Embracing God's Blessings in the Present Moment

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Many people are going through a lot of trials, a lot of tribulations, a lot of situations. And as they go through their situations, they are merely experiencing life, just going through the motions. Without really having that understanding, without really enjoying life. As one man said, when I'm taking a walk, I rarely focus on what's going on around me. I notice things to make sure I don't get hurt, but rarely do I feel the breeze, smelling of the coming storm, see the shops, signs, all the other things. So I'm just merely just walking, just going through the motions." [36:55] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Yesterday is over. Tomorrow has yet to come. But God is blessing, right now, today. The blessings of God are all in this place. He said, where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst. God is here right now. God is here to bless somebody right now. Whether it's a financial blessing, a healing in your body, whatever the need is, He's here to meet your need. But if we're focused on yesterday and not able to receive what God has for us today, you're going to miss out on the blessing that God has for you." [41:20] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "At some point, you've got to surrender your life to Jesus. Can somebody say amen this morning? You need to surrender your life to God because God gives you the power to forgive. And I hear this for the last 30-something years in the ministry. I forgive that person of what they did. They hurt me. Or they need to own up to what they did. They need to apologize to me. And I will not have any peace until they apologize. Do you know the incredible amount of power you give somebody? If you're telling me you'll never have any peace until they do something, they control your life." [44:34] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "The answer is Jesus. The answer is Jesus. Let God empty your heart of all that bitterness. All the things that you're holding on to. And begin to give your heart and mind to God. And not waiting on somebody else. I remember we had somebody come to church and she was saying, my boyfriend did this, my boyfriend did that, and he did wrong. And she just went down the list of everything that man did wrong. And he needs to apologize. And I told her, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but if you're waiting on that man to apologize to you, you're going to be hurting for quite a long time." [46:08] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "You need to live in the now. Because God's plan is in the now. Someone asked me one time, so am I supposed to just forget everything that person did to me? Am I supposed to just let it all go? And I said, no, I'm not advocating people do whatever they want to do and hurt people. They'll answer for what they did. That's between them and God. But this is not about their life, this is about your life. If you keep living in the past with them, you can never see the wonderful things. So God has a plan for you right now. We serve an amazing God." [01:05:33] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "And oddly enough, in the ministry, I meet a whole lot of people just like that. They're just going through day to day. Somewhere along the line, they became overwhelmed. As the psalmist said, when my heart is overwhelmed, somebody had a battle. Somebody had a situation they didn't like. And they began to fall into this mode of just daily doing things. Not really living, just existing. Some are going from one situation to another. Some go from one battle to another. Some even go from paycheck to paycheck. Dealing with one problem to dealing with another problem without stopping sometimes and just experiencing the goodness of God." [37:31] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "By forgiving those who have wronged us, we release the hold that the past has on you. And again, I'm not making fun of anybody how you handle your emotions. What I'm saying is, there are things that are holding you down. And everything in God is yes and amen. There are so many things that God can do. God can open a window to heaven. God can heal your body. God can touch your mind. There's nothing that God can't do. I hear about people having sleepless nights. I hear about those that just spontaneously just start crying. Don't even know why they're crying. They're just so built up with things on the inside." [45:35] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "Instead of trying to find the perfect church, why not try to be the perfect church member? Instead of trying to find the perfect church, why don't you try to be the perfect church member? In other words, why don't you spend time working on you? Many that are living in the past, they're not working on themselves. Y'all know what I'm talking about. They're those that hide themselves in excuses. They hide themselves in all the excuses that they found on the internet. The internet gives you all kind of excuses. One of the greatest ones, people say, that person triggered me. That person triggered me. That person pushed my button." [50:27] (52 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "When we're without God in our life, we're all subservient. We're all susceptible. And we're led by our emotions. And we have thin skin. And everything bothers us. Because we've got all this stuff on the inside. All it takes is for something very small to touch us. And it all comes out. How many of you have ever, you probably want to raise your hand, but how many of you know people that just, you say something small, and then an explosion happens? And you just look at it. Where in the world did that come from? They're holding in a lot of stuff. This is what we have to do. Trust in Jesus." [52:28] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "See, when we shift from our thoughts to yesterday and past grievances, and we begin, we begin to align our mind with what God is doing right now, today. We're getting clarity. I'm not throwing stones, but I've met a whole lot of people that are so emotionally tied down, they don't make a whole lot of sense. Say one little thing to them about this thing, whatever. And they just explode, and you just look at them. Where did that come from? And you know that they're going through things. Now, we all try to help out. We try to be, not respond, respond as we should, or when we think we should." [53:30] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)