T.D. Jakes Sermons: Don't Settle - Part 3

see if you don't have something in front of you you stop getting out of the bed in the morning you stop fighting you stop dreaming you stop reaching you need to have something that makes you pray you need to have something knocks you to your knees you need to wake up you'll never discover what's inside of you until something challenges you [Applause] this is the posture greetings brothers and sisters in the name of Jesus Christ our King this series we're leaning in has really impacted people in a supernatural way and I cannot wait to share this message with you because it is so important that you do not compromise your integrity because of what you are trying to accomplish the message is called don't settle don't you do it this is a prophetic word into the powerful word don't give me and don't give up don't give out and don't settle Abraham is 86 and say is 99 and all of this time all of this time God has not done it and you're upset because you're 30 and he had done it Abraham is 86 sir it's 99 and and and and he laughs about her cuz you know he mellows you know we don't find out until Romans the book of Romans that he added this is Lois issue two [Applause] so even if she was premenopausal therefore talk about go easy on that even if she wasn't sweating in the bed at night even if she wasn't want the mood swings and all kinds of stuff like that if she was 21 April having a little issue - had no weight head instead is male so he's seen better days the only bad heading come in his day you know killer but but the promise has come past the expected date if you would have given me this 20 years ago I'd a toe it up if you would have been here my brother would not have died if this would have happened when we were in Chicago we have built this business if we'd have had this when my mama was living out a handsome portraits support raising this child if if if a shut up because what the Texas teaching you is number four circumstances don't matter circumstances don't matter you've been spinning our than I was and I was praying to God about circumstances Lord don't you see these circumstances Lord do you see the woman you gave me Lord do you see this man do you see this man G do you see this man no can you just see this man Lord do you see what's going on on the job do you see what I got to go through with every day Lord do you see this paycheck hi my gonna get a house with this picture Lord easy son in God circumstances circumstances don't matter shun double-crochet circumstances don't matter you know I got a television in a storefront with no status I had two people on staff that's no staff in television I got a national television with one tape duplicator I got a national television with $8,000 I think it was in the penet you can't pay for 30 seconds in 30 minutes show what they found about one show I've had a national television nobody knew who I was I didn't come from a big church I didn't come from a big pastor I didn't come from a big city but when God opens up a door [Applause] circumstances oh I wish ahead some faith in here this mortar I was ahead some faith in here this morning I was a hassle failing in this mortar slap your neighbor and tell them circumstances don't matter [Applause] a couple of weeks ago I was up teaching at Regent University I thought their theology class at of their Bible history class thought that I'd talk some of their psychology classes I thought all of these different classes at Regent University theological classes not thought to myself I went to college I would pursued a degree in psychology but I've never been to a Bible College in my life the first time I walked into a Bible College I was teaching now here I am being paid to be a professor at a university that I have never attended and all of the professor's were following me from class to class and taking notes because circumstances I'm gonna mess with somebody today I'm gonna preach this word until I wake up the dead I'm tired of being around dead people who has settled for less than what God had in your life [Applause] I said Lord what have you got me going teacher never reads it what you gotta do this all we can't wait for you to come back without really see if you don't have something in front of you you stop getting out of the bed in the morning you stop fighting you stop dreaming you stop twitching you need to have something that makes you pray you need to have something knocks you to your knees you need to wake up you'll never discover what's inside of you until some challenges you have seven people say don't settle don't settle don't settle for less than your best don't settle for less than what God's call you two don't settle for an impostor don't settle for this male don't settle for less than what God promised in your life if he said he's gonna bless you go settle if he said he's gonna raise don't settle if he said he's gonna heal yeah don't settle if he said he's gonna bring y'all don't x-15 suckers [Applause] still to come on the Protestants if you defy me you eliminate you my strength is in my struggle the fact that I am a conqueror is only proven through my complications if I had no complications then what did I conquer what makes his strength glorious is that he can do so much with so little will you real something in you are in your element and the fish is in his element and both of you are fighting to stay in your element but when you reel it in it means that your blessing is in another dimension you in your dimension I like to run with people who will not take no for an answer I like to run with people who refuse to settle or less than the best for what God have in your eyes some places in God that once you go through them you can never go back to being who you were before what you need to do is reach over into another dimension and stand flat-footed and really slap your neighbors and wake up wake your fate up wait you're Farah wake John dream up wait so fight up [Applause] I'm gonna preach until somebody catches on fire and on preach until somebody grows up of this despair I'm not preaching until somebody goes back to Bible School I'm gonna preach it until somebody defies the hearts laughs had the circumstances climbs over the obstacles and said though he slay me yes [Applause] yeah yeah yeah yeah touch three people that gets her fighting back get your fight back it's a fight but it's a fight back get your fight back it's fight back did you fight back gets fight back let's fight gets fight back its fight gets fight it's a fight back gets fight back gets site gives you fight back gets fight back did you fight back did you fight back gets a fight did you say back gives us light back there to fight back in to fight we don't fight the good fight of faith gets right back justified by getting fight back [Applause] so now surrounds Adama [Applause] you see ismael represents the spirit of makin do well I guess it ain't for me to have I do I guess you know this is good enough this young amazed at the people my age who have stopped fighting let me stop fight really and well and 68 so what [Applause] you won't be Maddie if you don't start moving you your bodies will go down to 110 if you stop reading and stop thinking and stop moving and stop building you're going to die quicker move shove you never say move Abram is 86 years old a goddess in don't settle [Applause] your situation has nothing to do with my sovereignty this shadow aha if you think your situation is bigger than me then your situation is your God I am sovereign over your situation I am solvent over your situation I am son stop showing me the money you don't have I'm sovereign over your source I'm God I'll bring the money out of this mouth if your uncle that Tiger is young man and old image I gotta pray that for a minute Oh [Applause] Carla mercy I'm listen I wish I could make you believe it I wish if I could I'd make you believe it I can't make you believe it all I can do is expose you to it that's all I can do is exposure to it I'm trying to expose you to a God they can do exceedingly abundantly above all that she may ask or think I'm trying to expose you to a mind-blowing God I'm trying to get you to believe God for something beyond normal i'ma break that curse up off of your life leaving churches cuz you're not the president of the committee leaving churches cuz they left your name on the program that's all flesh cut it off you didn't come here to be acknowledged you came here to be fair just some people say reel it in reel it in reel it in [Applause] okay sit down I'm gonna show you one more point I'm gonna be out of here I'm over my time already can y'all feel that Holy Ghost walking up and down be back touchy neighbors say call the judge tell the court we're not gonna fight you [Applause] I will not go quietly away into the night I will not give up on my dreams I will not settle for listen what God has promised me I will not neutralize my tenacity I will not give up on my integrity I will fight every day if you knock me down you all have to do it tomorrow come out get back up again the righteous man follow 75 but it [Applause] that means don't let yourself go that means don't let yourself go down that means don't give up on yourself that means get up out the bed in the morning with an agenda that means keep on moving towards your goal I don't care how long it takes I'm one thing I'll close the other thing I thought was important got this now Abram don't settle and even says well what about Ismail Ismail is a complication every conqueror health complications if you wait for the complications to leave you will never be a conqueror hear me I am a conqueror I know a whole lot of conquerors I know them better than you do every conqueror has complications your complications are not an indication that you cannot conquer God says I know about Israel ok I know about Ismail Ishmael represents how you tried to fix it and it went wrong and it's left you with the complication because when you try to fix stuff it always goes wrong from my point number five is God says I'm gonna correct your complications I'm gonna correct who lord have mercy it's just good cooker fee when you have a complication it's complicated [Applause] see the convocation is complicated because Israel might not be the one but Abraham loves it see now everything else we could just cut off but Abraham have attached to his complication and he's asking God okay I see the promise and I realized this is not the promise do you have a plan for my mistake [Applause] how does my mistake fit in with my miracle how can I be a conqueror when I have this complication Oh God so when you come back next Sunday I'll answer you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] because conquerors don't always get to communicate with other conquerors you think everybody else is a superhero and you are a human but your heroes are human see this is what church people don't understand and until church people understand that we can't have church if won't as you see your leaders as heroes you distance yourself from the possibility to be one when you defy me [Music] if you defy me you eliminate you my strength is in my struggle the fact that I am a conqueror is only proven through my complications if I had no complications then what did I conquer what makes his strength glorious is that he can do so much with so little you keep thinking that if you were so much God could use you but God is not looking for so much he's looking for so little and when God gets so little he makes it so much so that so little will know that if it had not been for the Lord that was on my side I would have been swallowed up by five somebody said I can do this we'll be right back after this would you real something in you are in your element and the fish is in his element and both of you are fighting to stay in your element but when you reel it in it means that your blessing is in another dimension you will not find I like to run with people who will not take no for an answer I like to run with people who refuse to settle or less than the best for what God have in your life there are some places in God that once you go through them you can never go back to being who you were before what you need to do is reach over into another dimension and stand flat-footed and reel it in to live a satisfying productive life you must be filled to capacity Gaza there's no question my seed is potent my word works the question is do you have the capacity to receive helping us reach others with you gift of any size you will receive filled to capacity on CD he's got something inside of him of the pregnancy of his own divinity he begins to speak when you get to $70 or more we'll give you both messages from Awakening on DVD as well you have a need for God however when you gift is $125 or more we will also add Sarah Jake's book colliding with destiny a 30 day journey through the Book of Ruth and the be still journal just write us visit our website or call 1 800 Bishop 2 [Music] I'm excited about joining Bishop TD jakes in Orlando Florida around the theme branching out no matter what area of leadership you're in whether it's in technology or whether it's in the fine arts or music or whether it's in other areas of church life I believe this is a conference for you we're going to be inspired we're going to be challenged we're going to see God do great things looking forward to seeing you there get up close with TD jakes ministries at TD jakes org connect with us anywhere at anytime if you haven't been hanging out with us on social media you've been missing I'm there for you ministering sharing the Word of God encouraging you and sometimes answering you yes is me personally come on over the social media hang out with me I've got something for you that will really bless your life is on Facebook tweet us on Twitter follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel connect with us today I've got to go but before I leave it would be remiss irresponsible if you please if I were to walk away without saying thank you particularly to our partners because of your kindness your generosity your simple acts of gratuitousness to me has made it possible for me to share the word of the Lord with so many people around the world I thank you for how you allow God to work with you and being compassionate that I can do what I do in the kingdom of God and to all of the hundreds of families that are covered up under the banner of your giving we say thank you may God bless you may have a smile upon you from our staff to you be blessed [Music]

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Length: 27min 44sec (1664 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 21 2014