Millennial Pause

The enemy wants you to stay quiet. So open your mouth. Hand somebody an invite card. Tell them why you go to church. Tell them what God's been teaching you. Tell them how much your life has changed since you've been following God. You don't gotta have every Bible verse memorized. You don't have to have it all figured out because it's not your sword. It's the sword of the spirit, holy spirit powered. You just have to speak the rhema and let God do the rest. He's given you a spirit. He's given you a sword. He's made you a witness. So open your mouth and speak it. [01:04:49] (44 seconds)  #SpeakYourFaith

For so many of us, we're losing the battle of our mind because you're leaving the battle in your mind. You know that thing happens? Somebody says something to you. Somebody doesn't treat you the way that you want. Satan starts whispering in your ear in the middle of the night. And what do you do? You think about it, and you replay it, and you worry about it, and you start rehearsing what you're gonna say to that person the next time you see them, and it's playing over and over in your head. And while the noise in your head is getting louder, your mouth is staying quiet. [00:46:51] (30 seconds)  #BattleForYourMind

The thief wants you quiet. He wants you to run through every excuse when the opportunity pops up, and I know it does. That you know you should say something that's like, oh, they probably don't wanna talk to me about religion. They probably know what I've done, wouldn't believe me anyways. Now is probably not the right time. And when you keep the word of God quiet, it doesn't change anyone else's life. [01:04:18] (31 seconds)  #NoMoreExcuses

They're telling themselves the same thing. I'm too messed up. I'm too far gone. I don't deserve. God doesn't care. It's the same lies that held you captive once, but somebody came and spoke the Rhema of God into your life. You have hope now, but how can they have hope if they can't hear it? How can they hear it if no one speaks it? How can it be spoken if no one goes? You got people in your life that you got access to that none of the rest of us do. [00:56:21] (34 seconds)  #SpeakHope

The way you live might set up the conversation, but you still have to speak it. And that's pressure filled. How do I know what words to say? What do I do? What if I mess it up? Spirit. You are just being faithful to obey. It's the holy spirit's job from there. Man, if you don't like the sermon today, that's between you and the holy spirit. I'm just being faithful to say what god told me to say. [00:58:19] (25 seconds)  #ObeyAndSpeak

That's what he wants. He wants you to leave the sword in its sheath. He wants you to stay quiet. Jesus didn't think it is written. He spoke it out loud to a real adversary, and it made the enemy flee. Your words have power over your life. Your spoken words have power. [00:47:21] (24 seconds)  #WordsHavePower

They're Spirit came to do make you a witness, but the message that you share is typically revealed when the pressure is highest. You're a witness to something. And what we share whenever we're in crisis, when our friends are hurting, when our life is chaotic, that's the message that's really on the inside that the heat produced. You're a witness, a delivery person for something. What message are you delivering? And it's the message that you give the most time to, that you equip yourself with the most ammunition of. [00:53:21] (40 seconds)  #WitnessUnderPressure

Sure. Maybe the whole video thing's something that millennials do, but you have a thing as well that you might find yourself pausing and hesitating when it comes to telling somebody what you believe about God, when it comes to sharing your faith. And maybe you pause and and wait because you wanna be sure that you get it right or that you wanna be sure that you know enough or you wanna be sure that's the perfect moment. But sometimes while you're paused and waiting, the opportunity in that person's life passes. [00:32:11] (27 seconds)  #SeizeTheMoment