11.00AM Sunday Service: The Power of Preparation.

``A lot of us are believing god for stuff but we aren't necessarily preparing for it. Amen? And so, as I thought about all of this stuff, I am reminded of something that happened in our lives, our our family lives, or in our life probably a couple months ago. We were helping my brother move some stuff into his house, and there was a big old U Haul. The U Haul had to be one of the 26 foot type of U Haul that was being utilized to move some stuff into our brother's house. [00:04:23] (37 seconds)  #PrepareForYourHarvest

And so I was at the house prior to Kendrick arriving back at home. And the U Haul people, dear brothers and sisters, since I was the man there or since I had beat my brother there, they had asked me about parking the U Haul because what they needed to do was to get the furniture off the U Haul into the back of the house. And so I advised them strongly to park it at a particular place. Amen? Stay with me. I sat there and said, hey, listen. [00:05:00] (35 seconds)

Park it here and you could still carry it to the back of the house. But the weird part about my brother's house is is that the parking where his parking lot is, there's a slope that kinda goes a little steep, but you can still get to the backyard of the house. So they saw that as an opportunity. They sat there and say, hey. You know what? I think we can take this U Haul and still go down there to make it easier to get to the back of the house. I sat there and said, I don't think you should do that. [00:05:35] (40 seconds)

I they sat there and said, I think we can still get down there and make it happen. And I said again, I don't think you should do that. Well, lo and behold, my brother gets there and he says, well, if y'all think y'all can do it, then go ahead. And I said then told him, I don't know if y'all can do that. That's not a good idea because of how it is slow. So they jump into U Haul. They start going down the hill and guess what? They get stuck. Come on. The U Haul gets stuck with all of the furniture, and I'm looking at them like, I told you so. [00:06:16] (36 seconds)

And watch this. If my brother wasn't prepared, come on. For this individual situation to happen, he woulda had to call and paid a thousand dollars to get his truck moved. But because stay with me. Y'all better stay because somebody was prepared. Come on. It didn't cost them anymore. Y'all better catch me. And what you gotta understand, as you go into the next chapter of your life, you need to be prepared. Come on, for what it is that god is doing because your preparation don't just help you but it help other folks that's in situations that they might find themselves in. [00:08:42] (38 seconds)

Come on. And the power of preparation, dear brothers and sisters, sits there and says, I don't know when I'm gonna use it but I'm prepared for it just in case. And many of us in our own personal lives, dear brothers and sisters, have been grateful that we didn't throw something out that we end up using two or three years down the road. Come on. Come on. Some of us are grateful dear brothers and sisters that we didn't get rid of stuff because we said, I might need it later on in life. I'm not talking about hoarding. I'm talking about stuff that you need and thank god that you didn't throw it away because it was beneficial to your life [00:09:21] (41 seconds)

and as we get ready dear brothers and sisters to step in a new chapter in our lives, my question is, are you preparing for what it is that you are preparing, praying for? Are you preparing for the thing that you are believing god for? And here dear brothers and sisters in Proverbs chapter six verses six, seven, and eight, it teaches us the power of preparation because Solomon, dear brothers and sisters, uses the illustration of ants. He uses the illustration of ants and uses the wisdom of ants to teach us how to prepare. [00:10:01] (38 seconds)

But in this moment, he sits there and says, I need you to look at this small minuscule thing and pay attention to what it's doing. Come on. Meaning, you gotta consider things that are overlooked, that are irrelevant, and watch this, be intentional and paying attention to it. What says that, watch this. In this season, be careful who you overlook. Because when you overlook an individual, that individual might be the person that can help you out. Come on. [00:12:11] (30 seconds)