Hammers and Holsters | Relentless Church

[Music] [Applause] go thank you for not letting me go thank you for not letting me thank you for not letting me go thank you because you left the 99 to come out the lead Jesus or guess he wouldn't learn because one would let me go wouldn't let refusal a goes on fuse to let me would let me go we couldn't let me is that anybody's testimony [Music] to me and you wouldn't let me you really should have now that I look back on it but you held up to me when I was trying to let go [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hands lifted for just a moment if you would Lord Jesus we thank you for your presence here and in this moment we prepare our hearts for the word not just to hear it but to be doers of the word is with I thank you for your presence your presence changes everything your heart changes everything your spirit changes everything now speak to us and let us not just receive but look to apply and in that way we will be not just hearers but doers of the word therefore we look forward to the fruit that will be produced from the obedience we give you glory oh yeah and also thank you for not letting us go in Jesus name the Lord we're just getting ready to give you a praise a real different praise because we're gonna think about the times when you should have let us go when people let us go when we would have let ourselves go but you did not let us go and we're gonna give you a sound that equals our appreciation for that moment are those moments in our lives so this after I say a man is the sound we give to you to thank you for not letting us go we give you honor this afternoon in Jesus name Amen amen [Applause] [Music] I don't know who this is for but the pills you've been taking you don't need them anymore [Applause] I'm not talking about prescription I'm talking about the stuff you got off the street but that's you bring it to the altar I just heard the Lord drop it off because they couldn't hold you anyway the Lord was holding you I don't know what that thing is it's been holding you can bring it right to the altar I don't care what it is you can bring it people think the only thing you can bring to the altar is money that's that's prosperity gospel you can bring you can bring your weed to the altar you can bring your liquor to the altar you can bring you you can bring your crap to the altar you can bring up [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] and you will hell there's [Music] cameraman [Music] there are other people in your life I'm not sure what people will think don't care what people think each other camera people do not point the cameras towards the altar but this is a private moment there are people who need to give free people are dying they need to get free whom the Sun sets free is free indeed [Music] [Applause] whatever held you have to test to let you go right now freeze the clock reset it after this moment [Applause] bring or leave a letter come [Music] [Applause] some of y'all got some stuff in your pocket in your purse you can bring it to the altar it's under the blood it's under the blood it's under the blood Sunday the blood it sounded the blood son it's under the blood microphones it's under the blood thunder the blast Under the Sun is love [Music] although you hello to and you wouldn't let me you think it was the drugs that was keeping you alive God kept you alive you should have od'd a long time ago [Music] you got needles bring them to the altar you got pills bring them to the altar so me our contemplating suicide you got a firearm bring it to the altar no judgment nobody's going to jail in here it's not on TV there's no cameras tired of the church being a place where you're not allowed to get free because you're worried about what people think no shame there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus if you're in here and you want to be free the altar is a place of sacrifice you can lay it down no questions asked see Larry this is when this reminds me of the city gospel mission when they used to preach downtown Cincinnati and castle bring we to the altar crack pipes to the altar they were bringing all of the paraphernalia to the altar y'all act like that stuff is out there now it's right in here and guess what that's where they should be right in here [Applause] it takes one bold person to say he's talking to me and I don't care what it feels like I just believe somebody's got a you got some pills or something and I saw it and you're supposed to pour them out on this altar because the next time you take it it was designed to kill you but God said no [Applause] somebody just dropped pills on the altar [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and that person isn't the only one I said that person isn't the only one I need some rare I need some worshipers in here spirit of suicide you must leave this church you must leave these people you must leave those who are a part of our online community in the name of Jesus somebody else's come and look out let them come [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] some people are taking these pills cause of the pain the pain that they're in because of something that happened to them that wasn't their fault because they tried to talk to people and some of those people we're safe oh and the safe folks said the wrong thing and injured them further some people are battling with identity some people are battling with with depression some people are battling with trying to heal from sexual abuse that happened when they were young emotional trauma rejection from a parent a father a mother some people are orphaned some people have parents that are still orphans that went right over some of your heads just because you got parents in the house don't mean they they speaking life to you [Music] sometimes the only affection some people get is from strangers that's why we asked you to hug people in church not so they can get in your space but so you can break the spirit of loneliness off somebody else we are the church we are the church you held on to me and you wouldn't let me go so many people they think because somebody's going through something you can't embrace him but God held on to you and you and I we were dirty we were covered in sin covered in filth and he still held on to us [Music] [Applause] for those who don't know there's a generation of young people getting set free over here in this corner some of y'all kids will never be the same do you know these kids need a real breakthrough a real encounter with Jesus do you know a real encounter with Jesus changes everything Lord Jesus I thank you for the people that are at the altar and those who will come later you just need to know that there are people that are walking that are laying things at the altar and it's not for us to know what it is to see it I'm not calling anybody out I'm purposely not going to individuals because I want them to know you're in a safe place see pastor Richie Noah's sons saw the same thing one of them talked about it the other two covered it and the ones that covered are the ones that are blessed still see everybody has stuff and if you ain't got none keep living you'll get a turn and the grace you give is the grace you'll give [Music] [Applause] I'm trying to keep it together but my son is that the altar pray I don't even know what he's praying for it but his mama's next to him got his hands folded and all I know is that's the only thing I care about is this my kids get saved and I can I can get up out of here I just care about the legacy that my kids know the Lord Jesus is Savior that's all I care about oh you help let me go sing it again oh god you hello to me and you won't let me go you would let me go Lord you [Music] I need to say this to somebody to be encouraged you feel like you've made too many mistakes for God to love you I need you to understand that no matter who you are what you've done or how old you are God will always look at you the way I'm looking at him because God has no grandchildren I said God has no grandchildren he only has children I'll be 95 in my bed I'm prophesying and he'll be however old he'll be 60 something and as I'm getting up out of here I'm gonna still look at him and his sister like this right here he'll have his old kids and grandkids he'll still be my baby I don't care what he does there's nothing he can do to make me stop loving him and try to get between me and him and see what I'll do I don't know who this is for but the devil tried to get between you and God God said try me again God's coming to get you right now he's moving through addiction he's pushing through your path he moving Devils out the way and his club in the kitchen coming to get cheese [Music] he's popping the catches coming and he's gonna he's coming again he's gone [Music] you wanna and and you and you will you were you were [Music] let me go Father for whatever issues are represented at this altar not only the people who came get healed but their children are released and families are released generational freedom I said generational freedom the supernatural healing in their bodies for anything that was damaged broken separated healing in the name of Jesus and everybody who believes that God did miracles at this altar already say Amen amen and amen give the Lord a great praise [Music] something to shift it in here [Music] they can stay at this altar as long as they want y'all do not have to leave they can stay here pasteurize on them they could stay right here people are getting free you can be seated or standing don't matter to me I don't know what's going on right now keep playing I feel the Holy Ghost right there is that who is that PJ what is that Dante [Music] my name is soren and freebus an amiable ABC Animas enamel spray Barsky oh god we bless the name there's no like there's no and like you Jesus to miracles signs and wonders second Corinthians chapter 10 starting at the third verse reading from the New King James Version for though we walk in the flesh we do not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal then econo then had carnal but they're mighty in God for pulling down strongholds say pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down [Music] the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty in God to the pulling down of strongholds they pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down pull it down does anybody feel it Malita all the time [Music] pull it down our weapons are mighty [Music] [Applause] [Music] my [Music] right there my [Music] [Music] say it again yes beta [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ [Applause] [Music] our weapons are mighty [Music] [Applause] our weapons are mighty [Music] Nehemiah chapter 4 verse 10 verse 10 verse 10 last week I preached a message called off the wall this is part two of that series Nehemiah faced opposition as he was rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem the City of God Nehemiah was a cup bearer - king artaxerxes the king of Persia around 450 - 445 BC a godless king who did not know the Living God didn't care about the Living God but he had power don't be so naive to assume that everybody who God has allowed to have power serves him everybody who's got power doesn't know God that's why you all hear about a lot of Christian billionaires the reason why I'm saying that is because the Bible says the sons of darkness are wiser than the sons of light you can be saved and not be good at business you can be saved and even feel with the Holy Spirit but it doesn't change that some folk have been granted power for the purposes of God beyond what we understand but the reality is says everybody will bow down every knee will bow every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord that is a foregone conclusion this was a king who did not know God but he knew someone who knew God there are people that are blessed because they know you you got so much favor on your life when you walk in the atmosphere changes your job is blessed because you're there that company is blessed because you're their eldest type she just she just encouraged my soul so much she didn't say the senior vice president said because I feel the anointing on you the Holy Ghost is on you we're gonna give you ready they said cuz you work hard and because of the value you bring to this company do you know that one of your greatest witnesses is being on time and being excellent in your walk and your work favor also ain't too bad when you got the favor of God on you but I say that to say that God is using people they don't even know they're being used but he's positioning believers in strategic places to release and be the conduit of resource to restore broken things for the people of God I hope you hear what I'm saying but there are any time you do the work of God there will always be opposition the tenth verse says then Judah said the strength of the laborers building the wall is failing and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall somebody say excuses guard against excuses you got work to do you cannot come down from the wall there is work to do we cannot be moved we must do the work that is in front of us we are the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ we are the people of God this is relentless church an individual local church with a global reach we are a multicultural multi-generational expression of Jesus Christ we preach Jesus unapologetically we believe in the Holy Ghost the gifts of the Spirit we believe in the full workings of those gifts in order in the church so that we can be the effectual hands and feet of Jesus on a local regional state national and international level in that order but you will always have adversaries to the work and the Bible says and our adversary said they will neither know nor see anything till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease so it was when the Jews who dwelt near them came that they told us 10 times from whatever place you turn they will be upon us what the enemy was saying is no matter where you look we're gonna be there there's always somebody looking there's always somebody looking they they won't speak to you they'll just be looking they're always on your social media always somewhere where you are they won't press the like button but you better know they're looking they're watching because there's something about you that just stays on their mind they can't go to sleep unless they're thinking about you can't stand you but they always checking on you they and and it's weird they don't even know why but they should be careful because they're not messing with you they're messing with the god of you the 13th verse says therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall at the openings and I set the people according to their family same family first with their swords their spears and their bows and I looked in a rose and said to the nobles and the leaders and the rest of the people don't be afraid of them remember the Lord great and awesome and fight for your brother and your sons your daughters your wives and your houses and it happened when our enemies heard that it was known to us their plan and that God had brought their plot to nothing I don't know who this is for but whatever the enemies are planning and plotting against you it will come to nothing that all of us return to the wall everyone to his word tell somebody get to work so it was from that time on that half of my servants worked at construction while the other half held the spears the shield's the bows and war armor tell somebody get your armor this is so important in the leaders we're behind all the house of Judah that means my elders and leaders are on the front line I need some frontline soldiers I don't need nobody sitting in the back in the cut when the war goes down and spiritual warfare is happening I don't need you running for the hills I need somebody that'll be on the frontline with me I need some soldiers I need some No Limit soldier hmm nah yeah I'm looking for some people who understand that God is calling you to a higher place of warfare 17th verse those who built the wall and those who carried the burdens loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction and with the other hand they held a weapon I want to preach off the wall part two hammers and holsters hammers and holsters I got my tool belt hammers and holsters you need both in this moment I believe that the Lord has done something so significant I wish they had left the pills on the altar I didn't want them to clean that up we always want to clean stuff up I want I want the enemy to see how bad he lost next time don't clean up the battlefield so fast I want the enemy to see what he lost we're always trying to keep stuff clean the church ain't supposed to be clean the church is a place where you can come in dirty and get clean leave your dirt here you can't clean up at any point during this sermon if you feel led to put something at the altar that you came in with it's been holding you hostage feel free there's no judgment here okay no judgment here but hammers and holsters it's time to go to work last week I talked to you from the subject off the wall I cannot come down from the wall I have too much work to do I cannot be distracted I will not be moved from my assignment the key to this season of your life is identifying the assignment on your life and the people who you are called to do that assignment with it's the assignment it's the timing and it's the people write it down if you're not writing these things down you're gonna miss some very valuable things this is a season 4 assignment right what else timing what else people that's your whole life right there what am I called to do when am I supposed to do it and Who am I supposed to do it with let me help you to understand something this is the most critical season I believe for the body of Christ and for whatever reason this word will not let me go God is saying we've got work to do we cannot come down from the wall there are things we're getting ready to do y'all see these pews that we have once we get this roof done you know what we're gonna turn these into those seats we're getting theater-style seats because I love pews but we need seats I mean I need my own seat I need my seat see so I can put my water there see and then I need to sit high 5 next to you but I want I want us to become a place of comfort a place that will allow us to grow and to expand and and and there are things that we can do to make this campus more effective more efficient more welcoming more inviting matter of fact turn the lights up a little bit more I can't see them in the back tired of dark turn it up want to see y'all there we go how y'all doing how your mama doing family doing well I see you all the way in the back god bless you all the way in the back they love y'all thank y'all Nehemiah had an assignment on his life but he was a cup bearer this is his job you're the king would you like your cup now sir you don't want it now okay whenever you need it you let me know okay see his job was to be ready his job wasn't to drink the cup his job wasn't to tell the King when he needed to cut his job was I have the cup ready and when the King summoned for it he would give it to him and he was not distracted from his work wherever the king was he was watching seeing this season God is going to reward the diligence he's rewarding the observant those who don't treat the holy things of God with casual aplomb he's looking for people who understand that you're in a moment where God is checking to see if you're ready for what he wants to give you next but if you are casual is what you have now then he can tell you're not ready for what's next and if you're not careful in this season there are some moments that will pass you by and you'll watch somebody else walk into what was supposed to be yours hammers and holsters I cannot come down from the wall I've got too much work to do I find myself now beginning to embrace in a different way what it means to be a senior pastor you can't just preach and leave got to be in here sitting in this office figuring out what's next and show me this budget and let's look at this and how are we going to figure that out and what are we gonna be able to do in this and we need to think a year down the line two years down the line ten years down the line and and I need somebody to help me see what I can't see and I can't be distracted right now and I can't play games right now and I don't have as much discretionary time I can't watch all the movies I want to see there's some movies on my list that I want to watch I don't have time because there's too many other things to do my life is changing and what God is saying is I love you but it's time to grow up it's time to be a man it's time to do what you're supposed to do because my Kingdom is in need of leaders Nehemiah was a cup bear for a godless King the next thing you know he walks into the presence of the king and his his heart is broken for the People of God and the King says you know you work so excellently all the time that I can tell something is wrong with you tell me what's wrong and how can I fix it that right there is a miracle from God that God will give a godless person discernment to know something's wrong with you and if you have the boldness to open your mouth the people who ain't thinking about God will write a check for what's hurting you because what's hurting you is what's hurting God and God wants to get resources to the kingdom anyway let me continue let me move quickly this scripture that I shared was from Nehemiah 4 and Nehemiah was surrounded by enemies they were they were ripping him to shreds they were making fun of him if you read the whole fourth chapter you'll see that he had people talking about him they were they were making fun of him they were like this wall is feeble if a fox walks on the wall the whole wall will crumble are you gonna build the whole wall in a day what are you gonna do you're gonna change things in a day no I'm not gonna change it in a day but I'm gonna keep working until it's done in this season it's important for you to understand what your assignment is when you're supposed to move on it and who you're supposed to do it with this is strategic time you've got to know when to go when to move and where to be and for some of us that is a physical move and then for others of us it's staying right where you are when Elder snipe said they had an opportunity they had an opportunity but they felt the breakthrough of God right here in this season I wouldn't move unless I knew it was God and if God is in a place that's the only reason I'm moving I'm going where the cloud goes I need a couple of intercessors because I feel a little something in here and I need to press through it there there is a need to identify the life call that's on you so that you can get in position to do it you can't just live your life working for 40 years to get a gold watch for a pension that may not be there you need to find yourself doing Kingdom work so that you can build something that lasts something that is eternal in nature Nehemiah was building a wall a wall that was to protect those who had been in exile the children of Israel who were coming back into the city but one of the things that he did as he was rebuilding the wall he was such an integral leader that he was making sure that when people came back in he cancelled debt he made sure they had more than what they needed and I'm speaking and prophesying now that as you build the wall of God as you build the thing God is asking you to build he's gonna cancel student loans he's gonna cancel tax debt I'm telling you what I know he's gonna give you strategy for credit card debt he's going to give you resources to be able to elevate your credit so that you can get a home for you and your family I believe that he's going to give you wisdom and and people and resource and there's one person that believes it I believe there are others that believe it that God is going to give you such strategic resource that you will be able to do what's in your heart for your family and I'm believing that it will break for you before the end of this year but it is contingent upon you doing the thing you were created to do and to do it with the people you're created to do it with because let me tell you there's nothing more frustrating than living life with people that are not assigned to your life in this season God is bringing the people back in line I got my best friend here I've known him since I was 13 years old I've known him 32 years he and his wife were here their daughter is here and we've we've talked about certain hopes and dreams for years we both got a scholarship to Iowa State University we were George Washington Carver scholars we got great scores on our a CT and we got a full academic scholarship they didn't pay for room and board but they pay for them for the tuition and and my best friend he took he took that scholarship and I went to another college but I remember the conversations we would have and they came to visit and was just thinking and dreaming and believing and it's beautiful to watch that even after 30 years we're still thinking and believing and dreaming and and and looking forward to opportunities to do the things that God created us to do he's bringing people back into position you need to go ahead and look at somebody saying he's bringing it back he's bringing it back he's bringing it back one hallelujah - Amen the rest y'all I don't understand hammers and holsters there will always be enemies to the work that you're trying to do Heather it's just what it is Nehemiah was not moved by by the people that were opposing the work so here's what he did he said I need some men I need some men on the inside and some men on the outside on both sides of the wall while we're working I need to make sure that as the enemy who's talking smack talks that smack I got some people with some weapons I got I need some people with some swords then I need some people with some Spears then I need some folk with some bows throw them bows you need to be able to throw some bows and so I need some prayer warriors who have their armor but then I need some warriors so I need some righteous and some wretched where's my righteous where's my ratchet where's my righteous and ratchet stand up if you righteous and wretched see righteous means I know how to rightly divide the word of truth but if you try me what what you say what say it again say it again try me uh-uh no get off me get off me Sherita I'm not playing say it again ain't all the way say I am NOT all the way say there it is that's why I got right there right just and wretched righteous and wretched so you got to be able to do both in the spirit where where when it's time Oh father we bless you we come to you we thank you for thy bounty we thank you for this food that we are prepared but then you need to get aggressive in the spirit when the enemy is coming to tear it down with God is building father I find every devil in hell [Music] I find every word that's been spoken against my purpose and my destiny you have no power in here sweetie the house my marriage then will you paint have my fear and furthermore and I know you don't know what it is devil but the Holy Ghost car and I declare that we are blessed and never purse and every word that's been spoken it is Wow [Music] I mean some aggressive flair wart I need you to have five ten people and almost yelling them tell them builds a wall build build build ten people ten people ten elder D ten [Music] build the wall build the kingdom build the church built a family bill choke business built a ministry build it build it build it God is with you I see you waving your food in the balcony bill [Music] and be filled with the spirit [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm a building here I don't care what's in front of me i'ma build it I mean some builders in that balcony I know y'all sitting comfortable me and Maya said I need some people with some swords some Spears and some bows swords spears bows if you're gonna use a sword you got to be up close on me a spear means I got some space a sword means you upon me God is gonna give you strategy for the people that got too close to use your sword the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God God's gonna give you strategy in his word to back people up that don't belong in your life the word that's gonna be against they won't be able to stay close when you start quoting that word they're gonna show who they really are when you start quoting that work as long as you ain't quoting the word they'll play the role but when you start talking about let's do some scripture they don't be like oh well now let's have Bible study well I thought we'd have a romantic mango romantic night we're not married yet you ain't getting none let's get this word [Music] let's get this one let's get that one pampers been host travelers and pulse [Music] [Applause] swords spears bows sword is rightly dividing the word of truth back in people up with the word in this season when you speak the word people gonna show you who they really are [Applause] Spears means you give them a word but you keep your distance some folks you don't need to talk to face-to-face just text them tell somebody to keep your distance Oh help me Holy Ghost but then some of your enemies are way far off and you need your bow the best bows have to be pulled back before they're released because the further back the further back they're pulled the higher the further and the more accurate they go I didn't understand this because I've been taking hit after hit some of his self-inflicted most of it not most of it lies some of it not but here's the thing I was like God why are you pulling me back say because I'm about to launch [Applause] if you I need somebody to know he didn't he didn't set you back he pulled you back [Music] he's about to release you you're going to go further than you ever thought prior than you ever thought sooner than you ever thought you didn't lose anything this was preparation [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] I was that I wish you had a bow praise I wish you had a boat praise [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] help me Jesus [Applause] God said I must surround you with the people that you need to finish the work I don't think y'all understand what's happening right now something just something just broke Oh see that for Cain are we leaving Cain's now [Applause] [Music] we leavin pains now [Applause] we leave in Cannes now we leave in Chains now [Music] [Music] I will not come down from the wall the Bible says when the enemies of Nehemiah found out that he had closed the gaps on the wall they became angry the moment you close the gap people gonna start showing themselves as long as there's distance between you and the thing you're called to people don't mind but the moment you start getting closer to the thing you were created for it's gonna start agitating them enemies it's gonna start agitating Devils people that you thought were your friends gonna start getting aggravated with you you always you always talk about God what do you got to do you own mark them and get away from them cuz they never meant you any good and God is gonna expose it right now because you cannot be moved you've got to close the gap you've got to fill the gap build the wall do the work and you've got to build it with the people that are assigned to your life [Applause] [Music] one of my mentors is here with his bride I've known him since I was 15 years now 15 years and pastor Richie and his wife are here and they live in Cleveland Tennessee and he was he was my executive pastor when I was serving at another church and while I was under his leadership oh he made me mad he made me mad because he always held me accountable your report went on time what times you clock in this morning where's the stuff I asked for it I always had an excuse well I didn't have a daddy he's like I understand that what does that have to do with your report you don't need anybody that's gonna nice your wounds get healed and get on the wall [Applause] [Music] get healed and get off the wall we all got stuff daddy wasn't there nobody pray for you but you got a job to do [Music] and because he loved me enough to pushy in the season when I didn't want it when God gave me mine the first person I call its pastor Richie cuz I knew he loved me enough to tell me the truth in this season you don't need fans you need friends who cares how many people follow you home social media is your life that's Iraq get somebody who'll say your walls are down you need to build your walls you need to build your family you need to fight for your kids the things that matter you sitting on your death bed you're not gonna be wondering and worrying about reality TV who didn't text you back and who liked your post you don't want to see your kids and your grandkids and you want to hear them say you were a great provider you were an amazing dad a great granddad amazing mama a great grandmama we love you we can't we're so grateful you gave us Jesus the enemies of Nehemiah said you're not gonna build this wall the stones that you're building with her burned came build nothing with no burned up bricks I need you to know even burn stones can build walls watch this how many of us have been burned by life how many of us have been burned by Church church folk people who are supposed to speak life speaking death judged us threw us away but here you are still in the church you know why because people didn't die for you Jesus did and people didn't call you Jesus did so yeah I'm burned but I'm gonna build this wall I might not be perfect but i'ma build this wall and a part of me that's broken and the part of you that's broken actually fit so our brokenness actually builds the wall I feel God I said I feel God so you got to have strategy for your close intermediate and long range warfare that means you got to be able to pray for now pray for tomorrow and pray for next year swords spears bows you got to position your prayers for right now your close proximity for what's coming and then what's in the future you got to be able to pray and ask the Holy Ghost for strategy so you can shoot your prayers into the future all right there are three things you need to do and I need you to write them down we're going home our time of extended worship was wonderful but I have to give you this word and then we're going home and we're going home early amen unless of course y'all don't mind no I'm playing let me give you these three points nehemiah said i need to put people on the inside of the wall in the outside of the wall that means there are people that have a specific anointing to reach church folk people that are already church we have a need for that as well but then he said and these are people on the outside of the wall that means there are certain people you are called to reach the streets and you need both because there are some people that might be a little nervous if they see somebody with some Tim's and a hoodie then there are other people that won't listen if you got on a three-piece suit in the time so we need both and we shouldn't be so much of one thing that we're not the other we need to be all things to all men that we might by all means win some so I can't dumb down and water down the word as if everybody's a secret when we got professors in here we got to be able to go into the deep places as well and grow people up and mature them then we also need to be able to get out in them streets and be relevant to broken people and not be sitting up there nervous when you see somebody in the hood sitting on twenty fours bumping trap music don't be nervous go give them some love cuz God made them to Nehemiah said you got to read this on your own Nehemiah 4 is your assignment for the week read it I'm not playing with y'all Nehemiah said I got the wall halfway built but I need some men on the wall some men on the outside and some men on the inside which means the first point when you got your hammer and your holster is you got to protect progress that's number one protecting progress means you don't let anybody speak against incremental growth everything's not gonna happen overnight anybody that can't celebrate so small wins they'll need to be there for the big victory they do not need to be there for the big if they cannot celebrate the small wins I showed you the graphic of the roof because I wanted you to see two things number one that we are transparent with the resources that this church souls 75,000 dollars in one week for the roof and I'm and it's more than that because I saw some more this morning because I'm believing that God is going to meet the need so that we can get that roof going remember I told you I want them hammering on Sunday so I can shout why they work it now not every Sunday because that's double time we ain't got no budget for that but I do want one Sunday see I just I do I just I want to hear the work happening it's going to encourage us to know that what we were sowing into is a real family I want to hear it and I don't know who this is for he's not just working he's knocking because while he's building he's also breaking because there's some stuff that needs to be broken in your life there's some people that are leaving while he's hammering while he's fixing people that don't like the noise of construction we'll leave your life and there are some people that don't need to be there cuz they just waiting on the finished work but they don't want to put on a hardhat they don't want to do any work they just want to be there for the grand opening but you don't get the come to the grand opening if you weren't there when the walls were being put up [Music] [Applause] [Music] protect progress surround yourself with people that are speaking your language and are moving in the direction of the thing you are designed to solve I got to protect progress number two position people position people write this down you gotta position people it's so important that you have the right people in the right position in your life I cannot have people out of position in my life it will frustrate my life and it will waste time and I can't be frustrated and I can't waste time he said I need warriors on this part of the wall then I need some people with some swords and some armor over here he knew what he needed and where you need to ask the Lord for discernment to properly position the people in your life some people need to be closer some need to be out all together and you need to be ok with that then there are some that he's saying bring clothes take another look reevaluate because here's the truth some people need a season away so God could do work on them so when y'all do come back the relationship the friendship the business partnership whatever it is will make more sense it'll be more fruitful so don't get mad when people leave it may be forever and if so that's God's will but if they come back they're coming back better ask the Lord to position people I don't want anybody in my life that's out of place listen real quick I love you but I'm not gonna be sitting up spending hours a week with you if you're not pushing me towards destiny I don't have that kind of time to waste and number three prioritize progeny anybody know what that means nope first of all write it down prioritize progeny the word progeny just simply means family I just needed something to alliterate I had all of my Peas so I wanted to stay with the P P okay all right understand position the people and say I'm saying and then proper placement okay protect progress prioritize progeny that means when Nehemiah said don't be afraid of what these haters are saying you're fighting for your wives for your sons for your daughter for your people what he was saying is what we're doing is leaving a legacy for our children and our children's children so not only are we leaving a legacy we're going to leave an inheritance my grandfather was a good man you know why even though he died when I was 2 years old I got a call eight years ago probably about 7 2011 I got a call from from somebody in the US government looking for the the rightful heir to John W grey senior my grandmother had passed away and I'm my name because my mother kept her married name they looked her up in the phone book and said are you kin to John Gray she was like which one because I married one and I had one another one wasn't my father-in-law it turns out that my grandfather had worked on some type of secret jet propulsion engine that included some type of radiation he ended up dying of radiation poisoning and that was 1975 1975 they came looking for his heir Oh God I'm gonna say something and if you believe what I'm saying I dare you to run somebody's looking for you [Applause] somebody's looking for you [Music] I wish about ten more people in that balcony I said somebody's looking for you they don't know where you are but they have a check with your name on it there's an inheritance with your name on it there is resource with your name on it you don't even know but somebody is looking for you hammers and holsters while you're worshiping and working God is sending someone to look for you and they will find you you don't even have to live in the city but they those I wish I had 100 people matter of fact I wish I had 1000 people that would spin around put their hand above their eyebrows and say they're looking for me they're looking for me I've been serving God I've been faithful I've been on that wall they're looking for me and when they find me resource to continue the work I'm gonna have resource to leave an inheritance for my children's children when they find me I will have what I need [Music] somebody's looking for you [Music] answer that call open that letter check that email shake that hand God has somebody looking for you Oh help me Holy Ghost why because you are protecting progress prioritizing people your positioning people in your prioritizing your progeny your your prioritizing the importance of your family you taught me that one Richie I talked to pastor Richie he's always talking about his beautiful bride and his beautiful daughters that's his reason for doing everything he does you need leaders like that in your life that help you to see what matters you understand what I'm saying prioritizing your family when you got hammers and holsters let me help you to understand I got a hammer but I got a holster the last scripture of the seventeenth verse says and so I set men on the wall in one hand they had a hammer in the other hand they had a weapon let me help you to understand something I can build a wall and I can also bust your head and I'm not talking about you I'm talking about the devil did you hear what I said I don't want you to be offended I can build a wall but I can also cast down a devil you got to be able to work in sight righteous and ratchet you got to be able to be both don't scratch your head cuz you know you'll mess up when you go back so just Pat your brain while you got new growth just get ready take the nails off and be ready if you got a fight that you got to fight but we're building something next week we're gonna give another status report and I believe that people will have son I have not asked and I'm not asking today if the Lord speaks to you didn't you do it but I ain't asking nothing if God didn't speak to his word then ain't nothing else for me to say I finished with this right here the hand of God is upon this church we have great work to do the whole world is coming here I said something crazy Larry a few weeks ago with really months ago when they were talking about Amazon and their second headquarters and all that and I was saying crazy stuff like Amazon's coming to Greenville it's alright you can scream this cool just stay over there I'm playing I'm playing you good you good and then they were like Northern Virginia in New York they're saying okay I think now it's not over it's not over then last week they was like well we're not gonna be in New York no more I was like ding now some of y'all don't have faith for crazy stuff but I'm gonna get it out so when it happens it's on tape hey Jeff Jeffy Bezos JB listen they've been talking about you in the news they hating on you man listen it's a church here Karl relentless you welcome to come here and worship any time we don't need nothing from you we got something to give you we're gonna pray for you and your family we're gonna pray for y'all business what y'all need is not a city you need a covering [Applause] turn Emma's on into amazing and you need amazing if it's gonna get amazing you need some grace so I'm just calling in some of that Amazon retail and all of that stuff right here to Greenville anybody else got faith to believe father we got land out here sindelle in jesus name and do it where the world can see it five thousand jobs to start then it'll go to fifteen thousand i'm prophesied it in jesus name amen we're gonna build this wall and we're gonna watch god have you been blessed everybody stand up don't be trying to leave we all going together as a family we are a family and a gigante heads bowed eyes closed father thank you for the word thank you for our worship thank you for the breakthrough you have delivered people set people free today people have things that they were addicted to in this place and i thank you that they will never pick it up again i pray about the power of the Holy Ghost now that there will be a great harvest in the house save souls change lives in Jesus name if you were here today and you need to rededicate your life to Jesus to give your life to Jesus or you want to be a member of relentless church listen to me very carefully I want you to get everything that you walked in here with and I want you to run as safely as you can to the front of this church so we can love on you celebrate you and honor you when I count to three I want you jogging down here this is the moment jesus said tear down this temple and in three days I'll raise it up Jesus can do things in three days that man can't do in 40 years they I had even counted to three we already get in harvest look at him here they come one two three hurry [Music] the precious [Music] some more people need to be moving to this altar [Music] [Applause] [Music] to be [Music]

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Published: Wed Feb 20 2019