Hunger Games | Chapter 1 | John Gray

well hello [Music] what's going on relentless church family have you been blessed so far oh no no no have you been blessed by the presence of the lord and the corporate worship what's going on rock family how y'all been man i love you all so much so grateful for you uh i am kind of overwhelmed by the presence of the lord um to our worship team i know that they when y'all get finished y'all go and change and all of that because you'd be sweaty uh courtney it's your birthday is that correct courtney is it's your birthday happy birthday sweet girl uh let's give courtney a wonderful happy birthday we love you so much courtney uh that song that you just got finished worshiping the lord with our worship team that is the number one song in the country and and who wrote it pastor todd galbraith wrote that song it is the number one song in the world i just prophesied it's the number one song in the universe it's the number one song on mars jupiter has it at number one as well it's the number one song on the planet and in the united states can we thank god for the gift of pastor todd galbraith come on y'all can i tell you what i think pastor todd and i've said it to you privately so i'll say it publicly uh the bible says planted in the house of the lord they shall flourish in the courts of our god and planting is not always pleasant particularly when circumstances and opportunities say you could go anywhere with that gift and through hell and high water you have led the people of god here at relentless with such a level of excellence and passion and integrity and i want to tell you thank you to you and your wife vanessa your children thank you for the way you have led and for standing and staying when you very well didn't have to so we acknowledge that and we honor you today and congratulations on your success what's crazy is this is the low point for you y'all missed that he's number one and this is foundation where god is taking him is greater than where he is right now and anybody that can celebrate with him i believe the lord will credit that to your account as well so we thank you and we honor you i'm ready to preach the word now i i feel the holy ghost and i'm i got a lot of emotion james i'm emotional because i i'm standing where the enemy uh wanted to create a funeral and god has declared a resurrection and so i don't take any opportunity to preach the word for granted and so i i feel his presence and and uh elder tony i was i was looking and you and your wife were worshiping and i want to tell you how much uh strength i've gathered from your your love your prayers your encouragement uh and just your your consistent commitment you and your wife the entire coleman family i just speak and declare a blessing of god in an uncommon way uh but you have given me oxygen to keep going whether you knew it or not so i thank god for elder tony and michelle i just am so grateful and to my 78 years young mama who drove last night to be here for this morning [Music] mama thank you for praying for me for my wife for this house thank you to my beloved bride who is anointed and gifted and filled with the holy ghost and is a true leader in the kingdom i give honor to you for the way that you love this family the way you cover these kids last night after you ministered out of town you drove back two hours got home at 10 o'clock put the clothes on the kids because we promised we'd take them to frankie's fun park and i was still preparing the message and you said i'll take him and after being up early morning all day you still took him and was running around with those kids and didn't get back until after midnight and i want to honor you for the things people don't see for the woman that you are to this family and to this church the work that you do we want to give honor to you salute to you avent are great we love you can we give our co-pastor and first lady some honor please [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right i want you to do me a favor go to matthew chapter four matthew chapter four if you have the ability to stand stand for the word matthew chapter four i'm starting at the first verse matthew chapter four shout out to all of y'all who brought your kids kids want to play video games like mama what time is service is it going to be long i'm ready to go you you and your match you shut up shut your mouth sit down hush you're going to serve jesus you're going to worship to lift your hands and we can't tell what you're doing because you got your mask on you said pray the lord you got your smile say i dig you better not say nothing that's right you got to teach the kids you got to train them it's not natural for them but you're sowing something into them by making sure that they stay in the presence of god all right i got a word for you matthew chapter four i'm starting at the first verse now the precursor to this is jesus had just been baptized and he's getting ready to go to the next level just tell somebody who you came with i'm going to the next level uh you sounded like church folk in your masks i need you to say it like you know that i'm speaking prophetically and you're saying it out loud there's authority in your mouth i need you to look at somebody with the eyes give them the crazy eyes through the mask i'm telling you what i'm what i know i'm going to the next level yet are you going to the next level all right well then so jesus gets baptized the bible says that when he came out of the water the moment he was obedient the bible says the heavens were opened to him and he saw the holy spirit descending like a dove and a lighting upon him now this is deep when you walk in obedience heaven is open to you it doesn't mean other people will see what you see [Music] he saw the holy spirit because of his obedience there are people around you that don't see what you see because they didn't do what you did so don't get mad with people's lack of vision don't get upset because they do not have the same ability to discern the moment you were obedient and some people will be blessed by your obedience it is incumbent upon you to determine who needs to be near you as you elevate [Music] because people around you will get accidentally blessed whether they're supposed to be or not so you got to finish 2020 by getting rid of anything and anyone that doesn't belong because if you step foot into 2021 everything on you is going to be blessed i just prophesied i don't know if anybody caught it [Music] watch this i'm going to the next level then what happens here comes a new devil matthew chapter 4 verse 1 then jesus was led up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil and when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights afterward he was hungry now when the tempter came to jesus he said to him if you're the son of god command these stones to become bread but he answered and said to him it is written man should not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of god then the devil took him up into the holy city set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him if you're the son of god throw yourself down from here for it is written he shall give his angels charge over you and in their hands they shall bear you up lest ye dash your foot against the stone jesus said to him it is written again you shall not tempt the lord your god again the devil took him up on an exceedingly high mountain i don't know if you see but this this heavyweight battle uh starts escalating in intensity it started with a a first attempt to get jesus to step out of the wheel then the next attack was a more intense attempt and now here is the coup de gras this is the penultimate thing since the first two didn't work the tempter says let me see if i can get this man to tell me who he is and to let go of his destiny if i offer him this right here he took him on an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory and he said to him all these things i will give you if you will fall down and worship me then jesus said to him away with you satan for it is written you shall worship the lord your god and him only shall you serve then the devil left him the devil's about to leave you nobody shouts on that part that's the best part sasha that's the best part after everything you've been through the devil's gonna have to leave he's got to leave your house he has to leave your marriage he has to leave your singleness he has to leave your finances he has to leave your place of employment he has to leave your future he has to leave your present and he can't hold your past over your head he has to leave the devil's leaving and angels came and ministered to jesus jesus was lit up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil and after he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights afterward everybody say afterwards afterward he was hungry we start a new series today and the title of today's message in the series is hunger games everybody say hunger games father bless this word seal it in jesus name amen you may be seated affirmation acceptance respect understanding sex food celebration all of these are needs in the lives of people depending on who you are where you come from and what your experience is we all have needs needs translate into appetites and appetite translates into hunger varying degrees of hunger depending on where you are in a particular moment your hunger is more intense than in other moments and depending on what it is you're hungry for and what's available you'll either take what's there or you will wait for that which will satisfy you but oftentimes we snack until we can get what we want and while that might work in the natural it doesn't work so well in the spirit because the enemy is counting on your spiritual hunger and the the process of god to cause you to be impatient to satisfy spiritual hungers in improper ways hunger games this story of jesus and satan in the wilderness is significant because i believe that we're coming out of a wilderness season in the global church and in the local church specifically relentless church we have come out of a wilderness that included litigation attacks from outside and within areas of leadership deficits starting with me working through my manhood and the wounds from four years old all the way to 47 and everything in between and god ministering to me humbling me correcting me adjusting me and dealing with me notice i said me because when you start looking at yourself in the mirror you have less time to judge other people i've watched god deal and heal me and is still doing it and we'll continue to do it for quite some time but i've noticed that there was something god wanted me to understand about the season that i'm coming out of and have been delivered from and there are lessons that i believe can be a blessing to you and your family and to those who are watching so that you don't repeat some of the same mistakes and fall through some of the same cracks that i fell in and that others have fallen in because the enemy is counting on your hunger to drive you versus the word of god hunger games jesus was 30 years old the spirit of god had kept him hidden and now at 30 he gets baptized and the holy spirit says it's time to go to the next level but you don't go to the next level without go going through a wilderness experience everybody wants the next level no one wants the wilderness you must have them and so jesus is instructed by the holy ghost to fast for 40 days and 40 nights and afterward he was hungry isn't it interesting that jesus had enough discipline in his body and in his spirit that while he was fasting he wasn't even hungry and the enemy didn't mess with him while he was fasting it was that distance between the end of the fast and the cessation of the hunger he just needs a moment to get you off track the enemy knew i can't get him now because he's he's in line it's 40 days he's in tune but before he gets that first meal let me see if i can catch him hungry and let me see if i can't get him off track and so satan shows up says he's hungry hunger appetite what is an appetite a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need especially for food but in this instance there was something else going on there was a transaction that was taking place it was the end of the age of the law and the beginning of the kingdom age of grace that would coronate in the resurrection of yeshua from the dead and filling and fulfilling all prophecy so this moment was critical to what god was doing in the earth satan got dominion in the garden so he's been lurking but he's also nervous because he knows that the prophecy declared that his dominion was going to end and the government will be upon his shoulders and of his kingdom there'll be no end and they he shall be called wonderful counselor mighty god prince of peace everlasting father and so satan could read scripture but he had no insight and and revelation of scripture because you cannot get revelation from scripture unless you have the holy spirit so even though he could read it he couldn't discern it he couldn't interpret all he can do is read and so when you have a surface understanding you can only go on surface but here's the thing about the enemy the enemy thrives on probabilities he understands the human condition and he knows the statistical probability that if i put that in front of you you'll try that and i know what you like and i know it's in your blood because your grandfather liked it grandmama liked it mama and daddy like the aunts and uncles liked it just real quiet in here i don't i don't need you to get quiet now i need you to understand that the the proclivities that you have and the temptations that you have are not real deep and spiritual oh why am i struggling with this because everybody in your family has struggled with that it's something that the enemy will present because he has a statistical probability of being successful in getting you off track based on the history of your bloodline but what he has underestimated is the power of jesus blood to transform your appetite and change your very nature hunger games so satan was looking for the person that was supposed to come and take dominion and so here comes this guy jesus but satan wasn't sure so he had to probe the appetites of jesus to see if jesus would give him clues to who he was he said if you are the son of god it's a very deep scripture because i thought that satan was taunting jesus if you are the son of god no he wasn't taunting jesus he was genuinely asking a question because he didn't know if he was the son of god or not how do i know this because in matthew 16 as they're walking jesus says who do men say that i am and it was peter that said you are the christ the son of the living god jesus said flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my father who is in heaven so we know that the revelation of who jesus was didn't come till matthew 16. we in matthew 4 and god would not reveal that this was his son to a devil who was trying to take him out the reason why there's so much demonic activity around you is because the enemy's trying to figure you out james they missed it do you understand i don't think this thing is stable it's about to break help me holy ghost did you hear what i said the enemy keeps poking you and prodding you and checking your appetites to see if you fall for this that or the third because he's trying to figure out who you are and he can't know who you are unless you tell him so jesus even though he was hungry still walked in wisdom if you are the son of god i am he never said it you missed it he said it is written i'm not going to tell you who i am devil i'ma just present this word i'm not going to tell you who i am i'm just going to put the word on it stop conversing with the devil and stop giving him clues as to which way you're going and which way you're moving and just declare the word and cast him out of your house and say it is written it is written it is written hunger games i'm going somewhere satan said if you're the son of god command these stones to become bread if you hungry make yourself something to eat he said it is written man should i live by bread alone but by every word i'm not going to manufacture something that my father will bring to me when it's time and the word stones in this interpretation is lithos it's greek it means foundational stones what satan was saying is why don't you eat up your foundation for a temporary fix jesus said it is written i don't live by bread alone but by every word and his word is my foundation i'm not gonna i'm not gonna cannibalize the word that's been declared over me by moving prematurely the next thing he said is uh okay well then why don't you throw yourself down from the top of this temple let me see if you're not hungry for food maybe you're hungry for relief maybe maybe you want people to see who you are sooner maybe maybe you don't want the whole process to be revealed most of us have an appetite for impatience and the enemy will prey on our impatience and offer us what belongs to us sooner than god wanted to get it to us so we get it sooner but we're not ready for it so we end up messing it up has anybody ever been there it's yours you just move too soon the bible says let patience have its perfect work he's completing something in you so if you are patient and allow god to bring you what has your name on it at the right time then you won't have to go back to class to learn how to handle it care for it honor it nurture it he said throw yourself down he said it is written don't tempt the lord your god he passed the test then he said well i know i got one everybody falls for this one you want to be popular you want to have some power you want some glory hey all you got to do is worship me i'll give you all this if the devil was an actual person he'd probably be a marketing executive because marketers make everything look good why do you think people spend billions of dollars on commercials because they want to impress upon you the efficacy of their product their goods or their services to the point that when you see that product you have a positive image of it in your mind and they want you to think about it when you have a certain craving or a certain appetite they want you to use your discretionary income or any income you have because they hope that you go after it based on how they presented it the enemy presented it all oh jesus listen you want this how much it costs your worship what would you trade for your worship what's the cost of your worship that's just a question jesus said get behind me satan i mean i mean i'm this is you out of your mind now go on get out of here and it says to worship the lord your god and serve him only and the devil left because the normal trigger points that worked for everybody else didn't work with this guy and he never told me who he was i need you to understand that 2020 was designed number one to reveal to you who you are while keeping the enemy confused about where you're going [Applause] when this service is over in about 15 minutes most of us are going to go find somebody who's going to get something to eat after church let me see where you going red lobster who said red lobster that's the holy ghost bless your heart aye cause then biscuits them cheddar bae eba shayana biscuits you understand me who's going somewhere my wife i promise you'll be like baby where you want to go anywhere it's like red lobster what about y'all somebody else call it out huh you going home what you got at the house chicken oh that's interesting so you like chicken you got chick you like chicken i got chicken right here i got some chicken right here it's hot it's fresh i got corn on the whole cob that's some chicken and corn i got some mashed potatoes you hungry on that third row you was worshipping hard you were sweating i got some chicken right here you said you got chicken at home is it cooked is it cooked that chicken ain't ready you're over there telling her bald head like she ain't ain't no chicken ready you in the house you're gonna have to heat it up you over there telling a ball head like this chicken is ready right now you're gonna you're gonna have to wait till you get home she at least got to heat it up put it on the plate this is on the plate mashed potatoes corn on the cob and you want to wait till you get home no no no theory go sit down you want some okay here [Applause] so you're telling me you got chicken at home i offered you chicken here but you're gonna wait till you get home with the wife and eat what's there what satan does is offer you what you already have he's hoping you don't wait till you get home he's hoping you eat it when he offers it [Applause] that's how so many of us have gotten caught up your blessing is at home but he caught your appetite on the way and many of us ate before we got home and that's how the enemy will catch you and i bind that devil that whispers a marketing ploy that causes you to to fulfill your appetite before you get home what you got at home is enough and what you got at home you know who cooked it you don't know who's chicken you eating if you eat before you get home you need to leave that chicken alone then mashed potatoes have not been prepared right you don't need that corn on the cob everybody's seasoning don't taste the same [Applause] now i need a 10 second praise break if you know what i'm talking about now i feel god in here i dare you to high-five somebody near you say he's talking right yeah listen i feel the holy ghost in here the devil is a marketer listen let me tell you something about about appetite he said he got chicken let's see what else we got because the enemy will try you based on what you like anybody like steak i got a steak dinner in here where are my steak people at james you a steak man steak is here doc it's free for you doc is right here for you got broccoli with it i got loaded mashed potatoes boy they're not just regular it's loaded they've got bacon this is this ain't even bacon bits this is real bacon it's just in there it's all good it's just ready just yummers yes yes yes got a nice little dressing little little vinaigrette for the drawn butter now i like steak i like chicken anybody like mexican no no no no no no no the lord has not called me to mexican all the time i got to be in the mood for mexican because the way it sets up my stomach for later and the ministry don't do me right right about 1 53 in the morning it's like hey help me holy ghost let me get there quickly got to move slow got to move slow baby jesus because if i sneeze it's going to be a problem in the atmosphere [Applause] i'm walking to the bathroom just la da da da da who likes mexican the enemy is hoping that he can catch you off guard by appealing to your carnal appetite he wants you to move based on a temporary hunger to make a long-term decision somebody say hunger games the enemy was literally trying to get jesus to forfeit his calling and his authority by appealing to his appetite because oftentimes your appetites will give you clues to your anointing oh gosh i need you to write this down if you want to know how anointed you are check your appetites the more intense your appetites the more intense your anointing oh yes when it's hard to control certain areas but here's the thing about appetites you have legitimate needs affirmation food sex love respect those are legitimate needs but the enemy wants you to fulfill those in illegitimate ways is there anybody that will be honest to say that we know that that is the truth the devil was wondering would jesus attempt to access power without process would he attempt to exercise authority without accountability and when he didn't do it it threw the devil off he said i don't i don't think this is the son of god he ain't doing what what what everybody else does he was in all points tempted yet was without sin i'm going somewhere he was in the wilderness when this was going on the wilderness was not for the temptation of jesus it was for the elevation of jesus so if you're in a wilderness moment it is not for you to simply be tempted it is for you to walk through the test and to come out with flying colors because the work the wilderness is for your elevation your inauguration and your presentation i'ma say it again for those who are taking notes the wilderness is for your elevation inauguration and your presentation what do you mean pastor john first of all the bible says he was led up into the wilderness by the spirit to be tempted so the wilderness was on his way up oh lord everybody thinks wilderness means we're in trouble or we're being disciplined that's not the case i'm actually elevating you but you don't get to the next level without going up into the wilderness when you come out of the wilderness you have an authority that you didn't have before you walked through the wilderness you have a perspective you didn't have before you walked into the wilderness and you have a power you could not have earned had you not walked through the wilderness are there any wilderness walkers who know that when you come out on the other side you have a different level of authority stuff doesn't shake you the same way you did because you've seen god show up anybody hungry who's hungry well here's the thing we all have appetites just make sure your appetite doesn't become an addiction an appetite is a natural a natural desire to satisfy a need an addiction is an appetite that controls you and you'll do unhealthy things to fill it it's real quiet in here because y'all think attic you think drugs but you can be addicted to a lot of things some folk are just addicted to dirt and mess and and junk and foolishness what kind of dirt are you addicted to people everybody's thinking the same thing everybody oh i'm addicted to this that alcohol drugs sex porn yeah those are low-hanging fruits some of us are addicted to offense some people are addicted to being offended i want to be offended i'm waiting for you to say something so i can cuss you out and tell you that i ain't all the way saved you're addicted to offense so you can stay carnal you're you're addicted to the need for affirmation you're addicted to being a victim you have a victim mentality anointing you want to stay the victim so you always blame other people and woe is me but every now and then when you really want to get free you have to take personal responsibility [Applause] when i was going through hell some of it was the devil but 98.4 percent of it was me bad decisions inability to listen to authority no accountability living in my own mind and not listening to the people around me who truly love me who wanted me to do right by god and so i listened to my own voice and the voice of the enemy and i end up making stupid decisions filling up on filth and listening and talking to people that were beneath my calling and i'm not the only one that has done it and so i'm wondering if there's anybody else that has ever been addicted to mess and addicted to foolishness whether it's porn drugs social media you addicted to them hearts and them thumbs up but if you don't get them now your day is ruined i bind that spirit why do you need everybody to like you don't you know who you are that's what the wilderness is for the wilderness helps you to know that if nobody puts a thumbs up i still belong to god if nobody puts a heart by my picture i still belong to god is there anybody whether whether they celebrate you or dog you out you know who you are i double dog dare you to give god a 20 second praise break right here somebody scream hunger games porn drugs social media pride some of y'all are addicted to work you're you overwork and you think that's a something to celebrate you about to give yourself a heart attack and an aneurysm making money for a company that will replace you after before they before you're in the ground they will have your job posted boy earl was a good man but he'll be replaced on monday because we got to keep going and you won't even take vacation that you earned for people that ain't thinking about you you better live your life you better have some balance you better enjoy your family i wish i had some help in here stop slaving over stuff for people that aren't thinking about you i run around the whole world preaching jesus fighting for everybody else building their church and when all hell broke loose in my family i couldn't get a phone call because i was no longer convenient to your economy which means i was and there are so many people like you i thought you were sitting down i am sitting down and standing up and i'm preaching and i'll sit down again but but i was broken when i got to mike i was broken when he called me at 13. i was a mess at 21 when i said yes i'm still working through stuff at 47. and some of y'all don't ever want me to have a mic but you didn't call me so you can't sit me down and you didn't speak into me so you can't shut me up and so i'ma do what the lord told me to do and feel free to us look but i'm gonna be right here [Music] as long as you're producing for them they're fine but the moment you're no longer convenient they'll throw you away what i learned in this season is god's going to give you something that people can't take away from you so that the only one you have to listen to is god [Music] does that mean you get to live how you want no holiness is still right there's a standard and it must not change but if you fall get up for a just man falls seven times but he gets up tell somebody get up [Applause] [Music] the wilderness is for your elevation for your inauguration it was the inauguration of the kingdom age elder it was the inauguration and then it was for presentation god was using jesus to show the world his unyielding undying love for mankind but satan will market the thing you want and before you know it you have an automatic response i'm on my way home aventure is cooking and i see them golden arches i'm driving down woodruff it's on to the left and i wasn't thinking about mcdonald's i was not hungry now all of a sudden it's about a quarter of a mile away i'm like well i could get some fries a small fry because the truth is when they fries are hot lightly salted little sweet and sour sauce it's it's crazy you understand me same thing with them them devilish chick-fil-a nuggets they crispy but then they they got the right amount of moisture they moist and tender a little bit of polynesian sauce yeah bosch in there eeny meeny miny moe no i'll catch a nugget by its towel if it hollers let it go i'll be singing that song by major when i be looking at the nuggets this is why i love you this is why i love you anyway i wasn't thinking about the fries oh the mac and cheese at chick-fil-a my god they tricked us they didn't win with the mac and cheese to be crispy on the top golden brown but it's funny because the picture elicits a an expectation of taste now it's good but it ain't like mamas it's not like home and the enemy is hoping that you go for the picture it looks like home but it's not home it looks like what you're used to but it's not and now i'm off track because i have what needs to be called an unchecked appetite when your appetites drive your activities you're out of control you need to harness your appetites and tell it when it will be filled and with what oh mommy i i know people don't shout but this is a word to grow us up when i say well i you know i got needs i'm saved but i got needs what you're saying is i'm not in control of my body my body is in control of me my my my body is in control of my my spirit that's the lie because my spirit is who i actually am i learned this from pastor ypj he preached an amazing message this past friday he said this jacket that when i'm wearing this jacket it has movement but when i take the jacket off it won't move because it needs somebody to wear it in order for it to move my body is the jacket but my spirit is the is the substance of who i am and so my body doesn't tell my spirit what to do my spirit tells my appetites what to do yeah i'm hungry for that but that doesn't line up with his will so no to that and i know she looks good i know he looks good but that is not in line with the will so i'm saying no even though i have an appetite for it i will not move on my appetite i move on his word but the enemy will market to see if he can get you off track write these down and we'll go home unchecked appetite changes intentions you had no intention of doing that but you didn't check your appetite and it drove you in a direction away from your purpose unchecked appetites if you've ever had an unchecked appetite it caused you to move the wrong way oh i can't see you you need to put a hand up in the chat room stop lying i'm waiting on you go ahead i know that's right pastor you talking to me yes i am everybody say unchecked appetite see we're talking about legitimate needs i just god doesn't want us fulfilling them in illegitimate ways unchecked appetite changes intentions the next thing that an unchecked appetite does is it changes the outcome when you allow your appetite to drive you and not the word of god it changes the outcome what do i do well well what are you talking about let's talk about samson samson was god's man sampson had some pretty big appetites he loved women he lived a certain type of women his parents like that's not good for you it's not good for your soul he said get her for me she pleases me well because he had parents that were so proud to have him because they couldn't have kids they were more caught up in the gift of the child than the gift of god who gave him the child oh help me don't you spoil your kids to the point that they they end up despising the word of god every now and then you need to whoop them correct them adjust them let them know that there's boundaries you don't get everything you want i love you but i ain't worshiping at the altar of no child i got to give an account for you and and so samson's parents let him do what he wanted it didn't serve him well so much so that he ends up getting out of bounds what he was supposed to do was kill uh the enemies of god and get out of there and be a great uh judge in israel what happened is he got caught up stayed too long and with delilah and what happened because he lacked vision he ended up losing his sight because vision is always greater than sight because vision is spiritual discernment and your sight will trick you that's why you need to ask the holy ghost for vision not sight because it's a lot of stuff that looks good that's rotten on the inside and i know it's some amen's in here on that unchecked appetites change intentions change outcomes and in some cases unchecked appetites change history you don't believe me me and pastor todd was talking about this it was uh esau and jacob y'all know about esau and jacob esau came in from hunting he was hungry jacob it cooked esau was like let me get some of that stew he was like sell me your birthright jacob said sell me your birthright esau i don't care about no birth right what is that that's whatever yeah just give me some food i'm about to die impulsive dishonorable throwing away his birthright for one meal some stew a bowl of stew esau sold his legacy his eternal legacy for one meal it changed history we should be talking about the children of esau not the children of israel that's how deep it is we need to be celebrating the name of esau but because he despised his birthright god gave it to the one who would do something with it hear me if you don't do what you need to do god will find someone who will all righty nobody claps on that and and and maybe you should maybe it's for you to say you know what i need to do what the lord is telling me to do esau sold his birthright for stew and now we talk about the children of israel the house of jacob your appetite could be legitimate but don't do illegitimate things to satisfy a legitimate need the submission of your appetite to god is the submission of your will to his you can have a personal appetite but you must submit your appetites your hungers your passions your desires to the will of god in the garden of gethsemane jesus said let this cup pass translation and you've heard me say this i don't want to do this think about that nevertheless not my will not my desire not my appetite but what satisfies you what is what fulfills obedience to you i'll do that some of us because we don't like an assignment will change the assignment saying surely god didn't want me to do that but you heard what the lord said well i pray that he didn't answer to change it well then that means the first word still stands oh it's quiet three things god is developing when you submit your appetites when you submit your hungers and your passions he's developing a sense of discipline a commitment to personal responsibility and a legacy mindset god is developing in you a sense of discipline he's trying to mature you grow you up me too a commitment to personal responsibility and a legacy mindset i got one more place of hunger and we're going to go on home anybody see it you know what this is this is the most dangerous one it's that thing you haven't told anybody you know what you have an appetite for put that on the plate whatever your appetite is the one that you hide the one that only you and god know god says i want that one this is so funny to see how quiet it is there's no shame we all have an appetite we're not proud of god says why are you hiding it from me i already know i'm there all the time what's crazy is i've given you all the things i've given you and blessed you and still knew you had that appetite why don't you give it to me and watch what i do instead of sitting in shame for the rest of your life watch me deliver you from it and now you'll be an agent of deliverance for other people just put it on the plate the bible says jesus was in all points tempted yet was without sin what does that mean jesus says i'll trade you plates give me a plate full of what's really true about you and i'll give you a plate of freedom deliverance newness wholeness healing i'll give it to you i'll change your appetite because i'll change your nature my blood will change the deep dna and the things that you desired you won't even desire them anymore because you'll love me so much that you'll lay down what is natural and you'll trust my supernatural power to keep your natural mind whatever it is you need to put on this plate you need to put it down put it in your phone don't let anybody see it because you know people they they're messy i don't care how safe they are they will judge you and they will hold you hostage to that stuff i don't wish public scrutiny on anybody they will crucify you over and over again and never look at their own dirt their own mess but that's what leadership is so as i close i offer you the opportunity to get honest with the god who already knows what's going on anyway if you have any unchecked appetites today is the day to give them to the lord submit them so that he can develop in you a sense of discipline a commitment to personal responsibility and a legacy mindset my wife's cousin mugsy he's a good man great man beautiful bride they got three boys got a little girl on the way and we went to disney world last year and i watched the way he disciplined his boys he's like you can sit down eat this not going nowhere stay right here and i watched him and he's younger than me i watched the way he was stewarding these boys we've been having conversations over the past few months and he's been encouraging me and i told him even though he's younger than me i'm learning how to steward my kids because i've watched his example and it takes humility to say that i don't know it all and i don't understand it all y'all heard me say my dad wasn't around and so it's hard this idea of being a husband and a father but if you're serious god will send you examples so that you can get free from that curse and i don't have to use the excuse if i didn't see a good husband and all of that stuff i can break that right now and even if i can't get even if i don't understand freedom i can at least live holy until i get free [Applause] [Music] [Applause] holiness is not a feeling it's a choice to do right in spite of what you feel let me pray for you lord bless our church and your people and seal this word in our hearts in jesus name amen if you're here you've never given your life to the lord or you're online and you want to give your life to jesus we're going to pray a prayer together right now everyone pray this prayer lord jesus it's me i confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that jesus is lord thank you for the blood that was shed for me i receive the free gift of salvation not through my works but the finished work of the cross the blood is enough and i thank you holy spirit come live inside and teach me how to be more like jesus each and every day you are my savior and my lord in your name i pray jesus amen if you've never given your life to the lord you just did welcome to the family of faith and welcome to relentless church if you're here and you prayed that prayer for the first time or you want to be a member of this church would you just stand if you're in here and you pray that and you're saying this is my first time or i'm joining this church i want to be a part of this church if you're online amen amen welcome welcome you know it took a lot to register and then come in here to become a member we welcome you i would normally come hug you but you know cause of the rona i just got to i see you up in the big hugs here's what i need you to do i need you to text the number on the screen if you're giving your life to jesus or you're now wanting to be a part of the relentless church text the number on your screen we're going to follow up with you no one is coming to the front that being said have you been blessed today hunger games i think we need to continue this next week let's continue with the hunger games series next week for those who want to be a part of our in-person services our online registration is open right now you don't have to wait till later this afternoon you can do it right now that being said can we all stand i love you guys so much we celebrate you for those who are giving uh pastor darius is coming to give us instructions and they will tell you how you can do that as you exit for those who want to give online after our post-service wrap-up with eldridge brandon and jordan you guys will have an opportunity to give as well but in the meantime may the lord bless you and keep you cause his face to shine upon you may the lord our god be gracious to you show you his favor and give you his peace we love you so much god bless you relentless church have a wonderful wonderful week

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Length: 54min 22sec (3262 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 16 2020