John Gray - Crown Him
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Let’s all stand for the word. Let’s all stand. Who’s ready for the word of the Lord today? I’ll ask one more time: who’s ready for the word of the Lord today? Say it again, «Sir, crown Him.» See, when I was growing up, we were in a traditional Baptist Church. We had to learn songs like «All hail the power of Jesus' name; let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him, and crown Him, and crown Him, and crown Him Lord of all.»
I want you to look at somebody right around their hairline. Somebody got offended already. Why you want to look at me? Why you trying to look for my hairline? To the Lord, it’s my hairline, it’s a beard line, but I don’t need that. I need y’all to look at somebody near that forehead area right above the eyebrows. I need you to take your hands; I don’t need you to touch them-they may not want to be touched-but I need you to act like you’re adjusting their crown. Tell somebody, «I’m fixing your crown; it’s about to be a problem for devils in here.»
Find somebody else. I need you to put a little something on there; I need you to look. No, no, no, no, no, because I can’t let you go out looking regular when you are royalty. Let me adjust yours. I see my man in the gray hoodie. I see the gray hoodie. You can adjust his crown with the gray hood. Leave your hood on, but adjust his crown. Is that your son? That’s your boy. That’s a young king! He’s being coronated today, and I’m here to tell you, young man, that you belong to God-not video games, not sports, not the streets, not your favorite musician, your favorite sports figure-you belong to God.
As your mama prophetically declares, go ahead and start trying to put his little beanie on like you used to do when he was a baby before he went out. Fix his crown, 'cause I need him to go to school understanding who he is so nobody tries to tell him who he is when he gets to school. He already knows 'cause he’s got his crown tilted to the left. I need some ladies' help; some other lady adjust her crown. Go ahead, because some of you ladies have been dating people beneath your crown. Maybe if I readjust your crown, it’ll open up your vision. Why would you let a commoner into your palace? You need to adjust your crown.
We’re in Revelation chapter 4. Revelation 4. Let’s go, let’s go! Then, well, then let’s do it. You ain’t saying nothing; that’s what I’m talking about. Look, balcony is in the building-let’s go. Revelation 4:1. What version of the scripture am I reading from? Two new King James; that’s right, baby. She makes fun; she mocks me. She acts like she’s me at home: «We’re reading from the New King James version!» I just need one person to believe God with me.
She was like, «And I’m going to have y’all stand up for two days while I read scripture.» This is what she does to me when I leave here; I-you were in my loins. Revelation 4, verse one. After these things, I looked. This is John the Revelator, for those who don’t know. John the disciple was on the Isle of Patmos, exiled, and he got this revelation. He was the only disciple who died of natural causes after being boiled in oil, but he survived. There are some people that have tried to burn you, but you survived!
I don’t know where this is getting ready to go, but while your crown is on, you need to look at somebody and tell them, «I’ve survived,» and this is why your crown is shining-because it’s made of pure gold. So fire doesn’t actually hurt gold; it just removes anything that’s not gold from the gold. After these things, I, John, looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.
You just stepped into an open door. Your QL and Friends thing on 8/25/ 24 is a small glimpse into your future. A global multimedia icon that changes the narrative of what it means to be relevant to culture while staying true to your own personal Kingdom convictions, and they’re going to have to write you a nine-figure check. There is a door standing open in heaven, so we know that there are doors in heaven, and we know that there are windows in heaven. For the tithers, He opens windows, but when you go up to the next level, He’ll open it.
«I have set before you an open door that no man can shut.» I don’t care who doesn’t like you; they can’t close the door. We ain’t gonna have no rug in 20 minutes; this rug is going to be gone. The first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, «Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.» Tell somebody, «Come up here.» See, you can’t stay with low-level people in this season. You can’t date low-level thinkers. There’s nothing wrong with nice people; you can be friendly, but you should be careful who you build alliances with.
I don’t need to stay here; I need somebody that’s going to be like, «Come up here.» I don’t want to talk about thousands; let’s talk about millions. Let’s talk about billions. Let’s talk about trillions. Come up here; let’s think differently. The higher I go, the different vantage point I find. Immediately I was in the spirit, and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne-capital O.
He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance. There was a rainbow around the throne in appearance like an emerald. Around the throne were 24 thrones, and on the thrones, I saw 24 elders sitting clothed in white robes, and they had crowns of gold on their heads. Y’all thought I was just making stuff up! Tell somebody, «Fix your crown.» The reason you’ve had so many problems is that you have not agreed with heaven about who you are and how heaven sees you. You believe the lie of a stepparent or a short-visioned parent or caregiver who told you you’d be nothing or that you’d never amount to much.
When you came from heaven, you didn’t come from the earth. You are not the will of a mother and father; you are the will of heaven. Fix your crown! And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Before the throne, there was a sea of glass like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. It wasn’t a man; it wasn’t a calf; it wasn’t a lion; it wasn’t a flying eagle. It looked like a man, like a lion, like a calf, like a flying eagle, but because John was limited to his human understanding, even though he was on higher ground, he used the language that was most consistent with his ability to understand what he was looking at in the natural in order to give us a picture that heaven is not like this. They’re not like us.
The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within, and they do not rest day or night, saying, «Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.» Whenever the living creature gives glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the 24 elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, «You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, glory, and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will, they exist and were created.»
They cast their crowns. I need you to take your crown off and throw it towards the altar. Now, some of y’all did a toss; I need you to throw it! When you see any fisherman in here, where the fishermen at? You don’t cast your line one foot from your shore. What they’re saying as they were throwing their crowns, they’re saying, «This crown? This is nothing compared to the glory of the One in whose presence I am. I can’t even stand in Your presence. I don’t deserve to wear this crown in Your presence. I take it off; I don’t just lay it down; I cast it. I throw it. It’s nothing to me because You are the One who sits on the throne. You are the Great and Mighty God. Lightning, thunder, and voices —
you got to read this thing. Because we have treated God as common, but God is not common. He is surrounded by 10,000 times 10,000, the Bible says, and thousands upon thousands of angels and an innumerable company of angels, hosts of heaven, elders, and living creatures with six wings. And all they do is cry, „Holy, holy, holy!“ But you can’t get church folk to focus for two hours without being ready to get in their car and leave to go to a house that nothing has changed in. But if you just stayed in His presence, everything would change forever.
The title is „Crown Him.“ Be seated, be seated. I want you to write down Matthew 27:27–31. I just gave you a glimpse of heaven and how heaven operates. When it comes to worship, in heaven they know what they’re doing; this is what they do. Worship is what they do. The 24 elders have 24 thrones around the throne of God and they got crowns. What are the crowns made of? Gold! And they cast their crowns. See they knew that they were in the presence of one greater than themselves-not just greater than themselves, the greatest to ever do it, the greatest of all time. He’s not just high; He’s higher. He’s not just higher; He’s highest. He’s not just highest; He’s the Most High God.
There is none higher than Him. He is not just first; He is only. He is not just protos; He is monos. He is not just first; He is only. He is the one and only; there is no other God. There is no other creator God. There is no other Abba Father. There is no other God who dwells in unapproachable light, who shrouds Himself in darkness and clouds and thunder, who whispers to prophets in dark sayings and riddles. But if He calls you friend, He talks to you face to face, Moses. And if He calls you a prophet, He whispers to you at the mouth of the cave, Elijah. And if He really calls you son, then He’ll talk back to you when you talk to Him.
In John 12, Jesus says, „Father, glorify Your name.“ And the Bible says a voice from heaven came saying, „I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.“ Every now and then, heaven will shout back if you shout right! I need somebody to shout to heaven- switch! I love that you were ready to move and nobody else did. Don’t let anybody else stop you. You were the prophet that caught what was supposed to happen. Most times, we’re waiting on somebody else to move, and God says if nobody else moves, will you move? Switch! That’s just how fast everything in your life changed. That’s just how fast the diagnosis changes.
Matthew 27, come on, go with me-quick, quick, quick, quick! By the way, today, for our back-to-school event, we have six barbers that are cutting hair for free, and we have nail techs who are doing nails today. „Do you want gel? I make it real nice — real pretty. You want champagne?“
„Stop it, pastor! I’m gonna need some orange juice because my vitamin C is real low.“ Matthew 27. By the way, who sits on the throne in heaven? Only one-capital O-N-E. We’re talking about the Most High God. If you keep reading, there was a question because it was time for some scrolls to be opened. They said, „But who is worthy to open the scroll?“ John said, „I wept bitterly because they searched heaven, earth, and under the earth, and there was no one worthy to open the scroll.“ But then I saw a Lamb as it were slain who arose and said, „I’ll open the scroll.“ And He who is worthy to open the scroll-His name is Jesus!
And He’s been given a name that is above every name, and at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow! So you cast your crown; you got a crown, but when you’re in the presence of the King, you cast your crown. Ain’t no pride when you’re in the presence of the living God.
Matthew 27, 27th verse. Check out how they treated my Jesus. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. One man surrounded by a garrison of Roman soldiers-trained killers- against a rabbi, a 33-year- old rabbi who had never been accused of any crime other than helping people. Do you know there are people that hate you because all you do is help? They hate you because all you do is help, and they can’t stand that. They can’t corrupt you to be bitter and ugly and negative because that’s how they live their life.
I need you to keep living your life. Help as many people as you can, and the more help you give, the more hate you’ll get, but the more help you’ll get from heaven! They stripped Jesus and put a scarlet robe on Him, and when they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and a reed in His right hand. They bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, „Hail, King of the Jews! Hail! Hail, King of the Jews!“ Then they spat on Him and took the reed and struck Him on the head. When they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. After they beat Him and spat on Him, they took His robe off Him, put His clothes back on Him, and then led Him to Golgotha- the place of the skull.
It’s funny, though, 'cause they said they took the robe, but they didn’t take the crown! Charles, they’re not ready for where I’m about to go, but I’m going anyway. They can take your robe, but they can’t take your crown. They can take the job, but they can’t take your crown. They could take your money, but they can’t take your crown. They could take the opportunity, but they could not touch the crown. I don’t care what it looks like; you still have your crown. I need somebody to write it in your journal and put it in the chat feed: „I still have my crown.“ Tell seven people, „I still have my crown!“ Seven people, Brittany- that’s two, you got five more! And I mean seven. „I still have my crown!“ Fix your crown and watch how you talk to me 'cause I’m royalty!
Why do you let people talk to you any kind of way? Don’t you know who you are? Next time somebody starts talking goofy, „Are you crazy? You must not know who I am! Better yet, you must not know who my Father is!“ Let me say something to y’all: depending on who your father is, things change. My son could probably play basketball; I can’t get him a tryout with an NBA team, but if my name is Bronny, the team that my dad plays for is going to draft me.
Am I deserving of the opportunity? I’m not here to say whether he is or not, but I guarantee you they weren’t just looking at his skill set; they were also looking at, „We want to make sure we don’t upset his father.“ There are some people who don’t know they need to leave you alone because your father’s about to get involved. I need everybody in here to give God a praise! Your debt situation is about to shift because your Father has decided to get involved.
I know you don’t have the strength to leave that relationship, but your Father is about to get involved. I know you don’t know which way to navigate, but your Father is about to get involved. Your Daddy is about to come see about you! I need an eight -second praise break in the room. No, that’s not a praise break; that’s a smattering of applause. They spat on Him; they took His robe, but He kept His crown! The title of this message is „Crown Him.“
I' m gonna start moving fast, so I need everybody to lean in real quick. Don’t be trying to scooch out of here early; you ain’t got nowhere to go! If you had to go to work, you should have gone yesterday. This is really random, but I had Jamaican food yesterday. It was from that place downtown on Main Street, and they’re real Jamaicans 'cause they are not nice. I walked in at 9:50; they told me, „We don’t make no fresh food. Whatever we got, this is what we got. You want some plantains? You want some red beans and rice?“
Anyway, it was really good, though. I like people who are actually who they are all the time. I don’t want anybody changing because you think you can get something from me. I want real friends; I want people that love me for real, for the good and the bad. I don’t need you around because you just want something; I want God to give me discernment. I need to fix my crown so I can see who’s here. If this crown wasn’t on, would you still be here?
I’m looking for the real ones; I’m not looking for the ones that want to chill in the palace. I want the ones that would be content to be in the hood too. Don’t come sitting on the yacht if you weren’t sitting in the mud! Praise break, praise break, praise break, 'cause people will switch on you, but I’m about to switch on them. I’m hitting switches! Somebody shout, „Crown Him!“ Jesus is the only one worthy of the name King!
Help me, God! Help me, Jesus! He is King of Kings! Say it again: King of Kings! And y’all do know there’s a difference between Savior Jesus and Lord Jesus. Let me help you understand for those who don’t know. The man on the cross, the thief on the cross, met Savior Jesus. What do you mean? He had lived his life; he was actively dying. But because he met Savior Jesus, his soul was saved from eternal hell.
He did not meet Lord Jesus because „Lord“ means after I make a commitment to follow You and acknowledge You as a unique Son of God. Now the entirety of my life is submitted to Your word. God, real quiet 'cause I’m going to help some of y’all 'cause y’all say, „He’s my-I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.“ No, He’s just your Savior! I’m not judging you, and here’s how you know if He’s your Savior or your Lord and Savior. Savior means you confess Christ; you believe in your heart; you confess with your mouth.
But Lord means my appetites, my proclivities, my passions, my decisions, my humanity, my masculinity, my femininity, my sexuality-all submit to the Lordship of Jesus-which means I am not the final authority on what I get to do; the word of God is the final authority on what I do, how I do it, when I do it, where I do it, and who I do it with. I need some help in here! We got a lot of carnal churches that think you can live how you want and still call Jesus Lord, but that’s not Lord!
You might be saved from hell, but you’re not giving Him maximum glory in the earth until you make Him Lord. The only way that He will become Lord is if you submit your whole life to His word. That means you don’t get to do what you want, live how you want, cuss out who you want, sleep with who you want, back it up on who you want. You’ve got to submit every part of you to the word! If the word is not the final authority in your life, then Jesus might be your Savior, but He may not be your Lord!
I need some help in here; I don’t have nobody in here that’s moving! I need you to switch! And while you switch, you need to give God a praise! I just saw somebody sow a seed. I don’t know which elder it was; she got the glass. Where’s she go? That seed is going to follow you and your grandson-the one that comes and hugs me all the time. That seed was for him! Did you hear what I said? That seed was for him!
Help me, Holy Ghost-crown Him! I want to go ahead and talk about Jesus because right now in the church, there is a shift in the dialogue in churches, and it’s because we’re in a political season right now. Everybody wants to be Martin Luther King all of a sudden. But Martin Luther King was relevant to his generation and his culture, and he was a prophet, not just a preacher. That’s why he could prophesy he was about to die the night before he did because God showed him that was going to happen.
But now we got some pseudo-folk who want to become half preacher half civil rights leader, but we’re in a different season. And I appreciate civil rights, and I respect the political process, but what we need are prophets! I don’t have no help in here! I’m going to speak dead into that thing until that thing bows down! I’m here to tell you that we don’t need any more political speeches from the pulpit; we need a word from God! Stay right there, lift your hands!
I’m going to act like I don’t know you, but I do know you, and I know what you’ve sown over six years. I know what you’ve sown for this house to be where it is. If it hadn’t been for your wisdom, for your diligence, for your discernment, for your insight, we wouldn’t even be on this campus right now. Now you just sowed something out of your hands into the house, but you also need to know as you have sown into others, it’s time for harvest for you now!
I want you to hear me real good and real clear: by the time you get back to your seat, people will have sown back into you pressed down, shaken together, and running over because you’ve never asked for one thing. But I know what you’ve given, but today harvest comes back to you. And whatever comes into your hands, thank God for it because it’s a small piece of what’s coming to you.
Go ahead, elder; he’s already started, so go ahead and don’t sit there and look down. Stay right there until whoever wants to sow. Now, I’m going to keep talking over here. Can I talk now? No, no! Y’all real quiet! Can I talk like I want to? We got a whole bunch of political speeches, and we should have dialogue and discourse.
And I already told you you should vote, but don’t worship who you’re voting for! Because the last time I checked, four years ago, we went through the same thing. Four years before that, we went through the same thing. Four years before that, we went through the same thing. But the last time I checked in Revelation, there’s only One on the throne, and He has never not been on the throne, and He’s never been voted off the throne. And He can’t be voted off the throne because He is the only One worthy to sit on the throne.
Hey, Q-let them come through! Let them come through; let them walk that way! If they want to bless the woman of God, let them do it! Listen to me; I’m here to tell you today there is one King; His name is Jesus Christ! Can everybody in here say „Jesus Christ“? Jesus Christ! Nah, you didn’t say it! You shout louder for your favorite R&B star than you just did for Jesus, and I’m sick of it!
Y’all worship everything except Jesus! But Jesus Christ is the head of the church. Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead. Jesus Christ is the only Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the only name whereby men must be saved. Jesus Christ is the One that has all power. Jesus Christ is the One that demons tremble at His name! I’m going to keep saying the name Jesus Christ until devils leave up out of here and until a praise opens up in here!
You want to worship at the altar of the Republican Party or the Democratic Party when you need to be worshiping at the altar of Jesus Christ? Because He is the only One worthy of praise! I feel like I’m fighting saints about Jesus, 'cause if I start talking politics, you get emotional. But that’s because these people got you on puppet strings making you think if you vote for them somehow life will be better!
But you voted four years ago, and you’re just as broke now as you were then! Your marriage is still a mess like it was three years ago! But there is One; if you acknowledge Him, He will come into your house, and He will begin to fix what’s broken! And He doesn’t do cosmetic surgery; He does deep inner work! I wish-I’m fighting, Pastor; I’m fighting! It’s too quiet in here! There is one Savior, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.
If you want to talk politics, we can talk at the coffee shop, but today I just want to talk about Jesus! It’s real quiet over here in this little worship section. I’m going to come your way in about 13 seconds, so go ahead and fix your stuff. Get your girdles right 'cause I’m coming over there! So I ain’t even going to look over there; get your baby hairs popping because I’m tired of the church being about everything except Jesus!
The church has lost its way when you want to be only focused on stuff out there but not on things up there. Then you’ve missed what the church is. The church should be politically aware, but we don’t submit to politics; politics submit to the Word! Lord Jesus, help me preach it! Give me the boldness to keep talking! I feel that I’ve agitated some demons in the region 'cause this is a real religious city.
You know, we got a lot of churches, but we ain’t got a lot of saved folk. They just show up on Sunday to check it off their box! But not at Love Story! Love Story, baby, we come in here to do business with the King! Where are the folk that are serious about that thing? You could have stayed at home to play a game! If you showed up, then you might as well get what you came for! Pastor A.B., go back over there and stand there while people bless you!
You don’t even know how to be blessed! You don’t even know how to receive! But the Lord says you’re going to learn to receive! If you sow, you should expect a harvest! I feel the Holy Ghost! I said I feel the Holy Ghost! And just because I’m a Black man, doesn’t mean that I lead with my culture first! My culture is a part of my humanity, but my spirit is the core of my divinity! I’m a kingdom man first, but it is not lost on me that God gave me brown skin, melanated chocolate goodness for His own purpose.
But we are not a Black church; we are the Lord’s church! That’s why Black folk, White folk, Hispanic folk, Native American folk, Indian folk, real Indian from India and Cherokees-all of them show up here! We got folk in Nigeria and Ghana and Malawi and Liberia and all over the United Kingdom in South Africa, in Durban and Cape Town! I feel the Holy Ghost in here; we are a global church in a local city!
And the only way you can have global reach from Greenville is if God has decided that you’re going to lift up Jesus! „And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto Me.“ The Bible is right! Jesus is King! Crown Him! Everybody in here that has a praise, give it to God-whether seated or standing! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Crown Him! Let Jesus be who Jesus is!
Some people think Jesus- don’t try to play Him close like butter plays toast! From the Mississippi down to the East Coast, He’s my King! He’s my Savior! He’s the One that casts out demons with a word! He’s the One that heals little girls with a word! A dead girl-He sent His word! And a woman touched the hem of His garment!
God blocked the cycle 'cause kings have authority! I don’t know who this is for, but King Jesus is about to step into your situation! Something just broke over here and it’s about to unlock over here and shift over the entirety of the church! Richard, you and Erica start praising God because God just stepped up into Westchester, Ohio! God’s doing a miracle at your house! I don’t know who this is for in Houston, Texas-God is moving in your house right now! You’re watching in Dallas-God is moving right now!
God is moving by His Spirit right now! In Louisiana, you need to lift up a praise to God! King Jesus has decided to step into your situation! Somebody needs to crown Him! Yeah, Elder, I’m going to need a couple more of those, man! I don’t know what we’re fighting against, but I’m not leaving here until I hear the sound that heaven deserves! Some of y’all have been holding your praise back!
Don’t be no fool today! You better give Jesus the praise He deserves! You better open your mouth and give Jesus the praise He deserves! Jesus Christ is the head of the church! Jesus Christ is the only One that could pay for your sins! Stop worshiping pastors and prophets and bishops and apostles and all of these other folks that want you to think that you got to go through them to get to God!
Baby, when Jesus died, the veil of the curtain was ripped from top to bottom, which means God wants to hear from you right now! I can agree with you in prayer, but I don’t have special access! Ain’t no VIP section in heaven! When Jesus' blood hit the mercy seat, that means you got access to the Father! You don’t crown a man; you don’t crown a woman; you don’t crown a preacher; you don’t crown a prophet; you don’t crown an apostle! You don’t crown a move; you don’t crown a denomination! You crown Jesus! Crown Him!
I feel the Holy Ghost! Pastor Mike, when you stepped up to step, I felt like I had some help in here! Crown Him! Crown Him! And crown Him again! I heard the Lord! Elder Linton, I just heard the Lord!
Is anybody in here brought your bills with you? They in your purse? You got your bills with you? If you do, the Lord said, „Draw a crown on the bill.“ If they’re not here when you get home, draw a crown on the bill and then go to bed! Because what you’re saying is, „I don’t have the ability to pay this! I don’t know how He’s going to do it, but I got a King with inexhaustible resources!“ So I’m going to crown this bill and leave it at the altar because my Father, who sees what I pray in the secret place, will reward me openly! I need somebody to shout, „Crown Him!“
So as Jesus was sitting there, getting ready to die, the Roman soldiers spit on Him, slapped Him, mocked Him, beat Him, treated Him like trash. He did nothing! What them stupid Roman soldiers didn’t know is right on the other side of the human physical dimension, there were angels, sir, with swords drawn! Michael the Archangel-Jesus! All you got to do is say the word! I slice this whole thing up! Some of y’all keep playing!
I don’t know what you’re scared of, devils! You need to be scared of Jesus! You don’t believe me? You better ask the Assyrian army-130 plus thousand of them! One night, one angel killed 130,000 of them in one night! I don’t know who this is for, but while you sleep tonight, God’s about to eradicate your enemy! They’re not worshiping! Q, you didn’t hear what I said! By the time you wake up tomorrow, the enemies you had today, you will not have anymore!
Somebody ought to crown Jesus! They beat Him, they spat on Him, and they put a crown of thorns on His head. There’s a sissifus tree in that part of the country; four centimeters are the thorns. They believe there were 700 thorns on that crown. When they put it on His head, it sliced the skin, and blood began to fall from the placement of the crown!
Oh God! And some of y’all are saying, „Why a crown of thorns?“ I’m glad that you asked because in Genesis 3: 18, at the declaration of the curses, God cursed the serpent. Then He said, „Eve, you will have pain in childbirth.“ Then He gets to Adam and says, „Because you heeded the word of your wife…“ Yes, sir, quick lesson for husbands: be a leader in your house!
She’s not going to clap, but she’s not going to clap 'cause the Bible says her desire shall be for her husband, and he will have rule over you! The tension in marriage is that there will always be that thing in a wife that says, „I know I can; I see it; you don’t see it; you need to do it this way.“ And God will allow her to see something different from you to see if you’ll listen to Him. And then He’ll also teach the wife submission by showing them something different from the husband; to see if she will trust his leadership because the picture of a marriage is the model of Christ in the church in the earth.
And God will speak to the head, and the head has to declare even if other folk in the house don’t see what you see. But it was not a conference call. It got real tight in here! You was cool when I was talking about Jesus, but when I came down your relationship like, „Mmm, I don’t receive that!“
Listen to me; when it got to that point, God said, „Because you listened to her voice over mine, the ground is cursed. It will produce, but it’ll be from the sweat of your brow, and there will be thorns and thistles in your labor.“ So, you will produce good things, but thorns will be attached because of sin.
I don’t think y’all-I don’t think y’all heard. Did you hear what I said? Okay, I’m just going to ask you one more thing, and then I’m going to leave you alone. Why a crown of thorns? They couldn’t have found something else! Maybe it’s because in Genesis 3:18, thorns were a sign of a curse and the sin of the first man, Adam.
Maybe they put a crown of thorns on Jesus because the very thing that separated us from God, they put on His head so that we could return back to God. So, the very thing that was a reminder of our separation from God is now a reminder that even Jesus took that and nailed it to the cross as well! I don’t know who this is for, but don’t reject the thorns.
There’s going to be some thorns in your development, but Jesus put that on His head! He crowned Himself with the curse so that you could walk in the favor of being blessed! And when He died, you died! And when He rose, you rose! So, I’m going to say it one more time as I close this message: you need to fix your crown, baby! Fix your crown!
Y’all didn’t hear me! The crown that King Charles wears-I believe it’s worth six billion dollars- that’s the crown jewels of England! How much is that crown of thorns worth that pierced the scalp of Yeshua Hamashiach and the blood that dripped that paid for your sins?! I’m just looking for somebody in here that will crown Jesus Lord of all!
He’s King of Kings and Lord of Lords! You didn’t hear what I said! Everyone is standing! The very thing that was a reminder of the curse, Jesus put on His head to remind you that the curse is broken! The debt has been paid! And you have been freed from the curse of the law! Oh my God! I don’t know who this is for!
But because you belong to God, He has to keep you! Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling! Put it in the chat feed: „He’s a keeper!“ Tell somebody else, „Look at somebody! Just give -He’s a keeper!“ But you can only say it if you know He kept you from something! Oh my God!
I just think it’s so amazing; the Roman government decided to mock Jesus and were actually fulfilling scripture before His crucifixion. They gave Him thorns, but by using a symbol of the curse to crown the One whose resurrection would overturn it, the Romans ended up fulfilling prophecy. They mocked Him with a crown of thorns, not knowing that it was thorns that marked the curse. And what they were doing was an end to the curse!
I don’t know who this is for, but your cursed days are over! I don’t care what that witch put a root on you, I don’t care about what that warlock said! The curse is broken! The blood of Jesus is against you, devil! The blood of Jesus is against you, you warlock! You trifling witch! I bind you in the name of Jesus! I declare that God’s people are free! And whom the Son sets free is free indeed! Fix your crown!
Father, seal this word! Get the glory from this word! Glorify Your name! We don’t worship at the altar of politicians in this church; we don’t worship pastors and preachers in this church. We honor them, but we ain’t going to worship no woman and no man. All these weird, goofy preachers out here that need 18,000 armor bearers just to walk to the bathroom-those days are over! You goofy!
Go sit down somewhere! You talk different in the pulpit than you do in regular life! You weird! Go sit down! Stop making Jesus weird! Jesus was a regular dude that was doing supernatural things. I don’t have to start; I can say, „Hey, how you doing? You’re healed in Jesus' name.“ It’s that simple!
I don’t even have to raise my voice. I ain’t got to yell, spit on you, throw nothing at you! I don’t have to do none of that because the power is not in me; it’s in His name! And when you know you’re royalty, you ain’t got to yell nowhere 'cause when you got your crown on, all you got to do is speak, and everything got to move!
Father, seal this word in Jesus' name! Amen! There are people in this room that need to go ahead and make a decision to connect to this church. Listen to me: join this church! Give this church one year! Give Love Story Church one year, and I promise you everything in your life will change! Give this church one year!
Some of y’all need to go ahead; you’re already saved but you’re like, „I don’t really have a place that I call home.“ If I were you, with what the Lord is doing in here, with what we’re about to announce over the coming weeks, I would get in now! Get in on this IPO! Get your stuff! Come down here; I’m going to give you eight and a half seconds! Start moving-you know you want to join! You know you want to join! Are you coming, sister?
Walk with her, Elder Lori. Walk with her! Bring her all the way down to the front! She got her a nice premium high-level bag! That’s a nice-that’s a fan! Don’t let my wife see that! That’s an expensive bag! Here they come! Here they come! Here they come-walk with them, Pastor Mike! That’s my kind of guy right there! Here they come! Hey, they’re walking!
Welcome home, my guy! Woman of God, welcome! Man of God, welcome! Young lady, welcome! Yo, what does your shirt say? Huh?
No, I want you to tell people what’s on your shirt!
„I don’t know; what does it say?“
„Boy King!“
But keep saying it! Just say it a whole bunch of times! „King! King! King!“ That’s the shirt and his shorts! All they say on it is „King! King! King!“ And I’m over here talking about royalty! You was prophetic! God told you to put on your two-piece!
And I added the crown because you need to know you royalty! And he got crowns on the shirt too! You understand what I’m saying? This was the day you were supposed to join, and you even put on the right clothes for the sermon, King!
Who else? Hello, Kitty! Meow! Hey, buddy, what you doing? Man, you good? How you doing? That’s your baby? Y’all the same height! Family, welcome home! Welcome home! Welcome home!
Hi, baby! She’s like, „I don’t know you!“ Somebody else is coming! Y’all got shirts that match! Hi, sweetheart! What’s your name? Tia? Zia? That’s beautiful! Where are you from? You’re from South Africa? Didn’t I say South Africa today? And you joining? Are you from-
„Jörberg?“
„You’re from Pretoria, the capital?“
I know, 'cause if it starts getting too crazy, we move to South Africa! We going to have Love Story South Africa! That probably wasn’t a good expression of dance! But I want you all at this altar to repeat this prayer! Everybody stretch your hands this way!
Lord Jesus, it’s me! I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus is Lord! Thank You for the blood that was shed for me! I receive the free gift of salvation, not through my works, but the finished work of the cross! The blood is enough to pay for all my sins! Now, Holy Spirit, come live inside and teach me how to be more like Jesus each and every day! You are my Savior and my Lord! In Jesus' name!
Amen! Can we celebrate our brothers and sisters? I need y’all to celebrate! Y’all need to fix your crowns! We’re all turning this way-we’re turning this way, and we’re walking this way! Elder Lori, you back on the horse!
Oh my God-come! Y’all got Elder Lori? Y’all got team light skin, team short stack and light skin? Come on and walk! Let’s celebrate our new family members! Oh, come on, y’all! Y’all can do better than that! Y’all need to keep clapping until they leave!
Who was blessed by the word today?
Listen, let me tell you something: Jesus Christ is the head of the church! Stop worshiping men and women! Only worship Jesus! Stop worshiping at the altar of politics! Worship Jesus! Stop worshiping sports stars! Worship Jesus! Certainly don’t worship no R&B or rock stars! Worship Jesus!
Respect people-worship Jesus! Honor people-worship Jesus! And fix your crown! And watch everything in your world bow down! Pastor, do you have something you want to share? You’ve all been blessed today; you’ve been blessed! Hallelujah!
Can we give the Lord some praise for the word that we received today? I want to bless the Lord for bold leadership in the building! Working with us today, coming to worship with us today, of course, and working with us for education!
I want you to grab the graphic online as quick as you can and share it to whoever you can and tell them to come and grab these school supplies, book bags for collegiate as well as K5 all the way through 12th grade. We have food trucks, multiple food trucks. We have barbers. We have nail techs! We are serving right at Love Story Fitness that way on the campus!
You want to go now? You want to get your food? You want to celebrate? And we want to make sure that we are getting our children prepared to return to school! Amen! If you know somebody who is in need, tell them to get here now!
They got about a few minutes to get up here-we’re going to be here! And their nails and haircuts-whatever you need for free! And all the supplies for free! Girl, say it again-for free! Ooh, Mufasa-for free! Hakuna Matata-for free!
I’m the 96.3 The Block broadcasting! We’re going to be giving away some tickets to QL and Friends worship night! Love Story, you have a unique code! Don’t forget you want to get your tickets before we hit capacity! We’re going to have that worship night! It is our hearts! I’m sorry-Love Story Women’s and Anchored Men’s night. We’re going to join together, and we’re going to be a part of that worship experience!
That’s our worship experience! Bring your family, bring your friends! But tell people who are in need they don’t have to belong here! Even if you don’t go to this church, if you are in need of supplies for your kids 'cause they are inflated! I remember when notebooks were a dollar; they’re about $17 for one notebook! So please, please, please tell them to come up and get your supplies today!
We’re here, and we’re ready to serve! Amen! Go get you a gel set for free! Go on out there and get some designs on your nails! You terrible! Lift your hands up! This was a great service! This was an amazing time in the presence of the Lord! We lifted Jesus up today! We saw the harvest today, and we thank God for each and every one of you!
Now may the Lord bless you and keep you, cause His face to shine upon you! The Lord, our God, be gracious to you, show you His favor, and give you His peace! Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before His presence with exceeding joy, to the only wise God be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, both now and forevermore! Amen! Amen! And amen!