As Your Soul Prospers - Touré Roberts

1:33 I have a word that I want to get into. Before I do that, I do want to tell you about something. So I've got a burden for a lot of things, particularly as it relates to these times that we're living in. First of all, I have a burden for souls. Seriously. I have a burden for souls. I have a burden for people to come into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. That is a burden. I have a burden for people to grow in the things of God. Because I believe that salvation, although it is a perfected work once we come to faith, I do believe that we have to grow in order to fully actualize the purpose for which we were saved as it relates to what we do on earth. So I have a burden to teach and to build and to give tools. But in this moment, this season that we're in right now, I have a different burden as well, an additional burden rather.

2:35 And that burden is to equip you and to prepare you for the world that we're living in now. Are you tracking with me? Because it's different. It's different. And things are shifting. And this is a way that we have never been before. It's not a way that God is ignorant to. It's not that. But it's a way that we have never been before. And it requires things from us that we have not had to give in previous seasons. So that's why I do things like these master classes. hello somebody because we're going to preach and teach and get the word but then but then I want to sharpen you in other areas because there are tools that that we're going to have to use in order to to to survive and thrive in these times are you tracking with me you got to do let me put it to you this way you got to get more now for your effort in order to not get less Life costs more now.

3:44 So you've got to, for the effort, see, your effort, your energy doesn't change. You've got what you've got. You've got the number of days that are assigned to your life, the number of moments assigned to your life. You've got what you've got. You're not getting any new moments. You're not getting any more time. But in this season now, as things are getting complicated and scarce, I have to trade better now. Are you hearing me? I have to trade my time better I have to trade my attention better I have to trade my focus better I've got to get masterful I've got to give more to get almost the same. are you tracking with me so i've got a master class coming up on monday not tomorrow but next monday called maximizing the moment and i want you to be a part of it it's free because it's about you and i'll tell you what got me thinking about this is many of you know i don't talk about it a lot here, but I talk about it on my social media. I do a conference every year called the Called Conference, and it's for entrepreneurs and leaders and people who are called not just to church, but called beyond church, and I do it every year. And this year, I'm doing it in Miami because, and there's a number of reasons why I'm doing it, but it is one of the deal flow capitals, not just of the country, but the world. The environment is deal flow, and I'm doing it there, But the reason, and if you want to come, listen, if you're called to it, if you feel like it's resonant, you go to the website, check it out.

5:32 If you do, you can apply the code TPH, and we will give you a 30% discount to be in the room. That's that. But the reason why I'm doing this master class is a lot of times we show up to a moment, but we're not prepared for the moment. We think that everything that is going to happen to us is going to happen in the moment, but what I'm realizing as it relates to being a good steward of everything is that you have to prepare for the moment before the moment in order to maximize the moment. Are you hearing what I'm saying? You don't just show up in the room to see what's going to happen. you have to take time to prepare and walk through a series of questions and qualifications. Watch this. So that when you show up in the moment, you know what you're looking for and you know what you're not. You know what you carry and you know what you don't. So that you can be present with intentionality in that moment. And then, not only that, but how does that moment create momentum?

6:40 Come on, somebody. Because if God blesses you with a moment, but it doesn't turn into momentum, you didn't steward that moment well. So I say all that to say that's what this master class is about. You have to register for the master class, and we can send you the link. It's going to bless your life. It's going to be a great blessing. And now let's get into this word. Amen? Because we're going to maximize. I need to get everything. Let me say this. We're going to move. everything every moment is pregnant.

7:19 This moment that you're standing in right now is pregnant. That's why you have to be present and aligned and connected so that you can extract what's in this moment so that it can create the momentum that your life needs. Amen? All right, let's go to work. Matthew chapter 16, verse 26. We're going to look at two passages of Scripture that will be our anchor for this moment. Matthew 16 and 26, both of these are not unfamiliar. Then we'll look at 3 John 1 and 2. The Bible says, and most specifically Jesus says, for what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world? and loses his own soul.

8:26 And then he goes on to say, or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Will the prophet a man, if he gains the whole world, I mean the whole world, and loses his soul? or let's take it even further what can a man give in exchange for a soul in other words you got what you got and then in 3 John 1 and 2 the writer says beloved that's how I feel about y'all right now beloved I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health just as your soul prospers. Hallelujah.

9:27 Lord, we thank you so much for this moment that you've blessed us with. We thank you for this opportunity to worship. We thank you for this opportunity to be together, to be in your house, to hear your word. God, may the words in my mouth and the meditation in my heart be accurate and acceptable in your sight. Thank you, Lord. I thank you for the spirit of wisdom and revelation and insight and knowledge and prophecy and all that is required to minister to your children, your sons and daughters, whom you love so richly and so deeply. Hallelujah. And so, God, move in this house in a profound way. We love you and we thank you. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen, amen. Hallelujah. You may be seated in my theme for today. What I want to walk out today is as your soul prospers. as your soul prospers.

10:32 Let me transparently say that I do not come to you as a subject matter expert today. I don't come to you proclaiming to have all of the answers about what we're going to talk about today. In fact, to be more honest and more transparent, I come to you as a journeymate. a journey made. We're going to walk this thing out together, but I do believe it's important, and I want to, you know, one of the interesting things about being a prophet of God, and not necessarily even the office of prophet, but standing in moments where God calls you to be his mouthpiece, right? Many of us who have the privilege of serving God in that capacity know this point all too well, oftentimes God will make you the message.

11:34 before you are able to give the message. Preachers, am I telling the truth? He'll make you the message first. I'm thinking about, I believe it was Ezekiel, the prophet, and God would make him go and lie down, and some would have to get undressed and go lie on one side and prophesy and then lie on another. They would literally have to become the Word.

12:00 And they're not the only one who became the Word. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And so it is a divine thing. And so I transparently, I had to become this Word. And I want to tell you something that I experienced recently that made me move a little differently. And so I've been since probably November very, very busy in multiple enterprises, the majority of which are directly kingdom related. And I found myself lacking something. And it was hard, Mother Nix, to pinpoint because my prayer life was on point. I'm praying. I'm working through my prayers. I have a very specific prayer, very regimented prayer that I pray every day. And it covers everything that is under my purview.

12:54 and I'm preaching, I'm doing the work of the Lord, I'm being philanthropic, I'm being benevolent, I'm being generous, I'm loving my wife, I'm loving my kids, I'm doing everything that I know to do and yet something still feels like is missing.

13:16 What do you do when you're doing, Enrique, all that you know to do, all that you think to do, what do you do when you believe that you are checking all of the spiritual boxes, right? Obedience, right? There's no visible compromise in your spirit or in your life or in your walk. You're praying, surely. You're reading your word. Surely if you're doing all of these things, then everything spiritually should flow for you. You would think.

13:58 Chico, that was me. I was doing all the right stuff and yet...