Holy Ghost | Pastor Tye Tribbett | Forward City Church Somebody say Holy Ghost. >> Holy Ghost. >> Oh, I absolutely love the topic when I saw it. First of all, cuz I'm old school. I'm from the Pentecostal church. >> So, when I saw the title, just something happened to my foot and I ain't even ask it to do nothing. I love the title Holy Ghost because every spirit is not holy. Can I dive right in? >> Look at your neighbor and say, "There are many ghosts." >> But there's only one Holy Ghost. >> You going to run into a whole lot of people within the next decade that's filled with ghosts. ((applause)) >> Some may call them demons. Some may call them unclean spirits. You're going to run into a whole lot of people with different ghosts. And you're going to have to differentiate is that goes holy because just because God God is not the only one who dwells in the spirit realm. ((applause)) >> God and good things and angels and godly things and holy things are not the only things in the spirit realm. Otherwise he would not have to differentiate his spirit and call it holy. There are other spirits in the spiritual realm and we are entering entering into the age of spiritual things. >> Yeah, get quiet. I like that. >> I like that. We got spirit animals. >> I'mma find you. Don't worry about it. You got spirit twin. >> I'mma find you. New age thinking, >> divination, astrology, >> tarot card reading and oracle cards. >> Oh, never mind. Let me get off of this y'all. Okay. >> This is the church of God, right? This the people of God, right? This the children of God, right? Oh, pendulums and doussing, channeling, >> meditation and energy work, yoga. >> I'm just reading my studies. This is just my studies. Y'all getting offended. Y'all be on them mats like If it ain't the light, it's the darkness. >> Because beyond physical exercise, it's used as a path to spiritual awakening. >> Yoga is used as a path of spiritual awakening. >> Yoga is used as a pathway to spiritual things. When Jesus said, "I am the I rather have Yeshua than yoga." >> Okay, I just said something right there. Okay, I mean, get in shape. Do what you got to do. Stretch. But I'm saying you going to work out, work out. Why gota be spiritual? Why got to be a religious thing? If you gonna be a vegetarian, be a vegan. Why got to be a spirit? Why got to be something like that attached to it? >> Oh god. He called it Holy Ghost, not me. So now we got to find out these other ghosts ((applause)) cuz we cannot afford to be confused in the next season trying to figure out why is it depressed, stressed, over out of shape and wondering what's going on. We are entertaining ghosts, ladies and gentlemen. Practices and occult practices and rituals. Okay. >> That are literally taking the space the Holy Ghost is designed to fill. >> Your heart, your dependency. That's how you know what's your God. Help me. >> You might need a new stage after the night. That's how you know what's a God to you. By your dependency. Your level of dependency. Whether it's a person, spouse, family member, job, church, pastor, anything other than Christ >> could be a God to you. >> If you depend on that or them more than God, >> if you find yourself saying, "I don't know what I'm going to do without her." >> But you don't mind not praying. Okay. For 3 months, God can go Ghost, but you better text me back. I don't have to hear from God, but it's it's almost 10:00. It could be a God. I'm not saying get it out your life, but get your priorities together. I say get your priorities together. I'm in the South. mindfulness, altered states, >> energy healing, chakra alignment. ((applause)) >> I'm stopping every time y'all make noise cuz I don't even know what that is. I'm just researching. >> What's that? Shakra alignment. Let me Uh-uh. Let me ((applause)) let me finish my list and I'll tell y'all what what I'm thinking. Crystal healing. I'm not coming back no more. Crystals and sage. Pastor Travis, do not invite me back. I do not speak your language anymore. When did we trade? ((applause)) >> I I I've been around a little while. When did the trade happen where the dependency on peace was in sage, >> not help or resource? Like, and here's my point. If God, Jesus the Christ, the real Holy Ghost, leads you to any of these minerals or elements, that's him. >> If God say get a aroma candle and you then do what he say. See, he ain't tell none of y'all. Y he don't talk like that. Okay. So why you got it? You in your house like I just had that. Let me get this energy out of here. Let me get this out. ((applause)) Why settle for a peace resource and you got the prince of peace on the inside of you? I'm almost done. So you guys can be my friend again. >> Past life regression. >> Astral projection, >> visualization, and manifestation. We can just we could just manifest anything nowadays. Where was that power when I was 19? Cuz I would have manifested some lighter skin >> for myself. Like you like my car? Yeah, I like your car. I manifested this. Oh, okay. And you still got a wig on. You should have manifested some. I'm not talking about y'all. I'm talking about the one I was talking to. That's my cousin. I ain't your cousin. I can talk to my cousin like that. You better not talk about my cousin like that. If I was going to manifest anything, ((applause)) it would be some permanent brows. And I never if I was to manifest something, if I got Paul to do it like that, ((applause)) >> why not manifest joy? Why your heartbroken? But you manifesting cars. Okay, I'm not making fun of any of these things. Overall, new age practices often emphasize personal experience, selfmpowerment, and direct spiritual knowledge rather than doctrine or scripture. >> I can tap into the spirit without God. ((applause)) >> It's a dangerous thing to enter into the spirit realm unescorted by the Holy Ghost. Woo! Woo! Y'all better be careful. Talking to the dead anc Oh, never y'all. It's my last one. I know. It's my last one. I just want to know. And no disrespect to any ancestors. I love all my everybody that did. Son, I love all. ((applause)) >> If we going to tap into any ancestor that died, >> our big brother took nails in his hands. Y'all don't know who I'm talking about yet. Our big brother took nails in his feet. Our big brother was pierced to his side. If we're going to pray to any ancestor, let's pray to the one that died. But on the third on the third day, he got up. Oh, hold on. Hold on. I can't even preach this. And we going to pray to our ancestor that died. Naked Jesus. I got to get that point out cuz I could preach that but I'm I got to keep it. >> Somebody say hallelujah on that one more time. >> Hallelujah. >> That's the ancestor you pray to. How you skip Jesus and go to Uncle Charles. ((applause)) >> I love Aunt Wilma. That's my girl. I'm not praying to her instead of Jesus. Let me stop screaming this because some people really deal with this >> and you could be confused now like what's wrong with that? And I'm not trying to dog you. I'm trying to bring some understanding and light. You could be in the dark, my sister. You could be in the dark, my brother. You could be deceived by ghost. ((applause)) When Jesus rose, he said, "All power, good God help me, >> all power in heaven and earth >> is given unto me." >> Last I checked, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and Russian. All means >> all. ((applause)) >> All power in heaven and in earth is given to me. >> Jesus said that >> last time I checked. All means >> all. >> So what power does sage have? >> I'm just asking just a simple question. It's a counterfeit fake power. >> Okay, let's talk. >> Let's talk for Let me Let me cook for two more for for five for 10 more 15 more 20 more minutes. We are living in the age of deception. >> We are living in the age of deception where you can't even trust what you see or what you hear. You could be looking at and listening to a a do AI device or AI technology thinking it's real, being deceived. We are in the era in the age of deception. Yes, sir. >> Where you can't even trust what you see. I saw it. >> We are in the age now it's do or die, y'all. >> If you don't know them, you going to be lost. Period. If you don't got that Holy Ghost, you ain't going to have direction. Period. And the reason why I say you're not going to have it because either you have true direction or too many other directions. The world is about to flood you with options. They're about to flood you with suggestions. They're about to flood you with spiritual options. And if you don't know the true and living God, >> you'll settle for the parallel. The devil's not coming against the body of Christ now. He's coming with us. >> He's not posting himself against. >> He's paralleling. He's looking just like the church. >> Help. It's the last days. We setting up, >> excuse me, we're setting up for the Antichrist >> and the false prophet. >> The false prophet will run world religion. >> The Antichrist will run politics. We're setting up for that now. Politics is already setting up for the Antichrist, but the church is setting up for the false prophet. And the only way you can set the church up for the false prophet is to get in there, >> infiltrate it, >> give parallels. Do you remember? Do you remember Moses >> when he threw down his staff? ((applause)) >> Oh, thank you for that. When Moses threw down his staff, first of all, if the big old bad demonic devil was so bad, why not throw down your staff and create something that can eat the snake? >> Why not be a crocodile? >> All he does is copy us. That's my point. The devil just copies. He has a counterfeit anointing. He's gifted in the phony. >> He is wellversed ((music playing)) >> in the parallel. Looking just like it, >> sounding just like it. God told me to tell you. >> If I hear God told me to tell you one more time, >> and I'm not against prophets. That's a real God ordained office. But the enemy is flooding that office with counterfeits so it won't be trusted. So it will be diluted and so power will leave from the house of God. Same thing with pastors. Same thing with preachers. Same thing with singers. Same. It's the rise of the counterfeit. But where the real church at? I said, "Where's my real church at?" ((music playing)) All right, I'm about to get out of here. Moses threw down his staff. The magicians >> threw down their staffs >> and it became two snakes. >> Moses with the power of God >> produced one snake. >> These magicians with the power of other ghosts, >> demonic influence, whatever, produced double. >> Whoa. It always looked like the world got more. Pastor Travis, I do it God's way. I get this. >> Somebody else do it a worldly way and they got seven. ((applause)) >> The world always look like they got more. >> But the wise wait. The foolish move on an impulse. The wise wait. Always wait for the end of a thing before you judge him. Because though they had two snakes, Moses's snake, come on. If you know the story, you can start praising now. Moses's snake ate. He had a good appetite. He was good and hungry. He ate both of their snakes. It can look like the world had double, but God ate it up. Look at somebody say, "God about to eat it up." He about to eat it up. Don't get caught in the practice that God is about to eat up. ((applause)) Don't get caught in the mindset that God's about to eat up. >> Let me get out of here. I'm done messed up this whole engaged conference. >> Moses threw his staff down, became a snake. They threw their stabs down, became two snakes. Moses produced uh what did he produce second? The river. The river turned to blood. The river turned to blood. The magicians, they turned the water to blood. What? Something else happened. They did that, too. Moses hit the dust to the ground. It became lice. The magicians was like, ((applause)) ((music playing)) >> they couldn't produce the fourth plague. They said, "Surely this is the hand of God." They had to even admit it because the enemy can only go so far. He Oh, are y'all hear Oh, that was a point right there. That was something. Oh, tell your neighbor. The devil got limits. I can't hear y'all say the devil got limits. We can get to a point where the devil has no access. We can go to a realm where he don't even comprehend. We can get to a space in God where we're coming. The Bible says the name of the Lord is a strong teller. The righteous runth into it and the devil can't touch me. Look at your name and say, "Can't touch this. Touch not my anointing. Do my prophet. ((applause)) righteous run into it. We safe. >> You got somewhere to go. >> Well, you're safe >> from trauma, darkness, sickness, I mean, poverty, whatever. And it's the name of the Lord. >> Why are we not running to the name? >> We're running to meds. >> Never mind. Just call this sermon last time. My last time here. ((applause)) >> The name my brother is a safe place for us. ((music playing)) >> They say that as the deer pants up after the water. Studies say that the deer when chased by the lion always look for a body of water cuz they know lions can't swim. ((applause)) So, not just that the deer is thirsty, >> but maybe the deer is running from a predator. >> Maybe the deer is panting after the water, cuz the enemy is after me. >> The enemy is after my mind. >> I got to get to a safe place. >> They get to the water cuz the lions don't swim and they can't pick up the scent. You got a place you can go >> where you're off the devil's radar. >> You got a place you can go where you're undetected by hell. >> If you are frustrated every day, you are too exposed. He can see you. >> You need to hide. You need to get in that secret place. He that dwellth. You too out there. >> You got an attitude all the time. He know your address. >> He know what tick you off. >> He know your triggers. You too easy. >> If you always mad, you too easy for Satan. You need to flip it on and be like, "Not today. I'mma have joy. That got on my nerves, but I'mma respond differently." >> Let me get y'all out here. I got seven minutes. ((applause)) All right, pastor. Thank you. Let me get y'all out of here. >> You got a We got a safe place we can go to. >> It's the name of God. Now, can I go a little further? >> What do you mean if I run to the name of Jesus, I'm safe? Okay. He just hurt me. She just hurt me. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. It ain't working, Ty. I still got Jesus. >> He said he said I could be safe if I run to his name. What does it mean to run to his name? >> Jesus. Jesus. >> It don't mean to just call him. >> I'm about to >> Jesus is not He's He's multifaceted. He's not just a person. He's the way. >> Essentially what I am saying is to run to his name is to do things God's way. >> We don't want this. We do not want this. This is how I run to the name of Jesus. I run to the ways. >> Seek ye first the his ways. >> It means to respond his way. That's good. >> Not just call the name. That's great. You need call him. Call him. >> But you need that ghost, that Holy Ghost >> to perform his ways. >> That's where you're safe in his ways. That's where you're protected in his not just Jesus like an umbrella that anybody can call Jesus. >> When I do it his way, I'm safe. Look at the children of Israel. When death passed the house, They all belong to his name. >> It wasn't the name >> only that protected them. >> It was obedience. His ways. I know it's crazy y'all, but put blood on your house. >> I know it sound real crazy, but do it my When you do it my y'all. Okay. Okay. >> When I do things God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in When I do it God. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When I When I When I When I'm doing it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I'm doing it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it go away, till it goes away. Period. As my daughter would say, what's up Austin? She probably watching. Austin Lingan, I love y'all. To my lovely wife, Shante, if you watching, baby, I love you so much. I'm coming home tomorrow. Sit down. Give me a few more minutes. ((applause)) ((music playing)) I'm trying to move you. ((music playing)) I'm in Christ. Do it God's way. I'm in Christ. But I do it God's way in Christ. I just do it God's way in Christ. When I do it God's way in Christ. Yeah. When I do it God's way in Christ. When I do it, that's where I ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) y'all always giving me peer pressure, man. Oh my god. Oh my god. One more time. One more time. Winner winner winner winner do what? ((applause)) Why do your way my way? >> Walk this way. Do it my way. >> Talk this way. >> Do it my way. >> Pray this way. >> Praise this way. doing. >> Dance this way. >> Love this way. >> Forgive this way. God's way ((music playing)) of doing it. >> When I do it, >> still can't hear you. Do it God's way. I still can't hear you. When I do it God's way. I do it God's way. When I do it God's way. ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) Yeah. ((applause)) ((music playing)) All right, let me get y'all out of here. Sit down. Y'all always jumping up to turn up. And I love it. I love it. I love it. Waving it. Waving it one more time. Do it God's way. I'm in. >> Put them up. Put them up. Put them up. When I do it God's way, I'm impressed. >> Put them up. Put them up. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'll be >> When I do it God's way, I'm Put it God's way. I When I do it God's way, I When I do it God's way, I'll be what? Where do you ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) go? ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) Okay. ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) Where yall at over here? One more time. You say, "When I do it, when I do it God's way, I'm in." >> When I do it, when I do it God's way, I'm in I do it. God, >> when I do it God's way, I'm in. When I do it, God. >> When I do it God's way, >> over here where you were, Lord. >> When I do it God's way of me, >> where I do it, go. >> When I do it, God's way of doing it. When I do it God's way of >> in the middle where you are, when I do it God's way, I'm When I do it God's way, I'm When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I do it God's way, I'm in Christ. When I choose God's way, I'm in Christ. When I move God's way, I'm in Christ. When I decide God's way, I'm in Christ. >> When I pick God's ways, I'm in Christ. >> When I choose God's way, I'm in Christ. When I live God's way, I'm in Christ. When I talk God's way, I'm in Christ. When I shout God's way, I'm in Christ. When I w God's way, I'm in Christ. ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) ((applause)) When I love God's way, when I love God's way, when I love God's way, I cry. Love God's way. But when I >> when I love God's way, I mean, when I >> Oh, when I >> Oh, when I go >> When I love God's way, >> when I love God's way, >> when I love God's way, >> when I love ((music playing)) God's way, I forgive you. >> I let it go. >> I let it go. >> God's way. >> Yeah. I forgive you. >> God's way. >> I let it go. >> I'mma do it God's way. >> God's way. ((music playing)) ((applause)) ((music playing)) We need him. The Holy Ghost. >> We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. ((music playing)) ((applause)) We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. Stop. We need the Holy Ghost. We need the Holy Ghost. >> Come on. We need the Holy. >> We need the Holy. >> If you need him, raise your hands and say, "We need the Holy." >> We need the Holy. If you need him, say, "We need the high." ((music playing)) >> Fall down. Fall down. >> Fall down. Right now, we need the Holy Ghost. >> Shower this place because we need the Holy Ghost. >> All right. ((music playing)) ((applause)) This is the season I believe God is giving personally through his Holy Ghost which is why I'm saying we need he's giving supernatural blueprint and strategies for you and your home just Amen. Amen. Just like Noah, >> something he never seen or heard of. God to us today will be the Holy Ghost spoke to him and gave him a blueprint for his house. >> It ain't for America. It ain't for everybody that follow you. You ain't got to make everybody obey the God that spoke to you. ((music playing)) But in this season, he's giving personal. See, the Holy Ghost is the most personal person you ever know. >> Because the Holy Ghost does not have to learn you. >> He already knows you. >> He ain't got to go on a date to learn us. Before you were born, before he formed you in the belly, he already knows you. >> So there goes shame. >> I talk to this side. There goes shame out the window. I'm not embarrassed to bring nothing to a God that already knows my mess. ((applause)) He already knows you. The Bible says your thoughts are far off. The Holy Ghost knows the thoughts that are on the way to you. >> So, how can you be embarrassed by any thought in front of him? ((music playing)) >> The Holy Ghost sees your options. ((music playing)) >> Oh my God. No, not the ones you talk about. The ones in your secret place. The Bible says, "Pray to the father who is in secret." God is in your secret place. >> God is not outside of you assessing you, learning you from the outside. He's inside like, "Oh, it's a lot going on in here. >> God is inside of you. He sees your options. Don't do it, girl. Don't go, man. Chill, bro. Do that, sis. I like that." He's in there helping you weigh your options when you do things. God's way. He see what you didn't choose and reward you. Are y'all? Okay. He that sees him secret will reward you. I saw that you didn't clap back or cuss him out. And that was an option in your secret place. I saw it. You chose to turn the other cheek. Nobody around you knew. Nobody at your job knew how annoyed you were. Nobody in your house knew how your family hurt you so bad. But God saw it cuz the eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good. >> He sees the right choices you make >> and he sees what it took to make it. ((applause)) >> Holy Ghost is your best friend. He's the MIP, not the VIP. The MIP. the most important person. >> Well, not the MVP, whatever it's called. >> I got to go. This subject is as vast as the ocean >> cuz it's personally tied to you. >> The Holy Spirit knows how to speak to you. >> He's in your secret place. He told a whale to open its mouth. >> He can tell you to shut yours. Oh, that's what we need the Holy Ghost for. Not none of this. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. You don't need the Holy Ghost for none of this. You don't need the Holy Ghost. Demons do that. I'm not knocking it at all. >> It's evidence. But God will never call something holy something demons can do. >> Speaking in tongues is not hol it's not it's not holy. It's not just for saints. ((music playing)) Seances and demonic rituals they speak in all kind of tongues. Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, it don't profit me nothing. So men and angels speak in tongues. I thought the Holy Ghost was tongues. I wasn't allowed to play instruments in my church unless I spoke in tongues. Come on JJ, help me with this. We wasn't allowed to have a tambourine cuz I don't know what spirit's coming. >> So, I thought speaking in tonesues was the Holy Ghost. >> Speaking in tones is evidence. >> It's not the purpose. ((music playing)) It's not even the fruit. >> Tongues is not the fruit. Don't get me in the Bible, y'all. It ain't the fruit. >> Evidence is proof. That's what tongues are. Fruit is results. >> Evidence and proof is two different things. The fruit of the spirit is what the Holy Ghost is helping you produce. The Holy Ghost is called helper. >> Everybody in here should know you need the Holy Ghost cuz you know you need help. Who in here can wave your hand and say that's me. I need other help. I I Where am my honest authentic people in here? I'll send a helper. The Holy Ghost helps us bear fruit. ((music playing)) >> So what's the proof of the Holy Ghost? Thank you for asking. Love. ((applause)) Joy. Why are the Holy Ghost fil people got an attitude that ain't the Holy Ghost? ((music playing)) Y'all quiet. Peace. Why is it always strife in your house? Why we always argue with our friends and loved ones? Where's the results of the Holy Ghost? Peace. >> You want the Holy Ghost? You need him for longsuffering. >> We don't want none of this word tonight. ((applause)) >> I tell you what I need the Holy Ghost. Temperance, >> self control. I know you got the Holy Ghost if you can control your ((applause)) >> How are we full of the Holy Ghost and full of all kind of cravings that we oblige? >> It's not a sin to fill it. It's a sin to fulfill it. So, the Holy Ghost helps us not to fulfill the works of the flesh. You're going to feel it. And don't demonize yourself like, "I went to the Holy Ghost conference and I still feel this way." Yeah. Yep. Cuz some stuff that sins, I got to get out this church right now. I got to get out of here. Pastor Travis, come up here. Whoa. He is speaking right now >> because some things, real quick, some things are sins >> and some things are the flesh. >> You know what I'm saying? >> You can't cast out the flesh. >> You understand what I'm saying? >> You got to bring the flesh under subjection. >> But you don't bring sin under subjection. You cast that out. See, it's a difference. I got to get out of here. The Holy Ghost helps you navigate that, >> train that, kill that. >> Only the Holy Ghost and the fiber of your soul knows a tailor made word. See, sometimes the pastor ain't going to give you the word you really need >> cuz God has reserved it for just him and you. ((applause)) Oh God, >> are y'all hearing me? >> It's tailor made. It don't sound like thou shalt not cusseth them out. It don't sound like that >> cuz God knows. When I talk to one of my daughters, I'll be and the other one be like, "Yo, I I have different ways of saying the same thing to them. >> I have different ways of saying the same thing. I have different ways of saying the same thing." And Pastor Travis, I only have two children. Imagine 8 billion. He knows how to talk to you. >> Let me go. All right. Thank y'all. >> He helps us bear fruit. >> He helps us bear fruit. >> The Holy Ghost is our comforter. >> The first thing Jesus said is, "I'm sending a comforter." >> Why would he say a comforter first? >> Why he say, "I'm sending a miracle worker first." Jesus said, "I'm leaving, but I'm I'm leaving a miracle worker with y'all." He said the comforter cuz it's about to get hard. >> The first thing the Holy Ghost is besides the promise is the comforter. >> Cuz it ain't about to be easy just cuz you saved. >> Just cuz you living right and doing right and giving right and loving God right, it don't mean it's about to be easy. >> So the first thing you need is comfort. ((music playing)) ((applause)) Some of us that are going through storms, >> you need to lean into the comfort of the Holy Spirit. >> I'm learning the comfort of God in this grieving season like I never I'm like, whoa, >> I love Holy Ghost hugs. >> He knows how to comfort. He knows how to comfort. He knows how to comfort. It might be through a funny moment in the family. That's comfort. It might be through a nice text. God knows how to comfort. >> Let me let y'all go. Oh, this is so >> rich. We need the Holy Spirit. >> He regulates our emotions. ((applause)) >> Treat him the Holy Spirit like a friend, like a confidant, like your wisdom, like your go-to. >> That's who he is. We stressed out. We go to post. We go to friends. We go to the chat. We go to Why are we going to these things stressed out? >> Confused. How this going to work? Da d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d's wonderful counselor. >> Oh my goodness. He's our helper. The Bible says he's our helper. And last thing I want to say, well, yeah, last thing I'm going to say, he's our teacher. The Bible says the Holy Spirit will teach you all things. Did y'all hear that? >> I don't need chat GPT no more. ((applause)) ((music playing)) >> The Holy Spirit will teach you all things. >> Not just how to file your taxes, but how to communicate with your wife. >> The Holy Ghost will teach you how to connect and engage your children. But we don't look for him in those areas cuz we got it. >> We deny the power thereof. >> We come to church and get the form of godliness and then deny the power when we get home cuz we got that. >> I need the Holy Ghost more at home than at church. >> The gates of hell ain't going to prevail here, but they at my house I need the Holy Ghost. First thing the Holy Ghost did in the Bible was unify the people. >> Oh, here here's what I want to say for my for real closing. And my kids, y'all know when I say for real, I'm for real. >> Pastor Travis, God had me in a season where I had to slow down. Pastor Thompson, I had to slow down. You know, I'm just my mind is and I cut my face on a reunion tour. I I had an accident and he said, "Slow down." Come on. >> I got the most energy in the universe. How do I do that? How do I do that? >> Slow down. You're not being mindful. You're just doing >> You're doing what you know to do or what you think you should do, >> but you're you're not you're not listening. You're you're Martha right now >> doing doing things for me but not listening to me. >> So he said, "Slow down." And I was like, whoa, don't they that we put, you know, running out before you walking off and all of that. Oh no. M up on wings as eagles, right? They Some people say that that's like in reverse. Like life is not supposed to be lived soaring. You know, when you soar, that's life. When you soaring, that's how God wants us to soar. And I'm not mocking anybody because I didn't hear anybody say this in here. So if they said it in here, I love this church. I ain't talking about that. Life is not about soaring. We soar for seasons. ((applause)) >> It ain't about soaring in God. It's not about running. Run and not be worried. You can run your race, but it's not about running. >> Walk and not faint. >> Life with God is a walk with him. I can't learn him running. >> I can't learn him soaring. >> So he told me to slow down and walk with him. >> Then I started walking with him. Then I got to this scripture that the Holy Ghost filled the place, Travis, where they were sitting. >> It was bad enough. He told me to walk. He said, "You really get my presence when you >> I got a word for engaged culture tonight. >> Sit down. ((applause)) >> Let's do it on now. Let's all do it. Sit down. Have a seat, >> bro." >> No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Listen. Let's look. I'm real right now. We about to end it. This has got to be your posture. >> This got to be your posture. Yo, >> fully present. >> Marry at the feet of Jesus. It's desperate times like that. A good job. With a good job, you live you can live in poverty these days. >> Where do we go to for help? I got to sit down and get my blueprint. >> I got to sit down and get my strategy. >> Not what I could do to go viral and all the stupid stuff. >> Sit down. >> God got me sitting right now. >> And I want to sit until I never stand. >> When I'm on stage, I want to be sitting in my heart resting. I could be jumping up but like, "What, God? What? What? What? I'm jumping up now. Y in Christ. But inside I'm like, we we this good. We cool. >> I'm sitting. ((applause)) >> Don't get so jaded, so anxious, so hype. that you're not present. >> He going to lead you, sis, but he leaves you beside. >> Be get be still. Be still. >> Be still. >> Be still. When you're When you be still, you can be led. >> Cuz he leads you beside stillness. >> I was too anxious. I was moving too much. And I missed God. I was running. But Genesis says his voice was walking in the garden. >> But I was running. I was ahead. I was slow down. Engaged culture. Slow down. Not your work, not your not your purpose, not your zeal. No, I ain't talking about that. Kill that devil. Give him everything you got. But on your inside, in your secret place, as Pastor Jamal Bryant would say, be be seated. Be be seated. ((applause)) He cracked me up when he say that. Get to church all crazy like but he say it. I love you Dr. Jamal. Your wife get you married. Have a seat inside. Your husband do that thing. Sit down, sis. your boyfriend, girlfriend, whatever. They know I don't like. Have a seat before you address it. >> If not literally in here, sit down. God is essentially saying, "Let me holl at you." >> Yo, let me holl at you. And you like, "Okay, okay, okay. Let me finish this album. Let me let me let me holl at you. I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. Pastor, come get this mic. Come get the mic, Pastor Pastor Trap." The I'm telling y'all this. I'm telling y'all this. The same conversation you have in your secret place when you're sitting will be the same conversation we're responsible for when we at his throne in heaven. You heard me. I said no. You heard me. I said yeah. You that secret place he's going to be like I told you that's where we're responsible for obeying God or not. cuz he know what he told us. >> Whether it's give your kid that cookie or I don't care what it is, he going to be like, "You heard me. >> Why didn't you or why did you want to already have my conversation flowing when I get to the throne? >> I don't want to go to Hey, how you doing? You real, huh? So, you really real?" Okay. ((applause)) I'm not doing that. We already going to be in the floor. Hey, Pop. How you doing, son? Woo. Thanks for getting me up today. It was getting hard down there, Pop. Woo. I'm about to say, you better rescue me, bro. But I'm good. How you feeling today, man? That's what I want. >> I don't want his voice to shock me when I get to heaven. >> I want to already know his voice. >> I don't want his ways to shock me when I get there. I want to already know his ways. ((applause)) >> Thy will be done >> on earth >> as it is already in heaven. >> Do what you're doing in earth >> the same thing you're doing in heaven. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) slow us down. >> Break us down so you can build us up and lift us up healthy. I would that you would prosper and be in health. But that soul got to prosper. >> You only prosper your soul when you sit. Don't be so mad that he broke up with you. Don't be so upset that she left you. Don't be so fearful that it won't happen that you can't sit. Don't let nothing take your seat. >> I got to get out of this church now. Don't let nothing take your seat. Don't let nothing get you so disgruntled that you forget to sit. I've been there. I get there. I'm trying not to ever be there again. I'm trying to have a permanent seat >> in the presence of the king. ((applause)) ((music playing)) I encourage you this week. I'm going so old school. I hope y'all don't think this is religious. Oh God, ((music playing)) >> we're not bored. >> We sitting with you ((music playing)) >> this week. Establish devotion. >> Time devoted only to him. 5 minutes, 15, 25, 35, 45, an hour. Nothing gets this time. >> When he sees you devoting to him like that, >> God can't handle his children reaching for him like that. >> He will respond. And he might not respond with everything you want. That's what the seat is for. The seat is alignment ((applause)) >> where when I pray now, I'm not expecting what I asked for. I'm expecting what he wants for me. >> Whoa, that's some maturity right there. >> It's hard. I get it. It's challenging. I like to say challenging only because the Bible says the way of a transgressor is hard, >> but my yoke is easy >> and my burden is light. So, it's challenging. That's why you need help. It's supposed to be too much for you. >> It's supposed to overwhelm you. It's supposed to be like, "I can never do this." All of heaven rejoices when we say that. That's the sound of surrender. I can't do this. Cuz the hope is you'll turn to heaven for help. Turn to heaven for help. Y'all get devotion. I'm done. I don't want to stand, but I don't want to crawl either. Father, we thank you for your Holy Ghost, heaven's agent in the earth. We thank you for the person of the Holy Spirit being our help, being our guide, leading us and guiding us in our heart, in our conscience, in our minds, in our emotions, in our gut feelings. You lead us by your spirit. So tonight, we just sit and surrender. We sit for a minute. Yeah, we got plans. Yeah, we got ways, but you know the plans you got for our Let me sit down for a minute. Yeah, I got a 5year goal, but let me let me sit down for a minute. Hold up. Hold up. I cannot afford to plan the next five years without you. ((music playing)) So, as we sit, fill us. The Holy Ghost is not a filling. It's a filling. He fills us. So as we devote time to you this week, fill us little by little. Fill us. Fill us. Fill us. Fill us. Fill us. Fill us until we overflow. Till what's on the inside comes on the outside. We need you, Holy Ghost, for regular daily decisions like who to text back. I said like who to text back. Yep. And what to scroll. We need you for those everything. Everything. We don't know the effects things have on our mind. You do. >> We don't know the effects things have on our heart. You do. Lead us. Guide us. Show us. We have no arrogance. We have no audacity. We're taking a seat as we surrender to you. >> Stay seated. families. Pastor Jim, I pray that this message you just heard impacted your life forever. That's our desire. And not only you, but that you would share it with a friend, a family member, anyone that God puts on your heart that this word would affect, would change them, too. 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