Stepping Out on What God Said

God speaks to a man named Abraham and tells him, leave your country, your people, and your father house and go to the land I will show you. Noticing, god did not give him the full plan. God did not give him a map. God did not give him an address. God just gave him a promise. And sometimes in life, god doesn't give you details but just gives you directions. Anybody ever has been caught off god when god said move and you didn't know what was going on? [00:43:06] (44 seconds)  #FollowGodsDirection

God speaks ahead of your future while you're still standing in your presence. Yes. Lord, have mercy. God is showing you something Yeah. Way down the road, but you got to be willing to move from where you are. Yeah. Might see limitation, but god sees legacy. You might see struggle, but god sees purpose. You might see a small beginning, but god sees a mighty outcome. When you move, god is working on your behalf. Yeah. That's why the black church has always survived. [00:46:55] (37 seconds)  #MoveForLegacy

There are times that we get comfortable right where we are. See, understand the first thing God told Abraham was to leave his country, his people, and his father's house. In other words, God told him to leave what was familiar. It's easy staying where everything is everything. It's easy being on a job for twenty years thinking I don't have to do anything. But all of a sudden, when a change or shift comes in the atmosphere, how will you be able to handle that? [00:44:24] (36 seconds)  #LeaveYourComfortZone

God will turn your circumstance around. God will meet you right where you are when you trust god. Yeah. Step it out. Step out. Step out. Step out. On what god when god says step. Yeah. And watch what god would do for you. God will change everything. Yes, he will. About your life. He would do that for you. Yeah. If he did it for me. Yeah. He'll do it for you. Yeah. He's no respecter person. But god says, are you willing? My lord. To trust me. Amen. Are you willing? Yeah. To trust me. Yeah. [00:56:55] (43 seconds)  #StepOutInTrust

Beloved, we are living in a time when people are being forced to step into uncertainties. The the political climate of government out of control in the last few years, we've seen layoffs, rising costs, and living house housing challenges and family relocating just to survive. People are leave leaving their jobs that they thought will last forever. Yeah. Communities are changing. The world feels unpredictable. Sometimes, god will ask you to move before you know what you're going or where you're going. He will call you to step out before you see the whole picture. [00:42:17] (46 seconds)  #MoveIntoUncertainty

god promise is bigger than your presence. God didn't just tell Abram to leave. He gave him a promise. I will make you a great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. Now understand something. At this point, Abraham had no land and no children, but he had a promise. And I wanna let you know god is a promise keeper. Yes. Not a truth breaker. Yes. But god was already talking about nations with Abraham. [00:46:15] (37 seconds)  #PromiseOverPresence

In our weakest moments, if you ever called on him, he'll be right there with you. Amen. Have you ever tried it? Yeah. For yourself? Maybe you're at a point now you don't know what to do. I say to you, try Jesus. He's alright. How you know, brother? I done tried it, and he's alright. Now I can't tell you what's gonna happen nine months from now when I go back for another colonoscopy, but I know who hold nine months in their hand. Amen. And so I'm not worried about anything else. Yeah. Feel like Martin Luther King now. [00:58:53] (47 seconds)  #TryJesusToday

Our ancestors walked by faith when they had nothing but a promise. Yeah. Look around, Saint John, at how far god has brought you. Not because you were together but because of faith of those that were before you. Yeah. Many of you are here today could testify how far this church has come. Yeah. It came by faith and hard works because they say faith without works is what? They did. And so in other words, there had to be faith and works. [00:47:32] (31 seconds)  #FaithOfOurAncestors