John Gray - The Aftermath
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Are you ready for the word of the Lord? I’ll ask again. I love you. Are you ready for the word of the Lord? Come on and stand if you have the physical ability to do so. I’m going to read some scripture; we’re going to get right into the word. Are there any college basketball fans in the room? Let’s watch those South Carolina Lady Gamecocks! Go ahead and bring the championship home! I saw somebody talking about Boo. Don’t do that too loud; these people are crazy. They will come over here. The coach is a friend of mine, Dawn is a friend of mine, and I’m proud of her. That’s my homegirl. When they were here last year, she got me some tickets, and I went and saw them when they were in Greenville. I’ve known Dawn for many years, so I’m proud of her. But that Caitlyn Clark is no joke; that girl has game. She does. But we’re in South Carolina, so we’re going to represent for the home state. Um, if you have the physical ability to stand, please do, unless you have a child; if you have a baby, by all means, remain seated. We have some little babies around here. I met a man of God and his wife in the back. They have a little girl who literally looks like a perfect little doll baby. I said she could have all my money right now; she’s just gorgeous. Where are you at, man of God? He was holding his daughter. Where are you at? He’s in the back somewhere. There he is! Where’d that baby go? Where is she? She’s asleep? Oh, she’s not asleep? Okay, so she’s not a deacon, 'cause deacons tend to sleep on the front row, and some elders do too. I’m preaching, Pastor! That’s good-that’s a good word! Um, I want you to keep your joy. It’s been a beautiful time. Last week was unbelievable-130 people gave their lives to Christ between our in-person and online services- 130! The average American church has 75 adults. We added two churches to our church. I want to be clear: I have no desire to be a national or international name. That’s something God did. But what I do want to be, and what my wife desires to be, is that we want to be faithful stewards over this local congregation. Wherever God leads it, that’s fine. But there are some things that God is doing for us that we’re going to share over the coming weeks that will literally make you pull your braids out and let your new growth stick up in the air! I’m just saying, Elder Brian, you’re going to pull your braids out. You did pull them out already, 'cause you don’t have any!
Go to Matthew 27, Matthew 27. We’ve got some family from Indiana. I met one young lady; she’s got some beautiful kids-two boys and a little girl. She said her son watches me online; they watch from Indiana, and she’s like, «Well, his name is John Gray, but sometimes he wears red, so is his name John Red, or if I wear a black hoodie, is he John Black?» I just love the fact that she had to explain that the hoodies may change, but my name doesn’t. That just touched my heart. But I’m glad you guys are here; it means the world. Matthew 27, I’m at the 45th verse. We’re still in post-resurrection miracle territory. Oh God! I’m going to say that again, 'cause I think I felt a spark of the Holy Spirit: we are in post-resurrection miracle territory, which means over the next 30 minutes, God could literally do anything in this service, and nothing will ever be the same. Do I have anybody that has enough faith to believe that God could do something in the next few moments that our lives will never be the same?
Matthew 27, I’m at the 45th verse. Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour, there was darkness over all the land. Freeze! Tomorrow something is happening in the sky. It doesn’t happen often; it’s rare, and it only lasts for four minutes. Sounds like my honeymoon! But I’m saying this, I’m here all week-keep me in prayer. Um, I got my joy, so this is Love Story; this ain’t Relentless. I got my joy at Love Story, so I can laugh a little bit. There’s a different freedom! People have spent thousands of dollars to go to a particular city so that they can view an eclipse that lasts for 3 minutes and 42 seconds. Scripture makes clear that there are signs in the heavens that signify the soon coming of the Lord Jesus. I need a little more help from the saints. While they’re looking at the moon passing past the sun, I’m looking for the Son who made the sun and the moon and the stars! Is there anybody that’s grateful for the sunlight? But I’m looking for the Son, who is the light of the world! 3 minutes and 42 seconds is the total path or the total darkness from the full eclipse. Most people will have a partial eclipse. But on this date, in this moment on Golgotha, the place of the skull, at a particular point in time, as Yeshua Hamashiach was on the cross for three hours, darkness hit the region. Now scientists say it is not possible for a solar eclipse to last that long. They would also tell you that the sun cannot stand still for an entire day, but if you ask Joshua, «Oh! I need some saints in here!» God can do anything; he’s in charge of nature. The first thing God said is, «Let there be light.» Light is the fastest thing in the universe! Nothing travels faster than the speed of light-186,000 miles per second! Which means what He said billions of years ago is still traveling right now. I don’t know who this is going to help, but when God speaks, it moves fast! Somebody this week is about to see that God spoke something, and it’s about to show up in your life! It’s about to move fast! I feel the Holy Spirit! From the sixth hour until the ninth hour, there was darkness over all the land.
And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, «Eli, Eli,» that is, «My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?» For those who were here last week, we know that Jesus was actually quoting scripture from the book of Psalm, a song of David. In his deep sorrow, there’s a moment where, even in the midst of his pain, David says, «But I will trust the Lord.» I feel like he left me. I feel like I’m all alone, but there’s something that I know about his character-that he’s not going to leave me in this state forever! I know too much about my Father! So Jesus is crying out of His pain and the fact that the Father had just turned His back. And He turned His back so that you and I could have a love story! I wish I had some help in here! Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, «This man is calling for Elijah.» Immediately, one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and offered it to him to drink. The rest said, «No, leave him alone. Let us see if Elijah will come and save him.» I never caught this until I was studying for this message.
Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His Spirit. Now, Charles, you’re a theologian. Okay, how can you cry out with a loud voice after being crucified for hours, having lost blood, lung capacity, and the inability to even catch your breath, but at the end of his crucifixion, He had mustered enough strength to let out a shout? There are demons who have been fighting you for years to steal your praise, to steal your voice, and to steal your sound! I don’t know what your crucifixion looks like, because everyone must pick up their cross and follow Him, but I know this: the enemy is not counting on you to shout while you’re being crucified! The enemy is counting on you not to shout while you’re in the middle of trial! I want to invite you right now to lift up another shout right now before you get free, before the prayer is answered, before it works in your favor! Can you praise Him in the midst of trial while you’re waiting on an answer? Can you praise the Lord? Glory! Glory! He cried out again with a loud voice, and He yielded up His Spirit! Woo! Help me, Jesus!
Then behold, Elder! When you see the word behold, what he’s really saying is, «Watch this!» Elbow somebody and say, «You’ve got to watch this!» Watch this! Look at somebody and say, «Watch this! Watch this! Watch this!» Then behold! Watch this! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom! No man can even get to the top of the temple to even touch the curtain because the only person that could go beyond the curtain is the high priest. Anybody else would die on the spot! Play with God if you want to! Don’t touch the holy things of God or the holy people of God! These people are crazy today; they just say whatever they want. You better be careful what you say about God’s people. You better be careful what you say about the saints. You better be careful what you say about the anointing. God, I discern Your presence in this place! And the earth quaked! What happened Friday in the largest city in this country? A 4.8 magnitude quake! Ah! Okay, four is a number of deliverance; eight is new beginnings! Witness the new beginning that starts with deliverance! I want to deliver people who are in gross darkness! Earthquakes, signs, and wonders in the sky! Sounds like Matthew 24 is happening in our lifetime! You’ve got eclipses and earthquakes! Scary that Jesus said this kind of stuff was going to be happening before I show up again! If I were you, I’d stay connected to the house of God in this season. I wouldn’t be messing with carnal people. I wouldn’t be playing games because Jesus is soon to come! Soon come! Jesus, my Savior, soon shall crack the sky, and He shall wipe every tear from our eyes! All right, I need y’all to catch this. I’m going to try to preach it; I’mma let you out of here, but I got to get this out! The earth quaked and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep-fallen asleep! They’re not dead; they’re asleep! You don’t believe it? Read John 11! Jesus said, «Lazarus is asleep!» Like, «No, he’s dead!» I said, «He’s asleep!» And since I made him, I can tell you what it is! You don’t tell me; I tell you! Many of the bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many!
The title of this message, for the few minutes that I have your attention, is «The Aftermath.» The aftermath! After the resurrection comes the aftermath. You may be seated. I will ask you to participate with me for the few moments that I have you while you’re sitting. I want you to say it again with as much lung capacity as you have: «The Aftermath! The Aftermath!» There have been a number of earthquakes over the past years, most specifically the horrific earthquake in Haiti that killed hundreds of thousands of people. The nation of Haiti still has not recovered from that earthquake! Earthquakes come when tectonic plates shift beneath the ground, where there is friction between one area of foundation and another. When one wants to take over the territory of another, they hit, and that friction causes everything above it to shake! Even things that were good foundationally-even the best laid foundation- is often no match depending on the seismic activity of an earthquake! As it is in this moment, I need you to get spiritual ears and eyes for what’s happening! You cannot live a carnal life in this season! You cannot be so focused on your social media accounts that you’re missing that the Holy Spirit has been trying to wake you up every morning for the last three weeks to get you into a posture of prayer so that you can be prepared for what’s coming! Not just for yourself, but for your family who’s not saved, who needs to know what’s going on in the earth! God needs to give you revelation so you can distribute that to the rest of your family! While everybody else is running and trying to grab groceries, and you’re sitting up listening to gospel music like it’s not a care in the world, they’re going to ask you how come you’re sitting over here with all of this peace when all of this hell is breaking loose? Because I got a revelation from Jesus that everything you see right now just means He’s coming back soon! So while you got on glasses to look up at an eclipse, I’m looking up at the sky waiting for Jesus! We always rightfully talk about the death of Jesus Christ, but what we don’t talk about is the aftermath of His resurrection!
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most staggering, singularly significant moment in all of human history because in this moment, the transaction that the Father initiated from eternity to win us back to Himself was completed. Now I’m going to give you another scripture that you will be able to shout on at the end of this message, a few moments from now. It’s Philippians chapter 2, and I’m starting at the fifth verse: «Oh, let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond servant.» I got to tell you that He does not like notoriety and applause, but Pastor Charles Hall is one of the most significant supernatural gifts anywhere in the body of Christ in this world! Y’all have no clue what that man-stand up, Sir, 'cause I know you hate this, but you’re going to stand up! You’re going to honor him! There it is! I need y’all to just thank God for your executive pastor, your COO!
Listen to what I’m saying. Taking a form of a bond servant, he has an elevated leadership role in this ministry. Last week on this wall, it said, «Where purpose comes alive"-it was relentless, yeah! «You belong before you believe» was on the walls, and we got quotes, five-figure quotes to get those letters down. Then I got a text-"the letters are gone!» He had gotten some scaffolding thing and got up there himself and took the letters down! He didn’t call anybody; he didn’t outsource it. He went and did it himself! The Love Story Church logo that you see outside on the windows- he did it himself! Not a company! He took it upon himself because those are the kinds of leaders that God honors-those who don’t seek their own but seek to make the kingdom better by quietly serving! But the Bible says what you do in secret, God will reward openly. So I want to give you open honor in front of this church for the work you do that no one sees! And Elder Dennis, we’re raising up leaders that will do that! We ain’t got to write a check! If you got two hands, you made yourself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond servant and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name!
I need y’all to catch this because this is going to correlate to the end of my message-that at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow, of those in heaven-this is the part I need you to catch-and of those on Earth and of those — every tongue should confess, every tongue-that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father! The aftermath! Every knee has to bow in heaven, in Earth, under the Earth! Why is that important? When Jesus died, His blood-we just sing it-"I know it was the blood! I know it was the blood! I know it was the blood for me!» One day when I was lost, He died on the cross, and I know it was the blood for me! His blood came streaming down! Stay right there! His blood came streaming down! I ain’t even going to sing no more; I’m going to make them just wait-just leave it in the air! But His blood didn’t just stay in His beard! Hallelujah! It hit the ground! When perfect blood hits dirty ground, it redeems the Earth! When His blood hit the ground, the Earth was redeemed because blood purchased our salvation! It also redeemed us from every curse!
Remember that the ground was cursed because of sin, but now that the blood has hit the ground, the curse has to be lifted because His blood is pure! Here’s what’s crazy! But at a certain point, for three hours, the sins of everyone, every filthy thing I’ve ever done, you’ve ever done, ever thought-anything that anyone has ever done-was uploaded to His body! And in that moment when the Father had to look away, because the Bible says God is too holy to look upon sin, it wasn’t that He wanted to reject His Son; He had to reject the sin His Son was carrying! He says, «Eli, Eli!» What He’s saying is, «No, no, I’ve never experienced this!» There was darkness-there was darkness over the land for three hours! Was it an eclipse? I don’t believe so! I believe it was a supernatural, spiritual transaction that was localized to that region so that the people understood: you’re not messing with a regular man! This is the Son of the Living God, and y’all shouldn’t have put your hands on Him! But it wasn’t the Roman government that crucified Him! It wasn’t jealous, insecure Pharisees and goofy church folk-even though they were participants! It was the sins of the people in this room and those watching online and every other human being that put Jesus on the cross!
So before we go judging the Pharisees and the Sadducees, look at me! Look at me! 'Cause it was your sin, your lust, your sex before marriage! It was you! Your lying! Your cheating! Your stealing! It was your cussing! It was all the stuff that you did, the stuff that I did! So stop looking anywhere else! You want to know why Jesus was on that cross? Look in the mirror! Absolutely! And how much love does it take for you to die for people who still don’t pay you attention? There are people who have come into this room as if they’re doing God a favor on their Facebook and social media, playing games! And I’m not even talking about the kids! I expect kids to be kids! But you, 36 years old, still on the-and then ready to leave early and then wonder why your life looks like hell! You didn’t even come here to really do business with the King! You came here to check a box off in your own mind! You might as well have stayed home! But there are those of us in this room that know I’ve got to get to the temple because I believe that when I get into the company of the saints, something changes! My atmosphere changes! My attitude changes! My spirit gets encouraged because I realize I’m not by myself! Am I talking to anybody else? Lord, I need Your help on this! Everybody who has the ability to praise the Lord right now
All right, help me, Jesus! Are y’all all right? 'Cause I feel like preaching! It’s the aftermath! How much love you got to have for people that you stay on a cross for three hours, taking the sins of the whole world, things you didn’t do, dying a death you don’t deserve, while the people who put you there are looking at you, laughing at you? And while you’re dying, you say, «Father, forgive them!» While they’re cussing me out and laughing at me while I’m naked on a cross, dying slowly, the most agonizing death known to man-FORGIVE THEM! You ain’t really got the heart of Jesus until you can forgive them while they’re killing you! Oh, my God! You’re going to have to help me out of here! I got to get out of here! Some of y’all know what I’m talking about! You got to look at people in their face after you know what they really think about you, what they really say about you, and you say «God bless you!» And I really mean it! God forgive them-they don’t know what they’re doing! Jesus is about to die! If you learn about crucifixion-and you should-you should go study it! The pain is unimaginable! But one of the things that you need to know about crucifixion, for those who don’t know, is it makes your lungs collapse!
Anybody here have asthma? If you’ve ever had an asthma attack, stand up! I’ve never had an asthma attack. I need to ask those who’ve had one: is it scary? Tell me what happens-is it hard to breathe? You can’t catch your breath. You panic! You stop breathing, and there’s an inhaler! One time, my son had his inhaler and he was having trouble-he took 14 pumps of albuterol! For those who know, that could have killed him! But he got scared, so he took what he thought was prescribed, but took too much of it! Jesus is in pain, so they offer Him sour wine on a reed because reeds are actually a form of healing. So they were trying to give Him something that would minimize the pain! I don’t! Uh- uh! 'Cause they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, which was that which takes away pain. He wouldn’t drink it because He needed to feel all the pain in order for the transaction to be complete! I don’t want Novocain! I got to stay on this cross! I got to feel this pain! I have to feel this rejection so that my brothers and sisters don’t have to! I’m trying to provoke you to worship today by helping you realize that Jesus was thinking about you while He was in pain and kept enduring the pain so that you wouldn’t have to! So why are you still in an abusive relationship when Jesus died for you to be free? Why are you still struggling with an addiction that the blood has already purchased you out of? Why are you still walking around saying you’re less than when the blood of Jesus says, «Greater is He that’s in you?» Somebody pray for me! I need you to pray for me! I need some strength here! Crucifixion makes your lungs collapse, Jordan, which means when He cried out with a loud voice at the end, it took every ounce He had to get that last little scream out because when you have an asthma attack, you can’t breathe! You need breath in order to yell! Jesus mustered His last little strength, and He didn’t just cry out; He cried out with a loud voice!
I’ve been up here dying for all these hours! They haven’t broken my bones yet, 'cause the Bible says, prophesied, that none of His bones shall be broken! When He yelled out, He did not yell out of sadness; He did not yell out of pain; He yelled from victory! I’m going to need some help in here, 'cause I’mma need you to get ready to yell from victory for every time the devil tried to take your breath, take your joy, take your peace, take your passion, take your money, take your life! I need you to muster a little strength, and I need you to-I need somebody to break out in here! I need somebody to shout in here! Are you praying for me? After He cried out with a loud voice, He yielded His spirit! It didn’t say His spirit went to heaven; He yielded His spirit! That means even in death, He submitted His spirit to the Father! I’m about to mess you up, and I’m going to tear this whole church up! When He gave up His spirit, He said, «Father, whatever You need me to do next, I’ll do that too!» Some of y’all don’t realize your body houses you! It’s not you! That’s why you can’t get caught up with carnal people and immature people because you have a body, but you are not this body! This is the vehicle that God is using to fulfill purpose and effectuate change in the Earth! But you are eternal by nature! So when you leave this body, you do not cease to exist; you cease to need this body, because your spirit is going back to God! How do I know? Because even a witch pulled up the prophet Samuel from Shol, and he said, «Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?» She said, «I see a mantle rising out of the earth!» He died a prophet and was a prophet even after death! People are messing with you-they want to kill you-they can’t kill you! You’re eternal! I feel a different oil on me, Charles! I’m trying to stay up 'cause I feel like I might faint! I feel like I’m hitting something I’ve never hit before! I need somebody to pray for me! I’m in a different place now! Jesus yielded up His spirit! Father, is there anything else You want me to do? Yes, Son! Before You come up here and sprinkle Your blood on the mercy seat, You have one more assignment. For three days, I need you in the lower part of the earth! And He led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men! What is this? That He ascended unless He first descended to the lowest parts of the earth! And so Jesus decided, «I’m going to yield My spirit,» and the Father said, «I need you to do a 3 -day revival in the lowest parts of the earth!» For those who died in hope, they were in what was called the bosom of Abraham. So they never knew who Jesus was; they just knew they were believing for something! So Jesus shows up in the lowest parts of the earth and says, «All the things you prayed about-all the things that were prophesied-I’m Him!» You know a lot of people are in sports saying, «He’s Him!» and «She’s Her!» No, no, no! Jesus is the first! I’m Him! I am He! That it was prophesied, «Behold, I come in the volume of the book-it is written of me to do Your will, oh God! I’m Him! I’m the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega! There’s nobody coming after me, and there’s nobody that can stand beside me!» He’s preaching and prophesying, and the Bible says, in Matthew, that when He died, the earth quaked!
Yeah, Tim, I need a-The rocks were split! Give me a symbol on that! The rocks were split, and the graves were opened! It was like Thriller! But before Thriller, it was the Healer! 'Cause He’s a healer! The earth quaked! Like on Friday, the rocks were split! Now tell me, Pastor, about these rocks being split! Well, you know, the week before He died, He was going into the city, and the Pharisees were hating, talking about, «You need to tell your servants and your disciples to stop saying this, 'Hosanna, ' and praising you!» He, on His donkey, said, «Hey, I tell you, if they don’t praise, the rocks will cry out!» The earth quaking means the foundation shifted! That which was is no more! The rock splitting-the word rock is stone in Greek-in Hebrew it’s the law! What happened is the law was broken once and for all because He fulfilled it! So the law had no more power! So the rocks had to split! The earthquake means a shift from the Old Testament to the New- from the old covenant to the new covenant, which is in My blood! The earthquake 'cause the blood hit the ground! The rock split because the law had been fulfilled; it now has no ability to hold you hostage! And then the graves were opened! Which means anything dead has legal right to get up! Y’all missed this! If He got up, you can get up! Somebody just caught it! Whatever’s dead in your life has to get up! Hold on! The earthquake was a 4.8; the eclipse is tomorrow on 4/8! Are there any more questions about the power of Jesus? I’m getting ready to tear this place down! Help me, Holy Ghost! Thank you, Pastor A, because I didn’t realize! Courtney said it’s 4! Thank you! Ah! God help me! The rocks were split! The graves were opened! Which means dead things got up and testified! And it says they went into the city of Greenville and appeared to many! Somebody’s about to shout right here! There are people who thought you were dead, and they’re going to be like, «Wait, wait, wait! I thought you were dead!»
I was, but the blood! I was dead, but the blood! Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins! The blood! I need everyone to say this, and then however you respond after is on you! Get off that phone, son! You and Eric, get off those phones! Stand up! You and your friends, stand up! Say this: «I am evidence of the resurrection!» Preaching! I am evidence of resurrection! People are not going to know what to do with you because they thought you were dead! It was over! No hope! But because Jesus died, you have to get up! Glory! The reason why they don’t know what to do with you is because they don’t know what to do with things that used to be dead that are now alive! Wow! Find five people and tell them, «You’re a living miracle!» You’re a living miracle! Put it in the chat feed! I said put it in the chat feed! Don’t just tell them they’re a miracle! You’re a living miracle! If you’ve ever died, if something in your life ever died, you need to know that you’re alive now! Somebody pray! Preach with me! I need your help! They hate you because you’re evidence of resurrection, and because you’re alive, it’s clear that God is not finished with you! Oh my God! So Jesus prophesied and preached under the earth, so now the scripture that I gave you from Philippians 2 makes sense! At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow! Of those in heaven, on Earth-y’all missed it! That prophecy could not be fulfilled unless He preached under the earth! Some of you were like, «God, I’m buried!» He needed you to preach under the earth! Unless you’ve been buried, you won’t shout right there! But when people have put dirt on your name, when they put dirt on your reputation, when they buried you while you were still trying to catch your breath, I need you to know He needed you to be buried so you could proclaim His name under the earth! Jesus was already the King of Heaven! Everything up there worships Him! He comes to the earth; He dies! Everything here has to worship Him! But there was one more dimension that He needed to go ahead and subdue! So His spirit was yielded to the Father! He goes into the lower parts of the earth, and He preaches there! And by the time He’s done, He gets up! But the Bible says not only did He get up, but some other saints got up! So now every knee will bow 'cause heaven worships, the earth worships, and now anything under the earth has to worship! The aftermath of His death is that every dead thing now has legal right that’s connected to the blood to get up!
Let me say it this way: the moment Jesus died, dead things got up! Oh Lord! Help me! Oh Lord! The graves were opened! Only Jesus could have gotten you up! Who am I talking to? You had no ability to save yourself! You had no ability to heal yourself! Only Jesus had the power to bring dead things to life! Oh Lord! God is about to cause you to appear to many as a sign of what Jesus can do with a submitted life! Anybody that used to be dead ought to be shouting right there! Anybody that used to be addicted, anybody that’s ever been in bondage, you ought to be shouting right there! Why was it important for Jesus to go under the earth? He had to fill all things! Watch this! Because you don’t have authority where your name has not been established! Elder Alicia, they didn’t catch it! If you invite me to your house and I come into your home and I sit on the couch and I’m like, «I don’t like the way that TV is angled! I need y’all to move the TV! And the counter is sitting on-move it this way because I like my TV this way! Who who who are you talking to? I like this house! But you need to change the wallpaper while I’m here-change it! I don’t like that!» I’m sorry; I could’ve sworn I paid a mortgage in this space! Matter of fact, well, I’m glad you’re here! We always ask our guests to take their shoes off! I’m not taking nothing off! You move out of my way! I’m sorry! I’mma have to hem you up! Have you lost-matter of fact, tell your wife to come here-give me kisses! Well, I’m going to have to stab you! I’m going to have to-you don’t go into somebody else’s house telling them what they need to do with their stuff! You only have that authority in your house! Satan thought he had a house until Jesus stepped in! It says, «Aye fool! This my house! These are my people! Everything down here worships me! I got the keys, keys, keys! I got the keys to death, hell, and the grave! I got the keys 'cause give me them keys! It’s my house! So now I got heaven, earth, and under the earth! It’s all mine! And everybody bows down! And that’s the love story! Yes, sir! I need the craziest shout you can give God right now! I need everyone standing! I need you to open your lungs and let out one last praise to the God who saved you through the blood of His Son! Because „every knee shall bow! Every tongue shall confess!“ Elders, before you move, the Holy Spirit just put something in my spirit! I need every elder, every pastor, every leader to sow a seed into this word! Every elder, pastor, and leader, sow a seed into this word! Something just broke in this atmosphere! I want the leaders to move because they have submitted themselves to me as the pastor! If you’re a part of Love Story, I’m encouraging you right now, get something in your hands and sow it into this word! How many know that this is a life-changing word? I don’t do this!
Those who know me know I need everybody who believes this to be the word of God! Get something in your hands! Sow it right now! Online, sow something into-sow 48 cents! Sow $48! I don’t care what you sow-sow something! Who needs a quarter? I’ll give you a quarter! Come here, John, hurry up! You and Eric, get up, come here! John, you sow this into that basket right now! And you thank the Lord! Okay, here, Eric, come here! You sow this! You say, „Lord, I thank you for my life!“ Put your hand on this basket-say, „Lord, I thank you for my destiny!“ Both of you say, „Lord, I thank you for my future!“ Theory! Amen! Put your hands right here-say, „God, everything concerning me has been opened! Everything has been unlocked in Jesus' name!“ All right y’all scoot over because there’s other people that are moving! I need everybody to move! I need everybody to move! Pastor Mike, you’ve been with me this whole time! I may have done this four times in six years! Something has just shifted in our church! Who is in agreement with me? Hey, you tell your son that’s your dad! You tell your son-even though he can hear me, I want you to tell him that the pastor said he’s carrying a double portion of your spirit! His anointing will change the world! And you, man of God, are raising a global leader of change! But he could not be what he did not come from! You are a global change agent! And the reason why you find peace and connection in this church is beyond my color! You see my spirit! And I want to honor you and your family and your investment in this house because very soon, the Lord showed me this three weeks ago-you’re going to have this mic, and you’re going to speak right here! And the Lord’s going to give you something to encourage us, even if it’s three minutes! But it’s in you, and it’s on you! And I celebrate the anointing of God over you and your family, and may the Lord shock you this week with a miracle you did not ask for and did not expect! I need y’all to move quick! I need you to get to this offering like everything in your life is changing with whatever it is you’re sowing! Do not leave 'cause we have not yet done! We have not yet done our altar call! Lord help me! I’m trying to keep it together, Brian, but I feel God! I’ve been waiting six years to feel what I feel now! I feel a freedom and an open heaven over this house that I have never felt! And I am not lying when I wake up on Sunday morning! That depression that set on me is not there anymore! It’s not there anymore! Do you know what it’s like to preach while you want to die? Do you know what it’s like to preach while you’re buried while people are hoping that you die and stay dead? And you still got to fight through that thing! But I don’t have to fight that anymore! I’m free! I’m healed! I’m whole! I’m restored! Do you understand what it’s like to stand up, and I got joy? Oh Lord! Oh God! I can hear my mother shouting in her breakfast nook right now! I know she’s clapping saying, „Yes, God! Thank you, Jesus!“
See, 'cause when you see your child going through hell and all you can do is pray, you just got to let them go through it! I don’t know who this is for-mama, daddy, you keep praying, but it’s about to break this week! Your child is not confused in their identity; it’s a spirit, and the spirit’s lifting off of them this week! Did you hear what I said? You are not defined by science or nature; you are defined by the spirit of the Living God! Come to order in the name of Jesus! Every demonic stronghold and lie of the devil, come out of your mind! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Healing to your house! Healing to your heart! Healing to your mind! Poppa, stuff you were praying for me for is here! Stuff you prophesied is here! It’s here! Angela, would you lower this? See y’all in the balcony-white knee-length sweater, curly hair down to the shoulders, and the other two next to you! I’m waving at the three of y’all! I’m waving at you! Yes! I’m waving at SWV! I’m waving at y’all! I see you, my balcony crew! I see you all the way at the tip-top! That’s what I’m talking about; them are the G seats! You see from God’s perspective! Love and blessings! Love y’all! Appreciate y’all rocking with your boy! Holler at your boy when you see me at Waffle House! Eggs and grilled chicken, Heinz 57! Soaps! Oh, Jesus! Come back! Come back, Jesus! Come back! Come here! Come here, sweet girl! Come! This is here! Come here! I need you to stand right there because this is the favor that surrounds you like a shield! This is the favor that surrounds you like a shield! I know you’ve been worried about this conference! God says, „Go to bed!“ God says, „Go to bed!“ God’s about to shock you with the provision! There had to be a deficit between what you have and what you need because you needed God to show up! If there was no need for a miracle, why do you need the presence of God? Anytime you’re pushing a tectonic plate of religion away, there’s always going to be opposition! God says, „Watch me! Watch my favor over the next two weeks! Watch my supernatural hand of favor and provision!“ God says, „Watch!“ And don’t forget this part-go to bed, 'cause you can’t do what God’s about to do! You can’t do it! And only God’s going to get the credit!
I need a couple of elders! Pastor, come up here! Come on, Alicia! Come on, Karti! Come on, Pastor Lois! Come on up here! Come on, Carla! Come on, Pastor Diamond! Y’all scoot her back! Stay right here! You need to rest! Stop ing yourself in sickness over a conference! Either it’s God or it’s not! You sowed the seed; now watch the aftermath! There are some people that need to call this place home! You need to move to this altar right now! Hurry! Get here! You know I’m talking to you! Hurry! Get here! Bring your family! Bring your loved ones! This is where you need to get! PL! Hurry! Make that move! Here she comes! I need God! As she’s walking, God is healing her! As she’s walking, God is freeing her! As she’s walking, God is doing deliverance work! As she’s walking! Come here, sweet girl! Yes, God! Hey, baby! Who else? Somebody else needs to make a move! Who else? I believe there are a couple of men of God that need to make a move to the altar! Is that you, my guy? You coming? You coming? That’s what I’m talking about! We got some swo dudes about to walk up here! Oh, there they go! Uh -oh! Hey, Minister Brandon! We got some teenagers over here! We got the Young Guns! We got the squad, baby! Hey! Well, it was only for him! Hey! I love you! You’re beautiful! You understand me? Stunning! Don’t you ever forget it! Oh my goodness! Come on up! Come on up, Elder! Let’s let them in! Young king, proud of you, boy! Here they come, baby! Boy don’t want to come, but that’s yours! Come here, boy! Hey, buddy! High five! He was like, „I love him already!“ You’re the first fruits! Oh my gosh! Here they come! You’re the first fruit of this word today! You are evidence of resurrection! Whoa! I see an entrepreneur! Are you a business owner? I’m only going to tell you what he said-$7 million! But he could not release it until you had submitted this part of your life to Him! You responded to the Holy Spirit! Now you’re going to see what God can do with your dream and your vision! God says you’ve seen Me before! But watch Me now! I need somebody to celebrate with her because if it’s on her, it just hit your house too! Somebody else is making a move! Hey, baby, come here!
Do you know how loved you are? Do you know how covered you are? Do you know how seen you are? Fearfully and wonderfully made! Beautiful inside and out! The hand of God is on you, and you have people that love you! Your pastor loves you! You hear me, sweet girl? I’m so proud of you! No, that’s your mama! She’s been praying for this moment because you got so much power in your testimony! The enemy’s been trying so hard! He could never take you out! 'Cause your mama kept running interference to those spirits! The last thing the devil wants- come over here next to your baby please 'cause you need to know what prayer would do! He’s standing here because you prayed! And guess what? Not only him, but his legacy is behind you! This young man I met this morning when I was going back and just speaking-this young man has a little brother! He and his little brother and his mom! I spoke to them in the back! And I didn’t say it then, but I’m going to say it now! I asked you what extracurriculars because I didn’t want to be disrespectful by assuming you played a sport, 'cause oftentimes when we see athletic Black men, we immediately try to put them in a sport! You could be an engineer, you could be an entrepreneur, a business owner! This young man’s in the 10th grade; he’s a wide receiver! And I just want to tell you what I saw! I saw $30 million over your head! That was per year, y’all didn’t hear what I said! That’s not his net worth-that’s what he brings in in one year! About five or six years from now, when they call your name, remember this moment! And no matter where you go, don’t forget God! 'Cause you are going to be the generational change agent for you and your family! Your mama has prayed and cried! Her heart has been broken, and you’re going to be the answer to prayers that she thought she had given up on! I’m proud of you! You made the greatest decision of your life today! Let’s celebrate my new son in the ministry! Everyone at this altar, you mean so much to me! And Pastor AB, you have no clue!
Hey, handsome boy, what’s your name? Hey, what’s your name? Lucas? I’m shaking your hand, Mama Lucas! I’m proud of you, buddy! God’s doing supernatural things in your family! Your mom is an intercessor! That woman knows how to pray! And you are going to change the world! I see it all over you! Absolutely amazing! Yeah! Help me! Help me! Help me! Wipe me down! Okay, stop playing! Don’t stop it! All right, everybody here, lift your hands! I said everybody here, and y’all lifted your hands too! I’m getting in on this! You ain’t going to leave me out! Everybody at home, lift your hands too! You ain’t doing nothing! You didn’t get in the car! I’m stop, I’m sorry! Like I live in South Africa, I’m sorry, you’re right! Somebody else is coming! Oh, elders, don’t let her walk by herself! Y’all just standing there! Come on down! Grab her, hug her, welcome her, bring the baby! She got her puff puffs! You know you sharp, girl! She was like, „I might not have been here last week; I got my Easter dress this week! Boom! How about it?“ You know what? I’m going to just say this-anybody else? You want to get in on this miracle! Ten, nine, eight, seven, six! There she goes! Five! Oh my God, y’all got to shout better than that! Uh -oh, here he comes, and he’s bringing the baby! Make your decision! Ten, nine, eight- here they come! Seven! And she’s getting saved for two people! Six! Five! Uh -oh, here she comes! Four! Three! Here they come! Let her through! Ten, nine, eight, seven-is there anybody else? Anybody else? Anyone else? Last time in the balcony, you know I love y’all! Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! Are you coming? They’re coming from the balcony! My people are coming from the balcony! Here she comes! Here we come! Ten, nine, eight, seven! Is there anybody else? Anyone else? Anyone else? Last time in the balcony, you know I love y’all! Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! Two! Two! Are you coming, ma’am? I held the two just for you in the middle with the red locks! Come on, sweet girl! We held out 'cause Jesus held out on the cross until everybody had a chance to be saved!
Everybody at this altar, lift your hands and repeat after me! Y’all stretch your hands towards them! If you want to repeat the prayer, you can at home! You can text „SAVED“ to 95555! Text „MEMBER“ to 95555! Avent! I want you to look from east to west! This is the legacy of Love Story! We haven’t seen altar calls like this in I don’t know how long, but Love Story gets a harvest! Welcome to your next chapter! Hey everybody, repeat after me! Lord Jesus, it’s me! I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus is Lord! Thank you for the blood, 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, amen, and amen! We even got somebody on FaceTime praying! We got somebody on FaceTime praying! Hey, I love you, FaceTime! I love you! I love you! I don’t know if you have enough help today, but if you-no, I need the oil on this! She said, „Could you please pray for my unborn son? He’s got an MK on his lung.“ But we were just talking about lungs today and how He had enough strength to cry out one more time. By the time your son cries out his first cry, there won’t be anything on his lung, and the only thing in his lungs will be a praise! And he will be a worshiper! He’ll be a worshiper! The enemy wants to come after his lungs because he wants his praise, but he can’t have his lungs or his praise! Father, I thank you that the baby is healed right now! Even as Pastor Crom, Marty lays hands, I declare-step over there! CU! As we pray, Father, we curse that growth the way Jesus cursed the fig tree! Shrivel and die! Shrivel and die! Little baby boy, hear the word of the prophet! Live and not die, and be in health! Supernatural health! No growth! No tumor! And not a reoccurrence! All the days of his life, he will be known for the strength of his voice and the power in his lungs! In Jesus' name, amen, amen, and amen!