John Gray - Let There Be... - Part 2
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Who’s ready for the word of the Lord? Jesus, help me! Where’s Elder Sarah Philson? Where’s Elder Sarah? Where is she? Elder Sarah, I think the church needs to hear what you shared with me. Is it okay if you come up real quick? Somebody needs to be encouraged that we don’t serve a regular God, but we serve a miracle-working God. I need you to hear this before you hear the word today. Hallelujah! Help me, Holy Ghost!
So, I got a phone call on Friday morning from my cousin. They found her grandson, my cousin, unresponsive. His body had gone cold, and his heart had stopped beating for 10 minutes, but God brought him back to us! Hallelujah! And I’m going to tell you what happened. Now, remember, God asked his mother to pray for him, and I prayed for him, and I prayed for his girlfriend. Well, on that day, it was his girlfriend that found him Friday morning, unresponsive. So, when they got there, to God be the glory, they were able to bring him back to us. The nurse told my cousin that he had smoked some marijuana. He had marijuana in his system. This happened on Friday. That Thursday, they had three people come to the hospital who had smoked marijuana that was laced with fentanyl, but they died. He came in on that Friday, but God gave him back to us! Don’t tell me what prayer won’t do! Pray for your family! Don’t take your prayers for granted. Take heed to the word that God gives the man of God Sunday after Sunday. This is serious!
And God said to me, «Sound the alarm! It could have been your loved ones!» Let me just say it really could have been me. I haven’t been who I am all my life. I’ve done drugs; I’ve done some things. God healed me, set me free, and delivered me. I’ve been nasty, but God! Somebody prayed for me! Hallelujah! You know what my prayer is going to be for my family? I need some things, but my family-his grandmother said that on that morning when she was praying, God unctioned her to pray for her grandson. His mother got the same unction- three people praying! Hear me-his heart had stopped beating for 10 minutes, his body had already gone cold. His girlfriend found him. His mother said to pray for my son in November, but God said to pray for the girlfriend too. Had I not prayed for her, she would not have found him. And even in your prayers, sometimes we think we know what to pray, but you have to ask God specifically, «What do I need to be praying for?» Because only God knows what people need! Don’t take this for granted; this thing is serious. Three died on Thursday; he lived on Friday! God brought him back! To God be all the glory!
So, what the word that God has given the man of God, may you have ears to hear what the Spirit of the Lord has to say to the church, to this vessel of God. Hallelujah! Give God some glory for resurrection power! Resurrection life! There’s power in the blood of Jesus! Hallelujah! Woo! Ten minutes his heart stopped beating! He should be brain damaged! He shouldn’t be, he’s talking! He’s coming out of the hospital! For every mountain, he was in ICU, but now he’s in a regular room! You brought him over for everything you’ve seen him through, for every blessing! Hallelujah! For this, I give you praise! For every mountain! Hallelujah! Some of us know what this is! I see my man in the number nine sometimes, bro, all you can do is this right here! Anybody ever been so filled you don’t have words? Just- this is all I got! Hallelujah! For this, I give you praise! For every mountain you’ve brought me over! For every trial you’ve seen me through! For every blessing! Hallelujah! For this, I give you praise! You can bless Him right there! You can bless the Lord Jesus!
Let me pray over you as we prepare to receive the word. God of all worlds, God of all dimensions, God of all ages-God of the past, the present, the future-God of all stars, God of all galaxies, God of all black holes, God over the earth, God over the living creatures, God over the people of the earth, God over the angels, God over the demons-we lift you up today, the Holy One, the awesome One, the mighty One, the most high God, the Great and Powerful! He whose name was so sacred, the Hebrews wouldn’t even utter it; they would whisper it. They wouldn’t even write His name out in Hebrew-they' d leave a letter out because He’s too holy to become common! Speak now through Your word on this the first Sunday of the year that we’ve all been waiting on, and over the next few moments together as I release what You told me to release, I ask that You will meet us in this moment in real time right now with actual miracles. Like people get text messages during service that something broke in their favor. The Lord is saying, «Go clear your land! It’s time to build! Make your own subdivision! Build your own stuff! This is your year!» In the name of Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus Christ. Amen, amen, and amen!
If you have one more crazy praise in you, give it to God right now! You can be seated. Go to Genesis chapter 1. Pastor Johnny, Pastor Lois, thank you for leading us in communion. It was a holy and sacred moment. Genesis chapter 1, oh Hallelujah, for this I give You praise! Genesis chapter 1, first verse. I lost my song for a while, 'cause I’ve been in the wilderness. There’s a scripture that says, «How can we sing in a strange land?» But I feel my song coming back, and I bless the name of the Lord 'cause He’s been too good for me to be silent or scared! I will lift my hands and praise Him- for He’s been too good to me! For this, I give You praise! Hey!
Genesis 1: «In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.» The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, «Let there be light,» and there was light. God saw the light that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light day-somebody tell me is that a lowercase d or a capital D? So that’s not a time; that’s a person! Elder B, they’re not ready for me today! This afternoon, I don’t even know where I’m at or what time it is. Day is not a time; it’s a person. The light He called day; the darkness He called night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
On this first Sunday of 2025, I am going to add meat to the bones of what I declared on New Year’s Eve. That this is the year of order: let there be! In Jesus' name, amen. Be seated. Stay right there, DJ, 'cause this won’t be long. I sense a different flow today. I have to say something, and I don’t know if I’m going to be able to get through it, but I was upstairs when I was talking to the Lord about what I needed. Jordan and I had cash clearly, and I was thinking the Lord wanted me to give one amount. Then the Lord said, «No, this is what I want you to give. I want you to sow it!»
Now, as I was walking out, Elder Brian, my assistant, handed me an envelope. I didn’t look in the envelope; I didn’t know who it was from, and the Lord said, «Don’t open that envelope until after the giving moment.» So I opened the envelope, and in that envelope, a woman of God said, «I’m believing God to save my mother’s house so that I can live in and keep my mother’s house.» I don’t know where you are, but not only is God going to do that, He’s going to give you other properties as well! Was that you? I sold $300, and you sold $300!
I need you to know that God was testing me upstairs to see if I would trust, and it goes in line with the word today, because in the season of «Let there be,» in the dispensation of «Let there be,» big things grow! Immediately, three people got it! Man of God, let me help you to understand what that means. I slid it, and without knowing, it was already back in my hands! They’re not listening. Before I could finish being obedient, because He knew I would be, He had already… Some of y’all missed your opportunity during offering! I’m going to give you one more. If the Lord told you to do something, if I were you, I’d do it now, 'cause you don’t know that right now, He’s working it out for you! You on a Sunday after-somebody shout, «Let there be! Let there be family!» 2025 is the year you’ve been waiting on! It is the year of order! Somebody say,
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You go to restaurants; they say, «May I take your order?» You don’t just say, «Just give me some stuff.» You have to be specific! «I’d like a salad.» Well what kind of salad? «We’ve got house salad, we’ve got Caesar salad, we’ve got Cobb salad!» Just a salad? «Well, do you have any allergies?» «Yes, I’m allergic to fish and tree nuts.» «Well, I can’t give you the house salad; it has peanuts in it. I can’t give you the Caesar because there are anchovies inside of the dressing.» So you can’t just ask for it if you have some allergies and you have not specifically declared what they are. I can’t serve you something that could harm you.
There are some things you ordered, but if you had gotten them, they would have harmed you. You didn’t know it, but you ordered that man, but you would have been allergic to him. God said, «No, that’s going to cause you to break out. You’re going to need an EpiPen if you fool with her.» God loves you too much to let you mess up what He started in you! You ought to thank God for every time He did not take your order! Somebody ought to bless God! Somebody shout, «Let there be! Let there be!»
I’m going to move quick, and I’m not going to try to get through all of this today, but I’m going to get through as much of it as I can. By the time she walks back, I want about 10 people to sow into her and her son before she walks back to her seat. I want y’all to stop her before she gets back to the seat! Boom! Right there! Don’t move! Walk slow, walk slow! She’s like, «Girl, if they said, 'Tip, ' I would have been…»
God decided to create-where did God decide to create? The earth was without form and void. I have a question: Has God ever created something imperfect? So how did the earth become void and without form? How did something God created become corrupted? I’m waiting-nobody can tell me! That’s where Satan fell! Jesus, help me! The enemy fell! Jesus said, «I saw Satan fall like lightning!» For those who don’t know, something hit the earth about 65 million years ago, left a crater 85 kilometers deep and 1100 kilometers wide, killed everything that was on the planet. This is going to mess with your theology, because y’all think God is localized to creating you.
God is the creator of all worlds in all dimensions; He’s God everywhere! So when God sees this formless void called earth, the Bible says God, who sits on a throne where angels cry, «Holy, holy, holy!» apparently steps away from the throne and hovers over a void filled with chaos! Darkness plagues this planet! He hovers-He’s observing, He’s pondering. And God, in His own way, is thinking. Then He speaks! Then God speaks, «Let there be!» Whatever happens after those three words was going to happen, because once God said, «Let there be,» it was going to have to be!
Now this one is for all your 2024 haters who are trying to inch their way into 2025. They didn’t like you then; they don’t like you now-they’re never going to like you! Listen, and here’s why: Because everything they’ve tried has failed to break your spirit, break your will, and break your heart. And here’s why they can’t break you-because God said, «Let there be!» Then He said your name! It-a praise is about to tear this place up! Let there be, Carla! Let there be, Johnny! Let there be, Lois! Let there be, Tracy!
When God speaks your name, He never has spoken anything that’s temporary! I’m going to come over here to encourage somebody because people have been trying to get you out of position. They’ve been trying to get you out of your character. They don’t like you on your job; they’re jealous, and they’re insecure! And what makes it worse is you know how they feel because you got the Holy Ghost, but they’re still smiling, cheesing, and you have to still be a Christian even though you know! Whoever this is for, God told me to tell you-don’t move! Stay right there! Stand!
I don’t! God, please help me! God says, «Stand! Don’t move!» Because when He said your name, He did not make a mistake!
All right, Elder Philson, you said, «I wasn’t always this woman.» Thank you for being honest with church folks, because church never lets you be human. But everybody in here has got some stuff they’re not proud of. We needed the blood of Jesus to save us, to cleanse us, to forgive us-I’m not the only one! Is this a room full of people grateful that Jesus died? He called your name! He doesn’t call anything temporary, so stop trying to get out of a position that God put you in! Nobody else can do what you can do! They can’t do it the way you do it! They can try, and they will fail! They can say your words; they still aren’t you! I’m trying to help somebody!
They can copy your swag; they still aren’t you! God speaks from His creative ingenuity, and each one of us was created as a one-of-a-kind masterpiece! There will never be another you in the earth, so why are you playing it slow? Why are you playing it safe? 2025 is the year to jump! Take chances! Go crazy! Leap into the atmosphere! Do something you’ve never done before! Somebody shout, «Let there be! Let there be!»
So I need to give you some things that are going to help you. This is the year of order-that’s structure, that’s systems, that’s boundaries! Wow! Now they want to shout, but you can’t shout until you get the whole word! Somebody say, «Structure! Systems!
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When God created, He did not create in a haphazard manner. This is about the process and the progression of creation. I was speaking to the Lord today, and He said something to me, and it really stuck with me: «I create with intention!» God says, «I create with intention.» God has never accidentally created anything! You didn’t sneak into the earth! You’re not the product of a romantic encounter between your mother and father! Just a conglomeration of cells that just happened to catch the egg-the seed caught the egg, and then you showed up-no, no, no, no, no! You had to be spoken out of heaven to hit the earth! Nobody gets in the earth without God’s permission!
Watch this! And you can’t leave the earth without God’s permission! I’m here to tell you-you will live and not die! I’m prophesying that you will live your full span of years! I bind car accidents, drunk drivers, overdoses, diseases! I declare that you are walking in the greatest health of your life! I declare that God will speak to you and give you wisdom, and the weight you’ve been carrying will fall off of you while you fast! Even though losing weight is not the goal, it will be a byproduct of your commitment over the next 21 days beginning tomorrow! The momentum from your decision is going to carry you for the rest of the year!
Come on, eight-pack swag! Does anybody believe that God can give you the physical body to carry out your purpose? I declare that collectively this church is going to lose 10,000 lbs this year! We’re going to do a 10,000 lb challenge! Somebody say «Order! Order!» Thank you, Jesus! You’re talking about a God who, out of His sovereign will, spoke, and what He spoke showed up. Let there be light!
First things first-who’s the light? Jesus is the light of the world! He’s the light that shines in darkness. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. That’s John chapter 1! Through Him all things were made that were made, and not one thing that was made was made without Him! So when the Father said, «Let there be light,» and called the light day (capital D), what He was saying is, «We need Jesus on the scene!»
2025 will be your year if Jesus is your Savior! See how that works? People want it to be their year on their terms! No, no, no! It will be your year when you submit to the will of Jesus Christ! And you submit to the will of Jesus Christ by inviting the Holy Spirit into every area of your life-all your appetites, all your hopes, all your dreams, all your proclivities, your very base nature-Holy Ghost, take Your time! Help me to walk through and navigate these areas that I have never seen!
Over years, man, I’m fighting curses every day I wake up! I don’t have any men in my family I can talk to-none older than me and none younger than me. It’s a very lonely place when you’re fighting demons! Am I talking to anybody? 'Cause some demons are specific to your family! The stuff that I’m going through, bro, it ain’t just me- that stuff got my dad, it got my uncles, it got my cousins. Some of them are in the ground right now! Them demons think they’re going to get me? You got another thing coming, fool! You better bow down because I serve Jesus! And I’m not alone because I got some men and women of God that are praying and interceding and that are warriors and worshippers! Where are the warriors and the worshippers at? Somebody shout, «Let there be! Let there be!»
There is an order to God’s creation! He did not create haphazardly! Everything He created, He created with intentionality of progression! He started with the foundation-let there be light! So the first thing He did was illuminate the darkness with a revelation! The illumination is Jesus! Now that I’ve got Jesus, we can begin to create! Stop trying to create without the Creator! Creation begins with the earth being formless and void, but then God brings order by organizing time, space, and matter! Step by step! Somebody say, «Time, space, and matter!»
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. So in the beginning is time! God created the heavens-space, and the earth- matter! Here we see God at the intersection of time, space, and matter, but we serve a Triune God! God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, who is outside of time, space, and matter!
But He can speak into time, space, and matter, but He is not bound by time, space, or matter! He can create a universe that He is outside of! Oh God help me! There is a quasar that exploded, and the light just reached the earth! The star is 50 million light-years away! I watched this last night. I’m big on theoretical physics. The light from an exploding star 50 million light years away just reached us! They said what you’re seeing happened 50 million years ago; it just reached us! There’s something that’s about to hit your life in the next 5 days that God spoke from eternity, but it’s about to hit time, space, and matter! It’s about to hit your house!
I don’t think I have any believers because if you really believe that, you would have tore your whole row up! I don’t know what you’ve been waiting on for years, but you got five days! I don’t know what’s on your prayer wall! You got five days! I don’t know what you cried about in 2024, but watch this! Before there was any life, He made sure there was light! You can’t live without light! The light is the revelation of Jesus Christ! Stop trying to live without the One who created you! Stop going to a dream book for instructions when you can give the One who gave you dreams! Stop burning sage and let the fire of the Holy Ghost burn on the inside! Burning sage is going to do what now? Your house smells good, but the devil is still sitting on the couch! Ain’t no burning plant going to stop a demon! The blood of Jesus is what casts out a demon!
I need some help in here! Stop playing with God! Stop playing! Somebody shout, «Holiness still matters!» Somebody say, «Process! Process!» The trouble with 2024 is we were waiting on God to do it in 2024! He’s like, «No! I was still assessing the chaos!» But, oh my God! He was- 'cause some of y’all are like, «God, where are You in 2024?» He said, «I’m hovering! Before I speak, I need to see who can I trust? Who can I count on?» The only way God can trust and count on you is when it goes crazy, you don’t move! Elder Sharon, they didn’t hear me over here! I’m looking for the people that worship when it’s inconvenient! I’m looking for the ones that show up when it rains! It’s cold outside! It’s cold everywhere! People are going to still be in them stadiums all over the country, but we showed up here today! Can I get an amen?
I’m looking for some people that don’t need your people on your row to shout! You’ll shout if no one else does! You’ll praise if no one else does! Where are the people that don’t need a worship team to lift their hands? Where are my car worshippers? Where are my kitchen worshippers? You get a revelation of something God did while you’re cooking! Yeah, thank you!
I’m getting ready to tear this place up! Lori, leave me alone! I feel God in here! Somebody’s getting ready to remember something God did, and you gonna- hey, hey, hey! I need you to do me a favor-grab the shoulders of the people around you and just shake them! Say, «God is building something! God is-God is building something!» Gently shake your mama’s shoulders! Uh -uh! Do it again! «God is building something!» Tyler, Tyler, put your hand on that big swole shoulder-that’s a stomach! Hit his shoulder! Tell him, «God is building something!»
I need you to find somebody behind you! Tell them, «God is building something!» You ought to thank God that people left while you were under construction! They thought you had been ruined! No! God was doing renovations! He was building something! So it’s a hard hat area! Everybody doesn’t have access! When you’re in your hard hat season, only people that have been authorized can be in your life during a hard hat season! You ought to thank God He’s not letting everybody into your life because they don’t have the proper permits!
Seven-sea praise break from the balcony to the front! Tell somebody God is building something! Build! Pastor Robert, have you looked at the genius of God’s creation in Genesis? Think about what He did! Each day built on the previous day! Light precedes life! Land supports vegetation! Ecosystems are established before humanity is introduced! He put everything in place and then made you! Some of y’all been working too hard! James, they missed it! You’re trying to do God’s job! You’re trying to create systems, structure, order-no, no, no! God already did that! Your job is to step into finished works!
You know why I got this basket? This basket is symbolic of what God told Adam to do! God who planted the garden-I’m sorry, say it again! God planted the Garden of Eden! Adam didn’t even plant! All he was doing-God planted and Adam reaped! Today, on the first Sunday of 2025, I declare three words! You shall reap! You shall reap! You shall reap! And I declare not just enough, but more than enough! You shall reap!
I need you to begin to pull down prophetically! No, no, pull down like you’re actually grabbing at your destiny, grabbing at your purpose, grabbing at your life mission! I will not leave this year until I see the harvest of God! I shall reap! I shall reap! Those who have sown in tears shall reap in joy! I shall reap! That’s a song! I shall-online, type it in the chat feed as many times as you can! I shall reap! I have some more that I need to say! Do you have a spiritual appetite for what I have to say?
The Holy Ghost said, «Do not stop this word right now!» Because hear me, elders, y’all gonna have to probably come get me! The Lord said, «I’m getting ready to sweep through this room in just a few moments!» God says, «I’m about to hit this room! The Holy Spirit is about to sweep through this place, and He’s taking diseases out with Him, and He’s taking curses out with Him, and He’s leaving blessings behind Him!» So we need to change our posture right now from «I wonder when it’s coming» to «I shall reap!» And since I’m in the process of reaping, I’m going to lift my hands and give God a praise right here, right now, right now!
Somebody say, «Order! Order! Structure! Structure! Systems! Systems!» Systems should follow logical sequences, ensuring that each phase lays the groundwork for the next! God is not giving you a haphazard plan! Over the next 21 days, starting tomorrow, as you fast, God is going to give you detailed instructions on how to build and how to extend and expand what He’s bringing you! Hear me, I’m going to say this-I might get some pushback, but I won’t get it from the people in this room! The Lord says, «2025!» This is what He said to me: «I’m giving you a Garden of Eden anointing!» Pastor Kar, you can’t do that!
Pastor, what does that mean? When God planted it, it grew immediately! How do we know? He was working so hard, God had to get him some help! Y’all missed it! It wasn’t just about loneliness; it was that this garden is going so crazy! I don’t- I don’t have help! For my single people, stop being upset that God didn’t send a spouse! The garden had not been planted! What do you mean, Pastor? Until you get a revelation of your calling, why would you need a spouse? 'Cause you’ll let them define you, and God needs to define you! You don’t need just somebody to stave off loneliness; you need somebody that’s going to help!
Oh, y’all didn’t hear me! I can cook on my own; I need help! You need to be able to pray! You need to be able to intercede! You need to be mature! You need to be wise! You need to be discerning! I don’t need somebody to go to TGI Fridays; I need help! I’ve got a purpose! I’ve got a calling! I just don’t want to be booed up just because I’m lonely; I need help! God’s not sending you somebody to date! He’s sending you help! And it’s help for His purpose! Somebody say, «Systems! Structure! Structure! Order! Order!»
Inside of order, Pastor Tracy, are boundaries! The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden and put the man in it that He had formed, but the garden had boundaries! The garden had boundaries! I need everybody to put this in the chat feed, say it out loud-"I’m a garden! I' ve got boundaries!» Let me tell you who’s going to reveal themselves in this season: People who get offended by your boundaries prove that they are not for you! Oh, but man, we used to do this, that, and the other-yeah, but we ain’t doing that no more! I’ve got boundaries because God is establishing order and structure and systems! God is doing something in me that is perpetual, so when I leave the earth, my kids and their kids will be able to walk in it!
Somebody say «Order! Structure! Systems! Boundaries!» Put this in the chat feed and everybody say it to two or three people-"Respect my boundaries! Respect my boundaries!» I love everybody, but I’m not going to get casual, and you’re not going to get casual with me! Respect my boundaries! Y’all didn’t hear me! Respect my boundaries! If people can’t respect your boundaries, they don’t need to be in your life! Boundaries are a critical component to order, structure, systems! And here’s what you’ll find: If you submit your life to God, He will give authorization to the right people to step into your garden!
They will come into your business, come into your dream, come into your vision; they will add value! But in 2025, if you’re not going to set yourself up to agree with God and what He said about me and what He’s doing, you’re going to have to get out of bounds! You’re going to have to get out! Y’all are so scared of being alone that you got the wrong people in your garden, and you wonder why you got weeds! Half your harvest is gone, and they’re sitting over there fat, eating up your harvest! God never invited them to your miracle- you did! Yes! Somebody say «Intentionality!»
In God, everything is created with intentional design! You were created with intentional design! Everything about you- from the color of your eyes to how many eyelashes you have versus the ones you’ve purchased, the height of your cheekbones to the length of your fingers to your ankles that you think are too skinny-everything was designed by God! So stop tearing down His creation because you haven’t gotten a revelation of what He was doing! Somebody say «Purposeful design! Purposeful design!»
This blessed me! It shook me! Elder, the Bible says that God put the stars in heaven to govern the night! He also knew that men and women would be on ships, and they would need something that was a fixed point in the sky to help them navigate rough waters! That’s why when Jesus was born, there was a star pointing everybody in the direction of — oh God! But you could only see it at night! In this season, 'cause it’s so much darkness, God’s about to make sure you shine! Do me a favor-encourage a couple of people! Put a smile on your face! Tell them, «You’re shining, baby! You’re shining! You’re shining! You look good! Yo man, you’re handsome, bro! You’re shining! Your face is shiny! What you got? Lotion on? What is that? Neutrogena? What is that? Nivea? What is that? Jergens? Cherry almond?»
Find somebody else! Tell them, «You’re shining, baby!» So if you’re shining, why would you let somebody come and dim your light? Why are you allowing people in your life that bring depression and drama? Can’t never speak life; always negative! «Oh, I feel blessed today! I wish I did!» No, you don’t- uh-uh! «I love you; call me back in six years!» Listen to me! You have to protect your garden! This is your garden! You need to have the mind of Christ! I know my time is coming to a close, but I feel the Holy Ghost on me!
You need to protect your garden! Stop letting every thought come into your life! Stop letting every voice into your ear! Stop hanging with everybody! Everybody is not your friend, not your buddy, not your pal! 2025, my circle’s getting smaller, but my harvest is getting bigger!
All right, now everybody do this! Come on, do this! You know what this is? This is interdependence and synergy! Everybody say «Interdependence!» Interdependence! God has chosen Prophet Crom Marti to partner with us! That’s the second time! By the power of two, a matter is established! Prophet, there’s the third one!
I’m here to tell you- not just a pastor, but you’re a prophet because you don’t just speak; you tell and foretell! God shows you the future! You can pray a thing, and that thing will come to pass! You can speak to a demon, and it has to bow! There’s something on you that has shifted upwards! Somebody say «Synergy!» Interdependence! I don’t want anybody that’s not going to be equally yoked in any area! That’s not just relationships; that’s friendships! If we’re not going to be equally yoked with interdependence, that means I only want to connect with people that are adding value to the thing God is creating! I need you! Hey, bro, I need you, man, and you need me! That’ll kill that pride, won’t it?
When we need each other, God interconnected creation-that it needed each other! The sun we need! The earth needs the moon, because without the moon, the gravitational pull on the ocean would swallow up coastal cities! But the moon actually has a gravitational force that keeps the oceans at bay! Only a God could think of something that genius! Somebody say «Interdependence! Synergy!» Help me, God!
Watch this! But then when God finished creating, He rested! But His rest was not sleep, 'cause God doesn’t sleep! He was observing! He looked at what He created like, «This is off the hook!» Oh me! Watch this!
This year, this is going to sound crazy from a workaholic! Jordan, the Lord told me! He said, «Tell the people, go on vacation!» No, I’m not talking spiritually- yes, spiritual rest! No! Go somewhere and put your feet in some water!
Please get them done before you put your feet in the water! Don’t embarrass Love Story Church out there in Mexico, and you got to put a clear coat on there-do something!
Tell somebody, «Enjoy your life!» I know this does not sound spiritual, but you’ve been working so hard you forgot to enjoy your life! 2025 -He’s about to give you so much breathing room, you’re going to be able to take a couple of vacations! Watch this!
Tell somebody, «You need to rest!» But if I don’t put my hands on it, then God will put His hands on it! God can do more while you rest than you work in seven days! Woo! There’s another principle, and I’m closing right here! Here- Elder Linton- leadership and stewardship! What’s the last thing God created? I was good! He said, «Woman!» You caught me; I was going to say «man!» 'Cause he created man and then he formed woman! Yeah! He created man and then took woman out of man! So when He created man, woman was inside of him!
Then He took her out, and the job of a husband and wife is to get back together! That’s why we’re called to get inside! Okay? And so what I’m saying is this! He took her out, put her back in there! Get in there! Get in there!
W stop it! Everyone is-you’re not going to-Hallelujah — stand up! He’s like, «Hallelujah! I’m getting in there!»
Listen! I see some of y’all putting your hoodie on, trying to scooch out the door! I mean stay right there! Watch this! The last principle-He created man and then formed woman! Why? For leadership and stewardship! Some of y’all are like, «When I out out"-you missed it! The order of God allows for the creativity!
Creation is a result of God coming into chaos and speaking! But once He’s created all of these systems, this order, and the structure-someone needs to run it! Say it out loud! Put it in the chat feed! It’s time to run it! It’s time to run it! CU, C H! It’s time to run it! CU! Watch this! Humanity was created in God’s image with stewardship over creation!
This implies responsibility for maintaining the order and balance established by God! You have what it takes! Amen! You have what it takes to walk out the established order of God! Hear me-lead and steward what God’s about to put in your hands! Over the next few weeks, we’re going to talk about these principles-systems, structure, and order-so that we step into all of 2025 understanding that we’re not just in another year!
God has graced us to come into a year of Eden where exponential growth will be the portion of God’s remnant! Where the moment you sow it, it’s already coming back! When you had already determined to sow, God was speaking to me the same amount, and we hadn’t talked! And while I sowed it, it was already back in my pocket!
I’m here to tell you there’s about seven people here or online that God spoke to you a specific thing, and you have been nervous because it’s a big number! If I were you, I don’t know why you’re still playing! God wants to get something in your hands bigger than what you’re supposed to release! If that’s you, then take it! If it’s not you, then amen!
But every hand is lifted! God speaks order from chaos! He has clear processes and sequences! There is separation and boundaries! There’s a purposeful design! There’s an interdependence and a synergy! There’s completion and rest! Enjoy your life! And finally, leadership and stewardship! You have what it takes to start your own school! You have what it takes to build a multi-billion dollar brand! And this is the year that you will do it!
This is the year that you will excel in your chosen field of endeavor! You shall do it! This time next year, our church will have already done our first movie! I’m releasing my next musical project! Multiple books! And I declare that my wife and my kids will walk in the creativity that God has given them! You’re going to see them all over different platforms and different media streams! We’re doing-we’re going to do everything that God has put in our heart to do!
2025! I’m doing everything that’s in my heart to do! I’m not waiting till 2026! I’m not waiting for somebody else to do it! I’m going to create it because I was made in the image of my Father! And He spoke something there that was not there! Out of nothing came something! I got the same authority in my mouth!
Father, seal this word! It is the year of order, structure, systems, boundaries! This is the year of «Let there be!» And by the power of the Holy Ghost, seal this word! In Jesus' name, amen! Amen! And amen! Watch this! You have to seal this with an uncommon praise! Go wait! Somebody needs to join this church! It’s the first Sunday of the year! Some of y’all have to go, and I appreciate it! Let me say this before you go! I’m not trying to shame you before you go! I want to tell you thank you in the white coat ponytail! Thank you and your family in the red coat! My guy, thank you to everybody that came on the first Sunday of the year! I love you!
I’m also asking-give us this month! Just this month! And watch what God does! And everybody throw up one finger! I need you to invite one person! Our church will double overnight! Who will invite one? Just one! Your assignment over the next three weeks is to bring one person to church with you! Who’s got faith for one?
Now, Father, there’s somebody that needs to join this church right now! If that’s you, you want to be a member, or you want to join, and you’re already saved, meet me at the altar right now! Let’s lower this podium, please! If that’s you, meet me at the front of this altar! Come on, let’s celebrate! I think y’all need to give God some praise! Hey, baby! Love your box! Come on, red! Is this your baby? I think y’all need to thank God! I said I think y’all need to thank God! Love! Hey! I love your hair! Got the pie! Welcome home!
So, somebody else is coming! Everybody here, welcome home! On the first Sunday of the new year! Yo, this is the best way to start the year off! But you got to come back, okay? Need you to come back because there’s more that God has for you! I see leadership on you! You’re a seer! You’re a prophet! I know who you are! I know what you carry! This was a strategic thing because there’s something that you’re going to deposit into the house, something that I’m going to deposit and sow into your family! Today was a kairos moment!
I know what the Holy Ghost just told me! You’ve been in places that were intimidated by your anointing and would not celebrate it, wouldn’t honor it, wouldn’t allow you to flow! But God says you’re in the right place at the right church because you don’t have an insecure leader! I want everybody to walk in greatness! I want everybody to be healthy! I want everybody to be debt-free! I want everybody to be free from sin! I want everybody to come into the knowledge of Jesus Christ! So welcome home, prophet!
Everybody here, repeat this 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 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!»