If You Say So What Is God Saying To You Anchored

0:01 Oh, come on, Transformation Church. Let's give God some praise. Oh, come on. Today, you've been waiting all week for this. I dare you to lift your voice in your home, in your house, and give God a shout of praise. Hallelujah. See some of y'all praising him right now because you made it to this week But we're praising him around transformation church for 22 years of faithfulness Six years of me and that being the pastors and more than that The God who has anchored us before Is the God who anchors us now and the God who will anchor us in the future. Somebody say i'm anchored And I just want to take a moment and just say thank you Thank you for being a church who has been in crazy faith following me for the past six years. I know some of y'all just started on this journey with us this year or last year, but we have been believing God in crazy faith for the past six years and 22 years before that when Bishop heard from God to start this church.

1:03 And today, as thousands of people celebrate with us, we just want to give God all the glory, honor, and praise. And the reason that I'm saying this, and somebody always says, Like, why do y'all celebrate so much? And why do y'all always make a big deal about something? It goes back to something that's in the word. That the children of Israel, anytime God would do a miracle, they would set up memorials. They would do something to remember what God has done there. And the reason they did this, the reason I bring my children up, the reason they're sitting here is because the thing would be that years go by and people get amnesia of God's goodness. because some of y'all are sitting there in doubt and frustration right now and all you really need to do is think about about how God brought you through in a different season and it would bring gratitude and joy out of you right now but he told the children of Israel when you pass this with your children your children are gonna ask what what is that dad why did y'all do this what is this picture from what is this Instagram post and they would use rocks because that's how they made their memorials and it was an opportunity to rehearse God's goodness.

2:09 The only reason we celebrate anniversaries is because it's an opportunity to celebrate God's goodness. And some of y'all need to decide today is an anniversary for you today. There's nothing special that makes it an anniversary except somebody decided. Oh, and I remember when Bishop decided and I remember when I decided and today you may need to decide today is the last day that I'm going to sit in doubt and you can work down that today's my anniversary. Today is the last day that I'm going to be stricken by poverty. And somebody said, it's my anniversary. Somebody needs to decide that today is the last day that I stand with fear in my heart, but I'm going to walk in freedom. Somebody say, it's my anniversary. I'm telling you. All right, stop. Don't push me. Don't push me. Don't push me. Don't push me. What I'm saying to somebody right now is that the reason we're celebrating because this is the anniversary of God's faithfulness to this church.

3:09 And anything you've ever seen or liked or loved about Transformation Church, it didn't start here. It started with somebody making a decision to stay faithful when everybody left, to stay faithful when nobody was cheering and clapping. And today, I am grateful that we are here. And more than that, we are here. I'm grateful that you are here. The Bible tells us so clearly in Esther chapter four, the reason why we named this thing, what a time to be alive is because Esther was in a situation where she had the opportunity to save an entire people group. And somebody told her, he said, Hey, the reason you hear perhaps, perhaps maybe the reason you're alive right now in 2021 is for such a time as this. And when I look at how the church is shut down and how God has done all of these things and how he's exploded our ministry in the middle of a pandemic, all I could think is maybe God made this church for such a time as this. Somebody say for such a time as this. So my response to God, knowing even with all the hardships and all the frustration and everything that's going on that we were born for this time right now, I decided to take a stance of joy and faith. No matter what comes, my response is what a time to be alive. Like I'm not coming to this. Oh God, what are you going to do? I was born for such a time as this. So what a time to be alive. Somebody needs to say this over yourself because it's a faith statement. No matter how dark it is, you were born for such a time as this. With the brokenness, with the hurt, with nobody seeing you, you were born. I'm prophetically speaking to somebody

5:15 right now. You were born for such a time as this. So what will be your response? What a time to be alive. I'm alive in the season God called me to make a difference. I'm alive. I don't have it all. It doesn't matter. I'm alive in the moment that God chose me to be an answer. God only births answers. you're supposed to be an answer to something and that means there has to be a question and the world is asking a lot of questions and so God sent you There are people that have questions. And so God sent an answer. And the answer is you. So I'm encouraging you.

6:07 Just somebody say, I'm an answer. No, say it like you mean it. I'm an answer. Say, my family's an answer. You don't even believe it. Say, my family's an answer. Maybe you were born for such a time as this. the rest of this week, the rest of this month, the rest of this year. Don't wonder if you have purpose. Declare I was born for such a time as this. It might not be clear to me fully what I was born to do. I didn't know I would be doing this. Anybody that thinks when they ask the little kids in kindergarten, what do you want to be when you grow up? I didn't say a pastor, but God knew that laced in my DNA he made me for such a time as all I'm trying to do is encourage you because somebody came to this and you're like oh they're celebrating and they're all this other we're gonna be celebrating you very soon because somebody's gonna step into their prophetic calling today. And oh, y'all don't hear me. Somebody, some church, some pastor, some wife, some husband is going to step up and say, you know what? I'm done wishing that I could be something else.

7:24 I'm done thinking about what could have happened. I was born for such a time as this. So what a time to be alive. Today I'm grateful because I know I was born for this moment. In my frustration, in my not knowing, in everything that's happened, I was born for this moment as an example to let you know you were born for this moment. Thank you, Transformation Church. We're just getting started. That's scary. That's scary to say, but it's been six years and we're just getting started. Stick with me for the next 10. And let's see if we can't turn the whole world upside down. If you with me in crazy faith, can we give God one more big shout of praise? Oh, y'all better help me right now. Glory to God. All right. So I'm going to do this. Some of you guys know that God has really blessed this church to do things that are outside of the box. The vision of this church is to represent God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ. Today, we're going to take some trips down memory lane. I've got a word to preach to you, and we're going to do this whole thing. You're going to be anchored and encouraged. But one of those things that I get to share transparently with you is the process that we've been through. I remember going to our finance director the first year I became the lead pastor of the church, and I said, I got this great idea, this vision from God. We are going to start a lifestyle brand, not church merch. We're going to start a lifestyle brand and everybody's going to be wearing these things that say represent on it. And they looked at me and they said, we don't have the money for that. God bless you.

9:11 We can't do that right now. And I was like, fine. and so what I did is God said are you gonna let the no stop you from building what I called you to build I said no so I took my own money and I started printing represent on the back of every jacket that I had and I would go to all these churches and I would preach and I had represent on my jacket and people's like hey that's cool where is that from and for six years I have gone everywhere and I've put the vision of this church on my chest and I put represent on the back of my jackets and shirts. And today's a huge day for us because we're at the point now where we have the infrastructure and the team to launch this to the entire world. And so I want you to know that at two o'clock today, the blackout collection is going to be officially available to everybody.

10:14 Y'all been asking for it. Don't do me like that. Y'all been asking for it. But more than clothing, this is a calling. And God wants a bunch of walking billboards to be in your area of influence. I'm believing that prophetically that these pieces of clothing are going to spark up conversations, that people will be saved by this, that people will recognize and they'll be in the club, coming out the club and see somebody walking by with a represent shirt on. And it'll convict them and remind them of what God said to them in a different season and bring them back to repent. I'm just praying that miracles will happen because it's not clothing. It's a calling. I want you to see the full visual trailer of what God has called me and you to do, to be the light in the midst of darkness. Check this out.

11:06 I was the one. So, let's go. Darkness. The total absence of light. A lack of illumination. The human eye is unable to distinguish anything in this condition. Darkness. Wickedness.

12:03 Evil. The depths of the heart that causes deception. When the world is stuck in the same pattern, it's easy to conform. Darkness has become the new norm. Lost at sea, swallowed up by the storm. Will you continue to ignore what God has called you to transform? you are called to be the light. I can be.

13:14 I'm sorry. He will give you strength when you feel weak, and vision when your sight is obscured. Will you step up and be the light in darkness?

14:14 This is not clothing. This is a calling. Represent. Glory to God. So that will be available today at 2 p.m. And we're going to represent all over the world. Is anybody ready for the word?

15:33 All right, today I want you to get out your smartphones, your dumb phones, your notepads. I need you to get out everything because today God has given me a specific word. I was working on a message the entire week, and last night God switched it up. And this morning he refined it. And I am ready to preach to you because we are in week five of a series we're calling Help Me Anchor. Somebody say it one more time. We're going to be anchored. That is the word for this year. How many people have been seeing anchors different places? How many people have been seeing it? It's been everywhere because I believe that God is sending confirmation to you that this year he wants us to be tied to something that will not be able to move in the midst of the storm. And I'm telling you so clearly, God is continuing to, literally, just continuing to reveal himself with revelation through this series.

16:28 And so I'm grateful for everybody who is here today. If this is your first time watching, if somebody told you that you had to watch to date them, that's a good person. You need to probably line your life up and marry them. But whatever the reason that you're here, it is a divine appointment. God has been working in your life to make this moment happen. And today through transparency and God's word, what we're going to try to do is present to you a better way of living so that you can be able to be everything that God intended for you to be. And I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but somebody is at the end of their rope and they're sick and tired of what has been going on. And you're sick and tired of staying in the same place. And today what God is saying, and he's been saying to us for the past four weeks, is that he wants to be your anchor. He wants to be the thing that you tie your life to. He wants to be the thing that is stable, not money, not success, not even your relationship. His name is Jesus, and he's the rock of ages.

17:26 He is the one that can take your past, and he can use it for your future if you would give it to him and allow him to be your anchor. and so today i want us to to to be able to take a little further journey because last week we decided that we were going to be in the deep and we told everybody you know what the shallow is not safer we are going to go to the place that god has called us to and whatever that means because we won't have control that's how i'm standing here right now do y'all think that i planned this? Do you think that I knew what God was going to do with my life? No. At six years ago, I decided to push off the shore and go to the deep. And in the deep, God does things that only can be described as miracles. So today I want to walk with you with the disciples in Luke chapter five, verse three. I want you to get that in your Bible. Oh, this about to be good.

18:27 And this is Jesus. It says, Jesus stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there. Verse 4. When he had finished speaking the days over, he said to Simon, like he's saying to me and you, now go out where it's deeper.

18:51 So it's not enough for me just to have Jesus around me. I need to go out where it's, say it one more time, deeper. And then he gives them a different instruction. He says, and let down your nets to catch some fish. Now, I need to give you context to what we're talking about right now. These are professional fishermen. These are people who catch fish all the time. These are people that, according to society and culture, would have some level of success. Okay. And they are in a space. Watch this. where God is asking them to deny what they know to follow his instructions.

19:36 If you're going to go to the deep, what you know doesn't matter as much. Because some of you are in a place where you think that your education and your pedigree and the family you came from and the college you, I went to an HBCU, or I went to an Ivy League school or I went to a Christian college. It don't matter. There is a level in the deep where whatever you know don't matter.

20:07 Because so many of us are trying to allow our qualifications to be able to anchor us. But your qualifications, I don't care how much money you have in the bank. You can't heal cancer. I don't care how many people have your cell phone number. There are certain doors that only God can unlock.

20:31 And so many of us have been trying to position ourselves when God is saying, hold on. You need me to be with you in the deep. He's asking professionals to go and do something they know how to do. Has God ever asked you to do something that you thought you could do without him? I'm just trying to help you because many of us are about to walk into another space where you need to be able to position yourself mentally and emotionally to be out of control. I'm not saying doing wild things. I'm saying you're not the one that's going to be making the decisions.

21:16 And the reason why God wants us to go to the deep right down this point, God does the dynamic in the deep. there are dynamic miracles he wants to do that he cannot do with you at the low level of christianity that you're at right now there are dynamic things that god wants to do in your marriage but you still have pride he says you need to launch out deeper into humility oh you thought this was something that wasn't practical what god is asking you to do is become more like him, to be not like culture, but be more like Christ. So when they mess you over, God's saying, come out in the deep, bless them anyway. All I'm challenging you right now is that God wants you to come to the deep because there's dynamic things. Do you know why the church seems so powerless right now?

22:13 It's because we stop doing the dynamic things in the house of God. We've stopped maximizing the things, the signs, the miracles, the wonders. Prophecy? I really feel this. I got to say this. I feel like the spirit of prophecy is coming back so strong to this church. And I don't know how else to describe it. And I know some of y'all like prophecy. What is he talking about? Is this psychic? No, no, no, no, no. This is divine inspiration and intelligence from God to be able to speak things into the future for encouragement, to let you know God's ready to do some dynamic things. And he's so good that if we would be open to being in the deep, that he would send somebody to tell us what's going to happen before it happens. He will send you places and things and voice notes and people in his word to give you a foreshadowing. I'm talking about the dynamics.

23:11 They don't want to hear about this, Travis. They want to hear about the cool. They want to hear about the cool don't get nobody saved. It's miracles. It's the signs. It's the wonder. It's your marriage being on the brink of divorce. But God's stepping into that thing and allowing you to experience a miracle. God wants to do the dynamic. But the dynamic only happens in the day. Can I be transparent with them? There is this tension because people in culture can accept my message to start pandering to people in culture from this platform. I'm going to say something that most people won't like. I will never do what's politically correct from this platform. I will only do what is biblically correct from this platform so if you don't like it when I say something about the silhouette challenge and being modest and all that other stuff click it off but as for me in my house I'm so sorry I'm so sorry that you want me to be politically correct but I will be biblically correct because I will not stand with you and the Instagram followers before God they missed it It will be me and Jesus.

24:33 And he'd say, what did you do with the influence I gave you? And I'm telling you, I want the dynamic in my life. I want to be able to speak to stuff that's dying and it comes back to life. I want to be able to tell situations that are trying to wither away to stand up and live. I want to be able to talk to your marriage. I want to be able to write it in book form. I want to be able to put it to music. I want the dynamic. But the only thing that happens with dynamic is it has to happen in the deep. Yeah?

25:11 Somebody say signs. Say miracles. Wonders. This is what's going to get the world safe. The millennial generation's like, how do I Instagram that? This is the stuff you don't have to say nothing about. I just feel another sense of authority at this current moment to just speak to this generation. We will not be powerless.

25:45 On this six-year anniversary, I'm declaring to you right now, we're about to step into the deep. And we're going to see God do things that nobody thought was possible. and I'm calling, this is a clarion call for a generation of people that don't want to just sit around and have Bible studies and then go out and watch pornography and live the same. I'm talking to the people that want to say, yeah, I dealt with it and yeah, it had a control over me but the power of the Holy Spirit came over my life and I went to the deep and something changed on the inside of me and I became something that was different and now I have the ability to reach back in grace, to reach back with mercy and bring other people. I want the dynamic and it only is found in the deep. Can I prove it to him, Charles? When I talk about prophecy, so many people were impacted by what happened last week when we had the water on the stage and all this different stuff that God did.

26:50 And I was so grateful to be able to do that. But do you know what I found out last night when the Holy Spirit would not get up off of me? He said, Michael, there was a woman who came last year and she prophesied to you. And I was like, OK, God, he said, find that prophecy. I'm literally 10 o'clock last night. I called my mama. Is this the truth, mama? It's the truth. I called her and I said, mama, do you remember the lady who came and prophesied? I don't remember what she said, but God ain't got up off me that I need to find this prophecy. I found that prophecy at 1030 last night. Oh, I love God. And he said, I want you to listen to it. Me and Natalie are laying in bed. And she says this one line that made my wife that's pregnant sit up. And she said, are you serious? And I want you to hear what happened last week. God spoke a year ago in exact form because he wanted me to know that what he's doing in my life and in this church and in your life is going to be dynamic. If you've never thought prophecy was real, I want you to take a listen to this and see that God wants to do the dynamic in the deep.

27:55 The phase after that is this music can never leave you. It is just in you. It's piped in you. As much as you preach, you keep hearing these songs. You keep hearing this song. And it's getting ready to be a whole production where you actually literally can see yourself up preaching. And you've already produced every single thing. The sound, the clouds, the stuff that's going in. It's like it's going to be too. Okay, the closest I can see it is that you ever went to Vegas? Okay. And when you go to Vegas, I don't know if you ever seen that when they did that show. that, oh, when they transform the stage to water, it's something, yeah, Cirque du Soleil, and they change the stage to water to dry. That's the kind of stuff that you're worried for, and it's going to be such a major production. Oh, y'all don't even want to see.

28:51 A year ago, almost to the date, God sent a dynamic person that was in the deep to speak to me and say, I'm taking you deeper. I never thought what happened last week would ever happen, but she said even down to the clouds and the water, and it's like a big production. We didn't even have this a year ago, But God sent a word to let me know that he was thinking about the dynamic while I was still in the shallow. And I don't know how I feel this thing right now. I don't know who's been okay being in the shallow, but God has dynamic on his mind. And the dynamic only happens in the deep. Nature even tells us this.

30:24 to talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish it. There are certain creatures that you will never see until you go to the deep. We want fish that we can put in a tank, but this is what God wants some of our 2021 to look like. Put that picture on the screen for me. this is the type of dynamic creation that God has lying under the surface for you. What if that was your business?

31:04 What if that was your family's generational wealth? What if you were raised in a certain life? But what if God called you to go to the deep to present something that's never been seen before? I want you to look at this darker picture right here. That's a boat. And that's the tail of a whale.

31:28 I want you to see that the dynamic God wants to do in your life means that you got to make a decision to go to the deep. The only reason we're sitting here as a church is because I decided I'm going to just go to the deep.

31:52 Well, a black person's never done that before. I just got to believe that what he said to me, that we'd be a multi-ethnic, multiplying, multi-generational, multi-campus church. Like, I guess I just going to say it. and I'm just going to launch out here in the deep. I guess everybody won't go with me, but I guess we'll go. I'm trying to use my life as we celebrate this anniversary as a marker that there is no qualification that separates me from you.

32:25 Many pastors want you to feel that they're better than you, but I need you to know I am not better than you. I am at the same level as you on every aspect. I still got to love my wife. I still have to watch out for temptation. I still have to pray to have a relationship, not to study, to be able to have a relationship with God. I still get mad and I still want to slap people who cut me off. Let's be honest. the only difference is that I decided that I'm just gonna live in the deep so if God calls the church to 21 days of prayer and fasting and then he whispers to me 45 days but I chose to live in the deep when everybody in my family doesn't want to get together and reconcile but God says you go apologize first and then I say to God it wasn't my fault and he said but you're my servant I've decided to live in the...

33:34 And can I give you another point? I want you to write this down because some of you think that God's trying to toy with you or play with you or just make like, oh, look at them, they're down there struggling. No, baby. Everything that God does is with a design from the very creation of the sun and the moon that comes up like clockwork on different sides of the earth and how the orbit is now in place from one word that he spoke. God is a master craftsman and a builder. And what I want you to know is the deep situation God has you in, the deep situation you even got yourself in, if you would give him control and let him be your anchor, the deep has a design.

34:11 There is never one time that God calls you to the deep that he's not designing something so special. The deep has, everybody say design. There is certain things that will not come out of you without the deep. and there are certain things that God can't do in you until you don't have control no more. Do you know how daunting it was to step in for Bishop Gary McIntosh? Did y'all see Bishop? He white. He's conservative in his communication. He's powerful. He makes wise decision, calculated decision. He does all this other stuff. And then he handed it to me.

34:57 And at the time, I felt that I had to be like him. If you watch any of my old footage, I had on suits every Sunday. Pink, yellow, blue, green. I had every kind of suit you could imagine because for some reason, I thought if I was going to be deep, I had to be in his design. See what you're trying to do is you're trying to do the deep thing the way God designed somebody else to do it You're trying to fit into the mold that this church did it or that company did it or that brand did it or that creative did it And God says my deep has a design for you I didn't come into who I was until I fully stepped in To the deep waters God called me to

36:32 And he said, I designed the deep to get something in and out of you. I think I got to give him the progression, because a lot of y'all want to go to the deep, but you think you're deep, but you're not there yet. And I'm drawing a parallel off of what God did with the disciples because it is our ultimate goal to be disciples of Jesus Christ. So let me help you understand the progression of going into the deep. This is going to help somebody real quick. First, when it comes to your relationship with God, you will be distant. You will be distant first. And many of you are acting like you actually are close to God, but you really are distant. And God is fine with you being distant as long as you listen, because he will draw you in close. And some people that are watching me right now, you did some crazy stuff this weekend. Like the truth of the matter is you don't even know how you up right now watching this after the beds you snuck out of last night. And it's okay.

37:37 You're distant. I don't expect people who do not know God to act like they know God. And Christians, y'all should really be more aware. Like, why are you expecting these people to do what the Bible says to do? It's all good. And the truth is, I was there too. I was just worse because I was a lukewarm Christian, and I claimed to actually be in relationship with God, and I was still distanced. Check yourself.

38:05 But the progression is distanced. But then like he asked Simon Peter, can I step into your boat? All he asked him is maybe you're distant, but now can we move and go to another progression? Can I dwell in your boat? See, that's the progression that is supposed to. I'm supposed to go from distance. And then Jesus asked me, that's why salvation is not a forced thing. It is something that he asked you. Do you want this? The same way that he asked Simon Peter. He says, can I get on your boat? Simon could have said no. What you talking about, bro? It's my boat. I fish in this boat. But something in him said, yeah, come on to my boat. The same way that God is calling and asking you, can I get on your boat? Can I dwell here? And after he dwells there and he finishes teaching all of the people that are around, this is the thing about God.

39:00 I'm going to give you a secret. Come here. Let me help you. God doesn't dwell in silence. When God gets in your life, he wants to direct. Watch it. These people were distant. Then they let Jesus onto the boat so he could dwell. Then his automatic thing, after he finished teaching, look at the scriptures. It says, hey, why don't we go a little deeper? God will never leave you in the same place he found you. He always wants to direct you. And guess where he wants to direct you? To the deep.

39:45 It goes from distance to dwelling to directing you. And some of you, I feel this so strong. God has been directing you this whole year. Stop doing that. Start doing that. Give a little more. Shut up. Oh, did you know that your opinion can keep you from obedience?

40:09 Did you know that because you get so much self-love from telling everybody what you think, and it's just your opinion, and God, your prophetic word for you, coming from Pastor Mike, shut up! Because this is the time he wants to develop in something from you. There'll be a time that he'll ask for something from you, but right now he wants to develop it in you. And that's why God says, yeah, you were distant, but now I want to dwell and I want to direct you. And I'm always going to direct you into the deep. And when he directs you into the deep, these disciples go to the deep. I'm just trying to give you a progression. And then something happens.

40:51 He gives them a decision. And this is where I want to camp out today. because I've gone through every one of these phases and some of you are right here. I want you to identify where are you right now? Are you distant from God? Has God stepped onto your boat? Does he dwell? But are you still in control and he can't direct yet? I just need you to ask because some of y'all are sitting here, go ahead, pass the mic. But God has told you to go ahead and you're still right there.

41:21 Has he been able to direct you? And the truth is, God only directs to the deep. And now you have a decision.

42:21 That's what happened here. Y'all didn't see it? He literally tells them that they're going to have to decide to do something they've already done. Remember, they're fishermen. Jesus tells them to go out deeper. And then he tells them to cast their nets on the other side. Can I help you real quick? Because you need to know this. The decision is going to lead to you being a disciple, but this is where people mess up right here. You have to make the decision every day to obey God. Let me say it like this. Every decision in the deep has to be anchored in obedience. It has to be anchored in obedience. And I know this sucks for everybody because some of you about to tune off right now because you want the water and the lights. But God wants you to obey.

43:12 And I came to tell you that the success people think I have came from always obeying what God said. I'm standing here right now and I can just think of time after time that God asked me to do something that was not sexy that was not fun that I did not want to do and I had made a decision before I even came to that decision that I'm anchored in obedience I need you to understand how powerful this decision is that you would be anchored in obedience let me give you just a few instances where I was anchored in obedience. There was a music company that came to me that asked me to produce for one year. This is my passion. This is what I was professional at, like these disciples. This is what I knew that I was called to do. And they said, we'll pay you $100,000. I was 23 years old. I'll pay you $100,000 to come produce for one year.

44:16 One year? $100,000? When that's all in my cupboard? It's ramen noodles? Chicken and beef? McDoubles and McChickens? Are y'all going to act like y'all? There was a few years in my life that a McDouble, a McChicken, and a fry sustained me. You sustain? and if somebody offers me a hundred K, that for most of you would have not even been a thought. And I prayed and God said, you got a decision to make. This was his ultimatum to me. Watch this. I'm trying to give you practical. I want the word to come alive. He said, you will go listen and you'll be successful, but I'll take my hand off of what you're doing. Most of us would take success over his hand

45:16 The only reason that I'm able to impact anybody Because I've stayed obedient to make sure I had his hand His approval his anointing my question to you is what are you doing without his hand? It's prospering. It's successful. It looks good on the gram. I'm out here in the deep know you're out there by yourself. And God is saying, I need you to choose to obey. Be anchored in obedience. The hardest thing now is now that we have some level of success and impact. It doesn't get easier to obey. you think once you get it the building's here the people are here the cameras are here and now when the super bowl calls we heard that you had the new song revelation relationship goals we want you to come perform this on the gospel super bowl situation my answer to my assistant immediately was yes what are we talking about we get to perform this song that i made in my bedroom on the bet gospel celebration with the super bowl and design washington what yes and the holy spirit said you didn't even ask me oh you thought because it was a bigger platform that you didn't have to go through me as your filter. And I prayed about it and I text them back. I said, no, can't do it. They called back four times with better offers. We'll fly this guy here. We'll do the production this and we'll dot, dot, dot and we'll dot, dot, dot. Oh my God. I mean, is it okay if we at least? No.

47:15 Why? Why? No. I want to let you know in the deep God doesn't have to give reasons He sees something you don't see. He knows something you don't know. And it didn't mean it was bad. It just wasn't for me at the time. No. I was anchored to obedience. They came back at the last minute and said, well, would you just pray and start the thing off? I said, God.

47:47 He said, yes. You can pray. Lord bless all the people that's about to it's about to kill it on the performance Lord and Lord bless them amen so last night I was on BET and I started this Super Bowl gospel thing and I prayed but today I stand here in obedience like y'all would have celebrated and posted if we would have performed last night and God would have been sitting with his arms crossed. And now nobody's posting about the prayer, but God is standing from heaven saying that, oh, I dare somebody to really understand that the applause from God is better than anybody's applause in the world. And what God is saying is, can I find some people who are anchored in obedience?

49:33 And I know this is messing with somebody's insides and you really trying to figure out how to get out of this message. But what I want to tell you today is everything that God has done to impact the world was anchored in obedience. And today, I'm encouraging you like the disciples. Put yourself in the disciples' mind right here. Master, verse 5, Simon replied, yeah, I know what you're saying. Go out in the deep and put the nets down. But just want to, God, you're so gracious. Just want to let you know what happened last night. Just want to let you know what happened last time. Just want to let you know what happened last year. Just want to let you know what happened in my childhood. God, I know what you're telling me to do in the deep, but I just want to let you know how damaged I was. I just want to let you know about the trauma that happened.

50:25 Master, we worked hard all last night and nothing came from the last season. See, there will be some times when you're out here in the deep where God will ask you to do something you just did. And when he asked you to do something you just did, we have a decision to make. Remember what I said? We have a decision to make. Will we be anchored in obedience or will we bring forth our complaints to the place where it makes us complacent? See, God has no problem with hearing it. He still wants you to move. I have daughters right now. You can be talking while you're doing what I'm saying to do. You can be telling daddy, why do I have, baby, that's fine, but make sure you pick it up. And God's saying that many of us are trying to get our complaint out to the point that it becomes an excuse. see see when you start complaining enough you think that you're validated on how you feel and you think that now that that gives you a reason not to do what god said to do but i'm coming to shake somebody out of your complacency right now that god has asked you to do something in the deep and you're telling him what the last season produced and he's telling you to obey somebody's pulling on me right now because you've been saying well the last church I worked at they didn't see my value the last marriage produced no fruit and Simon said we worked hard all last night we didn't catch a thing but something rose up on the inside of him as a declaration somebody say a declaration. A declaration is something that you say with confidence, no matter what the situation is saying to you. And I have said this same exact sentence over and over for six years as I've pioneered and tried to do things that people told me wasn't possible. And when we were going to buy the building and when we were going to, I've even said it when God told me to go into the doctor's

52:32 office and declare to the physicians that are telling me my son won't talk. And I'm saying, he's going to talk and I'm going to bring him back to this place so you can see the miracle. And I thought like this thing came out of me and I want to give you a declaration for everybody in the deep. This ain't for everybody, but some of y'all are making a decision that you're going to go to a deep and I'm going to give you a decree or a declaration, something that you can anchor yourself on that Simon gives us right here. Look, master, we worked all night and didn't catch a but if you say so but if you say so that is a declaration that is drenched in faith i did it last night but if you're telling me to do it today if you say so i'm not going to let what happened in another season. I feel this thing. Keep me from obeying you in this season. I went to counseling before, but go again, if you say so. I gave him the crazy faith offer last time and nothing happened, but you said give on a random March date that everybody else not giving, if you say so.

53:49 I want to give you a declaration for the deep. If you say so. Write it down. My declaration in the deep is if you say so. That is the language of the people who live in the deep. The stuff that God is showing me for the next six years, I can't even quantum quantify it I can't even I can't even start to say some of it out of my mouth because y'all gonna think i'm crazy But what we're experiencing right now is crazy if I would have said it six years ago So now my faith is not built in you and my faith is not built in finances and my faith is not built in anything My faith is built in the anchor and his name is jesus And so when he tells me something now my response is if you say so that should bring joy to somebody right now because there are some things that god has said about your family that your hell family would be saved and you just bailed pookie out of jail but if god says your family is gonna be safe you better jump in there with some faith and say if you say so he said you were gonna own multiple houses and be able to bless other people with them and you look at your credit right now you better agree with god and say if you say so God said that we would be able to impact the world with the gospel and I would still be able to be home and be a loving father and a loving husband and God how do we do that you gotta travel you gotta do this uh-uh no no no no no no I'm not consulting other seasons I'm declaring by faith if you say so and I don't know what's been in your life that you've been camping out on declaring what happened last night. The disciples said we didn't catch anything last night.

56:35 It was a night of nothing. And some of you have felt like I've just been in a night of nothing. Where's my relationship? Where's my wife? Where's my husband? Where's the resources? Where's the connections? Where's the friend group? Where's the healing?

56:58 Where is my team? God, I see everybody else have a team, but where are the people that are supposed to be Aaron and hers for me? Like, where are the... God, I've been this. I've sowed the seed. You said if I would sow it, then I would reap it. But it's been a night of nothing. And then you say, serve again?

57:20 Cast my nets on the other side? Do it again. I can imagine. Hand me the net. I can imagine what those disciples must have felt like when they're sitting there undoing the same utensils they used the night before. The same prayer spot you prayed before. The same office you worked in last week. The same kids that you spoke over. And you still had to do something. And this was the biggest faith act that they could ever make. The same way that some of you, God is going to tell you, hey, forgive them again. and the declaration is going to raise up on the inside of you if you say so and i don't know who i'm talking to right now but some of you are about to give up because god has not given you new scenery yet i want you to understand this miracle takes place in the very same spot that they caught nothing.

58:45 I don't know if you understand that God, everybody's on my season's changing. No, maybe it's not, but the outcome can change. Like what if God does not remove you from the job, but he tells you what to do and your declaration is if you say so. And he takes you from being not a valued member of the team to running the whole thing. God's saying, I may not change your season, but I'll sure change your situation. I need you to hear what I'm saying because there's so many people that are in a season of disappointment. Do y'all remember that the whole reason I believe Jesus wanted, you have to read the whole context of the story, but the whole reason Jesus wanted to use these men is because of what they were doing. Do y'all remember what they were doing? Some of y'all I don't even remember because you never read this part of the Bible, but I'm encouraging you to go back and read this part of the Bible because the Bible is the one book that if you read it, it starts reading you.

59:43 And this part messed me up. It literally said Jesus was preaching and he saw them preparing their nets. So I need you. You may not get it in chronological order, but they were out all night, didn't catch anything, came back to the shore. And instead of complaining, they didn't catch nothing. They were preparing. because something in them said, if it was a night of nothing, something else is going to happen today. And Jesus sees them, the Bible says, mending their nets, fixing their nets, fixing their nets in crazy faith. Because many of us, when we get disappointed, we quit. We stop. Do you know how many times people walked up to me and said, God's using you, but me and my family are leaving?

1:00:41 What? How many people told me, you should be open, your building should be open, we're going to the church up the street because you're not a man of God. What? if I let the disappointment keep me from mending the nets and working on my character and making sure that whoever's here, I'm pouring into them and just making sure, like, let me just make sure that if there is anything that's broken or tattered in me, that God, I'll still be the one that's usable. And Jesus then walks onto the boats, tells them to take their prepared nets. Oh, Jesus didn't supply the nets. That means if you're not preparing something, you won't have anything for God to use when it's time for the miracle.

1:01:34 The only reason that I'm standing here is because I worked on my communication skills. The only reason that I'm standing here is because I learned how to design. God was able to take my nets that I had already been preparing. Decades of working on music productions. And today we sang two songs that were written from this house. Sustain and I will. Those songs were written out of this house. Because I wasn't waiting on God to do something. I was preparing my nets. Some of y'all are crying to be in the deep with no net. And so God says, all right, I want to do a miracle. What do you have to use? He can't use opinions.

1:02:32 You've been cultivating your opinion for years. He can't use that. Have you been working on your administration skills? Have you been working on your singing ability? Have you been writing? Have you been caring for people? Have you been hosting people in your home? You need a mansion to host the people that God's going to bring to you, but you won't host one in your apartment. Clean it up enough to be able to know how to do what you're doing right now You want a sprinter van to take people to church, but you got a Honda Civic right now clean that mug up Use the net that you have mean what you have right now. So the miracle can happen I know it's disappointing. I know I've been there. The first year of me pastoring, I lost my entire staff except one person and two part-time people.

1:04:12 Is Tammy in the building? Tammy's sitting right here. Tammy was the only person that worked for this ministry that God saw five years later would be this. But he took me through the dark season at one year. Everybody gone. Graphic designer You're looking at him Band director Right here Marketing director Pastor Yep Literally in that season I did everything And I would walk Into the office on Monday after preaching And just trying to figure out Did anybody get anything And God are you using me at all And this sucks and I just, oh, I'm just done. I don't, why, it's dark.

1:05:06 How you gonna give me this big vision? And I can't see none of it. And I walk into the back offices with this if you say so attitude. But you told me we'd be multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multiplying, multi-chemical. You said it. So if you say so.

1:05:31 Hey, team. Hey, team. Jan, Sally, Bobby, how are the kids? And Tammy would be the only person in the office dying laughing. Am I telling the truth, Tammy? I'd be like, oh, Daquan, what's up, bro? I see you, dog. Those are some fly shoes. on completely dark, but I had an, if you say so mentality and slowly, but surely, I don't even know everybody on our staff today. Like, like I'd be walking to my office and people be like, Hey pastor. I'll be like, who is that? Not because I did something special. It's because I kept preparing my nets.

1:06:29 And I don't know who this is for, but somebody, you threw your net aside and God said, I'm going to need that. I'm going to need that. Like, I know you don't see it now, but I'm going to need that. Write this down. The disappointment in the darkness is always for development.

1:06:51 What God was teaching me in that dark season, in the deep, is that I was called to ministry besides anybody else. That's what he was specifically teaching me. He was developing in me Do you know it prepared me for this season? Do you know how hard it is to preach to know people? But I was prepared in this season to preach to know people Because I had been leading no people in the first year now. I'm sad. I'm dead serious I would give leadership talks and have things prepared and powerpoints just for Tammy. I

1:07:24 Would I was prepared I was using what I had At the moment that I had it And God was preparing me in this season what I'm telling you is the disappointing darkness that you're in right now is for your Development can I show you this example real quick because somebody this is gonna help you and we gonna get out of here Um, this is what culture wants us to do Culture tells us that we should take pictures with the most instant apparatus that we can use. So right now, if I wanted to take a picture, what I would do here is I would come in here and then I would just go, boop. I didn't like that one. Let me do one more. Eek! Let me, a serious face, serious face. Smize. that that's what i would do what ends up happening when you have a leader or somebody that's trying to mentor you they know that the instant is not the most productive way for you to get the full quality so people will come in and they'll bring something like this because we don't really want it to take that long, but we'll just, come on. How do you turn this thing on? Is it on? It's on?

1:08:45 Here we go. Oh, there it is. And what happens is this is how we want people in our church to come out. We took them. Hold on. Let me get one more. They weren't as good. Okay. Yeah, I need to see something immediately. Like I can't fully see it, but if we just give them a little time, they should be able to. And while we're doing that, we'll start something else.

1:09:14 But if it take them too long, we're going to throw them back. So we got Instagram is what culture tells us. And so many times in the church, we want instant people. We want somebody to come out the club on Friday, to get saved on Sunday, to be serving on the team by Wednesday, and to be speaking in tongues. And I know, I mean, that would be great. Wow. But if I look at the word, God chooses to pick up something that has to be developed.

1:09:55 So if you take a picture with this. Some of y'all don't even know what this is. But what you have to do right here is a process. Take one more get your smile right because we can't just delete it

1:10:19 All the flash didn't work Let's do the process again. Where are the pictures? Let me see them. I need to post it. I need the world to see it now.

1:10:42 The thing about the device God chooses to use is it has to go to the dark room. And anybody that knows I would have to take the film out of this and it would be taken through a process in the dark And literally there's no light that can come into it or it Overexposes what God was trying to do The reason you only know about me now is because for the past 10 years I was in the dark room Bishop knows it. Natalie knows it. Mom and dad know it. Mama Dana knows it. We were in the dark room. I'm so glad you didn't see me when I was preaching to youth. Because I was saying all kind of stuff a pastor shouldn't say. But God kept me in the dark room for development.

1:11:39 And I don't know who I'm talking to right now. But the dark season, the night of nothing is not for nothing. The night of nothing. The dark season is for development. And the crazy thing about it is, I can see this picture now. And it looks like it's the best quality. And I can see this picture now.

1:12:09 But for some reason, the photographer of our lives, The God who wants to display us chooses not to use either one of these methods. He wants something that is developed. What are you saying, Pastor Mike? I need some people to come to the deep with me who want to be developed.

1:12:41 Today, I didn't want to shout about, we made it. Because I honestly feel like this is just the beginning. but what God is asking all of us is will we let the deep develop us will your character change by this time next month that thing you're about to argue about as soon as this service is over God said can I have that can I take a picture of you and say, this is where you were today.

1:13:18 But next year, this time, I can take another picture, and it'll show how much you've grown. Church If you're going to be a part of Transformation Nation I'm asking you to go with me And dive deep The world does not need another cookie cutter Christian church The world doesn't need another church that's riddled with scandal and falling leaders. And we're all susceptible, even me, if we don't take hold of our anchor. And I just decided six years in, God's done everything that I ever asked plus more. So why would I start catering to the crowd at the moment that it's inconvenient?

1:14:22 I've decided we're going to dwell in the what? D.

1:15:15 you might as well publish it. Look what happens, Luke chapter 5 verse 6. When they did what Jesus said, and this time, if you say so, if you say so if you say so and this time their nets were so full of fish that they begin to tear a shout y'all get over here a shout for help brought their partners in their boats and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.

1:16:02 I had this thought, what if we were sinking for the right reasons? What would it look like if there was so much blessing coming to our life and our family that we had to be more generous because the blessing, we couldn't contain it ourselves. What would happen if we walked in such an anchored obedience that when—y'all know that's the story of our church, right? How we gave away millions of dollars? That was the overflow of obedience.

1:16:39 Bless 20 other churches with $100,000 because I've done too much for you to carry on your boat. What what does it look like? And my prayer for you is that you would start sinking for the right reasons That God would bless you with so many connections that you would have to give some business to somebody else That God would give you so much wisdom and insight that you would have to give your idea I don't even need to get paid for that. Y'all go use that y'all go do that. I got so much right here I can't hold it all this is what happens in the deep. They shouted because in my Bible, what I read, write this down, the deep doubles it. They left with nothing in the boat.

1:17:34 At this moment, two boats are filled to sinking, which tells me if I allow God to develop me in the deep, he can bless us at a level where it was not just enough for us. It was double what we ever thought it was. Pastor Mike, what are you saying? I'm standing and double everything me and Bishop ever talked about. Every idea, every desire, everything. We say one day it would be great that God would do this. And God doubled everything because we were obedient and anchored in the deep. Pastor Mike give me another point No I'm trying to give you a principle Obey God just obey him. Well, what about my family? It doesn't matter. Obey God. But what about the money? It doesn't matter. Obey God. I stand here today like the disciples with the only qualification that we're here today is God said so. And I was like, if you say so.

1:18:47 and cast your net on the other side. I obeyed. and he doubled it. Look at the rest of the story though, because I want you to see this is the part I intentionally, we could be shouting all over this place right now, like he doubled it, and I could like all of that. I just wanted at six years for us to mature just a little bit to see what the real purpose of this was. When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell on his knees, repentance before Jesus. Oh Lord, please leave me. I'm such a sinful man. God's blessing can expose how deep and dark you are. And God is not opposed to your mess. Look at him. He says, for he was awestruck by the number of fish that he had caught. I swear the others with him, his partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, Don't be afraid.

1:19:46 I did all of this for a reason. There was a design to this. From now on, I just wanted to do something natural so that you could see who I really was from now on. Mike, the only reason I gave you this building, the only reason that there's 20,000, 30,000 people watching, I'm going to make you fish for people from now on.

1:20:10 Huh? Huh? This was all a big experiment to show me what really mattered? You blessing my home and my business and my health. You bringing my kids. All that other stuff was so that, oh, I could actually follow you. Look at the last part of the verse. I love this. Go up just a little bit. It says to the disciples right there, it says, and as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus. The biggest successful day in history of their business. They caught 153 fish. and when they got to the land they didn't take selfies of the fish they didn't have a fish fry they didn't go to market and make the money they left everything and followed Jesus could the most successful thing about your life be the smallest thing in comparison to the life God has planned for you to live I am standing here.

1:21:31 And I keep saying that because I'm in awe of God right now. I'm standing here. Ready to give everything I ever wanted up. To follow Jesus. And win more people to him. Last point.

1:21:53 The deep makes disciples and changes destinies. I'm in a room full of people whose destinies have changed because Bishop decided that he was going to go to the deep. I was 13 years old when he and Pastor Debbie decided to start Greenwood Christian Center. And while I was probably trying to get on AOL and look at pornography,

1:22:24 can we be real? while I was trying to prove myself and be this and all this other stuff going through what teenagers go through God spoke to a man and woman to push off the shore and go to the deep and for 16 years they dwelled in the deep and they saw me and they were one of those when the boats was breaking they say hey come here Amen. and we got to experience a miracle together. And God said, now leave all of that, leave the music, leave all this stuff, and I'm going to make you represent me to the lost and found for transformation in Christ. It's time to go fishing.

1:23:09 And God gave me this vision. And today, I'm honored to stand here knowing that I went through this process. Can you put that whole process back up on the screen for me real quick? I was distant from God. Then I let him step on my boat and we started dwelling together. But it took a real anchor to obedience to let him direct me. And once he directed me, he took me to the deep. And once he took me to the deep, I had a decision to make. And now I can stand here six years in and you can stand there at your home right now. and you can say boldly that you're a disciple.

1:23:52 This is where I want everybody to get, to the place that you can follow God in no matter the situation. What a time to be alive. The only reason I can say that is because now I'm convinced that my yes has made me a disciple and changed other people's destinies. Who's connected to you? Pastor Mike, start the confetti no I want you to be consecrated I want you to live a life that at the end of it, if I die before I get old I don't want it to be said that he almost reached his potential God really was about to use him and I don't want it to be said about you today I want to pray that you would get the spirit of if you say so hands lifted all over the world right now yep God you've you've used this story you use this story of my life and bishop's life as honestly a mirror to let people know what you will do with a bunch of people who will go to the deep and make a decision.

1:25:23 If you say so, I'll do it. God, I thank you that irrational, illogical obedience begins to rise up in your sons and daughters today. As we celebrate, Father God, 22 years of ministry and six years of me and not being the pastors, I'm just asking that you would keep my if you say so intact. that I would not drift. And I believe that's the reason you gave me and this church the word anchored. Father God, I thank you that this is just the beginning for my sister and my brother. That Father, every dark area of their life is for their development. And I thank you, Father, that there is a breaking of a new day coming right now in the name of Jesus. I declare and I believe, Father God, that they feel you close to them. and Father God for what you've done and how you've done it and what you're about to do Father we anchor on you have your way have your way come on somebody just say that out of your mouth have your way God have your way in my life God have your way in my family God so many things that I want to do and I want to say and I want to God, I'm in the deep and only you can direct me out here.

1:26:42 Have your way, God. Somebody just say it again. Have your way, God. This is a dangerous prayer to pray, but some of y'all are deciding at this moment that you're going to let God have his way. Somebody say, have your way, God. That means he can change anything in you. He can change your identity. He can change your ideas. He can change everything. Somebody say, have your way in me, God.

1:27:03 God, I'm praying that you would have your way in this church. Today, I submit a new and a fresh to you. God, thank you for bringing us to this place, but I'm anchored on you. For everything you do from this point forward, I'm not doing it to impress anybody, God. I'm doing it to impact people for your kingdom. Thank you that this church will be fishers of men. I'm declaring, Father, even as this clothing goes out and even as people begin to share this message and share what God is doing here and about us being anchored. God, I'm asking that the spirit of evangelism would rise up in Transformation Nation. Father, you don't care nothing about amounts in bank accounts. You care about souls in the Lamb book of life. God, I thank you that. Oh, thank you, Jesus.

1:27:55 I thank you that there would be a mass. We thought we saw 29,000 salvations in last year. Father God, that was a different season. God, it's not even worthy to be compared to what you're about to do in this church and through your church. God, I'm asking you that you would allow us not to be complacent. What a time to be alive, to be the church for such a time as this. Today, God, the way I'm ending this service is saying thank you. Just thank you. Thank you that we can be your voice. and speak to people and let them know that you have a plan that's designed for them. I pray against every lie of the enemy that is trying to take people out just because they're in a disappointing season. You will live and not die. With long life, God is going to satisfy you.

1:28:56 everything that your hands touch in this new season, as you cast your net on the other side, it is going to produce so much fruit. Others will be blessed. And I just thank you, Father, that you will be glorified for everything that Transformation Church ever does. You get the glory, you get the honor, and you get the praise. In Jesus' name, we agree. If you agree, can you put your hands together all over this world? And now can you add your voice with it and give God a shout of praise? Hallelujah. Thank you, God. So, so, so I want to let everybody know this is my commitment. As we go to the deep, like we're out here now, we out here.

1:29:51 What I'm asking you, stay with me. I'm going to go ahead and tell them the next series. I got one more message in this next week. Okay. I'm going to be very honest with you. Okay. next week message probably is one of the most poignant messages I'm going to speak in this series. So I need everybody to be here next week. But this is what God's telling me right now to challenge you to. The deep is a little uncomfortable. The series after that, we're going to talk about financial stewardship. Welcome to the deep. And see, every time we do this type of series and we talk about financial stewardship, I'm just going to tell you, the attendance goes down 15 to 20 percent because we found the people in the kiddie pool.

1:30:48 The area that we won't let God direct us in. I'm challenging you. Stay with me. don't swim back to shore this year. I'm going to just go ahead and tell them the next two series. Because God is literally, this whole year, we're going to be progressing to the deep. This is not going to be like, and now God changed it. And that's it. No, no, no, no. We're going to do a financial stewardship series. And then I'm doing nine to 10 weeks on the Holy Spirit.

1:31:20 Yeah, like, I'm not. How are we going to live this life without power? Y'all burning sage and doing all this other stuff. You ain't got no real power. I'm going to show you how Jesus, when he went to the cross, left us something better than him being on this earth. And his name is the Holy Spirit. Like, welcome to the deep. 2021, we're going to make the deep things very simple. And we're going to allow transformation to take place in your life. Amen. If you're here and you're distant from God and you want him to dwell, all you have to do is ask him into your heart. It's the greatest decision I ever made. It took me from being a liar, a manipulator, somebody who was addicted to pornography, somebody who had really bad things in their heart, couldn't see people the right way, only wanted to do things for myself. And it didn't make me a perfect man, but it made me a progressing man. And last week, over a thousand people got saved because they decided just in one week, over a thousand people got saved because they decided they didn't want to be distant anymore, but they wanted God to dwell. And today, today is the day of salvation for you. This is not another time. This is the moment. This is your moment where God's inviting you, push off the shore and come with me.

1:32:51 And it's the greatest decision I've ever made in my whole life. And today, if you want to make that decision, I want you to pray with me. I need you to identify yourself because I just need you to say, yeah, that's me, Pastor. I want you to include me in that prayer. On the count of three, I just want you to slip your hand up no matter who's sitting next to you. And I need the church to pray. I need you to pray in your homes. Somebody's life is in the balance right now. And we want to believe as a church that they are going to make the decision for Jesus. One, you're making the greatest decision that you could ever make. Two, I'm so proud of you that more than that, your name will be written in the Lamb book of life. Three, just slip your hand up all over the world. Come on, hand all over the world. Glory to God. Put your hand down right there. See, religion would tell you you need to confess everything today and you need to do all this stuff. But God is the only one that says, if you would give me your heart, I'll help you change your habits. and today God is coming into your situation and he's going to help you dwell in the deep.

1:33:51 Transformation Church, you already know the drill. We don't pray alone. There are people making a decision for Christ for the first time. So we're going to pray this prayer all together for the benefit of those who are coming to Christ right now. Come on, everybody say, God, thank you for sending Jesus to be my anchor. Today, I give you my life. I believe you lived you died and you rose again just for me you have a design for my life and I'm going to find out what it is change me renew me transform me I'm yours in Jesus name amen can we give God praise all I said can we give God that's why our church exists to represent God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ.

1:34:44 Church, I love you. Turn up all day, specifically for the people who just gave their life to Christ. If you're one of those people, I want you to text the number on the screen and we wanna help you. We wanna give you some resources and we wanna walk with you. We want you to go back and watch series that we've done before, series like Grace Like a Flood, so you can understand the grace of God. Go back and watch Mark that God has a plan for your life. If you're in relationship things, go back and watch relationship goals and relationship goals reloaded. If you need to know about your finances, go watch ducks in a row. We wanna help you on this journey. We have Monday night prayer tomorrow night. You can join us at six o'clock. We gonna be here next week and I have a word for you. But what I want more than anything is you to know that this journey is about progression, not perfection. Don't go back.

1:35:36 This will be your best year if it is your best year spiritually. We love you. We thank God. Y'all, we made it 22 years and six years as pastors. Can we give, can we give God some praise? To God be the glory. Hey, don't forget that God is doing something so special in your life and nobody can rush what God has ordained for you. somebody just made me say that. Nobody can rush what God has ordained for you. I'm a living witness. This week, I want you to go out and live a what? Transform. Like, oh, snap. Y'all know today at two, we're dropping merch worldwide, right? That's like in 30 minutes.

1:36:30 If you're still rocking with us, because some people went offline, the merch store is open right now. Go buy up everything and don't tell nobody until it's all gone.