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0:00in the things of Christ or are we not
0:03producing fruit? Are we bad? What are we
0:07producing?
0:09>> That is the good question. So, we all
0:11know that the title of the sermon is
0:15rooted in Christ. But my sermon is what
0:18are you rooted in? Colossians 2 6-7
0:23says, "As you therefore have received
0:25Jesus Christ or Christ Jesus the Lord,
0:28so walk in him.
0:30Walk in him. Know your Bible. Don't just
0:34read a scripture to get done.
0:36>> Walk in, rooted and built up in him and
0:41established.
0:45>> Established in the faith.
0:47>> Amen.
0:48>> As you have been taught, abounding in
0:51him,
0:54eat it with thanksgiving.
0:56>> Yes.
0:58So two weeks ago,
1:01I had a corner classroom at school.
1:04Okay, I'm blessed like that. And there
1:08by this classroom, there's this tree
1:11that is growing and I love this tree
1:14because I love nature. Okay.
1:17And then I seen
1:20they was chopping this tree down. And I
1:24went outside and I said,
1:39And then he said to me this, he said,
1:57He says to me,
1:58>> so I said to him, so Mash, chop the tree
2:01down. Can't we just do something to save
2:05this tree? And he said, no,
2:07unfortunately not. He says, you see,
2:09when you walk past this tree, it gives
2:12the shade. It does everything, but what
2:14it's doing down inside deep in the
2:17roots,
2:19it's causing damage. Jesus.
2:23>> He says the roots have gone so deep into
2:25the thing. It is lifting it up. The
2:28failing up. Can you see how the fing you
2:30know when failing does that?
2:31>> He says it's lifting up the fing. HE
2:34SAID BUT so
2:36it's causing your class foundation to
2:39move.
2:42>> And you know this started getting me
2:44thinking about foundations
2:47>> and what is growing inside of us. Are we
2:51doing damage
2:53>> or are we bringing good in our
2:55foundation? We have to ask ourself the
2:57things because sometimes you see the
3:00visible that we see is not the
3:02invisible.
3:04>> Amen.
3:05>> The visible can look good. I inspired
3:08you. I can do all of this.
3:12M
3:15>> I had the privilege of speaking to
3:17somebody the other day and she was
3:19complaining to me about her family
3:21doesn't like her and
3:24and I'm looking at her and I said to my
3:27sister
3:28think about your family
3:31I said why do you think they going on
3:35like that with you
3:37I said they have reason because now
3:40listen to the whole story I always tell
3:42people don't come to me for counsel
3:43because you're not going to get the
3:44answer you want.
3:46>> I'm not the perfect counselor. Okay?
3:49>> I'm going to bring the truth.
3:51>> And I said to her, "Think about how your
3:53parents feel. Think about how your
3:55siblings feel. Think about everything.
3:57The the road to going down is not okay."
4:02>> She got up very angry. She walked out
4:06and I said, "Father, there can go, your
4:10blood can go. So you go and heal her
4:13>> because I'm not going to run after her
4:16>> and Satan will come back.
4:18>> Yes.
4:19>> You need to grow in the things of
4:22Christ.
4:23>> Your roots must be right. Your roots
4:26must be okay. So there I I've asked that
4:30question already, right?
4:33So Ephesians 4:31-32
4:36says,
4:38"Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and
4:40anger, brawling, and slander along with
4:44every form of malice.
4:47Be kind and compassionate to one
4:49another, forgiving each other, just as
4:53in Christ God forgave."
5:00>> God forgave you. So why is it that we
5:03walk around with things that we can't
5:05forive?
5:06>> Why can't we forgive him?
5:11>> Listen. So but I want to say this to you
5:14now in this pulling down of this three
5:20went further to explain to me because
5:22he's like that
5:26and he said to me he said
5:30Fore
5:49now I want to ask you
5:53if
5:55Jesus blood cleansed you why would you
5:58allow
6:00to come into your life.
6:02>> Why would you put old things back into
6:05your life?
6:07>> Because old things don't belong in your
6:09life at all. So what are you rooted in?
6:13I want to tell you quickly the story of
6:15Lord's wife. We all know that she was
6:18turned into salt, a pillar of salt. And
6:20that's where we stopped the story. Isn't
6:22that so? Because of a disobedience, all
6:25of those things.
6:27But and Lord's story is in Genesis 19
6:3126.
6:33Now, here's what Lord's wife does. They
6:36are called out, right? And as she's
6:38walking, she looks back.
6:43>> How many times don't we look back?
6:46>> Yeah.
6:47>> How many times don't we look back?
6:50And so this is what I want to say to you
6:52is
6:55when you look back there is a word for
6:57it in Hebrew. It's called nabat
7:02which doesn't just mean to glance.
7:06It means to look with regard with
7:10longing with consideration to gaze with
7:14an attachment.
7:16M
7:17>> meaning that when she looked back
7:23>> this was her roots.
7:24>> Yes.
7:25>> She was rooted in this place in
7:27sovereign.
7:28>> Isn't that so? She wanted to remain at
7:31this but let us
7:32>> Yes.
7:34>> Some of us can wait
7:38to go back.
7:39>> Yeah.
7:44>> I know it takes a long time. takes a
7:46long time. Born again doesn't mean that
7:49I'm born again. Hey, I can come up here.
7:52I can receive the Lord as Lord and
7:54Savior. But what does it mean for me to
7:56get to where I'm supposed to be? I must
7:59be rooted in Christ. I must start
8:01studying the word of the Lord. I must
8:03start getting myself spiritually ready
8:06to be where I'm supposed to be. I MUST
8:09RENEW MY MIND CONSTANTLY. THE OLD ME
8:12MUST LEAVE.
8:15>> You know, I was saying this to another
8:17teacher the other day this week and to
8:22speak obvious. I was so angry all the
8:26time because he had some ugly mouth
8:27sometimes and I was angry man. I was
8:30thinking everything by force back
8:33and I said to I went to her one morning
8:35and I said look my sister comes very
8:37quickly. I said, "This anger needs to
8:40leave me because I don't know what it
8:41is." And as I'm walking down the to my
8:44classroom after we prayed
8:52and I can tell you why I was angry
8:54because at the school some boy stabbed
8:57another boy with a compass. You know
9:01that was the mess.
9:02>> Yeah. Yeah.
9:05>> And this anger wounds up in there. And
9:08I'm like, what are we doing to our
9:10children? I want to talk to you parents.
9:19Where's the love you're supposed to show
9:21your children?
9:27>> When we remain angry, guess what? We are
9:29putting that anger into our children.
9:34>> That very same anger is going into our
9:36children.
9:38So my question to you is why are you
9:40doing this constant this constant why is
9:44smiling between your colors?
9:49You smile with the world.
9:51>> You come to church. You smile with Le.
9:53You smile with everybody. But what you
9:55doing at home?
9:56>> Isn't your ministry, your family, your
9:58first man?
10:00>> Yes.
10:03>> So we need to come to a place. We can't
10:05be like God's wife where we are
10:07physically living
10:12but we are still looking at what we
10:15want.
10:16>> Yes.
10:17We cannot remain in our sin.
10:21>> Because when we remain in our sin, we
10:24cannot renew our minds.
10:28So that's why it became a pillar of
10:30salt.
10:32So salt in the ancient world was a
10:34symbol of preservation
10:37>> which means she was preserved in what
10:40she wanted.
10:42>> Are we preserved in what we want?
10:54to be a
11:03anointing inside of you so that you can
11:06understand what it is you are supposed
11:10to be in Christ.
11:14Why would Jesus say now? Yeah. In Luke
11:1817:32, it says, "Remember Lot's wife."
11:24>> That's what Jesus says. Remember Lot's
11:26wife. Because God is wanting you to
11:28remember what happened to her.
11:33>> So this is a warning. When Jesus says,
11:35"Remember something, remember, sister. I
11:38need to warn you about something."
11:41>> Amen. Now we can go to number one. What
11:43is hidden?
11:45The death of a tree.
11:48So what is hidden
11:51can eventually affect what is visible.
11:56So the trees the root of the tree was
11:58hidden. Nobody walking past could see
12:02what was happening underneath the
12:04ground. But although the roots were
12:07hidden, their effects were visible.
12:13So when you
12:16and I
12:18included in that okay keep treating
12:20somebody badly
12:23>> what fruit am I producing
12:27>> I'm hurting this person I always say to
12:31the children at school as well I said be
12:33careful guys that teachers don't speak
12:36over your lives it's okay for you to
12:38come and make a noise do what you do and
12:40wanting to be rude to the teachers, but
12:43when the teacher says something, there's
12:46power in what she say because remember
12:49God has given her authority or him
12:52authority over you.
12:53>> Yes.
12:55>> And so we must be very careful what we
12:58do. So we don't understand the ground is
13:01being disturbed.
13:03>> The foundation is moving. The very
13:05foundation that you and I are standing
13:07on is moving.
13:10And we've got to be careful about that.
13:13And eventually the roots have the
13:18potential
13:19>> to bring the building down.
13:21>> Yes.
13:23>> So what's rooted in you can bring
13:25somebody down.
13:28>> Hebrews chap the uh uh 12:15 reminds us
13:34that we should not have roots of
13:36bitterness.
13:39But this is a root and roots have one
13:41purpose. They grow.
13:43>> Yes.
13:44>> Amen. So I want to say to you, you must
13:47be rooted by going deeper in the things
13:51of the Lord. I'm going to give you that
13:53and I'm flipping the thing for you.
13:55Okay? So be rooted in the things of the
13:58Lord. A tree is only as strong as the
14:02roots that cannot be seen.
14:06You need to go deeper in prayer, deeper
14:10in the word, deeper in worship, deeper
14:14in obedience, and deeper in knowing his
14:17heart.
14:18>> Does God know your heart?
14:22Does he know your heart? Can we How many
14:25of us can agree that we can't hide from
14:27Christ? We can all hide from people. Of
14:30course, I can I can look very nice and
14:32guy in front of you. But before Christ,
14:35I really am standing. And you know one
14:38thing I have learned, I have learned
14:40that I live my life according to the
14:42Bible. That's why don't entertain
14:44nonsense anymore.
14:47>> You want to talk nonsense to me, I put
14:49you on your place immediately.
14:53I belong to this group and one of the
14:56people I can't say the group um because
14:59it's worldly
15:01but one of these guys decided
15:13people I know from years ago. I got on
15:15that group. Hey, when I was done there,
15:18the sea could not rush into
15:21because I asked him one question.
15:24I said, we are trying to raise the young
15:27people up with dignity, with morality.
15:32Who are you old man? And I put IT LIKE
15:35THAT. WHO ARE YOU OLD man that you
15:37should do things like this?
15:40Yes.
15:49>> Who looks at things like this? Please,
15:51man. And do you know what? Can I tell
15:53you something, guys? Watch your
15:55children's phones.
15:57>> We've got few children at school with
15:59this rubbish on their phones.
16:01>> So, be careful of not knowing what's
16:04happening with your children.
16:06Somebody asked me the other day, a lady
16:08took a lift with me and I was listening
16:11to 94.7 or something like that and a
16:13song came on and and I started singing
16:16and she says to me, "You're singing
16:17worldly songs?" I said, "Yes."
16:23And I said to her, "Listen, my sister,
16:26if you're going to be so holy and you
16:27don't know what's going on in the world,
16:29you're going to fall short because guess
16:31what your children are doing out there?"
16:33Yes.
16:34>> So get to know what they listening to.
16:36Get to know the words of the songs. I
16:39say, you know, when I get into my
16:40children's car and a song come up, they
16:52what your children are doing.
16:55>> You can't be rooted in Christ and your
16:57children is doing something else.
16:59>> Do we understand? That's why we have a
17:01generation that is going haywire.
17:07So Jeremiah 17:7 to8 says um compares
17:13when compares the person who trusts in
17:16the Lord to a tree planted by the water.
17:19Its roots go deep and when difficult
17:22seasons come, it does not stop producing
17:25fruit.
17:27Doesn't matter what you're going
17:29through, you cannot stop producing
17:31fruit.
17:33We all go through things.
17:36We can tell you a few stories.
17:41Number two, I'm going fast. There's some
17:43things I'm leaving out, but it's okay.
17:46you will catch the gist of it, right?
17:50You can't see the root, but you can see
17:53the fruit.
17:56>> Jesus said in Matthew 7:16, you will
18:00recognize them by their fruits.
18:04>> You may not see somebody's roots, but
18:07eventually you will see their fruit. If
18:10bitterness is rooted in you, it will
18:13eventually produce bitter fruit. Yes.
18:16>> If unforgiveness is rooted in you, it
18:19will eventually affect your
18:21relationships.
18:22>> Yes.
18:23>> Can I tell you something? Currently,
18:26relationships, marriages,
18:29>> mother, daughter, mother, father, son,
18:31relationships is under attack. And if
18:33you sitting here, I'm telling you, get
18:36out of it as fast as possible. You do
18:39not want to lose your children.
18:41>> Yes.
18:43>> LOVE YOUR CHILDREN.
18:45DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY DID. Didn't
18:47Jesus love you no matter what you did?
18:51>> He loved you no matter what. And how
18:53many times don't we slip up and he still
18:55loves us.
18:57>> He still loves us.
19:00>> Love your kids, man. Come on.
19:03>> If there's something, Pastor Shannon,
19:05that is dear to my heart is the
19:08children. You know, these children I
19:10work with on a daily basis and sit THERE
19:14AND SAY, "MAN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
19:16GOING THROUGH.
19:28My father, my mother don't care.
19:35>> We supposed to love our children, man.
19:38>> Yeah.
19:40>> Didn't you make mistakes in your life? I
19:42WANT TO know their questions.
19:44>> I know life is tough.
19:47I know we got a lot to do.
19:50>> But my goodness, what is wrong with you?
19:55How did you get here where you are?
19:59>> Do you think you were good all your
20:00life?
20:03>> I always tell people unless you were
20:04born born again please.
20:15>> You see sometimes our pride is so rooted
20:19deep inside of us. That is why we can't
20:21forgive our children.
20:23>> Yes.
20:25which is not okay. It's not called
20:27matters.
20:32Our pride affects our marriages. It
20:36affects our relationships with our
20:38children. It affects everything. Even
20:41with the people outside, your neighbor
20:49with your mail.
20:55So if rejection is rooted in you, you
20:58may begin pushing pushing people away
21:01who genuinely love you in pain. If pain
21:05is rooted in you and you never allow God
21:08to heal you, you may begin hurting
21:10people who never cause solutions.
21:20If you have rejection, if you have an
21:22original wound, go and seek help.
21:27>> There's nothing wrong with it.
21:28>> Amen.
21:30>> We need to be rooted in the right
21:32things.
21:35>> Jesus saved me. Jesus delivered me. I am
21:40born again. Those is the words that we
21:42keep saying to people. But the fruit
21:45that we produce as butter
21:48of
21:50that is why some people tell me they say
22:02love
22:04>> in the love of Christ because God is
22:06love. God loved us so much that he DIED
22:10ON THAT VERY FREE.
22:11>> AMEN.
22:14>> AMEN.
22:15>> AMEN.
22:16>> Ephesians 3:17-19
22:19speaks about being rooted and
22:21established in love.
22:25>> Rooted and established in love.
22:28So the love of Christ must become more
22:30than something we talk about.
22:34Jesus loves you. Jesus loves you.
22:38>> The point is do I show you that Jesus
22:40loves you?
22:45>> It be it must become something that is
22:48settled within us.
22:50>> Yes.
22:51>> The cross is the greatest demonstration
22:54of God's love.
22:57Yes,
22:58>> Jesus gave himself for us. His blood was
23:01shed for us.
23:04Therefore, when we understand what
23:06Christ has done, we don't have to live
23:09constantly questioning him.
23:12>> Yes.
23:14>> We keep saying, does God really love me?
23:20You know our our church
23:23our church yo your little sister there
23:25in the west
23:28so many people are going through so many
23:30challenges at the moment
23:33>> and all I say is pray things people
23:36don't want to hear pray
23:38>> stay in Christ don't move don't become
23:41move don't do anything there's young men
23:44sitting there that has lost people and
23:46we say you stay in God. We go, we rally
23:50around them. We are in their faces. We
23:53don't leave them alone. We say to them,
23:55you are loved
23:56>> because Jesus Christ loves you.
24:00>> You remain grounded. You remain in him.
24:04>> Don't let the WINDS COME. WHICH ROCK ARE
24:06YOU UPON?
24:08>> YES.
24:11>> SO, the cross has answered your
24:13questions.
24:14>> Yeah.
24:15>> Does God love me? Yes. Look at the cross
24:18and you'll know he loves you.
24:20>> Amen.
24:21>> So when I am rooted in the love of
24:24Christ, I don't have to be shaken by
24:26rejection of people
24:29because I'm established in the
24:32acceptance of God.
24:34>> Amen.
24:36>> Number three, what are you allowing to
24:40grow?
24:41>> What are you allowing to grow?
24:51The tree at the school was not cut down
24:55because somebody thought it was in the
24:57way.
24:58>> Yes.
24:58>> Or I thought it's making my class dark.
25:02No, that's not the reason why it was cut
25:04down. It was cut down because it was
25:07destroying. It was becoming a
25:09destructional
25:12power.
25:26So what is growing in me that is
25:29affecting the people around me?
25:32What is growing in me that is affecting
25:35the people around me is the question.
25:42Am I growing in love, joy, peace, and
25:46patience? You know, the fruit of the
25:47spirit. Or am I growing in bitterness,
25:50ugliness? You know, I went to a lady's
25:53ministry once about couple of years ago.
25:56This place is the name is also los.
26:04Yeah, I know it's Rihanna, pastor. And
26:06she said, are we grounded in
26:09uglification?
26:13She asked this question. Are you rooted
26:15in uglyation?
26:22If you are, become planted in God.
26:26Become planted in the ways of the Lord.
26:31Don't be uprooted by producing nothing
26:33in the sun. Nothing.
26:37And you see that I put that there. You
26:39know where they come from.
26:42>> You see that there? You see that all the
26:44behind
26:46it is that fire stokes. You need to
26:50start stoing your fire.
27:08>> Okay. And so what kind of fruit is
27:11my root producing?
27:15So rooted people produce fruit.
27:18A healthy tree does not have to struggle
27:21to prove that it is alive. Eventually
27:25the fruit reveals roots.
27:31>> Can I can I blow? Can I blow the wind?
27:36And when I come and I blow over you,
27:39hey, can you someone catch my laughter
27:41and my joy? When I blow over you, can
27:43you catch my healing? Can when I blow
27:46over you, can you catch my anointing?
27:48What are you catching from me?
27:51>> When the winds blow, you must be able to
27:54feel me, man.
28:01Have you ever Why are you blowing
28:04around?
28:06What sounds are you making? Galatians
28:095:22-23
28:12gives us the fruit of the spirit and I
28:15spoke about it. Isn't that so? And the
28:18one that I like to talk about is the
28:20self-control.
28:23We need to have self-control. Yes, we
28:26can get angry. I don't say we don't get
28:29angry. All of us get angry. But do we
28:32have selfont control?
28:37We can't be angry to hurt somebody else.
28:40>> We must be angry to fix something. That
28:44is what I say.
28:45>> We have a rule in our house between
28:48myself and David.
28:52And we say to each other, we're not
28:54going to say nice things to each other.
28:56Walk away.
28:59Walk away. Come back.
29:04And we do that. It works. Walk away
29:08before you say hurtful things because we
29:11are people. We're going to say hurtful
29:14things to each other.
29:20So what is growing from my roots? When
29:24someone hurts me, is Christ love
29:26growing? When I'm afraid, is his peace
29:30growing?
29:33When I'm disappointed,
29:35is his joy still growing? And when I'm
29:38treated unfairly, is his patience
29:41growing inside of me?
29:45So, Matthew 7:1 17,
29:49Matthew 7:E1 17 says, reminds us that we
29:53have trees that have good fruit and bad
29:58fruit.
29:59>> Yes. So both is inside of us.
30:02>> Isn't that so?
30:04>> Number four, Jesus was hung on a tree
30:08that
30:10this is the essence I'm coming to.
30:13>> Jesus was hung on a tree, but he was not
30:16the source of destruction.
30:21>> Jesus was not the source of destruction.
30:23Yet they felt that they needed to chop
30:27that nail into his feet, into his hands,
30:31put the crown on his head. Remember?
30:33>> Yes.
30:34>> Yes.
30:35>> Now, what did I say about the tree? They
30:37uprooted. They drilled holes in it. They
30:40put slush in it.
30:42>> Yeah.
30:45>> Jesus was not the destruction.
30:47>> Yes. Amen.
30:51We have a powerful God.
30:54>> Amen.
30:54>> Jesus was crucified on tree. The tree
30:57became the became a place of suffering.
31:04>> But through Christ sacrifice, the tree
31:07became connected to our redemption.
31:10>> Yes. Amen.
31:14>> Your peace is in that very tree.
31:17>> Yes.
31:19that we want to keep crucifying.
31:25You are supposed to be rooted.
31:28Your roots must go and it must bring the
31:31love of Christ. Your roots must go down
31:34and it's supposed to bring healing. Your
31:36roots must go down and it's supposed to
31:39bring power to your family. Your roots
31:42must go down SO THAT WHEN YOUR CHILDREN
31:44is out there, THEY CAN SPEAK IN
31:46AUTHORITY AND TAKE BACK WHAT the enemy
31:49has stolen from you.
31:51>> Amen.
31:54>> We need to know that Jesus saved you.
32:00>> But yet we continue destroying
32:02relationships.
32:04Jesus forgave you, but we refuse to
32:07forgive others. Yes,
32:10>> it's a hard one.
32:12>> Jesus delivers you, but we continue to
32:16do things that is out of our control.
32:23And look at this photos that they sent
32:25me this morning, Pastor Shannon.
32:28About
32:31>> it was horrible.
32:33I looked at it and I deleted it
32:35immediately because it was just too much
32:37for me to handle. Young people, they
32:40shot them, they took them, they threw
32:42them in the B and it was just blood
32:45and children. Children, it's not even
32:48adults, children. Okay.
32:54And I thought to myself, Father, what
32:56are we producing?
32:59>> What are we saying?
33:00>> Yes. People
33:12had a tendency
33:14that there's a place called the White
33:16House
33:30and said,
33:34Sir, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.
33:38>> And right now, sir, I say to you, you
33:40will receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.
33:44Might not be by me, but one thing I can
33:47tell you, he's coming for you. And the
33:49day he comes for you, as strongly as you
33:52selling this nonsense to the children, I
33:54guarantee you, you will
33:58serve the Lord in the same way.
34:02>> I don't want his destruction.
34:06>> I don't want his destruction.
34:08>> I want him to serve God as firmly as he
34:11serves the devil. I want him to serve
34:13God.
34:13>> Amen.
34:15>> Because
34:22So are we destroying the very thing that
34:24God
34:26has saved us?
34:28>> He sent his son, his son to save us.
34:31>> Yeah.
34:32>> And we're destroying him every time we
34:34do all our
34:38right. So deep roots remove the power of
34:41fear and doubt.
34:42>> Yes.
34:44>> Fear says you won't make it. Doubt says
34:47God has forgotten me.
34:49>> But faith says I know who I am.
34:52>> Hallelujah.
34:54>> I am not forgotten.
34:57>> If you can believe those words, if you
34:59can root yourself in that to say, I am
35:02not forgotten. When you're going through
35:04things, even if you don't listen, listen
35:07to me. If you don't remember scripture,
35:11>> we all remember songs, isn't it?
35:13>> Amen.
35:19for
35:23me. I love it.
35:24>> Yes.
35:32Know who you are. You are rooted in
35:34Christ.
35:35>> Yes. Amen.
35:392 Timothy 1:7 tells us that God has not
35:42given us a spirit of fear, but of power,
35:45love, and a sound mind.
35:49Our sound mind can only come from if we
35:52are rooted so deep enough that whatever
35:55comes, whatever wind blows, it's not
35:58going to
35:59>> blow us away. It's not going to say to
36:02us,
36:05>> "Yes."
36:09>> So being rooted in Christ doesn't mean
36:12that we will never experience fear or
36:14difficult moments. It means that fear
36:17doesn't get to become our foundation.
36:20>> Amen.
36:21>> Amen.
36:22>> Our foundation cannot be moved.
36:27So our emotions may shake, our
36:30circumstances may shake, but Christ does
36:33not shake.
36:35>> Amen.
36:35>> Amen.
36:36>> Then Hebrews 12 verse 28 reminds us that
36:41we are receiving a kingdom that cannot
36:44be shaken.
36:45>> Hallelujah.
36:46>> Amen.
36:47>> Amen.
36:48So the cross number five, the cross,
36:54doubt with the old roots.
36:58>> Walk away.
37:01Walk away. You've been dealt with
37:05already when you receive Jesus Christ.
37:08>> Why would you want to look back?
37:14Why would you want to hold on? Why would
37:17you look with regard to what you have
37:19been looking at? Stop it.
37:25>> Galatians chapter 2 verse 20 says, "I
37:28have been crucified with Christ."
37:32That's yes, I'm just I'm not giving the
37:35full scripture, but yes, you can carry
37:37on. And that means the old life doesn't
37:42have to remain in control. When we come
37:46to Christ, we don't simply receive him.
37:48We give our lives over to him.
37:51>> Yes.
37:53>> Our entire lives must be given back to
37:55God.
38:02>> 2 Corinthians 5:17. This I got a smile
38:06on my face because I'm thinking of last
38:07week's service. It says tells us that if
38:11anyone is in Christ they a new creation.
38:14>> Yes.
38:15>> So prophet has this thing of saying she
38:18has
38:20yo guys I wish we had a video man. We
38:22could have done a video for you to see
38:24what it looks like. So she has this
38:26bride that comes up all dressed up in
38:29fur and things like that and she turns
38:31her face like
38:33no one
38:36but but then she comes up.
38:38>> Yeah. because she's a new creature in
38:41Christ.
38:41>> Amen.
38:43>> You can face anything, anything because
38:47you can turn according to the four
38:49creatures. Isn't that you can face on
38:52what is happening in your life. If
38:54you're an eagle, you need to rise up
38:56above your situation. IF YOU ARE LYING,
38:58YOU NEED TO ROAR WHEN YOU NEED TO ROAR.
39:01>> HELLO.
39:01>> AMEN.
39:03>> We have to be rooted in the things of
39:06God.
39:06>> Yes.
39:07Stand up for what you believe in.
39:13>> We cannot keep going back. We cannot
39:15keep looking back at our lives. So
39:18number five, the cross is where our
39:20roots go deepest.
39:24This could be your strongest moment
39:27>> or your weakest moment.
39:31But I would say to you, remain strong in
39:34him because the cross is the root.
39:41>> Your roots are not planted in what
39:44people say about you.
39:51>> I love it.
39:53You know, I know people, you know, this
39:56that thing it gets to me so badly when
39:59somebody says that they so we had a
40:02funeral and I went and you know there
40:06are so many people you know you meet
40:08mainly people at the funeral and they
40:10all family members
40:13and sometimes you miss people you don't
40:15and so I'm so walking so naked and as I
40:18turn around I walk into one of my family
40:21members
40:22So he says,
40:28"You know what? I said, "Yeah, must be
40:31the Holy Ghost in me that I look so
40:33white."
40:40No. Come on, people. Why are we still
40:42living in that era of saying things like
40:44that? What nonsense is that, man? Hey,
40:49aren't we equal in in the eyes of God?
40:53My brother shall please
40:56nonsense
41:03>> and this is born again believers.
41:09>> So my roots are not planted in my
41:12circumstance. My roots are not planted
41:14in my feelings.
41:16My roots are planted in Christ.
41:19>> Yes.
41:20>> And Christ proved his love for me at the
41:25cross.
41:25>> Yes.
41:28>> The cross reminds us that Jesus didn't
41:31love us only when we were strong. He
41:36loved us enough to give himself for us.
41:41>> Yes.
41:41>> Amen.
41:43>> So can you give yourself Especially
41:49as it says we are born again believers.
41:52>> Are we giving ourselves to the world?
41:55>> Are we giving ourselves truly to the
41:58world even if they make you angry?
42:01>> Yeah.
42:02>> Are you really giving yourself to the
42:04world? Are you showing the love?
42:07>> Yeah.
42:10>> Are you giving him love? I'm talking now
42:12to the teachers in the room.
42:15Okay, let's go further. If that son that
42:19runs at home and he steals your last for
42:22a loaf of bread, are you showing him the
42:24love?
42:28That's one, right?
42:37So he loved us enough to give us. Okay.
42:39So when doubt comes, go back to the
42:41cross. When fear comes, go back to the
42:43cross. When rejection comes, go back to
42:47the cross.
42:49>> Pray and pray again. Pray without
42:52ceasing. Pray until the situation comes
42:55right. Because it's in that moment that
42:58God is going to do what it needs to be
43:01made.
43:01>> Yes.
43:02>> Amen.
43:04>> Amen.
43:04>> Amen.
43:05>> You are loved. You are not forgotten.
43:08>> Amen.
43:10and Christ has already paid the price
43:13for you.
43:14>> Yes.
43:15>> So, I'm going to leave it there at
43:17number five because
43:30So, I'm going to ask you this question.
43:33Don't let your pain become someone
43:35else's wound.
43:39>> When you're rooted in Christ, be rooted
43:41in Christ.
43:49>> You have to remember what truly happened
43:53when you were born again.
43:56>> You were properly rooted in him. I'm
43:58giving you now highlights highlights of
44:00my
44:09>> Don't allow the roots to destroy your
44:13house.
44:15>> Yes,
44:15>> your house is important.
44:18>> God has given you rule over that to your
44:21dominion,
44:23>> to your place.
44:25>> Stay in that. stay remain rooted in the
44:28things that God has given you.
44:32>> And the cross is not just something we
44:34admire. It's something we need to live
44:37for.
44:38>> Yes. Amen.
44:40>> The cross should produce a different
44:44kind of fruit in us. Remember the cross
44:47is also the tree.
44:50>> Amen.
44:55So today as we stand, can we please
44:57stand?
44:59>> Amen.

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