July 21, 2025 • 38 mins
In this amazing message from Pastor Harvey Feliciano, we’re reminded that spiritual growth doesn’t come from bouncing from place to place—it comes from deep roots in the soil where God plants us. Preaching from the Miami campus, Pastor Harvey delivers a sobering and Spirit-filled call to move beyond shallow Christianity and emotional highs into covenant commitment with Christ and His Church.
If you’ve been feeling stuck, spiritually dry, or disconnected, this sermon is a wake-up call. You weren’t meant to live in isolation—you were made to flourish in community. Learn why God places you in local church soil on purpose, how to identify unhealthy root systems, and why lasting fruit can only grow through obedience, accountability, and endurance.
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Growth without roots leads to burnout, not breakthrough
- God often replants us—but never without purpose
- Accountability isn’t control—it’s protection
- The enemy isolates, but God cultivates in community
- Your “nevertheless” may be the key to your destiny
📖 Scriptures: Psalm 92:13, Colossians 2:6–7, Ephesians 4:16, Hebrews 10:24–25, John 15:5, Luke 5:5
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Foreign.
We are in a series calledRooted, and this is the third installment
of Rooted.
And, you know, Pastor Sandraopened us up.
Pastor Sandra, you might knowher as Mama Moses.
Pastor Moses.
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My kids call her Pastor Nana.
And she.
She gave them permission tocall her that.
You can't call her that, butthey can.
And she opened us up, and wehad so many amazing leaders represented
last Sunday at every campus.
I was hearing testimonies ofthem just going off at every single
one of the campuses.
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And I want to shout them outbecause they did amazing.
And I am grateful to be in ahouse that raises up leaders, that
pours into leaders and deploysthem and raises voices.
And so, you know, I can't sayenough of this house.
Of course I'm biased, but justso amazed to be here and speak on
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Rooted, because that's one ofthe things that goes deep into my
heart and into my soul.
And, you know, I was thinkingback to how we commenced this series,
and Pastor Sandra opened usup, and she just started, like, hopping
on stage.
Y' all remember that?
It was to the imagery to talkabout church hoppers.
And I was like, I don't thinkanyone has ever done that before
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from the stage.
And, you know, it just got meto thinking, because we do live in
a generation that celebratesmovement, and we move from job to
job, and we move from city to city.
We move from church to church,and people move from relationship
to relationship, and wecelebrate movement, but oftentimes
at the expense of commitment.
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And, you know, we talk aboutrooted, you know, in this series,
particularly even rooted intothe things of the Lord and rooted
into the local church.
It's not about attending.
It's not just about attending.
It's about covenant, and it'sabout actually coming together and
God, what do you have for me?
What are youe speaking to me?
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Where do youo want me to move?
Where do youo want me to plantmy feet?
And that's what this messageis for.
This message is a call todeeper roots.
As I get into this.
And, you know, we plant seeds.
We don't plant seeds in theair, but it's roots that actually
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hold us to the ground and thesoil of life.
So I want to reference Psalmschapter 92, verse 13.
And it says, they are plantedwhere in the house of the Lord.
They flourish in the courts ofour God.
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And when you study NewTestament, house of the Lord is oftentimes
referred to as the localchurch or the body or place of gathering
where they corporately got together.
And so the psalmist says, theyare planted in the house of the Lord.
They flourish in the courts ofour God.
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And many of you have heard mytestimony, but I'll give a quick
synopsis.
I've lived many, many, manyyears of my life attending church
and showing up and going to church.
But I was never really rooted in.
I was never really committed.
I was just showing up becausein my mind that, you know, that was
all I had to do.
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I was checking off the box.
I went to church today.
I knew of Jesus, but I didn'thave a personal relationship with
him.
And it wasn't until that Idecided to go deep.
God, where do you want me?
What do you want to do?
I'm ready to go into thisprocess that I started to see a shift
in the atmosphere of my heartand in my mind.
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And at that time, you know, Iwas spiritually dry and disconnected.
And those are the kind ofthings that we go through when we're
not rooted.
And I saw a shift in my home,a shift in my marriage, even a shift
at my workplace.
Something happens.
And there's a shift thathappens in our life when we're actually
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done with trying to do us.
And we actually open the doorto say, God, whatever you want to
do.
I'm making the decision to godeep, to go out where you want to
plant me, where you want todevelop me.
God, what do you want me to go?
And where do you want me toplant my roots?
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But the first question I wantto propose is, why do roots matter?
We're going through thisseries of rooted why?
Why do roots matter?
And so I want to ReferenceColossians Chapter 2.
If you're taking notes, and Iurge y' all to take notes, we are
a church that takes notes.
And, you know, apostle saysthis all the time.
Don't just take my word forit, because I am man.
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You take these notes and yougo back home and you go deeper, you
dig deeper, and you allow Godto minister in a special way.
So Colossians chapter 2,verses 6 to 7 says, Therefore, as
you received Christ Jesus theLord, so walk in him, rooted and
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built up in him andestablished in faith, just as you
were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
So why are roots important?
Roots are essential forstrength, for stability, for development,
for growth.
Because trees can't bear fruitwithout roots.
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And a lot of us walk in, andit's like, I want to walk in and
immediately just want to bear fruit.
Now, all the things that canbe seen from the outside, but there's
no root.
And Sometimes we have to gothrough a process first of saying,
God, that my roots grow deep.
Where are my roots?
Develop my roots so that thefruit can be, can bear witness.
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And so the challenge is thatfor many of us, whether you might
know it or not, our roots growdeep somewhere.
And for some of us, we'rerooted in the wrong places.
Some of us, our roots can growdeep in pride, in rejection and offense,
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in addiction.
And dealing with the symptomsor cutting the root from the surface
isn't going to deal withwhat's below the surface.
And a lot of us try and go onthis journey to deal with the symptoms
of the sin.
If I can just stop doing thisone thing, if I can stop that, then,
then I'll be good.
And then you find yourselfconstantly falling to the same things
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because you're just dealingwith surface level things.
But there's a deeper rooted problem.
You guys ever hear thatphrase, deeper rooted issues?
Deeper rooted problems.
And so a lot of the times,like we can mow the weeds on the
top, but they're going tocontinue to grow back and multiply
if we actually don't do thework of getting dirty and digging
into the soil to reveal howdeep those roots actually grow and,
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and allowing God to revealsome things.
And if you're asking God, I'mready to go on that journey, it's
not just going to be allowinghim to move, but it's going to require
some things from you.
And he'll show you the path,but he's going to want you to have
to do the work and get yourhands dirty to dig into that soil.
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See, by simply saying yes toGod, I don't think we realize that
there's going to be a call for us.
Cause some of us might havesome things in our life that nobody
knows about.
And you think it's just me andGod and you know, I'm working this
thing out with God.
Some of you might not evenknow the depths to what you're dealing
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with.
And your process is gonna beasking God to continue to bring revel
revelation into your mind andyour heart.
Lord, what is it that keepstripping me?
What is it that I'm tied toreveal it so I know how to come against
it.
Father, I need you to justbear, just show the revelation.
I'm ready to go on thisjourney to go deep and dig up some
things.
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But symptom management, wecan't settle for symptom management
because surface change nevertransforms the depths of our soul.
And God wants to dig deep andreplant you into truth.
But you first have to go intothe process of getting dug up to
be replanted.
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I don't know if many of youknow this when.
When you replant something, itgoes through a shock season because
it's still trying to get usedto its environment.
And that what you thought wasgoing to give you fruit, that first
year doesn't bear fruit.
And it might not bear fruit asecond year.
And it might be more thanyears, but that uprooting and replanting
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might take some time becauseit's not your time, it's God's time.
And there's a process we gotto go through to say, God, I feel
you're.
You're replanting me somewhere.
And I gotta get to go deep inwith these people, get to know who
they are.
They're actually for me, andget used to the environment.
There's a shock season, butall we want to do is come in and
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bear fruit from the forefront.
But God wants to put usthrough a process.
When God replants, see, henever takes away, he replaces.
And that's why God isn't justgonna uproot you and leave you abandoned,
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but he'll replant you somewhere.
But it's up to us to make thedecision to say God.
You start arguing with God.
Is this really where you want me?
I know this is where I'm at.
What do I do from here?
And we start wrestling with God.
Mess around and break a hip.
Wrestling with God.
I'll tell you what, if youknow your Bible, but the local church
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is God's garden.
Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 16.
From who?
The whole body joined and heldtogether by every joint with which
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it is equipped, when each partis working properly, makes the body
grow so that it builds itselfup in love.
See, God did not make you for isolation.
Isolation is not of God.
God made us to be in communion.
You go back to Genesis and Godmade us perfect.
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And the Bible says that Godwalked with man.
And we were made to be incommunion with God and in community
with God.
He didn't make you to be isolated.
But it's so easy for us towalk in and see everybody serving
in a different area.
And it's like, no, no, no,they don't need me.
I'm not gonna join the team.
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I'm just gonna come.
I'll sit, receive.
What does God have for me?
And leave.
And God's asking, I want tosee what you have for me.
You're coming.
Okay, let's see if it's good today.
What can I receive today andtake with me?
And God's asking you to cometo his house and give what you have
to his feet and pour it out.
How are you building his kingdom?
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Why do you think that themoment you feel offended, you want
to isolate.
The moment you feel rejection,you want to run.
And it's like, I don't.
I don't want to talk to nobody today.
I'm not going to go because Idon't want to see those people today.
I don't want to hear what theyhave to say.
And he fights so hard to isolate.
Why?
Because it's easier to pickyou off.
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It's easier to pick you offwhen you're isolated and alone.
Isolation is not what Godcreated us for.
You grow best in relationship.
You grow best when you're seen.
You grow best when you're known.
And you grow best when you'reheld accountable.
And a lot of people don't liketo hear that.
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Nah, nobody's gonna call me out.
You tell me what I need to do,I'll do it even less.
That was me.
That was me.
My marriage was not perfect.
And the more you ask me to dosomething, I ain't gonna do it.
I'll do it when I want to doit naturally.
Why?
We're born into sin, but wegrow in the midst of community.
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When God places leaders andgroup facilitators that's gonna walk
it through with us, Walkthrough with it with us, pray with
us, give us wise counsel, theleaders that God has placed before
us.
It's like, you know, past.
I just.
I need some wisdom in this area.
We don't go around, we go up.
The things that you gothrough, you don't take it around
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and start spreading it withthose around you.
You start taking it up to theleaders that God placed before you.
And God will use those leadersto share wise counsel.
And we won't make yourdecision for you, but you go on that
journey with God.
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That's why we have to alwaysbe like the farmer with our hands
at the plow, doing the work,digging into the soil with evidence
of being dirty, of having todo the work.
Digging in the ground ain't easy.
Hard ground.
You need heavy machinery in alot of these.
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The farms, they use heavymachinery because the ground has
been impacted with thestomping of, you know, all these
different things.
But what happens is that whenwe allow God to grow us, and it's
like, God, use me.
Where do you want Me, I'mready to do whatever you will of
me.
And then he gives you a task,and it's like, wait, wait, wait,
wait.
That's not what I wanted to do.
That's too hard or that's toomessy, or I've already come that
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area in my life.
I'm above that, dare I say it.
But what happens is that inthose moments, God will use you to
pull weeds, to plant seeds,and to water someone else's breakthrough
when you yourself are waitingfor your own breakthrough.
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And that's why we run fromwanting to serve people, because
we're in need ourself.
God, you know, I've beenpetitioning for this from you.
You know, I need healing in my body.
How am I gonna pray forhealing in someone else's body?
I need help in my marriage.
I need help at my job and my circumstance.
But God wants to use your yesto see, let me see the faith that
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they have to say, God,wherever you want to place me, I
will worship you.
Well, grow my faith in you.
But we don't want to do thathard work because it's messy and
it's hard.
But that's where fruit is developed.
That's where fruit is made.
And you want to bear fruitwithout doing the work of getting
your roots down deep.
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So is fruit what we want to bear?
Because we have to abide tobear fruit.
We have to abide in the areasof God, in his word and in community.
And Lord, build me up.
I want to talk aboutnourishment, because nourishment
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is crucial not just forplanting, not just for the roots
to grasp its roots down.
But those roots eventuallywill get to a depth where they reach
the water.
And now they have to grow outfor stability.
They have to grow down and outto be able to withstand all that's
going to come for it.
So nourishment is what's goingto feed that.
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But you know what nourishment is.
Nourishment comes through connection.
Hebrews chapter 10, verses 24and 25.
Listen to these key words andlet us consider how to set up, to
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stir up one another, to loveand good works, 25 not neglecting
to meet together, as is thehabit of some, but encouraging one
another, and all the more asyou see the day drawing near.
Now, can someone grow on their own?
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Can they grow by themselves?
To a certain extent.
But you need nourishment tocontinue to go deep and go out.
You need nourishment to beable to feed those nutrients that
are Going to make it healthy.
Nourishment comes fromfellowship, prayer, discipleship,
correction, and encouragement.
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And in the church, we have alot of people that are spiritually
malnourished.
Not because you don't love God.
You love God.
But we have people spirituallymalnourished because they're disconnected
from Christ and the body thathe's placed before them.
Because nourishment comes notfrom yourself, but abiding into the
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community that God will pourinto you.
And people want to come in andshow how great of a leader I am,
because they've been throughsome things, and maybe somewhere
else they were leading, andthey come in, I just want to lead.
Let me prove myself.
And they're striving, andthey're trying to get some things
done.
Let me show you that I canlead people.
Let me show them the talents Ihave, the talents that God gave me.
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And we're trying to see, youmight be a great leader, but can
you submit?
You're trying to show howgreat of a leader you are, but can
you submit?
Can you submit to thediscipleship pathways that are in
place?
Can you submit to the groupsthat are there?
Can you submit to the process?
Can you submit to the leadersthat the Lord has already placed
before you?
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Your time will come in God's time.
But a lot of times we'retrying to bear fruit with rotten
roots.
And God is trying to take uson a journey to make sure we got
healthy roots in place so thatwhen we actually bear fruit, it's
not just for ourselves, but wecan minister to others.
And we're always declaring,God, use me.
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I want to be a golden vesselfor your glory.
If you could use anybody, use me.
But when he gives thatassignment, it's like, wait, wait,
wait.
Not.
Not that, though, you know, they.
They must not know the talentsI have that God gave me.
I don't want to do that.
And they want the microphone,but not pick up the toothbrush.
That's a V1 college reference.
If y' all didn't get that inRowan V1.
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But every time you say yes tothe enemy, you say no to your destiny.
And you were never meant tomaintain that fire alone.
I was in V1 youth a couple ofweeks ago, and one of the youth said,
you know, I feel God isputting coals in each of us, and
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we bear fire.
And you're not meant to bearthat fire alone, because even through
the local church.
Church and discipleship, we show.
How do you fan that flame?
How do you tend to it?
How do you feed it?
2nd Timothy 1:6 says, Fan intothe flame.
What?
The gift of God, which is in you.
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And what we have today is alot of encounter chasers or church
hoppers or, where's therevival right now?
Where's revival happening?
I need to go there.
I need to jump over here.
Revival's over there.
And it's like, where's theclosest place that I can travel to
still make it?
And we become encounterchasers and those.
Those events and those.
That's not the problem.
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The problem is that if you'renot encountering God at home and
you're living off of theencounters of these events, you got
to learn how to tame that inyour own home, in the private place.
And I see a lot today thatthere's a lot of revival hunters
or encounter chasers.
And, you know, they'rejumping, jumping, jumping.
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Then they'll come into thelocal church, and it's like, isn't
this amazing?
I got this fire in my livingroom, in the middle of my living
room, and it's big and it'stall and it's hot.
Isn't this amazing?
It's great.
And then a leader will come in.
The local church comes in.
It's like, this is amazing.
But.
But let's take that firethat's in the middle of the living
room and let's put it into thefireplace where it'll sustain.
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And they get offended, andit's like, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait.
Because if you put this intothe fireplace, you're gonna smother
the fire down.
That's not what I need.
Oh, no, they get offendedbecause it's like they're just trying
to quiet those talents God putin me, and they get offended.
And, yes, they even leave the church.
But no, what the church triedto do was disciple and correct you
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to tend to the flame so thatit goes far.
If you want to go fast, you go alone.
But if you want to go fast,far, we go together.
And when we go together,there's some things we learn from
each other.
And God's going to teach youhow to chop the wood, keep a backstock
of the firewood, how to tendto it, how to feed that fire.
Because what happens is youbecome so blindsided that by the
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time you take a step back, youdidn't even realize that that wildfire
burned down the house, and nowyou can't make it to the next event.
Now you have no roof and youhave no covering, and you're left
exposed to the one that First,Peter says, is prowling around looking
for someone to devour.
In the words of Pastor Moses,get out of here with that junk.
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We're trying to develop andempower you in such a way that you'll
be able to run the race to theend and you learn how to sustain
and feed that fire for thelong run.
But I'm going to keep it realwith y'.
All.
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There's no running away fromthe storms.
We're going to go through somethings and the storms are not optional.
And they're not if they're when.
Some of you might be in themiddle of the worst storm you've
ever faced in your life,others of you might be at the cusp
of entering that storm.
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You will face the storm.
I'll keep it real, but I'llalso let you know that in the midst
of the storm, it's the rootsthat will determine whether you can
endure it to the end.
It's the roots that willdetermine that no matter how hard
the storm is going to hit,will you be able to sustain to the
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end, to go up into the next level?
First Corinthians, chapter 12,verse 26.
If one member suffers, allsuffer together.
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If one member is honored, allrejoice together.
See, shallow Christianitylooks good on Instagram.
Shallow Christianity looksgood for a moment, but when it's
shallow, it won't sustain.
It looks good on the outside,but under the ground, it's weak.
And when things start tohappen, when there's betrayal, when
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the storm hits, when someonecomes against them, there's no one
to talk to.
And then you really start tosee the strength of the roots that
are beneath.
And there's no one to lean on.
Because hard times don't grow isolation.
Hard times grow church.
And people fail to realizethat because when they go through
something, a hard time is whenthey want to isolate.
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But hard times grows thechurch because you're not meant to
do life alone.
The Bible says when yousuffer, we suffer.
We're in this thing together.
We're here to.
To provide resources.
We're here to pray with you, to.
To pray for.
For you.
And if you don't allow yourroots to go down and out, we can't
have an intricate root systemto bear the storm together.
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Cuz even the tallest trees,when their roots are weak, will fall.
See Pastor Exica.
For those who follow PastorExa, shout out Pastor Exa in Long
Island.
Come on.
She shared a photo on socialmedia last week.
And she said it was a windless night.
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And a tree that looked talland it looked wide and it looked
strong fell over in a.
In a windless night.
Why?
Because even a tree that lookssturdy and strong on the outside,
with weak roots, will notwithstand what comes against it.
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And you need church family tohold you up when you can't stand
on your own.
See, in a tree grove, evenhere in Miami, there's palm tree
farms.
And when the hurricane hitsand the storm hits, you tend to see
the trees that are on theperimeter that fall down, but within
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the grove, they're alwaysstanding strong.
Why?
Because there was an intricateroot system where each tree interlocked
with each other.
And it doesn't matter if youget blown to the left, you get blown
to the right.
When something comes straighton from the front or from the back,
when your roots areintertwined with those around you
in church, family, and incommunity, you'll stay standing to
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the end.
Because together we go far forwhat God has for us.
But to bear fruit.
To bear fruit comes from remaining.
To bear fruit comes from staying.
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And it's not an easy processbecause the flesh is weak.
But to bear true fruit comesfrom remaining.
John 15.
5.
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I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I inhim, he it is that bears much fruit.
For apart from me, you can do nothing.
Fruit is not produced by striving.
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Fruit is not produced by the works.
There's nothing you can do.
There's like, I just gottashow them everything I can do.
I just got to be able to doeverything that I feel God is calling
me to, but it's not.
You can't bear the fruit bystriving or by your works.
You bear fruit by staying,staying in his word, staying in prayer,
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staying in community, stayingthrough the offense, staying through
the correction, staying whenit's easier to run.
Fruit doesn't appearovernight, but trees connected into
the vine will never go barren.
And you might be in a shockseason where you're here and it's
like, God, I'm rooted.
I've been rooted.
But you might be going througha process in God's timing before
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you could bear fruit.
Are you abiding into theprocess that God has been putting
you on?
Because the fruit that youbear is not just for you.
The fruit that you bear is forthose around you.
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You become shade to the weary.
You become nourishment for the hungry.
You become strength for the weak.
Even when you're looking forstrength for yourself, Church, you
can stand to your feet.
I feel God is Talking to someof us today, some of us have been
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rooted and we're questioning,how deep do my roots actually go?
Others might be questioning,was I ever rooted to begin with?
See, rooted people move inpowerful obedience.
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And you can ask, what?
What is it that I need to give up?
What is it that I need to do?
But the Bible is very clearthat obedience is greater than sacrifice.
And if God has called you tosomething, if God has called you
to join something, and you arenot abiding into what God has called
you for, the most dangerousplace you can be is not the worst
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area in some city of theworld, but the worst place you can
be is outside of God's will.
And if there's somewhere hewants you to abide in and you're
fighting with God, go back tothat word.
Luke 5:5 says, Master, we'vetoiled all night and caught nothing
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but nevertheless at your wordI will let down the net.
Nevertheless is the word of arooted disciple nevertheless is the
word that we declarenevertheless is the word that we
have to adopt into our lives,into every scenario that we are in.
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Learn to declare neverthelessover your circumstance it's what
you say when you're tired butstill trusting it's what you say
when you're broken but you'restill believing nevertheless is what
gets you to dig again, prayagain, to try again, to serve again
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nevertheless this would liftyou up from the circumstance and
the weight that you were neversupposed to carry the burden that's
on your shoulders butnevertheless, God, I give it to you
I carry your yoke for it islight and I will abide in your word
and where you want me to bewhen the diagnosis is not what I
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hoped for Nevertheless I willworship when my prayers haven't been
answered yet Nevertheless Iwill keep praying when the job didn't
come through Nevertheless Itrust in Jehovah Jireh, the provider
when the betrayal cut deepnevertheless I choose forgiveness
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When I feel unseen andoverlooked Nevertheless I know God
sees me When I'm tired fromthe weak Nevertheless I show up and
bring my worship When I'vebeen hurt in church before Nevertheless
I will not let my paindisconnect me from God's plan Everybody
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here and everybody at everycampus and every revival home is
going through something and Imight not know specifically or personally
what you're going through orthe circumstance that you're in but
when you declare neverthelessover that circumstance there's something
that shifts in the atmosphereof your mind Something that shifts
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in the atmosphere of your Heart.
And no matter what wasbringing you down, declaring nevertheless
carries you into his glory andhis fire will come and see.
Consume the sacrifice when yougive it to him.
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Learn to declare neverthelessover the circumstance and watch what
God will use behind your yes,your nevertheless is the beginning
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of your breakthrough.
And there's breakthrough atevery location.
There's breakthrough in the room.
But it's when we learn to golow and allow for him to go high,
when we allow that ourcircumstance is not who we are or
our identity.
And we say, God, we declareyou over the circumstances.
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I don't know how I'm going toget out of it, but I know he who
is the miracle worker.
I know he who can deliver me.
I know he who can bring the healing.
I know he who can provide in amoment of need.
And you start to declarenevertheless, I abide in you.
Nevertheless, I'll show upbecause I'm covenanted.
I'm not just showing up toshow up, but I'm covenanted to you.
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God nevertheless is the bridgebetween disappointment and destiny.
And a lot of us live our lifein a moment of disappointment and
circumstances of disappointment.
And declaring nevertheless isthe bridge that mends the gap from
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disappointment to the destinythat God has for you.
Church, I don't know what youguys are going through, but I'm going
to ask that you raise yourhands in believing that God's about
to work something in yourlife, that God's about to shift something.
He's about to shift anatmosphere and a mindset that when
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you start to abide in covenantwith what God has placed before you,
something changes.
And God will send people intoyour life that are going to raise
you up and develop you.
But you got to be able to say,God, I'm going to allow that my roots
go deep before you canactually bring the fruit into my
life.
I might be in a shock season,but, God, you're going to.
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You're going to changesomething in me.
If you're believing that.
Raise your hands at everylocation and align your faith with
mine as we declare.
Father God, we pray that youencounter every scenario, every circumstance
that we are facing.
We believe that you are thealmighty God, the alpha and the Omega.
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And Father, we just plead thatyou intercede that you actually encounter
into every scenario, that youstrengthen our faith where we lack
faith, that you plant usdeeper that you plant us deeper into
the things of you, that yougive us the strength, spirit of nevertheless,
when it's easier to run,Father God, that we declare nevertheless
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when the flesh wants to run.
When the flesh wants to stay home.
When the flesh wants toisolate that, we dig in.
Help us to build your churchand not just attend it.
Father, I give you my life touse as a golden vessel that my re.
My roots go deep and out asyou develop me church.
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If you believe that, can wejust plead amen?
Foreign.
We are in a series calledRooted, and this is the third installment
of Rooted.
And, you know, Pastor Sandraopened us up.
Pastor Sandra, you might knowher as Mama Moses.
Pastor Moses.
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My kids call her Pastor Nana.
And she.
She gave them permission tocall her that.
You can't call her that, butthey can.
And she opened us up, and wehad so many amazing leaders represented
last Sunday at every campus.
I was hearing testimonies ofthem just going off at every single
one of the campuses.
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And I want to shout them outbecause they did amazing.
And I am grateful to be in ahouse that raises up leaders, that
pours into leaders and deploysthem and raises voices.
And so, you know, I can't sayenough of this house.
Of course I'm biased, but justso amazed to be here and speak on
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Rooted, because that's one ofthe things that goes deep into my
heart and into my soul.
And, you know, I was thinkingback to how we commenced this series,
and Pastor Sandra opened usup, and she just started, like, hopping
on stage.
Y' all remember that?
It was to the imagery to talkabout church hoppers.
And I was like, I don't thinkanyone has ever done that before
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from the stage.
And, you know, it just got meto thinking, because we do live in
a generation that celebratesmovement, and we move from job to
job, and we move from city to city.
We move from church to church,and people move from relationship
to relationship, and wecelebrate movement, but oftentimes
at the expense of commitment.
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And, you know, we talk aboutrooted, you know, in this series,
particularly even rooted intothe things of the Lord and rooted
into the local church.
It's not about attending.
It's not just about attending.
It's about covenant, and it'sabout actually coming together and
God, what do you have for me?
What are youe speaking to me?
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Where do youo want me to move?
Where do youo want me to plantmy feet?
And that's what this messageis for.
This message is a call todeeper roots.
As I get into this.
And, you know, we plant seeds.
We don't plant seeds in theair, but it's roots that actually
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hold us to the ground and thesoil of life.
So I want to reference Psalmschapter 92, verse 13.
And it says, they are plantedwhere in the house of the Lord.
They flourish in the courts ofour God.
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And when you study NewTestament, house of the Lord is oftentimes
referred to as the localchurch or the body or place of gathering
where they corporately got together.
And so the psalmist says, theyare planted in the house of the Lord.
They flourish in the courts ofour God.
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And many of you have heard mytestimony, but I'll give a quick
synopsis.
I've lived many, many, manyyears of my life attending church
and showing up and going to church.
But I was never really rooted in.
I was never really committed.
I was just showing up becausein my mind that, you know, that was
all I had to do.
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I was checking off the box.
I went to church today.
I knew of Jesus, but I didn'thave a personal relationship with
him.
And it wasn't until that Idecided to go deep.
God, where do you want me?
What do you want to do?
I'm ready to go into thisprocess that I started to see a shift
in the atmosphere of my heartand in my mind.
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And at that time, you know, Iwas spiritually dry and disconnected.
And those are the kind ofthings that we go through when we're
not rooted.
And I saw a shift in my home,a shift in my marriage, even a shift
at my workplace.
Something happens.
And there's a shift thathappens in our life when we're actually
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done with trying to do us.
And we actually open the doorto say, God, whatever you want to
do.
I'm making the decision to godeep, to go out where you want to
plant me, where you want todevelop me.
God, what do you want me to go?
And where do you want me toplant my roots?
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But the first question I wantto propose is, why do roots matter?
We're going through thisseries of rooted why?
Why do roots matter?
And so I want to ReferenceColossians Chapter 2.
If you're taking notes, and Iurge y' all to take notes, we are
a church that takes notes.
And, you know, apostle saysthis all the time.
Don't just take my word forit, because I am man.
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You take these notes and yougo back home and you go deeper, you
dig deeper, and you allow Godto minister in a special way.
So Colossians chapter 2,verses 6 to 7 says, Therefore, as
you received Christ Jesus theLord, so walk in him, rooted and
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built up in him andestablished in faith, just as you
were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
So why are roots important?
Roots are essential forstrength, for stability, for development,
for growth.
Because trees can't bear fruitwithout roots.
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And a lot of us walk in, andit's like, I want to walk in and
immediately just want to bear fruit.
Now, all the things that canbe seen from the outside, but there's
no root.
And Sometimes we have to gothrough a process first of saying,
God, that my roots grow deep.
Where are my roots?
Develop my roots so that thefruit can be, can bear witness.
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And so the challenge is thatfor many of us, whether you might
know it or not, our roots growdeep somewhere.
And for some of us, we'rerooted in the wrong places.
Some of us, our roots can growdeep in pride, in rejection and offense,
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in addiction.
And dealing with the symptomsor cutting the root from the surface
isn't going to deal withwhat's below the surface.
And a lot of us try and go onthis journey to deal with the symptoms
of the sin.
If I can just stop doing thisone thing, if I can stop that, then,
then I'll be good.
And then you find yourselfconstantly falling to the same things
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because you're just dealingwith surface level things.
But there's a deeper rooted problem.
You guys ever hear thatphrase, deeper rooted issues?
Deeper rooted problems.
And so a lot of the times,like we can mow the weeds on the
top, but they're going tocontinue to grow back and multiply
if we actually don't do thework of getting dirty and digging
into the soil to reveal howdeep those roots actually grow and,
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and allowing God to revealsome things.
And if you're asking God, I'mready to go on that journey, it's
not just going to be allowinghim to move, but it's going to require
some things from you.
And he'll show you the path,but he's going to want you to have
to do the work and get yourhands dirty to dig into that soil.
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See, by simply saying yes toGod, I don't think we realize that
there's going to be a call for us.
Cause some of us might havesome things in our life that nobody
knows about.
And you think it's just me andGod and you know, I'm working this
thing out with God.
Some of you might not evenknow the depths to what you're dealing
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with.
And your process is gonna beasking God to continue to bring revel
revelation into your mind andyour heart.
Lord, what is it that keepstripping me?
What is it that I'm tied toreveal it so I know how to come against
it.
Father, I need you to justbear, just show the revelation.
I'm ready to go on thisjourney to go deep and dig up some
things.
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But symptom management, wecan't settle for symptom management
because surface change nevertransforms the depths of our soul.
And God wants to dig deep andreplant you into truth.
But you first have to go intothe process of getting dug up to
be replanted.
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I don't know if many of youknow this when.
When you replant something, itgoes through a shock season because
it's still trying to get usedto its environment.
And that what you thought wasgoing to give you fruit, that first
year doesn't bear fruit.
And it might not bear fruit asecond year.
And it might be more thanyears, but that uprooting and replanting
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might take some time becauseit's not your time, it's God's time.
And there's a process we gotto go through to say, God, I feel
you're.
You're replanting me somewhere.
And I gotta get to go deep inwith these people, get to know who
they are.
They're actually for me, andget used to the environment.
There's a shock season, butall we want to do is come in and
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bear fruit from the forefront.
But God wants to put usthrough a process.
When God replants, see, henever takes away, he replaces.
And that's why God isn't justgonna uproot you and leave you abandoned,
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but he'll replant you somewhere.
But it's up to us to make thedecision to say God.
You start arguing with God.
Is this really where you want me?
I know this is where I'm at.
What do I do from here?
And we start wrestling with God.
Mess around and break a hip.
Wrestling with God.
I'll tell you what, if youknow your Bible, but the local church
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is God's garden.
Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 16.
From who?
The whole body joined and heldtogether by every joint with which
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it is equipped, when each partis working properly, makes the body
grow so that it builds itselfup in love.
See, God did not make you for isolation.
Isolation is not of God.
God made us to be in communion.
You go back to Genesis and Godmade us perfect.
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And the Bible says that Godwalked with man.
And we were made to be incommunion with God and in community
with God.
He didn't make you to be isolated.
But it's so easy for us towalk in and see everybody serving
in a different area.
And it's like, no, no, no,they don't need me.
I'm not gonna join the team.
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I'm just gonna come.
I'll sit, receive.
What does God have for me?
And leave.
And God's asking, I want tosee what you have for me.
You're coming.
Okay, let's see if it's good today.
What can I receive today andtake with me?
And God's asking you to cometo his house and give what you have
to his feet and pour it out.
How are you building his kingdom?
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Why do you think that themoment you feel offended, you want
to isolate.
The moment you feel rejection,you want to run.
And it's like, I don't.
I don't want to talk to nobody today.
I'm not going to go because Idon't want to see those people today.
I don't want to hear what theyhave to say.
And he fights so hard to isolate.
Why?
Because it's easier to pickyou off.
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It's easier to pick you offwhen you're isolated and alone.
Isolation is not what Godcreated us for.
You grow best in relationship.
You grow best when you're seen.
You grow best when you're known.
And you grow best when you'reheld accountable.
And a lot of people don't liketo hear that.
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Nah, nobody's gonna call me out.
You tell me what I need to do,I'll do it even less.
That was me.
That was me.
My marriage was not perfect.
And the more you ask me to dosomething, I ain't gonna do it.
I'll do it when I want to doit naturally.
Why?
We're born into sin, but wegrow in the midst of community.
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When God places leaders andgroup facilitators that's gonna walk
it through with us, Walkthrough with it with us, pray with
us, give us wise counsel, theleaders that God has placed before
us.
It's like, you know, past.
I just.
I need some wisdom in this area.
We don't go around, we go up.
The things that you gothrough, you don't take it around
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and start spreading it withthose around you.
You start taking it up to theleaders that God placed before you.
And God will use those leadersto share wise counsel.
And we won't make yourdecision for you, but you go on that
journey with God.
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That's why we have to alwaysbe like the farmer with our hands
at the plow, doing the work,digging into the soil with evidence
of being dirty, of having todo the work.
Digging in the ground ain't easy.
Hard ground.
You need heavy machinery in alot of these.
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The farms, they use heavymachinery because the ground has
been impacted with thestomping of, you know, all these
different things.
But what happens is that whenwe allow God to grow us, and it's
like, God, use me.
Where do you want Me, I'mready to do whatever you will of
me.
And then he gives you a task,and it's like, wait, wait, wait,
wait.
That's not what I wanted to do.
That's too hard or that's toomessy, or I've already come that
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area in my life.
I'm above that, dare I say it.
But what happens is that inthose moments, God will use you to
pull weeds, to plant seeds,and to water someone else's breakthrough
when you yourself are waitingfor your own breakthrough.
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And that's why we run fromwanting to serve people, because
we're in need ourself.
God, you know, I've beenpetitioning for this from you.
You know, I need healing in my body.
How am I gonna pray forhealing in someone else's body?
I need help in my marriage.
I need help at my job and my circumstance.
But God wants to use your yesto see, let me see the faith that
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they have to say, God,wherever you want to place me, I
will worship you.
Well, grow my faith in you.
But we don't want to do thathard work because it's messy and
it's hard.
But that's where fruit is developed.
That's where fruit is made.
And you want to bear fruitwithout doing the work of getting
your roots down deep.
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So is fruit what we want to bear?
Because we have to abide tobear fruit.
We have to abide in the areasof God, in his word and in community.
And Lord, build me up.
I want to talk aboutnourishment, because nourishment
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is crucial not just forplanting, not just for the roots
to grasp its roots down.
But those roots eventuallywill get to a depth where they reach
the water.
And now they have to grow outfor stability.
They have to grow down and outto be able to withstand all that's
going to come for it.
So nourishment is what's goingto feed that.
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But you know what nourishment is.
Nourishment comes through connection.
Hebrews chapter 10, verses 24and 25.
Listen to these key words andlet us consider how to set up, to
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stir up one another, to loveand good works, 25 not neglecting
to meet together, as is thehabit of some, but encouraging one
another, and all the more asyou see the day drawing near.
Now, can someone grow on their own?
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Can they grow by themselves?
To a certain extent.
But you need nourishment tocontinue to go deep and go out.
You need nourishment to beable to feed those nutrients that
are Going to make it healthy.
Nourishment comes fromfellowship, prayer, discipleship,
correction, and encouragement.
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And in the church, we have alot of people that are spiritually
malnourished.
Not because you don't love God.
You love God.
But we have people spirituallymalnourished because they're disconnected
from Christ and the body thathe's placed before them.
Because nourishment comes notfrom yourself, but abiding into the
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community that God will pourinto you.
And people want to come in andshow how great of a leader I am,
because they've been throughsome things, and maybe somewhere
else they were leading, andthey come in, I just want to lead.
Let me prove myself.
And they're striving, andthey're trying to get some things
done.
Let me show you that I canlead people.
Let me show them the talents Ihave, the talents that God gave me.
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And we're trying to see, youmight be a great leader, but can
you submit?
You're trying to show howgreat of a leader you are, but can
you submit?
Can you submit to thediscipleship pathways that are in
place?
Can you submit to the groupsthat are there?
Can you submit to the process?
Can you submit to the leadersthat the Lord has already placed
before you?
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Your time will come in God's time.
But a lot of times we'retrying to bear fruit with rotten
roots.
And God is trying to take uson a journey to make sure we got
healthy roots in place so thatwhen we actually bear fruit, it's
not just for ourselves, but wecan minister to others.
And we're always declaring,God, use me.
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I want to be a golden vesselfor your glory.
If you could use anybody, use me.
But when he gives thatassignment, it's like, wait, wait,
wait.
Not.
Not that, though, you know, they.
They must not know the talentsI have that God gave me.
I don't want to do that.
And they want the microphone,but not pick up the toothbrush.
That's a V1 college reference.
If y' all didn't get that inRowan V1.
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But every time you say yes tothe enemy, you say no to your destiny.
And you were never meant tomaintain that fire alone.
I was in V1 youth a couple ofweeks ago, and one of the youth said,
you know, I feel God isputting coals in each of us, and
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we bear fire.
And you're not meant to bearthat fire alone, because even through
the local church.
Church and discipleship, we show.
How do you fan that flame?
How do you tend to it?
How do you feed it?
2nd Timothy 1:6 says, Fan intothe flame.
What?
The gift of God, which is in you.
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And what we have today is alot of encounter chasers or church
hoppers or, where's therevival right now?
Where's revival happening?
I need to go there.
I need to jump over here.
Revival's over there.
And it's like, where's theclosest place that I can travel to
still make it?
And we become encounterchasers and those.
Those events and those.
That's not the problem.
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The problem is that if you'renot encountering God at home and
you're living off of theencounters of these events, you got
to learn how to tame that inyour own home, in the private place.
And I see a lot today thatthere's a lot of revival hunters
or encounter chasers.
And, you know, they'rejumping, jumping, jumping.
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Then they'll come into thelocal church, and it's like, isn't
this amazing?
I got this fire in my livingroom, in the middle of my living
room, and it's big and it'stall and it's hot.
Isn't this amazing?
It's great.
And then a leader will come in.
The local church comes in.
It's like, this is amazing.
But.
But let's take that firethat's in the middle of the living
room and let's put it into thefireplace where it'll sustain.
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And they get offended, andit's like, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait.
Because if you put this intothe fireplace, you're gonna smother
the fire down.
That's not what I need.
Oh, no, they get offendedbecause it's like they're just trying
to quiet those talents God putin me, and they get offended.
And, yes, they even leave the church.
But no, what the church triedto do was disciple and correct you
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to tend to the flame so thatit goes far.
If you want to go fast, you go alone.
But if you want to go fast,far, we go together.
And when we go together,there's some things we learn from
each other.
And God's going to teach youhow to chop the wood, keep a backstock
of the firewood, how to tendto it, how to feed that fire.
Because what happens is youbecome so blindsided that by the
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time you take a step back, youdidn't even realize that that wildfire
burned down the house, and nowyou can't make it to the next event.
Now you have no roof and youhave no covering, and you're left
exposed to the one that First,Peter says, is prowling around looking
for someone to devour.
In the words of Pastor Moses,get out of here with that junk.
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We're trying to develop andempower you in such a way that you'll
be able to run the race to theend and you learn how to sustain
and feed that fire for thelong run.
But I'm going to keep it realwith y'.
All.
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There's no running away fromthe storms.
We're going to go through somethings and the storms are not optional.
And they're not if they're when.
Some of you might be in themiddle of the worst storm you've
ever faced in your life,others of you might be at the cusp
of entering that storm.
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You will face the storm.
I'll keep it real, but I'llalso let you know that in the midst
of the storm, it's the rootsthat will determine whether you can
endure it to the end.
It's the roots that willdetermine that no matter how hard
the storm is going to hit,will you be able to sustain to the
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end, to go up into the next level?
First Corinthians, chapter 12,verse 26.
If one member suffers, allsuffer together.
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If one member is honored, allrejoice together.
See, shallow Christianitylooks good on Instagram.
Shallow Christianity looksgood for a moment, but when it's
shallow, it won't sustain.
It looks good on the outside,but under the ground, it's weak.
And when things start tohappen, when there's betrayal, when
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the storm hits, when someonecomes against them, there's no one
to talk to.
And then you really start tosee the strength of the roots that
are beneath.
And there's no one to lean on.
Because hard times don't grow isolation.
Hard times grow church.
And people fail to realizethat because when they go through
something, a hard time is whenthey want to isolate.
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But hard times grows thechurch because you're not meant to
do life alone.
The Bible says when yousuffer, we suffer.
We're in this thing together.
We're here to.
To provide resources.
We're here to pray with you, to.
To pray for.
For you.
And if you don't allow yourroots to go down and out, we can't
have an intricate root systemto bear the storm together.
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Cuz even the tallest trees,when their roots are weak, will fall.
See Pastor Exica.
For those who follow PastorExa, shout out Pastor Exa in Long
Island.
Come on.
She shared a photo on socialmedia last week.
And she said it was a windless night.
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And a tree that looked talland it looked wide and it looked
strong fell over in a.
In a windless night.
Why?
Because even a tree that lookssturdy and strong on the outside,
with weak roots, will notwithstand what comes against it.
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And you need church family tohold you up when you can't stand
on your own.
See, in a tree grove, evenhere in Miami, there's palm tree
farms.
And when the hurricane hitsand the storm hits, you tend to see
the trees that are on theperimeter that fall down, but within
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the grove, they're alwaysstanding strong.
Why?
Because there was an intricateroot system where each tree interlocked
with each other.
And it doesn't matter if youget blown to the left, you get blown
to the right.
When something comes straighton from the front or from the back,
when your roots areintertwined with those around you
in church, family, and incommunity, you'll stay standing to
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the end.
Because together we go far forwhat God has for us.
But to bear fruit.
To bear fruit comes from remaining.
To bear fruit comes from staying.
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And it's not an easy processbecause the flesh is weak.
But to bear true fruit comesfrom remaining.
John 15.
5.
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I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I inhim, he it is that bears much fruit.
For apart from me, you can do nothing.
Fruit is not produced by striving.
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Fruit is not produced by the works.
There's nothing you can do.
There's like, I just gottashow them everything I can do.
I just got to be able to doeverything that I feel God is calling
me to, but it's not.
You can't bear the fruit bystriving or by your works.
You bear fruit by staying,staying in his word, staying in prayer,
(28:44):
staying in community, stayingthrough the offense, staying through
the correction, staying whenit's easier to run.
Fruit doesn't appearovernight, but trees connected into
the vine will never go barren.
And you might be in a shockseason where you're here and it's
like, God, I'm rooted.
I've been rooted.
But you might be going througha process in God's timing before
(29:07):
you could bear fruit.
Are you abiding into theprocess that God has been putting
you on?
Because the fruit that youbear is not just for you.
The fruit that you bear is forthose around you.
(29:27):
You become shade to the weary.
You become nourishment for the hungry.
You become strength for the weak.
Even when you're looking forstrength for yourself, Church, you
can stand to your feet.
I feel God is Talking to someof us today, some of us have been
(29:55):
rooted and we're questioning,how deep do my roots actually go?
Others might be questioning,was I ever rooted to begin with?
See, rooted people move inpowerful obedience.
(30:16):
And you can ask, what?
What is it that I need to give up?
What is it that I need to do?
But the Bible is very clearthat obedience is greater than sacrifice.
And if God has called you tosomething, if God has called you
to join something, and you arenot abiding into what God has called
you for, the most dangerousplace you can be is not the worst
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area in some city of theworld, but the worst place you can
be is outside of God's will.
And if there's somewhere hewants you to abide in and you're
fighting with God, go back tothat word.
Luke 5:5 says, Master, we'vetoiled all night and caught nothing
(31:04):
but nevertheless at your wordI will let down the net.
Nevertheless is the word of arooted disciple nevertheless is the
word that we declarenevertheless is the word that we
have to adopt into our lives,into every scenario that we are in.
(31:27):
Learn to declare neverthelessover your circumstance it's what
you say when you're tired butstill trusting it's what you say
when you're broken but you'restill believing nevertheless is what
gets you to dig again, prayagain, to try again, to serve again
(31:52):
nevertheless this would liftyou up from the circumstance and
the weight that you were neversupposed to carry the burden that's
on your shoulders butnevertheless, God, I give it to you
I carry your yoke for it islight and I will abide in your word
and where you want me to bewhen the diagnosis is not what I
(32:13):
hoped for Nevertheless I willworship when my prayers haven't been
answered yet Nevertheless Iwill keep praying when the job didn't
come through Nevertheless Itrust in Jehovah Jireh, the provider
when the betrayal cut deepnevertheless I choose forgiveness
(32:36):
When I feel unseen andoverlooked Nevertheless I know God
sees me When I'm tired fromthe weak Nevertheless I show up and
bring my worship When I'vebeen hurt in church before Nevertheless
I will not let my paindisconnect me from God's plan Everybody
(33:03):
here and everybody at everycampus and every revival home is
going through something and Imight not know specifically or personally
what you're going through orthe circumstance that you're in but
when you declare neverthelessover that circumstance there's something
that shifts in the atmosphereof your mind Something that shifts
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in the atmosphere of your Heart.
And no matter what wasbringing you down, declaring nevertheless
carries you into his glory andhis fire will come and see.
Consume the sacrifice when yougive it to him.
(34:28):
Learn to declare neverthelessover the circumstance and watch what
God will use behind your yes,your nevertheless is the beginning
(34:50):
of your breakthrough.
And there's breakthrough atevery location.
There's breakthrough in the room.
But it's when we learn to golow and allow for him to go high,
when we allow that ourcircumstance is not who we are or
our identity.
And we say, God, we declareyou over the circumstances.
(35:13):
I don't know how I'm going toget out of it, but I know he who
is the miracle worker.
I know he who can deliver me.
I know he who can bring the healing.
I know he who can provide in amoment of need.
And you start to declarenevertheless, I abide in you.
Nevertheless, I'll show upbecause I'm covenanted.
I'm not just showing up toshow up, but I'm covenanted to you.
(35:36):
God nevertheless is the bridgebetween disappointment and destiny.
And a lot of us live our lifein a moment of disappointment and
circumstances of disappointment.
And declaring nevertheless isthe bridge that mends the gap from
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disappointment to the destinythat God has for you.
Church, I don't know what youguys are going through, but I'm going
to ask that you raise yourhands in believing that God's about
to work something in yourlife, that God's about to shift something.
He's about to shift anatmosphere and a mindset that when
(36:23):
you start to abide in covenantwith what God has placed before you,
something changes.
And God will send people intoyour life that are going to raise
you up and develop you.
But you got to be able to say,God, I'm going to allow that my roots
go deep before you canactually bring the fruit into my
life.
I might be in a shock season,but, God, you're going to.
(36:43):
You're going to changesomething in me.
If you're believing that.
Raise your hands at everylocation and align your faith with
mine as we declare.
Father God, we pray that youencounter every scenario, every circumstance
that we are facing.
We believe that you are thealmighty God, the alpha and the Omega.
(37:09):
And Father, we just plead thatyou intercede that you actually encounter
into every scenario, that youstrengthen our faith where we lack
faith, that you plant usdeeper that you plant us deeper into
the things of you, that yougive us the strength, spirit of nevertheless,
when it's easier to run,Father God, that we declare nevertheless
(37:30):
when the flesh wants to run.
When the flesh wants to stay home.
When the flesh wants toisolate that, we dig in.
Help us to build your churchand not just attend it.
Father, I give you my life touse as a golden vessel that my re.
My roots go deep and out asyou develop me church.
(37:52):
If you believe that, can wejust plead amen?
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