[Music] his power would you stop calling [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] same with my car [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] gratefully when nothing else could help me when nothing else could save me thank God for the shedding of his blood and he didn't do it because we were good he did it because he was good aren't you glad he didn't wait on you to be good before he was good to you lift those hands all over this room he's a great almighty god father we carve out this moment for you because you're an incredible Savior we declare tonight that great are you alone all of this worship is for you you're the only one who can sit down and relax and thank God because this is for you Jesus [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it's worship [Music] [Music] [Music] ha ha these bones will sing [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] these troubles are gonna sink again these travels are gonna sing again [Music] if you're watching online if you're in the overflow just raise up your voices and declare that I got you [Music] we [Applause] this time on into the singing and I want you to think of something good god is good for you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] can we do this somebody take the next 20 seconds open your mouth and give God worship in this room [Music] because [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you say no bad [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this night there's so much so much that tonight is about but if we miss the moment of breaking then it would just be a ceremony and we didn't show up for ceremony we showed up because there's still somebody who needs an InTown Jesus nailed into uh I still if that's you you just and guarded yourself to this amazing God that God went out here for ceremony but we're here because you're here come on open up your mouth all over this place [Music] come on come on you got 21 but there's something nutty stuff to work in this Factory [Music] like we're here for you we're here for you Jesus crap y'all win so you can come and put on this hot soup but I came for him to come [Music] [Applause] can we just do it one time we gonna get out of here but you won't welcome in this [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] show [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm not talking about a building [Music] go down on the inside and do it open you can do ten that guy [Music] [Applause] [Music] that's all we will walk at the end of the day it's for you to do what a man can't do so we'll be able to tell everybody was nobody but Jesus clap those hands if you're excited cut them loud if you're really excited we're here for more than the ceremony but we're here because we heard that Jesus was gonna be in the room do me a favor go home three people to tell them [Music] Televisa [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he's having it away right now up and down your road I wish you would look up and down your road real quick and tell them he's having his way [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] sar we gonna look crazy over here I just need about 3000 open up your mouth [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] we have a program bishop apostle is here that's a Joel is here we need to act right now we don't need to start worshiping I need you to calm down and I need you to act like you have some silks or [Applause] hey when I think about cheese why do you got for me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you got a reason to do it good [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] all right we never stop our praise tonight we have some amazing special guests in this room but this next voice that you are about to hear is one of the greatest voices the most anointed voices of our generation can we give a religious welcome to Tamela Mann [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I love y'all I'm so proud of y'all I don't know what to do as a big sister I'm so proud of the Lord to do a change in your life change make me [Music] watch me [Music] just create [Music] clean my worship you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah [Music] but I need you to watch me [Music] just create [Music] [Music] I wanna worship you to change [Music] do it for me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ha [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a wonderful change [Music] [Music] just slip your hands in the air a wonderful change every voice come on lift it up [Music] [Music] while you're clapping your hands and praise can we give God praise for Tamela Mann tonight you may take your seats tonight we are here for an amazing occasion it's the elevation the consecration of such an amazing man and woman of God our pastors Pastor John and average took great can we give God praise tonight hallelujah hallelujah we love you so much we love you soon so we live this we see a lot of familiar faces in the room some amazing pastors and preachers and actors and singers that we've been watching for many many years but they're just not here to spectate they are here to support friendship and relationship down through the years many of them have pray with our pastors many of them have covered our pastors and they've been such an amazing wisdom to our pastors and tonight we celebrate their lives and we celebrate those relationships so we're gonna turn our attentions to the screen and we're gonna welcome so many wonderful voices in the kingdom who will impart into our pastors is that Alright clap your hands and give God praise [Applause] and the Lord spoke to me and he said I have given you a leader and when the Lord spoke that to me I knew I had to handle him differently people have always wanted to follow him and it started at two-and-a-half years old I asked the Lord one thing I said Lord show me how to raise this baby that it would know you and your son fully that was the only prayer I prayed I spoke about the Lord I gave the Lord credit for everything and even to this day no matter what he gets he'll say the Lord blessed move it it was just great to watch him it was wonderful to see God taking him from place to place but then at 13 the Lord called him to the ministry to preach the gospel and he said why me and I said why not [Music] [Music] yep and egg is one of her goals in life is to reach people and I feel like being everyday as a church in Greenville South Kannada the two of them working together as a team when he was about five years old he was in the living room watching TV except that he didn't watch cartoons he would watch the news and I thought that was fascinating I just wondered I wonder why [Applause] there's something about that cross I wasn't sure that it was even real like when I got up I was like god it's real good to me no matter what we did the blood of Jesus has made us just like new it's gonna say we are better together we're better together moving the gospel cord and argue truth you toss me that's on an average [Music] go ahead and give God a great praise hallelujah hallelujah John Julia Goodloe said the work of today is the history of tomorrow and we are its makers you my friend our history maker I remember times of us sitting in that little room in eastern Pennsylvania City that no one knew but it was a city that God was making you preparing you and propelling you for a global ministry you spoke of all your dreams John releasing CDs writing movies appearing in movies plays being on television God allowed you to do all of it and every dream that God fulfilled in your heart was to prepare you for this moment you never spoke of pastoring or shepherding but God knew that a relentless church was waiting for you God knew that he was preparing you on the back side of a mountain to stand upon this pulpit and declare to the world the word of the Lord today I ask you John and encourage you to remember the most important ministry that you can ever have and that is the ministry to aventure 2 2 and 2 for somebody say Amen so many pastors forget their first ministry the first ministry that God has given you is to your family and I remember standing with you in your wedding as your best man and hearing you declare those vows relentless church remember that the first and most important and significant ministry that he can have is the ministry to his wife and children somebody holler Amen in this house don't forget you got a package deal when you got John you got his beautiful wife aventure and his beautiful children who I am proud to be godparents to myself and my lovely wife Christina allow him to be a great husband and a father even greater to be the pastor of relentless church we speak life and blessing and favor over you man of God god bless you [Applause] John and avender it's an honor to be here with you tonight on this historic transition apostle Ron carpenter I honor you [Applause] John and Avenue when you asked me to speak I didn't know what to say so I've done what preachers do I brought a gift and it's kind of gotten lost and I have a minute in 16 seconds so I hope that they can find it and bring it do we have it I brought you a gift that was fit for a shepherd and I want to welcome you to the Shepards club [Applause] we're among some of the greats tonight and it's an honor to stand here is I begin to think about a shepherd's staff I begin to think about how useful it can be as you pasture this beautiful amazing flock but then I begin to realize that a shepherd's staff is actually more useful to the Shepherd than it is for the Sheep there's this beautiful picture in the book of Hebrews where Jacob is gathered with his family at the end of his life and he is leaning on his staff you see staffs in nomadic times in ancient times they were birth certificates they were they were in essence a family catalog of how God had worked in their life spoke in their life had been faithful in their life and this beautiful picture we see him looking back and he's doing several things he is blessing his sons he is worshiping but I believe he's worshiping because he's leaning on his staff and he's looking back at God's faithfulness there's gonna be times in this new season where you're gonna feel like how in the world did I get here I feel that right now I mean I'm trying to keep cool you know but some of my heroes are behind me you know I got celebrities in front of me and I'm thinking how did I get here but as a pastor from one pasture to another pasture I want to tell you that you're gonna regularly find yourself in places like how did I get here in Jacob you know had to feel that way often because he wasn't even supposed to be there it was supposed to be the God of Abraham Isaac and he saw but Jacob was found faithful with what his brother didn't value and I want to tell you I've given you this gift as a shepherd and you can lean on this staff and the New Testament the staff is is representative of the Holy Spirit you can lean on the Holy Spirit of God and you can find comfort in the fact that God has anointed you and appointed you for such a time as this and I remember I am a way back friend I remember when nobody was inviting you to preach I remember when you you had that beautiful BMW held together by Jehovah Jireh bumper stickers I remember [Applause] I'm out of time but I want to say this I want to say this to you tonight and to avenger' I want to say lean on lean on the staff which is the story of God's faithfulness you see Jacob set out with the staff in his hand he crossed the Jordan it was the testimony of his family it was the testimony of his past and I want to tell you when you feel like you're in over your head you don't know what to do you can lean on the staff you can lean on the Spirit of God because it's all that you need you have a testimony we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony on everything that Jesus has already done and your own personal revelation of his faithfulness I want to tell you you have everything that you need avender you have everything that you need to do all that God has called you to do lean on his staff and trust that he is faithful I love you relentless church god bless you hallelujah come on give the Lord another hand for your pastor Wow I love you guys so much you know for 40 years Israel traveled in the wilderness for 40 years every single day of their lives they were led forth by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night but in Joshua 5 when they crossed over all that ceased and the first instruction that God gave him John he told Joshua he said every man in the camp must be circumcised because all through the wilderness did abandon the circumcision the connection to the Covenant and so but what's strange about God asking Joshua to circumcise all the men is that they were prepared to fight a battle who circumcised his men before they fight a battle but what he didn't know was the way that God calls in the cross over Jordan was noised abroad it's not just that you're the pastor here it's the way he became the pastor it's the house that God trusted God built something so massive and trusted your capacity to do this see people don't know that I ordained John some years ago and the way it happened aventure honored me because of the connection with her brother Kiefer told me to watch out for his baby sister and so when she met John she reached out to me she said I think the one has found me and she brought him to me to meet him and something connected between us and I want to say this to you in transition this is important you've always honored every man you've ever met as a father you got here because of Honor don't ever stop honoring honor up honor down honor all around I want to leave you this I'm looking at the time and I got a sense real quick it's your church take your time I receive that word let me say this to you real quick there there's some important things that I need you to know about transition number one is this it's besides the circumcision the cloud appeal of cloud by day was gone never to be seen again and that means the children of Israel had to for the first time travel without seeing God a visible demonstration of God before them that mean they had to learn how to here in the transition you have to hear more than you've ever heard before but what's more important is they were so customer when the Sun went down they were so accustomed of having this pillar of fire to light the night for them and to protect them from any predators around but then when the pillar of cloud left the pillar of fire left as well and so the in the night it got really dark you have to trust God in the darkness you've got to trust him when he seems to not be speaking to you and what's more important than this is that at the end of is something stranger it was 10 to the 10th of Nisan they crossed over the 14th of this Nisan four days later the Bible says that as they ate the Passover they noticed something manna didn't fall anymore every day they were so custom of getting up and looking in the front yard and there was a provision of God but God said no more now you have to go out you have to believe me for the land is rich with it it's all around you relentless let me tell you something this is interesting for you to know God has done a tremendous thing here under the Apostleship of Ron Carpenter what I'm amazing man of God what an amazing work but what God is about to do require circumcision it requires a connection to the covenant not the Old Covenant the New Covenant and so you stand with your men of God as he declares the word of the Lord and makes Jesus the preeminent one and everything that you do I bless you with the blessing of the Lord prospering all that you do John aventure I love you so much check out this video hi everyone this is Chris Hodges from Church of the Highlands in Alabama and I can't tell you how heartbroken I am to miss the installment celebration of my dear friends Pastor John and avender gray my wife Tammy and I are on sabbatical an hour out of the country or we would definitely be there for this important day I consider John and avender some of my closest friends and I'm so thrilled to see what God is doing in their lives and hey church I know you already know this but you are incredibly blessed to have some of the finest leaders on the face of the earth as your pastors in fact I think there's some of the most important voices in our generation and for them to be there with you means you're a part of that calling - I'm praying that you take it very serious the honor it is to have them with you and for you to steward that blessing well I believe there's a great calling on you as a church to reach your city and impact the world I believe you're gonna see that your buildings will struggle to contain the increase I believe scores of people are going to know God find freedom discover their purpose and make a difference I believe there's gonna be a generation of people who will emerge from relentless church young people church planters and leaders who will go from this place and change the whole world I believe that God is raising you up under these amazing pastors to see revival sweep this land I truly believe this is a historic moment for you our nation and the world so all of us said Highlands join with you and cheer you on every step of the way pastors John and aventure you with all of my heart I could not be prouder of you and I'm so blessed to call you my friends may God's anointing be on you in ways you've never experienced before and never dreamed possible god bless you my friends [Applause] [Music] in 1995 John and I became friends we were we were in a play together it was when them good old good Negro plays shoot mama from the car some it was something like that throw mama somewhere something do something to mama and John and I became really really really really really close friends very quickly and a lot of it had to do then burden in the unspoken scar and the unspoken lip that we both shared not having a father and we connected on a very deep emotional level because we both lacked a lot that we internally had a lot of anger about we were very angry that we didn't have dads and and it came out in many different ways and and and we spent a lot of time together a lot of time together in the 90s running red lights and going to court and laughing at people in the courtroom just being ignant John was always taller than me so didn't really mean that for a joke and so it looked like I was the little brother he was the big brother but uh yeah there you go I see and and and I called John several years ago and had a conversation with him about the man that I was when we first met because when we first met I was newly married and was not the best example of what a young married man should be and I brought a lot of my single ways onto the road when I met John cuz we were it's I got married on a Saturday and left for a play with John that Monday and was going for my wife for months wasn't wise immature of 25 years old and I had a lot of single ways that probably were not the best example in front of John when I was around other ladies and how I would respond other ladies and how I would carry myself as a newly married man especially to a younger man who was looking down up to me and a few months into the play well when the play was over he went on tour with me we were gonna go on tour and almost lost my life and they in an accident back in 96 and John was there at the hospital and I was in a coma I heard and my wife was newly married because that single man mentality had to die before I continued that image that John didn't need to see and that I did not need to be we were already broken because of the bad images that our fathers gave us and that cycle had to end and I called him I called him a few years ago several years ago and I said man I want to apologize to you for the kind of young man I was when we first met I was not the best example of a young married man in front of you and for 24 years now we've we've we've talked about that anger and that bitterness and in in that pain at how that pain has become fuel and it's very unique how God will use the most painful things to be the most powerful moments in ministry and John we had a tree we had a tree in our yard we had these two trees in our yard and one tree was rotten and they were trying to save the tree because they were both together they were growing together and the rotten tree was killing the good tree and so they came up to the house the the arborist didn't know what that was until a versa three people is a tree man is a treatment treatment right that tree man treatment and and and to save the good tree they had to pull out the other tree to keep the healthy tree a lot so we had to lose one to be able to save one and the only reason why the other one lasted is because the arborist said it lasted because the roots were deeper then the secretary you know john we've lived with a lot of pain without having a dance but a lot of things had to be removed so that we could be able to live and get deeper roots look at the amazing grace of God so I'm very proud to see God get your roots Realty I'm here we go you didn't ask me to do no music I got attitude about that but now [Applause] offended you want me the same [Applause] what are people in [Applause] now behold the lamb come on Fantasia Tyler y'all get up and sing now behold the lamb come on town it's up b-flat [Applause] that's the kind of church you can wear jeans in so come on Tasha Travis William this is what John won't [Applause] William Murphy [Applause] where you might get the precious Lamb of God morning to sing that I may live again the precious Lamb of God holy holy is the lamb precious man why do you love me so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he was born to sing that I may live again the branches [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] because of your great [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for your washed away washed away [Music] and who the Sun sets free is truly free [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] why you love me so lord I shall never know the prey just lame Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for gray there are some people like my own blood family that I love as much as you but there's no one that I care for more than the two of you and your kids I love you with my whole heart I am so honored to be able to speak to this on your special day I wish with all of my heart I could be here it's a long story aventure nose let me tell you something that because of you our whole church has grown and exploded because of you my son rich Junior is successful like yesterday because of you my son Taylor in New York my son John Paul Fulton in Washington the Seattle area my nephew Todd and San Diego all of them have a better life because of you I owe everything so much of our ministry I owe to you John Gray and I love you folks and our prayers from Miami are that your work in that part of the country will absolutely exponentially affect this entire nation before it's over may God bless you everything that we have is yours if you need it you're the best congratulations [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Bobby your used car it's another thing that give them the best you got and this is this is special I could understand someone giving away a church you know in a barn or something could you walk in and see this and much to be said about it and I love you I love you both appreciate you putting me after mr. Kirk you see how you put all your white friends together pastor Reggie we can't switch it up at all you got to keep us in the middle like that here's what I will say aventure I love you it's been an I was honored to be in John's life I when he said yes to this woman I was around when he said no or we said no you and I together to many others and I think you're spectacular I think you're awesome I think this church is lucky to have you he is who he is but you're special and God's gonna give you a voice so you haven't even felt dream prayed about yet keep it keep it you I'm going to tell you something about you know this this man that's taking on this church it's an honor to be up here I love him dearly he's been a brother of mine for a long time and what you're getting in this man in this couple your church y'all will be a bridge John is a bridge God hadn't called him to help a particular type of in our society he's called John to lay his life down so many people can walk over their lives and the first time I really got to know who John Gray is because he's not a guy that changes because of the platform he changes any platform he's on he's the Saint John Gray who's always been just a little bit louder remember I was speaking at something and we were there together and I was on like a panel talking about pastor stuff and John was speaking to 200 young people in the room next door and I'm answering normal questions and I kept hearing yells and squeals and I heard something hit the wall and I was like I got to go in here and see what's going on and John's in there and he's preaching and and the Holy Spirit moved there were young men praying there's a guy just banging a chair on a wall I looked at John jungles what'd you expect that was the day I realized John is John he's gonna let God use him he doesn't care if there's five people or there's 50,000 he's gonna lift up the name of Jesus and that's why God's gonna use him I'm gonna reach you a scripture this beautiful person told me I had a minute 30 I said now with respect jesus said this greater love has no one than this and somebody who lay their life down for his friends I'm gonna pray that God gives you all the strength to lay down a lot of people will stand up and that's great but when you pastor a church like this when you have people that are humbly submitted to the will of God I think it takes strength to lay down so people can actually walk over the bridge that God has created in both of you and I tell you this church by the way it's great to meet you I'm gonna be around all the time I'm gonna be that weird white relative who shows up at all your meals but I want to tell you this these two people are not the type of people that will pray and then ask God to deliver them from their prayer requests a lot of people do they say God used me and he does and then they they get all I feel used God send me and God does it and they say I feel lonely they said God used me as a bridge and you go find him a couple weeks later and like all people are walking all over me this guy right here is prepared to lay his life down and my prayer is that this bridge that is this church there will be the whosoever so there will be people you don't recognize in this church people that you wouldn't even naturally want in this church this church is gonna be about the name of Jesus and I believe people will forget about the name relentless they might forget about the name John Gray but they will not forget about the name of Jesus because that's what we lift up when we lay down can I get a Pentecostal amen up at this special serve if you don't mind can you just stand to your feet and can you stretch your hands out towards them because I'm gonna take this second to pray for my brother and I will not [Music] [Applause] I'm proud of you both and I know people are gonna get saved in this church guess what it's about not about all this stuff it's about people finding Jesus I love you I'm practical I'm embarrassed now can I pray for you lord I pray that your grace will cover them I thank you that your hand in favor it is on them your hand of provision that goes before them even now your hand of protection is all around them and their children Lord I speak breakthrough in this church the best is yet to come in this church may the name of Jesus be lifted so high that nobody can miss it Lord we pray that you would open up places that have been closed for too long and churches like this would be the norm you can't tell if there's black you can't tell if there's white all that you know is its kingdom in that place but I pray that you would continue to do it only you can do through their lives thank you for them and thank you for this amazing church that you have your way in Jesus name if you believe it shout Amen the purpose for John an avatar has been planned and had been planned in heaven over 20 years ago now about and a stage play in Detroit Michigan I was sitting on the front row with my wife and God spoke to me and said go tell him that he shall be used for the kingdom of God he shall be used greatly for the kingdom of God he said tell him this that millions shall come to Christ because of this man I didn't I didn't know him I'm from the hood a little hood guy God used to tell him that he came to our church and he he spoke and in my office I said John you shall be known across the world the world shall know you and you shall and you shall then you shall preach and they shall come they shall come they shall come and all that you shall do shall prosper and all the avatar and yourself shall do you'll prosper all that you lay your hand to shall prosper relentless church shall prosper beyond measure you shall grow and it won't make any sense you shall grow without measures you shall live and not die and declare the works of the Lord Oh give God praise for that right there all that he shall touch shall grow every step you take shall prosper in the name of Jesus and we give God all the praise and all the glory it is done it is so in Jesus name hello this is AR Bernard everything that God does he does according to a pattern and based on a principle even when it comes to building institutions he establishes an individual as the leader for that institution so he takes that individual raises them up and then infuses their heart with God's vision for that institution that leader then becomes the creative force behind the vision that leader establishes the parameters in which those who support the vision will think and understand and implement that vision leadership is about leading people in a definite direction leaders identify people's gifts talents skills abilities and vocation they're calling leaders then grow them teaching them how to adapt quickly to change because change is the only constant in life especially as you're building and creating and implementing a vision leadership a very important calling that God places on an individual to establish an institution leadership a very special moment in the life of an individual when God anoints them then presents them to the public to say this is a chosen individual that's going to build and establish something that will perpetuate itself out into the future leadership can often be a foul-weather job because the reality is when things are going right things are going smoothly nobody cares who the leader is but the moment things go wrong everyone wants to know who's in charge so being a leader is understanding that it will require you to navigate people human emotions navigate conditions and situations also known as foul weather but it's all about accomplishing achieving establishing the vision that God places on that individual so John Gray God has called you God has elevated you God has infused in your heart and mind a vision for this church for this new work for this new season for the people in the congregation and the people in the community so I charge you be strong be courageous exemplify those four things that people look for in a leader maturity decisiveness consistency and strength inspire loyalty because you can't buy it you can earn their respect but you can only inspire their loyalty and you do that by giving them value increasing their value and consistently demonstrating the kind of character that they can trust in this is AR bernard god bless you my brother and congratulations on your new season of life and leadership aventure and john I just wanted to take a moment on this incredible night and tell you how very proud Charisse and I and all of the people here at free chapel the staff also that you serve with for several years we are so proud of you guys we love you we support you I have known you for many many years and you've never changed you you have the unique ability to preach the gospel and you have a multicultural anointing a multi-generational anointing God has raised you up both of you and John your greatest asset is right there besides you haven't I know God puts you guys together I had the honor of performing that ceremony and I tied that knot good if you won't pick at it it'll hold and I know you want but you know it's so evident and you know I knew you before you were a household name in the body of Christ and it was so evident to me and I'm not saying it because God is doing great things now but you know we had a lot of talks and you had dreams inside of you that it was so evident to me that God had his hand on your life don't you ever forget you're a chosen vessel and I want to say to all of you people at relentless church to whom much is committed much is required trust this man put your family and your life planted in this house those of you who are there and you're kind of checking him out because you've come from the other situation and and I understand all those emotional ties but I'm telling you God is in this God has his hand on John Gray and avender and he is not just someone who be going all over the world preaching the gospel that's part of this call but his heart I've seen him in the role of a pastor I've seen him as he loves and spends time with and he's a people pastor and he's gonna love you like you have never been loved before he's going to feed you in incredible ways with the unique massive gift of communication God has given him and together you're going to create a pulpit to the world at relentless church that's going to turn the world upside down for Jesus Christ John preached the gospel like God's called you to do have endure you do all that God's put in you cuz there's so much more that's gonna be released as you follow God in this new season I love you we're praying for you Charisse and I think the world of you you're family to us may God bless you and keep you and I'm praying for three things I'm praying for God to give you wisdom for God to give you the anointing and for God to give you favor like you've never seen before [Applause] this is crazy I told you I missed that right there you got it like that on Sunday morning I told you when I made this announcement I told you this was gonna happen look around the two or three people say he told us this was going to happen I told you and when you've done that you can be seated right where you are I love you back I stood up here 27 years and never got nervous and I'm shaking like a leaf tonight and they told me I had three minutes that that really bothered me because I really honestly felt like if I could ever get Madea in church I could get her saved I couldn't resist I'm sorry I'm sorry I haven't even met you brother I'm sorry I just always thought she ain't got in a direct voice yet if she does ever gets under the right voice and this is John and Evan ders night in relentless church's night but I will give you my part me my California update we are three weeks into California culture for those of you don't know I was born in Possum Kingdom South Carolina now I live 20 minutes from San Francisco riding down the road the other day and you know the orange construction LED signs you know I made a deal with God when he brought California into my life I said Lord this earthquake thing I'll go out there but no earthquakes Lord so me and God we we got a thing going on about this earthquake and I was riding down the road with my second child many of you know my second child chance he's my he's my quietly well riding on the road and here's this series of orange construction LED signs and they're saying prepare earthquake at 7:15 p.m. I said they didn't get what they can time these things and my son is freaking I mean he's freaking and we called it on Jesus we plead in the blood I'm speaking peace to mountains and staining my britches although I've got faith I mean it we just tore up 7:15 so I go to a store I say what are we supposed to do I don't know this earthquake protocol and there was a stadium right up the road and San Jose has a pro soccer team called the San Jose Earthquakes so I'm at a gas station asking what am I supposed to do and then getting ready to start a soccer game and telling everybody to prepare where are you from the way I detox and decompress from the stress I enjoyed working out and I've noticed as I've gotten I've gotten older pastor john that my joints will start bothering me a little bit so laughing that ain't that oh oh yeah y'all tryin to laugh and keep it down my joints just started bothering so I went to the sports store and I bought all these wraps my elbow my knees what I said I would never do people I used to make fun of now Walter never liked Fred Sanford and I had all my joints wrapped up real tight and every lift that I did that day jumped 20 or 30 pounds every one of them everything I got on immediately I could do more weight because in the Bible the Bible says every joint supplies a joint is a relationship and when I secured my joint I could hold more weight [Applause] and after 27 years 10 years ago 20 years ago I would have said up here and told you something about building a church but 27 years later I would tell you secure you some friends these people sitting on these roads that got on airplanes for no other reason than they love you these people sitting on this stage some of them are the who's who of ministry pull all their titles off and put the badge friend because I've been through a million circumstances where I wish I had one friend at the lowest point in my life I stopped like castaway at a four-way stop in the middle of nowhere and I went through my whole phone and I wept because I had nobody in my life that I didn't lead everybody in my life I was their leader and that's a vulnerable place I can't be your father but you ask anybody Ron carpenter will always be your friend congratulations I thought John was my friend but I realized today that I have to question that why would you put me behind the founding apostle of this church help me honor apostle carpenter the Lord bless you for what you've done the courage it took to do it and the strength it takes to be here tonight and greetings to every man woman of God every boy every girl everybody's here everybody's here not just fantasia but Tyler's here Madea is here everybody's here Madea oh she's in the back other covenant but John we honor you have it her mother gray we give God praise and thanks for this moment in time this is a very prophetic moment it is a very prolific moment and I want to first begin by saying the blessings of the Lord maketh rich and add no sorrow and as I was white was delayed in New Jersey so as the Sarris was with me and I want to come and give remarks on his behalf because he was so exhausted from the all the delay he landed in South Carolina went on back to New Jersey and said tell John I love him and I'm here for me should he need me I've been rebuking disaster depression all that strange stuff that comes after high moments after every high moment there is often a low moment test after Jesus was baptized the Holy Ghost showed up this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased he then was led into the world in his three times Paul asked the Lord to deliver him from his thorn in the flesh and the Lord said three different times know because my grace is sufficient and I believe dr. Ahn's at this time of celebration this time of lifting this time of anointing is not just the time for us to sing and shout and be happy it's also a time to pray against the backlash of the enemy so let me decree and declare that no weapon formed against you shall prosper no devil in hell no demon no wolf in sheep's clothing no one that comes like a friend looks like a friend buddy up a dagger and really can't stand all this going on those who love you as Apostle said will stand with you and are really happy for you we are happy when people are really with you they are happy for your success happy for your elevation happy for your growth they are happy for your expansion they're happy that God has enlarged your territory and bless you indeed so man of God who served in our church five years as youth pastor served as youth pastor says so many of our wonderful young children and one of them was our youngest daughter and that was right there you earned your salary just being her youth pastor right there and that young lady is saved College degreed master decreed sanctified husband saved married her brother from the hood and she met him mentor up at Hampton and she's married has a child we all so much to you your transparency your your gift of character your commitment to Christ and your gift of comedy you preached at Bishop Jake's Leadership Conference and at one moment I was crying the next moment you were skipping across stage and and I was just under the table and I was embarrassed because I couldn't bring it in because he would say something hilarious and I'm shaking and they would say and then God say something deepen I'm not crying I know which way to go but that's the uniqueness that God has given you God has anointed you use the gifts that God has given you to do what God wants you to do and finally beloved son fear not fear not fear not don't fear success don't fear their faces who you're not number to family first but your family is your first church your first priority I remember I was flying somewhere in that era of my ministry I was flying everywhere somewhere and my second daughter charisma she came down the stairs I had my suitcase going to the door I'm kissing I'm a wife and the babies and trying to get to the car and she had a thumb in Russia you bet about to fly out again somewhere very I said yeah you always fly in and right then I heard the Holy Ghost said you have to call and you can't go and I want you to know you talk about friends I called to my friend and I said brother I'm so sorry I just I need to be here with these girls I need to he said well I won't say what he said but basically he let me know that I was already all over the country in the papers had already been but I had to make a decision and I want you to know that the children are marked for better today because of the sacrifice I made even in that one moment you're gonna have to say no to some invitations to be there for prom night to be there and throw the football and to you're gonna have to say no to some things that may look like opportunities but your family first thirdly follow through don't over commit yourself follow through this is a whole lot of responsibility because the greater the church everybody's in declaring increase you know and I just said Lord have your own way I want increase but I don't know if I won't increase more than the numbers I see right here the little handful I have at the storefront called the Cathedral in Perth Amboy Asbury Park and Plainfield I don't know if sometimes we cannot handle the increase when God sends it I want you to follow through with what God has called you to do not what other folks are saying and the final thing is faith walk you'll learn just how you know how to let you slide and you know all the latest pops in and all that stuff you know all of that you also know how to walk by faith your mother taught you that you know how to walk by faith and you've taught a generation you're a multi-generational pastor to walk by faith the Lord remains your light and your salvation you know we wrote a song together in that that major ramp right there the Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid I decree and I declare along with this great College of apostolic and prophetic leadership that the same God that was with so Carpenter is the same God that is with you the same God Moses anointed Joshua and when it was time for Joshua to take the staff and take Israel beyond the red sea beyond over into the Promised Land God spoke to Joshua and said as I was with Moses I am with you as I was with carpenter I am with you I decree and I declare that you will not walk in fear you will walk by faith and I decree and I declare along with this great College the increase of wisdom knowledge and discernment that you will need for the facing of these days you only have one minute only 60 seconds in it we didn't see it we didn't use it it was thrust upon us we can't refuse it but we will all suffer if we lose it we will give an account if we abuse it we all have one tiny little minute but eternity eternity is in it and with the minute that God has given you I know you're gonna rock this house for the glory of God I love you I love you [Applause] well hasn't this been wonderful already to this awesome pastor and family we are just delighted to be here and every generation God raises up a voice he raises up a person to do that which others are not equipped or prepare to do and we have such a man and woman in our midst today we know course you've heard all of the great things that have been said God is doing great things in your life and they're greater things to come so when I talked with Pastor John about him asking me to come and say something I wanted to know what what do you what do you want me to say and a lot has already been said and he said well I want you to you know decrease something if you desire you know a prophetic word if you desire you know just do what you want to do and I said okay and I prayed about it and I what I want to tell you is what God told me years ago years ago when I was in a little 5x5 closet office and didn't think mine my ministry would ever do anything the Spirit of God came to me and gave me a prophetic word out of first John by 1st Kings chapter 17 and that is a word that I cherished and that is what I want to give to you my brother you know you've always been there whenever we've asked you to do anything at the light you've always come through and and it's just been amazing to watch what God has done in your life there is a path of Perpetual promotion that God wants us on the scripture says you know be steadfast unmovable always abounding and that's the path that God has you on he wants you on and all of us on and always abounding path first Kings chapter 17 1 it says this is Elijah says the scripture there says you know what Elijah the Tishbite he's standing in there nd a quart of a hab and he says as the Lord God liveth before whom I stand there shall not be doing all rain these years but according to my word what an amazing thing because he Elijah one of the greatest prophets who ever lived from Tishbite which is like an or managed Ipsy from Gilead the back side of nowhere why does God go to the back side of nowhere and get on nobody and bring them to the forefront of what he's gonna do in a generation it's right there in the text number one he says as the Lord God of Israel liveth and that's what God told me says son I want you to live like I'm alive I want you to dream big I can afford your dream that's number one so John want you to live like God Allah I want you to dream big God wants you to dream big because he has big things for you to do every diction that God gives you has somebody else in mind and their whole lot of somebody else's who waiting on your dream number two he says before whom I stand he's standing there in Ahab's Court and there he's watching all of a half servants standing waiting for a hab to give them instructions so Elijah says just like you have your servants there so am i before God and that's how we have to live God told me back then he said I got a lot of sergeants people who want to give orders but I need some service I need people who gonna do what I want them to do when I want them to do it so I say to you my brother tonight you got to see yourself as a servant Wow have you been serving the kingdom of God already but to be on a path of Perpetual increase you got to see yourself as a servant and then finally he says there shall not be doing all round these years but according to my work what gives this man the right to say what God's gonna do and when God's gonna do it it is because he had been a student of the word and he had already read that if the people went into sin God was shut up heaven but if the people repented God would let it rain he had been a student of the word so he could say what God wanted said when God wanted it said and that is what God told me says son I just want you to study the word so you can be my voice in your generation and say what I won't say it when I want it said I say to you my brother tonight continue to be a student the word so God can raise you up just see what he won't say it when he wants it said three things remember remember to dream big remember to see yourself as a servant and remember to be a student of the word to say what God won't said when he wants his said a little kid was Emma candy store one day and he's standing there looking at the candy and his father his mother said go on you can get you some candy he said no no no no he just stood there and looked and so after a while the old I said no go on and get you some candy it's okay but the little boy wouldn't move finally the owner reached his big hand into the candy jar and gave the little boy some candy he feel both of his pockets walk outside and the mother said why didn't you go in and get the candle when I told you to little boy said hey mama his hands was bigger than mine I'm telling you tonight God's hands bigger than yours live out of God's hand god bless you my brother abed Dougray bobby and i right now with a whole lot of our business people from Hillsong Church but we didn't want this incredible weekend to go by without giving you our heartfelt congratulations what a great next step in your journey God's putting you into a position of senior pastor in a church with an amazing future I believe that you're going to take it forward that the hand of God is on you that's obvious to everybody that God has taken who you are and all that you believe for people and he's given you an opportunity now to radically change a whole lot of people's lives we love you we're proud of you and from everyone at Hillsong Church around the globe congratulations don't forget the best is yet to come hey thank you so much thank you so much please be seated please be seated a thank you no you're good no no come on please be seated very very honored to be with you tonight wow what an amazing night and you know John Evans heard they said so many amazing things about you I don't know what I can add except that I can add something because I know John pretty well but you know I can tell you've worked with John the last five years and known a little before that but John and aventure are faithful people they are loyal people [Applause] all right I cry way too easy see really y'all all happy I'm mad he's leaving me no you know it's it's emotional cuz you know John and Evans who are great people and his it's the hand of God this this making all this take place and so John I just you know we honor you tonight and we we thank you for the all the the years you've served at Lakewood let me tell you John and Evan door have made me better [Applause] I'm really a happy man but anyway you know John's done everything he's told me to do everything he's told me he would do you know he he's faithful when he first started that the first year he was there I would go down there and John speaking like Tuesday nights to the marriage class and Thursday nights to the single adults and Friday nights John didn't know he didn't have to accept every input invitation at lakewood but that's John's heart that's aventure is hard to make us to make us better and I can truly say that lakewood is better today because John and aventure have been there so John we salute you to die you know I want to digress because I meant to do this too cuz I I'm a preacher's kid you know and I I look at this building cuz I work 17 years behind the scenes doing my dad's production and I look at the catwalks and I look at the beautiful lights and the you know the great seating like that and you know that's that's a testimony to again to apostle carpenter for the type of facility that he's built and you know I think pastor Carl or Ken or somebody said you know what this is not a second right place it's not a second-rate building you know I told apostle carpenter because I had never met him but I watched them watched him on television so many times and man every time you hear him I think how does he know how to do all that I mean he's so annoying that you get something from every message so I'm really saying this I'm really saying this you people here in this church you are like totally spoiled so you got apostle carpenter and then you got John Gray coming in I don't know that that's two of the that's two of the most effective ministers in the world just just great people and so pasto carpenter we we honor you for all your years of service and I think about you know not just a Paschal carpenter and his wife but how about all the faithful people that have paid to build this and you know just you know again you got to celebrate yourself a little bit in this too because you guys know given faithful people you know being being raised in church and being a preacher's kid you know what it takes to build something like this and and it takes faithful people and so I just encourage you know I could talk an hour about John and his family because they're fantastic people they're loyal they're anointed but I just encourage you as as things transition to to be planted in the house of the Lord you know and with with new leadership comes some changes you know I took open from my dad and he'd been there 40 years and I thought man I'm the new guy but you know what I thank God that we had faithful people there and I know you guys are are faithful as well and you you know you it's a new it's new leadership you know John and aventure not apostle carpenter but you know what God's made us all different I'm thinking about me and John at the same church I mean I'm this quiet small white boy and here's John up there and he's strong anointed and just amazing amazing people so I just encourage you to you know stay planted in the house of the Lord and let's you know I just I feel in my spirit that God is going to exceed the expectations of anything you've seen and so you know you take the limits off of God you know and one more thing I would say this is you know in the scripture it talks about the anointing flows from the head down to you know the oil down to the rest so you know as God elevates John and aventure as he already has and you know as they rise higher and higher as the people are out there that just means that same anointing of favor and goodness and blessing is gonna flow back on you so I just encourage you to stay faithful and and John we just thank you for all the years you've you've served at Lakewood and now here's how amazing John is that you know what he's still gonna come do some of our Wednesday nights and come still wants to be a part but you know what I love that about them and I appreciate y'all serving all these years and I see your beautiful mother over here always supportive and just we celebrate you being what an amazing job you've done and aventure your beautiful mom and dad here just uh great people faithful people you know sometimes the people up on the stage we get the credit but you know how my beautiful mother's over here as well my sister as well you know Victoria come up a minute say something come on come on up they gave me eight minutes I don't need all I know I won't have Victoria come up cuz but we are we are we love you and we just celebrate what God is doing here I know it's the hand of God it mean let me tell you John John came and John called and said he wanted to have John and aventure called and said they they wanted to have dinner with me or lunch with being a you know we have lunch quite a few times here and there but we're both busy and I thought I don't know what that means he wants to have lunch with me so he came as a pastor and you know Joel I feel like God's her God's tell me that I'm supposed to go to Greenville and I said John that was the devil I'm telling you but you know seriously that's what I thought but that's not what I said you know but when he told me you know what apostle carpenter had done the hand of God more than our will we want God's will you know if it's not you know we don't want to build our kingdom let's build God's kingdom you hear it relentless we're all part of the body of Christ you all are our brothers and sisters we just lived a little while a little a little ways away but I knew it was the hand of God so we just we celebrate this there's there is a I know I'm crying but there's no sadness in me one bit I'm excited I mean this what a beautiful facility and more than this but facility look at the people here tonight look at the the spirit of faith hey how about the praise in worship tonight my goodness that's that's some amazing John you have some of the greatest ministers in the world here tonight a lot of them can't get up on this stage but you know what it just shows you somebody said it's just a the love people have for you and all those seeds that you've sown year after year being faithful so know that we honor you and we bless you and we'll let my beautiful wife speak as well well hello relentless Church it's good to be here we are excited that John Gray and aventure gray are going to be your pastors and I really believe that John and aventure have always been anointed but the anointing that is going to fall on them now that their senior pastors is gonna do amazing damage to the kingdom of God so I'm excited about that and I can tell you this that John and aventure when they came first to Lakewood Church has been about five years ago and they said you know what what do you need done around here we'll do it they didn't say put us on the platform so we can speak we're really talented we're amazing people have come out in the droves know they asked what can we do how can we serve anything we can do for this house and you know what was beautiful because they did more than our expectation like Joel said they were faithful in everything they put their hands to and so I just want you to know those are the kind of leaders that you have faithful leaders every one of these men behind me have said the most amazing things and I've been so blessed but I just want to just add my voice that says thank you John and aventure for serving God being unique being who God made you to be and I know your best days are still out in front of you and relentless Church you're gonna have a blast doing it amen hey I want to speak a blessing let me speak a blessing Lord we thank you Lord for this time in the kingdom you've raised Evan turn John up for such a time as this and Lord tonight we just add our blessings we add our blessings with all the other ministers tonight Lord and we just thank your Lord that you will do a new thing in their lives take them to new levels open doors that no man can shut Lord thank you for the wisdom to lead the ministry with excellence and integrity and Lord I think you that you'll keep John and Everett are strong and healthy and what I just think you that relentless will see a favor that's a unusual and uncommon Lord God and what I lift up every person that's a part of this ministry every every member here Lord we just speak blessings and wholeness and favor and victory and what I think you even tonight every force that's trying to stop them is broken in the name of Jesus and or just like you've shown Lakewood favor and you've taken us where we've never dreamed I think your Lord you do the same thing for this ministry here and or just unusual things Lord we thank you for doing it Lord I thank you as well for blessing an apostle carpenter and his wife and his ministry there and Lord just that spirit of generosity and giving Lord do a new thing in his life as well continue to keep him strong Lord we honor the work that he's done here we speak blessings in favor as well Lord we thank you for this historic night we're honored to be a part of it in the name of Jesus John and aventure we love you do great we'll see you back soon I said love and greetings and affirmation on this momentous occasion I have a long history with this church and watch God do supernatural things through apostle rod a carpenter and just love the work that he's done down through the years and now as you stand on the precipice of change and the evolution of the relentless church the whole world's eyes are pointing in your direction and they're pointing not only because you have a new name and a new vision and a young man who stands right at the apex of Destiny and moves into the center of God's will and purpose with Pastor John Gray but they're looking to this house as a beacon of light to the world that will shine and reach and touch and heal so many people it is absolutely amazing I'm honored I'm proud of touched on moved have grateful to God to see what God is doing in the life of Pastor John Gray because I believe that the next generation of Giants have great leaders of of Chiefs that are going to lead the body of Christ into the next dimension of truth have entered into the ring and so we celebrate you today we cheer we shout we pray we love you we encourage you we send our hearts toward you this is a day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it you're well suited for such a time as his pastor gray take the wheel drive us forward [Applause] well glory to God let's give the Lord another hand clapping well it's offering time Oh what we can do better than that let me try that again it's offering time we have a great opportunity tonight now the ushers will be prepared to give you envelopes in your section and we're gonna follow the protocol of the church here but I want you to listen to me very carefully before you prepare your offering I said we have an opportunity and here's the opportunity because as I searched the scripture every time somebody sold into what's this the launching of a ministry at the beginning of a ministry it calls something supernatural to happen Peter had toiled all night and had caught nothing and then the Bible says Jesus comes along young rabbi young young young preacher as it were and he's asked Peter if he could use his boat because he was launching his ministry and Peter allowed him to do that and after Peter had allowed Jesus to use his boat which was a type of seed to launch his ministry then Jesus turned to him and said now Peter let's take care of your need he had taught all night and had caught nothing but Jesus sends him back into the same waters where he had failed and now he succeeds supernaturally do you need a reversal in your life do you need something to turnaround supernaturally here is our opportunity tonight Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established so now let's go to first Kings 17 again and that the weather what Widow was it was the launching of Elijah's ministry and remember she gave him a cake and after she gave him the cake her whole situation turned around so that's why I said we have an opportunity tonight to see some turnarounds in our lives as we sew into the launching of this ministry now I've been instructed that the the seat we're sewing tonight is going for the Ministry of this church it's going for the work of this church amen so we have this marvelous opportunity and I don't want to see us miss this opportunity and so I'm asking you to sow a sacrificial seed into relentless church tonight amen I need a strong amen that is whatever you had prepared to give I want you to stretch and do more everybody say do more yeah now I had already prepared when I when I was coming because you know when we come to church the Bible says bring an offering so I'd already prepared to bring all for the many of you had already prepared to bring an offering but we're gonna do more than what we had prepared to do because when we sacrifice everybody say when we sacrifice when we sacrifice we set something supernatural in motion now listen what I want you to do because when we when we receive offerings it is always you know important to listen very carefully what I want you to do I'm asking many of you who can and will everybody say can and will I'm asking many of you who can and will to give $1,000 tonight you will be my capitalists give everybody capitalist a catalyst is something that starts something happening if it causes a reaction no I'm not gonna stand here up and I'm not gonna do anything like that but I want you to just obey God I had already planned to give a thousand so I'm gonna give two thousand tonight why I believe in this man of God I believe in this ministry watch this and I know God can turn some soup some things around in my own life he will send you back where you had a note and you don't get a yes now I'm a real prophet I just don't do the yay-yay-yay but I'm a real prophet man of God I prayed about what God wanted me to say it this moment and so what I'm going to ask you to do those who can and will who are so at the $1,000 level I want you to get $2,000 see God sees it so I don't have to stand you up alright and those of you who had planned whatever you plan to gear we're gonna give more and I'm going to pray and then I'm gonna trust you to obey God everybody say obey God when you obey God supernatural things happen let's pray father in the name of Jesus I want to thank you for this time of getting God you into our hearts we would give just because we love you and I appreciate what you've done in our lives but we can see you've incorporated a plan in your word to bless us through our giving and so Lord we thank you that favor will abound toward us as a result of our giving today in Jesus name that you will raise up others to use their power their ability and their influence on our behalf and so father I've shared with the people what you placed in my heart and I thank your father for those who will be catalyst give us who will give out $1,000 level but those also father who will give according to how you have blessed them and whatever father they give I thank you that you will see their obedience and as a result of their obedience at whatever level I think your father that they will see turnarounds in their situations in the name of Jesus and Lord we just want to thank you right now for giving us this opportunity to tap into your supernatural power to bless us in Jesus name Amen and amen alright if you need an envelope one of the ushers will accommodate you and then you need to follow the instructions of the ushers in your section follow the instructions of the ushers in your section [Music] oh my god hello relentless family pastor John Gray I am overwhelmed and what the Lord is doing I hope that you are connecting to the anointing to the words that are being spoken over me but they're not just for me they're for every person that was ever overlooked undervalued unworthy those of us who failed those of us who know without them mercy and presence of God we'd have no ability to create anything of value tonight is for all of us and so I speak life to you and I want to encourage you if you feel led to participate shout at your house listen to this word that's about to come the declaration is for me and my wife but also for you and your dreams if you feel led to give please do and we'll be so grateful and it will build the kingdom of God and we're gonna serve people we love you I've been crying all night so I probably got slow face but I love y'all I love my relentless family every little Church calm so come on let's get in this worship and if you feel there to give go ahead and give whatever the Lord puts on your heart and we love you god bless you more people are choosing to use text to give as their preferred way of giving because it's safe quick and very easy to set up here's how it works open a new text message on your phone simply text the giving code and the amount to the numbers shown here for example type give 150 to give $150 to relentless Church the very first time you use text to give you'll receive a text message with a link to a registration form click the link and enter your name and payment information you only have to enter that information once to set up your account it's safe secure easy to use and you'll get an instant receipt sent directly to your phone every time you give lastly save the text to give number in your contact list to make giving simple and easy that's it relentless family thank you so much for giving [Music] [Music] [Music] if you believe [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] cuz every promises everything he said about me gas father we believe Tomatoes [Music] come [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] put your hands together in this moment [Applause] it's absolutely amazing to receive impartation and words of wisdom words from the Word of God from the men and women of God purpose and then we'll take this moment and just repair the atmosphere as our pastors are consecrated in the presence of worshipers all over the room just beginning to open your mouth command this atmosphere it's a holy moment such a pure moment come on let's just take one moment just with with uh sing God you provide fire and now provide the sacrifice [Music] you provide speed oh I will open up inside you provide fire [Music] before I will only love insides feel me [Music] here [Music] him he [Music] everybody you provide the fire [Music] the bus come on baby [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] selling is happening for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] you see [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] while the priests team remains me they are we have arrived at the point of the service that is considered the sacred moment I want to ask you that before we even lay hands on the man and the woman of a god that you will also sanctify yourself that the overflow would run over into your direction that you will not drink from the cup but you will drink from the salsa because the cup has overflowed so much the salsa is catching I want you to lift your hands in this formation watch me I didn't say like this I said like this put your hands in a direction to receive the anointing of God to another dimension I did not say level I said dimension level represents terra firma the earth we want more than the terra firma we want the dimension the heavenly setting of god we must realize that the kingdom is now and that we want to pull the heavens right into where we are as it is in heaven so let it be on earth praise team lifted up one more time while the house prepares themself falls [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] wholesome because you want [Music] [Applause] [Music] give the Lord a hand clap of praise embrace someone on your way to your seat you tell them I'm ready for the overflow [Applause] before we go to the considered sacred part of this worship experience tonight I want us to once again give God thanks for the man of God who did not think it robbery but see that the God's work is greater than humans were would you celebrate apostle rung carpenter again tonight you can do a whole lot more hustle carpenter we celebrate you and they would since you're standing would you celebrate one more time past the Joel Osteen tonight and I need you to do one more celebrate Bishop TD jakes in his absence tonight personally happy would you do that come on a little louder please be seated I want to highlight quickly why I wanted to reiterate and applaud toward apostle carpenter and to Pastor Joel Osteen it is unfortunate that in this call humanity we have not learned how to celebrate one another we have watched a generation that get upset when others are being elevated and we have this strange misnomer that just because you have or you are leaving my local church that you and I can no longer fellowship and we put out a bad name on people what an honor it is tonight to watch matured people in the body of Christ allow their brother friend and sonship to launch out to do the kingdom of God's Word this is where we need to be in the body of Christ look at someone to tell them time to be mature Jean and aventure are multi-generational people and tonight we are the sacred settings that speaks toward where we're going and what's next concerning the church the Bible teaches us in this call to worship I want you to give me this response your response after I read the first scripture will be so let the will of God be manifested their response after I read the second scripture will be today we obey and will let the will of God be manifested Joshua 3 1 2 4 says then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out flew at him and they came to Gordan he and all the people of israel and lodged there before they passed over at the end of three days the officer went through the camp and commanded the people as soon as you see the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests then you shall set out from your place and follow it yet there shall be a distance between you and it about two thousand cubits in length do not come near it in order that you may know the way you shall go for you have not passed this way before your response so let the will of God be manifested numbers 27 verses 18 to 20 from the NIV version says so the Lord said to Moses take Joshua son of nun a man in whom is the spirit of leadership and lay your hands on him have him stand before Ilias are the priests and the entire assembly and commissioning him in their presence give him some of your authority so the whole israel community will obey him your response today we obey and let the will of god be manifested there is a long tradition that has taken place over the seasons of life of what is called a formal installation during the formal installation they are strategic music that is set aside for this type of worship experience there is inspiring exhortation there are times also at the end of the day where the presence Falls the anointing goes in another direction so much that the spirit or the minister rather cannot continue the liturgy we're at a time in a season where our brother John and aventure has accepted this call and they are now assuming this position to fulfill the will of God but in order to assure that this is valid in order to assure that no one says they took it upon themselves we cannot do anything behind closed doors it has to be upfront it has to be clear in front of the public that these are the persons that has been called consigned to govern the body of Christ known as relentless church they didn't put themselves here they have accountability and they have authority legitimately you know how this works we have many times people will call themselves pastors people will call themselves bishops people will give themselves their own crisco anointing on their head and then come and tell you this is their new title that they wish you to call them by I'm so glad we're in a multi General jumped a generational season where titles are not in this house the way they are going crazy across the country we are a privilege to carry these titles we are privileged to hold them when they're given to us but we have no right to them they are just simply privileges but at the end of the day I'm Eric and at the end of the day when God when Christ looks for me he will not be looking for Bishop he will be looking for the scripture is clear as we read the call to worship and note numbers to 18 to 20 when you get to the section of verse 20 it says you shall invest him with some authority that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey the purpose of installing John today with aventure is to bring him publicly before you so that relentless church can obey the reason for bringing him in front of you I want to repeat that it's so that relentless Church shall obey tell your neighbor he's being installed so that we can obey we are installing him by the laying on of hands today we are installing him with various credentials today this installation will remind us of the Covenant apology in the body of Christ why covenant because it means relationship and agreement that is the foundation of which God works with he works with agreement he works with relationship and although we are in a more modern style setting within relentless it did not and he did not count it robbery to do what is considered the sacred section of the scriptures for old zestimate I could have worn my jeans and looked rice and cool like some of you all I could have worn my adidas I would have preferred to look like brother Kirk Franklin sharp in his cool suit but because of this sacred moment it was important that we present before you the body of Christ all of the ironic movements that take place having to know what to do when to do it what to wear when to wear it you know I was impressed with Mark Zuckerberg when he had to go to Congress a couple of months back often we see him in t-shirt and we see him in jeans being relaxed rightfully so but because he wanted to be taken seriously in front of Congress the Senators and the congressman he had on a fine medium blue suit his haberdashery had changed I almost didn't recognize who he was Prince Harry is known for being relaxed he's known for wearing his t-shirts also in his jeans rightfully so nothing wrong with that but when he wanted to be taken seriously on another level he also did got himself dressed up for his wedding well may I suggest to you my brother John and aventure you get the privilege which I believe I also have to bring the generations together for them to recognize the foundation that we have as well as to recognize that these clothes don't make us it's our heart that's most important if I had I could do this tonight in jeans if I wanted to it wouldn't be about what I'm wearing it will be about what has taken place in your life so I suggest to you today my brothers and my sisters as we prepare for this purpose you will also hear us recite the Creed of the faith the Creed is the symbol or rather is the document that speaks to what we believe we want those of our brothers and sisters in what we call our Millennial setting to also understand where we come from the Bible didn't show up just yesterday the Bible has a foundation John comes from foundation aventure comes from foundation and this moment at this season at this time of the service tonight we want you to understand by the uses of the Aaronic priesthood in the old testament how we will set John aside tonight we formally present to you John and aventure - who have come together to become one this is a moment to remember in our church is life it's called relentless church this is a night you are never to forget so as we use these biblical symbols I want you to listen very carefully and understand why and how they are used one of the symbols were going to use tonight is the lemon say lemon lemon in Old Testament is a symbol of bitter herbs it recognizes and it reminds the Hebrew people of what they went through and what it took and the pain that they dealt with but it also reminds them about the realities of life that everyday is not going to be a good day and every moment will not be a good moment for even while Christ was on the cross they brought him gall and vinegar and they placed it in his mouth but it was what was bitter on one side for one became strength on the other side for Christ may I suggest also to you tonight as we present to you the salt salt is a preserver it is the ingredient in daily food used when covenant is being made it is also an Arabic expression that is stated very often there is salt between us in euphemism it sounds like a bad statement in Scripture it's a good statement when they say there's salt between us it means that we are at peace with one another the salt being used tonight between John and aventure would symbolize the peace between themselves as well as the peace that is extended to relentless the eyes are just also tonight the other item that we will use is honey honey is that sweet thick often sticky fluid as is described Canaan is filled and flowing with milk and honey but honey is what we will call spiritually delectable it means that which is sworn that which has good taste in your mouth after you have dealt with bitter herbs after you have dealt with the pressures of life and salt has been given to preserve you through the bitter seasons that occur because it's the nature there's always something going on there is the honey that comes at the end it is the sweet Word of God that builds you up and gives you strength to continue the thing about honey in this portion is that proverbs 25 and 16 says if you find honey eat just enough too much of it and you will vomit I suggest you take your time and feed yourself with the Word of God and the more you get the sweetness the more you'll continue to grow now you'll never vomit the word in the negative but you will regurgitate that word daily out of your mouth and overflow in the positive to the people of God we will use the Judaic prayer shawl as we have spoken and that shawl will be placed over him the Judaic shawl is also a talent it is used for the morning prayer we are judeo-christians we come from a Jewish background and those that shawl represents the Torah the commandments of the Torah the 613 commandments as judeo-christians when we use it tonight we would not just focus on commandment we will focus on Genesis to Revelation the ram's horn will be the last item use with the oil the oil is the symbol of the Holy Spirit and when you use the ram's horn the ram's horn is a symbol of dignity but it is also the weapon of the animal when the horn is on the animal he uses it for his defense and what is interesting in the other symbolic movement in scripture concerning the ram's horn is that it also symbolizes immortality the sovereign and dignity of God that when the animal has died and less the horn symbolizes it had been present and the horn never dies the horn remains because is of a different Tyrael it symbolizes that when everything has left God will forever be present an oil poured through the horn is how the Prophet works as he looked for David and they anointed him for his next level of ministry we are here tonight to build and to prepare you for your next level and your next dimension of ministry I ask that you and aventure now come forward and Pastor Joel Olsteen is going to present you for this sacred moment [Applause] yes you do clergy and the people of relentless church trusting in the guidance of the Holy Spirit we present to you John Wilbert gray the third and aventure Monique gray to be ordained and officially installed as senior pastor and co-pastor of relentless church we therefore ask you to lay hands upon them and in the power of the Holy Spirit to ordain and install them to the gospel ministry and pastor it pronounced blessings upon them and installed them as pastors and Shepherds in the presence of this cloud of witnesses my brother my sister do you believe that you are truly called by God to assist the leadership of your local assembly do you know to you now in the presence of the church commit yourself to do this and trust the responsibility with diligence and integrity we do will you respect and be guided by Episcopal direction leadership and make yourself accountable to Shepherds who labor as seniors among and around you we will will you continue to be diligent in the reading and studying of the holy scripture that will make you stronger and more able minister of Christ we will will you endeavor so to administer the Word of God and the an ordinance of the New Covenant that the reconciling love of Christ may be known and received will you undertake to be a faithful pastor and Shepherd to all whom you are called to serve laboring together with them and with your fellow ministers to build up the family of God will you do your best to pattern your life and that of your household in accordance with the teaching of Christ so that you may be a wholesome example to your people we will you preserve in prayer both in public and in private asking God's grace both of yourself and for others offering all your Labor's to God through the mayor take meditation of Jesus Christ and in the second the sanctification of the Holy Spirit co-pastor as a shepherd will you love the people equally as the senior lead Shepherd and labor to assure they rightfully ministered to with agape love of God and the compassion necessary to nurture sheep I will co-pastor will you submit to your husband undergird him as a wife while shepherding and stay in complete agreement with your senior Shepherd as he covers your life and those who are entrusted to your care I will that submission part is using the hard way go basta will you govern with one vision for the relentless church and promise to guide all under your leadership to do the same I will so help me God Church I ask that you stand we're going to recite the Nicene Creed I think they were supposed to pull it on the screen if not I would lead you along with it says this we believe in one God the Father the Almighty I'll just read it the Father the Almighty maker of heaven and earth of all that is seen and unseen we believe in one Lord Jesus Christ the only Son of God begotten from the father God from God light from light true God from True God begotten not made of one being with the father through him all things were made for us and for our salvation he came down from heaven by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and made man for our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate he suffered death and was buried on the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures he ascended in heaven and is at the right hand of the Father he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end we believe in the Holy Spirit the Lord the giver of life who proceeds from the father with the father and the son he is worshiped and glorified he has spoken through the prophets we believe in one Holy Universal Apostolic Christian Church and we act knowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins we look for the resurrection of the Dead and the life of the world to come let the people say may the Lord who has given you the will to do these things give you the Grace and power to perform them a man you may be seated John and aventure it's now time that we lay hands on you I challenge you today in the presence of the cloud of witness that you have been given an assignment by God not by man to minister to people you don't get to choose who you want to minister to you don't get the opportunity or the right to select who should come through the doors of the church the Bible says the whosoever will may come we are challenged and charged by God to love everybody with an agape love we are called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ we are not called to be the Sargent and general than the lieutenant policeman over people's lives that is left to God what we are called to do is to love the body of Christ what we are called to do is to embrace and nurture the sheepfold what we are called to do is to let them know that Christ died Christ has risen and we'll come again we ought to always allow them to know that Christ lives inside of us as shepherds we charge and we challenge you tonight to see to stay with the one word the book the gospel of Jesus Christ do not add to it and do not subtract from it whatever the book says has been written for the salvific experience of humanity it does not need our edit it does not need our grandma it is already a written sealed solid word it is that word that you as a lead pasta you as a cold pasta are expected to preach every Sunday morning we're not expected to preach Reader's Digest we're not expected to preach magazines we use them as examples too when trying to get our points across but when we open up the book the only thing that would make a dead man come alive is the Word of God the only thing that will make a broken marriage get back together is the Word of God the only thing that would make a drug addict come off of Street and come into the house is the Word of God the only thing that can put a millionaire to sit next to a beggar is the Word of God the only thing that can give any opportunity in life is the Word of God we are not called to condemn and we are not called to judge we are called to love and to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ everyone must know that they have a right to enter in and that they can get access through Jesus Christ tonight the people have come to watch hands be laid on you but also expect you to fulfill your responsibility we will undergird you those of us who carry the same position you carry we will be standing by we will be praying for you because handling the sheepfold is not easy you deal with a multiplicity of spirits psychological disturbances people who frame their holy goals or call it holy spirit when it's really another spirit but it's easy to be Church and ease and say I'm filled with the spirit and we have to be able to have the spirit of discernment to know the right spirit from the wrong spirit we pray tonight and challenge you to have a I like a hawk and the wisdom like an owl to be able to see demons coming from left and right speak it call it out send them back to the pit ahead and then bring life back to the person's body we challenge you tonight to stand flat foot on the truth of the gospel that will help us be better and we were again I say under purge you in this kingdom work now if you go outside of the gospel of Jesus Christ I warn you by my own hand I will come after you I promise you I will but if you stand with the gospel of Jesus Christ from Genesis to Revelation we will always be brothers in the kingdom of God now if I have to come after you I'll come after you in love to get you back on this side of the city because everybody has an opportunity and a right to get it right love your wife take care of her to the best of your ability no marriage is a perfect marriage I'm concluding to state this in the life of family because ministry deals with family know life of a marriage is a perfect marriage if there are any perfect marriages around here they've already told a lie all married people raise your hand how many of us have challenges we love our spouse but challenges occur I challenge the two of you keep people out of your marriage [Applause] eat the church out of your marriage let the church be relentless and when you go home Bijan and aventure do your endeavor best for those who serve and labor with you they come and they help you get to the airport back and forth no problem but they must know their boundaries they must know where to stop they must know their line of demarcation it is your place of sanctity it is your solace protect her protect him and just know that if you stay together God's got some great stuff that he's going to blow now that's a wonderful you'd even know to try it again try it again try it one more time don't you start nothing Hey now he's perspiring soon listen stay together and take care of your children and we are believing God the days ahead are going to be great amen I need you to come forward now and kneel in this setting facing this way there's a billion would you join me I feel it and no I'm saying cuz you're gonna come you gentlemen yes sir just put the towel around them for me and assisting me in this area bishop Hilliard you can come please to Hillians two brothers name sake just put the towel around them there you go while the music ministry plays and show and set the house it's now time for the overflow whatever the Lord does in their lives we want it to flow on to the people's lives [Music] the use of oil as I said earlier is used preparation for the next move of God just the tip would be placed on your head you don't have here like me so we don't want it to fall all over the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit whose name is Jesus Christ you were the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit whose name is Jesus Christ our Lord father thank you that's the carpenter come Pastor Joel come he came from under your leadership and you turned it over to him I'm gonna place my right hand on him I'm gonna ask you all to join me by doing the same on top of my right hand father in Jesus name we thank you tonight for the man known as John Wilbert three the third it was you that calls them to come alive and be born conceived and then birthed it was you that let him grow up it was you that let him become who he is the trial of the earth well tonight Lord we present him back to you this is your gift to the earth his name is John this one who's been called we asked for an anointing tonight that would be different than he's ever experienced we ask that whatever there was yesterday will not be the same today it is our prayer tonight that relentless will receive an anointing underneath this man called John it is our prayer tonight that they will have all the flow in their blessings it is our prayer tonight that the favor of God will rest upon John in such a way that every individual that submits to his leadership will experience the move of God in their lives not just when they come to the church but even in their household on their jobs because they obey and submit to his leadership may they experience the blessings of the Living God thank you for John strengthen John anoint John a French fill him with your presence fill in with your anointing keep his body healthy keep his body strong we rebuke the day of evil we send any wickedness that has come near him back to the pit of hell any disease that things to come near him it shall be blocked it shall be set back in the name of the Lord Jesus tonight we thank you tonight we call on your name that relentless will go to another dimension all because of man named John said yes to Jesus relentless will go to another place all because of my name charm accepted the will of God so give him strength now and cover him with table see the way that everyday he is from you wisdom be enacted to his presence and we thank you afresh in Jesus name in Jesus name in Jesus thing father thank you for the woman of God aventure is his hip she is the woman of which is connected to him she has come from his rib we ask you to cover aventure give her wisdom give her strength give her guidance speak to her in the middle of the night and she works with her husband as she Labor's with him she has the privilege of working with the mantle and with the man because she has to see the man and the man to give her wisdom to handle the man while the anointing is riding on his life helper from day to day to know how to maneuver how to go in and how to come out give her the spirit of a nest to know how to get the Kings attention and how to cause him to go in the direction of great wisdom less alone as she's a wise and the Shepherd leader wit their Lord at the house is kept and when the man of God is not present give her covering give her strength give her guidance that their children will be secured under her voice until his return we thank you for their faithfulness we thank you for their labor in Jesus name let the church say let the church say let the church say [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] come on this card out together tonight worthy [Music] [Music] the lemon the symbol of bitter herbs the symbols of the realities of life things happen things happen and you must remember that when things happen he's still a keeper so if you will take this the lemon fold it and bite it completely off you cannot take half of the things that happen you have to take all of the things that happen and even when things happen you are preserved the salt salt is a preserver so I don't care what the enemy's ends we are protected on every side take a tip of the salt reminding yourself that you are at peace with each other and you're at peace with God and after you have dealt with bitter and you've been preserved it gets sweeter in the evening time so take a dip of the honey and remind yourself of the sweetness of Christ and his word someone said earlier in reference to the amount that's here being a challenge I don't see this as a challenge there are no limits with God I look at this house and I say double and triple the numbers quadruple the numbers so much to the point is another who said he will not be able to be contained in this place take the ministry to the next dimension move it out in the days ahead what apostle carpenter gave you is a foundation to work with show him what you got the anointing of God - the next dimension and double the house we present to you this called the Holy Eucharist every wedding of those who are connected to each other are presented the Lord's Supper the bread Bible says in the night in which he was betrayed he took bread he blessed bread he broke the bread he said take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do you eat in remembrance of the Lord [Music] they prepare the Jews and they put it in two cups I didn't give that directive it's only one cup the two of you are one so I don't need two cups the Bible says in the same manner he took the cup he said this is the cup of the New Covenant for the remission of sins as often as you drink the cup you show the Lord's death until he comes tonight you shall drink you are going to take a little bit or as much as you need from this cup and then you're going to serve it to your wife and what she doesn't finish it's your responsibility to finish it all he said drink and he said drink ii all of it [Music] certain enough serve her [Music] [Applause] and you complete it all every bit of it every bit of [Music] [Applause] [Music] I present the both of you with the Word of God the book Genesis to Revelation very often people say revelations and they put a s there is there is no S at the end of it the word is revelry tion one revelation from God documented in the Word of God it's just like when they say there are four Gospels they're not four Gospels they have four Gospel writers the Gospel according to Matthew the Gospel according to John the Gospel according to Luke the Gospel according to mark one gospel four Gospel writers may I suggest you stick with this book the only book we have been given to work with the Word of God and then they are credentials for you which I shall read in the presence of the people as the final order for your house if it's not documented in the court of law the court of law in law 101 says it didn't happen well this happened tonight the people the cloud of witnesses are here they saw it happen they flew in for it to happen they wanted to be witnesses tonight we present to you these credentials I will not read it in its length for both because they both say the same but it does say certificate of installation of senior pastor unto all to whom these presents shall come Pastor John Wilbert great aventure Monique gray we hereby present to you this certificate press pictures of the church to be senior pastor and co-pastor Shepherd and teacher now in accordance with the canons you have witnessed and you have served the church well you've been examined and you've been proven for you to be the shepherds of the relentless church this letter of certification is a sign that you are fully empowered and authorized to exercise this ministry in apostolic release the relentless church receives you and I have fixed my signature in sanction with this house you are the official Shepherd and Co Shepherd of the house call with investors [Applause] [Music] [Applause] brothers and sisters of relentless I present to you Pastor John Gray and pastor aventure Mooney great send up the celebration to the law [Applause] raise be negative [Music] ooh boy [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] will you please receive the man of God and the woman of God at this season who are now responsible for governing and watching over your lives John and aventure great [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] there are moments in life that change the trajectory of your life and then there are shifts of elevation in your life that come with obedience in faith and understanding that is solely found in the mustard seed faith that you have in the Living God in this moment I want to say thank you for believing in us for trusting us to lead and to serve you not be served but to serve the people of God I am honored to stand with my husband who has told me that I was ready and now I believe him now I believe him my husband is my pastor he is my partner he is my priest my protector my provider submitted to God and I honor you Pastor John Gray and I thank God for you and I fully trust that you will steward the people of relentless Church the best way you know how and I will take your vision and give it legs and make sure it reaches the dimensions that God has purposed for it to reach in the name of Jesus [Applause] I'm going to say this this is very important for you to hear if you're a part of relentless church this will be the longest service we will ever have or less we've been in lakewood we go to white people church we in and out in 45 minutes cried for the last two days and there are a lot of people in this room that I wish to thank and I don't have the ability to do that now but I am going to start with this woman next to me because without her I am NOT standing here and one day when we are in our marriage conference we will share with you the level of Hell that we have gone through much of it at my own hands because of not believing the Word of God and the love of God over me the self-loathing the brokenness that Kurt talked about not having a father and my brother who was here and our father was not in our lives and we are battling even now for the place called identity and the shame and the guilt and the pain that comes with not knowing if you'll ever be able to honor a covenant because you've never seen it done right and almost sabotage the very thing God said to bless me and we're sitting in the counseling chairs and listening to the things that I needed to do but didn't know how to do them because how can you be what you've never seen but there is a love that will fight for you when you cannot fight for yourself and I have a woman here who having seen the very worst of my humanity took her tears wiped them and prayed for me fought for me walked with me stayed with me when I was crying and a bad heaving couldn't get it together things that nobody sees and everybody sees the preaching in the talent but nobody sees the tears and the brokenness and you saw the very truth of my broken condition and could have walked the other way but you chose to stay and fight and build the kingdom of God and I promise before God and these people that I will love you with the rest of my life and I will honor God and I fight and I will build the kingdom with you and you are the greatest gift that God has ever given me because of you I have a legacy I have a son that will carry my name and a daughter that looks just like you and I thank you for walking with me and pushing me into this moment to the woman that raised me seventy five years young Alice gray your prayers have been answered and you are here and alive to see it I love you I thank God for you there are a number of people who have had a significant impact and they are my friends and when I was broken I could talk to them and my brokenness was not laid out for the world to see and they know who they are and I thank you and I love you and then I want to say to Pastor Craig Groeschel of the Life Church which is the largest church in this country he is here tonight pastor Craig would you just wave your hands I want to give honor to you you have not asked for anything that's pastor Craig Groeschel like Church and Oklahoma and multiple campuses and more people coming to his services you didn't ask me to say anything but I want you to know what it means for you and your wife to take time to be here tonight you didn't have to but I honor you for your leadership and how you have built the body of Christ and have done so many things that have given innovation to the church I give honor to you I want to thank God for Mike and Edie Freeman I did not know that you would surprise me but we love you and give honor to you and everybody that is with you from spirit of faith Bishop Alfred Owens Mount Calvary Holy Church in Washington DC I love you Bishop to Joe god bless you to all of my family and friends and to my wife's family and friends we love you if you [Music] my wife said that her mother Bonnie cotton who was here and her father a WA cotton first of all we want to give both of you honor to the parents of my wife Bonnie and a WA cotton we love and give honor to you to her sister Rosalind Brock we love you my nephew Garrett cotton the son of her late brother Kiefer you prophesied to her when she was a little girl that she would be a first lady that she would do this and she said just now my momma prophesied I would be here right now and I didn't believe her but it has come to pass and you are alive to see it after three aneurysms and a breast cancer survivor' God was not gonna let the devil take you anywhere and you've got more years in front of you to see all that God will do I represent the under-served overlooked undervalued marginalized I represent those who were laughed at picked last for the teams didn't see me coming made fun of didn't have all of the same pedigree I don't have the degrees I just love God I had a mama that prayed and kept praying until I manifested what God showed her and I am going to continue as God gives us strength to be a pastor that you can be proud of our covenant to walk in character and integrity and every foul thing that's been in my flesh from every past season is dead I lay it down never to pick it up again and I will be an honorable pastor and I will fight for you and I will live this life when no one is looking so I have power when everyone's looking I say this now if you would do me a favor and if you grab elbows because some of y'all been crying and y'all not sanitary to have no hand sanitizer Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin where are you sir Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin where is Bishop McLaughlin is he here he had to go okay well I wanted to give honor to Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin give honor to him I was going to have him close us out and prayer but I've got my pastor here and I'd like for him to close us out in prayer Pastor Joel thank you for staying at this 14 hour service I love you so much we want to thank everybody and I want to thank the the people of relentless church Redemption church that has become relentless church and if we don't say and give honor to apostle Ron carpenter I love you what you have done has shaken the body of Christ this has never been done on this level your life's work and you trusted the voice of God and you sewed this into us my prayer is that the Lord will let you live long enough to see this multiplied over and over again we honor you sir you're a beautiful bride pastor hope and may the Lord take redemption to higher heights previously unknown and may you take San Jose and the Silicon Valley by storm and may the Holy Ghost overtake you and may billionaires walk in and say what must I do to be saved and all of the brilliant people who think that they don't need God may they find God because of the words of your mouth and the faithfulness of your heart and may you live long and prosper well thank you man of God for sowing your life's work into my wife and I we will honor it we will honor it if you are a pastor and I've ever served under your leadership or served your church would you wave your hands I've ever preached for you and your here would you please come on the stage Pastor Daniel fluid come up pastor david bear come up pastor Craig come up dr. Mike pastor DD Marcus Meachem come on up if I've ever preached for you has to keep the shield of stovall Wiens carry pastor William McDowell Pastor Travis green dr. Jack pastor Steve pastor melody come on Ally pastor Ally Muncie pastor Edward long [Music] that's the Suzette Caldwell dr. Irish Ahilya the pastor of new life in Houston Texas pastor Quinton Gatson the believers house where's pastor terrain see here whereas my brother and that young lady with you Pastor Sarah Jake's Roberts [Applause] get a picture there very few gatherings of leaders like this my wife and I are humble to say that we are a part of their tribe they are a part of our tribe and this is covenant apostle heart thank you for being my friend and my brother and I pray that I was able to sow good seed and good ground in each one of your ministries it is a testimony to God Kingdom generals are in one room at one time greenville revival is here Upstate revival is here I know it's late it'll never be like this again so let's drink it in and let's celebrate God Pastor Joel if you would come and you would pray us out and after he prays y'all go home and see the last six minutes of the game I know you've been checking your scores you ain't that Holy Ghost filled you think maybe speaking in tongues for 300 yeah we come on Marcy we loved a little up run it shall top our dream on we're gonna we leave in here with our joy and we love you we are your pastors and we are relentless [Applause] all right lord thank you for this night this historic night the Lord thank you for letting us all be a part of it and witness it and Lord we just seal in faith everything that was said denied everything that was declared nor do we know something amazing is in route right here blessing John and aventure all the people of relentless thank you that Greenville will never be the same in Jesus name God bless you we love you [Music] [Applause] [Music]
