Something Has To Break | Pastor John Gray

[Music] judges chapter 7 for a long time I've had moments like this I shouted I spoken unknown tongues I sweat through my shirt when I would get in the car and I would drive home and I would be completely empty and the same depression that was sitting on me before I preached was waiting on me when I got in the car I'm sorry if y'all thought I was gonna sit up here and start laia a lot of times preachers get up here and act like they're invincible I'm just as broken as you I need I need the same Jesus as you I need the same blood as you I don't be preaching for people I preach for my own soul I preach what I need to hear to keep going [Music] I figured that's why a lot of people come because real recognizes real people are smarter than a lot of us preachers give them credit for y'all know when y'all being played you know when it's a game you know when people are playing Church and I can't do it I was looking at my life and I was looking at the fact that I preach and I sing and I shout but then there's still some strongholds that I just couldn't break free from it if I can be honest with you really bothered me it hurt me I was I was angry I said God I'm I want you to get this off of me because this is not good this is not you and he said if I answered that prayer you wouldn't even talk to me you'd start thinking I was using you because you were good I need you to be reminded of how broken you are some of y'all want God to heal you from your limp but it's your limp that's allowing him to use you I don't know this is fun but just keep limping keep serving keep praying I know you're hurting keep reaching keep believing keep fighting keep giving keep serving [Music] God knew who you were when he called you there's been many times in this journey I've wanted to give up and even recently I felt like I was totally ill-equipped one of my friends called me yesterday saying man look at the Bible look at who God used not one of them except for Jesus was perfect and I want to bring out this man who was he didn't just have low self-esteem he had a reason to have low self-esteem he came from the least powerful family in the least powerful tribe and he was the least powerful man in his family and he felt inadequate and wholly ill-equipped for the for anything other than menial daily living and he was threshing wheat in a winepress which is not where do you Thresh wheat he was hiding because he was in occupied territory sometimes I feel like I'm in occupied territory like I'm trying to serve God but the world doesn't want to hear it I'm preaching about of Jesus that people make fun of and don't profess your faith online because it's a whole lot of people who don't believe in Jesus and they will let you know about it in ugly ways but then when you talk about something that they for then they tell you you're not tolerant that's funny a scream tolerance unless of course you don't agree with them I'm not gonna be quiet about my Jesus you can be quiet if you want to you don't have to clap I'm not a politician I'm not here to play games Devils are real heaven is real hell is real the blood is real the cross was real the empty tomb is real and I'm gonna preach it till I die so if you want to come here that's what you're gonna hear I often wonder why God chose me what value do I have to bring to the kingdom he could have used people with more degrees with a different pedigree but somehow God has decided to allow me to participate in his plan of redemption for the earth and I don't know why and my mama's the one clapping the loudest and I understand because she's the one that raised me and here's the thing I stand on a legacy of faith that did not start with me and I want to encourage every parent I need you to give your children a legacy of faith don't just go on vacations and create traditions that don't matter but give them a legacy of faith y'all go through the word together pray over your children let them know Jesus is Lord because I promise you if you don't tell them somebody is gonna tell them when they get to college that they don't need God they don't need to worship all they need is their mind and their flesh and go with what you feel and how many of us know feelings have always been liars the Bible says there is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death it feels good and it's wrong it makes sense and it's the devil nobody gonna help me preach I just need to people say go with what your heart feels the Bible says the heart is desperately wicked if your heart is not submitted to the Word of God don't you trust it that's what got you booted up with the wrong one your heart [Applause] your heart told you that was the one three months later you can't stand them your heart Gideon was a broken man and a broken time and he was in bondage his family was in bondage his nation was in bondage it's all he knew and in the middle of his broken moment in the middle of his broken life without permission the angel of the Lord shows up and says behold mighty man of Valor the Lord is with you he's like me you're talking to me and it's funny because Gideon couldn't understand why the angel was saying these things cuz Gideon had lived his life he he understood that what's being said doesn't line up with the life he's lived why does God always call you what you're not manifested judges chapter 7 God had called Gideon and he said listen I'm gonna use you to destroy the Midianites and some of these other enemies I want you to get an army we had started with 22,000 whittled it down to 300 those who drink water like dogs where my dogs at some one later I knew you was a dog I knew it what's funny is the way they drank water was indicative of their ability to do more than one thing God wanted to see the people cuz dogs drink water and they're still looking around where they're drinking because they don't know where danger is the other people were drinking water just for water sake didn't know that there could be a crocodile in that water gonna tear you up or there's an enemy coming from the left side or the right side but the ones who drink water like dogs so I'm gonna get what I need but I'm also looking out so the devil try something I'm gonna take them out where my dogs at where the where the ones who can do what more than one thing you can worship and you can watch and pray where am i watching them prayers it [Music] gideon was getting ready to surround the camp of his enemy and God kept whittling down his army because he said if it's too many of y'all y'all gonna say you and your strength gave you the victory why does God keep using me when I'm broken why doesn't he just throw me away I would throw me away no I'm gonna use you broken because when I use you broken you'll never try to take credit you do know God wants glory out of your life and he wants glory out of the things that you think have no value and he wants glory and he wants it before the end of the year that's why I'm preaching this message something has to break because some of y'all have been in a holding pattern it's like you've been in labor for 10 months and and in a couple years and the baby hasn't come yet and the water hasn't even broken you're like all right it's time to birth and you've been trying to birth for a few years and I need you to know that thing has to break before the end of the year and the thing that God has promised has to arrive before the end of the year and sometimes it's not a thing it's a it's the freedom from a devil that's been holding you hostage the reason why some Devils don't want to let you go why your marriage can't never seem to get right while your children always seem to act up while you can't ever get a full night's sleep while you always crying you can't never not cry somebody got to ask you how you doing because the enemy has to hold onto you because you're a key to a nation I can't fight with y'all I need some I need some people that are praying me through right now the payment you feel the struggle that you feel is because you are called to be the agent of healing for a nation and your family their entire deliverance is tied up in your obedience okay so they don't believe me in the Old Testament when they were speaking against Moses when Dathan was speaking against Moses God said get bathing his wife and his kids and all this stuff put him at the edge of the tent Dathan enter his homeboys olive got sucked in the kids was like I didn't even do nothing I'm just going into the ground this is crazy because there are some curses that are generational and then there's some blessing 17 people i'ma fight through this atmosphere that's why I said I don't want spectators I don't like that I want my church where it's relentless where it's relentless where it's relentless there's a blessing coming to your house before the end of 2018 there's expansion coming to your house there is freedom there's a house coming to your house [Applause] be - there's a house coming to your house did you hear what I said there's a house coming to your house beth-el is coming to your house the house of God is coming to your house and Elberfeld the god of the house of God is coming to your house [Applause] gideon did not deserve an audience with the Living God but God chose even called him a mighty man of Valor he had not manifested it he was not operating in it he did not look like it but in judges seven and sixteen we see him walking like a military leader a seasoned general of the Middle Eastern desert then Gideon divided the three hundred men into three companies and he put a trumpet into every man's hand with empty pitchers and torches inside the pitchers okay so now if I got an army god you need to hook me up I need them all the weapons what you got some machineguns what you got give me something give me a 45 16 in the clip and one in the hole get in is about to make somebody's turn cold [Laughter] [Applause] g-dog and warren g got to regulate bump bump but uh they took my rings they took my Rolex all right sitting in the church and I'm trying to get free on a mission trying to find the G OD I'm looking for the Savior the Lord of the earth trying to get me a brand new birth [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] stop stop it come on back holy ghost [Music] 17th verse Gideon said look at me and do likewise tell somebody look at me he said watch and when I come to the edge of the camp of my enemies you will do as I do when I blow the trumpet I and all who are with me then you also blow the trumpets on every side of the whole camp and say the sword of the Lord and of Gideon so get in and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch just that they had posted the watch and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers they held the torches in their left hand the trumpet in their right hand blowing and they cried out the sword of the Lord and of Gideon and every man stood in his place every man stood in his place all around the camp and the whole army ran and cried out and fled when the 300 blew the trumpets the Lord said every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp when the people of God blew the trumpet it confused the enemy to the point that the enemy started killing themselves something has to break let me set this up Gideon was the least in his tribe he had no external visible value but God had chosen to use him here's where Gideon had to get in line with God the angel of the Lord said you're a mighty man of Valor but Gideon didn't see that in this season I need God to get everybody away from me if they don't see me the way God says me 1 2 3 4 get away from my life if you don't see me the way God says me because what he says will stand in spite of what you see God always says what its gonna be even if you see something else when we see God speaking he says to chaos and disorder let there be light he did not say wow this is bad the earth is toe up I don't know what I was gonna do he said the first thing is this get some light I'm not moved by chaos let me get some light light is revelation light is illumination and the earth God was speaking up prophetically wasn't this planet it was you Jesus is the light of the world and so when Jesus comes in he steps into your chaos and he begins to set order [Applause] do you believe what God has said about you a lot of us have people that don't like us but that doesn't stop you I got enemies yeah people that don't like you they're insecure because they see your gifts most of us don't have real enemies most of us have one enemy about 5 to 6 inches in diameter from here to here your mind you'll agree with the devil faster then the Word of God he'll lie to you and tell you you're gonna be just like your mother just like your father you're gonna be just like everybody else in your family and you'll believe that over this word this is you're the head and not the tail you're above and not beneath greater is He that's in you than he that's in the world we cry out with the spirit of adoption of our Father we're a royal priesthood a holy nation is hold special people is there anybody that will agree with God [Applause] there's a mental aspect to what God wants to do in the next two months you've got to equip and train your mind to see what God has said I love that God did not base his declaration of Gideon on what he saw he would have liked blessed are you Suresh sure of wheat in the winepress you scared little boy from a terrible family he would have been like yeah that sounds about right no God who speaks the end from the beginning so God was speaking to Gideon as he would end up not as he was currently that's the power of God stepping in because God speaks from the eternal position he doesn't speak from time so he's not moved by where you are today because he knows where he's written you I wish I had 15-second praise break tell somebody it is written it is written it is written it is written what I am now is not the end it is written [Music] just somebody it is written Gideon was tasked with getting God's enemies out the way but God needed some warriors and I love that there was a scripture said anybody that's care you can leave thousands left that lets you know that just because you have a crowd in church don't mean you got a an army if you're a part of the crowd I love you you'll be blessed relentless is an army we're going after we take in territory we're taking cities we're not asking permission we're not meeting with people and what do you think were you okay if we come up there we go where the Lord tells us we do what he tells us we go where he sends us we take territory we don't have time we didn't come to take sides we came to take over [Applause] [Music] [Music] the Bible says that the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon the scripture connotates it it's it literally says God wrapped himself around Gideon Gideon had a God code I need you to know it's cold outside I tell somebody put your coat on y'all missed that I ain't talking about your coach from the ball I need you to know that God says with what I'm about to do with you you can't do it in your own power so put me on put me on when you go to work put me on when you walk in that room put me on when you face that person put me on cuz I'm getting ready to set it off as soon as you walk in put me on and keep your coat on when they ask can I take your coat no I'm fine no I'm fine I'm gonna keep my toe dog because my coat is my anointing my coat is my protection my coat is my deliverer my coat is mine my battle axe and weapons of war I break nations and pieces with this coat no I'm gonna keep my coat five five five people tell him I might eat my coat [Music] something has to break something has to break something has to break I've been going to church too long some of this stuff been sitting in here 30 years it's got to go and it's got to go today I'm not losing my family over this I'm not losing my family over strongholds I'm not gonna lose the right to raise my kids over some Devils I find every nasty ungodly attack of the enemy and every foul spirit that tries to come against the prophets of [Applause] the people of God [Music] break every chain holy ghost remove the sepals remove food remove the sea we fight for our family we fight for our freedom we fight for our deliverance we fight for army [Music] [Applause] [Music] pastor Kenny get your whole team ready just get them ready [Music] let me just say this no no no no no I want a warfare sound [Applause] we don't play Church too long you shout it never changed spoken every tongue still nasty external religion does not work it does not free you it cannot save you we need an encounter with the Living God where holiness is not from the outside it's from the inside pursue peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord sometimes you need to go surround your enemy but you can't surround your enemy if you scare you got to get a crazy look in your eyes when you blink slow when pastor average is mad at me and we have spirited disagreements I need her to yell I feel safe when she's mad you know what scares me what would you like to eat can I get you some tea you're not gonna walk like Michael Myers into the kitchen why are you stirring tea with a butcher did you want some more honey why don't you take a nap i'ma stay awake for about 13 years I don't need no sleep till I'm 63 what I realized is that the enemy is counting on you to walk in fear and God needs some dogs so to just be like if God said we can do it we need oh we need the next time the enemy tries to creep up in fear just scared of people around oh nothing faster John nevermind large guy brilliant nevermind it looks like Suge Knight never mind he was walking never mind he's saying Nate Dogg it was awesome orange never mind I'm looking here's the thing I don't need the whole church to go with me I only need 300 [Applause] I just need 300 that'll get in position I made 300 where you at where you at where you at where you at where you at where you at where you at where you at [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh when you add [Music] [Applause] where are you at where you at where you at where you at [Music] you ready bring it down God said Gideon put a torch in their left hand and a trumpet in their right hand and tell them to break the picture why would you break the picture the picture is made of clay I am the Potter you are the clay god says break yourself tell somebody break yourself God says let go of your plan your will your strength great so you break the picture you wave the torch and you blow the trumpet so it starts with a sound then there's something they see preceded by another sound I need you to catch this anybody in here ever been dead sleep and a sound woke you up and you were confused you were sleep the Bible says in the middle of the night darkness falls cross the midnight I was closest [Music] [Applause] go three tonight go free tonight Jesus [Music] they were awakened by the sound of something breaking confused they saw cyber fire is always symbolic of the Holy Ghost they were surrounded then they heard a trumpet and when you're awake out of sleep and you confused do you know that there is a sound that will get into your brain that will cause you to not even know where you are your enemy has been sleeping on you thought you were dead I thought you weren't a threat but guys about to release his sound right now [Applause] confusion instead of attacking you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the Bible says that the sound surrounded the Kenny here's what I need you to do because we're getting ready to have the craziest altar call we've ever had so I need y'all to walk back to your seat but I need you to walk with a sound I need y'all to shout as you go and I need the people in your seats to shout as they walk because as they walk they just went to war for the whole for the whole church [Applause] very vain Oh is doing both this I need you to worship [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I need to appraise I need to the worship [Applause] [Music] elders prepare yourselves for a harvest stay right there stay in warfare mode right there we're gonna get a warfare harvest today there was a breaking a waving and a sound when you lay your will at the altar of the Lord when you wave your torch which is symbolic not only of the Holy Spirit and fire but your torch is your light so shine wave your testimony tell the world what Jesus freed you from stop hiding from what you used to do tell these people that God can deliver them to start walking around like you've been perfect your whole life tell these people you used to smoke every joint you used to drink every fifth you slept with whoever but God are there any testimonies but cops [Music] I will not be like my earthly father I want my though I've manifested things of his character I renounce the right of generational curses to define my future and now I do the necessary work of community of communing and commit personal private one-on-one time with the Most High God so I can get his character and get his heart I don't want to be a TV preacher public success in a private failure I'm not gonna lose my kids cuz I'm a talented preacher I ain't gonna lose my family my wife had a ministry engagement in Dothan Alabama and baby if you watch and I just want you to know that I give honor to you your prayers are intercession your leadership your creativity [Applause] I've been much less than a stellar husband because I didn't know what I was doing and then my immaturity injured you at different moments but I want you to know that God has his hand on me and our children will be my son we'll be away better man than me my daughter will know what to look for and what to stay away from because I'm gonna teach it to her we're family church in here you heard me you fight for families in here we love each other none of us are perfect but you're not gonna talk about nobody in relentless around me you wanna gossip go down the street we love each other in here don't let me hear you talking about nobody in my church and if y'all hear them talking about me turn they played over at the restaurant just throw a biscuit at well you didn't want that waffle there's some people to here that need to join relentless church you know this is your church online you know this your church you know this is your church you notice where you're supposed to be stop cause somewhere else you know this is your church some of y'all need to get saved never gave your life to Jesus you need to come down here quit playing right now and then some of y'all are needed to rededicate your like you've been playing what Jesus got saved when you was little then you got nasty now you need to stop being man to come back home to Jesus and you need to bring a smile on your face get everything you walk in here with and come down here right now if you know you need to join you need to get saved or you need to rededicate look at that coming home let's go I got me a warrior right here [Music] here they come here they come here they come look at that got his hand top got his hands up got his hands up [Music] [Music] here they come get it [Music] [Music]

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Length: 41min 46sec (2506 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 07 2018