so we live down worshiping say Here I am to worship here [Music] [Applause] [Music] so I wish the Quran to receive you and I will [Music] [Music] [Applause] it is amazing what a privilege it is just to boast the claim of being Christian anybody glad to be saved today anybody glad to be saved with the only religion in the world that can boast of a savior that was born that lived that died that rose again and is coming back does anybody know his name come on does anybody know his name there's power in his name and we're mindful on this the first Sunday in July this is our seventh time gathering around the sacred table that Jesus commandeered the disciples have brought him into a closed room he pulled out a loaf of bread lifted it up in front of all of them and said this is my body is broken for you would you remove that wafer from your receptacle lifted above your head I want you to break it right in your hand please that's what the enemy tried to do to you last month tried to crush you tried to tell you apart tried to leave you fractured but how many of you are grateful that God kept you together that while we were yet sinners he died for us to that end would you please take a knee [Music] pulling back ever so carefully the second level of your receptacle lifted above your head he then pulled out a flask of wine and said this is my blood it is shared that for you is what fellow teens called transubstantiation that suggests everything that's in the blood is now in this cup your redemption is in your cup your healing is in your cup your deliverance is in your cup I wanna say to you four moments in July that push triggers of stress weary anxiety and depression I want to lurk you this is the only drink you gonna need hallelujah how many of you all know the blood still works for the blood that was shared for sinners like me and sinners like you would you please take and drink the disciples asked of the master how odd we pray in those difficult and daunting times we feel as if we are disconnected from you well we need to lift our petition towards heaven is in that moment that Jesus taught them the Lord's Prayer all over the sanctuary even those of you who are watching online let us pray together The Lord's Prayer aloud come on everybody our Father [Music] amen before you take your seats would you hug 3 people and tell them July is gonna be better than June come on come on July y'all don't believe that I said to lie it's gonna be better than June somebody typed that on the screen for me somebody tweet that July is gonna be better than June I wish there was a spirit of expectation would you shout it out loud July is gonna be better than to come on give somebody a high five tell them to laugh is gonna be better than Joo you may be seated in the presence of the Lord I feel like you ought to just be mumbling it to yourself all week long some I just say it out loud your lies gonna be better than June even at the risk of looking crazy would you say it out loud again July is gonna be better hi Lilly the sort of really stretched your faith July's gonna be the best month I've had this year so the last six months of the year are gonna be so much better then the five six months into you elbow your neighbor tell them it's gonna get better it's gonna get better it's gonna get better those of you are just coming in the sanctuary you got shoes bring them straight to the altar if you team high phone and you brought shoes bring them straight to the altar you team Android hold it for a little while I'm telling you how many of you all amen amen look at God how many of you love your church how many of you love your church come on don't fool me how many of you believe new birth is the greatest place in the earth [Applause] something amazing is happening next Sunday how many of you all got a family member that owes you money amen how many you all got a friend of yours that hates their job hates their job something amazing is happening new birth an uncanny partnership has has just been hatched and I'm glad to announce it to you Jackson Hartsfield the International Airport has officially named new birth as their hiring Stacia [Applause] if y'all don't shout over this something is wrong next Sunday we are hiring 250 people in one day y'all a ready for it [Music] 250 people they're coming and setting up a job fair right here in our sanctuary on our campus on next Sunday so I need you to please please please bring everybody who you can who needs a job if you're not sure who to invite invite whoever owes you money amen I invite them how many you all know off the top of your head somebody that needs to get hired somebody that needs a job opportunity a job possibility but no other Church in Atlanta Metro will be able to make that claim that in one day we were able to facilitate 200 people getting gainful employment are y'all excited about that I ran into a video last week that I wanted to share with you if you'll give your attention to the screen Pastor Chris Harris from Chicago Illinois gave an amazing testimony and I wanted to share with you if you give your attention to the screen god bless your friends Pastor Chris Harris here and something amazing happen and I had to tell you about it recently I preached at a friend of Mines Church and on that night God led me to sew a $1,500 seat and I put God to the test I said God listen I want you to make something specific heaven in a seven-day period I was trying God and challenging God in the next 90 days we're having our fundraiser and I'm excited because I believe that God is going to help us to raise the amount of money that we need but the seed was going to help the need and I decided to try God and put my faith to the test I want you to take a moment and look at this video clip so that you can know the proof is in the pudding I have learned that you can give your way into a new season and out of an old season tonight only because it's your 15th birthday I am going to sew into your church $1500 the reason I'm doing it is because in the next three months and need God to give me five hundred thousand [Music] right start raise your hand the last time I sold 1500 God gave me 1 million less than 90 days later for my vision out of nowhere watch this one sweet rag on I want y'all to follow my social media and I'ma ask God in your church please give me the first 50 thousand before next Friday watch me posted wow I've been cold I've been commissioned and I have the capacity as you can clearly see I put God on a seven-day timer I was just trying my own thing speaking things into existence and from the day that we went live seven days later God actually did what I asked him to do I am amazed and it came through on the seventh day and God still had more time he said listen Harris I beat your deadline and he exceeded my expectations I just want to remind you that second Corinthians chapter 9 verse eight says and God is able to make all grace abound toward you that you having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work the fundraiser is for his word and he provided what's this based on the seed connected to the need I am completely floored and I want to encourage you make sure that you continue to sow so that you can also read God is still in the financial miracle working business he did it for me and I just came to tell you that you are absolutely the next miracle recipient those of you that believe it come on and give God a cheer right there in Malachi chapter 3 God signs our permission slip and says tests me in this there's no other area where God grants us access to test him but in the area of our finances I saw Pastor Chris Harris's testimony in Chicago they needed $500,000 to secure building and within seven days God released it how many of you believe God over the next seven days for something amazing to have I can't hear you I said how many of you believe God that in the neck y'all don't need anything from God let me try it again in the next seven days God will do something amazing I want to challenge those of you who can hear my voice those of you your faith connects with my faith on today that this week we gonna test God that if God can do it in Chicago I believe he can do it in Atlanta that's the kind of faith I got how many you all have that kind of faith pushers are moving amongst you if you're Epson of an envelope it is our amazing opportunity to be able to give now but I want those of you who are gonna jump in this fire with your pastor there those of you that are gonna test God for something specific that you need over the next seven days I'm not talking generally anybody got a specific need you need a dress come on don't fool me those of you who are part of our cyber community come on get in agreement how many of you need healing in the next seven days you need a door open in the next seven days you need something reconciled in the next seven days you need a big bill paid off in the next seven days you need a miracle to happen in the next seven days I've tired as you know what is required of you according to Malachi chapter 3 that we give 10% of our income under God but I want those of you who are called and your favor resonates with this video those of you that can and will I want you to jump up a little bit higher I want every person that can and will to sow a sacrificial seed today of one hundred and fifty dollars there are others of you that can give fifteen hundred dollars to do a seven day test to see if God will not perform just what he said how he said and exceed your deadline and exceed your expectation even if you're gonna give it I know you didn't know I was gonna put this challenge out today but even those of you that didn't know that we were going to do it you don't have another cheque you can give electronically I'll throw your debit cards your ATM cards you can give through cash app push the a text to give you can give online at new birth dot org how about I want those of you that will come into agreement pastor I'm with you I need something heavy from God this week I need a miracle from God this week I need something undeniable and irrefutable that when it happens I'll know that it had to have been the hand of God I want you to get that seed in your hand get that seed in your hand so our tithes our offerings for this morning I'm telling you you'll know how fast God is gonna move those of you who were here on last Sunday you were here on last Sunday you remember we talked about our global outreach initiative and somebody walked down the aisle and gave a seed of $10,000 how many of you all know this as fast as God can send somebody to bless you I want you to get that seed in your hand soon as you have that seed you're offering in your hand I know that you were bursting at the seams to get here this week look at all the money you saved now going to the essence festival no hotel no flight no gas no beignets you right here so I want you to put all your essence money in the envelope all of our runaway new berth members who watch it from the hotel this morning I ask that you will please please not only you give me your tithe you giving your guilt offering of a hundred and fifty for all that you did in the French Quarter this weekend we praying for your forgiveness we took communion for you today I need you to please get that seed in your hand every person get that gift get that sacrifice as soon as you have it would you lift it above your head please I'm thankful for those of you who are part of our side of a family I want to stretch you on today I want you to get a gift of one fifty five of you can give that gift of fifteen hundred I want you to test God over these seven days even greater than that I want those of you who have never tithed that before to say you know what I'm a trust God in the middle of the summer I'm believing that win the season shifts so so will my lifestyle as your hand is extended repeat after me Lord thank you for what you did last year for what you did last month for what you did last week for what you did yesterday but the seed in my hand is in expectation for what you're gonna do before this week is over amen bless the Lord archers are moving amongst you to receive your offering as is the culture of our church if you want to sow your seed for yourself at the altar you're able to do so I'm music ministry is gonna give us some marching music ask that no let's do this please why are you giving can we share our morning announcements via video let's do that if you brought with it a new birth your video announcements our back-to-school drive got off to an amazing start last week but we want to know who will win iPhone vs. Android users who can collect the most shoes we're still collecting new shoes for boys and girls our goal is 2,000 pairs of shoes please bring donations to the altar the shoes will be distributed Saturday August 3rd 10:00 a.m. during our back-to-school outreach you must register online to receive shoes if the shoes are not in a box please tie the laces together shoes can also be purchased online at my registry com simply type in new birth and please register online to volunteer at new birth org welcome to our global outreach day we will prepare and pack 50 thousand meals from missions in Kenya after worship service today we invite you to stay after service to give us a hand and this is just a reminder we will not have group therapy during the month of July we will resume our regular schedule Tuesday August 13th during this time please do some self-care and spend time with your family this sabbatical does not affect our Sunday worship schedule campaign 235 is our new vision campaign based on Psalms 23 and 5 my cup runneth over please pray and seek God as we journey towards our goal of being debt-free to do more ministry as our cups run over pledge cards are available online at new birth org or you may request one from an usher and don't forget to visit the call to concur book store for two new exciting series understanding the Holy Spirit by dr. Jamaal Harrison bryant and global impact crusade featuring Bishop John Francis from London stop by for your copies today our July book of the month is stuck by Sir Nelly Rufus it's also available at our call to concur bookstore we also invite you to the Atlanta Airport job fair Sunday July 14th after worship service in our multi-purpose room the airport is seeking to feel 250 positions immediately they're hiring managers supervisors food service personnel cashiers janitorial staff and more great benefits parking passes and Marta cards don't miss it please join us for worship service July 14th at 9:30 a.m. we'll have a special treat in store for you renowned recording artist Anthony Hamilton Anthony will be signing his new book cornbread fish and collard greens where antthony describes it vivid detailed the passion inspiration and methodology behind his large catalog of music and that's all this time new birth [Music] praise the Lord would you give God a hand clap of praise forever gift forever giver it's our world outreach day new birth today we're gonna prepare meals for 50,000 people come on somebody give God a hand clap of praise we represent in our church today so we asked everybody who could who would to wear the new birth t-shirts we ask people to be creative with their t-shirts those of you that participated and you feel like you got the most creative a t-shirt you feel like you got the most creative t-shirt would you come to the altar real quick let's see what you're working with Olo it all right y'all yes all right lo it all right y'all rockin heavy boy alright so let me do this first let me have my young people 17 and under would you step up front all of my young people 17 and under 17 and under step up front y'all part the Red Sea let me come down here thank you let me see excuse me 17 and under alright you all step up a little bit let me see what y'all got 17 and under alright let's see you gotta have an Android 17 and under you ain't even got a t-shirt on get out of this line all right how old are you 17 you just made it come on low water come on thank you all right come stand ready in the middle all right thank you all right how old are you 17 how old are you 12 9 you made that you made it your mother didn't make it you promised me all right how are you 17 how old are you oh my goodness I can't take it how do you 14 16 16 12 17 12 what did you do to this shirt huh nothing how old are you 15 all right we gonna go old Apollo style we're going old Apollo sit down whoever it is you all think has the most creative t-shirt I need you to cheer for them all right we gotta firm all the kids and now here we go we're gonna firm all of the kids but the one that you like the most camera y'all gotta zoom in so they can see these shirts all right tell me your name Brian all right you still come in thank you how old are you 14 all right stand over on that end with the two gentlemen who didn't decorate their shirts all right thank you come on let's give it up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tell me your name rum nya how sixteen we shall give it up for our winner come out this is our own fashionista all right thank you we got a $100 Visa gift card for you you tore it up I mean you did the thing show you're right she loves her pastor thank you would you give it up for all of our young people make some noise for all of our young people now listen Roberta y'all gotta give her something we gotta give her something yes I gotta give you something you got it thank you and let me take that one thank you put it in your purse here you go all right wit nothing on his shirt he gonna say are you gonna hook a brother up no I'm tired of black people all right listen [Applause] am I gonna hook a brother up you see the hook that shirt up all right let me get the men to step forward let me get the men let me get the men to step forward come on brothers stick come on come on I'm sick of this church okay one two three four five but he's older men men y'all got to do better all right we going to Paulo style thank you all right we're gonna cheer for every brother make some noise for the shirt that you like the best [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you had to turn around let him see it so let him see the front of it [Applause] [Music] y'all have like none of these shirts alright let's try it again camera y'all gotta zoom in y'all running over my time now thank you alright come on [Applause] you waving your hands don't make them clap louder [Applause] alright this you'll step up for me please come on these two are our finalists come on [Applause] where we thank you come on would you make some noise for our brother come on thank you thank you gentlemen all right so let's do this please let's do this let me it's a whole lot of y'all huh okay it's no let's do this please let me do all of my ladies fifty and over let me do this first [Applause] stay right there mama stay right there all right listen all right Lord all right slide down you making a second line that's for New Orleans now we all right listen I need y'all to back back up for me so I got to do know that this first line let me have one line we gotta have finals and semi-finals all right thank you all right you all got to pay attention I got to move quick clap for what's your light all right [Applause] camera y'all not doing good shoulder shirt shown the back show on the back [Applause] show on the back zoom in on this zoom in on this huh show you're right [Applause] [Music] come on miss man [Applause] new birth is lit holy ghost fire all right come on come on mother and daughter I love it come on come on show them that zoom in on that y'all better shout for that one right there all right [Applause] okay come on thank you [Applause] [Applause] all right let me show you she been save su min on this I don't even know what that say [Applause] we're not tutorial program stop all right come on all right second line come on second line y'all move up come on second line y'all we got to move now slide over something you don't bought a bag with you all right thank you I'm coming behind you thank you all right come on show them the bag show them the bag now show them the bed hi y'all some haters I'm going to get the bag look at that look at that come on come on I love it look at that y'all gotta clap louder for that one right there now alright okay come here come stand with her who would best come on new bars come on cameraman let's roll I like it thank you alright that's nice [Applause] the after 5:00 t-shirt all right come on stand out there come on come out let him see the back come on big whip pearls come on y'all like get this y'all guys see Nana with a cutout come on there look at that all right [Applause] I got it all right under 50 y'all step up come on under 50 where y'all at represent under 50 all right wait your turn now me okay all right I'm gonna start on this side with business cards oh they got a dim the lights hers glows in the dark I didn't that's what I want our dad won I'd Newburg distant shirt we gonna wear on New Year's Eve all right we almost there come on all right that's nice that's good [Applause] come on winter spring summer fall come on let's go yeah we can see it we see it all right very nice now you got to show them the back of that shirt now turn it around now turn it around now turn it around now turn it around [Applause] new birth 2.0 look at that birth of a new nation I see mine oh you like that one all right well we cameraman where are you it's your turn go head go head kill the runway go ahead come on Clara I see you stand on them all right did I do you already Oh dim the lights for her skirt goes with her shirt it's Christmas in July y'all all right I've left out some of my fifty and over which I'll come quick Yatta messed up my whole time come on no it's um I miss right oh just the two of y'all okay come on pearls come on spin it around let them see it you did that you did a great job come on look at that shirt there what does that say on the new birth god no try to let them see the right the right Church under the right pastor serving the only true God and you know that's right show you're right Widow oh and now to you alright so I finalist come on glitter we're the one with the bishop long pastor Bryant then yeah huh you need to be a finalist okay come on come on this is it that we do okay all right this is it y'all yes you count for making your own noise it's come off for New Year's Eve [Applause] come on miss my to remix turn it around turn it around if you guys Ida Cohen you can't keep turning around we got it all along one t-shirt and our winner come on come out [Applause] there you go thank you would you make some noise for all of our creatives [Applause] yeah I know it I know it thank you would you give all of them a big hand please all of them all of them give them a big big can't come on clamp a little bit louder clamp a little bit louder if you don't have a new birth t-shirt answered you go to our call to concur bookstore pick one were you going sir here [Applause] thank you sir all right we're gonna be all right we gonna be all right all of you who may oh shoot into new birth if you do not put on the box and draw de Appel they automatically go to Apple side come on make some noise Apple make some noise you come and come home what side you going to huh enjoy it go ahead over there were you going yeah you go on over there Apple people come with a box [Applause] you ain't got no paperwork nothing we don't know we you got there from where you going iPhone come on look at her with a box in a bag were you going Apple look at that look at that [Applause] we won't thank you we're starting a series for the month of July called by popular demand amen we thank you I appreciate it that's a good new brother thank you I need you listen 1200 of you 1200 of you are filled out the survey on one of the areas that you need to hear your pastor address in sermons and Bible study 1200 of you are all through the month of July I'm gonna be preaching in response to where it is that your theological mandate is and so for us to find out where we are on today as that you give your attention to the screen after the video shares what is our message for today our music ministry will prepare our hearts and minds for the Word of God would you take a moment would you take a moment invite somebody to worship [Music] the Pastor Brian hurt you by popular demand this weak servant is forgiveness and now for today's message [Music] can we just take a moment everybody can you just lift up our hands and can we just prepare our hearts to receive a word anybody ready for a word from the Lord from heaven today oh I can't hear you anybody ready for a word from the Lord I just need the real worshippers just to rise to your feet can we just take just a couple of moments and let's just worship together everybody would you help me say it my hallelujah belongs to you come on everybody let's worship together everybody say it come on everybody say all of the glory all of the glories here come on everybody say all of the glory tell em tell them just one more time oh the glory belongs to you come on say it [Music] everybody let's raise that worship all that the glory belongs to you you need come on everybody say it come on you decide [Music] you deserve it Simon [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I worship a honey [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] hands on your voices saying come on everybody raise your praise at your worship sin without the music let me hear the voices of the building everybody y'all signature stands all over the building come on raise your boys head your worship and say attend say all of the glory all of the glory everybody raise your voice come on say [Music] if you believe here come on give God some praise you may be seated for just one moment I'm appreciative for all of you who are present on today and grateful for all of you who are in our cyber sanctuary allow me a point of personal privilege just to have thank God for a few families who are here of the Canon at family reunion if you're here would you stay in the Canon family reunion where are you give God some praise for the Canon family you may be seated the Lindsey Williams family where you the Lindsey Williams family [Applause] thank you all for coming the Archie family will you please stand the Archie family we're you Archie family in the back thank you so very much and the best family the best family where you best family are you here new birth let's thank God for all of these families culminating their family reunions here at new birth how would you secure your Bibles and stand to your feet secure your Bibles stand to your feet please I want to direct your attention to the Old Testament Book of Jonah chapter 2 Jonah chapter 2 I want us to consider verses 1 2 & 3 Jonah chapter 2 verses 1 2 & 3 Jonah chapter 2 once you found I want you to say I got it I want to thank all of you who filled out the survey is we're going to be dealing with four issues areas of concern that were the most prominent amongst our congregation that need to be addressed and we'll deal with poles in the pursuing weeks Jonah - beginning at verse number one from inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God he said in my distress I called to the Lord and he answered me from deep in the realm of the Dead I called for help and you listen to my cry you hurled me into the depths into the very heart of the Seas and the currents whirled about me all you waves and breakers swept over me you may be seated I'm dealing with today at your mandate about forgiveness I want to a preach today using as a subject I can show you better than I can tell you would you look at the person beside you and tell them don't play with me look at me now I tell them I can show you better than I can tell you I can show you better than I can tell you my dear comrades it's amazing the Conservatives have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump for being the very first president to visit North Korea and meet with Kim jong-un the same conservatives were slow to lend applause when President Obama three years ago crossed into Hiroshima which is the Japanese city that the US destroyed with a nuclear bomb in 1945 estimates suggest that over a hundred and fifty thousand people were annihilated when the toxins hit the surface and even with that historic trip 70 years later disturbingly but not surprisingly there came no apology political scientists argue that the strike was justifiable as it was to them the quickest way to end World War two the earth's largest conflict Jennifer Lind a professor from Dartmouth University Shen's said a different vantage point from her book entitled sorry states apologies in international politics she argues for rightly that apologizing simply isn't something that the United States practices history has ample evidence of this fact during the Vietnam War this nation sprayed about 12 million gallons of herbicides Agent Orange which corrupted crops and incapacitated about 1 million citizens and this humble estimate comes from the Red Cross even after Congress has earmarked 100 million for aftercare it still came with no apology just because somebody pays you doesn't mean they respect you even closer to home was the Congressional empty apology extended to African Americans in 2009 for the atrocities inflicted by the slave trade the deception was that it was worded in such a way so that it could not be used as a legal springboard for reparations you have to be on alert for those who want to apologize but not take accountability it shouldn't be that hard to apologize but it is dumbfounding how hard it is for many people to take ownership accountability and responsibility for the things they know that they have done wrong frontrunner Democratic candidate Joe Biden in 1990 introduced the Violence Against Women Act but still hasn't apologized to Anita Hill or the other women who said that he touched them inappropriately Harriet Lerner the author of why won't you apologize suggests that being male makes you an under apologizer and being female makes you an over apologizer research dictates that women apologize more because they believe they've done more wrong and men don't apologize generally because they really are not convinced they did anything wrong if men under apologized and women over apologized it helps us to connect the dots that the church which is the Bride of Christ in both the Old Testament and the New Testament the church is always regarded in the feminine form and regrettably the 21st century church / apologizes for our position we keep apologizing because we don't want anybody's feelings hurt and the church always apologizes in hopes of acceptance amazingly the gospel is engineered to offend it is to make comfortable people uncomfortable and the uncomfortable comfortable but the church keeps apologizing we apologize for how much time we spend in worship but you get excited with the game goes into overtime we apologize for how we express our edge elation and praise under God but in the car you want to turn your favorite song all the way up in church you get an attitude and say I didn't feel nothing I didn't get nothing out of that worship today well good it wasn't for you all of the glory goes to God I got to tell you self-righteous Christians you better get ready cuz a whole lot of heterosexuals are going to hell and there's some homosexuals going to heaven y'all don't got mad right there the church is gonna have to stop apologizing because we've got a mandate and a standard of righteousness and holiness but we keep trying to ride the fence so that everybody can feel that they can stay where they are the sake and the aim of the gospel is they you can come as you are but you will not stay as you are and we're under a culture of niceness we have now hidden being rude as keeping it real our language is guttural in an attempt to keep it 100 we always in fact excuse manners and etiquette under the banner of evangelism but the church was the place where we learned how to speak publicly for the first time as in the dining room of the church were we learned appropriately how to hold a fork and a knife it was in the church that in Sunday school you learned how to read out loud y'all not saying nothing to me it was in the church that you figured out that while it was that you were regarded and disregarded as less than a human be a that in church was the only place that we could put on a suit a dress in a hat and feel some level of respectability but now you come in church and you don't know whether you in church or in the club because there is no differentiation of what do we do to present ourselves worthy of standing in the presence of our holy God I'm okay up with you coming with a hat on but more importantly I want to make sure your mind is on right it don't bother me if you got holes in your jeans I just want to make sure you don't have a hole in your heart it don't matter to me whether you got gold teeth I just want to know can you speak those things that are not as though they already are I am not offended if you got tattoos on your neck I just want to know if you got Jesus on the inside man looks at the outer appearance but it's God that looks at the heart we got to stop apologizing how you bring visitors and friends and neighbors the church and we in the middle of worshiping you'll come out of worship to poorer ass are you all right is this okay we usually don't scream like this at this point you got to make up in your mind that I am so devoted to God that I don't care who gets offended I am so committed to the work of Christ and I am so appreciative for the blood that if other folk got an attitude that is their problem and not my can I tell you something you really have not shouted good till somebody get mad you ought to be shouting until somebody sucks their teeth rolls their eyes and mutters under their breath it don't take all of that well it may not take all of that for you but you don't know what I've been through I gotta give God will you look down your roll and tell the people on your own I will not apologize I can't scream in Walmart I can't yell at Linux I can't dance on my job but when I get to my daddy's house when I think of the goodness of Jesus [Applause] the tickling point for many of us is figuring out what is wrong has become subjective in order to offer an apology you have to be willing to do an autopsy on your identity it's the ability to put to shame your former self so I can apologize for what it is that I've done why because I learned from it and it is no longer who it is that I am me apologizing extends that I am an extension of Jesus Christ because he knows how to forgive it's so hard today because we are wired I need you to hear me is hard for people to apologize because people have become so wired to be defensive we seek to explain rather than to understand people are really not listening to you anymore they're waiting for your pause so that they can interject their own opinion and their own analysis it is amazing that forgiveness oftimes that when I told you that I was gonna preach about forgiveness you immediately went into the lazy board chair of self-righteousness and assumed that I was talking about you forgiving somebody no but today God is calling you who do you need to apologize to I don't got quiet how we have co-opted a victim ization mentality and culture that we are so quick to talk about what other people have done to us but we never think about how it is that we mishandled other people I know you've been saved your whole life I know you wake up speaking in tongues I know your station is stuck on the gospel music station but there are those of us that when we do inspection of our behavior our language and our treatment there are some people and some situations we did not handle with christ-like maturity that we did not exercise our higher self that we did not model the grace that God has extended to us and you would yourself right yourself refused to apologize apologizing is difficult why because it comes with the possibility of rejection what if they don't accept my apology what if it spirals into a whole nother conversation what if it opened opens up Pandora's box I don't want to apologize why because it leaves me with vulnerability that cannot be cured making an apology I need you to hear me well making an apology night's meet Christian William Shakespeare said to thine own self be true second chronicles seven and fourteen says if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves pray seek my face here's the catch and turn from their wicked ways then I'll hear from heaven and I'll forgive their sins and out healed the land I want to call to you I've been with you now for six months and the Holy Spirit reminded me while I was praying meditating preparing and reflected that in six months I've called you to shout called you to give called you to sign up called you to volunteer but in six months I never called the church to repentance it's hard to repent because if you're gonna repeat repentance comes with a change of behavior you you gotta be different than where you were before the trespass I'm talking about your neighbor and even talking about your friend or your coworker when is the last you repented to God you you either choke down this communion swallow back the wine to back the wafer and now once did you remember if you confess your sins he's faithful and is just the clincher from all unrighteousness something is wrong with the maturity of the church that we shall only win we want something but we never plead because we have lost our fear of God every now and again you ought to be calling out under God why cuz he could have struck me dead he cannot waken me this mortar device every day we sin by thought by word and body and most of us only repent for deeds here it is we got caught in but God said I need to see will you repent for the font you have will you repent for the text messages you forward with will you repent for the porn you were watching will you repent for the adultery in your mind will fear God so come to church sit next I'll love us condoms in our purse cigarettes in our wallets weed in the glove compartment y'all ain't saying nothing to me you couldn't even give him undivided attention without updating your social media but God says I wanna see will you give me one minute to say God I'm not deserving of your grace but I'm thankful for your mercy I I don't deserve to be here beside you for looking beyond all of my faults and my plant halleluyah be seated I talking to you hallelujah we become a generation of vipers and backstabbers and political minions [Applause] I just need those of you who in this room who know if it wasn't for the cross I wouldn't be here come on repent repent repent for the stuff I fought for the stuff I said for the places I had no business something you can't repeat cuz you ain't ready to change but if you want to be a better person the last six months of the year that you were the first six months of the year I dare you to repent to lift up that hand if you ain't sinned this week don't say nothing if you haven't fallen short ain't talking to you if you ain't mr böck forget about it those of you like me that need the grace of God would you lift up that hand and open up your mouth I'm begging you to repair I want to be better I want to be different I want to be strong I want more discipline I need greater focus I repair you spare my life and I still don't eat right still not following what the doctor said I repair for being an emotional abuser for taking the stress of my job out on my household for stealing your tithe when you've been a blessing to me anybody can say they're sorry cuz nothing comes with it but when I repent that means I'm making a commitment to change when I repent is saying I forget those things which are behind and I brush towards the market a high calling be saved to be changed god I want to be better I want to live better I want to serve you better those of you who are thankful that God's grace extends to 2019 Holly wants you to give him worship if you know he accepts your repentance come on I can't hear nobody I said open up your mouth you cut off every emotional affair you are cutting off every toxic conversation I repaired you got a work husband but don't take care your real husband I repaired all the people I've talked about in my mind I repent for judging folk and I don't even know their story [Music] maybe seated high up I discovered a curious case a curious case in the biography of a man by the name of Jonah here's what I found out about Jonah he's like a lot of people who are in this room a lot of people who are watching online a lot of people who are viewing this podcast I want to tell you about Jonah in the first chapter the book that's named after him he gets a call to God and the call from God is to go preach in Nineveh and Jonah runs in opposite direction you got to forgive me you get may hear out birds in different places in this sanctuary because there are some specified areas of repentance that got to take place in this worship encounter today you got to repent I don't know where you are you got to repent when you know what you are called to do and you have not been functioning in your call what God has placed in you is not reflective or evident in your life Jonah said I don't want this assignment because the people don't like me I don't want this assignment because it's outside of my comfort ability I don't want this assignment you don't pay me will I don't want this assignment just gonna mess up my 5-year plan but God said you better get in order with your call before I take everything that you are connected to you gotta forgive me as some folk around you who are out of order who know before this year is over that they have got to be completely submitted to the call of God that is on their life if that's where you are I'm telling you I'm talking to you I'm talking to your neighbor you should have been left that job you should have ended that relationship you should have moved out of that house you should have titled that agreement so don't line up with where God is calling you so Jonah needed to repent and he never does it and Jonah chapter 1 verse number 3 he pays the price to get on the ship to be obedient was free to be disobedient cost him you just missed it God is saying to some of you I need you to repent for the mismanagement of the resources I gave you because if you are being compliant with your call you wouldn't be in the financial stress you in right now I'm cutting the holes in your pockets nobody told you to finance a grown man y'all done got quiet nobody told you to shoulder the false obligation of grown children you always saying nothing to me don't let nobody Harper guilt over you because you won't cosign that ain't your responsibility rap God spinning stuff you don't need with money you don't have to impress folk that you don't even like trying to keep up with the Joneses and they moved out of town I bless you you making more money than you've ever made in your life and got nothing to show for it when you were broke you would sow seed you will give first fruit you were tired but now that i elevate you now you an account he said maybe I gotta take you back to rock bottom just to get your attention I need you to repair Jonah gets on a ship going in the opposite direction of his call and the people on the ship have a meeting cuz the storm starts brewing that wasn't in the five-day weather forecast there was no indication that his storm on the Weather Channel this is before global warming they can't figure out where these winds and waves are coming from and the captain of the ship who is not even saved said - Jonah you need to pray you got a repair when unn covenant it people operate in a greater expectation of your mental thing you do y'all ain't saying nothing to me here something is wrong when people who don't even know God see the God in you and you try to hide and act like you regular you were never supposed to fit in you a bar under stand up never another day in my life will somebody have to tell me to pray nobody gotta call me in to affairs nobody gotta beg me to worship God why cuz I know him for myself hallelujah there 50 y'all in this room you O God worship why cuz you almost went postal on that job and the Holy Spirit gave you a piece that you didn't even know where it came from I'm talking to somebody that was Crone if God wasn't with you you would have kicked over desk you would have slept somebody in the next week but God said if you hold your peace I've been telling the chapter one I'm in verse number nine once they figure out Jonah is the one who caused the storm they throw him overboard as I was with you but ignore my call spending money I shouldn't have having other people forced me in the prayer but I'm lost on this one God said you need to repent hear me new birth you need to repent for letting people throw you out of what you should have left it just got quiet how you hurt how in the world are you hurt about who God never intended for you to be with God I can't hear nobody God said since you wouldn't cut it off I made them cut you off you you ought to be thankful for what I disrupted about now all of us had graduated from Sunday School we know that Jonah finds himself in the belly of a fish some suggest symport that it's a whale but the Bible says it's just a fish and he's sitting in the belly of this fish and it's the first time we hear Jonah pray and Jonah says Lord when I was in distress you answered me is that anybody's testimony let me try it again I said Lord when I was in distress you answered me here's what Jonah prayed I'm in verse number 2 when I thought I was gonna die you breathe life back into me I can't hear nobody hears yourself this is the Jamal shout when I know I messed up you still answered my prayer when I was doing the right thing you still respond you hurled me into the deep in the heart of the sea and the crack swirled around me hallelujah and if you read Jonah chapter 2 I read something that missed me I'll read it when you get home I found out when I read Jonah chapter 2 that Jonah never repented never apologize for being out of order going the wrong way spending money he didn't have being in relationship with people God never connected him to never repented but Jonah said Jamal don't you judge me too quick you read my prayer in Jonah chapter 2 turn the page and look at me and Jonah 3 I turned the page I looked at Jonah chapter 3 you ain't gonna believe what happened Jonah go straight to Nineveh guess I'm missing the point he said just tell new birth for me then I can show you better than I can tell you that even if I don't apologize look at my behavior and see if I won't follow what God it's done my grandmother used to say your actions speak louder than your words Lord I want to be a Christian in my heart I know we all sing them counting songs anymore I want to be more loving in in my heart God is saying I want new birth for you to know that I am creating your Christianity your faith and your discipleship not how you shout on Sunday but how you live Monday through Saturday allow your actions just speak louder than your words in it amazing then I will promising you that you will be millionaires that you'll be debt-free did you be booed up by Labor Day y'all be tending to church up but if the mandate for you is that for the rest of this year my lifestyle is gonna be evident that I am sold out for Jesus Christ if that's where you are and you are committing the God a change of behavior would you lift up that hand and open up your mouth I gotta change how my actions to speak louder than my words lift up that hand this ain't no shouting sermon is a convicting sermon transformation this ain't no turn to your neighbor I ain't talking to your neighbor I'm talking to you I don't want you giving nobody a high-five need you to lift that hand up God I want to be better pastor you got to pray for me I got a custom problem I'm good till I get mad what I needed to do something I'm I'm alright til I get stressed then I start reaching for alcohol I'm really strong til I get lonely then I go to somebody I know God doesn't have for me I didn't put too much investment in money than I have in the master and I want to change it's been only this energy all this money I'm making sure my outside looks good well my inside is rocky I gotta be better I need you to lift up that hand I'm gonna pray for you I'm praying even for those of you who are watching online God is saying give me your next six days what would I do with the next six months pot this Red Sea for me those of you who had this altar do this for me real quick I'm Gary pray for you Jonah where are you in the belly of that fish you can hear my voice God still got his hand on your life Jonah I know you've fallen short but we all have God is saying I want you I still want you you here in this room and you're saying pastor you don't even know you're talking to me I gotta get saved that needs you to not let anything block you from getting to this altar you're saying I need to join the church I need you to come quickly I entreat you like no baby you grown enough to get here by yourself I want to live better I want to do better get down here get down here this ain't how you were raised this isn't who you supposed to be this ain't the call of God on your life get down here Jonah [Applause] I need you to come I don't care who you woke up with last night I need you at this altar I don't care what opiates in your pocket I need you at this altar get down here Jonah I need you to come form a choir member former Deacon former Sunday school teacher former youth pastor I know you messed up but get down here God's hand is on your life it's too much God needs you to do get down here Jonah I want you to pull in please pull in to Lynn I'm playing today I need you to come life is trying to swallow you up I need you to come you're in this room you weren't even raised in a saved house I need you here you need to find God for yourself I need you here Jonah some of you who are in this room you don't need to forgive your ex don't need to forgive your stepfather don't need to forgive your boss they're telling you I need you to come quickly I need you to come why cuz you got to forgive yourself I can't hear anybody I said you need to forgive yourself get down here Jonah forgive yourself from the abortion forgive yourself from never finishing school forgive yourself for not leaving earlier forgive yourself for leading a double life style I need you to meet me here [Music] [Music] five more of you need to come and I need you to come fast I need you to come into her I want you to move as quick as you want God to move for you Hey [Music] new birth y'all ain't making enough noise for me I only want you to sound if you've been forgiven I only want you to make noise if you know his cries real quick five of you some of you and I need you to come as quickly as you can the Holy Spirit has convicted you he's challenged you he's arrested you I noticed what in the summer use planning on hearing that is what God needed you to receive the five of you I'm waiting on you I'll hold up this whole service play with it I'll lock every door till you get here come on is his grace that you ain't in rehab yes his twice that you ain't living under bridge this is rice that's still not in jail right now come on come on new birth y'all ain't gon shout for this harvest y'all ain't gonna shout for these souls I feel a pull on me there those are you watching online woke up in a hotel room this morning somebody's watching me yet in your car I don't know where it is that you I just feel compelled to the Holy Spirit for those of you who had this altar but you lift up that hand those are you watching online we usually take you in the back we're gonna do that but I'm gonna pray out loud right here the prayer of salvation the Holy Spirit told me to tell you if you come today is your Independence Day god I can't hear nobody if you come you gonna be free from everything that has been weighing you down lift up that hand you can't run from your call can't run from your assignment can't run from the grace of God that's on your life new birth day y'all see this Harper's still coming lift up that hand Newberg hear me collectively we're gonna pray the prayer of salvation all of us in this room all of us online 25,000 of you we're gonna pray it together you're gonna repeat my words but you're gonna use your faith well pastor cuz I can't save you I didn't die for you lift up that hand repeat after me Lord I'm a sinner my life is incomplete without you I don't want another day without you in my life I give you my hands so I can work for you I give you my heart so I can love like you I give you my feet so I can follow you I give you my man so I can think like you find your Lord for diet for a sinner like me but more than that thank you for rising again and because you got up I can get up from anything for the rest of my life I'll tell anybody anywhere at any time that I'm saved i'm saved i'm saved if you claim to be saved give God a shout of Thanksgiving [Applause] listen all of you who have come down indulge me I just need five minutes of your time we ain't gonna leave till you get back I promise you you ain't gonna miss nothing I need all of you who are at this altar please don't make a break back for your seat I need you to follow our team this way would you follow it nothing spooky is gonna happen I promise you I need you please if you'll follow them new birth would you make some noise for our new family members y'all ate something good I said make some noise come on turn it up come on wave that hand I can't myself come on everybody in my life do you get my say yes I do just one more time everybody [Music] myself come on one more time my life to [Music] you new birth clap your hands would you you may be seated something amazing is going to happen today Alleluia I believe I hope you all share my opinion I believe new birth is the greatest church in the world that's what I believe y'all don't believe I said new birth is the greatest church [Applause] amazingly watch this new birth we are collecting 2000 pairs of shoes that we'll be giving to students in DeKalb County August the second next week the airport is coming to new birth and are hiring 250 people come on somebody give God glory and today after church as soon as service is over we're going to be feeding 15th we're gonna be preparing meals for 50,000 people in Kenya somebody give God praise pastor Karen Belton won't you stay in with Karen can't Belton is here from compassion International International she is a mindful that 22,000 children die every day did y'all hear that 22,000 children die every day are due to poverty related causes she is here to help us a new birth prepare these meals in Kenya so that young people do not die unnecessarily give God some praise he's literally all over the world I'm blessed and grace to be able to work with him on two other occasions and excited about what we're doing today dr. Chris leader from food aid international won't you please stand come on give God some praise for him and then not one of my surrogate Godfather's I love him I appreciate him so much Pastor Nathan Butler once you police say an executive director of the missions organization give God some praise for him from Washington DC great great great man of God his son is sitting next to him in high school I used to come stay at their house eat their food sleep on his couch he's a great man of God never charged me a dime and so I'm not sure if he's here to collect today amen I'm just grateful for you so immediately after the benediction we're gonna do our orientation right in the sanctuary I need 500 people are who gonna help us commit to getting it done we got stations all over the sanctuary are in order for us to get this done I am still at a deficit of $10,000 and that need to be collected on this day to help us to underscore all of the expenditures that is associated with this outreach initiative our deacons come on bring me a receptacle very quickly those of you that can help us even those of you who are watching online I will be able to do it if 10 people give a thousand we done another one person give 10,000 we can make it amen but those of you that can give the absolute best that you can I want you to get a gift in your hand here's what's amazing new birth and I hope you'll be excited about it and we're not just sending food I hope you'll be excited we're sending a team of missionaries from our church to go with the food our yelling shouting good amen to give some oversight and some direction for it I don't care what your gift is some of you can give 250 some of you can give 50 some of y'all from the hood like me put 5 on it amen but I want you to get your best gift I want you to get your best gift in your hand and we can do this in three minutes and then we can move to go home those of you who are giving our Usher's are moving them amongst you those are you watching online you can give through our cash ant love live lead those are you writing a check you can write it out to new birth and just put in the memo section global outreach of those of you giving online push to pay text to give give the fire asked that you were please I do the exact same those of you who want to sow your seed for yourself how would you do so in the receptacle as quickly as you possibly can and then I will give us our directions as to how it is that we will exit where you blessed by coming to church today come on where you bless aren't you glad you can go to a church and have a good time amen you can smile feel the Holy Spirit laughs I ain't men bill camaraderie I develop new relationships reconfirm your assignment in the earth realm I need every single one of you everything thank you every single one of you help us to get it done with ten thousand dollars to a future millionaire hallelujah come on quickly please I'm grateful for you I'm thankful for you thank you so thank you I feel better thank you thank you thank you god bless you [Music] thank you were you in the contest huh comes to hold on Tiffany come stand right here camera we got a late worshiper to come in and she too late for the contest but would y'all clap for her t-shirt for me please thank you churches at 9:30 thank you thank you all right come on quickly quickly bless you sir I appreciate you [Music] [Music] listen hold on hold on hold on Tiffany I got somebody else who thinks we have an 11 o'clock service if thank you camera I need y'all to zoom in on this one with y'all clap for this shirt you got that one look at that God that'd look good if you was here you would have wanted thank you [Music] yes do me a favor please would you stretch forth your right hand to faith for this sister I want everybody seated except for those of you in the month of July have a medical procedure I want you to stand if you have a medical procedure in the month of July I want you to please stand as I'm praying for her I'm praying for all look you who are standing new perfect there's somebody standing near you stretch your right hand into faith towards them long the name of Jesus I pray you lay your hand on every doctor on every nurse every specialist we only coming to you because we know that you're able I pray that you will produce a miracle right before our eyes i denounce the spirit of death and I canceled the spirit of fear you said that you came that we might have life and have it more abundantly now God assigned our angel over every person who's standing in Jesus name Amen come on give God some glory let's the lord bless the lord bless the lord if you're happy that you came to church today give God a hand clap of praise [Music] next Sunday next Sunday neo soul singer Anthony Hamilton is gonna be with us at new Perth come on some I give God glory if you don't know who that is ask your kids amen they'll be able to help you now here's what's getting ready to happen I need five hundred volunteers at minimal I am going to pronounce the benediction in just one moment we got you is that you on your come here is that you on your t-shirt I love it come on let them see you on you're looking like yourself look at that which I'll give her a chair please you could have one if you was here all right thank you all right uh after after it is that we pronounce the benediction I want to ask those of you who are gonna help us serve if we have 500 people it is not gonna take Chris come here please help me real quick so that they know it's not a slumber party thank you Chris if I got 500 volunteers how long will it take us to finish I think we can be out in about an hour hour and a half maximum all right yes sir so if I got 700 volunteers can I be out in an hour if I got 800 volunteers we're gonna have some praying people if we have 800 volunteers it'll be good okay you see how he trying not to lie in church so I'm gonna give the benediction those of you who volunteer as that you were fill in this inner bowl fill in this inner Bowl we going straight in the orientation that is five minutes and then we're going are straight into practice to operate in our call those of you who in a rush I hope you're rushing to go somewhere if you got nowhere to go please please don't act like that and we don't ask you we need a Bible study this month so the hour that you would have spent not in Bible study you can in fact do this one hour would you please stand to your feet if nobody told you I want you to know your pastor loves you praying for you every day I want you to give a big cheer for those who wore new birth t-shirts on today [Applause] and I want you to give a real cheer why cuz everybody who won't warm water right sighs they wore their size today come on clap for this thank you for your integrity you know you not a medium come on thank you Amen everybody listen would you lift up that hand for me please 13,000 people have downloaded the app we want to be at 15,000 before Labor Day you want a specific area addressed in your life so many of you have written in that unity a sermon on marriage need to hear sermon on relationships we're gonna deal with that at different segments of the month but if you have not cast out your vote for the subject that you need to hear some Monica Lee address you've got to download our app so that you can put in your submission called the conquer bookstores open if you don't have a t-shirt please get one lift that hand as high as you see yourself going now I wonder him who's absolutely able to do anything but fail may God make you sleepless do you help somebody may God make you restless do you help yourself may God irritate you do you have enough sense to worship Him may God bless you till you have to give stuff away here's for now in forevermore and the blessed people of God said Amen all right hear me well hear me quickly those of you who are volunteering moved to that Center Bowl those of you who are leaving have a great day in the Lord I'm looking to see you on Sunday as that if you got an apple please bring two pairs of shoes next week if you got Android just bring tube socks we need you please get a seat in the inner bowl as quickly as possible good morning thank you for coming thank you for come all thank you John Morra thank you come on I need you to take your seats as quickly as you start you'll be as quick as we'll be able to finish there no reserved seats for volunteers just get your first seat bless you from Chicago thank you I appreciate you those who came in from California thank you those that came in from Bankhead thank you come on quickly come on let's fill in these seats Columbia South Carolina alright thank you oh thank you alright please take your seats please please please yes now everybody is into both those you get registered online everybody is meeting here in the sanctuary [Music]
