Community SDA Church of Englewood, NJ

#GodsDisciplineIsLove

“God's discipline is not necessarily evidence that he's abandoned his people. It can be an expression of his determination to bring them back into fellowship with himself. I thank god for god disciplining us because god is not mad at us. God wants us to bring ourselves back to him so we can maybe be made whole. Can I get a witness right now? The God who fought against Israel is the God who wanted Israel to return. The God who disciplined his people is the God who continued to love his people. The God who exposed their rebellion is the God who offered them repentance. Can I get a witness right now?”

#InviteGodIn

“Imagine that you're a real estate agent trying to sell your home to the Holy Spirit. And you say, well, the Holy Spirit can't come in my living room because I'm watching stuff I don't need to be watching. The holy spirit can't come into my kitchen because I'm not eating healthy food. The holy spirit can't come in my bedroom. You just name what you're doing in there. need to be able to invite God in every room of your house and say, Holy Spirit, you are welcome in this place.”

#HolySpiritPower

“Whenever you show up, the devil's in trouble because you're filled with the Holy Spirit. He no longer fills temples, ladies and gentlemen. We are the temple. The body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are portable walking and talking temples wherever we go. Did you hear what I just said? Heaven and earth comes wherever you go because it's metted in us. So if you are grouchy, complaining, I'm talking about a lifestyle. I ain't talking about some time, you know, everybody have a bad day once in a while. Right?”

#ResurrectionPower

“One Friday, they nailed him to the cross, and he died, and they put him in a burial tumor. He rested on the Sabbath day. But early Sunday morning, he got up from the grave. Hallelujah. He got up with all power. He got up with all glory. All power has been given unto him in heaven and on earth. And so when Jesus says, don't be afraid, you can trust him because he's already been through the storm. He's already faced the devil. He's already cock at the grave, and Jesus Christ is Lord.”

#HolySpiritPower

“how to pray. And so when Paul is moving us from yo yo Christianity, he tells us that the Holy Spirit frees me. The Holy Spirit reorientates me. The Holy Spirit lives in me. The Holy Spirit empowers me. The Holy Spirit leads me. The Holy Spirit assures me. The Holy Spirit guarantees my future. The Holy Spirit helps me in my weaknesses. The Holy Spirit prays for me. He doesn't say merely try harder to live for God. He says that God has placed his own spirit within us so that the life that God requires of us can be the life that the Holy Spirit produces.”

#CrossAndResurrectionGrace

“The blood of Jesus handles my guilt. The Holy Spirit supplies my power. Cross grace tells me I'm accepted. Resurrection grace tells me I'm empowered. At the cross, my debt was paid. At the resurrection, new life was released. The blood says you and I are forgiven. The spirit says you can walk free. The blood cleanses my record. The spirit changes my walk. The blood deals with what I've done. The spirit empowers who I'm becoming. The blood breaks the condemnation. The spirit breaks the domination. Sin doesn't have to condemn me, and sin does not have to control me because of our cross grace, and I've got resurrection grace.”

#NurtureYourCalling

“God doesn't plant anything in you and leave it unfinished. But you have a role in the process, okay? You have to desire, you have to receive it, you have to carry it, you have to prepare it, you have to deliver it, you have to nurture it, and eventually, you will release what God has placed in you to plant a seed in someone else.”

#UnbrokenFaith

“``You're broken but not beaten. You're down but not out. You're discouraged but not defeated. You're surrounded but not conquered. You still got more fight in you. You still got more power in you. Still got more anointing in you. You still got more holy ghost in you. You're troubled, but you're not distressed. You're stressed, but you're not in despair. You're persecuted, but you're not forsaken. You're cast down, but you're not destroyed because the Bible says that the dragon prevailed not.”

#ReturnWholehearted

“And if you're not lucky, you'll not come back. If God in his grace and mercy gives you life and you have sense, you come back to God. But then you'll be damaged, be abused, and you have to go through that. God said, you don't have to go through that. Today, turn your hearts to me. Serve me wholeheartedly. Don't look around you. Look at me. Focus on me. Come to me, and I'll cleanse you, and I'll lead you, and I will guide you. There is nothing in the world worth losing your salvation on. Nothing.”

#ConfessAndRepent

“Don't get caught in the guilt of trying to hide and cover. We can hide from me and you. We can hide from each other, but you cannot hide nothing from god. God sees and knows. He knows your heart before you do it. So if we're confessing our sins and repenting and being genuine and being honest with God, if we are willing to be used by God, If we lay ourselves beyond Lord, I don't wanna go, but help me.”

#TrustGodAlways

“``I'm bigger than cancer. God's trying to tell you. I'm bigger than ICU. I'm bigger than a broken heart. I'm bigger than diabetes. I'm bigger than anything you're going through, but you gotta trust me. glabiride. Trust me. Not high blood pressure. Trust me. Not blood thinners. Trust me. Not hard headed children. Trust me. Trust me. God wants us to trust him. And if you trust him, he's gonna come through every time he will come through. It may not be what you think he should but he's gonna come through at the right time.”

#JesusSatisfies

“``Friends of mine, what what what when I read that text, you know what I'm seeing? What I what I'm getting from that, what I'm taking away from that is that Jesus satisfies. I'm not gonna be hungry, and I'm not gonna be thirsty. Friends of mine, if I'm not hungry or thirsty, then I'm satisfied. Are you with me today? Jesus satisfies. Can I just tell you today that whatever is wrong in your life, whatever does not work, whatever is not clicking, whatever you are praying for, that it would turn around if you, can I tell you that Jesus satisfies? He he says you'll have no hunger and you'll have no thirst. That means you're satisfied.”

#UnfinishedNotAbandoned

“When you look at these images, what do you see? Con construction. Alright. Anything else? Unfinished. Oh, those are perfect words. I appreciate the participation. I see, obviously, you know, wood, cement, all those things. To an outsider, it can look like chaos. The structure appears incomplete. Right? Nothing about it resembles a beautiful building shown on the architect's blueprint. Yet, no one stands outside the construction site and declares this project a failure. Because everyone understands a simple truth, unfinished does not mean abandoned.”

#SeekTheGiver

“The woman now knows like like some of us need to understand that every single thing we have is temporal. You know one of the things I have that the holy spirit have cautioned me about since I was about 26 years of age. Do not get too focused or caught up with the gift that you missed the giver. Can I tell you something? I stopped praying deliberately for things. I pray only for my relationship with God to get stronger.”

#ChooseWhoYouServe

“We better make up in our minds choose this day whom we're going to serve. It's going be me. Is it going to be self? Is it going to be your podcast? Is it going be your iPhone? Is it going to be your father? Is it be your mother? Is it going to be your family member? Is it going to be the church family? Or is it gonna be the one that keep on you letting people get you off the mark? The enemy loves it because he got the whole world going crazy. He got the whole world trying to deny Christ.”

#LightWins

“When darkness meets light, darkness always loses. Fear loses. Sin loses. Hopelessness loses. Jesus is the light of the world, and his light is stronger than any darkness we may face. Earth was plunged into darkness when sin entered the world. Light came from heaven to dispel darkness and to light our paths so that we can shine for Jesus.”

#GodIsFaithful

“Not dear father, because we are in need, but dear father, to recognize that you are God. You are faithful. You are creator. You are mighty. You are the sustainer. You are loving. You are, dear father, compassionate. You are concerned. And so, dear father, we come into your house to worship you this day. A list was read. And, dear father, you are no stranger to the prayers of the concern of the individuals and those, dear father, who are praying for them. But before your own presence, there are those, dear father, who are still silent, suffering, dear father, and doubting.”

#StandForTruth

“And the question is, where are those men and women today? What has gone wrong among us? That even when we see something wrong, we don't want to mention anything about it because we are fearful what somebody's going to say. What about my position as an elder in the church? We sit and we brush it off. It is okay. Church, it is not okay. God holds us accountable. Let us call wrong for what it is. Let us call sin for what it is called. Let us stand up for the truth, though heavens would fall.”

#ShakeTheEarthWithPraise

“And if the spirit is with me, it doesn't matter what prison I enter in. The spirit is with me. And the spirit going to be with me and deliver me. I wish I had a church in here today. Understand something, ladies and gentlemen. The Bible tells us that at midnight, while they're praising and singing hymns to god, there's an earthquake. I wish we can get to that place where we can shake the earth with some of our praises.”

#FatherHelpMeLetGo

“For years, I carried unnecessary pain. And my last appeal is this, you will not be free until you let it go. I have the world's best father because I let it go. I'm free to preach like this because I let it go. My last appeal is this. If you've been holding on to some hurt and this word touches you, I want you to put your hand in the air and say, father, help me to let it go. Father, repeat after me. Father, help me to let it go.”

#ChosenBeforeBirth

“Is I see you. Not me, personally. God sees you. God is saying, I see you. Everyone in this room, every man, every boy, every girl, God sees you. He's saying to you this morning, I see you. I am aware of you. Before your mother even knew that she was pregnant with you, God knew. Amen. Because he had already begun the special selection process that would make you you. If he chose any other chromosomes to make you, you wouldn't be you. You would be somebody else, but not you.”

“There is one leader who will never fail you. There is one leader who will never leave you, and there is one leader who knows everything about you and still chooses you. And his name is Jesus. He is the kind of leader who walks with you through every season of your life. He doesn't disappear when things get difficult. He doesn't abandon you when you struggle. When you struggle with things that nobody else knows about, he doesn't leave you. He doesn't turn his back on you when you make mistakes.”

“We don't just need outer calls, which is important. Don't get me wrong, but we need after care. We need to care for people after the outer calls. Amen? Because salvation is not just is is both a decisive moment and a continuous process that needs to walk out with others. Yes. There's a moment where you say yes to god. But after that moment, there is a journey. There's spiritual warfare. There's ups and downs. You you feel me on that? There's spiritual warfare, like, intense sometimes.”

#ScarsAndStrength

“My dad fell a lot. He had scars all over his body from his many falls, especially along his legs and his back. Sometimes, it was difficult to look at him without his shirt or his pants on. I like to think that each scar did not mark a time he had fallen, but a time he had gotten up. My dad, he was a fighter. For years when I called him from abroad and asked him how he was doing, he'd often reply, I'm taking it a day at a time. My dad, he had a lot of regrets. As the years went on, he spoke more prominently of them. In the last years, he became obsessed with them. If only or I should've, he would say in almost every conversation, and it made me sad.”

#BearEachOthersBurdens

“But why am I telling you that? It's because I realized that I see what I saw in myself. I also see it in others and wondered what if they too have been through similar experiences. What if what I see are their coping mechanism? Then I felt a sense of empathy, a sense of pity. For the first time, I came to a deeper understanding of the text that says what? Bear each other's burden, forbear with one another, pray for one another. I realized that we have a common enemy, and it's not each other.”

#PresenceOverProductivity

“The word chosen is critical. Mary didn't accidentally stumble into the right decision. She intentionally, deliberately, purposefully chose to prioritize presence over productivity, intimacy over activity, be instead of doing. Amen? This wasn't a passive decision. This was an active, courageous, countercultural choice, and Jesus calls that the good part. But not just good, the best part, the necessary part, the part that matters more than anything else because everything else in your life flows from this one thing.”

#ForgiveDontCondone

“Forgiving a person isn't a statement that what they did was okay or to be condoned in any way. We can maintain awareness that an action was wrong, disrespectful, violent, and un unhurtful, whether we forgive an individual or not, nor forgiveness, something that you do for the benefit of the person who wronged you. By letting them off the hook, it doesn't mean that there won't be consequences for their action or that you will be friends or even talk with them after you forgive them.”

#RestInChrist

“Well, here's the thing though. It looks overwhelming, but it really isn't because Christ said in Matthew 11 verse 28 to eight thirty, he says, come on to me all ye that labor are and are heavy laden, and I will, what? Give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

#MadeInGodsImage

“Light skinned brother in the image of god. Chocolate brown sister in the image of God. The thick accent brother from Africa in the image of God. Rich sister in the convertible Maserati in the image of God. Poor sister on the bus stop in the image of God. Sister with the long curly hair created in the image of god. Brother with the knotty dread created in the image of god. Brother, with the good hair, created in the image of God. With the bad hair, created in the image of God. As a matter of fact, ain't no good hair or bad hair in the image of God. If you got hair, praise god for it and if you get yourself a toupee or a weave to cover what was lacking, bless god. You had the money to get it. Somebody talk to me today.”

#ListenDontJustHear

“``The king burned the word because it made him uncomfortable. Most of us, many of us are just like king Jehoiakim. The word says, return a faithful tithe and offering. We don't. The word says, have no other gods before me, we do. The word says, present your bodies a living sacrifice. We won't. The word says, husbands, love your wives. We fail. The word says, walk in the spirit, but the flesh keeps calling. The word says, warn the unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak. We'd rather judge, label, and persecute them as unfit for grace. There's too much hearing and not enough listening. God's word was never meant to warm your body, but not your soul.”

#WorshipFreely

“And I know we are Adventists and and and and so as Adventists, we are sometimes muted in our praise. If we were in some other congregation people have been dancing down the aisle and some of us see that as as weird. But it's funny that that in in scripture there are different words used to worship and praise God and some of those words depict dancing and shouting and singing.”

#HumbleBeforeGod

“``In other words, never you get too high community in yourself that you can't be too low to seek the face of god. Will somebody give him praise up in here? Never you get too high that you can't be too low to know that you need God. I'm gonna say this with an apology. Here it is. You wanna catch it? The problem with the church is not culture. The problem with the church is not culture. It's religion without redemption. Yeah. Y'all y'all got that? Yeah. The problem with the church is not culture. It's religion without love.”

#GodBiggerThanProblems

“Like some of our problems, they are bigger than they really are. Come on and say amen. But we serve a God that is bigger than any problem. If you're with the preacher, say yes. And Philistines had no, watch, here it is, the Philistines, let me talk with you for a bit, had no issue with David until David became king over all Israel. Why, preacher? Because the landmass that that David now acquired was part of where the Philistines had their power.”

#KeepYourHandsOnMe

“Jabez was what Jabez was birthed in trauma. Somebody say trauma. Headaches his mother had for him. Struggle and trouble. So Jabez is saying, Lord, save me from me. Keep your hands on me. Because I lose my mind sometimes. Keep your hands on me. Because my mouth says crazy things. Keep your hands on me so the blessings can keep flowing. Don't stop touching my mind. Don't stop touching my mouth. Don't stop touching my eyes. Don't stop touching my heart. In fact, lord, touch all of me. Change my life. Let it be consecrated.”

#CradleOverCrown

“In the stillness of Bethlehem, the Creator chose cradle over crown, glory over glare, and eternity wrapped in swaddling clothes. Jesus, sweet, sweet baby Jesus, born to live among us, to feel our pain and to heal our broken world. He didn't come to exalt himself, but to exalt the poor in spirit, to bring mercy to the humble, and to reveal the depths of God's love to mankind. Oh, what a sweet, sweet baby Jesus.”