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There's a little story. I don't know how true it is. It could be true. It could be fiction. It could be nonfiction. I don't know. It's a nice story. So the story goes that chickens actually used to fly with eagles. That's the story. And the chickens would fly with the eagles, and they would soar up in the sky, and they would look down for food, and they would hunt their food, and they would have to time when they would go down and grab the little rodents and the different things. And so they kind of did this on a consistent basis, and they would fly back up, and then they would fly for a while, and then they would get tired, so they would come down, and then they would find more food, and then they would go back up. So one day, story has it, They ended up on a farmer's piece of property. So they were on this farmer's piece of property. And the farmer came out and said, wow, I got some eagles and chickens. So he decided to give them some food. He said, oh, this is cool. Give them some food. So the eagles ate some of the food, and the chickens ate some of the food. And the eagle said to the chicken, said, well, hey, that's a good meal. We've got to get back going. We've got to get back up in the air. We've got to soar like an eagle. And the chicken said, hey, why don't we just wait one more day? Let's wait one more day. Let's get another plate of food, like the food at camp. It was delicious, wasn't it? And so the eagle said, all right, OK. They were a little apprehensive, a little kind of not sure, but they saved an extra day. And the farmer brought some more food, put it out there for them. And the next day, the eagle said, all right, that's it. Time to go. We got to go. We're going to soar like us. Soar like eagles. And the chickens kind of looked at each other. And they said, you know what? I think we'll just stay here. And the eagles are like, what are you talking about? We got to go back and we got to go soar. We got to go hunt our food and fly way up in the sky. And the chicken said, you know what? We're kind of comfortable. We get our food brought to us. We don't have to hunt for it. We don't have to spend time flying up in the air. And so the story is told. That's why eagles fly and chickens don't. Now, again, is that a true story, Dr. Lucan? I don't know. But let me ask you a question. Are you comfortable? There's a, my cousin, he started coming to church, and we kind of share our devotions with each other. We would get into different portions of scripture. And he said this word, again, someone younger than me, giving me wisdom, right? He said, you know what, cuz? We've gotten comfortable being comfortable. Padded pews, nothing wrong with padded pews. Air-conditioned, thank God for air-conditioned. We've got comfortable. I would dare say that anyone you look up to in the sports world, and to be quite honest, even in the Christian world or it's the music world, they had to get to a point of self-discipline either on the field or the basketball court with instruments. They had to make some sacrifices. They had to do some things behind the scenes. They had to be uncomfortable and you probably look up to them and you say, wow, I want to be like that person when I grow up. That person got that way, bless you Hannah, that person got that way because they were comfortable being uncomfortable. But our problem sometimes as I go around different churches and I see different things, I say our churches and Christianity as a whole, not specifically, but as a whole, we've been comfortable being comfortable. So young people, you've been uncomfortable this week some way, shape, form, or fashion. Seth, I don't know where you slept and who was in your dorm, but I'm sure you heard some noises you didn't want to hear. And I know some of you ladies were in different places Got up early and went to bed and played games. And some of you, how many of you are tired? You're tired. All right, some of you are tired. Boy, you're tired. Celeste, not Celeste, Celeste. Celeste is really tired. You know why this week means something? Because you got uncomfortable. And since you were willing to get uncomfortable, God was able to speak. God was able to move and take you a little bit deeper. So let's take our Bibles tonight. My last challenge to you is to launch out. Launch out. Let's take our Bibles and turn to Luke chapter five. Luke chapter five. You've gotten preaching. You've got teaching. You've had devotions. You've had God and I time. Let me say this. It would be a shame for you to go back to your church the same way you left. You know more verses. Some of you have learned verses. You've learned so many verses this week than you have learned in months. It would be a shame to go back to your church, to sit in the pew, fold your arms, cross your legs, and say, okay, pastor, bless me. Not for this group of young people. Not for you guys. Not for you ladies. Let's look at one verse of scripture, and then we're gonna kinda get the context of this. But in Luke chapter five, verse number four, let's all stand and we're gonna read this verse. Luke chapter five, verse four. Let's read it together. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your nets for draw. When we say launch out, we gotta say it with some passion, say it with some conviction, say it with some gusto, okay? All right, so we're gonna say, we're gonna read it, read it, read it, and then we're gonna say launch out! Okay, you with me? You with me? All right, let's go. Come on, let's go. One more time. Now, when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a drought. Thank you. You may be seated. So how does this verse apply to you all? How does this verse apply as Esther goes back? Where do you live, Esther? In South Carolina. How is this going to help Esther now, who's been here this week, who's learned verses, who's made decisions, how is this going now to be used by her to affect South Carolina and everyone else? So let's kind of get a context of what's happening and let's get a scenery of what's going on. So, the scene, launch out the scene. So it says in verse number one, and it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret. So where is Jesus standing? By where? Also called? Sea of Galilee. So you say, where is that? It is in this section of the world. And if you get a little closer, it's right there. And if you were to go today, it would look like this. So this whole passage takes place right here. So that's the scene, what's happening. So let's read it again, and it says this. It says, and it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake Gennesaret. So here's what's happening. Jesus is preaching and teaching, And didn't that choir look beautiful today, tonight? How do we say it, behind the pew, behind the break, didn't the choir look great? Imagine how your church choir would look if some of you would step up. So here is this large amount of people that Jesus is preaching and teaching, and behind him, you guys, would be the lake, Sea of Galilee, easier for me to say. Sea of Galilee, right? And so as he is talking, the crowd is gathering. So more people are coming, more people are coming, more people are coming. So as Jesus is speaking, and as the people begin to move, he begins to take one step back. And then he preached, and he teach, and then there are more people coming, and they said, hey, did you hear? Did you hear? Jesus is here. Jesus is here. We got to go. And so they come in, and they want to hear Jesus. So he now has to take another step back. So he keeps going back and back till he gets to a point where if he steps any further back, he's going to be in the? Sea of Galilee in the water. So Jesus says, okay, I gotta come up with a plan. Now I say this, if this were me and I were Jesus, I would walk on water. I'd be like, folks, watch this. That's why he is Jesus and I'm not. Verse one, and it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, can I say something? Can I just interject something real quick? people still want to hear the Word of God. And I think I said this, or someone said this this week, but let me just reiterate this. The person that looks like they hate God, and they hate the Bible, and they got a bunch of tattoos, and they got their hair all done up, and they're wearing, I think someone even used the word goth, and all these, Dr. Beale, and all these different things, guess what? They're just looking for something that you already possess. Or better yet, they're looking for someone you already know. And there was a large multitude of people that wanted to hear Jesus. And I'm telling you, I think there's still a lot of people that want to hear Jesus or hear about Jesus. So it says in verse number one, And it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake Gennesaret and saw two ships standing by the lake. So he looks out see these two ships. So Jesus comes up with a plan. He says, well, if I keep walking back, I'm either going to walk on water or I'm going to be in the water. So he says, I see these two boats. So here's what he does. Verse number two, continue on. And saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen were gone out of them and washing their nets. So say, what's washing their nets? So the way that they fished back then, they didn't fish with a rod and reel like we do today. they fished with nets. So imagine when the net goes at the bottom of the lake and you pull it up, there's all kind of stuff that's inside of it, Christopher. There's rocks and shells, it gets tangled up. And so they were there and they were kind of just moving them out, cleaning them up. And so in verse three it says, and he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's. So one of those boats belonged to Simon. And it says, and prayed him. That prayed means he requested. Okay, he requested. Says, and he prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship. John, I don't know, but I think it might've looked something like this. And as Jesus sat on the boat, and preached the Word of God, the people listened. And we still need people today that would share the Word of God to the people that want to hear it. So this is the scene. He comes and Jesus asks Peter, can I get into your boat? And he says, just thrust out a little bit. Not a lot. Not too far, because of course if he goes too far, they won't be able to hear him preach. Just a little bit. That was the scene of what was happening. But now we get to the command. That was a request, but now we got a command. Verse number four. Now when he had left speaking, so now the time was finished, he said unto Simon, what's the next two words, how we gonna say it, what's the next two words? Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draw. The meaning of the word launch out means to lead or put a ship into the deep. It was in the singular to signify Peter was the master of the boat. Jesus had to request to go into Peter's boat. So the first time Jesus requests and asks Peter, but this time he commands Peter. So Peter might have been the master of the boat, but Jesus is the master of the universe. And now Jesus comes and Jesus says, listen, I want you to get back in your boat and I want you to launch out. I know this is the heartbeat of Dr. Beale and it's become my heartbeat as I travel and any other preacher or Christian that's been traveling or hear about it. There are a lot of churches in need of preachers, and there are a lot of Christian schools in need of teachers. I know two or three right off the top of my head that need teachers. Let me just say this very carefully and very humbly. If the God of the universe is calling you to full-time ministry, don't say no to the God of the universe. And all of the excuses, we already heard about the excuses that Moses used. You don't need to worry about any excuse or any reason. Here's the fact. That's the God of the universe calling you and giving you a command to serve him full time. So he says, launch out. This is an imperative. So the command is for Peter, Peter, I want you to launch out into the deep. Because now the deep is, Oh, sorry, I went too fast, I went too fast. The location. The deep represents you are now leaving the shallow waters. Shallow, you ever heard someone say, that person's shallow? There's no depth to that person, Ainsley. There's no What's the word? They have no meat on the bone, so to speak. You ever talk to someone and it's just like you're talking to a wall? You would say they're shallow. Someone who always talks about themselves, the only thing they talk about is themselves. The person's shallow. Shallow represents, in this instance, in this application, the application of it, shallow could represent what's easy and what's attainable. Do you realize you can do just enough and be considered a good Christian? Hey, listen, a lot of Christians don't go to church Sunday night. So if you could just focus on Sunday morning and stay home Sunday night, that'd be average. And Wednesday night, come on, that's middle of the week. We got school and work on Thursday. How dare you go and serve the God who gives you the strength to go to work and school on Thursday? and pray to the God of the universe. But I will tell you right now, it seems as though over time, the bar for being spiritual has decreased. And so we're looking at Christians and we're saying, wow, that's a great Christian, but that Christian is still comfortable. That Christian is doing what everyone else is doing. There's no risk. There's no surrender all. We really need to change the song, folks, to I surrender some. And so, young people, you've been invested a lot this week. For you to go right back home and say, well, that was a great week. Back to my PS2. play a PS2, there's nothing wrong with that. But why don't we prioritize when we play that? Why don't we put some rules in place and say, you know what, I won't touch the PS2 until I touch the floor on my knees. And until I give at least one person a gospel track. Until I read at least one chapter or one passage of scripture. Then, after I've done those things, then maybe I'll play a game or two of the PS2. His command is, launch out into the deep. Now the deep is uncomfortable. But that's what the command is. So how can we apply the deep? We can apply the deep by saying, some of you need to go deeper in your prayer life. We gotta get over this, now I lay me down to sleep. We gotta get over this simple, you know some people who pray the same words every time. We need to stop saying prayers and we need to learn how to pray. We need to learn, you as young people, let me tell you something, you young people got it great. Let me tell you why you got it great. You have an advantage, and it's unfair. You know, life is unfair? Well, this is unfair. I have more knowledge than you, simply because I've been on the earth for 400 years, okay? So I have more knowledge than you. In the reverse, you have more energy than me. You can run, you can jump, you can do all those things. I used to do those things. Watch this. I could never have your youth again, but you can have my wisdom. Life is unfair. And I never really understood it growing up. That's why the phrase or the saying is, the youth is wasted on the young. But there are some of you, if you would connect with some people who have more maturity than you, spiritually mature, friends, youth pastors, their wives, pastors, their wives, your parents, If you connect with them in your youth, you can have your youth and their wisdom. Learn how to pray. Learn how to read the Word of God. Maybe some of you have been just reading one verse a week. Okay, well, let's get a little deeper. How about one verse a day? How about one passage a day? See, here's the point. I don't know which level you're at. So if you're just reading one verse a week, I'm not gonna tell you to read three chapters. But I'm gonna ask you to do this. Can you do a little bit more? What about winning souls? Can you handle the track a day? Can you share the gospel online? How about a post of sharing your testimony and making that go viral about what Jesus did for you? You say, but there might be people who don't like me for doing that. Yeah, that's what happens when you go out into the deep. And by the way, there'll be people in church that don't like you going out into the deep. You know why? Because when you go out into the deep, it makes them convicted that they're still in the shallow. And I've seen that, and that's something that's dangerous. Discouraging these young people that are on fire for the Lord, discouraging them, saying, oh, well, that'll flame out in a little bit. Well, just because it flamed out in your life doesn't mean it has to flame out in theirs. Young people, get deep into witnessing. Get deep in giving. You say, I don't have a lot of money. You know what would be amazing? Let me tell you a thought, an amazing thought. This is an amazing thought. This is deep. What if you say to God, God, I don't have a lot to give you. But God, I'm going to ask you two things. Number one, I'm going to give you of my strength and my energy. So that may mean you go by your church and you say, pastor, I know you guys mow the lawn. Can I mow the lawn instead? I know some people come and clean up. Can I assist them cleaning? So you say, I don't have a lot of money. Well, you have a lot of strength. You have a lot of time. And how about this one? Here's this one. How about asking God to give you a job so that you can make money to give to church? That's deep thinking. That's deep giving. You know what a lot of people do? Let me see how much change I got in my pocket. and there are some of us who have, who has our budget all planned out. We know our income, we know our expenses, we know our tithe, we know our offering, we know everything, and everything is nice, neat, and right in a button. I mean, it's just perfect. And at the end of the month, you know how much you make and how much you spend, and everything's perfect. What if God wants you to give more than you're giving now, and God wants to blow up your budget? because he wants you to go deeper. You say, well preacher, I don't, well then if that happens, how am I going, how am I? Launch out. What if God wants you to give more than you're giving now? Launch out in your giving, launch out in your prayer life, launch out in your faith. I don't want you to raise your hands. When was the last time you prayed? Don't raise your hands, don't raise your hands. When was the last time you prayed and saw God do something that you know? Now, we're not talking about, dear Lord, bless my day. We're not talking about that. We're talking about, you prayed something specifically, Kyan, you prayed for something specifically, and God answers that prayer. You say, preacher, it's been a while. Okay, let's start praying for some things. and having the faith to watch God work, and to watch God move. And maybe you're praying for a sick loved one, maybe you're praying for a church, maybe you're praying for missionaries, but you pray specifically, you pray clearly, and you say, dear God, I'm praying this for this person. Getting deeper in your faith. But notice verse four, now we have the promise. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. Here's the promise. Simon, if you go out into the deep and you let down your nets, you're gonna catch a whole lot of fish. That's the promise. The draught is that which is taken in hunting. A lot of us says, well, God, if, and if you're honest, you've said this before, God, if you do this, then I'll do this for you. If you do this for me, I'll do this for you. You know what God says? Turn that around. You obey me, and watch what I do for you. Young people, obedience does not mean understanding. Sometimes your parents will tell you things you're not gonna understand. Obedience does not have to have an explanation for you to do it. Obedience means you have to trust the person giving you the command. And you have to believe that that person wants what's best for you. And so here's now Jesus talking to Peter and he says, Peter, I want you to obey me. I want you to go out into the deep and let down your nets. And by the way, I know some of you are good in English. Is nets plural or singular? And plural means? Multiple, more than one. He says, let down your nets for a draught. So the promise is, Peter, if you do this, You got it. Now, we got a decision to make. We got a decision to make. We didn't realize several things about Peter and this whole scenario. It doesn't come until after the request, sorry, after the command. So let's look at verse four. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, master, We have toiled, what's the next three words? All the night and have taken nothing. How many of you like to go fishing? I think I asked this earlier. How many of you like to go fishing? All right. All of you like to go fishing. All right. What do you like to catch, Abraham? What do you like to catch? largemouth bass, all right? So he goes and let's say he gets ready and he gets all his gear up and Abraham's ready to go fishing. And he goes and he spends the entire night. He starts at 8 o'clock in the evening. He doesn't stop until 8 o'clock the next morning, 12 hours. And he comes in and you have a little brother? Okay, this is what little brothers do. So Abraham, how much fish did you catch? Where are you from Abraham? Virginia, y'all don't have an accent. So he says, how much fish did you catch? He says, shut up. Then he walks inside the kitchen. And his mom, she's probably doing some cooking. Hey, Abraham, I'm getting the pot ready for all the fish you caught. How much fish did you catch? Didn't catch no fish. Oh, sorry, baby. And maybe before Abraham went fishing, you know what he probably did? He probably took a selfie, Jason. He probably took a selfie of him and the boat, right? Hey, going fishing. And now 8 o'clock the next morning, how much fish did you catch? Notification, notification, notification. And he turns off his cell phone. Peter said, Jesus, you want me to go back on the water where I've been all night and I didn't catch one fish? How in the world are you supposed to obey that? Jesus, I'm discouraged. I've tried and I caught nothing. Master, you know the word master means? Teacher. You know what Peter was acknowledging? You did a good job when you were preaching to those people. but I am a fisherman, I know how to fish. So Jesus, you stick to what you're good at, and I'll stick to what I'm good at. And he says, Master, we have toiled all night, and have taken nothing. Then Peter says these words. Nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the The? Read it. Is that plural or singular? All right, Jesus. This is where most people... Watch this now. Watch this. Jesus told him how many nets... I gave away the answer. Jesus told him to let down your nets in verse 4. In verse 5, he lets down one net. That's where most Christians are. Here's a question. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Are you a one net or a two net Christian? All right, Jesus, I'll go to this Camp Barnabas, but I'm not going to like it. Yeah, I'll obey my parents externally, but I'm not gonna obey them internally. And so when they tell me to sit down, I'll sit down. But you know what I'm saying? I'm standing up on the inside. Yeah, Jesus, I'll serve you, but only when it's convenient in my schedule. Notice what happens. Verse six, and when they had done this, let down the net, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net break. You know why the net break? You know why the net broke? Because they were supposed to have more than one net. Are you a one-net or two-net Christian? Are you a one-net or a multiple-net Christian? Could you imagine all of a sudden they cast out the net and they look at Peter and they say, hey, Peter, I think something's in the net. And Peter's like, come on. Seriously, something in the net? We've been here all night. There's nothing in Pull it up real quick. Pull it up. Okay. All right. Pull it up some more. Okay. Pull it! Pull it up! It's Goodness gracious, look what happens. Verse six. And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes and their net break. Notice verse seven. And they beckoned unto their partners. Hey! That's what that means in the Greek. They beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the ships, and they began to sink. where there was no fish at all. You know why? Because it's a difference when you do something in the flesh and when you obey God and do something in the spirit. And some people say, well, I tried that before already. I've tried reaching those people. I've tried raising that money. I've tried starting that ministry. I've tried preaching. I've tried serving, and it failed. Maybe because you only had one net. Maybe you really didn't believe that God could use you to win souls for Jesus. And so when you went out soul winning, hi, we're from so-and-so church and I just want to give you a gospel track. I know you're probably not going to read it, but here you go. Well, if you only go with one net, don't expect a lot of fish. The boats began to sink people from a spot that was once barren. If you look at your churches, is there a lacking in your church, a barrenness in a particular group of people, or young people, or old people, or different nationalities, or whatever the case is? And you say, how do I get them? Fall on your face and ask Jesus, and say, Jesus, what do I need to do to get out into the deep and reach this generation for Jesus Christ? Their boats began to sink. They had all that fish. When Simon, verse eight, when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. You ever pray for something, don't believe it, God answers it, and you feel like a dummy? He says, I'm a sinful man. You know why he's saying he's sinful? Because he's saying, I really didn't believe I really didn't believe. Dr. Ashley, he didn't believe. And so now he evaluates himself and he says, huh. Notice what he says. Depart from me for I am a simple man. Oh, oh. What happened, blue team? Oh. Hold up. But I thought he was master in the other verse. He was a teacher in the other verse. He's the Lord in this verse. He's more than just a teacher. He's your king. He's your ruler. He's your savior. He's your father. He's your instructor. He's your guide. He's your everything. And until we get our focus off of, well, this one tiny aspect of who Jesus is, and we begin to see him, and we begin to allow him to do things in our life when we say, wow, that was God. I said, I've been saying this just recently, this week. I said, Brother Rao, I said, we need a revival of having revival. Our churches are okay not seeing revival. And we can come up with all kinds of excuses. Our churches are okay that young people aren't graduating and going into full-time ministry. and we're okay, as long as the pews are okay, once the temperature is at 72, and once everything else is fine, and once my house is taken care of, and once I have money in the bank, then I don't need to worry about nothing else. He said, oh Lord. Verse nine, for he was astonished at all that were with him and all that were with him at the draught of the fishes which he had taken. And so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, they probably were in the other ship, which were partners with Simon. Young people, this week has challenged me. Ryan, I want to see revival. And I want to be a part of it. And Connor, I want to be able to say, hey, God used me in that revival specifically. I don't know about you. And I don't know what your request is. You may have a different request, and that's fine. But do you want to do something that at the end of it, you say, only God could have done that? I promise you this, you're going to have to get uncomfortable for that to happen. That's not the average. That's not the standard quo. And then Jesus comes in, and after all of this, He's preaching and teaching. He sees two empty ships. He comes down into one. He asks Simon, Simon, could I use it? Simon says yes. He finishes preaching. The people leave. He tells Simon, get in the boat. Launch out into the deep. Catch a draught. Simon says, I've been fishing all night. I haven't caught nothing, but at least I let down one net. So Simon goes in the boat, lets down one net. catches a bunch of fish, calls the other men to come help him in the other boat. The boat began to sink. Simon says, wow, this Jesus isn't a master, only a master. He's the Lord. I'm astonished. I'm amazed. Wow, we're going to be great fishermen. Hey, Jesus, do you want to join our fishing team? You could be like the sonar. You could tell us where all the fishes are. And we could make a lot of money, and we could catch a whole lot of fish. Here's what Jesus says in verse 10. And so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, fear not, from henceforth thou shall catch man. What? If you've got some age on you, you know this. God will allow you to go through some things to teach you a lesson that you could have easily learned another way, but God knew he had to take you through it the hard way. We have a saying in the Bahamas, hard head doesn't make good soup. You say, what does that mean? I haven't a clue. But I've heard it all my entire life. Hard head. So when a child, listen, you better listen, boy, because hard head don't make good soup. Sometimes God has to take us the hard way because our head is too hard. And God wants to teach you a lesson, but he could only teach it to you going the hard way. So guess what he says? Peter, James, John, put up those nets. We're going to catch men. So what's the point? What's the point? Here's the point. Here's the point. If you obey the Lord Jesus Christ, get to where he wants you in the deep. Deepen your faith, your obedience, your service, your love, everything you're giving. If you go with two nets of faith or three nets of faith and say, Jesus, I will obey you. You send me anywhere and I'll go. And you take your plans and you put them on the side. You take your aspirations and your desires and you put them on the side. And you say, Jesus, I will follow you. Here's what Jesus says. The same way they caught so much fish is the same way we'll catch so many souls. So question. If that's what we need to do to get souls, Why are churches empty? I'll tell you this. You want to see real revival start? Noah? You want to see real revival start? Let it start among some young people. Let some young people get on fire for the Lord. How many of you go to public school? Raise your hand. A couple of you. I know it wouldn't be a lot. Say, okay, dear God, this is my mission field. I want to win this school for Jesus. You say, preacher, don't listen. They're not even allowed to have Bibles in the schools. Okay, then let them be the living epistle. and let these young people decide that they're going to go out and do something that only God could do through them, and they could start seeing souls. I would love to hear a pastor say, Brother Kwame, I need you to pray for our church. What's wrong? Well, some kids got on fire for the Lord, and we're running out of space. So we need to raise money for a new building. Hey, Brother Kwame, could you pray for us, please? What happened? We have more new converts Sorry, we have so many new converts that it's taking up a part of our church time to disciple them and so now we need to reorganize it and I need wisdom because we have this whole bunch of new converts coming in because some young people got on fire for Jesus and start inviting their friends and then their friends' friends and then their friends' friends' friends. And they started posting stuff online. And they started going out on the streets. And they started putting away their cell phone. They started putting away their gaming devices. And they said, we're going to go with our pastor. We want to pray. They started walking around the neighborhood, Brother Kwame. And they started walking around the neighborhood. And they say, I pray for this neighborhood, Jesus, that you would have people from this neighborhood saved and come to our churches. And they started going into the malls and into Walmart. And yeah, a couple of times they got kicked out. But it's OK. It's uncomfortable. But guess what? They were doing something that Jesus wanted them to do. And now, Brother Kwame, my church is full and I need help. If he could do it with a boat and some fish, he could do it with some teenagers and the gospel. And don't you tell these young people it can't be done. And you cannot convince me that revival was for only Billy Sunday and those other men. You cannot convince me of that. Because the same God of Billy Sunday is your same God, young people. So you launch out into the deep and you win some souls for Jesus and watch souls get saved, discipled, and watch God do something that only he could do.
Launch Out
Series Camp Barnabas 2025
Sermon ID | 719251230503618 |
Duration | 45:55 |
Date | |
Category | Camp Meeting |
Bible Text | Luke 5:1-11 |
Language | English |
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