We're gonna camp
00:53:43 here," and Jesus said, "No, we can't stay here.
00:53:47 We got some problems here."
00:53:48 He said, "Foxes have holes in this village.
00:53:51 Birds of the air have a nest in this village, but we don't have
00:53:54 nowhere to lay our head in this village, and if you read on," he
00:53:57 says, "that's why we going to the next village."
00:53:59 How long have you thought that Jesus was homeless?
00:54:07 And so you gonna--see, if Jesus was homeless, then all of us
00:54:09 need to sell our house, and we need to go and be homeless
00:54:11 'cause we're gonna try to be like Jesus.
00:54:13 But you cannot deny the debt of love that's being paid right
00:54:21 here, that we're not gonna stop at the crowd on the outside, nor
00:54:25 the crowd on the inside.
00:54:27 We got to get you in front of Jesus, so we gonna tear his
00:54:31 roof off, tear the roof off.
00:54:34 Come out, come out, come out, come out.
00:54:40 Come out, come out, come out.
00:54:43 Being transformed.
00:54:45 We want the--just being transformed.
00:54:47 Gonna turn.
00:54:53 I'll wing him.
00:55:06 You gotta go and be transformed, see.
00:55:08 You don't get to Amazing Grace all of a sudden.
00:55:14 You gotta go through Parliament, and then end up at the
00:55:17 meetings right here.
00:55:19 Some of the young people are like, "Where'd that come from?"
00:55:26 You're trying to figure out what I'm saying, right?
00:55:32 I'll explain it to you later.
00:55:37 They couldn't bring him--they couldn't bring him to Jesus
00:55:39 because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof
00:55:43 above his head.
00:55:45 Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of Jesus.
00:55:50 Seeing their faith.
00:55:56 Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "My child, your sins are
00:56:03 forgiven," but some of the teachers of the religious law
00:56:08 who were sitting there thought to themselves,
00:56:14 "What is he saying?
00:56:17 This is blasphemy."
00:56:20 You know, just like when I taught on time, and they said,
00:56:22 "This is blasphemy."
00:56:24 No, it was mammon.
00:56:30 Only God can forgive sins.
00:56:32 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them,
00:56:40 "Why do you question this in your hearts?
00:56:44 Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are
00:56:50 forgiven,' or stand up, pick up your mat, and walk?"
00:56:58 We know that most people are hindered in the supernatural
00:57:01 because of their sin consciousness.
00:57:03 So, I'll prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on the
00:57:11 earth to forgive sins.
00:57:12 Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, "Stand
00:57:16 up, pick up your mat, go home."
00:57:19 Watch this.
00:57:23 The man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the
00:57:28 stunned onlookers.
00:57:34 They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming,
00:57:39 "We've never seen anything like this before."
00:57:44 Hold on, everybody.
00:57:45 This upcoming year, the things that God is getting ready to do
00:57:49 in your life, you're going to be amazed while you're praising God
00:57:54 and you're going to say, "We ain't never seen nothing like
00:57:58 this before."
00:57:59 You think you have seen it all, but you are going to declare
00:58:03 over and over, "I ain't never seen nothing like this before.
00:58:07 I know we had a bill.
00:58:09 I ain't never seen nothing like this before.
00:58:12 I called the pay, but they say they don't have no record of it.
00:58:15 I have never seen nothing like this before."
00:58:19 [congregation applauding]
00:58:24 I got two minutes.
00:58:32 Let's define what happened here.
00:58:37 What happened when somebody's love moved them to a rooftop?
00:58:43 Their love moved them.
00:58:47 This is called compassion, when your love moves you.
00:58:52 Love in action.
00:58:55 Compassion is a deep sympathy or pity that moves one to action.
00:59:00 It comes from the heart, not the head.
00:59:02 Compassion comes from the heart, not the head.
00:59:04 It's a component of love.
00:59:06 It's not a component of intelligence.
00:59:08 It's not compassion until it moves us to action.
00:59:14 Compassion is the force behind paying the debt of love.
00:59:20 Compassion is love in action.
00:59:23 We've got to be able to start seeing people in their need and
00:59:27 let compassion move you.
00:59:29 And over and over again, Jesus was moved with compassion.
00:59:36 The world hasn't seen that yet, not like what they're getting
00:59:41 ready to see it, 'cause when you put all your focus on your
00:59:45 political platform and you put all your focus on the money and
00:59:49 you put all your focus on what somebody said and put all your
00:59:53 focus on self, it's hard to see others in their need, 'cause you
01:00:03 can't see past you.
01:00:09 This stuff's about to--it's about to come to an end.
01:00:14 And what do you want to take with you when you stand before
01:00:20 the Lord?
01:00:23 How do you want to stand before the Lord?
01:00:25 You want to stand before the Lord talking about all of your
01:00:32 works that were born not out of love, but out of something else?
01:00:36 Do you want to stand before the Lord as someone who was not
01:00:41 dependent upon him at all?
01:00:42 Do you want to stand before the Lord as someone who did things,
01:00:47 but it never came out of your heart?
01:00:49 Or do you want to stand before the Lord and declare that,
01:01:00 "I spent my life paying the debt of love"?
01:01:06 Your redemption's drawing closer and closer every day, and the
01:01:15 proof of it will be shown every day.
01:01:18 It'll be proved in the weather.
01:01:19 It'll be proved in nature.
01:01:22 It'll be proved when volcanoes that have been silent for 800
01:01:27 years, it'll be proven in the attitudes of people,
01:01:33 proof all around.
01:01:38 So, it's not going to be, "God, I didn't know you was coming."
01:01:43 He told you a long time ago, "Here are the signs."
01:01:51 But didn't nobody tell me it was going to be today.
01:01:53 He didn't tell nobody what day it was.
01:01:55 It's time to get ready, man.
01:02:01 It's time to detach yourself away from what controls you and
01:02:07 give your heart over to God and let him lead you to the path
01:02:19 that he's called you to walk down.
01:02:23 Every one of you who are here today, there is a path for your
01:02:29 life, a purpose for how you're wired, a debt of love that we
01:02:35 all will pay, and we will never be able to say, "I'm finished
01:02:42 paying that debt of love."
01:02:46 It's not meant to be paid off.
01:02:49 It's meant to be continued because with that is the promise
01:02:55 of the supernatural to cause you to walk in such an amazement
01:03:01 that people will look at you and say,
01:03:03 "I have never seen that before."
01:03:05 Bow your heads.
01:03:10 Father, we thank you for today.
01:03:13 We thank you that our ears are anointed to hear, our hearts
01:03:17 to receive, we are committed to paying this debt of love,
01:03:23 but we can't do it without your grace.
01:03:26 There's no way in ourselves that we can pay this debt or
01:03:30 continue to pay it.
01:03:32 You will enable us to pay off every man.
01:03:36 You will enable us to fulfill all of our obligations of
01:03:39 whatever contractual agreement we made.
01:03:43 We know you can do that, but Lord, help us to pay this
01:03:46 debt of love and to commit ourselves to do so and to rid
01:03:52 ourselves of the fantasies that come with false religion.
01:03:58 Help us, God.
01:04:00 Move in our heart a place that only you can move in.
01:04:05 Move in our hearts and make the difference in our lives and
01:04:08 cause us to think different and to understand differently.
01:04:13 Oh my God, help us.
01:04:15 Ooh, wow.
01:04:19 You are so good.
01:04:23 And we dare not rise up any day thinking that we can live any
01:04:31 day without you.
01:04:33 You are our source.
01:04:37 And like the disciples, there's no thing on this earth that's
01:04:41 more important that we won't choose to follow you.
01:04:45 You are our source.
01:04:49 Prepare us for what is to come.
01:04:53 Prepare us for what is to come.
01:04:56 Prepare us for what is to come.
01:04:58 And may we praise you every day with no fear.
01:05:05 We are equipped and ready.
01:05:10 And we give you praise for it now.
01:05:13 In Jesus' mighty name we pray.
01:05:17 Amen.
01:05:19 Listen to me carefully as you prepare your offerings.
01:05:25 How does offering fit into all of this?
01:05:32 Because we bring unto the Lord glory due unto his name, and
01:05:40 the Scripture says, "How do you do that?
01:05:42 Bring an offering and worship him in the beauty of his
01:05:47 holiness."
01:05:49 The offering part is the part where you get to say, "God,
01:05:55 let's practice trusting you.
01:05:57 What would you have me to give?
01:06:00 God, I give out of love.
01:06:04 I give out of commitment.
01:06:06 I give out of worship.
01:06:09 I give out of a cheerful heart.
01:06:11 I give because I will never trust what I use to praise you.
01:06:19 I will never trust money more than I trust you."
01:06:22 Do you need an offering envelope?
01:06:27 Raise your hands.
01:06:28 Ushers will be more happy to minister to you.
01:06:30 We're trying to tie in the giving because we've separated
01:06:34 it.
01:06:34 We thought it was all about the money.
01:06:36 We didn't see the action of what we're doing here.
01:06:39 We didn't see what God's trying to get us to do that he wants us
01:06:42 to give generously.
01:06:44 Why?
01:06:44 Look at how he's given to us.
01:06:46 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son."
01:06:50 Our giving should be a reflection of our love for him.
01:07:00 How you have blessed us.
01:07:03 How we have more than some people in the world, some will
01:07:08 never have.
01:07:10 But we honor you today.
01:07:14 We give you praise today.
01:07:17 We worship you today.
01:07:21 And we thank you for this opportunity to give without
01:07:27 condemnation, without fear of a curse, but out of a heart of
01:07:34 gratitude, proving that money will never own us.
01:07:39 You are our source.
01:07:46 May the Holy Spirit go in and out every row, sit down on you,
01:07:58 all day long.
01:07:59 May there be a heavy weight of glory being on your life all
01:08:03 this week.
01:08:05 May you come to know the reality of the Shekinah glory of God,
01:08:11 the presence of the Almighty One.
01:08:14 In Jesus' name.
01:08:24 Sometimes I just want to pause and just--I just want to soak
01:08:28 in his presence because I know without him, I wouldn't even be
01:08:33 here.
01:08:37 I soak in his presence.
01:08:39 You are so worthy to be praised.
01:08:49 You are worthy to heal people that need to be healed
01:08:51 physically.
01:08:53 Right now, Lord.
01:08:57 Take people who are shackled into bondage.
01:09:04 They hate it, but they're slaves to it.
01:09:07 Deliver them from that slavery.
01:09:09 Heal emotionally right now.
01:09:16 Let the depression, hurt, and rejection, pain, let the wind of
01:09:21 your glory move it as we prepare to fulfill this mandate of paying
01:09:30 this debt of love.
01:09:40 We praise you.
01:09:43 We praise you, Lord Jesus.
01:09:48 Oh, wow.
01:09:52 Let's just go ahead and receive our offering this morning.
01:09:57 Those of you who are online, the information's on your screen.
01:10:08 The presence of the Lord is here if you want to take advantage of
01:10:13 it.
01:10:16 A power of God that is near if you want to walk in it.
01:10:23 I've come to discover that I have no business putting no man on my
01:10:31 potter's wheel 'cause I can't change anybody.
01:10:38 But he can.
01:10:40 He can.
01:10:44 If you're here and you've never been born again, you've never made
01:10:50 Jesus the Lord of your life, what an opportunity you have today to
01:10:57 get born again and to make Jesus your Lord and personal Savior.
01:11:05 You can settle that forever.
01:11:07 People don't go to hell because of their behavior.
01:11:11 They go to hell because they reject Jesus.
01:11:13 They reject the payment that he's made for your life.
01:11:17 Don't reject him anymore.
01:11:22 Let this day be the day that you receive him.
01:11:26 Secondly, if you're here and you want to rededicate your life to the
01:11:33 Lord, you want to recommit yourself to God.
01:11:36 Thirdly, if you're here and you've never received the baptism in the
01:11:42 Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
01:11:44 And then finally, if God's called you to join this church, if this is the
01:11:54 brook where you feel like, "You know what?
01:12:00 I think I can eat from this brook and I think I can grow from this brook.
01:12:05 I believe this is the brook that's calling me and my family to be a part
01:12:08 of," then do it.
01:12:11 I've given to you four things.
01:12:12 You're the only one that can respond.
01:12:14 And so, you have an opportunity today to get born again, to rededicate your life,
01:12:19 to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, to join this brook,
01:12:28 to join this church.
01:12:30 It's on you, man.
01:12:40 And I pray that you can be bold enough and strong enough to make a decision to
01:12:45 change your life forever.
01:12:57 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:13:02 Above Him there's no one.
01:13:09 Jesus is the way.
01:13:14 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:13:22 Above Him there's no one.
01:13:27 Jesus is the way.
01:13:32 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:13:37 Above Him there's no one.
01:13:44 Jesus is the way.
01:13:49 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:13:54 Above Him there's no one.
01:14:03 Jesus is the way.
01:14:08 If you have some questions in the corners of your mind,
01:14:13 traces of discouragement, peace you cannot find,
01:14:19 reflections of your past,
01:14:24 scenes of hate face you every day.
01:14:29 But this one thing I do know,
01:14:34 Jesus is the way.
01:14:39 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:14:46 Above Him there's no one.
01:14:51 Jesus is the way.
01:14:56 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:15:01 Above Him there's no one.
01:15:06 Jesus is the way.
01:15:11 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:15:16 Above Him there's no one.
01:15:23 Jesus is the way.
01:15:27 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
01:15:32 Above Him there's no one.
01:15:40 Jesus is the way.
01:15:43 Come on, give the Lord a big hand clap of praise.
01:15:45 He is so worthy to be praised.
01:15:49 So worthy to be praised.
01:15:51 [applause]
01:15:55 Well, we're excited about the decision that you made today.
01:16:00 And remember, it's a journey.
01:16:02 It's not gonna happen overnight tonight,
01:16:05 but what happened just in seconds is when you make Him
01:16:10 a part of your life and ask Him in seconds, you're ready.
01:16:15 You will have your reservations made for Holy Ghost Hotel.
01:16:19 Praise God.
01:16:21 Father, I pray blessings over these precious people,
01:16:24 and I thank you that they are never gonna be the same again,
01:16:28 and we honor you for it now.
01:16:30 In Jesus' name we pray.
01:16:33 Everybody say it, amen.
01:16:35 At this time, if you'll turn and follow this gentleman to the
01:16:37 door, they're gonna take and minister to you,
01:16:40 give you biblical explanation of how to obtain what you came to
01:16:43 receive, we thank God you'll never be the same again.
01:16:48 Well, congregation, if you would stand for the final blessing and
01:16:51 dismissal, God bless you.
01:16:53 Thank you so much for making it out the church tonight,
01:16:56 or today.
01:16:58 No, we're not having no night service.
01:16:59 Making it out today.
01:17:04 May the Spirit of grace be upon you all.
01:17:08 I plead the blood of Jesus to protect you all week long,
01:17:13 and may the favor of God explode in your life.
01:17:17 And may the angels carry out the command to protect you and to
01:17:21 take care of you, lest your feet dash against the stone.
01:17:26 May your relationship with God grow stronger and stronger with
01:17:29 intimacy, and may you walk in peace and joy and commitment to
01:17:39 the only wise God who's able to keep you at all times.
01:17:45 And now unto him who is able to keep you from falling and to
01:17:50 present you faultless before the almighty God.
01:17:54 Be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever.
01:18:01 And everybody said amen.
01:18:04 God bless you.
01:18:05 Have a great day today.
01:18:07 There's some things that God is healing even right now.
01:18:12 Healing in your relationships, healing in your body.
01:18:15 Something's moving in the realm of the Spirit.
01:18:18 We're going far in God.
01:18:20 We're going to where God has called us to be, to prove the
01:18:23 acceptable, the good, the will of God.
01:18:26 We're transforming our thinking.
01:18:27 We're renewing ourselves.
01:18:29 God loves you.
01:18:31 In a world where women's potential knows no bounds, we
01:18:34 invite you to join us for a transformative event dedicated
01:18:37 to celebrating and empowering women.
01:18:40 Welcome to the 2024 Radical Women's Conference, a gathering
01:18:44 of powerful minds, passionate hearts, and unstoppable
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01:19:44 I can't wait.
01:19:45 I'm excited.
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01:19:47 We know that these conferences sell out pretty quick.
01:19:49 At the Women's Conference last year, people were trying to get
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01:19:55 We just want to say thank you for joining us for service.
01:19:58 Today was so powerful.
01:20:01 I loved the way that we talked about owing the debt of love.
01:20:04 We owe no man nothing except for to love him, and it's a debt
01:20:08 that we will continue to pay on intentionally.
01:20:11 Intentionally.
01:20:11 What hit you from service today?
01:20:13 The whole thing from top to bottom, even when Pastor Taffy
01:20:17 came out with her word in the beginning, that just takes me
01:20:20 there, but I will say that I think that what Pastor said
01:20:23 about, yes, the gifts of the Spirit, all of the amazing
01:20:26 anointings that we can appreciate, but they're all
01:20:28 fueled by love, and one important thing that stuck out
01:20:32 is it doesn't mean that love is the only important thing, but it
01:20:35 means that it's at the top, so it doesn't negate the power of
01:20:39 other things, but love is the thing that fuels those other
01:20:42 things that we love and appreciate about God.
01:20:44 Yes, one of the things that Pastor said that was so good
01:20:46 he said that love is the battery, that all of the other
01:20:50 things are run on love, and so even giving, one of the things,
01:20:56 the battery is love.
01:20:57 We give because we love God.
01:20:58 We honor him with our gifts, so if you didn't get an
01:21:01 opportunity to worship with your giving during service, maybe you
01:21:04 hopped on a little late, maybe you ran to the bathroom, we want
01:21:07 to make sure that you get the opportunity to show that type of
01:21:10 love to God, to honor him with your gifts financially, and you
01:21:14 can do that really easy if you want to give.
01:21:16 You want to give them the four ways to give?
01:21:18 You know what?
01:21:18 I will do it, Sherday.
01:21:19 Okay, you were on a roll.
01:21:21 I was just listening.
01:21:22 You were doing good.
01:21:23 I think you're going to go ahead.
01:21:24 Keep going.
01:21:25 Go ahead.
01:21:25 It's so easy to give.
01:21:26 You can do it in one of four ways.
01:21:27 You can give right now by texting worldchangers, a space,
01:21:32 and whatever the amount to 74483.
01:21:35 You also can give online going to worldchangers.org and
01:21:38 clicking give or crevelodollarministries.org and
01:21:41 clicking give.
01:21:41 You can also call in to give your gift at 866-477-7683.
01:21:48 And if you are one of those people who still love to write
01:21:50 checks and mail them in, we will gladly accept that as well via
01:21:55 mail.
01:21:55 You can mail that to 2500 Burdett Road.
01:22:00 That's going to be in College Park, Georgia.
01:22:03 30349 is the zip code if you want to send it in via mail.
01:22:06 So feel free to use one of those ways to give.
01:22:09 Absolutely.
01:22:09 And I think it's so amazing that through the advent of
01:22:11 technology, we're all able to participate not only in worship,
01:22:15 not only in the word, but also in giving together as well.
01:22:18 And another thing that we are grateful for is our upcoming
01:22:21 Thanksgiving service.
01:22:22 So for those of you who will not be present in the dome, there
01:22:26 are opportunities for you to stream in.
01:22:28 So we're going to celebrate the everlasting goodness of God on
01:22:32 Thanksgiving morning.
01:22:33 So join us in the World Dome at 10 a.m.
01:22:36 Eastern time on Thursday, November 23rd.
01:22:39 If you can be here physically for a special worship service to
01:22:43 remind you of everything that you have to be grateful for.
01:22:46 So if you're out of town with your family, don't worry.
01:22:49 You can still join online just like you're there online with
01:22:52 us right now.
01:22:53 You definitely can.
01:22:54 There's so many things happening in the World Changers family.
01:22:57 We also want to invite you if you're not in College Park, but
01:23:01 you're in L.A.
01:23:03 Here's breaking news.
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01:23:09 And I mean, we're creeping up on it.
01:23:11 Craft Low Dollar is going to be in Los Angeles on Friday,
01:23:14 February 2nd, 2024 for two sessions that will help you move
01:23:18 to the next stage on your journey with the Lord.
01:23:20 If you're feeling stuck and stagnant, you definitely want to
01:23:23 be in that room.
01:23:24 Set your reminders, invite a friend, and make all the plans
01:23:28 to join in L.A.
01:23:30 You can text Change 2024 right now to 51555.
01:23:35 I almost gave them that give and go, Felicia.
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01:23:43 to reserve your spot today, and we will see you in L.A.
01:23:47 Yes, and if you want more information on any of the events
01:23:50 that we spoke about or any other events that are coming up at the
01:23:53 ministry, visit WorldChangers.org.
01:23:56 And as we close out, we want to remind you of what Pastor
01:23:59 talked about today as far as walking in love.
01:24:02 And I really just want to say this.
01:24:03 The Bible talks about walking in love with other people.
01:24:06 You are a people.
01:24:07 You are a person.
01:24:08 So in this upcoming week, it's super important.
01:24:10 Make sure you're walking in love with yourself first and then
01:24:13 everybody else that you come in contact with.
01:24:15 Oh, my gosh, that's so good.
01:24:16 That's so good.
01:24:17 You are a people.
01:24:18 Walk in love with yourself this week.
01:24:22 If this message hit you the same way that it hit us, we want you
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01:24:29 to a group chat or to a friend who needs it, and we look forward
01:24:33 to seeing you next Sunday.
01:24:34 We love you.
01:24:35 God bless you.
01:24:35 We love you.
01:24:36 Happy Sunday.
01:24:37 Happy Sunday.
01:24:39 ♪ Change the world ♪
01:24:44 ♪ Change the world ♪
01:24:48 ♪ I'm a world changer ♪
01:24:52 ♪ Changing the world everywhere I go ♪
01:24:55 ♪ I'm a world changer ♪
01:25:00 ♪ Anointed with the power of the Holy Ghost ♪
01:25:03 ♪ I'm a world changer ♪
01:25:07 ♪ Telling the world about saving grace ♪
01:25:11 ♪ I'm a world changer ♪
01:25:15 ♪ Making a mark that can't be erased ♪
01:25:20 ♪ For God has equipped us to go higher ♪
01:25:24 ♪ To make a mark that cannot be erased ♪
01:25:28 ♪ Oh ♪
01:25:30 [ Silence ]