Transformative Power of Communion and Personal Surrender

1. "We take the Lord's Supper, we take communion here, and I don't care who you are, you're welcome at our table. Amen. If you profess the Lord Jesus Christ, come on, you're welcome at our table. So as they pass out, feel free to take it. And some may go, well, I'll go the way. That's fine. There's no pressure either way. Okay? But this is something we do, and I believe it's powerful. In fact, what I've encouraged you all to do, if you will and you want to and you can, to take the 30-day challenge, to take communion in your home, yourself, by yourself, or with your spouse or your family, however you want to do it, but do it the next 30 days. And as you do, pray and let the Lord reveal to you. There's so many aspects of what the Lord's Supper brings to believers. Amen." [07:19] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "When you surrender to Christ, when you truly surrender to Christ, He begins to change your nature. You know what I'm saying? It's a transformation. It's not just about beating hell or not going to hell. It's about being new, amen, in Christ. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And so we, truly, we're offering this when He, when He, that last supper, as they were eating the Passover meal, He changed history forever, because He said, when He broke that bread, He said, take and eat, this is my body, which is broken for you. Amen. When He held the cup up and said, now take and drink, this is the blood of my new covenant. Hallelujah." [08:51] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "The Word of God says, without the shedding of blood, there's no remission of sin. The Word says, that with His stripes we have been made whole. So with that body, thank you brother, with that body that was broken, with that body that was beaten, thank you brother, we have access to wholeness. Now, what that was talking about more than anything was being made whole with the Lord, was being reunified with Him in your spirit. Amen. However, it's also talking about being healed in your physical body. I believe in divine health. Amen. But it far surpasses anything that I can try to communicate. Anything, Jerry, that I can try to say, I can bring out this, and it's never good enough. Come on, y'all. It's never enough." [09:55] (61 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Are you really crazy enough to believe that Jesus was physically dead? Yes. And then three days later, rose from the dead? Yes. You mean to tell me y'all believe that? Yes. Me too. Hallelujah. And that's what sets Christ apart from any other and I don't like religion, I don't like to use the word, but from any other religious entity. Hallelujah. So when you walk with Him, it's not about a bunch of news and documents. It's not about a bunch of cans and cans. It's not about condemnation. But it's about transformation, freedom." [11:26] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "I want to encourage you, whoever you are, to get to know him for yourself. Amen. I want to encourage you, whoever you are, wherever you're at spiritually, to seek him yourself. And there's a lot of well-meaning people that tell you about Jesus and that's good. But I found out something. A lot of well-meaning people will tell you stuff that's crazy. I only got one amen out of that. Have you ever had some religious group tell you something that was just absolutely nuts? Don't point. So find him for yourself. And yes, find out about him. But don't just find out about him. Get to know him." [21:16] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "Then Jesus said to his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. Well, you know, that's three things that he said for us to do if we're going to follow him. Amen. So I'm going, I'm going, okay, if any man will come after me. All right, Lord, I want to do that. Amen. Yes, I want to follow you, Jesus. All right. Well, can we, how about the next thing? Can we get back to that hope? Don't look at me like a mule staring down a new gate. You know what I'm talking about. Can we deny ourself? Yeah, it sounds good. I can say it, but every time I have to exercise that, I don't like it. Amen. So Lord, let's just get back to it. Let's move to the next step. Maybe this is a little better. Deny yourself. Take up your cross." [25:03] (81 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "What is a man profiting if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? What good does it do to have a bank full of money if you lose your own soul, man? What good does it do to have a successful business and have a bunch of kids? If you don't know Jesus, I'm telling you, man, it's just not worth it. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? I love the lyrics of that song. It says, every time I try to make it on my own, how many of you ever try to do that? How did it work out for you? Every time I try to stand and start to fall, all these lonely roads that I have traveled on, there was Jesus." [33:33] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "Wherever we're at today, wherever you're at today, Jesus is there, man, with arms outstretched. I want to tell you, he's never changed his mind about you. He's never decided to throw you away and go, oh, wow, okay, John, that's too much. I'm going to have to catch you. No, that's not the nature of our Lord. Come on, y'all. That's not his nature. I'm keeping score. Oh, now, you're going to, all right, now, let's get her now. No, he doesn't have that get him now attitude. Oh, yeah, get him now because he wants you. Because he knows that once he comes in, the transformation starts." [34:49] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Create in me, Lord, in order for me to be good, in I'm going supernatural assistance from you. I can't just make up my mind to be good or make up my mind to serve God. No. Create in me, create something in me that doesn't exist right now. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Don't cast me away from your presence and take not your Holy Spirit from At that point, they've craved the presence of God. My heart is that in this season in our lives that we will begin to crave like an addiction, crave his presence. Don't take your presence away. Don't take your Holy Spirit from me." [46:34] (76 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "So today, I don't know where everybody's at, spiritually, emotionally. I don't know. A lot of people watch this. I don't know why. I don't know what they do. I believe people have come across through watching our services on social media and found out for that. But I don't know where everybody's at. I don't know where you're at. I don't know if you're there, if you're running from the Lord, or if you're not. But let me tell you, if you're not where you ought to be, man, with Him, let me encourage you to run to Jesus. It's not about joining the church or shaking the preacher's hand, but run to Jesus. See, the enemy will come in and try to disrupt and try to create chaos and try to create dissension and stuff. What the Lord wants to do today is restore. Forgive me for ever complicating because it's simple. There is Jesus." [54:15] (88 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)