everybody on your feet grab your Bibles let's get to work I'll do this as quickly as I can I know I took a little time but it was worth it for me it was worth it for me say this with me it's a test it's a test oh y'all missed it say it again it's a test it's a test it's a test it's a test it's a test what makes you think I'm going to be gone on your birthday and this your Milestone birthday girl you done lost your mind you didn't even pass [Music] it's a test it's a test Deuteronomy the 8th chapter the 2 verse and I'm going to read from you to read from rather The New International Version Deuteronomy 8 and2 for those of you who are just joining me on the Global Campus family from around the world it's a national holiday it's my wife's birthday and so we've been celebrating love we've been celebrating marriage we've been celebrating uh our singleness oh no celebration on that one thank you thank you it's God's grace and his gift to you to give you an opportunity to become whole we always want to go 50/50 but then that means that somebody is deficient that mean you brought half of a person to a whole relationship come on here somebody I'm preaching if y'all ain't figured it out you no he wants you to be 100 100 cuz I'm made whole not by you I'm made whole by him you complete me no you don't you [Applause] incomplete oh bless God even if they don't say Amen Lord just let them say ouch no I don't need to be completed by man I need to be completed by God so that I am who he needs me to be for man come on somebody so we celebrate celebrate love today we celebrate the union of marriage it is an honorable estate and I am happy to lift it up before you on today I don't think we do it enough so I'm going to do more intentional about it to make sure that you understand and I'll be more intentional about making sure you understand that uh first lady and I don't live a fairy tale we live what is called life and life be life it okay life be life and so when you see that let it be encouragement Revelations 12:1 says we overcome the enemy who comes to steal kill and destroy who comes to separate who comes to isolate to divide and conquer but we overcome him by the blood of the Lamb he can't do nothing with the blood he tried it and God raised from the dead raised Jesus from the dead so the only thing that he can mess with a temper is with your testimony so he wants to keep you quiet he doesn't want you to be real he doesn't want you to be honest you know I hear that I've heard that for the entire 18 years that we've been a church people always say he's so real no I'm just saying what y'all thinking and nobody has the audacity to say it and to be transparent enough because he whom the son says free free I'm free from your opinion I'm free from your judgment I'm free from your condemnation come on here somebody I asked nobody's permission when I told my daughter to put these twists in my head she thought I was playing I said girl get the stuff come on now Welly it's a Well if when you feel [Music] freedom now I got to help y'all cuz I said this in the last service and the Holy Ghost said you better fix that your freedom needs to be within God some of y'all get a little tooo free I see you on social media Lord help them don't be so free that you're immoral or illegal it's got to be within the context and the confines of what God says amen Deuteronomy 8 and2 Deuteronomy 8 and2 when you found it say amen amen remember how the Lord your God l had you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years how he's been with you how he walked with you how he coached you how he helped you how he protected you how he shielded you how he provided for you how he gave you Mana from heaven and water from a rock caus Quail to fall remember how the Lord your God LED you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years to humble and and to test you somebody say it with me to Humble humble and test meest yeah I want you to make it personal pronoun to humble and to test me let's read on it says in order to know what's in your heart whether or not you would keep his commands remember the Lord your God who led you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years to humble and to test you in order to see what's really going on in your heart and to know whether or not you would keep his commands pray with me if you will father God I thank you for this moment it's a preach moment and I can't do it without you I need you now I need you to show up in me that the words of my mouth will be both pleasing and acceptable in your sight and I need you to get the glory I need you now God to do the miraculous and the mighty in our minds in our hearts to give us transformation to give us healing to give us reconciliation we realize that the enemy is so tricky that he wants to keep us from relationships but today let it be profoundly established in the earth and in this place that our relationship first first and foremost with you is intact but even because of that we will be able to be in relationship and Covenant with other people thank you in advance for the transformative thing that you are about to do in us with us to us for us and through Us in The Marvelous and matchless and mighty name of Jesus let everybody who has a heart and a spirit of expectation just shout hallelujah hallelujah and amen you may be seated in the incredible presence of our God on your way down shout it with me it's a test it's a test it's a test just a quick question power people poll right quick how many of you have been tested throughout this entire series or you've identified your test yeah yeah it it it never fails that once you aware of something you become aware of something you know what I mean so I have a uh I have a a a truck and so once I got my truck my spe specific brand of truck I started seeing all those trucks everywhere it's like whenever you get a new car you see that car everywhere or if you put an outfit on you definitely see that that outfit oh my God we got on the same thing you only made you only made aware of it uh your awareness is what gives you the capacity to actually now see it it's not that everybody hasn't already had those things or everybody wasn't already driving that vehicle it's just that now you've been made aware of it and now that you're made aware of it it arms you it equips you it gives you what you need in order to be able to handle it to deal with it or to even identify it when you see it it's the same thing with this concept of testing the enemy has been testing you your entire life this didn't just happen it didn't just pop on the scene he didn't just wake up today during this sermon series and says I think it's time for me to test them no you've been tested every step of the way every day every moment he has tested you over and over again God has tested you and the enemy has put you through trials he has caused you or put you through tribulation he has caused you to feel the pressure and feel the pain of Life your entire life it's just that now you are aware of the test but here's the beauty of that being aware of it now equips you and arms you and gets you ready to know how to respond to it it's not tragic that you have a test it's only tragic when you fail the test so I asked the question in the beginning how many of you have been tested and I saw all the hands go up here's the other question how many of you have passed the test woo not a lot of hands help him Jesus but the beauty of that even is that you least identify that you were in the middle of a test because at the conclusion of the matter you can't pass what you don't identify if you do not sit down to take the test you will never pass the exam and so I admonish you to know not just identify but be willing to sit down go through and take the test and know that on the other side God has already equipped you and given you the insight and the information and the knowledge and the wisdom and the understanding and the grace and the power and the strength to be able to pass the test so just because you haven't passed it yet I don't want you to just look at what you have not done what you missed what you failed just on GP let me do it again just on faith just on God credit just on confidence just on godfidence I want you to praise God for every test that you are about to pass and the promotion and the elevation that is about to happen as a result of that passing oh you a you you you act like you ain't that's what I'm talking about right that's the one I am going to pass this test I will be elevated I will be promoted I will be increased I will be favored we will make it we will stay together it will happen it's going to show up it's going to be mine I I will [Applause] pass imagine if you would a blacksmith I'm not sure if you're familiar with the trade but there's a trade called blacksmith and in in the early times they would they would literally be the only persons that you would go to to Fashion metal and to produce the things that you use in your everyday life a blacksmith has an iron or has a a Kil and has a fire uh whether it be a pit or whether it be even in this day and an age and oven but they have a fire mechanism where they would heat raw metal when they heat the raw metal they would put the metal inside uh and and after pulling it out they would then take a hammer and an anvil and they would lay it down and they would hammer it they would beat it profusely and it seemed like they were never going to stop beating it and then even after beating it they put it back in the fire again and then they pull it back out and they beat it some more until it becomes exactly what it is that they're trying to shape and molded in and so uh he takes raw iron and throws it into a furnace he beats it or hammers it relentlessly one would ask the question why is this possible why is this necessary why does he put the iron or why does he put the raw metal in the fire why does he hammer it and beat it and then why does he take it out put it back in what is the purpose of this process here it is real simple three things that the the blacksmith wants to accomplish these three things when he's putting the raw metal in the fire when he takes it out when he beats it and hammers it reheats it and hammers it some more first of all he wants to remove the impurities that's the first purpose for this process the second thing that he does is he wants to strengthen the metal he wants it to become strong enough that it can accomplish the purpose or the goal of what it has been purpose the objective that has been purposed to accomplish then the third thing that he does is he's trying to create something that is both beautiful as well as strong so let me get these straight three things that the blacksmith wants to accomplish when he puts the raw metal Into the Fire and then pulls it out and hammers it the first thing is he wants to remove impurities second thing is he wants to strengthen the metal and the third thing is he wants to create something beautiful and strong remove the impurities which gives the ability for the metal to have all of the weakening elements or all of the weakening aspect ects of it removed and then it becomes strong and then thirdly it becomes something beautiful I I don't think you got it so let me just come on in and make it plain for you lean in that is why the Lord put your life through the trials or through the tests that he puts your life through I know am I the only one that has ever asked a question why me Lord why do I have to go through this why did this happen to me what have I done to deserve this am I the only one that's had moments where I had to look at God and say Lord are you sure you found the right house that you chose the right person are you positive that it was supposed to be me that was supposed to lose this position lose this job that was supposed to struggle in this season are you sure that the doctor gave the right prognosis to the right family to the right person that are you sure that it was supposed to happen to me that I was supposed to lose that I was supposed to be betrayed like this hurt like this wounded like this are you sure God why did you choose to you could have text me you could have DM me you could have tweeted me you could have just called me I didn't have to go through things like this are you sure it's me and if you've ever asked that question here is your answer he said yes I'm sure I had to put you through this fire because I was trying to remove some stuff that was on on the inside I had to beat you and allow life to beat you down so that I could build you up and make you stronger than you ever were before you went through it and I had to shape you and mold you and fashion you and change you and help you because I was trying to make your life [Applause] beautiful that is why you have gone through experience and lived through what you've lived through it's because the Lord was trying to pull out the things that shouldn't be there make you stronger and beautify your tomorrows so instead of lamenting what you experience you got to learn how to tell God thank you woo it's going to be a tough moment right here brace yourself in the middle of your pain when you lose the job you got to learn how to tell God oh this is only for the real Faith Walkers here this ain't for the faint of heart right here this this the mature part of the sermon right here this ain't milk this is meat when you lose your way when you find yourself at the bottom of the barrel when everything has fallen apart when the pain and the pressure of life is insurmountable when tears won't stop rolling down your face when you can watch a commercial and you just break down crying when you can't stand going to work because of the anxiety that is being produced in your life you got to learn how to tell [Applause] God I don't understand Pastor how I'm going thank God for this why I'mma thank God and all this stuff is happening for me how I'm going to thank God and I just went through this season of loss and depression and sickness and isolation and loneliness how am I going to thank God in this well it's because you already know that the only reason you're going through this is because it's a test and the only reason he put you through this test is he's trying to qualify you to pass and go to your next level he says I had to put you through this because I got to get out of you what shouldn't be in you strengthen you and make your tomorrow more beautiful than you ever thought it was go oh you ain't seen shouting until you come out of a seat season of hell you ain't seen oh you ain't seen the glory of God until he had to rock you in your AR in his arms in the Midnight Hour when I praise God I don't care what it looks like and I don't care who's looking I will even get ugly with it cuz he's just been that good to me woo okay okay y'all I think this my opinion so let me help you see it I Will Bless The Lord At All by all he means in the good times and in the bad times when you got money in the bank when you don't know where it's coming from when you're sick or even when you're healthy when they walk off and leave you by yourself or whether you got a great crowd of witnesses around you I will bless BL the Lord at I'll shout on our nine in Walmart I'll praise you on our two in Jewel I'll thank you on our 11 in Alish I will bless you at the Dollar Tree I will praise you at the pump I will bless the Lord oh bless his name oh bless his name oh bless his name oh bless his name listen here you got to you got to learn how to praise your way through some stuff when you shout it out you just feel better when you bless it out you just feel better as a matter of fact I'm going to help you this is therapy tell tell your neighbor welcome to group therapy I'm going show you something that even if you ain't got the audacity to praise God in the middle of your pain even if you can't see the Promise in the middle of this process even if you don't have the strength to give God glory I want you to watch what happens just for the people that got the strength just for the people that's got the faith just for the people I want you to bless God on the level of your expectation oh it's contagious it's [Music] contagious yes yes God yes God yes God yes God I've been through the storm and the rain but I've made it yes God yes God I had heartache and pain but I made it I may be black I might even be ugly but dear God I'm still yes God yes God yes God oh bless your name [Applause] God here here's what happens when I think I thank y'all miss it over there let me talk to y'all when I think I think woo sit down sit down sit down sit down sit down tell somebody it's a test test it's a test this is a test it's just a test it's a test it's a test of the emergency praise system this had been the real thing the trumpet would have sounded the sky would have been rolling back like a scroll Trump the the Lord would have been descending from the clouds with a shout the dead in Christ would be arising and we who remain would be caught up to meet him in the air if this had been the real thing all of those things would have already happened so the fact that I'm still here the fact that he ain't opened up the sky and started walking down from the clouds means that it ain't the end I'm trying to help you see you can't see the end of the tunnel cuz you ain't at the end of the tunnel God still got more that he wants to do in your life it's a test oh bless his name listen Jesus gives us an example in the text of exactly what this looks like cuz I want you to understand that uh Jesus Jesus's life is a power powerful model we to look at all of the facets of his life because they exemplify they're Exemplar of what we need to model our lives and our patterns and even our ability to take a test and pass the test we got to model after the Lord Jesus Christ so uh here's one thing that I I don't think people realize because they we we've been taught and we see God we see him as who he is he's Almighty he's omnipotent he's om omnicient he's all knowing he's he's omnipresent he's all places at one time he is uh he he is uh the The Great I Am he is Elohim he is Jehovah Gyra he transcends time he's outside of of everything else he is eternal he is from Everlasting to everlasting God he is mighty in his strength in his power in his prominence in his Prestige he is an Incredible God he's a Creator he is a the one that fashion and and he he is he is so articulate in his in his divinity that he speaks and what he speaks actually becomes exactly what he has spoken we see him as as this powerful Mighty God and we also see him in the form of his his bodily form of Jesus Christ and we know that he is uh he is miraculous that he performed Miracles that he walked the Earth and he did miraculous Feats and he caused wonder and awe because of how he carried himself we see the Grandeur of his demeanor we see the magnificence of his demeanor uh but but I think we miss uh that we we we miss one part that we cannot leave out we see his magnificent his magnificence but we don't really see his manhood yeah we we see his majesty but we don't see his his his manliness his humanity and so he is both God but don't miss this he is also man it's called specifically it's called the hyperstatic union where uh where he is God in three persons and then of course it it it it exemplifies what takes a step further in the fact that he is both God and man he is the Incarnate representation of who God is in the Earth but I think we miss that he is God but he is also man and in his Humanity Jesus was tested uh the scripture says that he was tested in every way on All Points so just like you just like me Jesus had to go for through testing as a matter of fact in Matthew 41 and2 it says then Jesus was led by the spirit Into the Wilderness watch this to be tested or to be tempted by the devil after fasting 40 days and 40 nights he was hungry I want you to see that those are Earthly feelings those are human feelings those are man feelings human Humanity those are feelings of mankind he he was hungry so a lot of you think that the test that you're going through that you are you are unique in that regard But please understand that Jesus went through it and it makes me ask the question that if Jesus went through it some of y'all already caught on what makes you think you ain't going to go through it too I can only imagine that God when when you're pleading and you saying Lord I don't understand why you why me why you letting me go through this I I can only imagine that God is sitting there looking at you like the audacity of you I let my own child endure this level of testing by the devil please understand that the scripture says in that text that he was led by the spirit Into the Wilderness to be tested to be tempted so it's not that that that the enemy has authority to issue a test is that God allows him to test you ooo thank you Jesus can you imagine can you imagine it it is bewildering bewildering to me it's actually it's actually mindblowing that God nominates you for the test remember joob because if you if you look at the life in the story of job job was minding his own business had it going on had wealth had prominence in the community he was a man of God had a family was raised in his family he was doing Godly things he was upright in the eyes of God and then all of a sudden God says to Satan have you considered my servant Jo wait a minute let me get this straight you nominated me for this said I did it's a test because what I want to see is will you pass and whether or not you pass is always cont in a test it's always contingent upon how you answer there's no other way to pass a test and that you answer the right way uh Jesus answered the right way three areas that he was tested in that particular moment he was he was tested through the lust of the eye the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life those were the three areas that he was tested and those are the three areas that you are tested on a regular basis the lust of the eye the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life but I want to take it a step further and contend to you that it wasn't really about the lust of the eye the PRI the the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life those were the foundations for the testing but what it was really about and I'm going to take it a step further here I'm going out on the limb I think it was about relationships the lust of the eye the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life is really about relationships uh because it was it was about for Jesus it was about his specific relationship with Fame I'll make you famous food turn this into bread and the father won't he come and bear you up if you jump off of this Cliff so it was about his relationship with Fame food and the father and pay close attention to the testing because if it's about relationship then the greatest area of testing that you will ever endure will be in the area of relationships your willingness and your ability to establish and maintain Godly God Le relationships is the is the area that you will be greatly tested and and and why is this necessary because God says remember I got to work some things out of you that shouldn't be in you and if you ain't figured it out yet people can bring the worst or the best out of you oh you got some names on the list right now I see it on your mind oh he talking about Junior cuz oh my every time I'm around him I want to say something I'm trying to upgrade my language and he ain't he ain't cooperating so using the analogy of the blacksmith I would ask the question if we have different Metals different people which metal are you if you go in the fire which metal are you are you iron and here here's why I say iron because iron has the quality it's strong and it's durable but it also has another quality that it's prone to rust uh maybe I no you know what I know this is Victory I already know what you are you gold oh yeah tell him he talking about me now that's just this my part of the sermon you are precious and you are valuable but you're also soft and easily scratched representing those kind of people who are kind and compassionate but they sensitive to criticism okay so maybe maybe I'm not gold Pastor maybe you silver silver means that you are beautiful and reflective everybody sees you sparkling from miles away but silver tarnishes over time representing those who are charismatic and outgoing but they can be real superficial I got it I got it I know you're not gold you're not silver you Platinum [Applause] baby don't tell him I'm Platinum yeah see see Platinum is very rare super expensive and highly resilient but but the problem with Platinum is that it's difficult to work work with it represents those who are strong and independent but they real stubborn oh that's you you can stay there we found your we found your metal oh okay okay this is the last one and I'm praying for everybody in this category you might be aluminum you lightweight and versatile but you easily dented and you lack depth representing those people who are adaptable and easygoing but may struggle with commitment and emotional death I want you to pay attention that each one of those Metals each one of those representations of personalities each one of those character traits each metal has a strength but it also has a weakness so I need you to know that each individual with all of your characteristics istics you have both a strength and I know you don't believe it but you also got some weaknesses and and that and therein lies a part of the problem is that you will see your strengths but you refuse to see your own weakness and the moment that you become so prideful that in humility with a lack of humility that you're not willing to acknowledge that there's some areas of opportunity in your life you have set yourself up so that your relation ships don't stand a chance recognizing your metal type can help you understand your vulnerabilities and your areas of growth so that your relationships can be solid so that God can work out of you the things that need to be worked out strengthen you and beautify you and make you a better version of the person that you've ever been this is why relationships are the essential foundation and a fundamental a point of your testing this is why because if you don't have that level of testing from people how else will you grow and know who you are and who you're not it wasn't until I was in relationship that I realize I like some things and then I don't like some things or that I got some issues or that I see some issues that I didn't see before the relationship established y'all with me so things here's the thing it's important to understand that relationships are the fundamental building block of all these things of everything and and this is why the enemy will attack you in the area of relationships but this is also why God will test you in the area of your relationships because things do not exist unless they exist in relationship to something else your mama and your daddy may or may not be together but at some point they related to one another if but for five minutes it was a relate nothing exists without relationship with something else here it is arguably and philosophically things do not exist at all uh but relationships exist I know this is going to be heavy walk with me arguably if we look at it philosophically things don't exist at all only relationships exist okay what do you mean Pastor break that down there are no individual things the existence of anything is always contingent on something else again you are here because of two individuals who related to one another and produced who you are there's a Indian Phil philosopher who says this he says no one can live without relationship you may withdraw into the mountains become a monk wander off in the desert by yourself but you are related you cannot escape from the absolute fact that you cannot exist in isolation and there are so many people who make a fallible error of thinking that you can exist by yourself here's my here's a test the next time your tooth hurt fix it next time your car break down don't take it nowhere get under there and fix it replace the battery yourself you you you you need relationships so because you need relationships this is going to be an area that you are tested Jesus Jesus was tested in the area of relationships the relationship he had with the people the relationship he had with the father he's pleading with God if there's any other way take this cup from me I don't want to go through this pain then he finally passes the test and says but nevertheless not my will but God your will be done he was tested in the area of relationships with his disciples Judas was a trusted individual Judas was the treasurer but Judas betrayed him it was devastating he hurt like we hurt the moment they stabbed you in the back he felt like you feel he is acquainted with your grief and familiar with your sorrow when the when Peter Peter was his ride or die Peter was his right hand man Peter was the Inner Circle Peter would Peter was the the one friend that he had that would turn up you got one let something go down they taking off shoes earrings Peter was Peter went and cut a man's ear off for just stepping wrong to Jesus who you talking to sh what who you talking to watch your mou this is the master this is Rabbi Peter was a ride at die and Peter cursed oh yeah he was a part of y'all's [Applause] Ministry Peter was him he's said I'm him this his rightand man but three times he denied he even knew him he rejected his knowledge of who he is three times he rejected Jesus and acted like he I'm not with him I don't know him Peter can you imagine the pain that he had to feel he was being tested in the area of his relationships but this is the thing it's not about the test it's about the answer the test is only meant to pull out the right response and how he responded to all of these tests was consistent he responded with both love and forgiveness question I have for you is how do you respond how how do you respond with when your relationships are tested is there love and forgiveness or is there pain and division is it just block and delete I felt the Holy Ghost sweep through here right [Applause] there thank you Lord [Music] how are you how are you responding when the relationships in your life some of you haven't talked to your mama in 20 years cuz you mad you big mad for what here's the thing you've been angry you've been in division you've been isolated and separated so long you don't even know why you don't like them no more you just don't like them what do they do I don't I just don't like them you're being it's a test watch this it's not a test of what they do it's a test of what you going to do how will you respond you betrayed me I made you the treasury you were close to me you were trusted and you went and sold me out for some coin yet I love you and I'm going to forgive you you you you you you're my right hand God you might ride it down my inner circle you've been with me in in the toughest times you might go get her and yet you going to deny you even know me when times get hard yet I'm going to forgive you and I'm going love you that's how he passed the test some of you been failing so let me help you pass right quick the scripture says remember how the Lord your God LED you all the way through the Wilderness in these 40 Years first step in your passing this test is to recall you're going to have to recall God's guidance reflect on how God has led you through difficult times in your life you got to stop for a minute and think about what he has done for you you why is this important because if you think about what God has done for you how he loved you when you were unlovable how you know you messed up how you know you fail you fallen you came up short how you know you made mistakes recall what he's done for you and remember the fact that you need to do the same thing for somebody else he says remember remember the days that I kept you when you didn't even have strength to keep yourself and you going to tell them you on your own remember the days that I loved you when you were unlovable and you going to say I'm done dealing with you i' I'm I'm washing my hands of it complete I'm finished with you it's crazy how we act this way with people but don't want God to act that way with us so the first thing you'll have to do is recall God's guidance I'm trying to help you pass this test second thing you're going to have to do is reveal hidden motives remember that the fire is only attacking your relationship because he's trying to pull out the things that should not be there and a lot of times we spend our energy and our time trying to figure out what everybody else is doing wrong but what is your role here's something that you might might want to consider how are you enabling this situation to continue what are you doing to create this environment to allow for this environment to exist how are you particip ipating in this process are y'all with me Reve revealing this gives you a why if you don't understand the why you will quit why am I going through this why am I being patient with them why am I putting up with this foolishness why am I going through this all over again if you don't remember the why and it challenges exposes true character and it exposes your true intentions was your intention to ever be in Godly God Le Covenant relationship with him in the first place or did you have a selfish motive and the moment they stop serving you and meeting your need now the relationship is Expendable so first you're going to have to recall second you're going to reveal third thing is you're going to have to learn how to respond here it is respond with faithfulness choose to obey God's commands he says remember how the Lord your God LED you all these years out of the Wilderness to Humble you and to test you so he can see what's in your heart but he also wanted to see whether or not you were going to keep his commands are you going to respond in your feelings or you going to respond in your faith are you going to do what is Honorable to God what do you mean Pastor well he says bless those who persecute you he says when they hit you turn the other cheek I just lost half the congregation right there I was with you Pastor T you said that right there but how will you respond cuz here's what I do know as a teacher as a former educator in high school uh history Department here's what I do know when you don't pass a test you end up taking it again again either you take it in my class or you going to take it in somebody else's class but if you don't pass this class guess what you going to have to do repeat it how long you going to stay in this cycle to allow the enemy to hit you in the area of relationships this is why he's doing it because he knows that you cannot exist unto yourself we are many members but we're part of one body we need each other and the moment you realize we need each other you stop being so quick to be condemning and judgmental you show Grace you show Mercy you show kindness you offer forgiveness forgiveness doesn't mean that you have to receive them back the same way but it opens up the opportunity for them to come and reconcile with you they can't even speak to you because you going off they can't even come and say two words to you I wished because you have not released them when the bank calls you and say I forgive your loan guess what you owe them nothing the debt is paid so when you really release this and you learn to forgive them they owe you nothing that means if they come in Repentance great if they don't great I'm going to sleep I'm going to rest I'm going to be up in right standing with God I will respond according to his commands and I will bring glory to his name I will pass this class and I will be elevated and graduated to my next level how will you respond can I just talk for a minute candidly it's so amazing to me how many people have left I've taken in tens of thousands of members over the course of this 18 years how many people have left offended and I know nothing about it I'll find out four and five years later cuz they didn't honor God's word and come to me and express their offense or to the people that offended them in the congregation or to the leaders that offended them there is no reconciliation no hope for reconciliation and it always amazes them when I see them out in public I'm going to love the hell out of them literally I will speak to them I love on them I will act like that nothing ever happened because I have all I'm sleeping good I ain't even worried about what you mad about if you want to come and tell me then of course I will receive you in love I will encourage you and we will Rec style and either you can go back to where the Lord sent you or you can or you can come on back that's what it looks like that's what it looks like it's so crazy because I watch them and they feel awkward when I come around because they know what they've said what they've done what they seated in the lives of other people they feel awkward when I show up and come around they they're just fidgeting they kind of looking and they don't know powdery and I said hey how you doing it's good to see you how so and so how's these people cuz I genuinely don't care I've released you I love you anyway I'm going to pass this test I'm going to respond in love and God's going to keep elevating and graduating and promoting I'm going to see increase in my house I'm going to give me some twists pierce my ears lose some weight and keep riding my [Music] bike how will you respond how will you respond remember that you only see the car cuz you've been made aware of it well you can't unsee what I just let you see you're going to have to go back and deal with some stuff internally they're not your responsibility you are you're going to have to deal with some stuff and now that you've seen it you're not go you can't unsee it how will you respond in advance for reconciliation in advance for mended Fellowship in advance for mended hearts in advance for the increase that's going to hit your life as a result of you releasing what has been weighing you down in advance for you laying aside every single weight of UN forgiveness un lack of reconciliation lack of healing every weight that so easily brings you down and besets you in advance I need you to praise God for the freedom that is about to fill your heart fill your mind fill your life fill this room fill your house come on praise God for the freedom to live to live I've come that you might have life and that more abundantly