#theEncounter Worship Experience | Men's Day | Dr. Dharius Daniels

praise the lord everybody come on worship the lord give god praise give him glory give him honor come on and bless his name welcome to another great sunday for the encounter worship experience here at bethany baptist church the transformation church of new jersey do me a favor worship god bless him right where you are our god is good and our god is worthy of all of our praises he deserves it do me a favor clap your hands stomp your feet open your mouth and give god some praise welcome again to another sunday service today is men's day come on brothers give god a manly praise give god some glory give him some honor we're so glad for this moment this is the day that the lord has made we will rejoice and we will be glad in it again please do us a favor and share it this time let somebody know we're on this morning as we continue to worship god as we continue to praise him as we celebrate the gift of manhood the gift that god has given we're celebrating men today uh we have a great array of speakers today with pastor darris daniels and bishop samuel blakes we want you to please share tag somebody get somebody on to the encounter worship experience come on let's pray father we thank you again for this moment we appreciate you for this time we honor you for today and we bless your name for what you're doing for us we give you glory we give you honor we give you praise for doing such a wonderful thing and waking us up this morning giving us a brand new start we give you praise today for all that you're doing for us we thank you for your consistency for your faithfulness and for lord you keeping your promises we thank you lord for how you've created us you've saved us and you helped us and father i pray that you continue to work on us as your people continue to guide us lead us into your truth teach us today bless us as we worship bless us as we glorify you we trust you we believe you save somebody today reclaim a backslider allow someone to connect to this church we trust you we believe you and we pray this in jesus name amen we're going into our men's day service y'all celebrate worship god and get ready for the word of god god bless you it is men's day at bethany baptist church yes sir and on behalf of all the brothers for all that you go through all that you've been through all that you're faced with tests and trials we want to put this song in your spirit these words right here help me you're wrong [Music] is what did he say [Music] i wanna do [Music] is [Music] to leave [Music] hallelujah [Music] is [Music] you're all i need [Music] all you gotta say is come on help me with that [Music] i need you [Music] [Applause] you [Music] you i need you [Music] [Applause] me [Music] need you [Music] me [Music] i need you [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah everybody [Music] [Music] yes sir he is all that you need no matter what comes or what goes you can turn it over to him and everything will be all right [Applause] hallelujah you know what one two three six [Applause] [Music] [Music] grab your brother's hand lord i come to you today on behalf not only the men around this altar but those that may be watching us around the world i understand lord that you know how you made us but sometimes i must confess it's tough to be who you want us to be sometimes lord i don't feel like being responsible sometimes lord i don't feel like being even-tempered sometimes lord i feel like raising my voice sometimes lord if i can be honest with you if i could just not be saved for an hour and say what i really feel i know i don't get an hour off being a man of god so i want to thank you right now that there is unity around this altar not only did you say you'd never leave us but we know right now by the joining of hands that we really are not by ourselves that there are other men that feel the way i feel other men that face a daunting responsibility other men that sometimes don't feel like getting up out of the bed there are other men lord that struggle with the assignment called manhood but we want to thank you because you gave us your son and then you gave us your spirit and that means you've given us your strength but what we really need right now is that sound mind you promised us we need you holy ghost to help us think through the challenges that we face come up with those godly solutions that you would be pleased with and those we're responsible for would be blessed with i want to thank you right now holy ghost i want to thank you lord for what you're going to do around this altar today we're standing here looking whole but many of us are wounded [Music] sometimes it came from our parents sometimes from our siblings sometimes from our own families but many stand around this altar wounded today but we've come to this altar because we know you are the great physician and we need you to heal us in places that medicine can't reach heal our hearts once again give us the strength of a new heart heal our minds once again give us the strength and the thoughtfulness and the wisdom of a sound mind this morning give us your will today that we might do those things that please you and bless those assigned to our hands i want to thank you right now as we press strength into each other's hands as we commit faith to one another around this altar as we praise you for that man's hand i'm holding as we give you glory right now for the new strength coming to my brother in the name of jesus holy spirit of god release the flow of your power right now raise up your men like never before give us new strength today heal us of our old wounds this morning i want to give you a praise right now hallelujah help the hand i'm holding help the life i'm holding help the man i'm standing with [Music] hallelujah [Applause] hallelujah grab that hand again you're getting ready bless your brother repeat after me i bless these hands with new strength i bless these hands with uncommon favor i bless these hands with uncommon grace i bless these hands with healing every cell every organ every function healed in jesus name i bless this hand financial blessing i bless this hand prosperity i bless this hand with overflow i bless this hand [Applause] [Music] praise him for your blessing that you just received praise him for the impartation you just received give him glory because you received what your brother just placed in your hands i give you prosperity i give you success i give you strength hallelujah [Music] hug two brothers as you go to your seat please hello everybody my name is deacon antoine and i am shania drenin we are here with some news and announcements for you guys so let's get right into it as you know this is the church that never ever ever sleeps yes so on monday we have recap at 5 30 with myself with brother kevin with sister maya with deacon rich white which is a desiree where we recap the sermon series that we're currently in chestnut checkers every monday on facebook and youtube at 5 30. yes uh on wednesday we got word impact with the dynamic duo we're still in a dynamic series uh on getting a word from the lord but also on wednesday parents we want to let you know that the youth ministry is still moving we're still doing things we have bible study for faith planet which are the elements elementary school students from first grade all the way to fourth we have kept which is our middle school from fifth grade all the way up eighth yeah and then we have emerge worship which is for our teenagers pre-teens teenagers young adults all that everything is virtual everything's on zoom some dynamic teachers dynamic words and we need their participation so we want you guys to know that you can go there go to bbc youth.org and find all the information that's again bbc youth.org and you can find all the information what else is going on shania we also have our prayer call every single day monday through friday so you want to make sure you guys are logging on for that getting what you need being online with a lot of other people you know being in the midst of others and then on saturday we have on point radio at ninth with bishop david g evans and pastor nicholas smith and then 11 30 a.m we have our drive-in service here at the plaza and then on sunday of course we are back with everything that we usually do 8 o'clock encounter 9 45 engage live then 11 11 o'clock service and then the evening festivities such as 10 times better special men's day panels all the different things that happen at night and that's usually at six o'clock so we want you to just stay tuned to everything that we are doing on social media being on the lookout for some surprise uh social media challenges pops pop-ups video clips share everything you see yes evangelism goes as simple as this now one click of a button you hit that share button and you are evangelizing to your whole friend group yes and everybody that follows you on everything so please do us a favor and do that and we hope we see you around the plaza be blessed this year from wednesday we wanted to do something different so i called my friends commissioned and they couldn't come so uh no no real talk real talk we went and there's a lot of talent that's in another room when we're in service at 11 o'clock in youth church and these brothers are from youth church yeah show them love [Applause] so they're ranging stay on your feet stay on your feet stay on your feet and you'll be able to sit down a minute but stay on your feet they're ranging from age 14 and up so they are bethany today and tomorrow hey man [Applause] and i just want to congratulate one of them he graduated eighth grade this week [Applause] [Music] so let me tell you what he did our rehearsal was on the day of his graduation so he came and he said i won't be able to come because i have graduation so we were ready to rehearse without him we started rehearsal and he came running in graduation and everything because he wanted to be a part of this so can we celebrate his future [Applause] so we're calling them commission jr [Music] bottles up tear understands every fear so we must put our trust the reasons why [Music] nights we must cry so we must put our trust [Music] sometimes the road may make you feel your is [Music] trusting [Music] he understands everything healing is he shows how much he gets [Music] by so we must put our trust in god [Music] even when we don't understand [Music] and it seems our world is falling apart just look out tomorrow son is gonna let you know hey trusting god just look around love's pouring down [Music] just look around love's pouring down [Music] just look around the pouring down trust in god [Music] trusting god [Music] trusting god [Music] trust in god in god praise the lord every time we have the opportunity to hear the word of god to experience the power and the presence of god god has positioned us to reap the benefit of his atmosphere an act of faith is the time that we get to respond to the presence of god to the word of god to the power of god in some kind of tangible way and god has prescribed that way to be through the tithe and the offering it is incredibly simplistic how the lord sees this he does not tell us to give it to him he tells us to bring it to him bring it to him because it belongs to him you can't give an individual something that belongs to them you can only bring it to them so his possession of that which he's given us the fact that the father has given us everything we have in his mind and god's mind gives him the right the ability to qualify us for not just provision more provision but for greater blessing so there is a test not of god but a test of the believer can we handle the responsibility of provision can we be trusted with provision because if we cannot be trusted with provision god does not think we are qualified to be trusted with the blessing so right now i want to inspire you that this is the time that we show god an act of faith that we reveal to him that not only do we believe but our faith has works or actions and it's time now that we bring we give we bring our tithes and our offers to the lord and we give them to him thankfully we bring them thankfully we bring them rejoicing rejoicing because anytime we give we ought to remember just how far god has brought us all that provision that we had was a product of his favor and his will his response to you being his child and he wants to know how gracious are you how much gratitude do you have how thankful that he has done in you through and for you the things that he has done so right now i want you to join us as we celebrate our relationship with god the gratitude that we have as we seek to show him something tangible something real something other than just words and thoughts but show him something that he requires in the kingdom is that is a tithe and an offering which the kingdom identifies as a seed god always starts out small and produces something great so as you sow today so believing so understanding so knowing that god is true to his promises and he will respond as you invest in his kingdom i decree and declare philippians 4 19 blessing god shall supply all of your needs according to his riches and glory and from this day forward i want you to change your declaration change your testimony and your confession as you give each time you give i want you to say with certainty and with faith all my needs are met all my needs are met go to the icon so your gift praise the lord everybody this is deacon antoine here with a part of the service that i love where we get to read the word of god our scripture today is galatians 3 verses 13 and 14 that's galatians 3 verses 13 and 14. and it reads christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us for it is written cursed is every man that hangeth on a tree that the blessing of abraham might come on the gentiles through jesus christ that we might receive the promise through faith we hope that you felt encouraged we hope that you feel blessed and we pray that god has a blessing to the hearing and the reading of his word taking you back to servicenow it is men's day at bethany and on behalf of all the men of bethany we're going to put this song in your spirit chris rodney of myself to let you know that we serve a god who is mighty and strong can we do it fellas show yourself might show yourself strong show yourself awesome in the midst of the storm for in the time of trouble he will give you a song show yourself my show yourself strong show yourself mighty show yourself strong oh [Music] he will give [Music] [Music] show yourself strong [Music] he will give you a song [Music] show yourself [Music] he will give you my songs [Music] show [Music] [Applause] show yourself [Music] [Music] yourself [Applause] show yourself [Music] show yourself [Music] what's up to my bethany family man happy men's day to you incredibly excited just honored to have this privilege to contribute to what god's doing in and through this incredible um revolutionary innovative missional monster for the kingdom of god the bethany church man you can you can see this is perfect timing we're in the middle of a series four men at our church and i decided since we're in the middle of this series called fight club to to do this message in the ring really excited about it and i just i've got to pause for the cause and and show some appreciation and take a moment to engage in some celebration to a man whose contribution to my leadership and pastoral ministry is immeasurable immeasurable you know one of the things i was talking to my natural father timothy daniels about a while ago i was like dad you know it was something some contributions you made to me that i didn't know how valuable they were until i got old enough to step into some things that made what you said in the past makes sense to me in the present and i want to say just like that was the case naturally with my natural father that has been the case in my leadership life with bishop david evans i love you honor you and this is my this is my prayer i was actually in the back praying over this service and thinking through what i was saying this is i whispered a prayer for you and this is my prayer i pray because man i remember the shepherd schools every monday night the phone calls the appointments the getting on buses and bringing your church to pastors churches to encourage to and bless them turning down engagements all over the country in different parts of the world just so that you could serve your local church and the pastors that are under your covering well those are seeds that are sown and i just pray in this season of your life and ministry that it would be a season of compound harvest that god has not forgotten as i was praying i felt like the lord spoke to me to not just pray for that but to participate in that and uh so that's why you you've already received it at this point i had someone from my team bring you a very special gift from me just sowing into your life saying on behalf of all of us that would not be where we are or who we are without you we want to say thank you so i'm excited bethany shared his word with you today uh i want you to get ready drop some fire in that chat it's time for the word of god well listen i'm going to leap right into this lesson now all year i have been speaking and preaching only from the gospels and i'm committed to that but for for this message today i'm going to take some pastoral privilege and deviate for one sunday because there is a scripture that i think succinctly uh supports what i want to share with you today is found in a book of the bible called psalms a compilations of hymns and poems and journal entries and i want to read two verses found in psalms 18 verses 33-34 i'm reading from the new international version family this is what it says he makes my feet like the feet of a deer he causes me to stand on the heights he trains my hands for battle my arms can bend a bow of bronze he trains my hands for battle king james says this he teaches my hands to war i want to use this scripture as a launching pad to leap into this lesson today i want to talk from this subject it's bad english but it's good theology here's my topic throw them hands [Applause] throw throw them hands family that there's an axiom that many if not most of us have heard as we have meandered through the maze of life it's it's the axiom that says watch this your attitude determines your altitude i'm i'm not clear what the intention is of the inaugurator of that axiom i don't know what they meant when they wrote it i know what i interpret when i read it and that's this how far i go how high i go is not just dictated and determined listen to me by who i am it's also equally impacted by how i am [Music] did you hear what i just said how far i go and how high i go is not just determined by who i am but it is equally impacted by how i am my attitude affects my altitude let me put it this way my disposition determines whether or not i'll reach my destiny darius where did you get this from well i was reading the scriptures and i see the scriptures filled with all types of animal like metaphors used to describe the nature and character of the model man a man named jesus but there are two dominant metaphors that we cannot overlook the first of which is a lamb which speaks to the part of jesus personality that is docile and meek and lowly of heart and i believe it's important to be lamb-like we need to learn from the lamb and live like the lamb but some people only see the lamb in you and they don't know there's the other side to you and that is the other metaphor that we see used to describe jesus and that's not just the lamb that's the lion revelation says he's the lion from the tribe of judah the root of jesse has prevailed and anyone that's going to experience god's best walk in the fullness of god's intention for their life has to be a person that has learned to manage these two tensions and these two personalities that should exist in everybody that's pursuing purpose the lamb and the lion you've got to know when to be lamb-like and docile and reserve and dig the scene with the lamb lean whoop whoop and then you've got to know when to be a lion when to be assertive when to be intentional you see the lamb went to the cross but the lion came out of the grave did you hear what i just said yeah and there are some seasons and situations that'll feel like tombs where you feel like you're buried underneath dirt and buried underneath pressure and buried underneath obstacles and the only people that come out of the tomb are people who've developed the disposition of a lion hallelujah people who say if you hit me i know when to hit back yeah you can throw opposition my way but god has taught my hands how to war and this disposition is incredibly important for anyone that's going to experience god's best i know we got discipline i know we've got determination but how is our disposition because it's the attitude that determines altitude and maybe this area is the missing ingredient of your advancement maybe this is the area you are unaware of that god's trying to develop you and i in because he recognizes it's the x factor he says yes you've got the gifts yes you've got the talent yes you've got the exposure yes we've got the pedigree but god says maybe i've sent you through seasons of adversity to adjust your attitude good god almighty yeah he says because almost all of us deal with one of two extremes we're either too much lamb or with too much lion and so some of us have to be adjusted a little bit one way and others have to be adjusted another who am i teaching on this sunday morning he said some of you i'm i'm teaching you how to be how to be a lion because all of my promises are occupied with opposition and your willingness and ability to overthrow the opposition determines whether or not you possess the promise i'ma say that one more time i said all the promises of god are preoccupied with opposition and your willingness to overthrow the opposition determines whether or not we will possess the promise this is what the battle imagery in the old testament is all about israel having to overthrow the canaanites is a powerful picture of us having to overthrow the opposition that's inhibiting us from possessing what god promised yes indeed we don't get peace without overthrowing some opposition we don't get joy unspeakable without overthrowing some opposition we don't get the vision god's given us without overthrowing some opposition we don't get the family god's promised us without overthrowing some opposition you don't step into anything that god has ordained for your life without being willing to drive the canaanites out see we gotta get this we got to get this because if we don't get this we won't get what god has for us it's the attitude that determines the altitude [Laughter] and so since all the promises of god are occupied with opposition and my willingness to overthrow the opposition listen to me my willingness to overthrow the opposition determines whether or not i possess the promise i've got to learn the skill the skills required to fight well peace fought for joy fought for purpose fought for this not works righteousness this is this isn't this isn't inconsistent with possessing by faith come on the willingness to fight is an expression of faith if something is stolen from you that belongs to you you're more inclined to fight for that because you know it's yours you don't fight for what you don't believe is yours y'all better come get me today i said you don't fight for what you don't believe is yours but when you convince that belongs to me when you convince that somebody has their hands on what god's supposed to put in your hands you willing to tug and you're willing to scratch and you're willing to claw because you recognize this belongs to me we need to learn the skills to fight well and the psalmist i'm sorry the psalmist clearly claims in the text that god makes a contribution to our lives that's often overlooked watch this i want you to read not just what the psalmist said i want you to see what he didn't say he didn't say god always goes to war for me now that is not to say that there are not times where god fights for you right see sometimes it takes just as much faith to do nothing as it does to do something see yeah are some battles where god tells you what he told moses stand still and see the salvation of the lord i got this one i want you to show your faith by not doing something you could do and not seeing something you could say so i'm not saying there aren't times where he fights for us but that's that's not what the psalmist is saying here he says instead of fighting for me he trains he trains my hands for battle i came hopefully to give some clarity to your calamity i came to tell some of you you've been mislabeling this season you've been telling people you in a trial i believe god through his word today wants to help you reframe this season when you reframe you rename ah i can tell how you see it by what you calling it [Applause] and i came to tell somebody you are not in a trial you in training i'ma say it one more time because i don't believe you heard what i said i said i came to tell somebody you are not in a trial you in training this is not going to take you under this is not going to take you out but god wants to use this to develop not a skill in you but a disposition in you he doesn't just want you to know something different as you come out of this trial he wants you to be somebody different says he he teaches my hands to walk he trains me for battle and here it is y'all you can't get training for battle in front of a computer you don't get training for battle from a sermon you get training for battle in a ring it doesn't matter how many it doesn't matter how many videos we've watched you don't know if you really know how to fight until you get in the ring did you hear what i just said remember it's not a trial is training so some of the stuff we worry about is nothing but a ring [Music] are y'all tired because i feel like preaching this i said some of the stuff we worried about is nothing but a ring god said no i'm just putting you in the ring because there are some things that you can only learn in the ring that you can learn no other way but i want you to know that you're not in the ring by yourself see you you think you sparring with your issue but you really sparring with me did you hear what i just said see when you're in the ring you're not fighting the issue because god who's in the ring with you is not going to let the issue take you out he said you fight me y'all not talking to me not only are you fighting me he said you fighting you come here jacob and jacob wrestle with a man himself what you're worried about is a is a ring why are you making me wait trying to develop a disposition of patience why are you making me take this and not say anything i'm trying to develop a disposition of meekness because only the meek use power responsibly and he says the more i develop this in you is an indication of the power i'm getting ready to give you and somebody that's watching this and somebody's even in this room are to pause for the cause and participate in a praise break right there because as much as god's been humbling you as much as god's been keeping you low god must be getting ready to open some doors that no man can shut god must be getting ready to trust you with some influence that your eyes hadn't seen and your ears haven't hurt see what you're worried about is a ring because he trains my hands for battle the prophet mike tyson who is credited with this phrase everybody thinks they can fight until they get punched in the mouth i'm not gonna bother that because that'll preach because that's the first place the devil wants to punch you [Applause] did you hear what i said i said that's the first place the devil wants to punch you he wants to punch you in your mouth he wants to change the way you speak because he knows the most the person that talks to you the most is you so you are one of the most influential voices in your own life so if he punches you in the mouth and damages your mouth you aren't able to speak accurately and so instead of speaking faith you speak fear instead of speaking deliverance and speak doubt instead of speaking hope you speak hopelessness why you've been punched in the mouth but i came to tell somebody today that god's got you in a season where he's getting ready to teach you how to throw them hands ah when jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days the devil punched him when he was hungry and jesus punched him back and i'm telling somebody this is your season to punch back listen to this listen to this he trains my hands to wash some of the stuff we're worried about is a ring and if i'm gonna win in the ring there are a few things that i need can i give them to you before i take my seat here it is the the first thing the first thing i need if i'm going to win in the ring is this i need the right trainer in my life okay see watch this now i'm getting ready to go somewhere i'm getting to go somewhere and the adversary is going to be upset by this because it's going to expose what i believe to be a blind spot there's no area in life where people assume they can excel without assistance except for life the most elite athletes all have a trainer michael jordan had a strength training that got him to the degree where kobe hired mike's strength trainer tiger has caddies and coaches yes floyd mayweather y'all not talking to me because in every other arena people understand i cannot excel without assistance [Applause] i cannot advance without somebody who's willing to train me and here it is there are some persons who stay stuck and in a season or seasons or cycles of stagnation because they don't want to be trained they want to be coddled [Applause] they are more obsessed with feeling good than doing well because if you're going to do well you got to be willing to endure training that doesn't feel good you need a trainer that says give me more push-ups you need a trainer that says you better not quit you got more in you you need a trainer that will not let you settle for less than your best [Applause] [Music] now watch this everybody that loves us can't train us i'ma say that one more time everybody that loves us can't train us this is so important this is important for everyone it's uniquely important for men because one day i pause and i ask myself this where are my where are most men learning to be men from and i say now if jesus is the most influential man in human history so even if you don't uh agree that jesus plays a religious role in human history like i do i i i that's he's my savior and my lord but even if you don't agree if you are an objective intellectual you got to admit he's the most influential man in human history but we learn in manhood from everybody but jesus yeah we learned how to treat women from our uncle see y'all don't yes y'all don't want to eat yeah we learned from my uncle we're learning from who we're watching or who who we're listening to who don't even have verifiable consistent fruit that their practices are best practices we need trainers the right trainers in our corner but here's the question the question isn't is somebody good enough to train me it's am i are y'all okay it's am i healthy enough and humble enough to learn [Applause] did you hear what i just said yeah yeah it's it's it's not it's not finding somebody that's good enough to train me it's am i healthy enough because this is what i've learned i've been doing i've been passionate i believe you will be amazed at how often people reject advice that's right and they have a track record that logically should say you shouldn't trust your own judgment see this too this let me go let me find this camera here i said no no when we look at your track record what about your track record makes you feel like you should trust you and when someone has verifiable fruit jesus said you know the tree by the fruit that it bears [Music] [Applause] where's the fruit jesus cursed the tree that had leaves but no fruit he says you are optically deceptive leaves that's all talk is leaves leaves where's the fruit and i want some of us to be more discerning about who we allow to have access to i am because some of us are too deceived by to impress with leaves and so they're talking when we should be examining where's the fruit see this is in judgment this is discernment i'm not talking about discerning of spirits i'm talking about discerning of trees [Applause] where's where's the fruit you'll be amazed at how many people are not humble enough pride comes before the fall the fall comes after pride which means there's a season that we in pride and still standing and it takes time for your pride to make you fall and for some people it takes the fall to make them open to new training we need a trainer and some of us haven't learned how to pick one we know how to pick one because a trainer is supposed to help me with that which i don't know and that which i can't see see for us to have assistance we can't always have agreement because if we if we agree it means i'm adding no value i should be seeing something you don't but i promise you this i'm getting ready to pray that god sends watch this this oh i just heard this i promise you i just heard this i heard i had a little quick visual in my mind too as this came to my mind for some of you god's about to circle somebody back around i heard that because cause in a previous season you weren't ready you weren't healthy enough and you weren't humble enough and the enemy wants you to feel like you've blown your opportunity and god says i'm getting ready to do you like i did the prodigal son i'm getting ready to circle it back around one more time and this time you're going to handle it right and this time you're going to walk through the door and this time you're going to possess what god has promised cause you're ready now i want somebody to drop in that chat i'm ready now i got some bumps and bruises i'm ready now i learned some things the hard way i'm ready now i need the right trainer in my life number two are y'all ready for this are y'all tired or do i need do i need to sit down all right number two i need the right people in my corner you see if you ever watch boxing between rounds the boxer goes to a corner but he goes to the corner not for isolation he goes to the corner for rejuvenation there are some people in the corner that give him water so that he doesn't suffer from dehydration and some of us are losing in life because you dehydrated cause when you go to your corner you got people who don't know what to give you i'm not asking do you have people in your corner do you have the right people in your corner do you have people in your corner that hold you accountable to your potential that when you say i can't go back out there they look at you and say yes you can yeah yeah that when you say i can't finish this degree they look at you and say girl you better when you say i can't stick with this they say fam you better press your way through i pray that god sends some people into your life that's in your corner [Applause] now watch this the right people in your corner don't just tell you what you want to hear [Music] oh yeah yeah they don't tell you you winning when you lose it [Music] they don't tell you you're winning when you're losing they say now listen you got to go out there you got to take this round i'm getting ready to go somewhere i don't think y'all expecting this the right people in your corner also know when to throw in the towel because some of y'all are doing stuff you need to stop y'all not talking to me and there need there need to be some people in our life that say now you need to stop that you're too smart to be that mean stop you too smart to be that unwise stop you got too much influence to talk to people that way stop oh may god send some people in our lives that tell us when to stop one of my favorite movies is rocky and in one of the rockets apollo creed died because he ain't let rocky throw in the towel because the right people in your corner want to see you live to fight another day apollo it ain't over this is just one fight regroup retrain tried again oh but i'm praying that god sends the right people in your corner i i got to get out of here i got to get out here number three i only got one more after this y'all sure y'all alright okay here it is here it is number three we need this we need the right skills for the ring now i never got into boxing seriously but but i got into boxing cardiovascularly and so i was working with one of the members of our church his name is bristol jenkins bodies by briscoe in bristol in malta new jersey so i was working with bristol and we start i don't like cardio so we started doing boxing for cardio and uh you know everybody think they can box until it's time to box and so i'm i'm working with bristol i'm working with bristol right and i'm like these the gloves bring us the game so i got my i got my gloves he wraps me up tight and i put my gloves on come on see i'm see this right here this right here preach this right here preach because see sometimes you need assistance with your equipment okay so so i i put on my gloves because i you know i think i know fighting so he holds up the pads i walk up on those pads y'all know i'm from that dirty south so we have to facial expressions and everything that dirty side i'm walking up on the path he's like there she can't stand like that i'm like whatever he just pushed him just he just i don't he's got pads i got gloves he just pushed me with the pat you know i'm like i'm like this he just pushed me with the pass and i'm all up he said you don't have a stance that keep you [Music] stable did you hear what i just said yeah and you can't fight if your stance ain't right see some of us keep going backwards instead of forwards cause we got the wrong stance got the wrong stance on love got the wrong stance on joy got the wrong stance on relationships got the wrong stance on marriage got the wrong stance on money our stance is off he said stem right let me say you leave with his left foot i said okay then he's got the pass not gloves watch this so i'm leaving with the left foot then he uses the pad pop right here on my head i'm like not going to be too many more dogs i love jesus but don't do that right there powerful he says you always got to keep your guard up because you don't know when a blow coming somebody better help me preach this i said you always got to keep your guard up cause you don't know when a blow is coming and sometimes a blow comes when you least expect it a financial blow a relational blow an emotional blow the blow of grief the blow of destruction the blow of deconstruction and i've got to make sure that i've got my hands in the right position i'm gonna say that one more time i gotta make sure i got my hands in the right position i gotta make sure my hands see some of us keep our hands by our side when you need to keep your hands up high if you'll elevate your hands it'll block some blows are there any praises in the room that say praise help me absorb some blows that praise helped me smile when i should have been crying praise help me live when i should have been dying [Applause] so then finally he tried to teach me the punch first thing you teach me is the jab and i'm like coming right that's not a jab i don't know what's up with us men in these sunday sound effects take [Applause] that that take that take that right there he said no darris he said when you throw this jab he says i want you to he said i want you to turn your wrist now watch what he says to me oh this blessed me he said i want you to though but you need to throw your body in the punch y'all missed it he says no no no this isn't just the weight of your arms this is the weight of your body in the punch he said you need to throw your whole self into this he said you swinging but you don't have your whole weight behind it you're trying but you hadn't thrown your whole self into it what could you accomplish if you really thrown your whole self into it i'm talking about throwing the weight behind it [Music] you tried but you you have tried you didn't throw your weight behind the punch you you did it but you have did it you didn't throw your weight behind the punch i got i got to get out of here i got i i got i got one more i got i got one more for you here i need the right trainer are y'all all right i need the right people in my corner i need the right skills for the ring and i need the right stamina for the rounds all right i'm getting ready to help somebody right here i got to get out of here but i want to share this with you please don't confuse around with the fight [Applause] some of you don't you mess with me some of you are defeated and dejected and despondent because you thought you lost the fight the bell was not an indication that this is the end of the fight the bell is an indication that this is the end of a round i want to tell somebody it ain't numbered around the bankruptcy was nothing but a round the business downturn was nothing but a round the grief was nothing but around but the bell is getting ready to ring again and it's time for you to get back out there and fight and i prophesy a second win coming to you i i pray that god gives you the stamina you need to fight the long haul is there anybody that says i feel my second wind coming i was defeated i was dejected but i feel my second win because i need stamina for the rounds watch this because some fights are shorter than others y'all missed it some fights are shorter than others and sometimes you can't see the turn in the momentum of the fight unless you last long enough y'all better hear this i'm talking about an attitude that looks at the adversary and says one of us is going to quit first [Music] did you hear what i just said one of us going to quit first but it's not gonna be me you know what happened with jesus in the wilderness he outlasted satan the bible didn't say read it matthew 4 the bible didn't say jesus left satan read the text it says after the third time and it didn't work satan left jesus oh gosh jesus said one of us gonna quit first and it's not going to be me i'ma tell y'all something and i want you to believe me most of my adult life i underestimated importance of stamina i didn't know how long you got to fight did you hear what i just said i underestimated the importance of stamina what do i call it i call it long faith strong faith is long faith it's not how big can you believe it's how long hebrews 10 36 you have need of endurance so that after you've done the will of god you might receive the promise after you've done the will of god you might receive the promise we follow after those hebrews who through faith and patience inherited what was promised underestimated stamina if you cannot keep up with the footmen how jeremiah can you run with horses stamina i want you to hear me look at me i'm done look at me some of the things some of us praying for will well us out we don't have a stamina fall and god has many of you in a season where he's building up your conditioning i know we ask the lord to save us and to serve us i think we need to start asking him lord get me in shape i know you got something for me get me in shape for it give me the the stamina i need to fight the fights that are in front of me you know i got this mentoring and coaching group group of it's i call it a tribe not a group it's called daniel smith okay i got i got some daniels and i got this thought that i shared with them on monday and it's this your future i want y'all to hear me it's worth fighting for that sounds so simple almost trite but let me tell you what i mean by that you won't know what that means until you get to your future i want you to catch that that's the scary thing about future blessings you miss and you don't know what you miss did y'all hear what i just said we miss opportunity and don't even know what we missed but there are some areas where i look at god's faithfulness in my life i can look back on certain seasons and look at god's faithfulness and say this was worth fighting for but i didn't know it'd be worth it until i got to it i just knew the only option besides fighting is quitting i don't know what would happen i didn't know what would happen if i fought but i did know what would happen if i quit i can tell you what to happen if you fight but i can't tell you what to happen if you quit you'll live with regret for the rest of your life you will live wondering what god could have and should have done through me if i'd been willing to throw them hands i came for everybody that stepped out of the ring because you're tired of fighting and i'm throwing you back in it you get back in that ring cause your future is worth fighting for i know you're dealing with faith fatigue but you get back in that ring cause your future is worth fighting for father i pray against i pray against the tendency and the temptation to quit your word says do not be weary in doing good for in due season we will reap if we do not give up i pray for grace to finish and grace to fight i pray for every person in whatever area that's struggling greatly they've stepped out of the rain may today be the day you put their gloves back on and give them the strength to fight the good fight of faith to lay hold of eternal life in jesus name amen praise the lord we've been having an incredible men's day today an incredible men's day what a celebration an example to the body of christ of what can happen when men get together who are consecrated who are dedicated who are men of faith and men of action we come to this part of our service where we have always had what we call a men's day a celebration seed there's a story in the bible where david uh is in him himself in confinement in a cave adulum and about 400 men come to him and these men are in various stages of life some are disgusted some are in debt some have been disbanded some are disgruntled but they come with all an issue and they come to the cave of duluth and they make david a captain over them so he becomes their leader and in the context of this coming together david begins to impart if you will teach them what becoming a mighty man is all about teaches them kingdom later on in the story we find that the temple is being built and david as their leader the one who has imparted to them this is the same david that defeated the bear and the lion and in testifying and telling them what telling them what god had done through him they were able to defeat mighty enemies and became known not as disgruntled not as disgusted but the mighty men of valor and the temple is about to be built and david's continuing to be their leader in parts not just the ability to gain victory and the ability to stand up against an enemy that most people think you cannot defeat but david once again becomes the kingly example to the kingdom and to the mighty men of valor and what he does at this time he makes an offering brings an offering to the lord if you will brings a seed to the lord celebrate not only how good god has been to them how far god has brought them but the work god has placed in their hands the assignment that he is empowering them to do and the bible says that david begins to give in a tremendous manner and the men the mighty men the 400 men match what david gave the lord let me tell you again david starts out he gives and the men the mighty men of valor match the people of the kingdom match what david gives an amazing story of the person that has given the importation now giving them a further impartation of why they need to follow him in giving to god so the furtherance of that importation can be perpetuated in their lives so today the men of this church come together on men's day and we gather the support of the women in the church as they join us like we joined them on women's day and our hundred dollar seed that we're starting with i'm going to challenge you today men brothers i'm going to double that 200 still reachable for many of you and i want you to match what the lord has laid on my heart that as the leader i had to double up on the sea and those of you that can match it you do it but those of you who will by faith sow the 100 seat and ladies of course as you join us as you give your sons and your daughters as you sow yourself this seed is for the breakthrough in the assignment that god has given you in your life no matter what that is whether it's against an enemy whether it's against a giant whether it's to build something for the lord or something in your own life overcome a problem this celebration seed as we celebrate the men of this ministry is what god is going to bless today so i thank you in advance for what you're going to do in the power of jesus and i'll see you next time

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