Who Let the Dogs Out - Annual Men's Day | Pastor Ray Taylor

[Music] and a very pleasant good morning to those of you here in the worship center as well as to those of you watching us online welcome to men's day 2021 that's not good enough for me let me say that again welcome to men's day 2021. [Music] listen thank you so much for coming we are incredibly glad that you are here listen nestled in the middle of the old testament is a memoir written by a man named nehemiah nehemiah was a jewish citizen that was in captivity right and nehemiah had a burning passion to see jerusalem become great like it once was but he was doing work one day right and the king saw him he said nehemiah what's going on with you bro he said king i got a problem i have a burning passion for my hometown and it's in wrecks right now the king said to nehemiah what can i do for you what you asking that question for nehemiah said well since you asked you can give me some vacation time so i can go back to jerusalem and reveal the wall the king said to nehemiah not only will i give you the vacation time i will sponsor your trip not only will i sponsor your trip i'll give you the resources that you need to build your wall not only will i give you the resources that you need to build your wall i will send your you on your way with a military escort to make sure you get where you are going when nehemiah got to jerusalem you know what nehemiah did he surrounded himself with a group of men they got together they built the plan they were on one accord and in 52 days the walls of jerusalem were back up behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity y'all don't like the old testament let's fast forward to the new testament let's go to the book of mark chapter two jesus was in a house somebody's house i don't know whose house it was but jesus was in the house doing what jesus does he was healing he was delivering he was setting free well there was a paraplegic man in town that heard jesus was there and he wanted to get to jesus but he was paraplegic so he couldn't walk well what happened there were four men that came from somewhere they went and got them in and said you want to get to jesus we're going to take you to jesus well check this out when they got to the house the house was crowded they couldn't get into jesus from the front door they couldn't get in through the back door you know what these men did they climbed on top of the roof they tore a hole in the roof they lifted the man on top of the roof and they put him in jesus presence jesus healed the man and the man as far as we know lived happily ever after y'all don't like the new testament let's fast forward to 1995. in 1995 on the nation's capital there were approximately a million men that converged on the lincoln monument what were they for they were there to encourage each other to challenge each other to charge each other to be better to be a better what to be better men to be a better husband to be better sons to be better never architects to be better janitors they encourage each other to be better that was the 1 million man mark y'all don't like 1995 well do me a favor fix your eyes on the first row of thc right now or look behind me you see a group of men who are here to publicly declare their fragility to god they're for delicate to their family how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity if that's not enough to praise the boy you can sit down but for the rest of us we're gonna give them a praise to the god that created a group of men [Music] hallelujah to the lord god almighty for a group of men and we as a group of men need your help god so that we can carry out our charges for our house so we can be what you need us to be for our kingdom for your kingdom so strengthen us o lord give us valor lord give us your courage give us your anointing so we can go and be great like our god is when you do it lord we'll bless you in the name of jesus the christ we pray amen let's go ready for worship are y'all ready to worship are you ready to worship are y'all ready to worship let's go then let's go good morning trinity harvest come on can you give god some praise this morning i will bless the lord at all times and his praises shall continue being on my mouth come on let's worship hey oh god we give you glory this morning we honor you today [Music] the song just cleans he says i will bless for the rest of my life everybody i will bless the lord for the rest of my life hallelujah [Applause] hallelujah everybody say i will bless the for the rest lord my life you is oh [Music] is [Applause] i will bless the lord [Applause] we were hallelujah oh is [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah [Applause] everybody [Applause] so we will bless him we will honor him this morning oh i rose through my preacher bless him oh i rose out of my bed to give him glory this morning do i have any praises in the house do i have anybody grateful just to be alive this morning oh god we love you there's no one like him god we bless you this morning we honor you we adore you this morning oh god we lift you up we magnify you today have your way in this house of god [Applause] we love you today we love you today [Music] the song says who is like our god no one no one who [Music] [Music] no [Music] god who is no one who was like our god [Music] there was no one there you were there was no one no who is come on there is i be glorified [Music] get away your way [Applause] you oh oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] is he [Music] he's the beginning he is the end oh [Music] [Music] [Music] brothers [Music] [Music] there is no [Music] [Music] can we lift it up right here come on lift up a sound that only heaven can hear you say come on somebody because he will be [Music] is we want you to be glorified [Music] there is no one great [Music] there is no way can we just worship god we love it no one else can touch my heart like it is [Music] there is [Music] [Music] is god so now we want you this just to be glorified in this moment have our lives lord do what you want to do with this guy show your weight around god just do what you want to do with us god we're your vessels we're your empty vessels this morning as men god we love you pour into this god god we bless your name this morning [Music] the song says [Music] my life and be glorified and be glorified help me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] my glory i [Music] i just want to say lord it's not about me you just take me you get the [Music] [Applause] thank thank you oh thank you thank you lord thank you always say thank you thank you [Music] you get the phrase you get the praise you get the praise you get the glory oh we surrender our lives to you you be lifted high [Music] [Music] how [Music] oh and that's something that we all could say hallelujah [Music] one minute one minute can we say hallelujah [Music] and lord oh thank you lord we thank you lord we thank love we thank you for everything you've done for us [Music] now worship the king of kings and the lord of lords we give you all [Music] the glory [Music] [Music] to be we give you [Music] [Music] we cory i'm sorry i just got a burden on me y'all do me a quick favor just for a moment i need all the ladies to keep their lips closed i need all the men to join us in this worship can we do that can you all give us that ladies just for a moment we're going to lift up a sound full of men and thc declaring to the world hallelujah declaring to the devil this takes the place here we go let's go court just a minute here we go y'all [Music] [Applause] [Music] up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] two things i want to share really really quickly i grew up in a baptist church and stopped six and it was not common to see men in worship [Music] it was my grandfather and a couple of other men that would actually go into worship the point about what the reason i'm referring to that is because i didn't grow up with a father but i watched my grandfather go up and worship perhaps that's why i don't have a problem raising my hands in front of all you people if you come to my front door at three o'clock in the morning three o'clock in the morning you better believe i'm gonna give you the business if you mess with my wife my children i'm gonna give you the business but when it's time to go to worship i have no concerns about what you think about me i am confident in raising my hands i am confident in shedding a tear because i know another thing and i'm going to get out of your way for 21 years almost 22 years my wife and i have been fighting devils to raise children that love god standing behind me about 12 feet over there is my son standing in front of me is my daughter both of them had their hands raised i don't care what you think about me [Applause] y'all sit down sit down listen [Music] sit down y'all welcome i don't lost my voice and i don't care welcome to the thc experience welcome to men's day welcome to the place of worship we are glad that you came listen there are some people here that are here for the first time would you wave at me please and let us know that you're here i see you brothers i see your brother i see you beautiful first time guest i see you in the back thank you so much thank you thank you i see you thank you so much for coming if you can't tell we believe and worship here this is what we do this is not just a men's day thing this is all the time at thc i hope you felt the presence of the lord because he can make you feel better than we can having said that we want you to be welcome so if there's something we can do to make your experience a better one you need a bottle of water whatever the case be let us know but you are absolutely welcome in fact you are family at this point forward you are apart you don't have to join the church you don't have to come down with your hand raised you are already family so welcome y'all to our new family please come hang out with us again [Music] i don't even know what i'm supposed to be doing i think we're supposed to be doing an offering right is that right corey whatever um [Music] i'm so i'm so messed up y'all um it's offering time in the sanctuary [Applause] [Music] we believe in the god of the bible beyond the god of the bible we believe in yah [Music] that takes a little bit of study you have to go a little bit deeper to understand what i mean when i say that but yah is the sovereign god the reality is there are multiple gods some of you worship gods maybe it's your car uh-oh maybe it's your children there are multiple gods but there's only one living god that is the god that we worship here he is yah yahweh he is the one we worship here and part of the system that he set up for his kingdom on earth is giving and so if we're going to be fully committed to the things that yahweh does on earth that includes giving well here is an opportunity for you to participate in the things that yah is doing on earth we have multiple ways for you to participate they should be on the screen you can give by text you can give by website you can give at cash app that's new i think right we haven't always done cash app listen if you want to give we will send a pigeon to your house i'm aging myself pastor raider some of them don't know what i mean when i say that we'll send a pigeon to your house to pick it up but however whatever method you choose to do please participate please support our efforts here i can tell you as a leader in this fellowship we are bullish about being good stewards over your gifts that that you can rest assured and if you have any questions about that ask myself or one of these deacons one of these men on the front row they can tell you about our stewardship of what we do with your gifts so thank you for giving let me say thank you to the on behalf of pastor and lady tony for your support of our anniversary drive [Music] like you always do you showed up and showed out and we are eternally grateful for you for doing that now um i i'm a little confused all right so let me just be transparent y'all on watching online forgive me whatever right they done reconfigured the worship service right so i used to toss to pi and then i would come back and do giving but now they got it all construed together i don't know what the heck i'm supposed to be doing so am i supposed to say serve the people of god right here pray okay and then i do the fiat all right y'all give me a minute i'm trying to get this thing together yeah listen to our first time guest i'm always thrown off this way anytime you see me i'ma say something throw it off i'm gonna look at your throat off and these people can tell you i'm always thrown off don't take it personal don't take it personally let's pray father we thank you for the opportunity to participate in your work on earth thank you so much for the seed to sow your word says that you give seed to the sower and that's who you give seed to it so we're grateful that you've chosen to give seed to us and we are fully going to meet your expectation of slowing now bless us to do it with the right hearts and father we pray that you'll bless us back in fact somebody under the sound of my voice right now doesn't have any money to give but father what that which they do have we offer it up to you and ask that you bless them as well for your kingdom is bigger than the money that goes through the bank oh lord and so we want to participate in your work however we can do that so bless us bless our giving our efforts our hearts our minds and we will bless you back individually and as a collective in the name of jesus who is the christ we pray amen all right y'all are y'all enjoying this isn't this beautiful it isn't this beautiful it's men's day y'all it's men's day 2021 when the ladies have their thing they do all the pageantry and all this we don't need all that we don't need all right matter of fact what we really need pastor ray is a steak and some potatoes after we get done here later lashon can you take that can you make where is she at all right y'all a lot of things are happening at thc we want you to be aware of all of them and so if you would take a look at the screens and you will learn all about them [Music] good morning tac i'm chris and here's what's happening around our church we had a great time at the men of another spirit pinning ceremony yesterday i'm extremely happy and proud to be connected to this amazing group of men for those men who didn't participate this time you'll have an opportunity to do so at a later date so keep your ears open this week the men and women are having breakout sessions you don't want to miss this great time of fellowship and growth so make plans to meet us online this wednesday at 7 pm every 4th sunday we celebrate new life and new life in christ with baptism and baby dedications the next opportunity to participate is sunday september 26th so register today at thconnects.com forward slash baptism although our doors are open each sunday please remember the copic 19 pandemic is ongoing let's continue to wash our hands practice social distancing and wear masks to protect ourselves others and stop the spread for the latest news and information check out the thc mobile app you can also connect with us at thconnects.com or on social media thanks for watching and have a great week [Music] well come on and put your hands together and give the lord a hand praise amen i know you've already been welcome but i just want to say for myself and from my wife tony thank you all for being in the house of the lord worshiping with us this morning amen praise the lord they did kind of mix up the worship service just a little bit you know and i'm just feeling blessed i'm just anybody else feeling blessed i i just is that the blessed key corey did y'all hear that did that sound blessed amen since i got these fellas in here i want to make good use amen of them being with us today and worshiping the song says we're blessed in the city tanya where'd she go we're blessed in the field we're blessed when we come and when we go we cast down not just one not just two not just three but every stronghold i wish i had somebody in here who could declare the devil it's defeat oh my god come on do i have a witness in here who can say the devil is defeated in my life and i know that i know that i know that i am blessed here it is one two three everybody say y'all gotta put your hands together and get in here with me i'll see you guys we're blessed [Music] [Applause] i need everybody in the building everybody [Music] is [Music] can you be aware [Music] and around and around is [Music] [Music] i gotta preach y'all [Music] listen i've been in this thing too long i've been in this thing too long i've been in [Music] come [Music] [Music] yay [Music] can you just wave your [Music] i'm coming out hallelujah if you're blessed and you're coming out put your hands together while you are taking your seats hey man you know [Music] i was i was 31 when we started singing that song for offering [Applause] hey man rosa take a whole lot more at 46 to bounce around the stage but i'm still blessed all of these years the lord has let's give god a hand praise for our men in the house [Applause] today god bless god bless amen come on let me see my deacons all of our deacons just stand real quick give god a hand praise for our deacons yes sir it's coming give god a praise for our deacons now i want to ask all of the most men all the caleb's in the house will you just stand give god a hand praise for these disciples of god who graduated on last night yesterday afternoon amen praise the lord for our most men's discipleship minister amen you may be seated in the presence of the lord these men have been working with me following along with me and we've been discipling them over the last six months and i believe god is about to do some wonderful things in trinity harvest amen praise the lord now this is no offense to the ladies but ladies we y'all just love the lord and y'all come to church don't matter who preaching who's singing who playing but guys are a little bit different we only come to church to check the women out is that right dean sterling [Applause] i'm sorry y'all he been married for 32 years and that's his lovely wife sitting right behind i'm sorry praise the lord it was a throwback from a conversation and an inside joke let me get it right he is not single amen praise the lord sisters hallelujah amen but you know guys sometimes we go to church to check out the ladies amen and if we don't see anything that we can identify with then we don't typically stay and we don't typically come back but when you can see a group of men who know that amen and love the lord and as jared said who's not afraid to lift their hands and worship who's not afraid to get leaky in the eyes when you know what the lord has really done for you when you know how he's delivered you how he set you free how he's brought you out he's demonstrating his power in your life god almighty you don't have a problem yeah yeah and see we got to do it brothers amen because we have to show our sons and our daughters what it looks like for a man to worship because if you live long enough you will i got to get into the text but if you live long enough you will encounter some things that the streets can't fix come on somebody you'll get all the way down to the bottom of the bottle and still have the same problems the same weight the same bondage and so our sons and our daughters need to know how to worship they need to know how to pray how to call on the name of jesus and i'm grateful jared and lauren for layla and deuce i'm grateful amen i'm grateful for the parents who say you know what you might not like it but you're going to keep going and you're going to keep coming until you have an encounter with the lord for yourself and just like jared and lauren that was one of my sons singing on the worship team just like jared and lauren there's one of my sons working in the production ministry praise the lord they let alyssa off today i don't even know what she did did she come to church did you take off church her mama said she better be i can't see it oh okay praise the lord amen the lord is good he's got favor on your life and covering you amen [Applause] let's get into the word let's get into the word let's go to numbers i'm gonna try my best to be brief numbers the 14th chapter just five quick verses so all i have is five quick verses amen numbers chapter 14 beginning at verse 20. going to verse 24 catch muhammad adio and the lord said i have pardoned according to thy word but as truly as i live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the lord because all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which i did in egypt and in the wilderness and have tempted me now these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice surely they shall not see the land which i swore unto their fathers neither shall any of them that provoke me see it but my servant caleb because he had another spirit with him and had followed me fully him will i bring into the land where until he went and his seed shall possess it amen may god add a blessing to the readers in the hears and most of all the doers of his word daryl just for a moment i want to try to develop a thought from the subject who let the dogs out who let the dogs out come on sit with me say eyes to see ears to hear and a heart to receive all of the wonderful things that christ has already done let's pray father we bless you we thank you we give you praise honor and glory today for the things that you have done for you are worthy god and as the scripture says if it had not been for you god who were on our side we would have lost long time ago god we would have given up long time ago we would have been consumed by all of our enemies by all of our trials our burdens and situations and circumstances now holy ghost we have blessed you and praise your name we have worshipped you we have given you the honor now we ask in the humblest manner that we know holy spirit speak to us speak your word your life-giving word your life transforming words so that it will be planted in the hearts of your children like a seed deeply embedded that takes deep root grows up to be a tree that bears fruit that does not wither but fruit that remains bless us now in the name of jesus and by the blood of jesus we plead the blood over everyone that is under the sound of my voice in the name of jesus satan the lord rebukes you rebuke it god every demon every devil every foul spirit every wicked thing every way with imagination any thought bring it now god into captivity and into the obedience of your son the christ and when you've done these things god we will forever give you the praise the honor and the glory in jesus mighty name somebody say thank god amen amen praise the lord man these men look so good in the house of the lord this morning you yay i wish you understood how much it means to me every last one of your brothers all of the men all of the young men and even the young boys look good to me when i when the lord called me and i responded to planting this fellowship i said to god i said lord i don't think i'm the one to do this but if you'll do two things for me i promise i promise i'll follow you and i serve you i said god if you commit to doing two things number one always provide praise the lord lord if you always provide for whatever we need to do whatever it is that you called us to do i'll serve you in this capacity and secondly god give me some men some of y'all been around here long enough to know that that's my testimony give me men god who are ready to stand up and lead stand up and fight and do what it is that you have called them to do and if you look around you can see that god for the last 15 years has consistently answered that prayer amen and so i'm grateful for all of these men hey man who let the dogs out who let the dogs out uh some of you are bible readers in here you're quite familiar with numbers chapter 14. you're quite familiar with the pentateuch genesis exodus leviticus numbers and deuteronomy the first five books of the bible i know i already jumped in deep because i ain't got that much time all five books of the bible offered by god's servant moses and most of us jason we know the whole story israel's story how they were beget how god bore them in bondage in egypt and we know the story of how god with his miraculous hand and his his wonderful power delivered the children of israel out of bondage we know it we know the story we know that he brought them out of egypt and when they were in the desert with the red sea in front of their mountains to the left mountains to the right and pharaoh decided that he wanted to retrieve the source of his economy that he changed his mind about releasing the children of israel he decided to go hunt them down and now here they are stuck in between this rock and a hard place the red sea in front pharaoh's army behind them and it was god jehovah the god of abraham isaac and jacob that miraculously delivered the children of israel out of the hand of the egyptians how did he do it he made what the old folks would call a way out of no way this is still about to cost the church i know we're in the denominational and we we don't claim to be baptists or kojic or any of that but i'm saying you can say amen the more you say amen and talk to me the quicker i'll be we seen god make a way out of no way and israel walked across on dry land and i love it god god doesn't just just brings us out see when god delivers if we allow him to god will bring us out and close the door behind us i'm glad i got one witness over here because if you read the scripture the bible says that when he brought them across the red sea and once the egyptians pursued them he said to the children of israel look get ready because i'm about to deliver you this day and these egyptians that you see now you will never see them again i wish i had somebody in this house who could say god i thank you that i don't have to look at my past i don't i don't have to look at how bad it was oh god so god with his wonders and his miracles delivers the children of israel then once they get in the wilderness god begins to consistently provide for them provides mana provides water provides quail provides food for them in the middle of the wilderness and so when we get over into numbers particularly when we get down to chapter 13 god is getting ready to move israel into promise and so god says to moses he says look moses what i need you to do is i need you to take a man from every tribe a representative from every tribe and what i want you to do is have them to go out and do some recognizance have them to go out and survey the land of promise to give you a report of what the land actually is like and then when they come back they'll give you a report and we all know what happened do we do we have bible readers in here who knows the story all 12 tribes went out to do what moses had instructed them when the twelve uh the two not the tribes the twelve spies when the spies came back praise the lord ten of them had a different report they said yes surely the land is exactly like the lord said it was that there is a land flowing with milk and honey it is just like the lord said but however the sons of anac are over there and and we we we won't be able to take this land because they said to themselves we are like grasshoppers we saw ourselves as grasshoppers in their sight and caleb and joshua begin to speak to the people and say hang on hang on it doesn't matter that the sons of anac is over there we are well able to take the land i'm preaching to somebody who's facing something that looks like it's insurmountable you look like you don't have what it is and what it takes to get it done but i want you to understand something because you have the power and the presence of the holy ghost in you you are well able to do what god has called you to but unfortunately these 10 spies voice was the thing that israel gave ear to and it caused the whole nation to fear god almighty they got so fearful that they started questioning what god was doing have you ever been there things look a certain way and because you have fear and not faith you begin to question what god is doing if you look over in the beginning of chapter 14 they started saying things like this did did god bring us out god almighty of egypt so that we can go into the land and the people of the land of promise they could take our children and our wives as slaves and kill us and we die by the sword what kind of god is this ain't nobody gonna say amen they went so far stephen to just go ahead and say look this is what we're gonna do we're gonna choose ourselves another leader and we're going back to egypt god almighty i got to stand here right now real firm on my two feet in the power of the holy ghost and say the devil is a lie trinity harvest is not going back to bondage i wish i had somebody who could receive this word i'm speaking to you in your life you are not the devil is a lie you are not going back to bondage but because of the negativity because of the bad report the people's heart was turned from faith to fear and while caleb and joshua and even moses is trying to convince the nation to follow the voice of the lord while they're doing that the bible says that the lord the presence of the lord came down to the tent of meeting and said look y'all come here we need to talk right now moses get up here i gotta talk to you right now and god says look these people look i'm sick of their rebellion i'm sick of them being stiff-necked i'm sick of them not being having faith and believing me and trusting me so it's over with moses i'm just going to kill them all and i thank god for a praying pastor [Applause] you know the passage that even when the people of god are are being rebellious even when the people of god who know that they're the people of god and still dibble dabbling come on somebody and being disobedient and engaging in the things that the world has to offer i thank god for praying pastors for praying preachers for praying deacons for praying men and women of god who can intercede but not just say a prayer but get god's attention i'm talking about people who know how to talk to god moses began to talk to god he says god he says god listen now you don't want to kill these people because your reputation your name is on the line you know what the egyptians are going to say they're going to say what kind of god would deliver his people only to take him out into the wilderness to kill him what kind of god is that and i believe god set and thought about it not that he's not omniscient and didn't already know what he wanted to do how he was going to do isaiah says he has determined the end from the beginning but he got god's attention and god says you know what you're right and that's how we get to verse 22 he says because of your word moses because of your prayers moses i'm not gonna kill these people but but but ain't none of them gonna see my promise i want to encourage somebody be faithful and trust god so that you don't miss out on his could it be that you should be so much further along in your life and your money in your marriage in your house because you didn't trust god oh you're hearing what i'm saying and so he says none of them are going except caleb caleb you know when we think about biblical heroes particularly old testament heroes caleb's name is one that doesn't usually come up but but i like caleb in fact jason caleb's name literally means dog yeah yeah his name means dog and for the fellas we know dog is not necessarily a derogative term you know among the camaraderie and the fraternity and the brotherhood dog is actually a a badge of honor when you say hey that that's my dog you know hey kyle quickly that's my dog you know what i'm talking about when it comes to competition when it comes to standing up being a man when it comes to standing up and being determined to do what god has called you to do we can say something like this eric that eric daughtry he's a dog man when we start talking about sports you talk about you know you hear it they say all the time they talk about different players who have a motor man they got a motor man they get out there and they get after the ball like a dog these men here at trinity harvest y'all i'm a dog caleb's name means dog and caleb was that gritty that gutsy come on somebody he he was that type of person that was not afraid to do anything that god had called him to do and there's there's some things that i actually like about caleb caleb the dog caleb the dog the first thing i like about caleb is caleb excelled in his own tribe yeah caleb was a standout in his own tribe when god gave moses instructions to choose a representative from every tribe to spot out the land caleb was chosen and if you go back to numbers chapter one somewhere around verse 27 when moses was doing the census he discovered that there were 74 and 600 men of war in the tribe of judah so caleb out of 74 hundred and people six hundred warriors was the one that god chose what i'm trying to say to you there had to be something about caleb that everybody in the tribe recognized to say he's the one that should represent us he's the one that should stand for us he's the one and i'm saying to you we have to be like caleb we have to excel in our own tribe y'all making me preach hard preaching better than you're saying hey man you don't like it like that well here's the thing we too like caleb have to excel brothers we have to excel in our own tribe especially the tribe that bears our name ain't nobody gonna say amen you know your first ministry is at home praise the lord i i definitely can't pastor this church if i can't pastor my own house or you hear what i'm saying we have to excel in the tribe that bears our name what am i saying to you brothers you have to excel at being a husband if you're married you got to excel at being uh i wish i had look look at me i understand how important satisfaction is in a marriage but that is not what you were called to the marriage for you wasn't called to the marriage to satisfy yourself you were called to the marriage to love your wife see you ladies ought to be giving me some amens and standing up preach pastor you were called to love your wife the way christ loved the church the satisfaction comes later ain't nobody gonna say amen praise god if you can't feel the love then you don't feel no loving [Applause] [Music] i'm just being honest i'm just being honest we were called to excel as husbands you got to get in there you you got to get in there and do what you got to do amen to to listen to demonstrate how you cherish god's favor in your life solomon said a man who findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtains the favor of the lord the lord's favor is attached to your wife ain't nobody gonna say amen peter peter peter peter said it like this he says listen listen you need to dwell in peace with your wife considering her the weaker vessel and you need to get it right let your prayers be hindered you you got to hear what i'm saying brothers if you don't excel as a husband god is not listening to your prayers you trying to talk to god about your job you're trying to talk to god about your health and god is saying but look at the way you are treating my i'm preaching way better than you saying amen brothers y'all ought to be saying amen cause you know you know men of another spirit we get this right the man at the at trinity harvest we get this right we honor the women the gift the favor that god has placed in our life caleb excelled in his tribe and we have to excel in the tribe that bears our name not just as a husband but for those of us who have children even as a father it is our responsibility and our duty it is unfortunate that too many of my peers who who came up and born in the 60s and 70s came up in the 80s like i did is too many of us who have grown up without our father's presence and our father's wisdom in their life here's the here's the thing identity comes from paternity my mother has demonstrated how to be nurturing my mother has demonstrated how to to love but my identity comes from my father and y'all ain't gonna say man all my life all these 46 years boy you show just like your daddy but but you sound just like your daddy you look and here's the problem growing up as a kid it used to can i just talk like i feel it it used to piss me off because everybody else knew more about my daddy than i knew about my daddy and the response was a mistaken in identity so so what i should have been embracing as an identity i was rejected i don't look like him i don't talk like him and that's because i didn't know who he was but thanks be to god who gives us the victory through christ jesus and the power of his holy spirit that i have been born again and my father what god almighty my father my heavenly father who speaks to me talks to me encourages me confirms me affirms me on a regular basis now i have true identity now i know who i am the devil can't trick me the world can't trick me out of who i am because i know i know i'm preaching better than you're saying amen so brothers brothers and by the way ladies just let me i'm talking to the brothers but this goes for you too you got to excel as a wife oh god let me just since y'all was hey preach pastor yeah yeah you gotta excel [Applause] i i believe the lyrics the lyrics to ephesians chapter 5 verse 21 says wives [Applause] be responsive and cooperative and supportive to your husbands come on somebody and we have to be mothers to our children let me just jump up on another level because some of us we in that season where we got grandbabies praise the lord and that's what's wrong with the world lori we don't have enough big mamas and big daddies and the problem is because not only are the mothers and fathers trying to act like the children but you got some of the grandmothers and the grandfathers at the same clubs y'all ain't gonna say amen trying to wear the same clothes [Applause] y'all better talk back to me in here amen and here's the thing here's the thing jared we have enough nerve to judge the young folks for the things and the seasons that they're going through ain't nobody gonna say man you know how we do we look at them because because what it really is we hating a little bit on the cool [Applause] cause cause the young sister the young brother however they stack it up and put it it stayed there all day and us with our 46 year old self we got to have some straps some duct tape some magnets and and all other kind of contraptions to keep it together [Music] don't be no hater don't be no hater cause you had your day but now young folks let me tell you you keep on living and when it don't stay put you gonna thank god for somebody who when you unload it unstrap it and take it all off she still be looking at you like what you doing what you what you finna do with all of that [Applause] praise the lord she be after me y'all she'd be out tonight i'm tell the truth what am i supposed to be talking about he excelled in his child y'all need to get it together man y'all supposed to be saved filled with the holy ghost but the other thing i like about caleb caleb was one of the ones who was willing to do exactly what he was asked to do when he got the assignment him and joshua they did exactly what they were asked to do they were asked to go and to survey out the land and to bring moses back a report but if you look at verse 20 in in numbers chapter 13 the last line of verse 20 says moses says to him he says and be of good courage and have courage and bring back fruit god almighty see on this assignment in this season where the lord has called you to you are going to have to have courage don't get it twisted there will be opposition there will be some resistance to where god is calling you to but you know what god likes it like that because then that's when god can show up and show himself mighty and strong in your life but in order for god to do that you have to have courage he was instructed to have courage sounds like joshua over in joshua chapter one verse six and verse nine i believe it is god told joshua he says be of good courage be very courageous why because i will be with you and whatever you do as long as you're meditating on my word as long as you got your face buried in prayer whatever you do it will prosper and this is what caleb and joshua understood so therefore they were courageous what do you mean when you say be of good courage i'm saying be strong be strengthening in the power and the holy ghost be be overcomer be and overpower not by your physical power not by your intellectual power but by the spirit of the lord it shall be done caleb did exactly what he was asked to do to be courageous secondly caleb brought back fruit praise the lord with his courage he brought back fruit this is a season now for all of us to get engaged i've been preaching it i've been teaching it here for the last year we don't have any space for bench riders not in the kingdom of god not in the house of god not here at trinity harvest church every and as a matter of fact it is one of our values everybody giving everybody serving there is a calling there is a ministry that god has placed in your life and it's time for us to produce fruit time for us quincy to do exactly what the lord asked us to do hallelujah let me get out of here i i like caleb because caleb excel tree and his tribe caleb did exactly wish i had time to push that point but i got to get on he did exactly what he was asked to do he was courageous and he brought back fruit but the last thing and the final thing that i love about caleb this is one of our heroes caleb had another spirit he had another spirit remember i was telling you the story god was upset with the children of israel he says look none of them are going to see the promise except for caleb my servant caleb because he had another spirit with him our discipleship program is called most m-o-a-s it's an acronym that stands for men of another spirit if if i could use moses and and israel as a type of the church or the local church if if i'm the pastor here and if you allow me maybe i'm the moses of the house oh you hear what i'm saying and then we have our deacons all of our deacons are like the joshua's you know the apprentice joshua the servant of moses the one who aids and assists moses but then these other men all of these men you see walking around here wearing these shields they are our caleb's they are men of another spirit come on somebody they got they got something different working on the inside of them what do you mean when you say men of another spirit what do you mean when caleb cory says he when the lord says he had another spirit with him what he's saying is corey caleb's life was effed up he said oh oh jesus his life was effed up his life was effed up because number one caleb had the spirit of faith god almighty see most men men of another spirit we are men of faith if god said it we will believe it if god said he would do it we believe that he will do it if god promised i wish i had somebody and it settled in our minds it settled in our heart and we will not stumble at the word of god when god speaks it we're going to stand on i wish i had somebody else in here who can say lord all of my life all of my days i'm going to stand on your word god when everything else around me is like sinking sand when there is no other foundation but your word i'm going to stand on your word our faith just doesn't stop right there because we know the word will lift us up in stormy seas in rocky situations we can be just like the apostle peter and say lord if it is you let me come unto you and he spoke his word and peter was standing god almighty in stormy seas in boisterous winds god almighty the only thing that's going to keep you solid and anchored is the word of god god almighty so caleb's life was effed up because he had the spirit of faith not only did he have the spirit of faith but caleb just like these men here today had the spirit of fidelity spirit of fidelity i'll give you another f word uh kendra faithfulness god almighty that's that's what the world is lacking men and women who are faithful oh god dependable reliable men and women who are men and women of their word caleb was a man of fidelity he was faithful god almighty faithful to his call as a man of god as a husband as a father as a son of god what we need is for the people of god not to be successful we need the people of god to be faithful you're not gonna find it anywhere in the scripture where god was ordering his people to be successful see success is the god part faithfulness is our part i wish i had somebody in here we have to be people who are faithful and trustworthy caleb was a man of faith rhonda and he was a man who had the spirit of faithfulness so caleb's got faith cable is got fidelity but also caleb had the spirit he had the spirit of force yeah he's most men we're men of faith we're men of fidelity and just like caleb we're men of force force see see the men's eyebrows are lifting up being a force yeah because when we talk about weeping and crying man like i ain't doing a crying ain't doing that but when we talk about force you know how we define force whatever you need it to be that that missed a whole lot of people yes i'm gonna trust god yes i'm gonna be faithful to my assignment but when it comes to the things of god we gonna get it done with force and force devil is whatever you needed to be if you needed god almighty to be prayer we got that if you need it to be fast and we got that if you need it to be an encouraging word a supportive word we got that but just in case you need a canaanite's block knocked off a philistines block knocked off a jebusite's head knocked in we got that too i wish i had somebody in here a couple of men said i got force i got force devil you don't want this smoke i got force yeah i ain't no killer but don't push me don't try me i got force [Applause] i ain't talking about violence i'm talking about like prayer praying in tongues and see i appreciate some of these sisters in here because they like i can't even do it right amen praise the lord you know what you know what yeah sometimes i try to do social media and i get in these little loops and i saw this video you know because everybody want to play pranks online i'm just saying something to my kids yeah it ain't a good idea [Applause] because i get the joke way too late somebody teeth knocked out somebody's way too late i get it way too late but there's a video of a brother who's got this mannequin or something on you know around his neck sitting on the side of the bed like it's choking him in his his wife is sleep and so he's sitting there jerking and jerking and jerking and when she wakes up i mean she goes after the dude i'm talking about full leap and swing and and the captain said this is the kind of chick this is a ride or die chick and and we're going to get this done yes the men gonna step out front but it ain't nothing like having a woman who really got your back got your side got your front i wish i had somebody in here who could say i thank god hey don't test her she'll fight she nice and everything and she cute she'll smile at you but you step the wrong way come on come on look at the devil and say devil don't get slapped don't don't get slapped all that weave your lace front come right off your head with the where she fight quincy when she fight praise the lord [Music] so we're also meant a force meant a force and speaking of caleb caleb you know he was the dog caleb was just built different caleb was built different caleb was only only one of the two original israelites that came out of egypt that was able to see the promise of god because of their faith their faithfulness and when it came down to it through the power of god their force caleb was a dog caleb was not one to complain and to whine caleb caleb didn't have dreams of rest and ease caleb had dreams of warfare and victory oh my god warfare and victor caleb caleb had a dogged determination that i will not be denied i wish i had somebody who had that in their spirit i will not be denied it doesn't matter what you set up devil it doesn't matter whatever roadblocks you put in my way god has given it to me and i want everything i wish i had somebody i i want a faithful and a blessed marriage i want a faithful and blessed set of children i want a faithful and blessed house i want a faithful and blessed career everything that the lord has promised i won't be denied you got you got to get that in your spirit come on just tell them devil i won't be denied i am determined to have and to be everything dash that god has called me to be caleb caleb he was a warrior he was a warrior and the reason why we got to get this because we have to understand this spirit that was on caleb's life caleb spent 40 years in the wilderness training sharpening his sword working on his skills because caleb knew that a new generation was coming her god caleb knew that a new opportunity was coming and if you fast forward all the way down to deuteronomy chapter chapter 1 somewhere around verse 36 you'll see moses rehearsing to a new generation this same story out of numbers 14. he's he's he's talking to this new generation to say look don't make the mistakes that your father's made you need to be faithful you need to have faith and you need to walk in the power of god and he told this same story about caleb and so for 40 years shavion caleb is training and he's working preparing for this moment god almighty i don't know who i'm preaching to it might have been 40 years it might have been 40 months it might have been 40 weeks or 40 days but you have been preparing for this moment and here it is now the children of israel under the leadership of joshua because moses has died they're on the eastern shores of god almighty the jordan river and and as the shofar sounded giving and serving notice to the demonic cities of canaan this time is different we messed it up in numbers 13. we messed it up in numbers 14 but this time come on look at your neighbor and say this time this time is going to be different even though the devil has strategically planted all kinds of forces all kinds of people in your way to stop what god is doing this time i wish i had somebody who can grab a hold of this say this time it's going to be different i know it ended up in divorce it did it ended up in divorce but god has given you another boo he has given you another love and i wish i had somebody who could say but this time yeah yeah that old situation is over with but this time ah god almighty i know that you were strung out to get sober only to get strung out again but this time [Music] i thank god for the two three witnesses i got in here you need to get this in your spirit because some of us are going through the same cycles over and over and over again but i wish i had somebody in here who could grab a hold of this word and say no devil but this time i lost the house i lost the car i lost the job not not not no more this time god almighty somebody i wish tanya cunningham ain't in here but i wish you could jump up and say you know what i almost lost my mind i almost lost my peace i almost lost my joy but devil this time is going to be different and so now here is the armies of israel on the banks of the jordan hearing the shofar and as they get ready to move out and cross the jordan all of a sudden they begin to break out in a war cry because it's different this time now they have the dog they have caleb with them they have a leader a a gritty grizzled battle-worn leader and their and caleb's spirit has now infected the spirit of these smooth-faced young israelite soldiers and when they scream out in this war cry it causes panic all throughout the land of canaan so much panic that you can hear the demon devil gods of canaan of the jebusites of the amorites crying who let the dogs out whenever we're praising whenever we open up our mouths whenever we sound the trumpet it is serving notice to the enemy that your kingdom is about to fall who let the dogs out i ain't got no dogs in here y'all seen our senior hall show y'all old enough to know praise the lord so i love caleb i'm out of time y'all i love caleb because caleb is the hero the personality that any man you might not be able to preach like paul come on somebody you might not have all of these words you might not be even be able to pray and host and facilitate like deacon jerry but three things you can do i'm done y'all three things you can do you can believe and trust god you can't have faith you can be faithful not successful faithful and you can stand in the power of god every one of us has been called to the fight let me just say i'm grateful and i'm thankful for all of you brothers who have stood up and answered the call [Music] but what i want to do is i want to offer this moment for any brother in the house god almighty i can't leave you sisters out anybody in the house who you were just like those other ten spies when you saw what god was calling you to do when god put it in your heart and you saw how difficult it was going to be and it seemed and it appeared to be unattainable to you you slinked back you got intimidated and you even quit trying but i thank god that he is not only an omniscient or powerful god not only all-knowing god but i thank god that he is a loving and merciful and gracious god [Music] and i believe today that god wants to give you another chance i believe god wants to give you another chance to allow him to strengthen your mind to strengthen your heart to strengthen your body to strengthen your resolve to trust that whatever it is you're facing whatever it is your challenge or your struggle is right now god through his spirit can help you to overcome it so i don't know who you are today but i just want you to stand where you are because i want to pray for you i want to pray with you whoever you are that you've been feeling weak you've been feeling overwhelmed and overcome you've been in such a state of confusion a state of wandering you feel like you're still stuck in the wilderness and the bad part about it is moses standing on mount nebo he could see the promise they were right there at the promise could see it but because of their lack of faith couldn't get to it and if that's who you are today you you know what the lord has spoken you can see yourself blessed you can see yourself happy you can see yourself walking in joy and peace but for some reason you just can't get to it i want to pray that god will begin to give you another fresh wave of his anointing and his spirit like caleb so that your your mind changes your words your vocabulary changes well before you used to say things like they're not going they're not going to let somebody like me all i have is an associate's degree they're not going to let anybody like me i'm like a double quadruple triple minority they're not going it's not going to happen for me you said all of these things but when god gives you a fresh wave of his spirit and his anointing begins to minister to your heart and your mind then your language begins to change [Music] and you humble yourself matt can you say things like god i can't do this on my own but i trust that whatever these folks over at trinity harvest are saying about you your spirit and your power god i want to give you a shot i want to trust you god i haven't tried everything else i don't tried everybody else [Applause] and none of them can get me from being stuck they couldn't get me unstuck if this is for you i want you to stand because i want to pray with you [Music] today is the day where you got to grab a hold of this in your heart because right now your mind is beginning to fill up with all of the failed attempts all of the things that fell through and didn't go right all of the people that walked away from you left you the people said they would be there but never showed up that's what your mind is focusing on but the holy ghost is coming to this room now and says stop focusing on all of that and begin to focus on my word and focus on my promise begin to let your heart and your mind accept and receive the truth of god the truth of his spirit and the truth of his word because when you do that i don't care how bad it is i don't care what you've done i care about you and i care that you know that it does not matter god's grace god is sufficient for every mistake every bad choice every error that you ever made god's grace is sufficient and it will cover it oh god and for the self-righteous person in here the person who's trying so hard to get it done to do it on your own you're trying without god i want you to stand because i want to pray for you too you will not succeed on your own you got to have the power of the holy spirit leading you and guiding you [Music] and i don't know who else this is but somebody somebody in here stand up because i need you to know this this time it's going to be different the rest of us we got this butt this time but but i don't know who this is for but for this for you this time is going to be different it's going to be a jehaziah moment where you're not gonna even have to fight in this situation the lord is gonna fight this battle i don't know who it is you gotta stand up and just and right now turn it over to the lord lord i've been fighting with him i've been fighting with her i've been fighting with them and it has not gotten me anywhere god i'm giving this battle i'm giving this fight over to you i want to pray with you then finally before i go anybody in here who you don't know this jesus you've not experienced the presence and the power of his spirit the way we've been talking about i i want you to receive jesus today i know it sounds a little confusing you might not completely understand it but listen right now you don't need to understand it all you need to do is in faith accept it believe it receive it and then once you have his holy spirit he will begin to teach you and to educate you and to inform you and help you to completely embrace all that jesus has already done for you yeah if you're watching me online i want you to stand where you are if you don't know jesus as your personal lord and savior if you hadn't received and accepted him in the part of your sin i want to give you this invitation this opportunity to receive this good news the gospel of jesus christ that jesus saves hallelujah are you all ready to pray it's a quick one father we thank you for your sons and your daughters who are here in your presence today god i barely know a few things god but i know you know all things you know every one of them you know their names you know every hair that is numbered on their head god you are intimately aware of their deepest challenges their heaviest burdens so holy spirit begin to minister to their hearts and their minds and only the way that you can god god go beyond me go beyond my voice and right now let them feel and hear the voice of your spirit calling them to another place calling them to another level calling them to a place of faith faithfulness and your strength do it for now god heal every broken heart [Music] god if it's your will begin to mend the broken relationships father i pray right now that you would just let your spirit flood in with the gift of creativity with the gift of knowledge wisdom and understanding father i pray right now that your healing virtues would wash over your children right now not just healing their bodies god but healing their minds and their hearts deliverance is in the house right now god and we thank you and we praise you in the mighty name of jesus the mighty name of jesus [Music] and so as we [Music] close this prayer god don't let this word don't let this moment fade away god but seal and secure your children those who have accepted you father they are sealed by the holy ghost until your return those who are already saved but your promise has exploded and ignited in their heart god do not let the worry and the cares of the world quench the fire of your holy ghost burning in their hearts and minds i thank you god i bless you and i am calling it done in the name of jesus come on say but this time it's going to be different but this time it's going to be better so much better god bless you god [Music] oh [Music] if you agree with me that that was an incredible word can we just give god and pastor ray a hand clap a phrase right now [Music] what an incredible experience and i and we are so glad and so grateful that you are here to experience with us thank you so much for coming and joining us we are still glad that you're here a couple of things and we're going to be out of here listen you have you have got an opportunity maybe you've been visiting with us online or here in the worship center maybe you've been dating us maybe you've been checking us out for a while and you thought it was cool it was like yeah maybe maybe not maybe you're one of those that has gotten used to the internet church but you need to make the connection and you want to make the connection with our fellowship here is an opportunity to do that the truth of the matter is we have been praying for you the bible says the harvest is right but the laborers are few and then jesus tells us to pray to the lord of the harvest maybe you're supposed to be part of the heart part of those that work for harvest if that's the case would you do me a favor would you lift your hand in the air so we can greet you and love on you and welcome you into our fellowship and if that's you online put a one in the chat let us know and we will connect with you electronically to make sure to get you connected but we would love to partner with you in the things that god is doing in your life and then the last thing that we'll do if you need prayer if you need prayer in fact i'm going to invite you to lead to contact the leader of our prayer ministry she is here with us today her name is ladykindralat k-lot at thconnects.com what i can tell you about lady kendra and her team is that they are people who will go to the throne on your behalf and the truth of the matter is all of us need people calling on the lord on our behalf the bible says the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous man woman available much so if i've got somebody that can talk to lord lord on my behalf i'm not letting that opportunity pass so that's k-lot k-l-o-t-t at thconnects.com k-l-o-t-t at tec connects.com with that will you all stand and we will be dismissed quickly to our first time guest thank you again for coming our pastor and first lady want to meet you they want to shake your hand they won't hug you because we're still in the covenant environment but they do want to make the connection immediately following amen you will see them out these doors so please don't leave without saying hello to them and denying them the opportunity to speak with you all right the lord blessed thee and keep me [Music] the lord lift up his face upon thee and be gracious unto thee the lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace in the name of jesus amen y'all go with god and have a great week [Music] oh man who let the dogs out that was that was awesome that was awesome today as you guys can see i'm switching up today you know what i mean usually i have my wife on my side today i had dk cal but now to end service today an amazing service we have minister jonathan ford man today let me tell you something let me tell you something i know we asked you to bring it but man you brought it today i just wasn't it was up now let me tell you something i just want to let you know i can sing i don't know s-i-n-g-i-s-a-n-g you know what i'm saying i was about to join you up there but i was like let me hold back because they want to ain't want to steal your shine your thunder you know what i mean i ask him ask him around here i just want you to know you know what i mean so you just gotta know so tell me something how long you've been saying man i've been singing since the age of seven oh wow yes sir since the age of seven from uh kansas city missouri okay my whole family's singers and musicians nice so um so have you always been singing in the church always singing in the church okay yes sir and then do you have any like projects or anything that we should know about that i mean i want everybody to know what you do absolutely matter of fact my producer was corey guy minister of music and worship pastor i have two projects i have one called it's a process okay and i have another one called the jonathan the live experience okay yes sir all right and is that something that's already out or you're working on they're both out so you can go online and check them out all right when you say online you know we gotta we gotta we gotta uh we gotta usher some people live yes apple music like tell us where it says it's on all digital platforms you can go to youtube music apple music um spotify everywhere you can go okay all right so y'all don't forget hey we gotta support our community we gotta support our brother we gotta let me tell you something we just talked about this last week when we talk about building a community building the strength and building brotherhood this is something that we gotta do so we got to support y'all be out there supporting target all right support this brother right here you never know he may have me on one of his tracks and you know i mean i may have to do it you know what i'm saying let's make it happen see what else it's already done it's all right hey you guys thank you guys for being here we appreciate you thank you for being here blessing us with that awesome voice thank you so much and uh listen if you didn't watch or get to see the whole thing hit rewind it's gonna be on youtube go to the app watch it over and over and over and over and over again and congratulations to all the men of most this week that were pinned i appreciate you guys being here we love you we'll see you next week [Music]

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Published: Sun Sep 19 2021