MTZ Nash Sunday Worship Experience | The Measurement of Maturity Pt. 4 | How to Handle Expectations

so do hmm [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 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 nashville 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 in 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 good morning mount zion are y'all happy to be in the house today i remember i remember growing up in the in the missionary baptist church and it was you know we used to sing those old songs sometimes people can't get with it but this was just in my spirit this morning i know you all gonna go with it because i know you're familiar it says when peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows road whatever my life it don't matter if i've been up it doesn't matter if i've been down it doesn't matter if i'm happy it doesn't whatever my life god has taught me to say it is well is it well with your mount zion it is well thank god it is well i bet it [Music] god has taught you the same it is well with your soul please receive the praise ministry this morning god bless you thanks the lord anybody know it is well with your soul thank you god you satisfy the longest soul god we thank you for those of us that thirst after you lord god you allow good things to happen god we give you glory we thank you we honor you we will trust in you god we praise you [Music] all right [Music] i will be satisfied [Music] i will be satisfied with family right here [Music] [Music] if [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] and i will be satisfied [Music] oh come on clap your hands right there i will trust your work [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] reply [Applause] [Music] come on lift it up oh [Music] [Applause] i will be [Music] i [Music] is [Music] whatever [Music] [Music] ain't nobody gonna be satisfied with jesus [Music] i need a please [Music] come on come on [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] that you satisfied [Music] say i will i will something happens when you dance before the lord [Music] somebody [Music] [Applause] [Music] no matter what you're [Music] [Applause] but i understand the joy of the lord [Music] whatever it is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] okay [Music] [Music] whatever [Music] freedom in the room today come on put them in the room today [Music] freedom in the room [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] today [Music] [Applause] today [Music] maybe you don't need a breakthrough maybe you don't need your healing maybe you don't need people situations that's okay but the photos [Music] [Applause] [Music] i saw the pressure fall off as you was leaving i saw strapped all of you as you were leaving for me i saw something turning around for you somebody give god praise for your suffering somebody did not pray for your brother you don't know what somebody went through when they woke up [Music] [Applause] i saw that for that moment that's freedom in the room today for you woman of god oh god there's so much freedom in the world for you that's so much free i wish somebody could stop [Music] you may not understand my praising that point but when i look back over my life if it had not been to the lord all my son all my son and the boy should've killed me but thank you jesus i'm free thank you jesus i'm free [Applause] that says freedom in the i'll go [Music] all over the room [Music] hey [Music] for your children [Music] [Music] me [Music] i'll go [Music] [Music] i will be satisfied with you one more time just the voices please you share with us where you'll be i'll go yeah you will never go wrong following god i will trust i will be satisfied with [Music] [Music] [Music] i will trust [Music] [Applause] [Music] i i know we only got five more seconds but why will i say yes to you cause no fire can't burn me no [Music] he knows your name in your victory [Music] me victory [Music] [Music] i am [Music] wow [Music] all you please [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] please [Music] am [Music] god we're so thankful that you know our name you know every hair on our head yes god so let's go before the lord in prayer this morning as we sit at his feet and have a conversation amen father god we just bless you god we thank you lord we're so grateful for another opportunity to just say thank you lord we lift up to you this morning bay harper in the loss of her husband franklin god we know lord god we already know lord god that you have sent the holy spirit to be her comforter so faith please know that we are praying for you and we're lifting you up before the lord and god we're also grateful lord god for the family of gloria tate be the louds we're thinking about you and your family in the loss of your mother in the loss of the family member we just thank god for the time that you had with her and we're lifting you up we're holding your arms up so lord we thank you god we thank you that every concern every tear god you are already aware of and we just bless you even now god in the name of jesus our sister beth beth we already have you lifted in prayer and we're just praying we'll continue to praying for you and the loss of your dad we want you to know that we love you and we are here for you there is nothing that we won't do to support you god bless you and we want to lift up right now bishop and dr stephanie as they continue to do the good work of this ministry along with the mount zion staff and leadership god you already know what the leads are the needs are our god but we just want to pray right now in the name of jesus that you will give them a fresh anointing to do the work of you lord god we want to thank you right now that as you lead guide and direct their steps that their ears will be inclined to hear you god i thank you god for making them aware of every single distraction that would come to distract them from doing your good work god we thank you right now for spiritual wisdom and discernment in the name of jesus and god not only these that we have lifted up but god we thank you for everyone that's in the sanctuary god we thank you for those who are listening those of you who are in your kitchen those of you who are doing your work and you have your earbuds on just know that jesus loves you and he is waiting to hear from you so god i thank you for those who may have needs as far as their health god i thank you right now in the name of jesus that your word declares that every good and perfect gift god comes from you so lord we say thank you god even though our heads are bound we lift up our hands and we give you all the glory we give you all the praise we give you all the honor we know that everything that we're experiencing god it could not happen unless you allowed it god so god we say thank you we thank you that we were afflicted god we thank you god for every battle god we thank you for every scar but god we thank you more than anything for the blood of jesus that covers us god the blood of jesus lord god it's real it's real in our souls and god we thank you god we thank you for those that may be faced with god not only with grief god and not only with loss of life but god those who are dealing with loss of a job or loss of a home a loss of finances god your word declares that there is not one thing that is too hard for you so we say god we are just honoring you for continuing to be god we lift up your name right now in the name of jesus god we sometimes what god asks you for things over and over and over and we know that you hear us but god right now we want to say thank you thank you jesus for being jesus thank you jesus for dying on the cross thank you jesus for hearing us when we didn't have words god thank you lord god that you sent the holy spirit to interpret our loans and our groans thank you jesus that you woke us up this morning and you didn't let our feet stumble god but you let us make our way to mount you let us make our way to tune in god i thank you god i bless you god we thank you for the activity of our lives god we thank you that we could have been dead living in our grave but lord god you didn't speak fit god we say thank you for our jobs thank you for our families thank you for the activity of our lives thank you that we got a spell on our face thinking that the devil can kill us although he tried thank you lord ella we give you honor we give you glory thank you god that we're able to sing a song we're able to praise you in the midst of the story thank you god that we have a memory god we know that you can do it because we've seen you do it before thank you god that we are not discouraged and we are not dismayed thank you god that we know the word we got that thing in our belly and thank you god at any given moment we will only to be god thank you that this is a season for manifestation god i thank you right now in the name of jesus god we don't have to worry we don't have to press we have to believe we have to stay blessed through your word and know that the faith that brought us through yesterday in the same faith that would bring us through today and if god although sometimes we suffer god we say thank you cause you don't leave us there you bring us through lord i thank you again for the leaders of this house god i thank you for bishop walker i thank you for dr stephanie god i thank you that you continue to cover their family god i thank you that you continue to make a way god i think that even before they ask you for anything god you've already done it got it because you've done it for them lord we know we're next in line so god we say hallelujah and thank you lord we love you we appreciate you we honor you we magnify your name and in all things we will always give the honor to you and it is in the matchless name of jesus christ that we have prayed and say amen you may be seated in the presence of the lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] will tap your hands right there we're gonna stand together stay over [Music] is anybody blessed he keeps on blessing i'm looking at a blessed person over say he keeps on blessing me only if you're blessed [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the kingdom of heaven [Music] shall we [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you ought to be there [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] you are [Music] you are [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] i had [Music] is [Music] [Music] i wanna [Music] oh [Music] [Music] uh [Music] oh [Music] come on [Music] one more time [Music] [Applause] i want to be [Music] well come on and give god glory everybody come on give him praise we thank god today i tell you we give him come on help me thank god for this awesome choir come on help me thank god for this awesome choir thank you so much we are grateful to god and thank god for all of you who are here today and those of you watching all around the world whatever you're watching wherever you're streaming in from we appreciate you being connected today we celebrate you and we are grateful to god god is truly amazing and we thank god the power of god is all in this place all in the virtual space all at the same time so we honor the lord today anybody just glad to be in the house of the lord one more time glad to be streaming in i want you to connect with us if you're visiting with us today you're welcome your family man we call you family here we don't we don't play with that you are a part of who we are and we want to stay connected with you follow us right there on social media follow myself follow my wife we love to connect with you and and we love to be in the virtual space with you and i met joseph walker 3 she said dr steph walker stay connected the mount zion church even our mount zion instagram page and facebook page stay connected there as well we're just grateful to god for all that he's doing you know we're thankful uh today because today this month actually in september every year we would normally uh be celebrating our church picnic and boy i tell you covet changes a lot we still want to honor and thank god for the extraordinary leadership of our team and thank god for all of you who serve and who follow ministry and the entire mount zion family and friends who support the vision of this church it is our desire to consistently pour back into you so today we're thankful to god for the opportunity to do just that if you're watching the comfort of your home or you're in this sanctuary today we want you to know that today is mount zion family day and what we're doing today if you look on the screen right now uh we're asking each head of household that means you're one in a household amen some of y'all rolling deep like 10 and 12 in the household so one in the household we want you to simply text the word gift to 63975 you do that today by three o'clock central standard time by four o'clock eastern by one o'clock on the west coast make sure you do that because when you do it you'll receive a gift virtually a token of our appreciation that you'll be able to get right there and it's our way of pouring back into you we are a ministry that appreciates your support even doing this pandemic as we've been able to continuously to grow and to thrive it's because of your support so we thank god for you so make sure you do that and of course do it today and we appreciate that so very very much that's gift to 639-75-639-75 i do want you to also get ready for the full gospel baptist church leadership conference call propel this is i'm honored to be the presiding bishop this is a international movement and we've got a great lineup it's going to be a virtual conference like none other you're going to be hearing something about that doing our announcements today but if you've ever been a part of our regis of our conference you know this is gonna be bananas if you're a leader a person that has vision on you you want to get some you know some some strategy iron sharpens iron trust me when i tell you this will be a blessing for your life so we want you to be a part of it we also want to celebrate all of our virtual campuses let me tell you the last few weeks man we've been running around uh the country just celebrating and sharing with our virtual campuses our dmv group many who are watching today we say what's up to the dmv virtual campus and of course i want to thank god for pastor diamond doing a great job in that area and we went to uh the dmv area had dinner with them and fellowship and then of course this past friday we were in atlanta for our atlanta virtual group check it out on my instagram page we posted it it was truly truly awesome and we're grateful to god for that and of course on tomorrow we'll be sharing with our huntsville virtual campus and i know they are watching they're very excited huntsville we got a lot of folk and watch us in huntsville they've started a virtual campus there mount zion anywhere huntsville and we're excited now let me tell you how faithful the folks in alabama are the next time you think about man i don't know if i feel like driving down the church i feel like watching church you know we got a faithful faithful member of our church leonte mionto williams she's standing in the owl over there and she's an usher and uh just come up here on the stage and stand right here because this is gonna bless y'all testing around come on come on come on now but first of all i want to say congratulations to her because she uh she just got elected to the birmingham city school board district 2. in that a blessing the other thing you need to know about her she's so faithful now you see her usher right you know why she lives in birmingham birmingham that's birmingham alabama we're in nashville tennessee she drives to nashville twice a month to come to church to serve as an usher yeah [Applause] yeah yeah and when she's not when she's not in person she's still streaming virtually and we just want her to know how much we appreciate her and how god has honored you your faithfulness and how you're going gonna serve those people in birmingham on that school board i know it's a awesome testimony you shared it and uh i know she's here cause she's gonna go right back to huntsville be with us tomorrow night and then the virtual connect we love you so much and we're so proud of you come on let's thank god another blessing bless you gosh man that's what it's all about man that's what faithfulness looks like and we're so thankful we're continuing our efforts to mitigate the spirit of coba 19 so please know our testing is available every week at our antioch and our jefferson street location make certain that you make certain you get your testing and do that and we appreciate all of you that have been taking advantage of that it's a september to remember y'all that if god has been good to you can you put your hands together can you give him glory come on [Applause] we're going to prepare our hearts that worship god and giving we do this because god has been so good let me tell you the way the power of god failed at any out today y'all have no idea god's going to speak to you today it's going to be a blessed blessed service today it already has been but god's got a word for you today and i want today as we prepare to give let's give in a way that lets god know we appreciate him that we are faithful we honor god every time he blesses us we turn around and say god it belongs to you it's all about alignment it's all about alignment let me also celebrate while you're preparing that and of course we're thankful pastor katina parish is our pastor of congregational care and uh this friday she's gonna be getting married y'all i'm so happy so we're gonna celebrate katina so she come back and you see her a little pep on her step that's cause she got she got married we're so proud of her and just a blessing and uh willa clark thank you for uh loving our pastor of congregational care we celebrate that but today as we prepare uh to to give let's let's do it in our tithe our offering let's sew in the good ground this is a good crown i want to thank god for all of you right now to continue to sew the virtual space you're so faithful and thank you right now on the screen you will see ways in which you can give your tithe your offering we encourage you to use technology take out your phone and use the technology and give and also if you would like to if you just want an envelope you know you just want to do that the ushers will give you one now just raise your hand and what you'll do they won't come back and pick it up you have to take it out to the fourier and you drop it off in the drop box and they will direct you in that regard but thank you so much let's pray let's get ready to give father thank you for the privilege we have to give thank you for this moment and thank you for blessing your people to be a blessing in jesus name amen [Music] adjustments are made around and in us every day through our eyes our hearts our lungs and even in our schedules accounts and our automobiles but often the most challenging adjustment of them all is in our mind and our leadership but don't fear we can help register today at full gospelconference.org for propel 2021 virtual conference making the 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kit what you need depends on the area in which you live and the type of disaster you might face but these are some basic items that can be helpful for everyone first you'll need water about one gallon per person per day you'll need two weeks worth of shelf stable food a manual can opener a flashlight with extra batteries a dust mask a whistle in case you need to draw attention to your location a battery powered hand crank radio a first aid kit wrench or pliers as these tools can come in handy if you need to turn off utilities books games puzzles and other activities and supplies for your pets for more details regarding an emergency kit please download the fema and red cross apps it will also help you with information when disasters occur preparedness helps us all our families and our community let's take small steps today to be better equipped for disasters 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 00 am central standard time we look forward to you joining us and don't forget to invite your friends self-care is necessary so you don't wake up on the wrong side of bed every day it helps you be in relationship with others and it helps you understand the value you place on yourself that others might also see the value you have in you how you treat you is how others will treat you the bible says love your neighbor as yourself i become the paradigm the model by which i am loving others we've made it to the finale of our high achievers bible study series this week join bishop walker for part five my resilience tune in on facebook youtube or the mount zion app at 12 noon or 7 p.m central standard time hey members partners and friends have you spoke with bishop yet don't miss your chance every thursday on zoom for our virtual connect now at a new and earlier time 8 pm central standard time bring your thoughts prayer requests and even questions and meet a few more people all at the same time we can't wait to connect with you every thursday at 8pm have you or someone you know experience the loss of a loved one mount zion is here our griefshare program is available each tuesday now through december 28th to register for free visit www dot mt nashville you are not alone like a good neighbor mount zion you have been there and we want to thank you for your continued support prayers and commitment to the ministry during these unprecedented times thank you for staying connected and committed to the vision and the visionary and as a thank you we're declaring today as mount zion family day whether you're connected to our ministry in person virtually or a combination of both we want to send a token of appreciation from the ministry of mount zion to you if you are ahead of household please text right now the word gift to the number 63975 and you will receive a form to complete and a token will be emailed to you please make sure you complete the form today by 3 pm central standard time if you need any assistance visit the family day table located in the atrium or you can email s mckinney at mt zionnashville.org thank you so much mount zion and happy family day [Music] we've enhanced our text to give option with three simple steps first draft a new text to 267 mtz seed that's 267 m-t-z-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 tithes20 as the message you can also give online at mt zionnashville.onlinegiving.org or from the mount zion mobile app giving at mount zion is easier and more manageable [Music] [Music] [Music] this day [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i want to live [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] lord give me grace [Music] [Applause] [Music] knock me [Applause] [Music] [Music] all the dangerous [Music] [Music] in here [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] oh my god lord keep me day by day father thank you for your word today we need to hear from you oh god we pray oh god that this word will speak life it's about his faith be strengthened let's let his life be changed forever and we give you glory and praise for what you're gonna do as only you know how in jesus name amen the word of the lord today for us is in philippi philippians philippians chapter four verses six through eight anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto god and the peace of god which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds through christ jesus finally brother and whatever things are true whatever things are noble whatever things are just whatever things of good or pure whatever things are lovely and pure a good rapport if there be any virtue and have to be any praise meditate or think on these things you may be seated today we're going into this series and as we are in part four today i want to talk about how do we handle expectations expectations now one of the common denominators in this place today is that all of us if we were honest in some form or fashion we are expecting something it is quite common that when you have worked for something labored for it prayed for it that eventually you desire to see it come to fruition expectation is defined as a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future and though we have in our mind what we think should happen we don't always agree with the timing in which it will be delivered let's be honest we want what we want when we want it and in this day of amazon and instacart where you can click a button and have most of what you want delivered on your schedule it is important that you understand today that's not how prayer works it's important for you and i to understand the importance of divine timing it's important that we learn the power of patience it's also important that we know what grandmother told us that god may not come would you want him to come but he's always on time god is sovereign and he is under no obligation to move when you want him to move or to do what you want him to do but when god does deliver be well assured that he delivers at the right time and he delivers the right thing and he knows what you need better that you know yourself it comes down to trust do you really trust god paul helps us today because he gives us a word to help bring down our stress level so that we don't allow anxiety to bring about our demise because whatever you need done whatever you're believing god for whatever it is that you're trusting god for you understand how to manage your expectations so that your expectations are always in alignment with the will of god when paul speaks to the church at philippi he had a great relationship with them and paul spends a great deal of time talking about the christian life the church at philippi held a special place in paul's heart it was a church at philippi that supported paul in his ministry and as consequence paul gives them a word to say because you have ministered to me and supported my ministry my god will supply all of your needs according to his riches in glory paul was greatly concerned however about the church at philippi as he began to speak to them about what it really meant to live out their faith in the proper attitude and the proper understanding of what faith looks like in the midst of those who were teaching false doctrine apostates they were called false teachers those who were teaching things that were not consistent with the christ to whom they had followed and yet in the midst of helping them put hardship in perspective in the midst of helping the church at philippi the first three chapters understand how to deal with the sufferings they had to endure paul gives them this word that it really comes down to your mind that ultimately how you live out your faith has a lot to do with the state of mind you find yourself in you think about it just for a moment in romans paul says that we should be transformed by the renewing of our mind that we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god when a person is saved and accepts the lord jesus christ in their heart and confesses with their mouth it is in direct proportion to their mind being changed the biggest moment of conversion that can ever happen in your life the moment when you turn from the way you've always done it to another way god wants it done is when you have a mind shift the hardest thing for any person in this place watching me around the world is to get your mind to change and what's interesting about that is that when you finally understand the power of your mind a strong mind and a strong faith cannot be defeated you really can have a strong faith but have a jacked up mind and never receive the thing that god has for your life you can be believing god for something by faith but your mind can be so messed up the enemy can interrogate your mind that it begins to cause your faith to wonder and wonder and so as a consequence paul understood what anxiety does to the believer particularly when you're looking at a situation and you're believing god for the results but yet now the enemy is playing games with your mind and so therefore even as you watch me today some of you now know that your anxiety level has been off the chain and the fact is watch how this works it really comes down to how does your mind manage the middle see there is a point called origination when god gives you a promise that's it right god tells you he's going to do something at that point has a great deal of excitement your mind is excited your spirit is excited god said god told me it was going to happen that's the point of origination the promise but then that's the point of delivery that's called manifestation that's when it actually occurs and that's when the mind is okay there too because i see it it's there it's physical it's present it is i can touch it the problem however is from the point of origination the point of manifestation how does my mind handle the stuff in the middle this is what takes so long what's taking so long lord i thought you pretended that was going to happen i didn't see this curveball i didn't see this detour i did not know it was going to be this much hell before i got what you promised me so it's hard when you're trying to manage life in the hallway because you know one door has closed and another door has not opened up and now you've got to trust god in the hallway and you got to tell people god said it was going to happen and they look at your situation like they don't know like it's going to happen to me how do you manage your level of anxiety don't nobody believe it's going to happen but you well paul says be anxious for nothing let me talk to somebody today because i want to help you today understand you got to refuse to panic we're getting ready to tear the panic button off i want you to hear this today because paul says be anxious for nothing which is a command it is not an option that you have to get to a point where you never allow your circumstances to cause you to panic when you panic you doubt the power of god when you panic it is a result of you relying upon your own resources and concluding that because you have limited resources it must not it is not going to happen please understand that god is not looking at your resources and your giftings and all of your talent to get this done he can get this done without you you have got to mature to the point where you trust god and you say god i trust your providential will for my life because i know that even when it looks like nothing's happening you are still moving you see what you must understand is that anxiety will lead you to poor decisions let me talk to you just for a moment researchers found that anxiety can mess up your judgment studies have shown that anxiety causes you to be less able to differentiate between the unthreatening things and those things that are actually a threat it leads to what's called overgeneralization in essence here is the rule it it's when a person struggles at work to meet a deadline and then they generalize but maybe i'm a bad employee or they struggle to get an assignment done for school and now i'm a horrible student i shouldn't even be here because you're generalizing one isolated event and the anxiety begins to swell or maybe i made a mistake as a parent so now i'm a horrible parent because what happens the enemy interrogates your mind and say see you're horrible it's not going to happen you shouldn't even be here you shouldn't be trying this but you must understand something people like god listen very carefully when you're anxious and you are consumed like that it's because you've allowed your emotions to take precedent in your life see when you get in your feelings you make unwise decisions when you all wrapped up in your emotions it causes you to do stuff like go into debt it causes you to end up in bad relationships it causes you to start eating yourself to death because your emotive decisions cause you to get ahead of god when you look back over your life let's be honest let's think about it think about all the pain you could have saved your life had you not made an emotional decision aren't there times in your life in my life too i know man you were looking at your life like lord have mercy if i had just not allowed myself to be lived by my emotions but what happened i started panicking i started thinking nothing was going to happen so i took things into my own hand you looked at yourself and said you know i'm a time clock chicken i don't know if i'm ever have a child so you just said come on johnny don't you just say well just look like angle ever get this money to pay this bill so you ended up doing something that you wish you had not done right so the issue is when you find yourself in a place of anxiety you're not thinking properly because you're thinking out of your emotions and you're moving too quickly because you don't think the thing is actually going to happen because anxiety exposes a lack of faith see the bible says in hebrews 11 1 faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen watch this so anxiety says i don't see it so it must not it it's not going to happen that's what anxiety says but remember you don't walk by sight you walk by faith and the problem is the moment you have anxiety you begin to negate the word of god which commands you that god's word does not return to him void but it will accomplish what he sends it to do so if god said he's going to do something all you got to do is just wait on it just wait on it just wait on it it's going to come to pass it may be delayed but it's not denied you got to put your trust in god even when you don't know how it's going to happen because when you have faith like this and you mature like this listen to me watch this you trust his timing you know what this means how long it takes god i'ma trust your time i don't care how long it takes i don't care how long it takes for me to get the house you want from me i'm gonna trust your time and i don't get how long it takes for you to get the king or the queen in my life i'm gonna wait i don't care how long it takes for me to finally get the job i want or to get in the program i am gonna wait until you deliver it no matter how long it takes i'm not gonna get ahead of your plan i'm not gonna try to disrupt what you are doing because you know better than i know so lord i'm gonna wait until my change see mature faith also says i trust his process whatever i have to go through while i'm waiting okay how many how many how many people don't like me i don't care what kind of trial and storm i have to go through i am going to trust you that's why god whatever you allow to happen in the process i know it's always when i look over my life it's always been for my benefit some of the stuff i had to go through i didn't understand why i had to go through it but now i give god glory but i had to go through it and my prayer life wouldn't be where it was if i didn't go through it i wouldn't be watching this service if i didn't go through it so i look over my life and i said look at how much better i've become look at how much stronger i've become look at how much wiser i've become i thank god for my mountains i thank him for my valleys for every storm he brought me through if i never had a problem i wouldn't know what faith in this world could do i thank god for all of it but i also trust his will how it turns out see because here's the deal real faith says i trust your will for how it gets delivered because here's the deal god made you a promise he was going to do that but you in your mind said god going to do it this way when god never said it this way he said that way so in your mind you start imagining what it was going to look like saying well god you said it was going to be this way god said no it was going to be that way and your problem is you're going to miss your that because you consumed with your this can i preach just like i feel it so whatever god delivers in my life i know it's good for me even if it don't turn out and look like i originally thought it was going to look i got to give god glory so god i thank you if this is the job i give you glory if this is the program i give you glory if this is the person i give you glory even if it may not look like what i imagined you know what was best for me preach bishop i'm doing the best i can so so what you got to do watch this deal with your anxiety but then you gotta remain prayerful paul says in everything with prayer and supplication you know prayer is one of the most essential things in the life of a believer and prayer is not just communicating with god prayer is communing with god see you communicate with a lot of people but that doesn't mean you have a relationship with them you see people on your job on your campus you see a lot of time hey what's up i speak to them all the time yeah and you know people say i know them i see them all the time and speak to them you don't know them you just speak to them i know that man i see him all the time i always speak to him you don't know him he don't know you you just speak to him you have a communication with him but you don't spend time to commune to get to know him that is a choice and just because you get on your knees and say now i laid me down to sleep or father thank you for this food don't mean you know him when you know him you don't just talk to him you stay and abide with him and relationship and the prayer is not unilateral it is not one way it is reciprocal that when i pray i'm not just talking to god but i stay a little while because i need god to talk back to me so when i pray paul says i want to challenge you pray with consistency not just in a crisis in everything somebody just shout at everything see watch this and everything not not just when things are going bad uh when you're in trouble but in everything see in everything by prayer and supplication reminds us that everything is a proper subject for prayer there's not just some areas in your life that are concerning to god god cares about all of them so as a consequence mature people pray about everything mature people like before i make this decision i need to pray before i connect with you and give you my number let me pray before i make this purchase let me pray some of you right now wish you had prayed before you did some of the stuff you did because if you had p-r-a-a-e-d you wouldn't have been p-r-a-e-y-e-d you don't see i'm seeking god in every direction in my life it's easy to go to god in a crisis it's easier to go to god but the bottom falls out everybody get religion in the midst of a tough time i've been on planes boy that started out like a flight just started out like a flight just a normal flight and the storm got so bad and the turbulence got so bad that the flight turned into a chapel all these folk praying jesus christ because storms make anybody call on jesus but see maturity says in first thessalonians 5 and 17 pray without ceasing can i help you understand something when you pray without cece this isn't spooky prayer see don't don't misread the scripture and you'll be all spooky now the bible says pray without ceasing that's what every time you see full in the name of jesus father name of jesus how are you doing father the name of jesus that ain't what the scripture is talking about the best way to explain this is your cell phone like my cell phone perhaps is connected to the internet flow with me connected to cellular service and the internet i'm not using my phone i'm preaching to you but my phone is still connected while i'm preaching to you from time to time my phone while i'm even preaching to you can send me an alert a amber alert could send me a special on a sale could send me a coupon because i got it on if i choose to turn it off i rob myself of what may be coming down to bless me when you pray without ceasing it don't mean you got to always be walking around here acting like your old prayer warrior every time people see you know it just means i'm connected that's why i can walk in rooms and i get an alert alert go this way am i talking to anybody up in here today any given moment god can download a blessing in my life god can download an alert he can download a notification in my life that's what prayer without ceasing me i am constantly connected but wait a minute i need to bless somebody because he says when you don't when you pray don't just pray but pray with supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto god tell god what you want and thank him like it's already done let me tell you something supplications means pray with specificity the powerful part of the process of prayer is expectation while you're praying be clear god is not intimidated by what you ask him for you don't have to be saying i don't want to ask god for that because i just think like i'm being over the top or it's too much or maybe you know i don't and a lot of other folk praying and i don't feel like i want to take up all the blessings so god just you know i'll be satisfied no you ask god for what you want you got to be specific you got to learn how to activate your faith don't skirt around it god promised to give you the desires of your heart are you single people look at me you praying for a husband or a wife don't judge me to my lord give me a man lord give me a woman no you'll be specific god will give you the desires i believe i got some witnesses out there today of your heart you ask god and tell god specifically what you want let me show it to you i i like i like uh i like starbucks and many people know you'll see me at starbucks around the city because that's why i studied that's my flow and you know i learned in starbucks it's like for me there's a culture and while i'm in starbucks god speaks to me about prayer for you like okay because the culture of starbucks to me reminds me of how my prayer and supplication works there's a certain language it's a certain nomenclature in starbucks it's a culture you walk in so when i go to starbucks because i go regularly i i don't have to necessarily look at the menu because the menu is in me i know the menu so when the menu is in you you don't have to reference it that word have i hid in my heart that i may not sin against it because i could only ask for what's on the menu you can't be out asking god for stuff on the menu god like that that ain't in my word what you asking for let me get mad at god tell me you no that ain't in my word i can only deliver what's on the menu watch this so i'm in starbucks i'm gonna bless you some of y'all gonna catch it your neighbor gonna catch it and give it to your watch your neighbor gonna catch it i mean starbucks it's a culture this is about praying with specificity right so i go up put in my order and now you have to understand in starbucks different sizes let me educate some of you tall it's kind of ironic tall is the smallest then there's grande which is medium and there's vente which is big tall grande venti so when i go from order so you know i like to have a um i like to have a pike roast grande right so i told him what i wanted and the size i wanted now i was very specific i didn't go up there and say i wanted a pipe roast because she's going to say what size so i walk up there knowing what size i want everybody in line who knows starbucks no you don't go up there and just talk about what you want you got to be specific about what size you watch this now once i tell him what size i want guess what she does next she says what is your name now i give her my name now i don't tell her i'm bishop joseph one walking through that ain't gonna fit on the cup see that's what's messing some of y'all up now i'm evangelist apostle i'm so anybody got time for all that what's your name trying to be all special and deep what's your name my name is joseph she then puts my name on a cup and sets my cup by the barista takes the next person order i walk myself over to this side of starbucks and stand on a colony of people i don't even know and we all standing waiting for the same thing we're waiting for what we ordered right there because we know what we ordered right there is gonna show up at this table and we also know somebody gonna call our name i can't get upset if they call andre i can't get upset if they call alex if they call stephanie because that's the order it got their name on it but when they call my name can't nobody get my order but me cause it's got my name on it so don't get mad at my grundy if you ordered a tall you had the same choice to order whatever size you want so don't get mad at my house if i pray for that house don't get mad at my car if i pray for that car don't get mad at my scholarship if i pray for that scholarship touch your neighbor and tell them what god has for you is for you [Music] [Music] i got some folk up in here expecting something you think they crazy when you look at them sitting on the edge or they see you think they're crazy when you see them looking at this thing with a mask on and they up in this sanctuary right they're streaming around the world but i got two or three people right now that could just give god a 15 second praise break based on what you expected expecting a miracle feel the intangible i see the invisible anybody here expecting it's got my name on it [Music] i'll tell you something it's just just simple now watch what he says watch watch this watch this watch this watch this watch this i promise i'm almost done now what he says please get this he says now why you why are you expecting it deal with your anxiety pray the correct way why are you waiting on it while i'm over here peace that passes all understanding receive his peace see what come that's anxiety is my ability to receive his peace what helped the disciples through the storm was when jesus stepped on the deck of the ship and said peace be still the bible refers to peace from god peace with god peace of god the fact is the reason why some people you know life is all jacked up because they're trying to have peace outside of god you see in oh peace because you got in oh god no god no peace but k is no god no god you know peace see remember something peace only comes from god in john 14 man jesus isn't in my peace i'll leave with you jesus getting out of here and you know he leaves he's in my peace i'll leave with you you can just understand this peace is greater than any tangible thing you could ever have while you out here trying to flex living your life in real time on instagram you need to be trying to get some peace because money can buy you a house but peace can make it a home money can buy you a bed but peace can buy you a good night's sleep money can show pay for an expensive wedding but peace can make a marriage and you can't get peace from a drink you can't get it from a smoke you can't get it from a relationship somebody who knows peace only comes from god and there's some folk here right now that can thank god for nothing else i thank god for peace i give god glory after all the trauma and drama i've been through lord you kept my mind stayed on you because peace watches may not change your situation but it'll change you in it i may have to go through this tunnel i may have to go through this process to get what i'm believing god for but it may not change that but it's going to change me in it god never stopped the three hebrew boys from going through the fiery furnace but he changed them in it god never stopped daniel from going through the lion's den but he shall let daniel sleep in it you may have to go through some things but god will change you in the midst of it people trying to figure out by looking at you why you haven't lost your mind so you got to be careful when people constantly ask you you okay people ain't asking you that all the time because they care about you they're just trying to see how close you are to finally having the breakdown they've been thinking you're going to have you all right you show you all right you sure i'm just checking i'm all right tell you why i'm all right i'm all right this ain't no fake thing for me i'm all right because of all the stuff i've been through and i know people waiting on me to break down but if you knew what i knew you'd act like i act i thank god that god is keeping my mind in the midst of it this comes down listen to me to the right perspective i'm gonna leave you i'm gonna leave you with this watch this i'm gonna leave you with with you he says now what i need you to do now that you got peace you deal with your anxiety you know how to pray what i want you to do right now i want you to please wrap your mind around this change the way you thinking about stuff perspective is everything he says now whatever things are pure and lovely but everything is honest and good report i want you to think on these things see because negative thoughts will hijack your blessing you got to stop focusing on the negative stuff because all that energy you're using on negative stuff could actually be holding up your blessing shift your energy if your energy is focused on what's wrong it's going to impact what you believe in god for there are a lot of people all they do is focus on the negative you know who they are and your friends some of them you can't tell them nothing look at my new car oh that's a nice cub and i don't know i would've got that color begging of your house oh it's such a nice house but show us a lot of house just for y'all i just got a new position on my job they gave me a raise oh that's great that's great but i don't know about that company i don't know if you but you happen you love it i love it oh i found the church i just love it i mean should be preaching i just love to worship it oh i just love malzahn oh yeah but that church is too big i mean there's too many people and i don't know ain't that church with the helicopter lord deliver me from negative people in this season what you believe in god for you can't be around negative debbie downer people you need people that can celebrate what god is showing you because your outlook determines your outcome [Music] he says when you start focusing on the right things it changes your outcome it determines it it doesn't matter what you've gone through you got a choice if you're going to be bitter or you're going to be better today i come to you got to focus on your outcome when you got something you ordered and you believe in god for it let me tell you something your outcome is different you ain't sitting around talking about what's taking this package so long you know what you're doing when you see the package coming you don't even let the delivery man knock on the door you all out in the front somebody thank you there's some stuff god gave me to do in your life god told me to just go open the door don't even let just go on and get it thank you with thanksgiving i need somebody to start thanking god in advance of what god is about to do in your life i know sometimes it may look it may look like it may look like it's not going to happen because you're looking at the circumstances there's a marvelous story that's told it's true about a painting and the painting was in a museum in paris and it was a popular painting it was a painting of a chess game and the image of satan was on one side of the chessboard and the image of the christ was on the other and at the bottom of the inscription was called checkmate it looked like satan had actually won the chess match and it was going for millions of dollar it was it was a like a multi-multi-multi-million dollar painting until one day an old man came in to look at the painting he looked at it looked at it he kept coming back to it and they called the curator of the museum and said something's wrong with that painting he says what do you mean everybody knows this painting is checkmate it's designed to be kind of a satirical kind of work and you know the artist put like no no no no something's wrong with the painting what's wrong is there scratches or something wrong no no no no no what's the painting called checkmate what's the satire in it well it looks like the enemy has defeated good and it's declaring checkmate the old man said sir something's wrong with the painting how much is it worth well last estimate was worth like 60 million dollars well sir it's about worth about 60 today because something's wrong with the painting he says well can you explain what you mean sir well you know i'm a chess master and i was looking at the board and what you call checkmate isn't true because based on my knowledge of the game the king has another move i need somebody to know that when it looks like you've been defeated and the odds are stacked against you and people have written you off and said well you might as well walk away i need somebody to know the king has another move you want to be giving god glory right now that the king has another move that is not over until god says so if you're expecting something don't wait till the battle is long somebody give him glory like it's already done [Music] when we're expecting something we have to manage our anxiety god sent this word to help you deal with your anxiety levels some of you been stressed out you've been eating like crazy spending money going on shopping sprees you can't afford trying to anesthetize yourself from the frustration and from the anxiety chill please chill god's got this it's going to happen if god said it was going to happen he'll wait till the last minute it'll show up somebody here's a witness it'll show up i want you to be seated just for a moment i don't want to ever hear about every eye closed god chose to speak this word into your life today to help you manage your mind and your faith in the middle to me listen to me while you're watching me around the world maybe you're here today and you don't have a relationship with jesus christ he's the best thing that could ever happen to you maybe you're here today and you say pastor i needed that word boy the middle had me so stressed out because i know god told me something i got frustrated and got sidetracked but i'm ready to give my life back to the lord jesus christ pastor i'm here and i need a church home i can grow in the word of god i'm at a point in my life i can't manage this stuff on my own i need a world to constantly be reinforcing my faith faith coming by hearing hearing by the word of god and pastor i'm here and i'm here for school i've relocated to nashville and i'm going to be here a little bit and i need a covering a church home i'm watching around the world and i need a covering of church home it doesn't matter what denomination you are color you are if you're watching me all the way in south africa or in europe or in asia wherever you're watching me in west coast east coast whether you're watching in the south or the north what you in on this balcony on the floor what i want you to do right now but every hit is bound what i want you to do right now is i want you to stand by every header's bow and make that decision i'm gonna give you instructions after you stand but i want you to do it right now i want you to make this decision god brought you here today because this is your moment you've been expecting it you've been praying for it now god says i'm about to perform i'm about to let it manifest stan that's it somebody else i need you to stand right now if you're watching me right now from the comfort of your home i want you to stand right now right now stand right now i'm talking to you i'm talking to you god is speaking to you now he's speaking to you speaking of your family make this decision this is going to be that that's it this is going to be one of the best decisions of your life i see you i see you i see you standing come on there's at least seven more of you that need to make this stand right now for the lord jesus christ he brought you here for this reason he has you tuned in for this moment right now come on stan i'm waiting on you i'm waiting on you come on that's it i see you that's it come on come on come on i see you come on stand today better days are coming better days are coming make it for you for your future come on come on sometimes you got to be the one i see you that's it i see you come on that's it come on come on come on god spoke to you today god gave his word today that's it come on my god why pray for it if it shows up but you're not gonna walk in or that's it come on come on there's at least three more of you come on come on come on come on the clown lord i need better days not more of the same but i need something fresh and something new in my life come on that's it i see you bless your heart come on come on yes lord come on come on make that stand for him make that stand for him he took it for you come on that's it i see you bless you come on that's one more of you i know what god told me come on come on we're gonna look like it right now yes lord yes lord come on right now bless you yeah yeah here's what i want you to do while you're standing it's really simple the most non-threatening way is so simple on the screen right now while you're watching from home wherever you're watching whatever time you're watching while you're in the sanctuary take out your phone right now take out your phone it's going to be the best text you ever seen in your life i want you to text the word salvation do it now don't wait till you get home to 63975 we're going to get it immediately i'm going to follow up with you our team is going to follow up with you we're going to connect with you that's how we do it right now salvation to six three nine seven five i want you to do it right now come on do it right now do it right now watch what god will do yes sir yes yes do it now do it now do it now mount zion would you help me as we stand together and celebrate these today come on let's celebrate the souls let's celebrate those at home who made that decision today come on better days [Music] we thank god for you today as we prepare to leave our declaration is on the screen right now we say it every sunday as we prepare to leave and i pray you've been blessed let's read it together come on i've received my instructions i've been equipped with god's word i'm ready and will see victory because of what i heard protect my mind my body and spirit help me to watch and pray i trust you with tomorrow and thank you for strength today may the lord bless you may the lord make his face shine upon you and may you leave here knowing that what he promised you is coming to pass in jesus name be blessed y'all love you god bless you [Music] you

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