You Gotta Stay One Step Ahead

0:00 Brace yourself and buckle up. You are about to hear a life-changing, history-making, world-defining message from the New Birth Podcast. Tell everybody you know, things will never be the same. Exodus chapter 14.

0:21 Old Testament book of Exodus. You ain't gonna believe it. It's right after Genesis. Exodus chapter 14. Would you mind standing for the reading of God's word? Amen. Just as you were here on Sunday, I need you here on Tuesday. I need you here on Tuesday. Every message is going to build off of the next one, so you can ill afford to just get it on Sunday. You need both of those. The Japanese proverb says, you cannot put a tree in dirt once a week and expect it to grow. You got to keep it in there so that it can flourish and it can thrive. Don't just read the word when you come to church. Don't just pray when you get in church. Amen. But you got to stay in there so your life will flourish and will begin to thrive. Exodus 14 verse number five.

1:20 Exodus 14 verse number five. Once you found it, once you say, I got it. I invite you to read silently as I read aloud. When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, what have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services.

1:53 Did y'all see that? yeah i want y'all to read it silently as i read a lot i need y'all to hear what that book said when the king of egypt was told that the people had fled pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said what have we done we done let all these black people go free and lost their free labor. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. Amen.

2:29 There's a whole lot I'm going to have you to write down today, and so stay right in your note-taking section. I need you to have it. I want you to reflect on it. I want you to study it, and I want you to pray over it, as well as I want you to share it. I want to start this series using as a subject, stay one step ahead. Stay one step ahead. the mentor to Dr. King, the former president of Morehouse College, famously once said, he who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man that's in front. I want to say that again.

3:24 He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front. Dr. Mays was president of Morehouse from 1940 to 1967. But the idea that he articulated predates him and goes all the way to our text. Apparently the children of Israel had adopted that same philosophy and digested it. For after 400 years of slavery, the Lord opened a door for them to get out of bondage. I want you to just lift that right hand right where you are. Please lift that hand. I'm going to speak something over you. I hope your spirit will resonate with it.

4:16 God is about to open a door for you to get out of economic bondage. God's children made haste, wasted no time as soon as God opened the door. So much so that by the time Pharaoh and his administration realized what was done, it was too late. Because they had gotten out of the Egyptian culture and were en route to the Red Sea. By the time your enemies and your creditors look up, you will be headed towards your promise. According to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the average net worth for black families is $44,000.

5:24 Average net worth for black families is $44,000, where comparatively for white families is $59,000. For Asian families, it is 78,000. It is projected by 2053, the median net worth for households in our community will be zero. I'll let that marinate right there. By 2053, it is projected the median net worth for households in our community will be at zero. Our unemployment today is the highest it has been since the pandemic. Seven percent of our community is unemployed. Over 300,000 black women have lost their jobs since March, the rollback of DEI.

6:25 340,000 black women have lost their jobs in this country. You're not going to believe it. In that same space of time, 367,000 white men have gotten new jobs. invariably suggesting that they took the jobs of black women. Governor Kemp had long touted as a feather in his cap for his economic agenda that the state would in fact find itself in a robust, strong place because he was bringing a Hyundai plant to Georgia that would bring 8,000 jobs. last week a Karen called ice And at 385 Asians arrested. their government sent them a private plane and brought them back home and Hyundai has now announced they're not going to build the plant taking 8,000 jobs out of this community just like the children of Israel came across the Red Sea I'm using that as a metaphor for our teaching the Red Sea God had to split the Red Sea if you are in the red you are in debt but God had to divide the debt in order for his children to go across y'all are the slow class A lot of us in our Sunday school interpretation, in our vacation Bible school understanding of the Red Sea, we presume that they crossed the Red Sea in a matter of moments.

8:31 What you don't realize is the Red Sea is 1,400 miles. The Red Sea is 1,400 miles in length. hear this, if the average person can walk a mile in 20 minutes, the average person can walk a mile in 20 minutes, so if they walked an average of eight hours a day, it would have taken the children of Israel 58 days to cross the Red Sea. That's 58 days for the average person that does not pull into the equation children and seniors. So if you add children and seniors, you've got to add another 15 to 30 days for them crossing the Red Sea. Lift that hand again. I want to say something to you just so that you would understand it. As a consequence, it took the children of Israel almost 90 days to get through the Red Sea. I'm talking to those of you with lifted hands.

9:37 I believe by faith that within the next 90 days, something is going to open up for you economically that is going to shift the trajectory of your family, of your legacy. and for you, it ain't gonna happen tomorrow. It ain't gonna happen by noon. But those of you who have the stick-to-itiveness enough to trust God for a process of 90 days, would you give God glory now? 90? 90 days.

10:16 So today I want to deposit three steps to get through the Red Sea. Three steps to get through the Red Sea. Step number one, would you write this down please? Step number one is measure how deep is the water. measure how deep is the water. Again, all of us have been deluded from the caricatures that have been portrayed about the Red Sea that we don't even understand that the Red Sea, write this down, you're going to be the smallest person at work tomorrow. The Red Sea is between 180 to 200 feet in depth. 180 to 210 feet in depth. If you can't swim, you better figure out how deep is the water before you jump in.

11:14 now that sound good all the am all the amens are getting ready to get muted in measuring how deep is the water i need you i'm giving you homework i need you to write this down how much do you spend every month Two amens.

11:42 How much do you spend every month? I want you to write this down, please. 50% of the people in this sanctuary, 50% of the people online don't know exactly how much is in their take-home pay. Don't round it up to a zero. exactly how much is your take-home pay. 90% of the people in this room, 90% of those who are watching don't know exactly down to the dime what is your actual amount of debt. exactly how much debt do you have it's gonna be hard 95% of the people in the room 95% of the people who are watching don't know what year it can get paid off One of my favorite encounters that happens in the Bible is when Nehemiah wanted to go rebuild the wall.

12:49 He goes to the king asking for resources and time and supplies to build the wall. And the king says something to Nehemiah that has haunted me to this day. Watch what the king says to Nehemiah. The king says to Nehemiah, when do you want it finished? Can you imagine God giving you an opportunity for you to be able to declare exactly when you want all your debt cleared off? Lord, I wish I had a people who had radical faith. You cannot, when you're dealing with your finances, you cannot go with feelings.

13:37 Cannot go with feelings. You have to have actual numbers. So I'm challenging. Those of you who have the banking, your banks app on your phone, raise your hand. If you got your banking app on your phone, raise your hand. And so this is not going to be hard for you to do this afternoon. In the next day or so, I need you to go open. your account go to your bank account I want you to come to print your complete spending for the last three months How much you spending on coffee? On Amazon? On Netflix?

14:18 I'm getting ready to lose my job. and have a real family conversation about your spending. How are you going out to eat the day you come back from the grocery store? you know drop your bags off and go straight on

14:49 Ha. Ha. Ha. I want you to write this down. I want you to type it. Those of you who have it, it's a question. It's a question, but I want you to type it. I want you to write it down. Here's the question. How are you paying the minimum when you have maximum faith? At the end of every month, when that bill comes in, you should not be paying the minimum.

15:27 Add $100 a month to your credit card bill. Not that you're adding, that you're paying off. In so doing, you are going to cut years by what you do in months. Did y'all hear what I just said? Yeah, something amazing is getting ready to happen in the financial life of families that are represented in this room today because God is getting ready to do maximum when your resources are minimal. Little becomes much when you place it in the master's hand. The bank does not take you seriously when all you have is a checking account. Yeah, you just passing through. You got no real weight. You've got no real commodity. You have no real investment and they don't trust you to make the long haul. Number one, measure how deep is the water? Exactly how much debt do you have? How much spending are you doing? When exactly do you want to pay all of it off? God is looking for specifics. God's looking for specifics. I told you this story before. I'm going to tell it to you again. When I was pastoring in Baltimore, I had a young lady who was in my church who came to me one day after Bible study and said, Pastor, pray for me. I want a man.

17:01 I said the Lord got a whole lot he got a whole lot on his plate he said pastor you got to pray for me I got a masters in education I'm a vegetarian I take care of myself I take care of my family I done bought my own house I need God to give me a man I said well you go pray about it a few months later she came back to me upset. came to me upset and said, Pastor, I don't know what to do. You ain't going to believe it. I have become the youngest principal in the city of Baltimore Public Schools. I said, that's great. I said, that's wonderful. She said, but I'm mad when they gave me my assignment. I said, why were you mad if you're the youngest principal in Baltimore Public School? She said, you ain't going to believe what school they gave me. I said, what school they gave you? She said, I am the principal of Mayan Elementary School.

18:06 I prayed for a man, but I wasn't specific about what I wanted. Y'all are missing me today. When you talk to God, you better tell God exactly what you want. God, don't just give me a man. Give me a man that works. Give me a man that prays. Give me a man that got credit. Give me a man that's going to love my kids. Give me a man that is honorable. in the same way. Don't just ask God for money. God, give me the amount of finances to retire my mama. Give me the amount of finances so my children ain't got away. Give me the kind of finances where I can make a difference. Give me the kind of finances where I can help somebody else get on their feet. Don't be general. Be specific about what you want God to do.

19:00 When you're praying about your debt, let God know, I need $79,823.56. And I need it by Thursday. Be specific about what you're praying for and what you're asking God to do. Number one, step one, is measure how deep is the water. Step number two, write this down. Use your money as a surfboard. Use your money as a surfboard. Make your money work for you so you can stop working for it. make your money work for you so you can stop working for you. An amazing factoid that I want to give you. In 1965, 1965, Singapore got its independence. It got its independence in 1965.

20:05 It was a struggling, strapling country. It didn't have any resources. And as a consequence, Singapore could not make any promises to all of its constituents, to the citizens of Singapore, because Singapore was in abject poverty. As a consequence, they did something, hear this, is that they mandated, Singapore did, mandated saving. They said the government can't do it, but I am going to train you on how you're going to do it for yourself. So it was mandated in Singapore are that every citizen of Singapore had to save 20% of their income as law. 20% of their income had to be saved in Singapore. Here's the catch. And their employer had to add 17%. He is going to help somebody in the room. Watch this. And it is non-taxed.

21:08 untaxed. So they have 37% of their income in an account. As a consequence, here it is, while it is untaxed, ladies and gentlemen, I wanted you to be mindful of that it was still their money. It wasn't the government's money. But the money that was in their savings, they could only withdraw for three different reasons. They could withdraw if they were going to buy a house. they were going to withdraw. Hear this, if they were going to retire or they would withdraw. Here it is, if it was for the education of their children. As a consequence, 90% of the people who live in Singapore, 90% of the people who live in Singapore are homeowners. I read that and I almost jumped out of my own skin. Come on. I almost jumped out of my own skin because I said, God, that's the same kind of faith I have for new birth.

22:05 Can you imagine? I'm going to see what kind of faith y'all got. Can you imagine that 90% of the people who go to this church will be homeowners? I got the wrong... 90% of the people in this room are going to be able to retire when they want to. Y'all still like that. 90% of the people who are in this building, your children will never know student loans. Not because you shouted, not because you danced, but because you had the discipline to realize I need something better for my future. and for the future of my family. If you believe that prophetically, for every member of this ministry, I dare you to give God glory right there.

23:00 I want you to write this down, please. My father taught my sister and I when we were still in high school. He gave us a plan. I've talked about it every year since I've been here. I'm going to keep talking about it until you adopt it. It is a plan called 10-10-80. 10-10-80. I want every family, I want every member of this community to practice it at bare minimal, 10, 10, 80. Pastor, what is 10, 10, 80? 10, 10, 80 is that I save 10% of my income. I save 10% of my income. I tithe 10% of my income, and I live off of 80. It's going to be a lifestyle change for a whole lot of us in the room.

23:56 Everybody repeat after me, I save 10%. I tithe 10%. I live off of aiding. I got to ask you a question, albeit rhetorical. Do you not think you are worth the investment?

24:16 This side didn't hear me. Do you not think you are not worth the investment? Whenever it is that you are investing 10% back into yourself, how you are saying to God I believe in the assignment that you gave me I'm furthermore saying if nobody else comes to help me that I am believing I'm gonna have what it takes to get myself off the ground how many of you are you did not you were not able to get it from somebody else but by sweat, favor, and grace, you are still here. I can't hit nobody gave you nothing, but for grace to trust him more. I'm trying to figure out how are you saved and you don't save.

25:10 i'm talking better than y'all are shouting i said how are you saved and you don't save make up in your mind everybody is dealing with different things at different levels at different places but i need you to get in where it is that you can if you cannot because I'm just dropping it on you now in ninth month of the year. But can you imagine that 85% of you, 85% of you do not have a family member today that can give you $700.

25:51 Today. without them wanting a pint of blood, a swab analysis. They going to text you every day. You still got it? Man. Even if you make up in your mind, write this down particularly for our young people who are in the room, do you understand what it will mean if you would just save $200 a month? $200 a month for 20 years at a 7% return that's going to bring you a quarter of a million dollars. a million dollars is not what it was when you was a kid. It is attainable and it is achievable. Make up in your mind for you and your spouse and your family, how much are we saving?

26:49 How much are we investing? And here it is, and here are the only reasons we are ever going to touch it. I'm not going to touch this money because I want a new car. Come on, are y'all here today? Yeah, I'm not touching this money for a flat screen TV. This is for housing. It is for health. It is for education. It is for retirement. For 18 years, you know you want your child to go to college. Why you wait till their senior year to have an anxiety attack?

27:25 Y'all ain't saying nothing to me. Y'all prepare yourself. Step number one was measure how deep is the water. Step number two, use your money as a surfboard. Step number three, make sure your house is waterproof and not waterfront. Step number three, make sure your house is waterproof and not waterfront. Write down Luke chapter 14, verse 28.

28:01 Luke chapter 14, verse 28. Am I boring y'all today, is this? Okay, Luke chapter 14, verse 28. For which of you desiring to build a tower doesn't first sit down and consider the cost? whether you got enough to complete it. You have to figure out in your mind, how am I going to get done what I started? Just this past week, just this past week, the whole nation observed, albeit fleetingly, 9-11. There's a critical lesson from 9-11 that you ought to have is that the terrorists that crashed into the Twin Towers of the terrorists went to flight school. They went to flight school, but here's what I wanted you to know is that none of them graduated.

28:57 Their responsibility from their terror cell, hear this, the responsibility that they were charged with from their terror cell was learn how to take off. Because we don't want you to change your mind in the mission, We don't want you to stay in flight school to learn how to land. And a lot of us, a lot of us, because we were raised in financial illiteracy, we know how to take off, but we don't know how to land. Come on. How am I going to close this thing? My heart was broken this week. My heart was broken this week. I read an article that the journalist was interviewing Whoopi Goldberg and asked her after 18 years on The View, are you going to retire? And Whoopi Goldberg says, I can't retire.

29:55 She said, I can't retire. Hear this? Because I didn't marry well. And because I didn't marry well, I am talented but forced to work. Y'all not saying nothing to me. I need you to have a strategy in your mind. on how am I going to end the twilight years of my life that I don't want to be 70 years old as a greeter at Walmart. I don't want to be in a place, y'all ain't saying nothing, where I should be relaxing and should be enjoying myself, but I got to choose between my medication and my groceries. The devil is a lie. If I am looking to retire at 68, at 70, at 72, what is my plan for my retirement and once I got that plan y'all ain't gonna like this I gotta put my grown children on notice hey y'all are not gonna put me in no early grave I got a plan for what I'm gonna do as soon as I get this together I'm gonna sell this house I'm gonna downsize I'm gonna go get me a condo or a townhouse I'm moving away from y'all so I can live my life but you got to figure out how am I gonna land this plane and there's too many y'all trying to get a buddy pass you got to get off my plane because I got a retirement plan what is the plan for how am I going to retire and how am I going to be able to do it comfortably Another scripture, Matthew chapter 7, verse 26.

31:39 Jesus said, don't be like the fool who built house on the sand. I want you to write this down, New Birth Family. If you'll lean in, I want you to have this. Most of our people are spending 28% of their income on housing. the true number is closer to 34%. Housing costs are exorbitant. Atlanta is the only place in the world that I've ever been in where there's a waiting list to getting in an apartment.

32:18 Rent in Atlanta has doubled since, hear this, I ain't talking about 79, rent in Atlanta has doubled since 2020. Somebody blink at me twice. if they can keep you as renters you'll never be owners that's why we have been under such such a pull on trying to build 150 houses on this campus is because there is a underworld that knows if we create affordable, obtainable housing in our community, it is going to shift generational wealth. Y'all ain't saying nothing. I want you all to know we went to our first hearing on Thursday with this city and we had absolutely no opposition because when God sees your heart and sees your hand, God will start working in your direction. How many of you all know God is building something for me.

33:27 You are not going to leave your children a lease. You are going to leave your children a deed. He said, if you ask anything in my name, here's your shout. I'm going to stop putting stuff in your name. I better say that again. If you ask for anything in his name, he'll stop putting stuff in your name. How many of you believe that God in the next 18 months is going to put property and real estate and portfolio in your name? I want you to write this down. If you are spending over 34% of your income on housing, it's time for you to move.

34:18 If over 34% of your income is on rent, do not renew that lease. You have become an indentured servant, making somebody else rich. The children of Israel, before they got to the promised land, the children of Israel had to tabernacle. They had to set up tents in the desert. Why are you saying that, Pastor? Because I don't want you to feel bad if you are in an apartment right now, if you are renting right now. I don't want you to feel bad. This is not the shame game. I'm letting you know you are tabernacling. God says I always got to test my children in the desert before I put them in the promise I can't hear nobody in here if you are in an apartment your pastor has been assigned from heaven to announce to you in the earth it's just temporary God is getting ready to move something for your good. I can't hear no worshipers in here. I need those of you who believe by faith that home ownership is in your future. I don't care if you had to file bankruptcy. I don't care if you've been through a divorce. I don't care if you made bad financial decisions in your past.

35:41 you get ready to step into your promise. This is your last season making somebody else's family wealthy. This is your last season having somebody doing a pop-up inspection on where it is that you live. This is your last season having to turn your praise down because somebody upstairs or downstairs got an issue with it. Now, when you're playing trap music, they ain't got no issue but when I think of the goodness of Jesus and oh he's done Hallelujah.

36:24 Hallelujah. Those of you who are presently renting, I don't want to embarrass you. I want to empower you. If you are presently renting, lift up that hand. You are presently renting. Lift up that hand. I declare by faith over every lifted hand that a miracle is getting ready to happen for your family. Not by might, not by power, but by his spirit he's getting ready to do for you what eyes have not seen what ears have not heard as an act of faith i need you to get online today and start looking for your house it ain't gotta be a dream house get ready for a starter house i want a house that's in a good neighborhood with good schools where my children are feel safe where my car ain't gotta be locked Y'all ain't saying nothing.

37:17 God, I want you to give me the kind of property that when I'm through with it, I can give it to my sister. I want you to give me the kind of real estate that my family is going to be blessed. And he said to Joshua, every place the sole of your foot shall tread upon. I'm getting ready to give it to you. Y'all didn't hear what I just heard in heaven. Doors just got unlocked. Stuff they never thought you were going to be able to get into. Hallelujah. I better say this for five radical praises. When the praises go up, the mortgage is going down. Y'all didn't hear what I just said. When the praises go up, the price of a house is going down. I don't care who thought they were going to get it.

38:10 What God's got for you, it is. Hallelujah. You may be seated. Hallelujah. You blessed in the city. You blessed in the field. You blessed where you lay down at night. You blessed where you eat. I can't hear nobody. I don't want you to shout like you at new birth. I want you to shout like you consecrating your living room. Like your bedroom is already offered under God. that God had put a head fence of protection. God said, if you give me glory, the basement won't flood. If you give me glory, the roof won't collapse. If you give me glory, equity is going up in your house. Hallelujah.

39:06 Bless his name. I promise I wasn't going to preach today. Y'all be seated. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Elbow your neighbor if you can take it and tell them this ain't a regular church service. You don't even know what just happened in the spirit. this just became my housewarming party I'm thanking God that what God said to the children of Israel he just said it to me I'm going to give you houses you didn't build I'm going to give you a harvest that you didn't plan Hallelujah you may be seated Hallelujah you may be seated whoo-wee hallelujah somebody shout out loud my children are going to be blessed because of what I'm going to do in the next 90 days in an orthodox Jewish family in the orthodox Jewish family the first year of marriage in an orthodox Jewish family the first year of marriage the couple does not work.

40:31 The couple doesn't work. The families of the bride and groom give them a house and pay for it for the first year so that they can spend that year getting to know each other. Can you imagine I'm waiting for those of y'all that got radical faith that when your children come of age, you're going to be able to gift your children with a piece of property. Y'all ain't got that kind of faith. Hallelujah. I believe by faith. My children are never going to be anxious about where they're going to live. My daughter ain't going to have to compromise just to get a roof over her head. She ain't even got to come back to live with me. I'm going to give her a piece of real estate. You may be seated.

41:26 Hallelujah. You may be seated. Housing is the helicopter to your inheritance. Housing is the helicopter to your inheritance. 25 to 40% of your net worth is housing. Somebody please write that down. 25 to 40% of your net worth is housing. Part and parcel of the reason why it is that the net worth of black people is so low is because we own no property. Your net worth does not increase from a depreciating car. You look crazy spending money on a car note while paying rent.

42:21 Humble yourself. I can't hear nobody in here. You got no reason in the world. Do you all know the number one buyers of Mercedes in America is black people? We own more Mercedes Benz than any other ethnicity in the nation. Why? Because we want to look good even when we got nowhere to drive it. Hear this, I'm almost finished. Knowledge alone means nothing without execution. Knowledge alone means nothing without execution. There are a whole lot of outer shape nurses. it just got quiet right through here it's a whole lot of out of shape nurses just because you have the knowledge it means nothing if you didn't have execution it's a whole lot of dental hygienists who have cavities you can have the knowledge but if you don't have the execution it is of no value that is another way of saying you are not just hearers of the word but you gotta be doers also I'm in Atlanta you gotta walk it like you talk it come on let me close my time has dwindled verse number 3 would you go back in the Bible I don't want you all to think I'm just up here talking I'm in Exodus chapter 14 verse number 3 verse number three watch this Pharaoh thought that the children of Israel were in confusion because they was wandering around and they didn't know Pharaoh didn't know that the children of Israel were following God's GPS the moves you are getting ready to make

44:29 are going to be nonsensical to some people, but you don't owe an explanation to nobody. I can't go to happy hour every night. Y'all ain't saying nothing to me. I don't believe in window shopping, so I'm not going to the mall. I'm grown. I can't hear no... I can't go on every trip with y'all. I'm working on something. I want you to write this sentence down. I'm not in confusion. I'm in alignment. God says, I got them going around the long way. Here it is, because I'm trying to get some stuff out of them. I need them to go through this desert season. Here it is, so that their slave mindset will be shifted. Hallelujah.

45:23 See, Moses said, let my people go, but some of the people were holding on to Pharaoh. God, help me in here. I'm concerned about all of these Negro preachers who've been in fact talking about that this man that was killed was the answer to Christ in the earth. Y'all ain't saying that they having moments of silence in black churches all over the country over a man that was racist and a white supremacist. How dare you compare him to Martin Luther King? The only thing that Charlie Chris and Martin Luther King got in common is both of them was killed by a white man. After that, they got nothing else in common. They were in the desert and God had to get something out of them.

46:17 Here's what's crazy, y'all. Y'all ain't gonna believe it. Is that the children of Israel left by foot. I need y'all to hear this. The children of Israel left by foot with seniors and with children. But when Pharaoh found out that they were gone, I need y'all to watch this. Pharaoh said bring me the chariots y'all miss what I just said the children of Israel left by foot but when Pharaoh figured out they were gone he said let me get in my chariot hallelujah the children of God had gotten so far ahead of them that they couldn't catch up with them by foot they needed a horse to catch up with them I came to prophetically declare you are so far ahead of your enemies that they can't catch up with where you getting ready to go hallelujah if you can't run with the footman how you gonna be able to run after the horses if anybody asks you what's the matter with me tell them I'm saved I'm sanctified and I'm running for my life look at your neighbor tell them they can't catch up with me they talk about me they lie on me they spit rumors about me but they still can't catch up with me on my worst day I'm still further ahead look at your neighbor say I might as well shout now tell them I'm so far ahead generational curses can't catch me lies can't catch me childhood trauma can't catch me my ex can't catch me cause I'm so far ahead ready, set, go it's time for you to step in your season step into your hour step into your prime

48:24 Give three people a high five, tell them I'm a step ahead. Of course the World Cup left for two months to pick up for 3 3 3 Ooh I'm a step ahead even if they try to evict me next month's rent is already paid I'm a step ahead I know y'all were trying to get rid of me I'm already looking for another job I'm a step ahead Hallelujah. Lift up that hand. Y'all done pushed me.

49:18 Hallelujah. Fifty of y'all holler back at your pastor. Tell him I'm going to step ahead. I've been running for Jesus a long time.

49:39 And I'm not tired yet. Come on, pull on that neighbor. Tell him I've been running for Jesus. a long time because I found out they that wait upon the law shall renew their strength and buy houses they that wait upon the law shall renew their strength and retire early they that wait upon the law shall renew their strength and have investments don't wait till the battle is over shout right now Hallelujah! Lift up that hand.

50:35 Lift up that hand. I'm going to pray for you. that God strategically, hear my heart, hear my voice, that God strategically for every person in this room, God is getting ready to pull you a step ahead. When God blesses you to get a step ahead so that your October bills are paid in September.

51:35 don't get that blessing and go buy shoes. Come on, I can't hear nobody in here. I want you to be known as an investor. I want you to be known as a saver. That hand is lifted. Please listen to me. We have lost the discipline of delayed gratification. we've lost the value of sweat equity. We've lost the understanding of curating generational wealth.

52:18 And I am afraid, as that hand is lifted, that in part, the church is responsible because we have treated praise like Powerball. Powerball. Say, if you give God glory, then everything's going to be handled. Now, he's able to do it.

52:41 He split the Red Sea, but they still had to walk for 58 days to get through it. God's requiring something of you. And sometimes it is not demonic warfare. Sometimes you have to find the discipline, hear this, to tell yourself no. You get home today, ain't nobody going to shout, empty everything out of that cart. I can do an altar call right here. I said empty everything out of that car. Lift that hand. I want to pray for you. God I pray for my brother For my sister Your son, your daughter Give them a strategy Give them a plan Give them an opportunity Give them discipline I pray dear Lord That you will surround them with people Who can pour sound financial advice Into their life give them examples of what it means to be a joint heir in you I thank you dear Lord that in the next 90 days the financial condition of those in this ministry are going to be in a completely different modular and those of you who receive the words of your pastor would you give God glory even now I hope you are energized that you don't need an energy drink What you just heard should have you off and running, chasing your dreams, pursuing your purpose, and answering your call.

54:34 If this was a blessing, share it with somebody else. Don't be selfish. This is what God gave you so that you can be a blessing to somebody who needs it worse.