Jamaal Bernard | “How To Be Resilient” | Christian Cultural Center

lord hallelujah hallelujah lord we often pray sing this song you're working for all good we even repeat the scriptures lord that all things work out for all good but lord right now we ask what is our good what is it that you will for us what is it that you desire for us and lord once we receive that answer we pray that our will our desires come into alignment with your will and your desires lord bless us right now to be successful christians you have called us to be empower us right now to be the men and women of god that you have called us to be so lord as you're working things out for our good help us understand our role in that we pray that you continue to anoint us afresh to live the christian life in this world understanding that you are the alpha and the omega that you are in control that you are working things out for our good so i pray that you anoint me to speak a word in season to your individuals that you will increase as i decrease that your voice will be louder than my voice that you will receive the glory and the honor thank you for the ministers thank you for the singers the band the media department for all those individuals that play a role in advancing the kingdom of god for your glory so we ask that you continue touching the individuals watching this have your way right now we surrender our minds in our hearts right here right now so that you will have your way in jesus precious precious name amen and amen wow this is this is this is awkward my dad's not here oh grace and peace family grace and peace how in the world are you i pray that you are doing great i pray that you're doing well and uh this is this is different for me uh so pray for me as you watch me struggle through my my message we have some housekeeping you know before i go into uh my message and just let the team know i'm left-handed so this is set up for doc bernard's right hand i'm left-handed so if we can next time shift to things i must i'll be so much better and so much more comfortable and relaxed so i'm excited um wow god is so good god is so good we have summerfest and the summer fest is uh next month and if you want to be a part of it we're doing a virtual summer fest even now we're still working on not our picnics we stopped doing our picnics because of corona and we're trying to see what we can do to come back but for now we're trying to do something for the people so this june june june 26 at 2 p.m we are having our summerfest please come out and join we're gonna have fun if you want more information go to our website cccinfo.org let me see make sure i have all my uh notes and uh things like that i want to give a shout out to a pastor william thompson uh and st peter's uh church for hanging out with us on our uh service today welcome welcome welcome and all the other first time visitors welcome to ccc online grace and peace and welcome now dr bernard bring you greetings from dr not he's out ministering he will be back with us next week for so far those who just logged on just stick around i believe god has a word for you amen amen so this this this month i i want to today i want to share some things with you i'm going to be open and transparent and i have some some things to really share with you real quick i'm not going to be uh before you long and i i wrestled with what to minister uh i had like maybe four or five different messages and it just god really checked my heart and he gave me a word i believe for you for today you know my father asked me he said jamal what do you want to accomplish today what do you want to do i said i want to challenge the people i want to challenge the people to really grab on to this whole idea of being resilient i want to challenge the people to really uh uh grab on to this whole concept of moving forward i told the long island campus when we had our first gathering i said look god it is incumbent upon us as christians to be resilient more than any other individual why because people are watching people are watching what we do how we do it why we do what we do and so resilience is a very necessary part of our life as individuals and he said he said so so and and with that in mind what's the first statement so my first statement is all success begins with the decision i'll repeat that all success begins with with the decision and i'm not i'm not talking about you know this prosperity gospel because because when you hear success people often correlate it with prosperity but it's i'm not talking about prosperity i'm talking about really being successful in who god has called you to be let's you know let's go to genesis chapter one right and and what do i mean by success god has created all creation to live to its maximum potential god has created all creation to live to its maximum potential and what do i uh and my question is for you today is what is your maximum potential what is it that you can do at the next level to bring god the glory and to honor him god created us and and when we look at genesis genesis 1 and i love genesis 1 because genesis 1 is unique i tell people i love ministering from genesis 1 and i often say this and i will always say this is that if you can't get past genesis 1 1 then there's no need to continue to read the bible it becomes just a book of literature right because genesis 1 when god set the tone on all of our arguments all of our conclusions all of our discussions in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth and i use this because uh often individuals uh ask well say well science and the christian religion are not you know and work with each other i said no that's not true let's go to genesis 1 1. let me begin and god created the heavens and the earth and in order for you to have you know this thing called creation this thing called you know what people want to say the big bang you need four things you need time space matter and energy and we look at genesis in the beginning time right god energy created the heavens space and the earth matter so i love that i love this text but we're going to continue reading because this text really speaks to who you are as individuals and genesis 1 1. and for the sake of time i'm not going to go fully into it but he and this is jamalism right jamalism and i love you he says he says in the beginning god created heavens and earth he separated you know uh he he created out of chaos right order you never see order come out of chaos unless a divine creature is a divine being is really has his hand on it at this level at this magnitude he created the the heavens and the earth he created you know he separated the waters and created the boundaries from the land he uh created plants trees he said let every uh plant and tree a bear fruit out of it uh uh after itself he created animals he said that all the animals uh you know uh beer uh animals after itself and this is jamalism and then he says let us create man and create a man in his image and then you know so people ask okay why did god create man and i believe that there's a couple of things that we can answer with that with that statement and the first thing i would say is god created man to number one reflect god's character in the world number one to reflect god's character in the world and this is why i challenge you to be resilient because part of being resilient and you're you're showing yourself as a christian that no matter what god is in control and i'm okay with that so number one reflect god's character in this world number two to be representatives of god's rule in the world on his behalf so there's a lot going on and you know and if you were part of the spiritual world war class you understand that these beings were watching god make a decision on what he's going to do and what he's going to allow him to uh to be able to do so reflect god's character be represented god's rule in the world on his behalf and this is the the major part harness creation potential and create beauty in order to make a place where more life can flourish once again to harness creation's potential and create beauty in order to make it a place where more life can flourish and that's significant because some people say well you know looking at the whole issue with israel palestine and what's going on with that and they said well is this the end time is this the end of the world and i say you know i said it doesn't matter if it's the end time if it's the end of the world the question is are you ready two jesus even said he said no man knows the hour at the time so stop asking me if this is the time i don't know the time god jesus didn't know the time he didn't express the time but the the fact is that these two countries are warring where is the love and respect and dignity of the life of the human individual that's a different story number three to harness creation's potential and create beauty in order to make it a place where more life flourishes and this concept starts at home but we understand that we are we it's difficult to do this because like dr bernard said last week we are broken we are wounded we are dysfunctional and we are disordered so what do we try to do we try to accomplish and you see that throughout the history of mankind we try to accomplish certain things that leads us to a place where we can accomplish god's purpose and reason for us to exist and i love this because when we look at our brokenness we're still trying to be resilient out of our brokenness we're still trying to be resilient out of our woundedness we still try to be resilient out of our our dysfunction and our disorder but god has given us a command to do certain things and i'm excited about this message that i'm about to really share with you because as as we look at the time and where we are this is may fifth month of the year and using april is a time where we where people who you know started with their new year's resolution the average person some people quit the day after uh new year's eve uh you know new year's day they quit already this is where we say we're going to set goals we're going to look to accomplish certain things and this is the point where i believe we are being we're going to be challenged with our resiliency you know to come back to do some of the things that we're supposed to do and remember your resilience is your ability and capacity to rebound from a difficult time from a failure or from a loss your ability and capacity to rebound and this is a simple quick definition your ability and capacity to rebound from a failure and a loss and i forgot what i said before that but don't judge me and at this point this is where i had discovered from a book i was reading and a part of this is is is understanding that there are two type of resilient individuals two type of resilient individuals i was gonna write on the board but um yeah i'm not gonna write so just take good notes the first resilient person is what we call the pusher and i'm not talking about the drug dealer and i wrestled with trying to think of a name and and and a better description of this person but it was difficult because this statement really speaks to individuals and what they're going through so here it is we're at this part of the year where we are challenged with quitting keep on going and this individual the first individual that we're going to talk about is what we call the the pusher and this person decides to push against this thing called the dip and the dip comes from the this concept uh from a book called the dip you can check it out it's a very good book quick easy read uh and uh seth godin is the author of this book and basically said god and says that there are individuals every every dreamer every visionary every pathfinder every trailblazer hits this point in their life every individual once again every visionary every dreamer every pathfinder every trailblazer and etc hits this place in their life especially when they are about to engage in something they believe they are called to do we're going to speak from a christian perspective and i believe that god has called a lot of us to do certain things that 2020 has disrupted i believe that god has called a lot of us to do certain things that that that corona has disrupted i believe that a lot of us have been called to do certain things that self has disrupted i believe that god has called a lot of us to do certain things that relationships have disrupted and this dip is a place where the the contemplation right because in the beginning when we get an idea we get a vision we get excited like yes this is good uh you start sharing it you know back at 2 2 write division down and make your plan you start sharing it you wrote the vision down you're excited about this you start gathering individuals you got a team behind you you got people praying for you and then you get to a place where now you're feeling lonely now you're feeling frustrated now you're feeling lost now you're feeling tired now you're feeling you know that you start second guessing what you believe god has called you to do and it's at this place this co this thing called the dip we're now quitting is a possible outcome where quitting becomes an option in the beginning quitting was not even an option i'll do whatever i have to do i will you know to the point where you start changing your budget in order to respond to the very thing that god has called you to do you start changing your relationships to respond because not everybody can is mature enough to occupy a space or the next space you're about to enter into and here it is you get to this place called the dip and the question is are you going to push through or are you going to quit see that first type of resilient person called the pusher says no i'm gonna lean into the dip that person says no i'm a lean into this desire to quit and push through i'm going to become a pusher i'm going to be the individual that does not allow tension to determine my path i say that again i'm going to become that person that does not allow tension to determine my past often we allow tension to determine our path because tension makes us uncomfortable often we allow tension to determine the steps we take because it makes us feel uncomfortable but when you read a lot of these successful stories it is tension become that birthing place for the new idea attention becomes that birthing place for that push and it says god continues he writes this and he says a lot of a lot a lot of individuals often read success stories and motivational quotes in it and he brought up vince lombardi and he said visceral bodies say that winners never quit and quinnish never win and he said it's the opposite he said a person who pushes through the dip is a person who knows what to quit and when to quit it sometimes when we start out we have a whole lot of individuals in our corner we have a whole lot of ideas in our corner and we try to take all of those individuals with us and that becomes the burden the place of burden for us where we can't push through the dip and seth godin says the first thing you got to do when you're pushing through the dip is know what to quit and when to quit it see quitting certain things doesn't make you a quitter i can continue going on for the sake of time the second type of person is what we call the overcomer and i love this because the bible calls us overcomers he's not only are we overcomers but we are more than overcomers and people love to to quote that text like oh we're more than overcomers great is he that's in me that he is in the world i am the head and not to tell but let me tell you something in order for you to be the overcomer this has to be something for you to overcome in order for you to be the overcomer there has to be something for you to overcome and let me give you a working definition for overcoming i love this definition because this really sets the the perspective and where we're going with this see the overcomer is one who succeeds in dealing with or gaining control of some problem or difficulty once again an overcomer is one who succeeds in dealing with or gaining control of some problem or difficulty an overcomer is a person that does not allow their failures to define them an overcomer is an individual that knows in order to embrace the future you have to resolve in the goal of the past an overcomer is a person who is persistent even if they have met failure see the difference between the push and overcoming the overcomer is the one who who they they met failure they they created a business venture and it failed but that didn't stop them an overcomer is a person who who dealt with death and understood that death cannot be the rest in place you know in order to possess these qualities first you have to know how to be resilient and some people say well pastor while you're asking me telling me i need to be resilient what does what does being resilient look like it and let me give you the best example jesus christ in matthew chapter uh and i love this text because i when i when i first read it you know years ago i said this is good this hits home but i read it again let's go to verse 36 chapter 26 verse 36 and it reads this it says then jesus went to the with them to the olive grove called gethsemane and he said sit here while i go over here to pray he took peter and zebedee's two sons james and john and he became anguished and distressed so one of the things that you need to know is one how to be resilient is to have a camp behind you that's praying for you see but the the ironic thing is just because you have a camp praying for you doesn't mean they're going to be able to pray through the difficulties for you jesus had these individuals he said pray sit here watch they watched be vigilant he gave him certain directives but the mere fact is that that per jesus had to end up praying by himself because sometimes individuals that's in your camp can't handle length of time that you need for that prayer for that breakthrough i'll say that again certain sometimes you have to understand that people in your camp not they're not bad because they they fell asleep they just can't endure where you need to endure and it gets down to uh verse 38 and this is where it really is profound he said he told them my soul is crushed with grief to the point of death stay here and keep watch with me he was going through he was he he is facing the cross he's facing this torture he's going through and sometimes we go through see but the overcomer says no i'm gonna make it past this i'm gonna make that scripture true to me as an individual i am more than overcome i'm not just a basic overcomer so when we look at this in the notes i put how to be resilient number one know what to quit when to credit number one know what to quit when to credit number two constant self-reflection and a part of that self-reflection is saying okay what role did i play and where i am today number three allow your vision and or dreams continue to continually energize you allow your vision and all your dreams to continually energize you sometimes we got to go back to that place where we had that first idea and grab energy because where we are right now we're tired we can't go on we're ready to quit number four refocus your energy often we fail because we have our focus in the wrong area refocus your energy and number five don't quit re-strategize and what do i mean by that i gotta i'm glad you asked i got a story and i'm gonna try to tell it in this quick uh 10 minutes so one morning i wake up it was a good morning nice bright sunny day the birds are chirping a little little mist of of of water or dew on the grass you know one of those nice sunny days like you got that good stretch in the morning you know sun is bright one of those days that you just smell summer coming in the air and it's right there and then so i wake up and i thank god i stopped you know getting into my worship my prayer and it's one of those good prayer times you know i was just in the word god was doing some things i was worshiping it was one of those points where i i got to a place where i cried because of the awe of god the presence of god was just so dead it was so deeply profound it was it was really a moving time for me and i'm excited god is doing a lot of stuff things are lining in my life things are moving smooth in my life i said okay let me go you know go i go into the gym had a good workout you know good pump you know lifted you know some heavy weight i was excited things were going good i'm trying this is one of those good mornings it was so good that you saw a question okay why is this morning so good i know some of us have had that those questions okay things are going too good and i go we get to the office i'm working my father and i we're talking and and this is this is this is around march of last year and as as you know we're talking we're getting things ready and my father asked me he says how is the orlando campus going i said man it's going good things are going good yeah and this is when you know because sometimes you know you you believe that god has you know called you do things and as you're doing it certain things aren't in place and things like that but for the orlando campus things were in place relationships were being built ministers were were were coming to support things were moving smooth i was going down to orlando for over a year once a month doing uh services on tuesdays with the with the individuals uh we had a praise and worship team we got the band together so many things were coming together we were excited about what happened what was happening we had two services already on sunday and they were they were full because individuals would come to support we were meeting the needs of our individuals who have relocated to orlando or the central florida area things were going good i got we got like i said ministers lined up to help uh take the burden off of me we had a leadership team that was working behind the scenes to get things going we were already doing community service we were uh doing backpack back-to-school events we were setting up food drives we had so many things going on like orlando was a church we didn't have the building yet but it was a church things were moving smooth i was excited i took a point where i said babe we might need to move down orlando my dad said no he said you're not gonna be able to enjoy that nice weather before i enjoy it you know and i said well you know god is so good if you if you want to do that doc bernard it might be too hot for you i think i think i'm designed more for that nice weather you know and we started joking around and laughing and stuff like that and here it is it was a tuesday around 11 o'clock we going and my father he said son look what i got for you and look i'm excited i'm like okay you know usually my dad says when we have to meet his business but this time he was excited and and sometimes when you start you have an idea and you're excited about certain things it's just other individuals who are happy for you get even more excited sometimes than you and my dad came and he said come into office and he said look what i have and it was a contract for a new building mind you we were looking we looked at over a hundred pieces of property trying to find a building for the orlando campus and we having a contract ready to be signed i was excited and here it is not only do we have the contract but because things are going smooth and we have very uh uh very good momentum going in orlando we have people donating to the orlando campus people were fully committed they said no we're gonna donate uh to ccc but we're gonna really focus on building the orlando campus and this is what i'm talking about you got god lined up so many different things we have people who who said they were called to support financially the the birthing of the orlando campus this is what i'm talking about you know god you know things were lined up so i knew that i knew that i knew that this was god at this point i knew that i knew that i knew it was god god allah had everything in place necessary for us to launch that orlando campus he said look at this i'm looking at this oh this is great this is exciting he said here's the pin you know so i got even more excited and i said okay i'm signing the contract he said yes so i signed the contract he said look this is the writing number everything's ready to click over and all of a sudden i heard over my ear look at the tv and here comes my nephew i think it was my nephew trying to remember the story and they turned the tv on and here on the tv was cnn and they were talking about the coronavirus and they said we got a special announcement and here it is the president gets on and says we're going to have to shut down america we don't know how for how long and all my dreams energy ideas excitement went out the window i got frustrated and my dad looked at me you know and then when he asked certain questions i know it's the testing he said he looked at me he says so what are we going to do i said i know what to do but i don't want to do it i don't i don't want to say i know what we need to do because i'm looking at that contract on the desk and i said am i going to let my pride and emotions get in the way or am i going to make the right decision and i know it was a test now but back then i oh man talking about a crushing feeling talking about a letdown and i said you know because god has called us to be proper stewards i think we're going to have to hold off on this and he said so we're not going to go through with it i said no we're not going to go through it then we're going to have to call them and say we can't go through it there and it was difficult for me my body got hot i got like you know it was like a little weaker than these because i swore that god called me to do this i swore because of how everything was lined up put in place that this was called by god and i know many of us have gone through this process where we know that god has called us to do it and all of a sudden we got we hit this brick wall all of a sudden we hit we hit these locked doors all of a sudden we hit a place where we don't see and now we don't see uh the the the road we don't see the the stairs we don't see the next step because we got hit with a load of bricks called the shutdown and i went through i won't say depression but i went through i got i i had no more passion for the orlando campus it it rocked me it really messed me up i stopped calling the team stopped looking for for a property stop you know meeting with the orlando campus i really went through it it really messed me up because you got to understand how many things i had to say no to in order to say yes to building this campus how many events i miss with my kids how many you know how many uh uh times i wasn't there to see certain milestones in my youngest daughter's life how many things i was not present for because i was pursuing what i thought god had called me to do and all of a sudden it got stripped from me what i thought you know so time went on and that's why you need people in your life i have i have a one of the ministers down here sheldon he called me he said he said he's a pg how are you doing something good you know not letting off you know my frustration my disappointment you know uh i said i'm good he said well what's going on with the orlando campus i said well you know we can't do anything uh the coronavirus is here can't travel down there things are really shut down he said he said no let's go he said remember this thing i taught you called the battle rhythm and the battle rhythm is just a military term to talk about the rhythm in which they move towards the cadence of consistency of reaching their goal whatever the goal is is a battle rhythm i said sheldon you're right and i and i and i felt the check and he said pj did god call you to this i said yeah god called me to this he said is this ordained by god i believe it's ordained by god i said i questioned it with you know with the shutdown i believed it was ordained by god and he said and if you believe it's ordained by god how dare you quit and i said man of god you're right i said you're absolutely right and this is why it's key to have true authentic individuals in your life because our true authentic individuals will tell you the truth we'll pull you on the carpet with respect to get you moving again and i said you're right minister i said what what's what's next he said we're going to meet with the team and we're going to re-strategize he said we're going to meet with the team and we're going to refocus we're going to meet with the team and look at what we need to change and quit we're going to meet with the team and go back to the vision and re-energize ourselves of what god has called you to do and the vision he placed in your heart i said man of god you're right i said let's get it going and all of a sudden things started falling into place again things started getting organized again we started meeting consistent with the team and now we have the rest of this year already set up with tuesday meetings and we're already talking about how does it look to go back into the building what does service look like for the orlando campus we're doing community service we're feeding the homeless we're we're feeding the the disenfranchised we are uh working on back-to-school backpacks so things started moving towards and sometimes the vision that god blesses with needs to be just changed a little but not abandoned sometimes i'll say this again sometimes the vision that god has placed in your heart needs to be altered a little based on the context of where he had called you to be but not abandoned once again i'll say this again sometimes the vision that god has called you too just needs a little alterations but not an abandonment and some of you watching this have abandoned things that god has called you to be because you didn't push through because you didn't believe you were an overcomer remember i said this in the beginning of the year every resilient person understands that that tragedy suffering does not discriminate i also told you that that that resilient people know what and where to focus their energy i also said that resilient people ask themselves is what i'm doing hurting or helping myself and the others that depend on me and the last thing i said is all resilient individuals know their why yes we're broken we're wounded sometimes we operate from a dysfunction sometimes we operate from a disorder but i believe if we wholeheartedly hand over to god what he has called us to do and leave it in god's hands and be prepared to move and god says move things will work out for your good see too often god gives us a vision and we hold it on ourselves and do it on our own accord but no god gives you the vision give it back to god and say okay god what are we doing with this see i wanted to quit the orlando campus but i believe that there's something that ccc does and we do it well and god is calling us to bring it to the orlando campus to atlanta the south carolina north carolina god is calling us and i can't quit because it's bigger than pastor jamal's feelings it's bigger than pastor jamal's frustrations it's bigger than pastor jamal your vision that god has given you is bigger [Music] than you [Music] i pray that you look and self-reflect and you come to realization to say okay i gotta get up i pray that you you you you look at yourself and reflect and say okay i gotta push through either i'm going to be an overcomer or critter either i'm going to become a pusher or a critter decision is up to you but i believe god has called you to do something that's bigger and better we can go back to the text i started out with in the beginning god go back to in the beginning god he gave me this vision in the beginning god gave me this dream no matter what it is if it's a marriage you're ready to quit [Music] was it ordained by god is it a is it a a a a business venture you're ready to quit did god call you to do it [Music] there's something that you god has called you to do that is sitting on the shelf and you need to take it off the shelf dust it off and get going i pray that this minister to minister to you i pray that this sparked some energy back in your life and say no i'm making a decision today right here right now to either be a overcomer or a pusher i'm not gonna be a quitter we have a minister that's gonna pray with you and after the minister is finished i'll come back with some closing words praise god that no disaster can frustrate the purposes of god someone watching today has been feeling a battle rhythm all your life but you may not understand who's leading the march pastor jamal said that all success starts with a decision and now we have the opportunity to make the most important decision of our lives you may be experiencing a dip today or you may feel like you've been in one all your life your dip may have become a rut may have become a ditch and today god's invitation is to pull you out you may have tried to push through but found you were spinning your wheels you may be an overcomer who has always gained control always transcended failure but we cannot overcome our sin we cannot transcend our brokenness for that we need the gospel we need some good news the good news today is that a holy god so loved a rebellious world that he sent his only begotten son to live a sinless life die in our place and rise from the grave conquering death and in doing so he paid the price for our sin and gives us a right to everlasting life the good news is that we can know him today the good news is that our failures do not define us because god has designed us for resilience the good news is we have all sinned but christ paid the price for us it is a gift we couldn't earn it but we still have to accept it so how do we do it romans 10 9 says that if you confess with your mouth the lord jesus and believe in your heart that god has raised him from the dead you will be saved if you'd like to do that just repeat after me father i repent of my sin i believe christ died on the cross and rose again to pay the price for my sin i confess him as lord and savior and your word says i'm born again i pray in jesus name amen family we believe if you prayed that prayer you are now born again but change is not an event it's a process now the journey in christ begins now we get to be representatives of god's rule in the world and to represent his rule we need to know his rules now we reflect his character which means we need to study and spend time with him to become more like him now we create beauty which means we get to discover with god's hands upon us what our gifts talents and abilities are for and what we were created to do we have some information we'd like to give you so text or call the number on the screen may god continue to bless you your life will never be the same amen amen welcome to the family of believers if you prayed that prayer for the first time second time or third time fourth time fifth time if you like my one of my brothers he got he went to every altar call i want you to text saved at 631-250-2688 or you can call 718-306-1061 as i close i just want to tell a quick story about this young man i was as i was preparing my nephew is watching aau basketball he loves basketball i give a shout out to my nephew and there was a young man who was playing he was getting busy he was doing his thing and he had one arm [Music] and he just got signed to a division one school and i looked at the story and i said you know what's his story and he says well first of all the story starts out says the young basketball player 17 year old gives god the glory he say thanks god for his tragedy because he still has a skill set that he's utilizing he just had to learn how to use it in a different way so this young man he said he was six years old in dominican republic and a war fell on his arm and the and the wall uh as was sitting on his arm for two hours and because of the length of time they had to amputate from the shoulder down [Music] and now he is 17 years old and one of the most sought after basketball players with one arm because he did not allow that situation to define him he did not allow that the situation to determine him doing what god has called him to do often we we feel that we've lost too much [Music] to keep going and if god makes all things not some things not a couple of things but all things so that means that you're good you're bad and you're ugly still he'll turn around for your good father god we thank you so much for the opportunity to sit in freedom and worship you we thank you for the opportunity to sit in freedom and read the scriptures without condemnation or threat of death so that we ask for forgiveness for even quitting if we've quit something you have called us to do we ask for forgiveness for even contemplating turning our back on whether it's a marriage whether it's a business venture whether even if it's down to a relationship we have called us to be a part of we ask that you have your way and anoint us afresh give us new sight a new perspective on the vision you have called us to do give us the desire and the will to quit the things necessary that we need to quit and understand the timing that we need to move in lord give us the energy from that vision and allow us to rededicate ourselves and his vision to you lord help us stay focused we ask that you just have your way right now so that we can move towards a mark that you have caused to move towards by the praying acts that you have your way anointers are fresh protect us throughout this week as we travel even for tomorrow as we go and visit family and friends we actually have your way bless us with a tongue and uh bless us with a word on the tip of our tongue in season for whoever we might encounter at the family barbecue at the family gathering at the friends and family gatherings so we can speak words and season words of encouragement be salt and light a fragrance and not an odor so we ask that you have your way protect us guide god and govern our paths in jesus precious name amen and amen well i pray that you receive something from today i pray that you will take this and and just go through a process of suffering uh reflection and say okay no there's some things that i need to do there's some things that i have put on the shelf and take off the shelf and get the dust off because god has called me to do certain things and well as we leave this place but never god's presence jesus is lord period we believe it we proclaim it and we're seeing it come to pass god bless and enjoy the rest of your week

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Published: Wed Jun 02 2021