The Power of God is pulling you back (that is why THAT is happening to you!)

But the more you got your mind on the things that god's given to you and you stop looking to god, the more you drift and the more you begin to drift away from god, the less he blesses you. See, when you want joy, come to church and worship him. You get in the presence of god and there's joy unspeakable and full of glory but the less you spend time with god, the less joy of god you have and it's in those times, those that are drifting begin to say some incredible things. [00:52:37] (37 seconds)  #KeepGodFirst

God was trying to allow some pressure into his life. Not to destroy him but to wake him up. His peace was disturbed. His marriage felt strained. And joy felt thin. of getting his body back to the altar. Instead of opening up his Bible and putting his nose back in the book, he kept on rebuking the devil. Stand alone, spiritual self up in church house. I'm in the battle everybody, but pray, I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna get through my season. This is a season of battle and I'm gonna make it. Finally, the preacher had to cut through all of that noise. You're in a battle but not of the devil's making. It's your own making. Say, you're born in the fire and the smoke won't do. Get back to prayer. Get back to regular worship attendance. Get back to just being a child of god. [00:53:49] (68 seconds)  #WakeUpToPrayer

Some of you don't know what it feels like to be impoverished. Some of you don't know what it's like to to walk around every day in a desperate state of mind and can't change a crying thing. Amen. So, when I talk about the freedom that we have in gods, the joy that we have when god picks you up, washes you off, and put you on solid ground. Some of you don't know that joy but some of you, you know that joys. Amen. By the grace of god, I'm not what I used to be. By the grace of god, he has molded me to be something different and now we can begin to serve god and we can pray. God, I need a blessing. [00:44:44] (34 seconds)  #GraceTransforms

He doesn't discard that which is broken. He wants to reclaim it and bring it back. He wants to restore you this morning. Now, you're limiting yourself. I need everybody to hear what I'm saying this morning. You are limiting your walk with god. If every time god blesses you, you stop and spend more time on the blessings more than god. You will never be able to fully get to where god wants you to get to unless you can be able to keep your eyes on on god. Lord, thank you for that car. You're the one that gave it to me. God, I thank you for that job but god, you're the one that gave it to me. I thank you for my new clothes but god, you're the one that gave me it. I thank you for my new shoes. You're the one that blessed me with the finest. God, I thank you. Somebody say, I thank you lord. [01:08:00] (51 seconds)  #RememberTheGiver

You're in a battle. Not because the devil's just trying to destroy. He's trying to destroy everybody. You're in a battle because you forgot the god that blessed you. You forgot the god that saved you and as you begin to enjoy his blessing, I thank god for his blessings. I thank god for the blessings of god. He's been good to us. I thank him for his health. I thank him for the joy. I thank him for the strength to make it every single day. I I thank him when I need a financial blessing. The blessings come in. Can somebody say amen this morning? Amen. I thank god for all that he's doing. But I've learned not to keep my mind on those blessings when I should be looking at the blesser. Somebody [00:55:52] (66 seconds)  #BattleOfDrift

So, somewhere along the line, you got to learn how to serve god not only in the bad times but in the good times. When you're blessed with a new job, when you get a promotion, when there's money in the bank, I still need you to come and praise his name. When you've got everything going your way, I need to see you jumping and shouting and dancing and giving him the praise and the glory. When they begin to offer you the world and say, do all this and and we'll give you all this. You gotta learn to say, no. I'd rather have god than that fancy job. Keep your title. If it means I have to stop serving the lord. [01:10:19] (34 seconds)  #ServeGodInGoodTimes

But when your bills are paid, he's blessed you with a new job. Your rent is paid. The car payment is paid. Your insurance is paid. Oh god. The car is full of gas. I think I'll sleep in this morning. I don't have to really get home. We got right now. I think I'll stay home. It it's a little ways to eat the Bible say. I think I'll I'll catch him next week. You're drifting. And god is trying to say come back. It's not that you're just in a battle and that you longer have the joy of god. In order to have the joy of god, you gotta spend time with god. [01:02:47] (42 seconds)  #DontDriftBack

See, I believe that people do what people want to do. And when you want to serve him, you will serve him. Your hip will hurt. Your toe could be hurting. Come on now. It all depends on how bad you want to serve the lord. See, this man kept telling nobody in the church. I'm in a battle. I'm in a battle. The battle is because he was no longer spending time with god. He didn't wake up in the morning and read his Bible. Somebody said, I have a scripture that comes to me every day and that's my Bible reading. And I said, say again, I am working hard, brother Victor, on being a good pastor. I don't pass that rebukes every day. You get a scripture come across your phone, and that's your bible readings? [01:00:13] (77 seconds)  #WantToServe