Mt. Zion Nashville Service Live

the mount zion baptist church is a word-centered ministry designed to evangelize the lost at any cost equip and empower the people of god and provide holistic ministry to our community as well as the world seeking to minister to the total person we are a multi-ethnic multicultural ministry impacting the world in which we live with the uncompromising message of jesus christ committed to the spirit of excellence we are striving to become an oasis of hope within the national community by promoting and providing education awareness as well as financial independence we believe that god must be worshiped in spirit and truth we embrace freedom and worship because the word says where the spirit of the lord is there is liberty our foundation is the word of god and we believe it in its entirety we believe we can do what it says we can do be who it says we can be and have what it says we can have well good morning mount zion family can you stand to your feet if you're ready to worship the king of kings just wave your hand if you're ready to worship the king of kings the lord of lords today i'm reminded of a scripture today in psalms 34 chapter 1 it says i will bless the lord at all times his praises shall continually be in my mouth and that's what i'm gonna do that's i verse three says o magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name together is anybody going to worship with me today let's worship the king of kings let's put him in his proper place father we love you and we are going to turn up for jesus today in jesus name let's get it y'all let's go mount zion come on people of god bless the name of our king he's worthy to receive glory come on don't stop your praise come on lift him up magnify his excellent come on hallelujah we came to give him praise today hallelujah [Music] come on let's give the glory [Music] come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on [Music] come on come on come let's on [Music] come on and join us come on come on [Music] [Music] i'm so glad we have a god that's a license [Music] come on one more time everybody [Music] come on somebody [Music] come on help us [Music] hallelujah oh [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] oh [Music] [Music] come on somebody praise the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] oh is [Music] [Music] today [Music] is [Music] i will be [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] oh [Music] come on come on [Music] the excellent one [Music] anybody glad about that today [Music] the lord delights in showing abundant mercy yes [Music] applaud him yeah come on somebody ought to applaud him he's the god that specializes in mercy come on somebody ought to applaud that when you understand mercy when you understand mercy when you didn't have to pay the penalty that you deserve when you understand mercy and that our god [Music] thank you for mercy hallelujah hallelujah i want to read a little scripture to you before we move on this is in micah micah 7 verse 18. i'm gonna read it from the niv first and it says who is a god like you who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retains not his anger forever because he delights in mercy and loving kindness now i'm gonna go to the message bible because i feel like it unveils this scripture in such an extraordinary way i want you to catch it it says where is the god who can compare with you wiping the slate clean of guilt turning a blind eye a deaf ear to the past sins of your purge and precious people who don't nourish your anger and you don't stay angry long when your mercy kisses your mercy is your special [Music] you hear what i piece it says your mercy is his specialty he specializes in showing mercy my god nobody needs to touch that it says that's what you love most i i don't know about you but i don't know any person on this earth that loves showing mercy i don't know anybody who at one point or another doesn't want to return the favor that you show them you catch what i'm saying i don't know any person that at one point or another doesn't want to go to the top but our god says it's as he specializes [Music] he specializes [Music] [Applause] that's why that scripture for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son he would specialize in it [Music] he was telling you what he loves to do love which is the show somebody better go somebody better go home with this you think about that all week while you're doing what you're doing and see how god is showing you mercy and compassion day after day that scripture tears me up we have a god that specializes in mercy that's what he loves most micah 7 and 18 go home and read it it's going to bless you when you catch it that your god specializes mercy loving-kindness that's what draws us hallelujah come on somebody just worship the lord right now with me for that [Music] come on just sing a song of gratefulness to him we thank you lord for your loving kindness and your mercy [Music] you specialize in showing mercy it's what you love most it's what you love most and we're grateful for your mercy it's all just as great [Music] is [Music] [Music] taught me [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] thank you god [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] opening doors making ways [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] come on somebody lift it up to him [Music] he's drawing united [Applause] [Music] is [Music] your grace [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] anybody know that god's grace is sufficient for us come on anybody know that god's grace i like the way that song says the greatest thy faithfulness towards us and the reality is is that there's so much going on in the world that our world is ever changing but our god somebody can testify that our god remains the same and i'm so glad that the lord tells us that this will be a house of what of prayer so at this moment when you begin to center your hearts open up your hearts unto god and begin to pour out your very prayer needs on the lord will you pray with me god we thank you for this moment lord we feel your spirit moving in this place even now lord many of us have come into the house with what for one thing or another god but lord we feel your presence in this place today so god we know that you inhabit the praises of your people so god we pray now that your spirit will begin to move like never before in this place god we stand in anticipation for what you will do in this place on today lord but your word says when two or three are gathered in the mist lord that there you will be so god as we stand as a family we begin to pray for some of our members who are in need of your of a move of god so god we ask right now that you would touch corrida brown oh god in the death of her son lord right now in the name of jesus would you go and be with her even now in this time lord let your angels dispatch your loving angels around her in this time even now but then god we pray for the family of andrea hicks oh god in the loss of her fight with cancer lord we know that we don't have all the answers we may not understand why but god we put our trust and our hope in you lord for where there is no answer god we find hope and soul is in the word of god so lord right now we pray for latricia roger james and god and their son trevin oh god who is fighting for his life lord right now we declare and decree that we're going to believe the report of the lord we're declaring in decree right now that you're going into the hospital rooms and you're moving on his behalf even now but then god we pray for the family of monica cody and the passing in her passing o god we pray right now that you would be her comfort that you would be their comfort in the name of jesus so god right now we stand as a collective body yeah and we begin to give your name all the glory and the honor and the praise because we may not see what you're doing right now god we may not understand what you're doing now but god we still stand ready to receive all that you have for us and then god even on this welcome back sunday for the college students we stand in proxy for them right now and we declare that this will be one of their greatest years yet we stand in anticipation for what you're going to do in their lives as they stand as a beacon of god on their college campuses so god right now in the name of jesus we pray right now for this service we won't wait until the manifestation lord we won't wait until we see it but we begin praising your name even now well lord for you've been good to us for you've been kind to us you've been better to us than we've been to ourselves god we praise your holy and righteous name for you are a good dog in fact you've been better than good lord you kept our minds up and for that we say thank you you kept our families and for that we say thank you that you kept our health and for that we say thank you lord we don't ask for anything but god we thank you for everything it is in the name of jesus we pray and we say amen and amen and amen can you give your god a good praise this morning can you give your god some worship this morning but he's due i worship and i praise you may be seated in the presence of our gods [Music] [Applause] come on i tell you to give god a praise in this building come on has god been gracious to anybody in this building come on clap your hands and open your mouth we come to give god praise is anybody really glad to be in the service just one more time say he didn't have to let me live do i have a witness come on your hands right there make some noise in the sanctuary [Music] one more time [Music] one more time [Music] [Applause] one more time [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] one more time [Music] [Applause] me [Music] one more time [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] if you know you're glad you might as well [Music] [Music] let us go into [Music] and i'm truly [Music] [Music] the reason why i'm grateful for one more time cause in his presence that's before this a joke [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] yes [Music] [Music] one more time [Music] [Music] anxiety yes [Music] if you don't do it tomorrow [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] somebody say that somebody said say i need you one more time i need you to heal me one more time i need you to set free one more time [Music] [Music] glory come on if you thank him for one more time come on give him glory oh we're grateful and we are so thankful my god the power of god is in this place today and we're thankful and we are grateful for all of you that are here and those of you that are there watching wherever you are around the world thank you for being a part of this awesome service today you know what today is it's our welcome back to our college student sunday i am so excited i'll tell you i am so excited about what this day represents you're going to be hearing about so much that we're doing and we certainly appreciate all of you if you're visiting with us for the first time please make certain uh that you uh follow us follow us on social media we really want to connect with you if you're not following me following dr steph following our ministry do it now right there on social media and instagram and facebook all those different platforms make sure you connect with us we would love to connect with you we believe amen that god is doing great things uh and he's going to do even greater things we are certainly uh thoughtful and we remember september 11th of course yesterday so many different emotions and we'll never ever forget we certainly thank god for all of our first responders our military we thank you so much for what you do every single day would you help me thank god for them yes yes yes of course we are praying of course you're heard in the prayer today but we want to continue to pray for seven months old gavin we're praying for you uh marquita and tevin we know that you are watching probably in the nicu area and uh at vanderbilt we're believing god for uh god will touch that precious baby seven months old we know the power of prayer and thank you mount zion for continuing to pray for all who stand in need of prayer know that we absolutely are doing that i'm excited no christians excited about college pastor our college students been doing so much work any college students in the house today i mean any college students yeah yeah [Applause] so excited about what god is going to be doing and of course we rep we thank god whether you know your graduate student undergrad mount zion has always been a ministry that's committed to college students we've invested in you and plan to continue to do that even in terms of the programs we have gearing up for some great things and no pastor christian has been on those campuses and we're so excited to have him uh to lead this area for us and it's just getting started so stay tuned make sure you connect and we want to connect with all of you and make certain even if you're watching virtually whatever college you're watching from around the world because we already know that you are make sure you connect with our college ministry and you'll be seeing a video shortly about how you can do just that but at mt zion college ministry we definitely want to make sure you do that so please make sure you do it and we're certainly grateful and thankful to god don't forget you can get covet testing in our locations and you can get that every uh testing is available to any young and jefferson street locations and of course the times and and uh on the screen and we definitely want to make sure you do just that so we are also just grateful for all that god is doing how many people believe that this will be a september to remember how many folk believe that it will be that i'm telling you god's already been doing it i've been hearing testimonies of what god has been doing in the lives of his people let me tell you something today god's going to give us a word it's going to stretch you it's going to be right in your face it's going to be probably one of the most practical words you have heard in your life but i tell you if you stay tuned if you stay tuned it is going to be a blessing for you so make certain that you are ready to receive what god has for your life at the conclusion of the message you'll have an opportunity to make a decision for jesus christ because we believe that it doesn't mean anything if you don't act on the word that you receive but i believe god has given you an opportunity to not only be here to be watching but to connect and we are giving god glory for the hundreds of souls even since we've been back into this physical location and the virtual space together the hundreds of souls over uh the last two and a half weeks that have connected to this ministry who people who want to grow in the things of god we're going to prepare our hearts and we here at mount zion we believe that the generous soul those who are generous of people who god can trust with blessings we are stewards of what god gives to us and today i want you to prepare your hearts as we prepare to worship god in giving my question today has god been good to anybody out there today has he been good [Applause] let me tell you something what we do is so many programs and things that we're doing we're touching the lives of people uh we're ministering to people all around the world and when you're given this ministry you're giving to ministry you're giving to causes you're helping us to reach the world this ministry is a debt-free ministry and to god be the glory for that because of the stewardship of the people who serve who give who sow and who believe even around the world and to that degree any farmer knows that when you seek good soil that's why you want to put your seed because you know you got to look at the soul and say no well some come out of that every good farmer knows that's the soil but i want to sow amen that's how you do it and you know that's just what god has done in nature and i believe it happens in the spirit people who are spiritual understand that i want to thank god let me tell you how god is using this ministry to be a blessing one of our friends in columbia south carolina at the right direction church bishop herbert bailey his ministry i heard about what mount zion had done becoming a debt-free ministry in a pandemic and this man of god is spiritual he understood that he reached out to me and said hey i want to sow into that because i want to believe god for debt-free to happen in my church in columbia south carolina we thank god for the right direction church bishop herbert bailey they've sown a ten thousand dollar seed into mount zion come on so we declare we declare debt free will hit columbia south carolina at the right direction will you help me right now just thank god in advance we believe it's going to happen for that ministry we're going to pray for it today and we believe that's why we give that's why we sow and i believe some of you you got some student loans you're tired of dealing with some student loans you don't want to deal with you got some credit cards you're trying to get over and passed you got some debt i'm telling you there's an anointing of debt free there's debt elimination in this house today as we give our tithe let's do that we've got to prepare do that tithe our offering on the screen we encourage you to give virtually to give to technology so right now you can give that way it's simple that they're going to leave those prompts up there if you want an envelope the ushers will bring you one they will do that if you want to just do it that way but if you get an envelope and fill it out make sure you take it out to the fourier in there or drop boxes you drop it off yourself they won't come back and pick it up you do that but we ask everybody today amen wherever you are to make certain that we give because we want to make sure we are generous what god has blessed us to do we got to trust god it's more than just talking about how much your love you got to give to show god how much you love for god so loved the world that he gave and that's what we do we're excited about it so father thank you for the privilege we have to give i speak now blessings over every household we thank you for the debt-free anointing in this space and we declare and decree that right now seeds that are sown around this world thank you for right direction bishop herbert baby we pray debt-free shall hit that house hit that ministry because of the seed sown in this space and we thank you that god as you are blessing the lives and families of those who are giving the tithe and offering that god you will help them come out of debt and come into a place of abundance we believe that's our rightful place and our heritage in you we give you glory and praise it's already done in jesus name we pray somebody say amen what's up mal zion family my name is pastor christian and i'm the new college pastor here at mount zion baptist church now i just got to town but i'm ready to get to work and make this one of the most incredible years the college ministry has ever seen let's do it we are so excited about this school year in 2021 and because we're so intentional about worshiping with you every sunday morning as usual mount zion is sending a bus shuttle to your campus that's right if you're a student at tennessee state at fisk university at belmont at vanderbilt at austin p at western kentucky or middle tennessee state we are sending a bus to your campus every single sunday check the mount zion college ministry instagram for locations and times and every single sunday for every college student that attends our 11 o'clock service at ohp we're providing free food immediately following service i mean every single sunday when service is over meet us back in the fellowship hall to get yourself a home-cooked meal right before you go back to campus now we're not just standing inside the four walls no no this school year we're preparing to do a ton of events at your school i mean i'm talking about worship nights game nights bible studies open mics i mean for example every first wednesday at vanderbilt university the office of religious life is hosting a mount zion college ministry bible study at vanderbilt and that's just one school we're coming to your school this year so prepare to join and support us on your campus all year and if that's not enough we're also giving out tons of scholarship opportunities last year the college ministry gave out over forty thousand dollars in scholarships and this year you already know we're doing it again so you're going to want to stay tuned to the college ministry instagram to figure out how you can apply for those scholarships and receive help with your tuition and you already know what's going down in november on november 14th it is college sunday we are going up and we want every student from every campus to come fill the building up now last year because of the pandemic we had to do college sunday on a virtual platform but this year we are back live and in person it is going up now the most important thing you can do right now is follow the college ministry on instagram at mt zion college ministry once again that's mt zion college ministry every week we're going to be posting updates campus events the bus shuttle times and pickup locations and more so take out your phone right now right now take out your phone and follow mt zion college ministry let's go this is malzahnia like never before [Music] hello mount zion i'm shannon fitzpatrick director of community outreach so many of you have reached out and already began to serve in this ministry and i thank you i also know that many of you want to know more disaster response is being carefully coordinated mount zion has partnered with full gospel fema and the red cross as well as folks with boots on the ground in areas affected by recent weather-related disasters fema and the red cross are meeting the immediate needs by providing shelter water and other disaster relief items but as the water recedes families have other immediate areas that are going unmet for instance some of our members in louisiana have expressed an immense need for financial support as they are and have spent their expendable funds on temporary housing hotels travel to safer parts of the state gas as well as money for insurance deductibles this area is where we the body of christ need to step in and support our brothers and sisters please use the keyword outreach when you text to give with any dollar amount possible mount zion will ensure that your donation goes directly into the hands of families who need it the most if you would like to volunteer and or support our ongoing outreach please email me at outreach mount zionnashville.org be blessed [Music] mount zion and friends join us for our tuesday morning prayer call with bishop walker now by phone or watch on ig and facebook live start your tuesday with 15 minutes of prayer and devotion each week at 7 a.m central standard time we look forward to you joining us and don't forget to invite your friends discipline is where i begin to activate my faith and walk in certain principles and walk in certain ways that say i am focused in on accomplishing what i am attempting to do so i have to make sure my actions align with my behaviors and my thoughts everything must be locked in right so you can have talent but talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates there's plenty of movement but you never know if it's going to be forward backwards or sideways we're only halfway there for our high achievers bible study series this week join us for part three my crowd this is one you really can't miss join us on facebook youtube or the mount zion app at 12 noon or 7 p.m central standard time hey mount zion family bishop walker continues his virtual chats join bishop on thursdays at 8 pm central standard time on zoom this is a chance for you to chat with your pastor share testimonies prayer requests or even ask questions sign ups are limited so visit www.mtzionnashfield.org to secure your free spot today we've enhanced our text to give option with three simple steps first draft a new text to 267 mtz seed that's 267 mtz s e e d second add a given keyword like tithes offering vision tv partner or other and third provide the amount for example to tithe twenty dollars type tithes twenty as the message you can also give online at mtzionnashville.onlinegiving.org or from the mount zion mobile app giving at mount zion is easier and more manageable [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] i have everything i need [Music] the great i am [Music] when i [Music] [Music] the great i am that i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] love whatever i need [Music] me [Music] [Music] here i am [Music] oh i am here i am [Applause] [Music] my i am [Applause] [Music] oh my gosh thank you choir today as we prepare to receive this word today we're going into part two of a series that we call the measurement of maturity it's about how we look at our lives and where we are spiritually we ask ourselves are we where we need to be are we growing and place where god would have us to grow and today as you hear this word i pray that you will be challenged god will open up your heart and your spirit to hear completely because today's words gonna be different but it's gonna help somebody make sense out of some of the struggles you've had so father we're thankful that we're grateful for this word today send your word to our lives you're blessed that our faith be strengthened and we give your name to glory and praise for what's going to happen now move as only you know how in jesus name we pray amen first corinthians chapter 10 and verse 13 no temptation has overtaken you except such is common to man but god is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able but with the temptation will also make a way of escape that you may be able to bury it you may be seated today and today we're talking about how to handle temptation one of the most fascinating things about being a believer is that the very things we enjoy the most we're uncomfortable talking about in church but let's get right to it right out of the gate i am talking about temptation today now before you default in your spirit thinking about temptation it's only about promiscuity and those kinds of sins temptation can manifest itself in a variety of ways it could be the credit card in your pocket or purse and you convince yourself that the sale in the mall was ordained by god for you temptation can be that chocolate cake at 10 30 at night or that honey barn at 10 pm at night temptation manifests itself in a variety of ways it is the intentional enticement of a person or something to bait you to bait you usually pride self-gratification or caught up in the mix of it and it ultimately is about disobeying god's word the predicate may be demonic or fleshly but the object is the defiance of god's mission in the world temptation is not new to you it's not new to god it goes way back from the very beginning of time in the garden of eden when adam and eve were tempted by that serpent the devil in the garden they believed the lie and ultimately were laid into the trap of death and loss you see god is not in the business of tempting us it is not god the devil does this it makes no sense for god to want to tempt us because it is sin that is antithetical to god's nature so god would never tempt you so if you come to receive a word today you're in the right place at the right time you are watching on the right stream because the truth is all of us need some help in this area sometimes it's that silent thing we're struggling with that nobody knows about we have to deal with these silent temptations and issues because they can become public problems as i preach this word some of you are reflecting over your life right now you've already identified your temptation right now you're like well i know why i'm here today i know why i'm watching today yeah and that's okay because maybe somebody else is watching and you're sitting there in self-righteousness ready to turn the stream off ready to tip out because you feel like well this doesn't affect you because you're perfect but let me be clear with your perfect self you must remember what f b meyer says that when you see a brother or sister struggling with temptation several things you should do and know remember you don't really know how hard they tried not to succumb to the sin you also don't know the powerful forces that were at work to seduce them in that space and you really don't know what you would have done had you been in the same situation if it were not for the grace of god some of us would know we would be caught up in stuff we would still be trying to get over right now what paul gives us is not just the word today but paul gives us a strategy strategy to help us overcome the systematic attack of the enemy to use temptation to lure us away from the very plans of god for our lives and there are many who often want to excuse our temptation it's very unique or it's something that you know just just happening to me but god reminds us the temptation is not unique it happens to all of us it is common to man everybody up in here mask everybody watching around the world has something that you are being tempted by every single day the temptation to stay in the temptation to not work out but to just lay in the bed a little longer the temptation not to study the temptation it just comes in so many different forms the temptation to pay attention to me right now while somebody's trying to send you a message focus all those things are tempting you but there is victory in this house today because what you need to understand by watching the day is that there's victory because whatever temptation whatever issue and struggle you brought in this place today and you're watching the day you're not going to leave today with it today is the last day you're going to struggle with this stuff that god is going to break some chains in this place today [Applause] the torment is going to end today the generational curses are going gonna end today you're gonna wave some stuff goodbye today you're gonna delete some stuff out your phone today and so you're gonna change some places you're going to eat today first corinthians 10 is a very interesting scripture because it deals with the generation of the israelites who escape from egypt and paul refers back to them and uses this as an analogy to help us understand how god brought them out but yet they were constantly tempted to go back into idolatry to serve idols it was the lord god who brought them out but yet they kept reverting back to idols idols or anything that puts itself ahead of god and so paul says really you must understand that you have to stand in christ and don't get cocky and confident and thinking this are you standing in christ you don't have this proclivity to always want to go back to the idol before christ brought you out and made you free we have to be careful in this time when the world is quote unquote opening back up because when you were at home in the pandemic and you couldn't get out like you thought you could have gotten out it was jesus jesus jesus god god god jesus jesus god god god and now the world is opening back up now it's turn up turn up turn up i ain't got time for jesus no more i'd admit somebody named this and that's you putting idols ahead of god it was god who got you out but the idol lures you back into it through temptation and you don't realize just like that you could be called up but as we move forward i want you to understand today how to really understand temptation so let's let's just go real let's just get very practical today right let's let's look at temptation explain in order to overcome it you've got to understand it now james is a good place to start the book of james the epistle james chapter 1 verse 13 through 15 says these words let no man or woman say what they are tempted they are tempted by god for god could not be tempted with evil neither tempt that he any man but every man is tempted watch this when he is drawn away in his own lust and then enticed then when lust has conceived it brings forth sin and sin when it is finished it brings forth death in essence what james is saying sin is an inside job whatever is in you is what draws you to what is tempting you i can put some i can put some uh crack up here and some of y'all it wouldn't even faze you that ain't your issue crack but if i put some weed up here see whatever is in you is what draws you to it so it's easy for the person who the thing isn't affecting to say see that's what's wrong with you right now see because you you always tempt it because see that don't bother them but everybody got something that pulls you away well i'm gonna get real today i promise you i am going to get as real as i can get today see you understand something the strength of temptation is your flesh it's important to understand this because we are drawn away in our own lust the flesh has insatiable desires and if it is not undisciplined those desires will grow if you don't understand how to discipline your flesh your flesh will continue to grow and grow temptation appeals to the flesh in several areas what looks good well if it didn't look so good i wouldn't want it and they saw that the fruit looked good the devil ain't going to ever send you no second strain nothing then what sounds good whoo it's just the way it appeals to my just sounds so good it sounds so good everything sound good in sound then what tastes so good like all the stuff i like that's what makes it so hard to live healthy cause it seems like all the stuff that's unhealthy taste the best and then it feels so good it's the way you make me feel see this is how the enemy got out of a need nothing wrong with desires can i be real for a second i want to be re i want to be as real as i can be this may not be what you grew up hearing but i want to tell you the truth you think something's wrong with your nature it's not wrong with your nature it's just your discipline you're not that strong like i just don't understand you know one young man came to me some years ago said bishop can you just help me i just can't stop looking at women i just said i just i just can't stop this is women can you pray the lord take it away man if i pray that the lord takes that away from you when you get married you're going to ask me to ask the lord to put it back your human nature so don't think nothing's wrong with your natural desire it's when your looks turn to lust it's where discipline begins to show up how disciplined are you you can go look all day at the cupcakes and the wonder oh those are so beautiful and nicely made and oh god and i've been working out and all these it's just when you like uh give me the one with the strawberries on top at least i got fruit too see let me break it down to you you see people are god listen very carefully please hear this your flesh is a mess and paul says in first corinthians 15 31 i die daily because paul woke up every day saying i gotta kill my flesh i ain't gonna lie because my flesh man get out of control i got to die i have to constantly tell my flesh you will not run my life i must be spirit-led because if i let my flesh leave me i'm gonna end up in some crazy places you know why because it's always fun at the front but fatal at the finish notice what james says that the wages of sin brings forth death that it brings forth death when it is fulfilled god told adam and eve the very day you eat of this is the day you will surely die you will surely die they didn't die right away it is death on the installment plan the enemy has a way of softening the consequences to make it so fun that you feel like well nothing happened so let's do it again nothing happened but you don't realize it is a systematic death it is a slow death only installment plan just one smoke here one smoke just one smoking hurt one one hit angle hurt no an angle just one hit one smoke one puff one date one abusive relationship one and everything every addiction starts with the one every abusive relationship started out fun it didn't start out person just didn't start out hitting you over here you had more sense than that it started out fun it started out everything starts out fun but it ends up in depth in your marriage death in your relationship with your kids death in your career death in your morale death in your financial future death in your reputation and paul says there is no temptation that comes our way that is not common to man because temptation affects everybody you can look down your pew right now and all the people that were just saying glory hallelujah and i promise you everybody up in here struggling with something temptation is not a respecter of persons if jesus was tempted in matthew 4 and he was then what makes you think you're going not got to be tempted as well but there are some things you need to understand let me break it down the more god does for you the more the enemy wants to take it from you the devil is not going to sit back and let god do all these amazing things in your life open up these amazing doors and not try to tempt you with something make no mistake about it the blessing on your life is so amazing the magnitude of the assignment in your life is so great it got the enemy's attention the enemy knows apart from christ you are nothing more than enslaved to sin so the enemy has a threefold objective he wants to discredit god's assignment on your life he literally wants to get you caught up with temptation to say see ain't nothing to you your assignment don't mean nothing you might as well go drop out of school go on quick stop playing with god cause it ain't real then he wants to bring disgrace to the kingdom and your family he wants to bring half you fall from grace so you can live in disgrace shame and then he wants to disconnect others from their relationship with god by using your failure ain't nothing with them christians they all hypocrites look at that see you somebody you love god you trust god look at your life you see understand something the bible says we gotta be careful we have to watch in first peter five and eight be sober and villager because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour you got to stay woke lions stalk lions don't just attack they don't just walk up on something lions will sit there a long time and study looking for the weakest one and you have no idea you think you think you know all your stalkers you really don't the devil got some stuff that's just waiting to catch you slipping because i need to understand something you got to stay woke so you don't become intoxicated with your flesh and don't live in the spirit every day because more highs more eyes more levels more experienced devils you want god lord do something big in my life do something great god like okay cool but i understand something you won't be dealing with no rookie devils these are veteran demons that's why you have to guard your access points access points are areas in your life where you're weak these are the areas that have become portals where the enemy can use to entice us they can be places we go things we read internet sites we serve social media we crave and the enemy knows our access points and he will look for the weakness to attack us samson's access point was he like strange women for somebody else it's your need for attention you got to guard yourself because in many instances you got to close these access points because you can give the enemy a foothold into your life i've said it often you got to be careful you got to watch this this word heart heart is an acronym halt h-a-l-t whenever you're hungry whenever you are angry whenever you are lonely and whenever you are tired it's often the access point of the enemy y'all know and some of y'all could put these together whenever i'm hungry and angry i'm hangry ephesians 4 26-27 be angry but do not sin do not let the sun go down in your wrath nor give what place to the devil so here is the here is the real practical application watch this this is going to bless you trust god in every encounter trust god in every encounter you got to understand this the next thing you got to do when you deal with temptation is you got to trust god we have to remember the holy spirit is the gatekeeper of the affairs of our lives so we often minimize the holy spirit to shouting and dancing oh the spirit was there oh the holy ghost was there you think that's how the holy ghost is the holy ghost is a teacher a guy he governs your life that's why you see people it's not so much how high you shout or jump when you shout that's how straight you walk when you come down proverbs 3 5 and 6 says trust in the lord with all of your heart lean not to your own understanding here it is in all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path please understand this if you're going to trust god you got to get to a place where you not only just deny your ungodly desires but you have to desire your godly desires greater than you desire your ungodly desires got to want god more than you wanted it because if one god becomes boring to you and oh it's just ain't enough and then that becomes greater than you back at idolatry see understand i'm getting ready to tell you something i promise you if you listen to this it's going to change your life forever trust god on what he tells you the first time god is always speaking to us but it's our flesh that attempts to rationalize dysfunction we often miss what god is saying because we are blinded by our own desires and our own ambition you know folks that are so ambitious in their mind no matter what god is saying but but but but but i hear this and i hear this let me tell you something you'll end up in a bad situation you can't live your life on what should have could have would have happened god is faithful and god will sound the alarm in your spirit but you have to heed it god will always sound the alarm you may be asking well how does god do that let me tell you watch this watch how many witnesses we have in here here are ways in which god will warn you one a sermon that reads your mail you just be in church but like man how did man know what's going on in my life like i ain't talking to this person what's going on that's the holy spirit that's god using this word to read your mail because god knew exactly what you were struggling with exactly have you ever been in that place somebody can be a witness that you heard of someone like wow what like nobody else was in here but me here's another one he will trouble your spirit so you can't find peace i don't understand why i just don't feel right about taking this job or i don't feel right about this relationship or i don't feel right my spirit ain't trouble i can't sleep i got bubble guts i don't know what's going on because god is troubling your spirit about it because the blessing of the lord has no sorrow it makes rich but adds no sorrow here's a third one he will complicate the situation to make it more difficult to get to it you got it all planned out you got the time you're supposed to hook up then the car won't start some emergency came up i'm sorry i can't get to it cause god keeps complicating the situation because god loves you so much he know he's trying to save you from yourself you want to be giving god glory for the time the car didn't start you ought to be giving god glory for the time he complicated the situation or the time your credit card was denied and he will put an uneasiness in your spirit when you are around it how many times have you walked into a room i've been around somebody and said just something don't feel right and then in your mind you try to logically process it like well maybe i'm tripping maybe i'm not no no you ain't tripping believe what god telling you the first time that uneasiness you feel sometimes you can just look at your parents when they meet people you bring to them they be like because see you so caught up you just your parents are like some man right hey you don't like nobody i bring you better listen something mean right and somebody knows when you look back over your life you gotta testify there were times that god was trying to tell you but you just kept on doing what you're doing and you know you wish you had heard god the first time because you wouldn't have the wounds and the scars you wouldn't be bitter and broken god ain't maybe trying to tell you something god is screaming at you you know why because he knows you better than you know yourself listen to me he knows you better than you know yourself he'll never let you be tempted above what you are able to bear he knows your strengths he knows your weaknesses he knows your proclivities and so therefore you got to trust god you can't go through like cavalier like i got this how is that working for you how how many times have you quit the thing and then got it back up after all the bumps and bruises and scars and the trauma you realize man i need to start being more accountable to god because i clearly don't have this see you got to understand something think about from a parental perspective god is father we as his children think about your parents or if you are a parent that's something parents know about their children they know this some things my child can't help me with you can be working on somebody project around the house and your child come and say can i help you're going to hurt yourself this elder stuff your child who want to help the parent knows a child can't help with this there's some things god's doing in your life you're trying to help god you want to be on the god squad god like stay out of this you pray for me to bring you a husband or wife to get off all them sites go somewhere and sit down just like i won't it's like walking around so thirsty go somewhere and sit down number two parent knows some things my child can't have because it might hurt them some things you just can't can i have some oh i want one that ain't for you oh i want one you're a child you ask for something you don't know how this could eventually hurt you and there's some things my child can't handle they're not mature enough you can sit in my lap and you can pretend like you're driving but i'm the elder and i'm not gonna let the wheel go cause you're a child you want god to give you more control god like you can't handle what you're asking for right now i wanna i don't wanna talk to somebody watching me right now and i want those of you who in this space to hear something this may not be for you and you're going to act like i'm not talking to you so just go on and give it to your cousin because i know when i bring this up you go act like i'm not talking to you so let's just get this message to your cousin and to your friend to your roommate okay i want to help you understand how the enemy gets you with soul ties and how to break them soul ties see here's how it looks when you're dealing with soul ties all these dots represent all the people that were interacting in your life there's all the different relationships and people came and went you know some of y'all you got a few more dots some of you have a few lists but i just tried to get an average but then there's always that one that stands out that was the thing that got me intellectually attracted to it and it became physical now here's the issue with this one it was supposed to be just a friend but i was so drawn intellectually to the person it became physical and now it's a soul tie but i can easily walk away from this because i'm remorseful i look at this like man i hate that happen lord we should have never done that it was just supposed to be a great intellectual banter and exchange but but i can walk away from that because that soul tie isn't this hard to break then there's this one over here come here come over here come over here come on this one over here here this one is the emotional spiritual and physical now this one is this person was emotionally connected to me and spiritually connected we read scriptures and they this thing was powerful because we had chemistry the only problem with our chemistry ended up as biology and it became physical the problem with this one this old time is that now i hate this situation i despise this because you were supposed to know better and i was supposed to know better we could have been emotionally and physically attracted but we were too spiritual how did we end up like this how do we end up having bible study and praying together and still ending up caught up together so every time i see you it's easy to break this soul tie because i resent that season but then here's my real problem i'm going to mess somebody who's emotionally connected to me intellectually connected to me spiritually connect to me and physically this right here is hard to breathe because i can't figure out if they check all the boxes while we ain't together so i'm measuring every relationship i got on this one i'm upset with god i almost became a stalker because i can't figure out if all these things i pray for are lined up why are we not together it's a soul time and then god showed me something on how to break that i know i'm not talking about you don't like i'm talking about dream how much your cousin you know um my wife has a amazon addiction y'all pray for it i'm just kidding we both do we got amazon you know some of y'all got amazon addiction too boxes be coming to the house and boxes be coming to the house and where these boxes coming from and it'd be so many boxes you don't be knowing like what's that so one day i'm the box opener that's how we do this one day i'm opening up a box i'm opening up i'm like oh my gosh all that stuff oh there's some good stuff oh my god i'm like and she comes and says what's that like some stuff you ordered i didn't order that i started thinking well did i order it and i opened this box up now i had to close it back up and i realized with all this good stuff in it it was dropped off at the wrong address you can get something that can check all the boxes [Applause] and try to convince yourself it belonged to you but i'm gonna need you to check the address because just because it was good don't mean it was delivered i'm not talking to anybody up in here today i don't even try to ask god to make it yours it ain't addressed to you so as i close listen to me thank god for your exits whatever temptation god gives you a way out the bible says no weapon formed against you shall prosper doesn't mean the weapon won't be formed it just means it won't prosper you gotta wanna come out you gotta wanna come out you gotta get to a place the reason why god told me to minister this word because there are some people that are fed up who are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the struggle whatever your struggle is i don't care if it's overeating i don't care if it's being lazy and trifling bad relationships whatever the temptation is whatever it is you're tired of it you're fed up you're trying to make a life change and the issue is you've got to want to come out when jesus shows about the grave of lazarus he does not go into the tomb because he doesn't do tomb work he just stands inside the tomb and says lazarus come forth lazarus gotta want to come out god gave you a word to get you out your situation but you got to want to come out we can give you all the word we can but you got to want yourself to come out how bad do you want to come out and when you come out i'ma need you to tell your real testimony your real testimony about how you got caught up let me tell you a story in australia in the bush country there's a little plant called the sundew it has a slender stem and tiny round leaves fringe with hairs and glistening with bright drops of liquid as delicate as fine do whoa to the insect that dares to dance on it because although it's attractive cluster of red white and pink blossoms are harmless the leaves are deadly the shiny moisture on each leaf is sticky and will imprison any bud that touches it and as an insect struggles to free itself the vibration causes the leaves to close tightly around it and the innocent looking plant that feeds then begins to feed on its victim some of you were lured too by some fine do fine dude fine woman fine situation what you thought was the right job what you thought was the right circumstance and you dare dance on it and it was about to close in on you but you're watching me today because you got out and you ought to give god glory that you got out or what it could have taken you out statistics says you shouldn't have been here people look over your life and think you never should have made it but you ought to give god glory that god gave you an exit and you taking your exit today the bible says we overcome by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony tell us your real testimony don't just tell us he's the bridge of a troubled water and a shelter in the time of storm tell us your real testimony tell us what you were in so they could appreciate what you got out of your end is your truth your out is your testimony if you were in fornication if you were in drug addiction if you were in bad habits if you were in this but look at how god brought you out if god brought you out you should give god glory [Music] and so one day one day dr turner one day i was uh i'm getting ready to drink some water and the water bottle started talking to me shakespeare said there's sermons in stone so there's a revelation in the water bottle and the water bottle said whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa before you take me off the shelf open me up and start letting me bless you let me tell you where i've been i said well then talk to me says you don't know my story one day somebody threw me away and i was in a big heat pile then one day out there hopeless and thinking that i had nothing else to give because i'd been used up and i was dingy and dirty somebody came along and picked me up clean me up filled me up set me up so i could pour into you today i said well water bottle how'd that happen and the water bottle said cause i'm a recyclable product that when everybody else gave up on me god saw something in me you ought to give god glory that god recycle you whatever statistic and everybody and everything wrote you off because of what you were caught up in god gave you another chance so today it doesn't matter what temptation the sin is not being tempted the sin is having enough sense to realize what it is when you see it and say i'm going to do what god wants me to do please be seated for just a moment on every head about every eye clothes while you're watching around the world the power of god is here to minister to you i want you to think about what that word spoke to you but i want you to think about that area of struggle how you attempted sometimes to stay in the bed a little longer how you tempted to not take care of yourself physically how you tempted sometimes to eat stuff you know you shouldn't go places you know you shouldn't do stuff recklessly today we come to break that because if nobody else sees the best in you god does and everybody else writes you off whoo he sees the best in you and so listen to me if you're here today the spirit of the lord is speaking i want you to hear this hear god the first time he speaks to you you need a relationship with jesus christ you need to reconnect your relationship with him bishop i know the lord i need to get back and come back into the right relationship bishop i'm here and i need a i need a church home in nashville where i can grow in god's word a bishop i'm a student and i i need a covering i'm not going to be in nashville without having a church home to cover me spiritually here's what i want you to do while you're watching me around the world and while you're in this building what i want you to do right now if i'm talking to you i want you to stand i want you to stand right now if you're better to make one of those four decisions i don't want you to wear nobody else it's about you right now come on stand right now stand stand all over this place wherever you are that's it i see you that's it come on whenever come on come on that's it that's it i want you to stand good that's it god bless you i'm gonna hear god the first time i'm not going i don't need no more scars and wounds in my life that's it just stand that's it that's it stand stand that's it that's it that's it come on that's it i want you to stand i want you to stand that's it i want you to stand [Music] come on i need you to stand there's at least 10 more of you that need to stand that's it i see you come on come on i need you to stand hold your head up when you stand because god's getting rid of it recycle you that's it that's it come on come on come on i'm to hear god the first time he speaks to you lord i heard you you brought me to this service you let me tune in because you wanted me to hear this word too hey come come stand stand wherever you are stand that's it come on that's it there's seven more of you that need to stand i'm waiting come on come on come on come on come on come on come on power of god is moving in this place right now come on come on come on in that balcony come on i see you that's it come on that's it bless you come on that's it come on come on that's it i see you i see you come on there's three more of you that need to make this decision now come on yes lord yes lord come on i know that's it bless you come on i know what the spirit of god told me this word was gonna set somebody free this word was gonna break a generational curse that's it come on that's it that's one look there it is come on there it is hallelujah hallelujah come on declare it yes she did with everyone else around all they could see was the bad part [Music] and what i want you to do listen to me even while you're watching right now and while you're in this place i want you to do this on the screen right now i'm not going to ask you to walk down here i'ma make it very easy for you because i'm going to see it in real time when you do it i want you to take out your phone right now i want you to send a text message that's gonna save your life right now it's gonna be the best text message you ever said i want you to text the word salvation to 63975 do it right now do it right now just text the word salvation that's it to six three nine seven five i want you to do that and when you do that i'm gonna see it immediately our team is gonna follow up with you immediately and we're gonna make sure you get connected to this ministry we're gonna put you on a path of discipleship you're going to be covered and you're going to be poured into and you're going to continue to mature in the things of god mount zion i want you to help me give god glory for all of these souls that are standing come on come on come on stand on your feet and give god glory come on stand on your feet and give god glory thank god don't you be tempted to say i'll do it when i get home or i'll do it later do it now this is that moment i pray you've been blessed today i thank god for you today being here thank god for our college students you're on a journey of a lifetime as you go to college many students many people that have come to this ministry are doing amazing things that are doing extraordinary things in the world and thank you for helping us to be safe in this place we're going to continue to be safe and we thank god for you after service there's grab and go there's food for our college students they're going to grab and go get you back on the buses and all even if you drove you still get a plate to go back to campus whatever you do just go back there and they'll give you direction they're going to put our closing declaration on the screen we're going to say it together we say this every sunday now let's read it together one two ready read i received my instruction and i've been equipped with god's word i am ready and will see victory because of what i heard protect my mind body and spirit help me watch and pray i trust you with tomorrow and thank you for strength today may the grace of god go with you cover and keep you and may he ever be with you and yours until we meet again you'll be blessed god bless [Music] [Music]

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