When the Negative is Necessary | Javon Ruff

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 come on why don't you take about 20 more seconds and just give God praise that he's the god of again come on he's still The Miracle Worker he's still the door opener he's still the Healer and the deliverer he's still Rolling Stones he's still setting captives free he's still opening up doors to prisoners that are bound he's still recovering the sight to the blind he still oh God heals the broken heart oh come on give him praise that he's faithful he is the same yesterday today and forever oh if he did it once he can do it again Lord we bless you Lord we praise you Lord we thank you you are the god of again we are honor you today Jesus aren't you glad that that's more than just lyrics on the screen I said it's more than lyrics on the screen it's more than a song that we just sang that's a prophetic Declaration of the goodness and faithfulness of our God somebody needs to receive that today you better get ready cuz another one is on the way I said you better get ready because another one is on the way he's not done with you yet he's not done with your family he's not done with your children he's not done with your career he's not done with your ministry he's not done yet he's not through blessing another one is on the way I believe that Jesus praise God praise God my God we serve a good God I said we Ser aren't you excited to be in the house of God this morning praise God we want to take this opportunity before we're seated let's welcome all of our campuses that are joining us let's welcome gwenette campus and brazzleton come on let's give it up for them want to shout out to my home Spartenburg over there to them and Midtown and Alpharetta and Orange County and of course let's not forget our friends at Metro re-entry and hay State Prison and Whitworth Correctional Hall County correctional philli State Prison Hall County Jail live right there and of course our amazing online campus come on let's give it up for him this morning and we believe God is going to meet you right there wherever you're watching and streaming well before you're seated why don't you high five a couple people and tell them he'll do it again he will He'll Do It Again 
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 so good to see all of you it's always an honor to be here in Gainesville with our family here love it here what a p privilege and honor and um for all of our first time I am not a guest today I am part of the family uh this is family this is home and and somebody said well that don't look like Franklin Jensen no that's not him this is it's it's Javon Ruff one of our campus pastors and part of this great family but speaking of our pastor he's actually out in our Orange County campus today come on let's give it up for him and them getting ready to have beli in God to move and powerfully God is doing great things at that campus and um let's keep him in prayer that God would just do great things out there today in those services and um he'll be right back here next week in the pull Pit live preaching right here at the 911 and you don't want to miss that well I want to jump right into the word of God today if you have your Bibles turn with me to Luke Chapter N9 I want to go to Luke Chapter n Luke Chapter n and I'll begin reading at Verse 18 Luke chapter 9 verse 18 it says this while he was praying in private and his disciples were with him he asked them who do the crowd say that I am they answered John the Baptist others Elijah still others that one of the that one of the ancient prophets has come back but you he ask who do you say that I am Peter answered God's Messiah but he strictly warned them and instruct them instructed them to tell this to no one saying listen to this it is necessary that the son of man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders the chief priest the scribes be killed and be raised the third day notice what he said in verse 22 he said it is necessary that the son of man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders the chief priests the scribes and be killed at then he says but be raised the third day in another place Luke chap 24 it says this in verse 7 notice him saying it again he said saying it is necessary that the son of man be betrayed into the hands of sinful man be crucified and rise on the third day one more place Luke 24: 26 the this is to the two disciples that were walking on the road to emus listen to what they said wasn't it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then enter into his glory I want to stop right there and I want to talk to you about if you're taking notes this simple topic or subject when the negative is necessary when the negative is necessary the text gives Jesus as he's talking to his disciples he's actually sharing the predictions of his death his crucifixion and resurrection and Jesus explains to the his disciples this important factor that is going to be a part of him fulfilling his Destiny and what he was sending this Earth to do he looked at them and he said I need you to know that this is necessary and when the word used necessary synonymous with it's required it's essential it's needed it's important it's vital and it's imperative so notice what he's saying it's it's necessary it's essential that I go through what I go through because it's part of where God is ultimately taken me in my life in other words he was saying it's necessary I I can't avoid it I can't get around it this is something I'm not going to watch this be able to pray away or pray myself out of it it's something that is necessary that I must go through and endure because it's a part of the plan that God has for my life he said it's necessary I'm going to be be eaten it's necessary I'm going to be talked about I'm going to be gossiped about I'm going to be betrayed I'm going to be um those the Bible said he came into his own and his own received him not I'm going to be rejected by those who should accept me people are going to walk out on me family members are going to turn their back on me I'm going to be whipped with a cat n tals the scripture said I'm going to be fogged he said and it's necessary if that's not enough I'm going to be stretched wide and hung high on a cross and he said and it's necessary the pain the hurt the rejection the hardship the struggles the adversities the opposition all of that is necessary and I have to endure it I have to go through it I have to face it because he said it's part of the Journey of what God is taking me and some of us don't like to hear that the negative is necessary but watch this in John CH 12 verse 24 the scripture said that Jesus he talks about unless a grain of wheat goes down into the ground notice what it said falls into the ground and dies it remains alone but if it dies it produces much grain notice it said unless a wheat falls into the ground that it goes down into the ground it gets buried into the dirt into the soil it gets covered up it gets overwhelmed it gets smothered notice it said unless that seed goes through that process and Decay it cannot come forth and bear fruit and multiply and Jesus has liken himself he's teaching as a seed and he said this is how the the the the Journey of the Son of God is going to be he said I'm like a seed that's going to be swn in the ground now let me teach you something understand that Jesus is a type of seed the Bible said that he's the Seed of Abraham in Genesis chapter 3 the Bible said that it said this that he that that God would put enmity between the seed of The Serpent and the seed of the woman is capital s meaning Jesus Christ seed when God sent Christ into the world God the father he sent a seed into the word into the world a type of word he was the word made flesh and watch this the Bible said when God swn the seed into the world he said in Isaiah it says when my word Goes Forth out of my mouth it shall accomplish that in which I please and prosper where I sent it to are you following me and he said it shall not return turn unto me void think about that in other words when God sent Christ into the Earth listen to me everything that he had to go through that was necessary it was a part of accomplishing God's ultimate plan but watch this he had listen death the reason why death couldn't keep him why demons couldn't stop him while all the opposition couldn't hold him back because God already said that my word is going to come back to me and when it comes back to me it's not coming back void so even when that seed went into the ground on Good Friday no matter what hell and death tried to do on Sunday it was going to bust through that borrow tomb of Joseph of arthea and return back to God as the first fruits of many and what you got to see is Genesis 8:10 says as long as the Earth remains there will be seed time and harvest hot and cold winter and summer ups and downs in other words seed time is the negative times seed time is when I'm sewn into the ground when I'm down when I'm facing the hardship and the struggles but the Bible said as long as the Earth remains this will be the process that we will see but he says as sure as there is seed time there is coming Harvest Time and the key is not to give up when you don't see come on when you sew a seed in the ground you don't see an immediate Harvest when you sew a seed in the ground you don't see things turn around real quick but the key is to know I did what God told me to do I sewed it into the ground and if you'll stay faithful there's a matter of time that Harvest is going to come as a man Seth that shall I need 10 people to give God God praise cuz I'm going somewhere life is filled with seed time and harvest it's going to be filled with the lows it's going to be filled with hardships it's going to be filled with struggles but I can guarantee you as sure is there is seed time the death and the burials there will come a resurrection in Jesus name understand that we live live in a time that the positive is always emphasized positivity positivity this positivity that and I'm all about being positive I'm all about being optimistic matter of fact negative people make me nauseous you know just some people that's negative all the time and well you know the devil the devil that's their favorite song The Devil the the devil the devil the devil just just just all the time every day is bad every day let me help you out just just think right now see you are alive to to complain just stop right there anyway let me stay focused let me say but understand watch this positivity is always emphasized but there are times when the negative serves a purpose James 1 says consider a sheer gift friends when tests and challenges come at you from all sides you know that Under Pressure listen to this your Faith Life is forced into the open and shows its true colors so don't try to get out out of it don't try to get out of anything prematurely let it do its work so you become mature and welldeveloped not deficient in any way you see the negative serves as a catalyst for spiritual growth and maturity I thought about electricity the source of electricity El it has two terminals understand it has both a positive charge and a negative charge isn't it amazing that people want Power all the time but you can't have power if you only want the positive I said you don't you can't have power if you only want the positive if all you want is positive and everything to always fall in place and everything to always be right and everything happened the way you thought it would happen and expected to happen I promise you you won't get power even in science you understand that electricity in order for it to produce power you need the both positive and the negative we want the power of Resurrection but nobody wants the fellowship of suffering and being conformed to his death but it takes both Paul knew that if I'm going to walk in power I'm going to have to die to myself I'm going to have to go through things you don't need res Resurrection it means to give life again if some stuff don't die come on somebody so if you want the power expect there to be some 
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 negatives understand that negative experiences must be viewed through spiritual lenses when they're seen with the right perspective that can be a strengthening tool that propels propels us forward in 2 Kings chapter 6 The Bible said that there there was a the servant of the prophet and he went out and he looked around and the scripture said that all he saw was the odds stacked against them all he saw was the mountains filled with the armies of the enemy and he start freaking out saying my master what are we going to do look what's happening we're surrounded we're outnumbered the odds are stacked against them I love the posture of the Prophet because he wasn't shaken and he wasn't moved all he did was dropped his head and he said Lord open up his eyes that he might see help him to see what's really going on and the scripture said that after he prayed the servant went back out and looked watch this he looked at the same thing the second day that he looked at the first day but isn't it amazing the first day he only looked at it through sight but the second day God gave him vision and when he looked at the same thing on the next day he had a different outcome because God opened up his eyes and he said what you think is actually against you come on there is more for you than it is against you I want to tell somebody you might feel like you're in the negative right now and all the odds are stacked against you you're stuck between a rock and a hard place and feel like your back is against the wall and you have no options and you have no way to turn I want to remind you of this is that with God you're never in come on the disadvantage with God on your side I don't care about the odds stacked against you let me give you a little bible greater is he that is in you than he that's in the world if God be for you who can be against you the Lord is on your side uh Whom Shall you fear what can man do unto by my God I can run through troops and leap over walls there's more for you than it is against you ah God help me understand see sometimes you can't see the purpose when you're in the process I need to remind you of this where you sit determines how you see and some of us as followers of Christ you've forgotten where you sit what do you mean Javon see the the the the the view from the runway of a plane is different from 30,000 ft up you can be in the same plane but the higher you go the differ the things begin to look what do you mean see the Bible said that we are seated in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus see you're not just sitting on this seting sitting on this seat this morning spiritually speaking you've been raised up to oh you don't hear what I'm saying see we got to get some Bible inside of you you the Bible said you're seated in Heavenly places with Christ Jesus which means I've got to have the perspective of Heaven even when I'm dealing with stuff on Earth and that perspective tells me that all things are working together for my good it may not look like it on Earth but I know what God has said in heaven and through Christ come on oh God he and sometimes what you think is overwhelming you is actually already under you because you are seated in Christ in Heavenly 
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 places understand the negative helps us to learn from adversity when you decide to pursue God and what he wants and desires for your life can I tell you persecution will come I said persecution will come listen to this Matthew 5:10 said blessed are those that blessed are those who are persecuted for my name's sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven oh God that's that's the blessing see you thought the blessing was in stuff and things and all like that and everything no he said you're blessed when you're being persecuted cuz anytime you set out to do God's Will and plan and see let me tell you something listen listen listen let me put it like this persecution is often proof of faithfulness faithless people are unnoticed the devil could care less you not doing nothing but the ones that are being faithful the ones that are pursuing God the ones that are about their father's business that's when hell take notice those are the ones that the devil is worried about cuz those are the one come on somebody that has the potential and the power to shake things and move things to advance the kingdom of God that's where the opposition comes from understand that there is no Goliath there was no David no David without Goliath listen if it had not been for Goliath we may have never heard of David listen Goliath watch this is not what made David but Goliath is what revealed David it was Goliath that put David on the front page I put it like this it's the negative that took him from obscurity to notoriety understand he was back in the back Woods nobody was thinking about him but understand when that negative giant came up that was the very thing that exposed David it took a negative gigantic problem that pushed him to the forefronts of purpose and sometimes we don't understand it sometimes it doesn't make sense and could it be that the negative giant that you're facing right now is because God is getting ready to take you from obscurity to notoriety God is about to take you come on move you from the back and Propel you to the front God is getting ready to move you to a new level and place in him that you've never gone but the negative was necessary I thought about panah and Hannah in the book of Samuel Hannah the mother of Samuel the prophet the Bible said this that panayia would torment Hannah because Hannah could not at that time had no children and panah she was just fruitful she was dropping it like it was hot let me go ahead and put it like that and the Bible said that they were both married come on to elkan who was the same man and it said that year after year panah would just torment torment Hannah look at you look at you look at you you're just the side chick Hannah he don't really he just comes to you whenever he wants something uh he just comes to you whenever he just wants to do whatever he wants to do but look at you you don't have any real worth you don't have any real value you don't have nothing to offer you can't birth anything you can't produce anything you're not contributing anything you don't have anything to bring to to the table you have no value you have no worth uh and the Bible said that it got to the point where Hannah had had enough my God Hannah had had enough and the Bible said that that that torment those negative comments those negative statements the ongoing put Downs uh pushed Hanah the Bible said into a prayer a place of prayer that she began to pray so hard that the priest thought she was drunk uh she was not drunk she said I am not drunk but I'm praying from a place of Anguish I'm praying from a place of of of of hurt and pain where negativity has tried to crush me and the Bible said that as she continue to pray the priest looked at her and said Hannah don't you pray no more for the Lord has heard your prayer and it was a matter of time where Hannah gave birth to a prophet named Samuel I'm about to preach up in here now because there are some people under the sound of my voice this morning you've been told what you can't contribute you've been told what you don't have you've been told that you don't measure up you've been told that you have no value you have no worth uh you don't have the pedigree you don't have the background you don't have the parents you're not the right color you're not the right culture you don't have it oh God and thank God they did because it had not been for that it wouldn't have pushed you into a place of prayer that you begin to seek God and get his and get his plan for your life come on I needed you to talk me down so I can pray myself up I needed you to put me down so God can Raised Me Up had you not pushed me I wouldn't pray like I pray had you not pushed me oh I need about 20 people that know I'm telling the truth to give God praise no I'm just telling you I know what it's like I know what it's like I had to live that I was told what I couldn't do I was told what I couldn't be you're just the grand the the the grandson of a bootlegger from a little town called tcoa what can you think you do you'll never be anything if you're going to be something you'll have to sell drugs if you're going to be something you're going to have to be a sports figure the Devil is a Lie all I did was get along with God all I did was come to my savior and begin to pray and he showed me who I really am I am the head and not the tail I'm above only and not beneath come on somebody it pushed me push me it pushed me to pursue him it pushed me to cry out to him it pushed me to draw near somebody shout push push the devil should have never mess with 
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 you I want to say the purpose of the negative helps us to learn from adversity but it'll also refine our character Peter said this he Rejoice even though now for a short time listen if necessary there it is it's necessary you suffer grief in various trials so that the proven character of your faith more valuable than gold which though perishable is refined by fire may result in Praise glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ he said these trials these negatives that were coming to these oppositions that was necessary it said to prove the character of your faith he's speaking that he said it's like the refining of pure gold he's speaking of a Goldsmith process because what the Goldsmith would do the gold would come in bars but the bars watch this had to be melted in order for them to be molded because they had to be once they were molded into a a posture and a position that it could be used properly and I want to say this what is God saying through this sometimes he used the negative to melt us so that he can mold us you know why cuz we're too hard we're too hard-headed we're too oh don't don't don't get quiet on me now we're too hardheaded we're too hard-hearted we got some rebellion and we got some push back against God and he said I have to allow the negatives to melt you so I can mold you I love you too much to let you stay in that old hard rebell your state I love you too much to let you stay stiff as a board built up like a brick wall and and and and barriers and bound all up no no no no no no no no I love you too much and you think it's the devil no it's God God says I'm not going to leave you there and so if I have to melt you uh so I can mold you so it be because he didn't just stop there because once the gold is melted then the B then it says that the impurity began to rise to the top ain't it amazing that it was only when it got in the fire what was in it came to the top in other words there's some stuff in you and me that don't come out until you get in the fire it was there all the time oh you didn't hear what I said but nobody could see it but God knew it was there so I'll let you get in the fire so that nasty attitude can come to the top come on come on your gossip can come to to the top come on come on oh your cusser uh-huh when you got in that heated situation I brought that little cusser on to the top I why y'all quiet yeah see some of you your fire is 85 traffic but he said I did it so I can get stuff out of you you don't understand how much God loves us to not leave us jacked up it's his love that says I want it to come to the top you know why he said because the Goldsmith they would scrape and scrape and scrape watch this until they could see their reflection in the gold and that's when they knew it was ready and that's what God is doing right now to some of you you're in the negative you're in the seed time you're in the molded state but God is just scraping and scraping and scraping because we have to be conformed to the image of God's son and he said I want a people that rightly represent me so that when you go to church go to work uh you go to your business and you go to your school uh you're not misrepresenting me with a image that don't look like me because I need to use you to show the world that I am who I am watch this see see during the reign of Oliver Crum Cromwell there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency after one month the committee returned with this with this report we have searched the empire in vain seeking to find silver to our dismay we found none anywhere except listen in the Cathedrals where the statues of the Saints are made of choice silver to this listen to this Oliver Cromwell eloquently answered let's let's melt down the Saints and put them in circulation he said if we need currency let's melt those statues of saints in the cathedral that is just sitting there stiff as a board only to be looked upon and you say Javon what are you saying there's some symbolism here because that's what God come on if the church is going to preach the gospel into all the world so Christ can come back it's going to require that we we've got to melt some saints and put them in circulation listen we got too many saints that are statues on the seats uh in churches every Sunday we need some saints in circulation we need some saints that'll get up off the pews uh and find a place to serve uh find a place to get plugged in find a place to come on don't sit down on me now we need some saints in circulation come on all right I'm G preach if come on can you look at the state of our world right now can you look at our neighborhoods right now what our neighborhoods need what our city need is some saints some God-fearing Saints in circulation to make a difference for the kingdom of God we need Saints in circulation in Alpharetta we need Saints in circulation in Spartanburg we need Saints in circulation at all of our campuses I thought about this we sit down and complain about how bad things are we need some saints in circulation voting to make a difference don't sit back and so come on somebody get get in circulation let's stand up and make a difference last Sunday I don't know why I'm going here but I didn't go but last Sunday I was jacked up at our campus you know why in the end in the 11:00 service when our pastor called he said the young people are home my heart and I want all the young people from 20s something and under to run up here on the stage I saw it in here but I was so caught up I saw it in here but then I looked around over at Spartanburg and I talked to other campus pasts it was happening at their campuses too I looked over in sparenberg and I looked and but were coming out of the pews uh young people coming from the left young people coming from the right yeah I'm talking about you spart andberg and I looked up and all of a sudden it seemed like half the congregation was gone and I looked on the stage and I said my God what is Lord the Lord doing with this generation oh it just hit me between Services that's what we're doing in a couple of months uh in June uh at the gas South Arena we're not just having an event uh we're not just having a program uh we're just not having entertainers we're about to put some students in circulation we're about to put some teenagers in circulation we're about to put some young people in circulation catapult them the purpose catapult them the destiny catapult them to call we're about to put stud Us in circulation oh 
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 it's more than just an entertaining it's more than just an event it hit me that's what for it is we're putting students in circulation a generation that the negatives have tried to take out the negatives have tried to destroy the negatives have tried to consume through suicide and oppression and lies and Devastation and destruction to wrong ideologies and philosophies uh the negatives uh but the oh my God just like it said of Jesus had hell known had hell known they would have never crucified the Son of God can I prophesy had hell known he should have never touched this generation had hell known he should have never come against our children because I got a promise uh I got a prophetic word uh that in the last days uh your son uh my son uh your daughter my daughter are going to prophesy they'll live and not die and declare the works of the Lord we're going to have students in circulation 
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 sit down in a minute let me finish you see the native is necessary it's necessary it causes us to go deeper in our faith deep in the word of God Psalms 119 said this before I was afflicted I went astray but now that I've been Afflicted I kept your word I didn't treat this book seriously until negative things hit my life it was not a necessity it was an accessory it wasn't watch this it it it it was just a tool of performance we taught the preachers and leaders and teachers the only reason why we approach this book to find something to teach and preach we are missing the mark this book when all you do is approach it to get a sermon to get a Devotion to teach a class I or or even to write a song now this book has become a tool for performance rather than a lunchbox for your spirit I know I was going to get no amen's there but watch this he said it took the negative for me to get to the point that I had to hold on to this word I was thinking about this week as I was studying the words hit me the words hit me of Andre Crouch that old song I don't know why it just ministered to me deeply he said God you've helped me with the mountains you helped me with the valleys they all negatives and he said the storms you've brought me through he said if I never had any problems if I never had any negatives I never know oh I would have never known what you can do and what faith in your word will do if I never had any problems I wouldn't know you could solve them and what faith in your word can do through it all through it all I learned to trust in Jesus through it all I learned to trust in God through it all I've learned to depend upon his word where would I be without his word today Jesus Jesus Jesus let me give you this and I'm going to close how do I remain positive while enduring neg the negative how tell me how we got to remember to trust God's sovereignty and his faithfulness the Bible said in 2 Corinthians 1 that the apostle Paul said we despaired of our own life we thought we were going to die and he said watch this it was necessary he said so that we wouldn't trust in ourselves but trust in God one of the biggest obstacles to trust in trust in God is self-trust the idolatry of self striving the biggest obstacle is not Satan is trusting himself the second thing quickly is you have to keep an eternal perspective in a temporal world the Bible said look not at the things which are seen But at the things which are unseen for the things which are seen are temporary but the things which are unseen are Eternal I thought about what Hebrews said listen to this it says that we have to look to Jesus the author and finish of our faith it said for the for the joy that was set before him listen he endured the cross he despised the shame and sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God watch this and we stop there here's the power of that verse the next one oh there it is he got it look at the next verse we sto at the right hand of the throne that's what we quote but here's the power for consider him who endured such hostility negative from the Sinners against himself so that you won't grow weary and give up he said you got to keep your perspective and your eyes on Jesus and see all the negative that he went through and he suffered but he still got to the place that God promised him and he said look at your ultimate example so that you will not be weary and give up 
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 and the last but not least is to know God is for you and he's not against you I end with this story because Romans says in all these things we are more than conquerors the only monument in the world that is built in the shape of a bug to the honor of the bug is located in Enterprise Alabama in 1950 the Mexican bow weave who invaded Southeast Alabama what did I thought they Southeast Alabama Jesus and destroyed 60% of the cotton crop Farmers could not get rid of of it because it developed an immunity for the pesticide in a few years the farmers lost entire crops to the weevils coupled with Great Depression just over a decade later the bo weo nearly destroyed that area in desperation listen to this that's all the negatives but in desperation the farmers turned to planting peanuts Alabama's CL Alabama's climate was perfect for it by 1917 the peanut industry had become so profitable that the county harvested more peanuts than any other County in the nation which was given the title listen to this the peanut capital of the world world and in gratitude the people of the Town erected a statue and inscribed these words and they're going to put that ugly thing up look at that that's a real Statue and this is what it said in profound appreciation of the bow Weevil and what it has done listen to this as the herald of prosperity and other other words what they are saying had we not had that negative boow evil that thing eating up everything pushing us to the place where we thought we never return or never recover it says we hel it as a means of prosperity because had it not happened the negative we wouldn't have been able to step into the prosperity of the peanut business that brought brought more profit to our life than ever before sometimes the negative is necessary and I want to say to you today that God is a faithful God as you stand to your feet all at all of our campuses and you may be in this room today and you're in seed time you're in seed time you're in the negative so to speak but my words to you right now and encouragement to you is what Jesus said don't you get weary in well doing because in due season here it is you're going to reap the Harvest if you faint not remember seed time Harvest death burial Resurrection but God is saying in this season it's necessary because what the enemy thought was tearing you down is actually building you up what hell thought was going to set you back is really setting you up what come on what the negative thought it was going to push you out it's just pushing you into prayer it's just pushing you in the word like never before it's pushing you in the worship like never before and it is in this moment it's a matter of time before Harvest come throw your hands up up all over this building right now and you may be in the negative right now but I want you to take a moment at every campus our campus pastors are coming right now but I want you to throw your hand up cuz I know in a room this size there's people that say yeah I'm in seed time right now but I see it different I thought I was just buried I thought I was just overwhelmed I thought I was just being under attack of the enemy and and everybody's hit me but but but I realize I got a word I'm in seed time right now I'm in seed time right now I'm in seed time but I know in seed time you can get weary in seed time sometimes you can lose your joy but that's the beauty of corporate worship and I believe right now as you throw your hand up I'm going to pray and they're going to sing uh and let's just take a moment and begin to come on refocus on him I want you to take your eyes off the problem for a minute and put it back on the promise put it back on what God told you put it back on what God promised you I need to say to you business man what did he tell you get your eyes back on the promise again don't get your eyes distracted on the problem mom dad what did he tell you about those children what did he show you when they were little what the vision that he gave you don't you give up get your eyes back on the vision get your eyes back on the promise hold on what God says don't get caught up in the negative father in the name of Jesus I just pray right now Enlighten our eyes of understanding Lord give us a fresh Vision give us a Heavenly perspective remind us of where we're seated this morning help us to have vision and not just sight help us to see oh God what you're doing Lord help us to see it from your perspective father God come on say Lord strengthen me I pray your strength right now in the name of Jesus you will not be weary and well doing you will not give up you will not throw in the towel you will not come out prematurely God's doing a work in you right now he's molding you he's shaping you he's strengthening you he's cleansing you he's scraping he's scraping he's scraping till he sees himself that's love he loves you too much to leave you where you are he loves you too much to allow things to cause you to settle yes yes yes he wants to put you in circulation thank you Jesus yes Lord come on come on yes yes yes yes sing it hallelujah hallelujah yes Lord so much better yes Lord yes Lord yeah come on declare it come on he's for you he's for you he's not against you he's for you come on in the name of Jesus father I just declare right now I silence the negative voices of the enemy I silence The Voice that says give up I silence in Jesus name I take authority on the voices that are telling people to give up and throw in the towel I come against doubt I come against unbelief Lord let Faith arise in Jesus name Holy Spirit give them a revelation show them things to come strengthen them in their in man in Jesus name in Jesus name it shall come to pass it shall come to pass it shall come to pass thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord I declare it over these hes oh I declare it seed time and harvest Harvest is coming to these families Harvest is coming to these children and grandchildren Harvest is coming to homes and families and marriages harvest in Jesus name you're not done with them yet you're not done with them yet 
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 Jesus every head bow and every eye close please no one leaving no one moving this is the most important part of this service please honor this 
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 moment our text Jesus said the negative was necessary he said everything that I've got to go through is necessary but the thing about it the negative wasn't about him the negative was about you and me the negative he had to endure was not his own negative it was ours the whipping post the fogging the torture the rejection the scripture said he was wounded for our transgressions our negatives he was bruised for our iniquities our negatives the chastisement that was required so that you and I can have peace was upon him and he said I took stripes for your negative so that you can be healed that's what the cross was all about the death Peril and Resurrection it was a Divine exchange he said give me your negatives I'll take your negatives and give you my positives he who knew no sin became sin became the negative so that you and I can become the righteousness of God we could be back in a positive relationship with God listen to me all of us are going to spend eternity somewhere and there's only two places there's no gray area there's no in between there's heaven and there's hell hell was not created for Humanity it was created for the devil and his fallen 
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 angels heaven was created for those who are redeemed and put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ some would often argue and say well how could a God be so loving and so caring and so kind that he would send someone to Hell God doesn't send anybody to Hell people choose to go to hell he said I set before you life and death blessing or cursing I give you the choice that's the difference we have choice and the Bible said he who rejects Jesus or do not put their faith and trust in him watch this they judge themselves Unworthy of 
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 salvation but that's why he is here today he's here to rescue he's here to restore listen to me he's here cuz he wants to fully forgive he wants to completely cleanse he wants to decis decisively deliver and he wants to triumphant transform your life but he never comes where he's not invited maybe you've back sliding and strayed away you're in the negative and guess what it took the negative it took you hitting rock bottom it hurt it was painful it took you looseing everything it was negative but had you never hit rock bottom it would never brought you to this place where you can meet the Rock and his name is Jesus Christ so with every head bow every eye Clos I'm going to count to three and if you would say Javon I'm in the negative I know I'm not in right standing with God or I need to rededicate my life it's time for me to come out of the negative the negative life of sin and doing my own thing pray for me when I get to three right where you're standing I want you to quickly raise your hand up as quickly as you can one if this word's for you two if you feel the Holy Spirit drawing you some of you felt it in worship before I ever got up to preach something was moving on your heart matter of fact you begin to shed tears and worship that is the holy spirit that is God's love saying come home come home come home you're not responding to a man you're not responding to a preacher you're responding to God because no man comes at him except by his Spirit three raise your hand up as quickly you can get it up hands going up all over the building God bless you God bless you raise it up high and keep it there for a moment I see those hands I see those hands right here right here right here right here wow right here I what about in the balcony yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah hands all over the place now let me let I want you to trust me in this Jesus said If you deny me before men I'll deny you before my father I see those precious hands up in the balcony I want you to do something we're not going to embarrass you we're going to pray for you we've been praying for you we've been praying for you I'm going to count to three again and as quickly as you can I want you to slide out of your seat and I want you to come stand right here in front of the altar cuz when I get to three this place is going to erupt and people going to start clapping because they have done what you're about to do are you ready one 2 3 come on get out come on if you raise that hand come on come on come on don't you hesitate come on come on that's it they're coming come on Free Chapel family our campus pastors are there at all of our campuses our campus pastors are there they're there to Lead You In This Moment at every campus come on come on Free Chapel come on come on they're coming come on they're coming they're still coming come on come on come on come on come on see some of these have been in seed time and this morning God's bringing the Harvest come on come come on that's it it's harvest time it's harvest time God is about to put some new Saints in circulation come on come on they're still coming don't stop clapping as long as you see people walking don't stop clapping come on we'll wait on you if you need to get here come on don't sit there and try to talk yourself out of it I promise you this is the greatest day and the greatest decision you could ever make for your life come on they're still coming God bless you come on who else needs to come praise God praise God praise God praise God yes Lord yes Lord thank you Jesus thank you Jesus there truly a harvest in the house praise God every one of you in the audience let's be the church right now this is what it's about stretch your hands to these precious people all of them down here my God thank you Jesus thank you Jesus our prayer team and our altar workers are there among you they're identified with those lanyards that's who they are they're just there for support but every one of you in this altar I want you to repeat these words after me say Jesus I believe that you're the Son of God I believe that you died and rose again and the blood you shed cleanses me from all of my sins I Repent I rep and receive your forgiveness and right now I am forgiven I old things have passed away all things and all things have become new all things have I am forgiven I am saved in Jesus name amen amen come on Amen come on isn't this beautiful seed time Harvest now real quickly before you leave give me a couple minutes this is important it's starts here but it doesn't stop here the Bible says we're not just to make converts we're to make disciples and we want to help you to disciple you and to do life with you that's why we have something called next steps it's a process of connection to get you into community and discipleship matter of fact we have a big one today matter of fact I don't know if I'm going to mess it up but you can go today if you want to they're going to have it right after this service just go back there and tell them it's okay you can come today just tell them that I'll deal with it but but but you can be a part of next steps today they'll tell you about how to get you in a small group listen listen I I realize that sometimes even when we give our heart to Christ we go through things we're still dealing with things and have different types of struggles God has saved us in our heart that's why we got things like restoration groups we got groups that can help you come on we got groups that counseling groups grief groups come on we have uh um Celebrate Freedom if you're dealing with addictions and things like that come on we got places for you to get help that you need and that's where our prayer team is going to talk to you about and that's what next does we'll get you in a small group we'll get you in school of disciples sh we got you cuz guess what we need more Saints in circulation come on we going to help you do it God's Got A Plan God's got a purpose for your life amen and they'll even tell you about water baptism and we do it ever so often but right here on this stage Pastor Franklin our senior pastor would love to water baptize you some of the most powerful times in our church amen amen we're going to be praying for you and we believe in you one last thing one last I know I've said that 30 times but this is the last thing thank you when you see this it's a Testament of the faithfulness of people that seow and give that create spaces like this so that this can happen not just here it's happening in all of our campuses this morning come on I said all of our campuses are m multiple outreaches that we do every week feeding the hungry uh feed Come On Blessing the community the amazing work in Israel that we're doing and around the world because of your giving your faithfulness to God and his house and I mention it in my message and what we're about to do we just had Reggie dabs here this past week a United night with all of our kids because we're getting ready for forward it's because of you that we're going to in a couple of months come on we going to put some students in circulation come on come on at gas South Arena and I encourage you it's because of your giving that we can do this it's our 20 year anniversary let's blow it out this year let's make sure we jamack that thing come on let's get kids there let's support it come on let's believe God to do something crazy this year through forward conference come on I need a big amen there it's going to be powerful and parents cuz your students don't listen sign them up they don't listen the parents are going to have to get them so make sure you get your kids signed up but thank you so much we love you I know it's the heart of our pastor and misses they love you and thank you thank you thank you and let's continue to keep them in prayer in Orange County Amen Let Me bless you before you go lift your hands up now may the Lord bless you and keep you may the Lord make his face shine upon you may the Lord be gracious unto you may he lift his countenance upon you and give you peace God bless you we love you we love you we'll see you next week Pastor will be right back here next week at 11: 9 and 11: a.m. it's going to be powerful for any updates or any information you can stop by our connection Lounge learn about next steps in small groups we have a M that's coming up stop by our connection lngs talk to some of our students and our Ford Booth young 
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 adults make sure you go back there thank you Jesus well what an incredibly uplifting day our time of worship and of course that word from Pastor Javon Ruff our SP Berg South Carolina campus Pastor so glad to have him preaching today he's so good with those onliners I wrote it down the perspective of Heaven have the perspective of Heaven even while dealing with things here on Earth and we know that many of you responded today you may have not been here physically to respond to the altar here in Gainesville Georgia but you were responding with your heart and we want to tell you some of the ways to let us know that you responded today so we can be in prayer yeah if you did that text yes to 510510 we are so glad to have more Saints in circulation and we want to partner with you in this journey as you walk with Christ uh and if you have a prayer request whatever it may be we've got a team here that wants to pray with you and partner with you in that prayer so text prayer to 510510 and our team will reach out to you yeah respond right there in the moment but also let us know through those prompts that John just explained hey we want to Echo what Pastor Javon said thank you for those of you that are giving generously to this Ministry if you would like to be if you are interested I guess I should say in giving some ways on the screen that you can do that again thank you for your generosity yes it is good soil to sew into here at Free Chapel continuing to reach people all across the nation and across the world and you can help us do that by sharing by subscribing uh if you had something from today's sermon that stuck out to you maybe it it's one point one line put it in the comments we'd love to hear what what's what's speaking to you in these messages but so grateful to spend today with you I hope you enjoyed the service and we look forward to seeing you again next week bye 
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