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My mother Yes, sir. Closed the distance. Between her and I. Got close enough to where my nose was almost touching her nose. Sister Noriega, she said these words to me. I will never forget them. She said, you are not a man. Oh, wait, there's more. She said, because a man don't live at home with his mama. And then she turned around and sashayed off. [00:04:40] (59 seconds)  #stepintoindependence

I remember going grocery shopping for the first time. I'm going somewhere. And fruit was important for me to have, especially when my mom was coming to visit the first time. But I had a problem with my fruit. For some reason, my grapes kept on decaying too fast. I would get my apples. I would get my bananas. I would get my grapes, and I would put them all together, and the grapes wouldn't last. [00:06:11] (41 seconds)  #protectthegoodfruit

The problem in the text was that Isaiah was a prophet to a people who were supposed to be set apart. They were supposed to be different. They were supposed to be God's revelation to the world. They were supposed to do politics differently. They were supposed to do worship differently. They were supposed to do family differently, but they started looking a lot like the other fruit in the world, and it caused them to decay. [00:07:56] (27 seconds)  #reflectgodscharacter

You can practice without purpose. You can practice without purpose. You can dress out. You can put on the uniform. You can put on the badge. You can park in the parking spot. You can have the title. You can have the degree, but still not operate in the purpose. And we are full of a society of people with titles without purpose. [00:09:32] (36 seconds)  #titleswithoutpurpose

And let me help you with that. What that means is you get this word after the doctor told you were sick. You get this word after you run out of options of what to do with trying to raise that child. You get this option after you're out of conventional options, after you've exhausted everything by your own intellect. The God is getting ready to do a new thing shows up when you're in a bad thing. [00:11:38] (39 seconds)  #newstartsinthestorm

The God is getting ready to do a new thing shows up when you are on your bed of depression. The God is doing a new thing shows up when your heart is gripped with grief. The God is about to do a new thing is when you felt that there was no hope for your situation, which means if you want a new thing, you've gotta go through some bad things. If you want a new things, you've gotta go through some hard things. If you want a new thing, you've got to go through some painful things. If you want a new thing, you've got to be willing to watch Babylon rise up and destroy some of the things that you love. If you want a new thing, because the new thing shows up in the midst of a difficult thing and says it springs forth. [00:12:18] (53 seconds)  #newnesscomesthroughtrials

In order to see the new thing happen, you have to be willing to hit the reset button while you're still in the wilderness. Okay. Let me make it plain. Have ever had a computer issue and you couldn't get it figured out and you called for help? What's the first thing They they ask you, have you tried to restart? [00:14:55] (41 seconds)  #tryrestarting

We have a self examination problem in society today. Because everybody seems to know what everybody else should be doing. But nobody seems to know what they should be doing for themselves in their own walk with the Lord to make sure they are living according to how God has called them to live. The Bible is clear that we are to examine ourselves. [00:20:00] (30 seconds)  #examineyourwalk