Wise Up: Embracing Our God-Given Potential
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We celebrate people who go all out. Michael Joy. Kobe Bryant Serena Williams Simone Biles that they their names have risen to prominence because they have distinguished themselves as people who've gone after their sport with everything in their bit in their ability to Tim Cook. The CEO of Apple still is known to be the first person in the office and the last person out the first black billionaire Reginald F. Lewis was known to have a work ethic that was beyond everything else. And God is saying since you can't clearly have wings. Since you clearly have ability use that same energy that you're using to go after what you want to pursue me to pursue the things that I have prepared for your life." [01:28:52]
2. "Brothers and sisters, one of the joys of my sabbatical was being able to renew my love for walking. And I really like walking by the water. And apparently I'm not the only one. Because one day I was making my way down the road and I saw a gaggle of geese out there trying to cross the road. It was an interesting scene because one, the lead goose would get out there and they would follow along but invariably a car would come down the street. And they'd have to turn around, go back to the edge and start all over again. I was interested in this, Sister Douglas, so I watched it as time and time again they would get out a little while, a car would come, and then they'd have to go back. In fact, at one point, there was a standoff. Because if you know anything about it, about geese, geese can be stubborn as mules. In fact, geese can really be gangsters. If you don't believe me, walk around here sometime. They will come for you." [01:09:55]
3. "Isn't it amazing how folks switch up as soon as the situation shifts? Isn't it amazing how young men who said they were thugs and out here in the street all of a sudden when they get arrested and they time for sentencing and all of a sudden they want they mama and they crying to the judge for mercy. Ain't that something? Ain't that something? How your child going to stand up on your face and tell you how they are grown blank man and they are grown blank woman and they can do what they want to do. And you ain't the boss of them until everything you warned them about happens. Just like you said and it blows up in their face. And now mama daddy. Can I come? No, no, no, no. You were grown blank woman. You were grown blank. Where's that energy now in this?" [01:30:09]
4. "You got time to find out what's going on and will and Jada's relationship, but you gonna read all the articles and read all the comments, but you ain't got time to read one verse of scripture. Oh, you got time. Isn't it funny how you ain't got no money for your child's scholarship, but you got money for cars and cigars and well, you know, wherever I would go to church, but you don't Sunday is really my only day to rest. It's the day God gave you and if it wasn't for his mercy, you would have been consumed." [01:33:17]
5. "You already know what to do You just need to do it in the right direction And so I'm believing God For a breakthrough today Cause faith come by hearing And hearing by the word of God That while I was speaking to you God was speaking into you And he was declaring as soon as you Get your priorities straight What you thought you were waiting on It will stop waiting for you And it will come Because now it's in divine order." [01:43:19]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God says to the people of God, it's time to wise up. It's time to stop walking in places where God has made you to fly. I know you've grown and you can do whatever you want to do. You have the right to use your feet, but that's not the best way to go where you're trying to go. I know you're smart and you've got some degrees behind your name, but you ought not limit yourself to your intelligence and your training because the Bible says that God gives faith to you. And favor is better than a degree. And favor is better than money. I need somebody to talk to me." [01:12:15]
2. "God is looking at you and God is looking at me saying I wish you would keep that same energy to complain about what I haven't done to believe me for what I can do and to do for yourself. Preach pastor. I'm doing the best I can God is looking for the same energy that we invest in getting money and getting the honey and getting the latest drip and getting a new whip and getting lashes and nails and new pair of golf clubs. God is saying use that same energy to seek my face and to sew in the ministry and worship me with your whole heart and give me some real quality prayer time versus that drive by stuff. You do on the way to sleep. I can't get no help in here." [01:25:58]
3. "The angel is talking to get who you've been talking to. Come on, you've been communicating all week and talking to your coworkers and your classmates and your friends and your family members. I want to know what cosmic conversation have you had because until your dialogue reaches the divine, it really don't matter what you're talking about. In other words, when I'm going through, I want to talk to somebody who can do something about what I'm going through." [01:23:06]
4. "The Lord is with you. And, and that sounds good in church. But when you catch in hell, when your enemies seem to be gaining ground, when your demand and your resource don't line up, it's hard to hear. And it sounds like church colloquialism. When somebody tells you mighty man of valor, mighty woman of valor, the Lord is with you. And so, and so Gideon, he gave back that same energy. He said, if the Lord is with us, then why has all this happened to us?" [01:16:35]
5. "God says You already know what to do You just doing it in the wrong direction Did you hear me You already know how to pursue How to seek after just seeking after the wrong stuff After the wrong people You already know what to do You just need to do it in the right direction And so I'm believing God For a breakthrough today Cause faith come by hearing And hearing by the word of God That while I was speaking to you God was speaking into you And he was declaring as soon as you Get your priorities straight What you thought you were waiting on It will stop waiting for you And it will come Because now it's in divine order." [01:42:42]
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1. "We celebrate people who go all out. Michael Joy. Kobe Bryant Serena Williams Simone Biles that they their names have risen to prominence because they have distinguished themselves as people who've gone after their sport with everything in their bit in their ability to Tim Cook. The CEO of Apple still is known to be the first person in the office and the last person out the first black billionaire Reginald F. Lewis was known to have a work ethic that was beyond everything else. And God is saying since you can't clearly have wings. Since you clearly have ability use that same energy that you're using to go after what you want to pursue me to pursue the things that I have prepared for your life." [01:28:52]
2. "Brothers and sisters, one of the joys of my sabbatical was being able to renew my love for walking. And I really like walking by the water. And apparently I'm not the only one. Because one day I was making my way down the road and I saw a gaggle of geese out there trying to cross the road. It was an interesting scene because one, the lead goose would get out there and they would follow along but invariably a car would come down the street. And they'd have to turn around, go back to the edge and start all over again. I was interested in this, Sister Douglas, so I watched it as time and time again they would get out a little while, a car would come, and then they'd have to go back. In fact, at one point, there was a standoff. Because if you know anything about it, about geese, geese can be stubborn as mules. In fact, geese can really be gangsters. If you don't believe me, walk around here sometime. They will come for you." [01:09:55]
3. "Isn't it amazing how folks switch up as soon as the situation shifts? Isn't it amazing how young men who said they were thugs and out here in the street all of a sudden when they get arrested and they time for sentencing and all of a sudden they want they mama and they crying to the judge for mercy. Ain't that something? Ain't that something? How your child going to stand up on your face and tell you how they are grown blank man and they are grown blank woman and they can do what they want to do. And you ain't the boss of them until everything you warned them about happens. Just like you said and it blows up in their face. And now mama daddy. Can I come? No, no, no, no. You were grown blank woman. You were grown blank. Where's that energy now in this?" [01:30:09]
4. "You got time to find out what's going on and will and Jada's relationship, but you gonna read all the articles and read all the comments, but you ain't got time to read one verse of scripture. Oh, you got time. Isn't it funny how you ain't got no money for your child's scholarship, but you got money for cars and cigars and well, you know, wherever I would go to church, but you don't Sunday is really my only day to rest. It's the day God gave you and if it wasn't for his mercy, you would have been consumed." [01:33:17]
5. "You already know what to do You just need to do it in the right direction And so I'm believing God For a breakthrough today Cause faith come by hearing And hearing by the word of God That while I was speaking to you God was speaking into you And he was declaring as soon as you Get your priorities straight What you thought you were waiting on It will stop waiting for you And it will come Because now it's in divine order." [01:43:19]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God says to the people of God, it's time to wise up. It's time to stop walking in places where God has made you to fly. I know you've grown and you can do whatever you want to do. You have the right to use your feet, but that's not the best way to go where you're trying to go. I know you're smart and you've got some degrees behind your name, but you ought not limit yourself to your intelligence and your training because the Bible says that God gives faith to you. And favor is better than a degree. And favor is better than money. I need somebody to talk to me." [01:12:15]
2. "God is looking at you and God is looking at me saying I wish you would keep that same energy to complain about what I haven't done to believe me for what I can do and to do for yourself. Preach pastor. I'm doing the best I can God is looking for the same energy that we invest in getting money and getting the honey and getting the latest drip and getting a new whip and getting lashes and nails and new pair of golf clubs. God is saying use that same energy to seek my face and to sew in the ministry and worship me with your whole heart and give me some real quality prayer time versus that drive by stuff. You do on the way to sleep. I can't get no help in here." [01:25:58]
3. "The angel is talking to get who you've been talking to. Come on, you've been communicating all week and talking to your coworkers and your classmates and your friends and your family members. I want to know what cosmic conversation have you had because until your dialogue reaches the divine, it really don't matter what you're talking about. In other words, when I'm going through, I want to talk to somebody who can do something about what I'm going through." [01:23:06]
4. "The Lord is with you. And, and that sounds good in church. But when you catch in hell, when your enemies seem to be gaining ground, when your demand and your resource don't line up, it's hard to hear. And it sounds like church colloquialism. When somebody tells you mighty man of valor, mighty woman of valor, the Lord is with you. And so, and so Gideon, he gave back that same energy. He said, if the Lord is with us, then why has all this happened to us?" [01:16:35]
5. "God says You already know what to do You just doing it in the wrong direction Did you hear me You already know how to pursue How to seek after just seeking after the wrong stuff After the wrong people You already know what to do You just need to do it in the right direction And so I'm believing God For a breakthrough today Cause faith come by hearing And hearing by the word of God That while I was speaking to you God was speaking into you And he was declaring as soon as you Get your priorities straight What you thought you were waiting on It will stop waiting for you And it will come Because now it's in divine order." [01:42:42]
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