You have to stand out to be outstanding

[Music] - wait let your glory rise and reign in this place this morning every Oh see my brain say that name Oh to be free Hey [Music] it's greater than ah right [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you for the songs together come dance and show that you are in the world you are [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] can you lift up your voice and say my life is in your hands is your life really in the hand of the Lord if you know it that no man can pluck you out that you are God's possession that you are part of the body of Christ and your life is in the hands of God hallelujah come on that's good news [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] my source said there is I just really wanna tell you I love you just really wanna tell you I everybody [Music] [Music] I can't need [Music] Oh [Music] just my [Music] I [Music] Tasha crew my wanna tell you I really wanna tell you [Music] straight come on ha ha [Music] you are a street yeah [Music] which is to me a favor while you're standing but you hope three people around you and tell them good things are getting ready to happen for you good things good things are getting ready to happen bless the Lord you may beat no don't be seated just bring that down just a little bit we have we have survived an invisible snowstorm and you you shovel through snow that didn't exist and drove over ice that is not here and so as a consequence a whole lot of your colleagues have copped out in our just watching online today so let me ask if I can can we just squeeze into the center and then come to the as close to the frontage again I told her the members of our 7:30 service our Rosa Parks made a sacrifice for you please don't go all the way to the back so can you pull in just a little bit right where it is that you are I want to be able to see the whites of your eyes those y'all in this corner pocket let's swing over if you can let me just feel like somebody is in church today and we not playin hopscotch come on everybody come on one more time [Music] you're my you may be seated come on give garter ankle up a phrase if you would if you're happy and you know it clap your hands bless the Lord amazingly over Thanksgiving we were able to be a blessing to 1,000 families in 72 hours somebody give God a hand clap of praise for that ever to be able to feed and provide a groceries for 1,000 families at one of the agencies that we adopted over the holiday I was in fact the shelter in the Pin North community and they were so touched so impacted by our christ-like compassion they're beginning in January the homeless shelter is gonna begin running shuttle buses for them to worship with us every Sunday beginning in January somebody give God a hand clap of praise for that of the director who was a member of our church Erica Austin said pastor if you could help us amazingly what we need more than anything for our residents is socks I couldn't believe it of all the things that we've been asked to do as a church we've never been asked for socks and she asked if we would man collecting 1,000 pairs of socks and so I've asked you to do so and many of you have responded I came into the office early this morning only to be met with boxes of socks from those that watch online and watch our television broadcasts would you help me give God a hand clap of praise for our cyber sanctuary members those of you that happen to have brought socks with you this morning would you bring them to the altar now we got one big Christmas gift yes did you just place it in that empowerment clap your hands for those that are coming those that are sharing thank you so much come on y'all gotta clap better than that come on come on come on bless the Lord you still have time I would ask that you would on Tuesday that you'll bring socks on next Sunday I will be collecting them all the way up until a New Year's Eve we've been not going through over the last six weeks of this book the Jewish phenomenon and this Tuesday is going to be the culmination of it we're gonna be doing a once in a lifetime conversation about Jewish wealth and black poverty Jewish wealth and black poverty and we've got members of the Jewish Council coming to our church on Tuesday they're coming to our church on Tuesday first have a candid conversation to have a dialogue as well as question and answers so as that you will please come bring your friends bring your family please bring your children it is our last Bible study for the year I would you look down your row and tell them is almost over it's almost over on Wednesday will be our last in acessory prayer up for the year I'll be here leading you in prayer to thank God for what he's done over the last year and to pray a prayer of expectation for what we need him to do in 2018 how many of you know you got a pray in order to get through it you gotta pray that's the only way you survive 2017 was through the gift of prayer so as the Joe please come Tuesday and Wednesday in the new year we're doing something that we've not done are we having a New Year's revival at beginning in January every Tuesday in January and we've got a guest preacher and their church is coming with them dr. Grainger Browning is gonna kick us off the first Tuesday in January and buses are coming from Prince George's County to worship with us in they're gonna be amazing of the Tuesday after that a pastor Jason Nelson is coming he and his choirs are gonna be lifting in worship laughter here my bishop called pious from Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ on the week after that pastor Tyrone Thomas is going to be here from the charity Baptist Church and then the last Tuesday in January my brother is coming dr. Dante Hickman it's gonna be a fight to the finish east side versus west side we finally got the battle royal right here in our church also make sure that you don't miss not one Tuesday in January we will be bad hosting my guests and we're not on the green up I so make sure that you are here every Tuesday in January can I remind you that Christmas Eve is on a Sunday Christmas Eve is on a Sunday but we're still having church on Christmas morning because we believe Jesus is the reason for the season and so Christmas morning I want you to bring your family your friends your neighbors your co-workers your haters your ex bring everybody to church on Christmas morning so that we can magnify our God together New Year's Eve as a consequence is on a Sunday we're doing all of our regular on Sunday morning worship services and then on Sunday night we will have one service bringing all of our congregations together at 10:00 p.m. I want us in here wall-to-wall celebrating of the goodness and the glory of our triumphant God today is our minority vendors day as a consequence when you came into the sanctuary you were met and greeted by all of our minority vendors in the hall as did you not give all your money to Macy's in the target in the Nordstrom up a nest that you will please circulate black dollars so that our black businesses can do well amen how many of you all know that that's important that's a very important chapter 2 of this book the Jewish phenomenon is entitled take care of your own and that's one of the things that we've got to begin doing so as that you'll please support all of our minority vendors our music ministry is going to prepare us for the Word of God in conjunction with our liturgical dancers when they have concluded as that you will please stand on your feet for the Word of God we're gonna be in the Gospel of Matthew would you go there would you take one moment and tell one of your fake hibernated friends who acted like they are snowed in today shame on them all of your friends acting like they couldn't come to church today how would you tell them to worship with us online at empowerment temple down or empowerment temple down or they'll be able to watch the entire broadcast with their pajamas on amen god bless you let's get ready for what God has for us [Music] praise and glory and with the fair our hearts for the word this morning we thank you that it's all the mountain [Music] [Applause] [Music] the doors open for me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the way [Music] give you praise okay come on all over the sanctuary that's our cry and our boost on the Lord all over this sanctuary of you agree let's sing it again voices you are worth come on [Music] prehnite [Music] and the doors open for me I'm grateful this morning [Music] [Music] even when I was unlovely iqc [Music] Oh yes No ah ha say it Oh No come on let's give him Gloria if you know there's nobody like him come on lift up that hand and open up your mouth they're so No hallelujah come on if you love him with your open up their mouth which I bless him [Applause] [Music] get your Bibles in your hand we got some work to do this morning [Applause] [Music] Matthew chapter 14 we're continuing in our series making money moves Matthew chapter 14 would you go there please dear friends who are watching online we're so grateful for you except for those of you watching in Baltimore [Music] you still got time put some clothes on and get to 11:30 service don't act like that it ain't no snow no way out and you acting like you snowed in Matthew chapter 14 Matthew chapter 14 [Music] some critical points of principles I'm going to give you on today particularly to those of you who are parents and grandparents after it is that you're seated from the Word of God I need you to please go to where it is that you can take notes there are some things that I want to share with you in terms and in relationship to your parenting that I think is going to be beneficial and helpful for you how long after this worship encounter would have concluded Matthew chapter 14 would you go there Matthew 14 verses 21 through 25 once you've found it won't you declare I have it if you can't find that say lord help me O Lord all right Matthew 14 21 through 25 the number of those who ate was about 5,000 men besides women and children immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side while he dismissed the crowd after he dismissed them he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray later that night he was there alone and the boat was already a considerable distance from land buffeted from the winds and the waves and shortly after dawn Jesus went out to them walking on the water you may be seated I want to preach for a little while today I want you to write this down I want you to tweet it it's gonna help you I promise you it is the name of this message is you have to stand out to be outstanding would you write that down please you have to stand out to be outstanding I want you to look at the person beside you and just look them dead and I tell them you gotta stand out if you're gonna be outstanding my dear friends what ought to be on the shells of every struggling frustrated parent is Xena Smith plows mine Bowen blowing book entitled the strategy of the Jewish mother would you write that down please the strategy of the Jewish mother the research conducted by the sociologists shows a different approach to the child-rearing dynamic of Jewish mothers as opposed to Gentile mothers the basic thesis is to grow the child's ego so that they can feel competent in any environment knowing that they are in a world that is anti-semitic so they prepare their children to think that they are powerful knowing they are in a world that doesn't want them to succeed this uncanny confidence has evidence of success in both the classroom and careers one striking contrast is that Jewish mothers apply little to no pressure on their offspring to control their feelings they don't mind if their children have tantrums as long as it doesn't include physical aggression I know what I'm saying to you is counterculture to the black experience but stay with me it is their belief that if you raise your children to be subservient then they will shy away from being radical we instill the principle of never talking back or standing up for yourself unless it's to one of your peers who in actuality is just as powerless as them so for 18 years I've conditioned my child to just agree with what I say to always watch this acquiesce to my demand with no question have I equip them to adequately stand up for themselves in a boardroom will they then alert when a boss is out of order when a supervisor has crossed the line because we've trained them to go along to get along the author observe volatile exchanges in the fight in the Jewish family dynamic instead of a spanking there should be reasoning y'all stay with me I know you flinching stay with me I grew up old school I had to go pick a branch I had to go pick a belt the only and if that one was too flimsy then Bishop would go choose it you only say enough that you have to operate here it is with negotiating verbal admonition if it goes out of hand then the highest rebuke is the spanking after you begin the negotiation but as quickly as it escalates is as fast as it should de-escalate because your child has to be equipped to handle conflict without getting in their feelings this is heavy right through here later in life while sitting in business meetings and wrangling over legal issues which is an obvious split in interests if your child has been reared and raised to handle watch this a difference of opinion then their feelings won't be hurt because they understand it's business it's only black people they get stressed out because we confuse co-workers for friends they they are not there to be your friend and if you disagree with me I'm not gonna lose my mind I'm not gonna lose sleep and I'm not gonna be crying in my car cuz y'all didn't invite me to lunch because I'm not here for social gathering I'm here to get my check and to get the skillset I need before I launch my own business the Jews therefore practice being emotionally detached from the emotional roller coasters of business can I do battles in business without having anxiety hangovers you keep taking work home because you don't know how to separate so the entire time after you get home everybody in your family knows all of the names and the character traits of the people that you work with because you so stressed and angry about what it is that they've done not realizing that you are not there to build relationship you are there to get the job done but the way that we are raised we put relationship over business y'all stay with me but that is in a liability when you are working with people who are not interested in your relationship so because they don't like you you can't function god I can't hear nobody because you ain't in the clique you can't perform you can't produce you looking for transfer and you've made them run you out out of your assignment because you they are looking for friends even in the eighties a survey of college students found that Jewish students have more self-confidence than any other ethnicity on the campus Jewish students rate themselves above average in academic ability they rate themselves above average in leadership ability they rate themselves ain't a mother SAT I'm not too about any Maryland diagnostic tests they rate themselves above average in originality they rate themselves what's this in popularity with the opposite sex Jewish parents actually minimize I need y'all to write this down Jewish parents minimize peer interaction they minimize peer interaction because they believe family is your primary socialization agency you are supposed to learn about relationship from family not from friends in our community we train our children to be independent too early because it really just becomes us this more dependent on peers and less dependent on parents so the friends have more value and more voice in your child's life because you have given them an early release before they have the maturity to handle it so they are now listening to people who do not share your values do not share your expectation and can avoid step further do not share your God in the old school when you were going out why says you had to add your parents at you a couple of question whose people are they y'all ain't saying nothing to me where do they work what do they do where do they go to church now you're 15 you're walking out the house dumb by a be back and they ain't even got a job because you so quick to want to be free that you forgot you are releasing your child to a flame Jewish parents put the expectation on their children because of my sacrifice because of my work ethic because of what I provide for you you pay me back with success god I can't hear nobody I need every parent in this room by faith to shout out loud I expect come on say it again I expect my children to pay me back with success do y'all hear what I just said I expect every child I raise to come back as a success I labor too hard I gave up too much I pay too many bills I made too many sacrifice for you to be average I expect not one of my children but all of my children to be a success some of you all have lowered the standard of expectation for your children but I break the demon called average pretty and status quo let the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob anoint your children for success when I found most interesting is that the difference and this convicted me it convicted me it convicted me the difference from the sanctuary in the synagogue is how we approach our children the difference between how children are handled in the synagogue and how they're handled in the sanctuary is completely different pastor how at the age of 13 at the age of 13 in the Jewish synagogue young men go through the Bar Mitzvah young ladies go through the Bat Mitzvah and the adolescence what's this at 13 are singled out to read from Sacred Scripture and at 13 lead worship God y'all not saying nothing to me the family holds a reception in honor of the accomplishment and they give a complete celebration not because of what they did in sports they have their largest celebration was this not because of Honor Roll but they are awarded because they can lead worship that you are not considered an adult until you can get your nerves together and you can read in front of the church what God says in the holy book in the black church we have all the youth staying together god help me in here we have them stand together they all in uniform all reciting the same poem all singing the same song because the black church subliminally reinforces assimilation and not individuality so corporate worship is a cotton field god help me because all of us gotta be doing the exact same thing and if you have individuality thing you are castigated because you ain't supposed to be different God y'all don't like this in here I'm gonna say 250 of you maybe as for those y'all watching online maybe for those of y'all streaming many for those of you on television Christianity is not about conformity Christianity is about your own individuality and the church is becoming a polonaise it's becoming a colony because we beat you down if you got your own dress style we beat you down if you don't shout like everybody else we beat you down if you don't know the same scripture but God does not believe in cloning she said when I made you I made you feel fully and wonderfully made so the mess of your Christianity is not I gotta talk like pastor I gotta pray like some 80 y'all woman because of my testimony ain't her testimony so when I get into the presence of God I gotta be me and if you are offended by it that's your issue and not my issue but God ordained me to be me and so we only allow our children to participate in worship on a fifth Sunday Oh Youth Day God I can't hear no my second Sunday in June Scholarship Sunday we'll put them up but we say in the Jewish synagogue you think you adult lead worship God you think you grown I given you no key I'm giving you no paw I'm giving you no computer not bad you know John's until you can lead worship God something is wrong I gotta say something right through here and you got to church this morning many of us don't even know you a planet cuz you leave your kids at home and give them the option as to whether they go worship God I need you to set a precedent in your house as for me if I do not find the value in my individuality corporate worship leads me to work for corporation give it to you again corporate worship leads me to work for corporation because if everything I do is corporate how will I know entrepreneurship so I can only worship God when everybody else is doing it if I worship God in the choir singing you think I'm off if I open up my mouth why everybody else is quiet you trying to figure out if I'm special God I can't hear no matter but God said when you worship don't you let nobody put no circle around you I don't need nobody rubbing alright let me just give God when I feel like it just some of y'all only shouting God because of what the class say I'm praising God cuz I remember thirsty remember how he brought me out when I was about to lose it all where is my individuality in terms of economics and business the incubator of entrepreneurship is having enough confidence I can do it by myself hallelujah I'm gonna do it even if I don't have the support I'm gonna do it even if everybody else is doing it I'm gonna do it even if it is unpopular i'ma do it watch this because this is what God has put on my life I know that everybody ain't gonna understand it but everybody ain't great hallelujah but I gotta stand out because I'm outstanding would you look at the person beside you tell them I've been different my whole life hallelujah I got a lot of so sheís but I don't have a lot of friends there's only a few people that really get me only a couple people really understand because I think outside of the box outside of the lie I'd add to my home music I March to a different jump reader because I'm comfortable being me John chapter 2 John chapter 2 there's a wedding going on in Cana and at the reception they run out of wine this is crazy it's gonna make you watch this re-evaluate how you look at sacred scripture in John chapter 2 verses they run out of wine y'all know the story they in Cana they run out of wine and Jesus is there with his newly recruited disciples who all of whom have law have walked away from secure occupations schemer a blow your mind on Cynthia when you look at it it's gonna blow your mind that of the disciples that Jesus chose all of them have more education than him god help me yeah yeah this kid might blow your mind all of them come from a higher lofty or pedigree than him some marriage at the wit at the wedding feast is meeting Jesus's disciples for the very first time see meet them at the very first time and sees her son is hanging out with lawyers and doctors and accountants and tax collectors and she needs to let these other guys know my son is not a slouch god help me don't get it twisted just because we come from a blue-collar family and his daddy is a carpenter don't think that my son can't get in the ring with y'all so she said Jesus they don't run out of wine and said mama please don't do this now is showing the dynamic of a child argue a witness mama y'all ain't saying nothing this ain't my business and the mother ignores him mother and says whatever she tells you to do get ready to do it because the Jewish mother is pulling something out of Jesus that he ain't even ready to expose yet see when you are a parent part of your responsibility is to provoke the gift in your child even when they don't feel like operating an egg yeah I know you're tired I know you don't feel like it but I demand the spirit of excellence to come how to you me and your father put too much in you for you to hatch and insecure and in had a quitter now get yourself together and turn this water into wine I speak not even to you I speak over your children that whatever their gifts this God is getting ready to pull it out whatever their assignment God is not gonna let it rest on me I don't care who they hang it with God said if you shout imma make your child the smartest in their circle the brightest in their class some boughs relevant in that school and Jesus because of the prompting of his mother say gather all the water pots and put water in it she was saying Mary Wells I know you can do this all you needed was a push hello Jesus I'm not gonna let you just be no teacher signs and wonders are in you I just had to push it out of you all you needed was one push and then whenever you do a miracle I won't have to be there god help me in here I feel like some of you don't even know that next year your child is gonna surprise you that what it is that God is anointing them to do have not seen ears have not heard thank you some of y'all can only shout over cars and money and trolls but for the small remnant in the room the only thing I pray God who avail mat sounds yes hallelujah whenever it is that they were born to do I need you to show it to that teacher I need you to show it to that specialist I need you to show it to the judge there's a gift in them that's gotta be unlocked in Matthew chapter 14 as we now ease into our takes five thousand people have been listening to Jesus and they've been listening to him all day and night is slowly creeping in and the disciples are professionals but not polished I don't ever want you to be intimidated because people have degrees their degrees will not come measure your faith God I can't hear nobody some of you are the brunt of satanic attacks on your job because people can't understand how it is that you're able to think in such a capacity without the training but they don't understand my relationship with God is of such that he gives me insight and understanding and know-how and wherewithal in areas that I can fight up against the person that came out of Harvard Business School because they don't have the oil hair they couldn't see it and they said Master send them away send them away it is getting dark but Jesus insisted on feeding them and asked them what do you have for these 5,000 the lawyer got nothing the doctor got nothing the accountant got nothing even the fishermen got nothing but they found a little Jewish boy god help me who whose mother raised him to believe if if you gonna be outstanding you gonna have to stand out and so while they're looking for people with degrees and background and pedigree here comes a little thirteen-year-old boy since I know who God is maybe y'all don't really take any value are stocking me but I just read scripture in church Sunday so I may not look like much to you but I know the god of my salvation and I'm praying for y'all some biologists praying for your children to have occupational success intangible experiences that I pray that God is going to anoint your children with only bonus that your children will know how to play for themselves and know how to seek out Scripture by themselves that know how to be a living testimony in your absence and it's no boy raised by a Jewish mother says all I got is two fish and five loaves of bread and I am going to outdo twelve grown men because the anointing on me is so heavy and what is going to make me outstanding is I'm going to give with nobody else has what makes me outstanding is my offering my our friend is making the difference it don't look like much to you but what it is that I give the master has enough to change the five thousand lives hallelujah I don't know where you are in this room but do you not know I ain't even talking to eavesdrop as I'm just talking to Tavis right now God says little becomes much win when you place it in my hands I I don't know where you are but I'm talking the world changes and history make us that the greatest asset you've had in your life if people keep under estimating you and they don't even understand that when God counts me and you can't count me out and because you counted me out this evidence you can't do math in that same passage Matthew chapter 14 Jesus makes the disciples go out into a bowl and go to the other side and says y'all get on the boat I'm going on the mountain to pray to be outstanding you can't be afraid to be alone [Music] I'm only talking to 30 of you right through here because you are outstanding what's this you do not have to be validated by company I need a minute by myself and that don't mean I'm depressed I'm not mad yeah I'm not going through nothing but because I'm outstanding I gotta spend quality time with me and not just do I need to spend quality time with me I need to talk to God and this is for those of us that don't require a prayer partner god I can't hear nobody that I know how to pray to God by myself because they've been seasons where it was just me and him and I wish there were just 50 of you in this room that could give acknowledgement pastor 2017 been one of the loneliest seasons of my life but can I be honest is that even while I was alone here's your shall I 1 long leash he is that even while I was alone I wasn't desperate even while I was alone I felt his presence and so I'm grateful that he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own jesus said I'll just around five thousand I got 12 people hanging with me but I needed time just for me and God hallelujah feel this glory coming hallelujah some sometimes you can get so comfortable being around people did you forget that you still require devotion hallelujah you gotta carve out some time for yourself hallelujah where God just wants it to just be me and him he's tired are you always dragging in the third wheel K he wanna know can I just date you why why you got always bring your friend with when you talk to me can I just hear your voice so I can say something to you just before daybreak Jesus realizes that and now that my assignment is concluded employer hear this now I can go to other people I cannot be with other people that somebody write this down you can't be with other people if you don't know how to be with you people who don't know how to be by themselves become stalkers somebody should just be thrown an offering right now people who don't know how to be by themselves become Star Trek Klingons they don't know how to be themselves they become altogether too needy and for the first time since they were called they are separated from him for the first time since they are called they're separated from pastor what are you saying to me I'm saying to you that even with a call on your life even while you carry the anointing you really don't know who you are until you feel like God ain't there god I'm talking to some real people right through here I'm talking to those of you who have had to write try to maintain some level of spirituality even while you felt absence of presence is he still with me I need you to be honest right through here that there been some days where you were ill they had to question has God left me and this this really where God has me it is so counterculture to them to be absent from him that Jesus is walking towards them and they only recognize them they ask is this a Gauss notice ladies and gentlemen I've been with him at this point for two years and they don't recognize them now so why is it that they don't recognize them the reason I hope impoundment y'all will get this the reason why they don't recognize them is they never seen him in a storm they only saw him when things were going well but they're 500 of y'all that just caught the revelation I needed to look at God different because I'd never seen him in a storm but just when I felt like I was losing it just when I thought I was gonna capsize just when I thought that everything was going downhill from me the swing guard starts walking towards me and I gotta be honest I had God is that you God and I'm talking to 50 of you right now who are going through something in the question that keeps pouring out of your mouth god is that you I need to know is that you is to help people on that boat lawyers doctors fishermen and Peter has a light bulb go off this is my this is what my mama raised me for all of them got more degrees than me and they discount me because they from the suburbs and I'm from the hood they think I'm not spiritual cuz I cuz sometimes they don't ever let me get close to Pastor cuz I carry your knife but at this life defining moment the rest of them just want to stay on the boat this is my moment to be outstanding master if that's you let me come the way you are god I wish I had some worshipers right through here and Jesus said you wanna be outstanding step out of the ship and start walking towards me since I know the rest of the disciples gonna say it ain't safe it ain't time you shouldn't do it but all the people heckling you are staying on the boat and none of them are gonna be outstanding but if you wanna be like me you gotta take a rest and step out and say to yourself if God be for me who can be against me I don't know where you are yet my mother and father forsake me God will lift me up and Peter steps out of the boat and he starts walking and moment he starts walking the writer of Matthew stops writing what other people are saying because when I step everybody else is insignificant god I can't hear nobody this is the hour you don't have to operate with apostolic arrogance that I don't care what other people think because the people who talking about me never walk on water I can't hear nobody I don't care whether you believe in me or not God called me and the defining moment of this scripture ladies and gentleman that I am afraid that the logs and exegetes and pastures before me have missed his Peter defies apostolic order pastor what do you mean by that Peter is the only one uncle Charles has messes me up Peter is the only one who wasn't called Peter I need y'all to get this was not called to the water he asks for it master if they're shoo out there let me do this many of you have put God in a box and you ain't doing stuff cuz you don't think you called to it it don't matter do you wanna do it Gossett if this is what you are come on out here I'm gonna let you get into a position you ain't never been before but you're called to be outstanding my time is almost up I um I'm gonna go a different way than way I would ordinarily go I'm gonna ask every young person in this room this twelve or thirteen or fourteen twelve thirteen fourteen how much you to come meet me in this pulpit please if you're in this room you're 12 you're 13 you're 14 I need you to come please come up in this pulpit right where you are how did it come it come come on up here come on and the Jewish synagogue you ain't at the altar you up in the pulpit come on a little remedial please 12 13 14 you are anointed to be outstanding I can't hear me but I said you are anointed to be outstanding I need you to lift up your hands would you please lift up that hand lift up that hand right where it is that you are thank you I need you right where you are everybody in the church open up your mouth you are anointed to be outstanding come on you are anointed to be outstanding come on I can't hear you you are knowing it to be outstanding you are anointed I can't hear anybody say it out loud you are anointed to be outstanding you are anointed to be outstanding y'all still not seen anything you are knowing it to be outstanding you are knowing it to be outstanding you are anointed to be outstanding y'all ain't saying nothing yet you are not in it to be outstanding I need you to lift up those hands empowerment please lift up those hands right where you are hallelujah come on sir please thank you lift up that hand right where you are I'm gonna hear the sound of worshipers bring me that other microphone come on please thank you you are anointed to be outstanding hallelujah you are fearfully you're wonderfully made there's something special come on come on sir hallelujah thank you give him that microphone please tell me your name yes how old are you 14 years old is there anything good you know about God tell me yes yes tell me why people should praise God please yes yes thank you come here please thank you hallelu you tell me your name please Kelsey how old are you 14 tell me what you love about God yes tell me why people should praise God please [Applause] come on these come on thank you so much tell them your name please yes how old are you tell me why you love God yes tell me why people in church should praise you yes yes thank you would you lift up that hand empowerment my time is almost up even if you want to come introduce yourselves quickly I gonna make you do it anybody want to come come on come on thank you tell me your name please huh yes how old are you tell me what you love about God yes tell me why people should praise him please thank you can I just get one more to come I gotta go let me just get one more to come one more one more of you would you come on come on come on please tell me your name yes how old are you twelve tell me what you love about God yes tell me why people should praise Him [Music] don't ask thank you so much come on my last one I gotta go tell them your name please yes tell me what you love about God yes yes and tell me why the people in empowerment temple at 9:30 should be praising God yes yes would you lead worship with me please come on please that lifts up your hands every person to tell everybody would you to praise the Lord tell them to praise the Lord let everything that has breath repeat after me let everything that has breath praise the Lord come on let everything that has breath come on say it I'll not let everything come on let's praise him now come on let's lift him now let's magnify him now I wonder if I can please all of my ministers all of my ministers all of my ministers I need you at the bottom of these steps thank you when they come down in the Jewish synagogue they would have stepped into adulthood when they come down I just want you to embrace them I want you to encourage err how much is a hug of let them know they they've come into another milestone in their life and even while they're doing it I want everybody in this room to begin praising God come on where are you David come on down thank you so very much empowerment come on clap your hands as they come come on so come on come on y'all they saying nothing open up your mouth come on open up your mouth you a sayin anything come on open up your mouth come on empowerment I can't hear anybody I need an opener the amount that needs in a bless him I needs it a magnifier I need you to give glory and honor to God from the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same how God is worthy come on is that all you got come on clap your hand real big clap your hand real me clap your hand real big every person is standing every person is standing Clark that young lady you get ready to hug send it to me please thank you come on come on thank you hallelujah come on with me thank you Haley I want to open the doors of the church this morning will you help me do that please thank you there's somebody who needs to join this church today somebody who needs to give their life over to Jesus Christ on today somebody who needs to start a brand new life on today your children are depending on you the future is waiting on you I need you to do me a favor please come on help me I'm tired I'm getting old I need you to help me I need you to tell them why they need to join the church why they need to join empowerment [Applause] you need Jesus so that he can always look over you and you don't have to worry about anything and he'll always be there for you and so that you can ask him for anything and you can pray I need you right where it is that you are I want you to join Kelsey's church come on Kelsey wants you to join the church don't she doesn't got here cried in front of you and you went on join after you can ignore me don't treat Kelsey like that if you're in this room and you want to join the church today me and Kelsey gonna be waiting right here for you wherever it is that you are if a person in the room would you move and talk to somebody around you find out if they're saved find out if they have a church home find out if they've given their life over to God everybody move and talk to somebody everybody moving talk to somebody [Music] come on fall let the power the Holy Ghost let it fall come on wherever you are new to the car [Music] listen I want you to embrace your individuality I want you to celebrate your uniqueness don't get intimidated because nobody else is there I need you to come cuz you've made up in your mind if I'm gonna be outstanding I can't be afraid to stand out that's where you are that's who you are come on I need you to stand out Peter walked on water I just need you to walk on green carpet come on right where it is that you are I need you to come give me your hand you're saying best I gotta get saved today I gotta join the church today on behalf of me and pastor Kelsey would you please go talk to the people who are on your own as the people on your role are you sure you saved you Denis that mrs. Kelsey just gave come on are you sure you're a member of a church were you growing were you've given your life over to God if that's who you are that's where you are would you please move and talk to somebody right where it is that you are hallelujah I'm so appreciative so excited about what God is gonna do in the life of young people in this ministry I want you to collect your hands if you know God's gonna help our young people to be outstanding come on give God some glory form come on with you give God some real true authentic worship for what it is that God has done you may be seated in the presence of our God you may be seated if you are in this season you know that you've got to embrace your embrace your own uniqueness can you lift up that hand for me please embracing your only individuality I wear my hair like this cuz I like it y'all I ain't saying nothin to me you ain't gotta like it I didn't wear it for you I'm wearing this cuz this is what I like how if you don't like it buy me something else and I may wear it I can't hear nobody how but I want you in this season to embrace your own individuality your own creativity and your own uniqueness our ambassadors they're coming amongst you I wonder who amongst your role will say if nobody else will give God their best I'm a gift god man if nobody else will give their tithes I'm gonna give mine if nobody else will give their best see you can best believe I'm gonna give mine in order to be outstanding what do you have to do come on y'all ain't saying nothin to me I said in order to be outstanding what do you have to do hallelujah I believe that not just for your children you have to believe that for yourself how much you please all of the outstanding worshipers you stand out through your obedience through your tithe that I give unto God my absolute level best because he's never failed to do the exact same for me regrettably you gonna have to give two offerings this morning one for you and the one for your friend that didn't come to church because of the snow so I need you please to get that outstanding gift they'll pay you back amen maybe I need you right where it is would you get that best scene I'm coming in just one minute I need you what's this to get your tithe in your hand come on Clarke I'm getting you in one minute I want you to get your tithe in your hand in order for you to be outstanding you've got to not be afraid to stand out hallelujah I gotta do what nobody else is willing to do I've got to go over and beyond it is because when God elevates me everybody who hated on me is gonna have to look up to me how to be outstanding you have got to stand out how many of you believe the anointing on you is outstanding do you believe that don't fool me I said do you really believe that how is your seed how was your tithe how is your offering gonna stand out from everybody else's on your own how is my gift gonna get God's attention how is my envelope going signal to God God I know everybody else got prayer requests but I need you to check on me first and I don't mind it you don't mind taking the courage of standing out you know challenging the issues coming forward not only that you represent us well I'm proud to be a member of this church yes so while we help spread the joy throughout our communities around our families the spread joy this way envelopes that say pastors Christmas love gift let's put some joy in the giving of the form of cash their form of cash so that he will also will enjoy Christmas as well thank you thank you very much would you stand to your feet thank you brother Clark I'm appreciative every person is standing get a gift that's gonna stand out get a see that's going to stand out Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing expecting different results I want to get something different so I'm gonna give something different I want you right where it is that you are would you lift up that seed above your head I want to challenge you to do that lift it above your head repeat after me Lord thank you for what you did last year for what you did last month what you did last week what you did yesterday but the seed in my head is an expectation for what you're gonna do to make my gift stand out amen would you turn to your right begin coming from the last row come on everybody then for just one moment we're doing right where we need to be in terms of time brother Eugene if you'll just share what you need in terms of our Christmas program thank you so very much thank you master we have two more rehearsals for your five year olds plus two more rehearsals this Saturday the 16th next Saturday the 23rd we need we need we need your support your children that participate that dance that mind that spoken word that sing we have an opportunity for them on Christmas Eve neck the Sunday the 24th and the 9:30 and 11:30 service our children will go forth pastor has given us about 20 minutes or so in each of those services and we want to go forth in a major major way but we need your support so please bring your children this Saturday the 16th at 130 130 next time into the 23rd 1:33 thank you so much country thank you so very much would you give our minister music a big hand please let me ask if I can my two guests from Chicago would you all please stand come on don't act shy they take good care of me when I'm in Chicago they're here this week for her training they literally got off the plane at BWI haven't even checked in the hotel came straight to church today I'm not even saying this for y'all this is for young watching teeth watching streaming and did not come to church this morning put this camera on these two y'all turn around for me please they came all the way from Chicago to come to church and you sitting in Catonsville and Owen smells I leave you at 11:30 thank you tell apostle I took care of you I need you right where it is that you are just a couple of housekeeping notices immediate ministry if you have the cover of that book please about the Jewish mother can you put it back on the screen for me very quickly I want you parents to please please pick up this book is an amazing amazing book on parenting and how to give instruction and developing the gift of entrepreneurship in your children I want you to please please get it for yourself they can't pull it right now can you pull up the Jewish phenomenon book can you do that thank you pour that one up for me Tuesday is our last discussion on the Jewish phenomenon book are members of the Jewish Council are coming to be with us on Tuesday night I need you to be here I need you to be poised I need you to be prepared I need you to be prayed up they're gonna give us some insightful tools that we can use on how it is that we build wealth within our community I'm neglected in the 7:30 service I can't do it in this one this Tuesday at 6:30 is our quarterly conference I need all of you here it is our last Church meeting of the year I want to give you some exciting news about some things that God is doing in our ministry and to share with you some vision casting for where God is taking us in 2018 I need you here Tuesday night at 7:30 Wednesday night is our last intercessory prayer for the year our last intercessory prayer for the year how many of you all know prayer got you through 2017 prayer got you through how many y'all can't have another year like this year I cannot have another year like this year and so I need you to meet me at the altar Wednesday night I'm gonna be here I want you to join me and dr. Cecilia Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. it's only gonna be one hour but I need your rapt attention to be a part of what it is that God is doing I beseech you about the love of Christ Jesus please bring some socks on next Sunday please bring some socks on Tuesday bring them on Wednesday we've done wonderfully well on today but we still got a few more rivers to cross in order to reach our goal empowerment temple one thing about us we never miss a goal whatever it is that we try to do we get it done how many you all know that's right Amen that's I brag on y'all all the time I'm telling you if I died twice I'd still want to be the pastor of empowerment temple y'all are the greatest church any pastor could ever dream or pray for nobody told you this week I need you to know your pastor love you and I'm praying for you every day now here's what I need you to do cuz you did not give all your money in the offer and do not play me you did not give all your money on the offering we've got minority vendors out in the hallway I need you to please support all of them our numbers are down because of inclement weather as a consequence they don't have as many sales opportunities as they ordinarily would if it were a regular Sunday and so I need you to please bless them and do me a favor don't ask them for a hookup please please you don't spent all that money at Nordstrom's and Walmart and Best Buy come on less circulate dollars within the black community and we can do it right here today how many of you all know God is a Bob I want us to be able to do that in terms of our holiday schedule I wanted you to be aware our Christmas Eve is on a Sunday Christmas Eve is on a Sunday we're having service but we're also having service on Christmas Day I need you to be mindful of the fact christmas is here it is a holy day hallelujah that's this the day that we recognize the birth of our living Lord so I need you to come I need you to bring your family I need you to bring your friends I need you please hear Christmas Day just one hour of worship at 10 a.m. New Year's Eve newsflash is a Sunday New Year's Eve is a Sunday we will have our regular three morning services and we will have one service at night one service at night at 10:00 p.m. I want you here I want all about three services to be able to come and celebrate and share together would you stand to your feet right where it is that you are you'll stand to your feet lift up that hand right where you are repeat after me walk with God and you'll walk with me talk with God and you'll talk with me listen to God and he'll listen to me love God because He first loved me lift that hand as high as you see yourself going every person with lifted hands about the power of the Holy Ghost I speak over you you are anointed to be outstanding this week God's gonna give you an opportunity to stand out stepping your gift step in your assignment step in your call your to anointed to be anonymous now unto your most absolutely able to do anything but failed may God rest may God rule and may God abide with each and every one of you henceforth now and forevermore you [Music]

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