A Speech to The Soul | Javon Ruff

((music playing)) Hallelujah come on let's take a moment to praise him if you believe that if it's more than just lyrics on a screen if it's more than a song that we sing if you believe that anything is possible come on throw your hands up and say God it's possible we believe that anything is possible in this service we believe Miracles can happen in this service Serv father I just declare the miracle working power right now in of I pray miracles of healing miracles of Deliverance miracles of breakthrough Miracles father we declare that what man has said is impossible we declare with you it's possible in the name of Jesus mountains be moved valleys be exalted crooked places be be made straight rough areas be made plain uh oh speak to the mountain right now and tell it to be moved and cast into the sea we speak to the mountain of sickness we speak to the mountain of cancer we speak to the mountain of mental disease and depression and fear and we command it to be cast into the sea oh I believe that God is moving moving let the way maker through the this morning we praise you Jesus Glory Glory Glory Glory thank you Jesus anything is possible you know what that song is declaring when I was thinking it it's saying take the limits off take the limits off get me out of the box because that has to be our posture and our expectation when you come to a service with all the faith in this room God can do anything in here in the rooms of those who are watching online did you get it with all the faith in this room he's saying get the limits off don't tell me what I can and cannot do don't keep me in a box so one more time throw your hands up and just give God praise and say whatever you want to do today you can do do it however you want to move today you can move however you want to speak you can speak I'm open God I'm open Lord I'm open Holy Spirit to whatever you want to do and God we just declare today we take the limits off we take the limits off we take the limits off come on can we go back in it one more time and say anything anything anything anything come on come on come on declare it anything is possible yes anything yes Lord healing Deliverance breakthrough provision favor who am I to deny what the Lord say anything anything is possible Anything is Possible it is possible who am I to deny say anything anything is possible anything is possible come on anything is possible my to deny what the Lord come on let's get give him one more shout of Praise thank you Jesus thank you Jesus praise God praise God praise God praise God I'm telling you the atmosphere is right who knows what God is going to do man do you love him today man woo Jesus my soul is stirred are you excited to be in the house of God today well I want you to keep that same faith and expectations and before we're seated let's welcome all of our campuses that are joining us let's give it up for Gwynette and Brazelton and Spartanburg hey Spartenburg I love you Midtown Alpharetta Orange County let's give it up for Metro re-entry hay State Prison Whitworth correction oh Hall County let give them some love let them know we're thinking about them and praying for them Philip State Prison and Hall County jail and our online campus that is watching and streaming welcome welcome welcome we believe God is moving right there where you're watching amen you may be seated praise God always great to be in church worshiping God thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus praise Lord if you have your Bibles I want you to open them up with me to the Book of Psalms 103 Psalms 103 I'm going to read a few verses in Psalms 103 and then I'm going to go to Psalms 34 Verse one and read a couple verses there if you don't have it they'll put it up on the screen and while you're turning there or flipping there or punching there um how many you love your pastor how many we love thank God for pastor Franklin M they are at our Orange County campus today on the west coast there and um they're uh having Services out there they're with our West Coast family and I just want you to continue to pray for them God is doing great things in that church and we're excited about all that he's done but all that he's going to continue to do I had the privilege of being there last week and it's amazing to see the hunger and the desire for God in that place and altars were pack and people coming to Christ and God has placed that church right in the middle of a harvest field and I'm telling you those that have gone out it's just houses and homes that are built up and the church is right there in the middle and could it be come on that God has given us a strategic foothold in that Orange County commit come on somebody and thank God it's all we us we all are a part of that and he's there today um being with that amazing church family and the staff there but he'll be back here next week next Sunday live here preaching in the 9 and the 11:00 service amen Psalms 103 it says bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me this is David speaking bless His holy name bless the Lord oh my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgive all your iniquities who heals all your disease who redeems your life from destruction who crowns you with loving kindness and Tender Mercies who satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles now Psalms 34:1 says this this is David again I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul shall make its boast in the Lord The Humble shall hear of it and be glad verse three says oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together I want to talk to you from these two texts this morning and I'll tell you what my title is in just a moment David is the author of both of these Psalms of if you read any of the Old Testament The Book of Psalms he has written many of those songs he's the author of many of them um throughout the entire book of Psalms and right here Psalms 103 and Psalms 34 are two of those psalms that David has written in particular in Psalms 103 David shows us something or gives us a a pattern that you can see in in in in in his writings in the Book of Psalms something that he would occasionally do and I would even dare say often do throughout these Psalms that was critical and important to his walk with God if you understand that in Psalms 103 when he said bless the Lord oh my soul David is actually talking to himself he's not schizophrenic he's not crazy and he's not lost his mind but he's actually having a conversation he is actually speaking to his soul what I want to talk to you about is I call it a speech to the soul because that's exactly what David is doing he is giving his soul a speech right now which he occasionally did throughout the Psalms 10 times we find it where David is giving a speech to his soul three times he says to his soul why are you cast down one time he says to his soul return to your rest another time he said praise the Lord oh my soul and five times which is one of them is right here in Psalms 103 five times he says bless the Lord oh my soul David understood that in this journey and on our in our journey with God and this walk that there are times that we're gonna have to watch this give speeches to our soul we're going to have to talk to ourselves you see David the Bible said found himself in a Wilderness one time and the scripture said that God that that God sent Jonathan the Bible said Jonathan found David in the wilderness David was down he was going through a hard time Saul was trying to kill him and take his life and he had hit a rough spot in life and the scripture said this that Jonathan went to David in the wilderness I'm glad to have people that will come where you are during tough during tough times and the scripture said when he got to David he encouraged David in the things of the Lord and he started reminding David I don't care what my dad is trying to do I don't care what my father is trying to plot don't you forget that you're King don't you forget that you're anointed don't you forget that you've been chosen by God don't you forget who has lifted you up who has appointed you and who has put oil on your life to make a difference for his kingdom and that's what Jonathan was doing but then the Bible says in 1st Samuel chapter 30 David finds himself in another predicament it's a zig lag where the scripture said that it had been attacked by the amalekites and the city was set on fire and they had taken their families captive and the Bible said and David was greatly distressed here he is again and the the Bible said for the people spoke of stoning him ain't it amazing how people are with you one minute and against you the next but anyway that's another whole sermon because the soul of all the people was grieved every man for his sons and for his daughters but watch this but David encouraged himself in the Lord you see there are times where God will send you a Jonathan in the wilderness there are times that watch this you will come to church and be encouraged by the worship team you'll come to church and be encouraged by the pastor there are times where somebody from your small group will come and visit you and pray for you and encourage you or a coworker work will come to you when you're going through a tough time and and and cheer you up and and stir you and Shake you back to get yourself back together those times will happen but I'm telling you also there will be times like David at zigg where you're not going to have the amazing worship team that we had this morning and at all of our campuses it's not going to be a preacher that stands up and declares a word to you and you got to wait till Sunday to hear what Pastor is going to preach and there's nothing wrong with that it's not going to be a small group leader it's not going to be a friend or coworker it is going to be yourself there will come times on this journey come on that you have to be your own praise and worship team you have to be your own Pastor you have to be your own cheerleader come on you have to sing oh come on somebody without instruments without lyrics on the screen and what you have to do is give your soul a speech and encourage yourself in the Lord David is having this speech with his soul what is he saying to his soul he's saying to his soul the scripture said he said bless the Lord oh my soul David is saying bless the Lord he's telling his soul to bless the Lord that word bless means watch this to speak well of just like the word it comes from the word eulogy that we have at funerals it means to speak well of and David is saying to his soul he said Soul speak well of God always speak well of God I know I can look back over my life and we can talk about everything that didn't happen we can talk about everything that went wrong we can complain about how things are I thought they were for me but now they're against me I thought they were on my side but they turned their back on me I can sit back and complain about everything what should have happened that didn't happen how dare them do that how dare them say that how could this ever happen where was God he said I can sit here and all I can do is talk about what didn't happen and complain he said but soul that is not going to get us anywhere he said instead of sitting back and talking about what didn't what didn't go right and what was wrong we're going to learn to bless God and we're going to speak well of God I don't understand why it happened that way but I'm going to speak well of God I don't understand why things to turn that way but I'm still going to glorify God it doesn't make sense to me I don't know why the outcome was like that I don't understand the doctor's report I don't understand why they changed their mind but what I do know that the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever I will speak well of God God is good God is faithful God is kind God is loving God is for you God is with you God will never leave you God will never never forsake you the Lord is on your side Whom Shall you fear what can man do unto you greater is he that is in me the Lord is with me the Lord upholds me the Lord keep I will speak well of God can I get three people to speak well of God and I'll move on you see this was on the forefronts of the mind of job when he was going going through his hardest times the Bible said his wife looked at him he had lost everything he had lost his children he had lost property he had lost business he had lost land I mean he was just going through and had even lost his health and his precious wife looked at him broken and hurting she looked at her husband and said how is it that you maintain your integrity toward God how is it with all the hell that we're going through you're still going to church you're still showing up to school of discipleship what do you mean you're going to a three4 night Revival at a church what do you mean that you're still going to get on your knees and pray what do you mean that after everything that we lost and the least little bit that you got left you're still going to sew a seed and you're G have you lost your mind do you still maintain your integrity for a god that is allowed us to to to to just fall the pieces my children are gone my home is gone our life savings is gone everything we work for is gone right before our eyes and you still maintain your integrity toward God and there was a time that I would look at Jo's wife and say how crazy are you woman have you lost your mind but see it's easy to criticize when you're on the outside looking in ah but we have the advantage to read the text after the tech after that situation was actually happened she didn't have the Bible to know the end of the story and what I've learned in life you live long enough you're not so quick to criticize people who are in pain because pain sometimes have the tendency to cause you to say things that you don't really mean in the moment I'm not condoning any crazy talk but pain does that trauma does that and let me just say this I've learned to try to put myself in people's shoes when they're going through hard times because it's easy to criticize when it's not your kids it's easy to criticize when it's not your daughter when it's not your son but I dare you step over into job's wife's situation and how would you act if it was your child how would you act if it was your grandchild she was hurting she was broken of course she carried them kids in her body weeks and months and gave birth to them what do you expect her to say she was hurting she was broken and that's why I believe job didn't lose his mind he didn't look at his woman and said Woman Thou Art loose but he looked at her and said honey yeah I know you're hurting and I'm hurting too I'm suffering too this is hit me too imagine me I'm the man of the house I'm carrying the pressure of it too but he said sweetheart I've come to this conclusion he said I came into this world with nothing I'm going to leave this world with nothing I've never seen a U-Haul go to a funeral yet I'm going to preach now he said sweetheart I'm sorry I know this is painful and I know this is tough and you would rather for me to curse God and die but I'm going to make up my mind I'm going to bless God and live the Lord give it the Lord take it away blessed be the name of the Lord in other words what job teaches us that we have to learn to bless God watch this on both sides uh when I'm up bless God when I'm down bless God when I have money bless God when I'm broke bless God when I'm working bless God when I'm laid off bless God when I'm feeling well bless God when I have aches and pains bless God when I'm understood bless God when I'm misunderstood bless God when I'm calm bless God when I'm stressed bless God I Will Bless The Lord at all times uh his praise shall continue to be in my mouth we have to bless God on both sides it is that praise that confuses the enemy it is that praise that has hell scratching its head how are there still praising how are they still worshiping how are they still lifting up their hands because they have a revelation if God blessed me once uh he can bless me again if God raised me once uh he can raise me again if God healed me once he can heal me again if God promoted me once he can promote me again I will bless the Lord Jesus he said bless the Lord oh my soul and he said all that is within me David said when I bless God it's not just lip service when I bless God it's just not religious activity Jesus said in one place they honor me with their mouth and worship me with their lips but their heart is far from me in other words when he said all that is within me he said true worship and praise and honor to God engages the heart and the Soul every part of my being I I use it to bring Glory to God Jesus said this in Mark 12 love the Lord God with all of your soul with all of your heart with all of your mind and with all of your strength with all of you I am to bless the Lord you see we must give him our all because he gave us his all he gave himself totally but yet many only want to serve him partially we have part-time Christians that demand a full-time God God but he wants us to love him with all that we have all of who I am Spirit soul and body I thought about this the Bible said in Joshua chapter 3 he said God gave him Specific Instructions he said when the feet of the priest that carried the Ark of the Covenant when all the feet of the priest that carried the Ark of the Covenant step into the Jordan River he said at flood time it will part and you shall walk over now imagine with me for a moment that there were four priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant which represented the presence of God there was a priest at Each corner four corners and I saw it in my mind like this that all four of them were in the water but yet that fourth priest on the back right corner you know that dude he had one foot in and one foot out and and although they were all four in it but not all four were all in they were in but not all in and he didn't ask just to be in he asked us to be all in and even though they were they were in but not all in nothing changed everything looked the same the flood waters were still raging but the Bible said as soon as the foot of that last priest stepped into that Jordan things begin to part things begin to break open come on the flood Tides will moved back and they begin to step into New Dimensions of God what am I trying to say could it be that somebody here this morning under the sound of my voice you are one step away from going all the way in to see things open up to see breakthroughs and miracles like never before for but some things will never happen until you choose to go all the way in until you choose to give him your all what's keeping him from giving from you giving him your all he said all that wasin me he said let us bless His holy name now watch this the word bless is also defined as watch is abundance a more of increased or multiplied listen to me carefully when we bless God we are not bestowing anything on God when we bless God what we are declaring and what it means is let there be more of you revealed it means increased and multiplied awareness of him in me when I bless him it brings increase and multiplied awareness of him in me okay let me let let me demonstrate to what what what this is talking about let me get my my friend here right here because see David I love the scripture I love how the Bible he actually explains he said let me go into a little bit more detail and and show you what I'm talking about that's what he said in Psalms 34:3 he said oh magnify the Lord with me now understand that when I take this magnifying glass and I look at my Bible this magnifying glass does not make my Bible bigger it does not change the actual size of my Bible even though I put it on it it does not alter its characteristics but when I put put the magnifying glass on it and I look through it the Bible is actually bigger to me I didn't change it but now it's actually bigger to me and see let me let me show when you magnify God what David is saying you are not making God any bigger because how can you make bigger what cannot be contained the Bible said he spans the universe with the palm of his hand the he the Bible said the Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof the world and all that dwelleth therein the scripture said the Bible said the heavens are his throne and the Earth is his foot stol even he told David I know you want to build me a temple and a tabernacle but you can't build one big enough to contain me I'm too big and think about it if God could become bigger that means he could be altered and if he would be can be altered then he would cease to be perfect and if he ceased to be perfect then he would no longer be God but what the scripture is teaching us is this that when I'm magnify God when I exalt God and bless God I'm not making God any bigger but what I am doing is making God bigger in me in other words oh you didn't hear what I just say I'm making him bigger in my soul I see him bigger in my soul I see him greater in my soul I have an increased and multiplied awareness of him inside of me that I didn't have it before so David that's why David said when I was in the wilderness he said there was there came a line there came a problem a line problem not a not a ly i n problem but a l in problem a lion problem but you know what when the lion came David said God's bigger he said when the bear came he said God's bigger and when he got to Goliath he said God Is Bigger and can I show you something what David was saying I don't care how big my problem got because the bigger my problem the bigger my God the greater my obstacle the greater my God uh the harder it gets uh my God is still greater I need to preach to somebody this morning you came in so focused on your big problem your big situation your big dilemma I need you to speak to your soul and Magnify Him and tell your soul God Is Bigger he's bigger than sickness bigger than disease uh bigger than poverty bigger than shame uh bigger come on he's bigger than that business problem he's bigger than that family problem he's bigger than the things that got your children trapped momentarily he is bigger I need 20 people to stand on your feet speak to your soul and tell God he is bigger he's bigger in Midtown he's bigger in alfaretta he's bigger in Spartenburg he's bigger in Brazelton he's bigger in gett and he's bigger in every jail sale and every prison God Is Bigger oh magnify the Lord with me oh my God he is bigger sit down I got to finish and he said magnify the Lord with me bless the Lord and then he says this he said forget not all of his benefits forget not all of them what are the benefits soul soul don't you forget you got a benefits package from God touch yourself and say soul you got a benefits package from God what is it he said the first thing he heals all your iniquities iniquities are translated as sins of the heart inward sins sins from within the Bible said that the heart is wicked Above All Things who can know it Jesus said in Matthew 15 that it's out of the heart comes evil thoughts murder adultery sexual immorality lying theft slander selfish ambition Pride lust and greed he said he I love this he forgives all your iniquities one of the translations of iniquities is premeditated sin the sins you planned somebody said he ain't talking to me what do you mean why is this important to David because see the Bible said in Psalms 51 huh the scripture said in Psalms 51 they're going to put it up David if anybody knew The Importance of Being forgiven from iniquities was David cuz he I wonder if he remembered the time he had had premeditated sin what are you talking about Javon remember the instance with B Sheba bath Sheba she was taking a bath and David the Bible said he saw her he should have been out Waring but he was being lazy at home but the Bible said he saw her the Bible said she looked good the scripture say he saw he sent he took and he got and had a relationship with her it was premeditative a while and then he didn't stop then he set her her husband up to die to get killed what kind of hot mess is that put his hus her husband out on the front lines and he was killed so he could have things his way premeditated so when you come to Psalms 51 as they put it up David after he had after he was confronted by the prophet non and said you are the man d David breaks in humility and notice what he starts saying Wash Me thoroughly from what my iniquity cleanse me from my sins look at the next verse he said behold I was brought forth in iniquity in sin my mother conceded me he said you desire Truth where in the inward Parts not truth in your head but truth in your heart he said you he said and in the hidden part of you will make me to know wisdom Purge is an inward cleansing word with his up and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter than snow make me to hear joy and gladness watch this that the bones you have broken May Rejoice hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities create in me a clean heart and renew and me a right Spirit David was saying to your soul don't you forget that we serve a God I know I screwed up I know I messed up I know it was premeditated and I'm not condoning sin but what I am is telling you there is a God that's greater than sin and even when it was your fault and premeditated he says to remind your soul that there is a God That Forgives all your iniquities that's why Isaiah 53 say he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed and I love what Luke said about the sinful woman she said though your sins may be many you are fully forgiven in other words when God forgives you if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart if you confess your sins he is faithful and just to forgive you your sins watch this and cleanse you from some cleanse you from a few cleanse you from what no cleanse you from all of your sins uh that is the God we serve uh and what David is preaching to his soul and what I want to preach to some Souls that are listening to me this morning because what David was saying even though it was bad and ugly and in the eyes of man I shouldn't have been forgiven but who are we to tell God who and what he can forgive uh who are we to look back oh my God and look down on somebody in a rough State and decide that they're not good enough they're thrown away they're trash and they're not worth it the devil is a liar we serve a God that says I will fully forgive I don't care who it is he has a strong hand and an outstretched arm that can reach down and lift you up out of your mess he fully forgives the scripture say said he fully forgives and then it says this he heals us from all of our diseases understand that David is still talking to his soul he is not talking about physical healing right now although God is a physical healer he's actually talking about his soul he's saying Soul I'm talking to you so he heals all your diseases do you have any disease in your soul it represents Soul sickness bitterness resentment anger unforgiveness depression anxiety fear emotional trauma soul ties hatred chronic insecurity Suicidal Tendencies those are sicknesses of the soul but he said he heals all your diseases Matthew said it like this in verse four and he healed every kind of disease and illness and he goes on to say and whatever their sickness or disease was or if they were demon possessed or eptic or epileptic or paralyzed he healed them all listen to me I believe in therapy I believe in counseling my wife is one I believe in rehab Ministries we support them and they are great and they're awesome I believe in medication but I also believe in a God that says I can use those things but I also can supernaturally heal you I can break depression I can break fear I can loose Trauma from the wounded soul and restore you I want to declare to somebody he still heals uh he still heals uh I don't have to live tormented I don't have to live what with with with with with emotional duress all the time there is a peace that surpasses all understanding there is a comfort and consolation that the Holy Ghost can bring there is a God that can bring peace to your soul and the weary can find rest in him he heals your diseases and the Bible said this not only will he heal the scripture said this he said he redeems your life from the pit or destruction put my scripture up nope not that one the one did I give you the right one he redeems your life from destruction Amos chapter 3 he redeems your life from destruction thus sayeth the Lord as a Shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece an ear so shall the children of Israel be taken out who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed and in the edge of a couch notice something as a Shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion two legs and a piece of an ear this is represented of a lion that has a sheep almost div devoured in his mouth the Bible says Satan walketh about as a roaring lion lion seeking whom he may devour but notice the scripture said a Shepherd came to where the lion was seemingly had one the battle had totally destroyed her life had completely devastated but the scripture said there was two legs and in here and if you got two legs this morning to stand on and an ear to hear you are not too far gone to be snatched out of the jaws of Hell by the great Shepherd this morning see when one of the times David gave a speech to his soul he said why are thou cast down within me that word cast was a term to describe sheep sheep when they had gotten so broken down that they could no longer stand they were put down in a low State and that sheep when it was cast or cast down it would remain in that state until it died unless the shepherd would come to the sheep and come up under that sheep and lift it up and begin to carry it that it's no longer dependent on its strength but now it's dependent on the strength of the one who's carrying it and he would take it back and nurse that sheep back to life and come on and health and it would get back on their feet I come to preach this morning and tell somebody who is listening to me I don't know what hell has tried to use to devour you maybe it's drugs maybe it's alcohol maybe it's situations and circumstances that are crazy but I'm here to declare that the shepherd is saying to you this morning I am the god that knows how to restore to how to get you back on your feet your life is not over your life is not done your life is not finished uh he's the Shepherd that knows how to snatch you out who told you that it's over who told you that it was done whose report will you believe there's so much more to your story as we just saying he's not done with you yet he's not finished with you yet he's not no no no no no he's not done with you I know hell has celebrated your demise but you have come to the wrong service God is not done with you yet that's why the drugs didn't kill you that's why the car accident didn't take you out that's why you couldn't give up and quit there was a Shepherd that was coming to rescue you ((applause)) I'm almost done I gotta I can't get away from this somebody's getting rescued this morning somebody's coming out this morning somebody's going to get lifted up this morning you came in broke down but you going to come out of here walking with strength somebody's coming out this morning somebody's being rescued this morning the devil's assignment is being canceled right now in the name of Jesus hell has had you in his crosshairs hell has come on come on in the name of Jesus I just bind a spirit of death that was on its way to somebody but the shepherd has intervened this morning the shepherd has stepped in that's why he said the Shepherd lay his life down for the Sheep he's fighting off the Wolves of hell that have come to devour you ((applause)) he said redeem I'm the one that redeems see we don't understand Redemption see that word Redemption means to buy back when you buy something back that means it was yours to begin ((music playing)) with and when Redemption means to buy back and God through Jesus Christ shedding his blood was the currency to buy us back from the slavery of ((music playing)) sin but what was awesome that when they went to buy back or redeem a person or a slave even in those terms or a servant sometimes they were in crazy looking condition they were all messed up and tore up but when they went to buy the person back they didn't say well before I buy you go in there and clean yourself up cuz when you left me you didn't look like that let me break it down for some of you to understand in other words Redemption means to buy back or purchase as is have you ever gone to HomeGoods or some of these places and some of you know it because this is how you live your life you look for the stuff because you know there's a big sales sign above it it's been marked down because the people who have possession of it now has looked at it and said his value is cheaper and most of the time as is it means there's a knob missing there's a there's a crack on it there's scratches glass has been broken and so what the people who have it in their possession they look at it and says it's not worth much anymore so let's get what we can get out of it but then you have someone who comes along like some of y'all who've given you the gift of restoration when you see what they see they see damaged goods you see an opportunity for a greater profit oh my God and what you'll say I'm going to buy it as is I want it with the cracks I want it with the scratches I want it with the missing dos knobs because I don't see it for how it is but I see it how it's going to be when I get it back home uh and get it in my my garage and I start sanding and I start painting and I start putting putty on it and I start resurfacing because now once I get done with it the value and the profit that's on it now it'll be far greater than what I bought it for I'm just trying to tell you that when God redeemed you he's not asking you to fix yourself up he's not asking you to find your knobs he's not asking you to get your cracks in order he comes to buy you as is and when he gets you and he puts his hands on you he will restore you like never before and what others deemed as trash God says you are my treasure stand to your feet stand to your feet the last thing thing he said was this and I close with this point he said who satisfies your mouth with good things so that your your strength is renewed like the youth he said Soul let me tell you something the only way that you're ever going to be satisfied is that your satisfaction come from God he satisfies your mouth soul with good things the psalmist said that only God can satisfy the longing look at that of the soul and he fills the hungry soul with goodness Jesus watch this is the only one that can satisfy the longing of your soul the longing of my soul Jesus is the bread of life that satisfy the hunger for our soul Jesus is the Living Water that quenches The Thirst of our spirit uh Jesus is the great Shepherd that says I'll cause you to lie down in Green Pastures uh there is no satisfaction in the things of this world you can have more money you can have more stuff you can have more power you can have more Prestige and I'm not against any of that but what I'm telling you is it will never fulfill the longing of your soul uh what good is prosperity without purpose that's the only reason why God give it to you what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul and he said I'm the one that satisfies where have you been looking for satisfaction Where Have You Been Looking For Peace you got the car and you're still longing you got the third wife and you're still longing the business is booming but you're still longing he satisfies the longing of your soul and today the question is is are you ready to get rid of the substitutes so you can have satisfaction that bottle is a substitute that pill is a substitute that joint is a substitute that Vape is a substitute oh come on that sexual relation is a substitute how many more body counts you going to get oh yeah my young people know what I'm talking about keep sleeping keep sleeping and you're still empty young man you're not good cuz you got body counts young girl you're not good because you keep being a body count quit sellling to be side pieces when you can be the first choice that Daddy coming out of me now I'm just pastoring I'm telling you come on come on I don't have to settle you don't have to settle we settle when we can be satisfied with good things not fake things not things that's only going to lead to Greater hurt and pain and shame and tearing down our families in our home I want that which satisfies and that's only Jesus and he's here to satisfy some longing Souls he's here to rescue some Souls um there's a speech that's been happening to souls in this room and those at every campus and those that are watching online the scripture said my sheep hear my voice and their stranger they will not follow and right now in the name of Jesus I silence the strain voices that have been speaking to lead people astray and I declare that the voice of the Great shepher Is Ringing loud into the souls of people this morning with every head bwing and every eye closed no one leaving no one moving please do not go out those doors at every campus this is the most important part of this service Jesus said come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and you will find rest and then he said come unto me all ye that are heavy lad take my yoke upon me learn of me for my yoke is easy and my burden is light now watch this he said and you will find rest for your souls so he said first you come and you'll find rest and then he said and then there is a rest for your soul the first rest is the rest of Salvation and justification and then there's the rest for the Souls which is transformation and sanctification but your soul will never find rest until watch this your soul rest in Jesus so it must rest in him and then it can find rest in it and right now he's here for the cast down he's here for those who have iniquities he's here for those who have solved their problems so big and felt hopeless and in despair he's bigger and he's here with every head bow and every eye Clos it is time for souls to find rest in Jesus this is the moment that you can receive so that that you position yourself to experience healing from the disease in your soul soul sickness can leave with the Savior Jesus Christ but you must invite him to come in if you're in this room this morning you say Pastor Javon I'm ready I'm ready to find rest and I'm ready to find rest for my Souls pray for me in every one of our campuses right now our campus pastors are coming they're coming right now and they're going to get ready to Lead You In This Moment they will give you direction right there in every room this is your moment right now if you would say Pastor Javon I'm ready to find rest and rest for my Souls I'm tired of living this way I'm tired of the substitutes that I've tried to fill my life with that is not satisfying I'm ready to go all in when I get to three right where you're standing as quickly as you can I want you to shoot your hand up I'm going to pray for you one if you know this word is for you two if the Holy Spirit is drawing you no man comes into the father unless he's drawn by the spirit of God and he's drawing people this morning right now in this service and online three if that's you raise your hand up as quickly as you can that's it unashamedly hands hands hands I see them raise them up unashamedly hands hands hands hands hands hands I see them in the back the hands hands hands hands all over the room good good good good good now now watch this I need you to trust me not going to do anything crazy but notice the scripture said come un to me all ye that he said come he said come to me come to me bring it to me so I'm going to count to three and every person that raised their hand if you mean business this is your moment to come to him and meet him right here in this Altar and I'm going to lead you into prayer and the shepherd is coming right where you are are you ready one come on two come on three that's it come on come on and they're going to clap as you're walking come on come on Souls come on Soul come on Soul come on that's it come on come on that's it they're coming they're coming come on come on keep clapping they're coming come on that's it there's a come on yes yes yes yes yes yes yes it's the shepherd that's calling you it's the shepherd that's becking you he's telling you come come and find rest for your souls come and find Green Pastures come come if you're cast down come if you feel like you can't get up he's here he's here he's here he's here yes yes yes they're coming come come come yes yes yes yes yes hallelujah praise God come on come on come on there's rude come on they're still coming they're still coming that's it that's it there's rest for your souls he can break tormenting spirit he can heal you from trauma he can heal you from a wounded Soul the engrafted word is able to save your soul he wishes above all that you would prosper and be in good health even as your soul prospers that's it that's it that's it throw up your hands right now in this altar yes yes yes everyone lift your hands and declare ((applause)) this that's it that's it come on come on come on that's it yes Lord say come on my soul come on don't you get shy on me don't you get shy somebody that's still in the audience don't let your soul be shy in this moment don't talk yourself out of it if you know you need to be in this alter come on we'll wait on you come on we'll wait on you don't say tomorrow don't say next week don't say next service none of us is promised tomorrow come on yes Lord yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Soul that's it that's it come on bless the Lord on my soul that's it bless him tell your soul he forgives iniquity he redeems you Soul he heals you Soul he satisfies you Soul he restores your soul yes yes yes yes yes yes yes he does yes he does yes he does yes he does hallelujah hallelujah One More Time come on my soul come on come on soul my soul make it boast in the Lord my soul make it Bo in the Lord I speak well of God you're good you're great you're awesome yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yes come on thank you Jesus thank you Jesus I speak healing I speak healing I speak peace I speak strength and comfort in the name of Jesus come on my soul don't you get sh of your ((music playing)) got get up that's what's happen your soul is getting up one more time as you sing it I feel like your soul is getting up come on Soul get up get up get up I speak to your soul get up Joy is here get up peace is here get up strength is here yes Lord yes so I goow up my hands I praise you again and again cuz all that I have is a ((music playing)) Hallelujah halelujah and I know it's not much I'm nothing else for King except for heart singing huj ((music playing)) hallel every one of you that responded in this altar even online or wherever you're watching I want all of you to repeat these words after me free chapel family will you extend your hand toward them let's pray this prayer with them say Jesus Jesus I believe I believe that you are the Son of God I believe I believe that you died and rose again and the blood you shed blood you shed cleanses Me clees me from all of my sins all of my sin I receive your forgiveness I am fully forgiven fully for I am completely cleansed by the blood of Jesus blood of Jesus right now right now I'm a new creation old things have passed away and all things have become new things I receive rest I receive rest and I re I receive rest for my Souls reive rest for my soul in Jesus name in Jesus amen amen now give the Lord a great big hand clap of Praise now don't move I got to give you some quick instructions cuz you just made the greatest decision of your life now listen to to me this is important is that conversion and confession giving my heart to the Lord is great it starts here but it doesn't stop here it's conversion that has to be coupled with listen to this community and connection discipleship getting plugged in having people in your life one of the greatest things when God saved me 23 years ago and delivered me from my soul sickness of a addictions and drugs the greatest thing I had was a group of people that surrounded me they were SC there were my spiritual scaffolding till I could I I could get myself together I I couldn't go back to old friends cuz they would have jacked me up again I needed new friends I found the greatest friend that I could find but I needed a new Circle and let me tell you something I feel that strongly some of you right now you got to make a decision you're not going back to Old Friends the reason why you got soul sickness is because the crowds you've been running with but the Bible said do not go back to the to the vomit like a dog in other words don't go back to what made you sick you need Community we have restoration groups we um and they're amazing counseling groups Counseling Center talk to our team s so School of the side we got you I promise I'm not making it up and matter of fact today is next steps after this service and next steps is our Pathway to community and connection you can see it there you say well I didn't sign up just go on back there today they'll take care of you they'll figure it out I promise you you can do it today they'll get you connected they'll even get you signed up for water baptism we're having one soon you can be water B come on water baptized after you make your confession water baptism that's just another way to seal the deal with God so I encourage you to do so amen talk to our team they'll tell you or you can go back to our connection Lounge there's a whole group of great leaders and and ser volunteers that want to help you amen we're praying for you remember it doesn't start here it just starts here but it doesn't stop here amen amen now watch this let me thank all of you hold on thank you for your generosity thank you for your continual contribution and support to this ministry you know why cuz this is the number one thing we focus on and all of our campus and Ministry Souls saved and lives changed give us the Heathen for our inheritance and the uttermost parts of the world for our possession and I'm glad to be a part of something that is making a difference in the lives of people and let me say this you can give online our giving stations and look I know that it may not be mainstream news but we hadn't forgot about the hurricane victims we are still supporting come on because of your J We're still we had stopped no no I know it's not in the news but it's still in our heart and we're still making a difference and helping and we're going to continue as the Lord leads and the Lord provides and we know that he will because that's what it's all about amen amen next Sunday say next Sunday Pastor Franklin will be right back here preaching live you don't want to miss the 9 and 11 it's going to be great invite someone and bring someone and I want to see every one of you back here next Sunday too come on come on Amen Amen Let Me bless you before you go before we get out here raise your hand up are you ready for the blessing I'm going to bless your soul 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 lift his countenance upon you and may he give you peace you are blessed God bless you we love you and we'll see you next week ((music playing)) what a powerful service with Pastor Javon we are so thankful that he was out here all the way from Spartanburg man I feel encouraged I feel like so many people receed such a good word it's a great way to start the week if you said yes to Jesus today we want you to text yes to 510510 we want to do this walk with you and give you some next steps as Pastor Javon was talking about out and if you need prayer for any reason or for anything we have people in a community that want to pray with you so make sure you text prayer to 510510 so we can get connected with you and continue to walk alongside with you and pray with you yes of course and we just want to encourage you to just continue practicing what you learned today what Pastor Javon shared that powerful powerful message just magnifying God more in us every single day you are not alone you are loved you are worthy thank you so much for joining us this week remember next week Pastor Jensen Franklin was is going to be with us and it's going to be baptism next week which honestly uh I don't wear mascara cuz I cry all the time but um you don't want to miss it and we'll see you next week ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing))