 When Denise and I planted our Third church about a third church. I think in San Luis Obispo in California We were about 40 so it was about a year ago and It was a beautiful church It was the morning service had about a hundred people similar to your age young families a little bit older families and then we started to win the Campus we started to win young people God put on our heart that we were to go for the next generation the next the next the next and we grew that church Well, God actually grew the church to to have about four to five hundred young people So our morning service was about a hundred and our evening services were up to about five hundred in them And it was exciting. It was dynamic. I mean we were a vineyard We were into the supernatural. We saw deliverance. We saw signs and wonders We saw healing the presence and the power of God was so amazing It was who we were for those of you that knew the vineyard our worship was off the scale People were coming from everywhere because there were no churches in that area in those days that were focused in That way nobody had young people When I asked the church when we took over where Where are the young people and they just said we don't know where they are and I was like But there there are the strength in the future of what we're meant to build our church on and So we began to reinforce our church with young leaders and and so forth But there came a moment where Denise and I began to feel a shift in our hearts We had a beautiful crowd You understand but we realized there was more That they weren't at the level of the church that we began to see in the acts of the Apostles and Quite often we think when we look at acts of Apostles that it's all about signs and wonders You know the power and the demonstration, but they were devoted To things that we don't necessarily see today in the church in the West and So we began to get hungry talk about hungry Jen, right? We began to get hungry for another kind of Christian Let me just say it that way We we saw so many people coming for prayer every week. They would come to the altar They would say give me a word from God pray for this problem to be prayed for this We pray for them, but they would come week after week the same ones Over and over and we were like Lord. What is it and then God began to show us that the That they had not been formed in Jesus Christ that the character their nature They're not being born into the things of Christ. They were born again and you can be born again and they invite Jesus into your life and and Receive his grace and your spirit can become born again and you become alive to God But you can never progress into the things of the kingdom. You can never really be born into the dimensions That and the blessings and the life and the character of Jesus Christ And so our lives are always like we're looking through a glass. We never really enter into it So some of us are like breach birth, you know, we never really get born properly and Some of us I mentioned in the first service are like we need a c-section to be born, you know We like rip that baby out of there. Let's get that baby born. So I want to talk to you today About mobilization That's the first word I want you to think about And God began to speak to us and said Terry your church has not been mobilized into the purposes of God Your church is not living For God's purposes It's like you remember when Jesus fed the five thousand And you know, they were there. They were hungry. They came for the bread. They came for the miracles and uh, God said Terry your church is a little bit like that But you remember what happened after the five thousand Jesus said I am the true bread and those who want to be my disciples Need to eat my flesh and drink my blood. Well, think about it. Jesus's church went from five thousand to 12 in one sermon Think about that Five thousand people were following him and they all said to him this teaching is way way too hard for us What does it mean to drink the blood of Jesus? Partake of his body means to become one in every single thing about Jesus We talk about hey, we want to be like Jesus that You don't know if you want to be like Jesus We think that's a very romantic, you know, Jesus laid down his life For people that hated him. He gave up everything. He gave up all of his glory For people who would treat him and step on him in the dirt and spit on him and crucify him To be like Jesus was to devote your life to 12 people So that they would touch the world I mean His obedience his yielding his prayer life his submission to the father to be like Jesus Is next level and we wonder why we don't have such a deep relationship with the lord is why because We're not following after the purposes of God. Our life is formed And shaped around our purposes Now if you want to be really honest with yourself and i'm going to ask you to be honest Okay It's not for me. It's not for pastor vlad. It's not for hungry gen. It's not for the person next to you It's between you and god, right? I want you to be honest with yourself today Are you living with a passion for the purposes of god? That your whole life your family your job your finances your time your evenings your private life is devoted and sent it around learning to do and to become And to fulfill the purposes of god And god is speaking to leaders today He's speaking to pastors and that's what I love about your pastors That's why I want to be friends Is because our church when we began to speak to our young people are all of our church Our church went from five six hundred people to 250 When we said we want to go to the next level we want to form characters We want to form the character of christ in you. We want you to be born into the ministry of jesus People were like this is too hard We're only here for the bread Give us some bread give us some sweet bread give us some sweet corn bread We're american come on. Hey, we're here right my accent's a bit weird, but I am an american citizen believe me me In fact most of you i'm looking out there a y'all american here We're american right, but we have this western mindset And the mindset is if it's hard it's from god it's from the devil If it's hard if it's not comfortable it must be from the devil So a church to grow to go to the next level everybody has to sacrifice You have to sacrifice your life on the altar if you want to walk where jesus walks If you're saying i don't experience the presence of god that much maybe you're not walking where jesus is walking Maybe you've buried the lord and he wants to be resurrected in your life So I want to just speak to you about a few things I've got a little time because there's so much to do and i'm gonna go for it. Are you ready? Put your seat belt on all right. Let's do it The first thing is that I want to talk to you from john chapter 3 very famous We all believe we understand this verse, but i'm gonna open it up a bit John chapter 3 verse 3 jesus replied very truly I tell you no one can see the kingdom of god unless they are born again Verse 5 jesus answered very truly i tell you no one can enter The kingdom of god unless they're born of water and the holy spirit Flesh gives birth to flesh spirit gives birth to spirit You should not be surprised at me saying you must be born again The wind blows wherever it pleases very key verse We don't preach this part You hear it sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going So it is with everyone who's born of the spirit So jesus is saying you have to be born Into his kingdom born into his authority born under his power and rulership Before you can see and enter into So if we're not willing to be born into obedience born into yielding born into You know birthed into yielding our life completely. We cannot see certain things. We cannot enter into things Many of us have not really we born again Our spirits are born again, but we've not been born into ministry the ministry of jesus We're still on the outside We're still looking in Some of us have not been born into discipleship We're still sitting back saying well lord one day. I'll give you my life Completely when I have a a little bit more time or when my kids are grown up or when I finish my My youth, you know, I'll give it to you then right So there are things he says you cannot enter and in verse eight is the key The wind speaking about the holy spirit blows Moves has control has authority wherever it pleases So it is with everyone who's born again. In other words, if the holy spirit is in your life You do not own your life Wherever god wants to go you have to go Wherever the holy spirit blows you have to blow if he says pasco in the winters where you're gonna live Sorry, baby You know how many young people they say go to college where we're living and and I say oh great You've been with us for four years. They say yeah, I've got a job in LA. I'm going to LA now. I'm like When did the lord tell you that and they look at me like what? The lord who's he I'm like you're moving a whole city You're moving your life your job your focus everything about you and it's because you've got a job opportunity And they're like well, I prayed if god gives me the job, you know, it's mine No, the enemy can give you plenty of jobs So you're not born Into obedience you're not born into yielding so that wherever the holy spirit blows in your life or goes You're obedient right You're not mobilizing your life according to god's purpose And what I you know for churches to go to the next level They have to stop mobilizing their team their pastor their leaders their people their youth their children's work According to god's purposes. We're gonna look at what they are Why do you come to church? Why do you come to church think ask yourself? Why do I come to church? Look at your wife or your husband say, why do we come to church? I mean a lot of people come because it's this is what we do I did it since I was a kid if I don't come the lord's gonna strike me would like me You know, it's just But I don't know about you, but I come to church my wife and I my family For the purposes of god So that we can learn the purposes of god That we can be taught the purposes so that we can do the purposes Together I don't want to come to church and listen to something and then leave and go that was good Or was it how many marks did did we give lad out of 10 this week? That's not why you come to church You come to church to ask him teach me the purposes of god so that when I stand before god on that day He will say what well you did you do with the life that I gave you Okay, so the number one purpose the number one purpose that you should be focusing and devoting your life to Is that number one you should be born Into worship Born Many people are not born into worship Many people will know it's time for worship. We're just standing They're looking the band is good. What's this? What shoes is he wearing this week? We're not in worship. Let me read a scripture to you in revelation chapter 4 11 For you created all things and they exist because you created what you pleased We've been created for the pleasure of god You have been created for the pleasure of god you did not create god for your pleasure And many in the west we believe that god exists for us Is it true Come on think about your life god. When are you gonna do this lord? I want a better job lord. I want an increase I want a tesla Just saying Of course we do lord. I want the best wife. I want the best kids God you were created to be a blessing to me. Of course god wants to bless us But there's a two-way partnership here right God has created us that we would be born into all of his realm all of his dimensions all of his blessings But also all of his requirements that we would partner with him Together we are Um the inheritance of jesus. We are brothers and sisters of jesus So you've been created now. I want to speak to you about worship your devotional life You cannot build a great family. You cannot build a great life. You cannot build Um a great church or a great leadership if the spiritual Level of your life is not high You can be prayed for a hundred thousand times And I have been But unless you're born into worship unless you're born into devotion unless you're passionate to be in the presence of god all day When I when you think about your prayer life, let me just challenge your mind right now What does it look like honestly? You had the relationship you want With jesus if you want it to be good, it'll be good But you have to be intentional you have to motivate you have to mobilize your life into god's purpose And it's number one purpose is that you would be one with him that he would say i know you I knew you we're one together Denise and I have paid a heavy price since we've been uh born again together and have been married for 43 four years We've worked really hard to develop our prayer life to develop a prayer life is very very difficult You have to die. You have to sacrifice. We get up at three o'clock or four o'clock every day We never used to weigh back, but now we do Is a sacrifice But if you want jesus, where is jesus? In the midst of a noise the family the 15 kids the four kids the everything How are you gonna find jesus? We have a lot of arguments. I'm super busy pastor. You don't know I have three jobs God didn't tell you to have three jobs That's your argument not the lord's Lord I have eight kids how am I meant to how am I meant to have a prayer life I feel for you girls honestly with all my heart, but you do have to know the lord didn't tell you to have eight kids It's a fact You cannot use he gave them to you because you prayed for them But now this is your life Okay, you're like wow And you guys who are married You know, you're like i'm married. I have to serve my husband God didn't tell you to get married In fact in the new testament Paul said don't get married so you can actually fulfill and mobilize your life around the purposes of god, right? So we have a lot of arguments. I have three jobs. I'm married. I have 28 kids And god's like You chose it I blessed you with and I answered your prayers, but now where are you? I feel for you moms honestly because your husband's asleep most of the time when you're taking care of the kids You're on your own But you can find a way in Denise and I used to always go to bed late. I was a late guy. How many of you are late nighters What an amazing excuse. Hey, hey lord, I'm a late nighter. I cannot get up at three or four in the morning I it's just not who I am. Well, the lord spoke to me about that and said I never made you a late nighter You like the late night life, buddy You're the one that chose the late knife and I mean, you know, hey, hey It suits my style of my nature. You know, I just like to be cool late at night. No, it's dangerous So now we go to bed at 8 30. Wait a minute 8 30. Nobody cool goes to bed at 8 30 Am I right? I mean only boring people go to bed at 8 30 Old people go to bed at 8 30, right or something or moms that are exhausted But if you want to meet with Jesus when nobody's around No kids are screaming Do something is all I'm saying but get close to Jesus Hey man The second thing you need to mobilize your life around you need to be born into God's family So many believers are not part of God's family They go to church, but they bolt for the door lightning speed You don't know them. You don't see them Because they don't they're not known They're not part of the family And we you know, we think about it your family at home is so important to you, right? But you know the american family the american one of their number one idols is their family We hide behind our family. We use it as an excuse. I can't serve God. I have a family Think they have soccer. They have swimming. They have volleyball. They have football. I mean, hey A lot of moms are called soccer moms What about Jesus moms, you know, I'm just saying I don't want to be known to be a soccer dad Listen, I appreciate you give your life to your family and of course you are and you have to be responsible Of course But when you stand and say God my family is more important than you This is the real family of God. This is your eternal family You worship your family Look, I I live in california. As you know, it's very Latino based My church is 95 latinos, right? And I'm the Denise and I one of the few pale skin gringos that are still in existence there But we are there Oh Dear Denise and I have how many cousins do you have? Two I mean, I don't even know. I don't even know who my cousins are. Right? I mean, that's that's gringos, right? We just like there But latinos they have like 50 60 cousins. Am I right? Come on. You guys know what family is all about So on sunday, I say to some of my young disciples you haven't been around for the last three weeks pastor My family What do you mean your family? Well, my cousin came to town Okay, your cousin came to town. Well, you know, it's tradition in latino families if your cousin comes to town There's a party and everyone has to I'm like, so you don't come to church because your cousin came to town I'm like, so for the next 40 to 50 weeks, you're gonna not be coming to church because your cousins are gonna be coming to town You see This is what you should say to your cousin Come visit my family, but between 8 and 10 on a sunday morning. You cannot find me I'll be at church worshiping the lord. You can come with me, but i'm not going to hang out with you Well, we eat tacos. You know what i'm saying Now for some of you, you're like Whatever Because you're like, no, no, no don't buy into that. It's a fact You can miss the purposes of god Because you're focused on things that are not eternal You're not focused on being and giving and being born into the family This family look the lord said you shall hate your father your mother your brothers your sisters You love them more than me You're not worthy to be my disciple I have things that you can enter that you need to be born into that you need to see You're not birthed into the family of god And I reserve some of my blessings and favor and presence and revelation for when you're part of the family of god I'm just saying that's a fact a lot of you like my relationship with the lord is thin because you're not in his family You're not worshiping. You're not praying is a price. I told you there was a sacrifice Number three. Wow time runs when you're preaching good. Sorry I wasn't preaching good in the first service. I was so nervous. I was like, man, I'm in postive ledge church. It's so freaky here I was like, maybe he's looking at me. He's gonna cast out a demon while I'm preaching I'm like, man, I won't look good in front of the cameras But now I feel good because he let me go through the first service without casting a demon out of me. I'm good All right, number three born to be a disciple, right born to be a disciple Are you a disciple? Do you know what a disciple really really really is? That's it. That's all in Matthew 16 24 Then jesus said to his disciples, whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves Ouch And take up their cross and follow me for whoever wants to save their life will lose it But whoever loses their life for me will Find it. There's a principle if you give whatever you lay down before god, he's gonna bless your life But you have to deny yourself Some of you are not born into obedience You're still struggling and arguing with the lord about stuff in your life your secret life Your your private thoughts your dreams. You don't want to subject them to the lord I'm gonna just Quickly tell you a quick story about my daughter She grew up in my house pastor's daughter But she was a professional professional pastor's daughter professional christian many of you here would identify with her We show up. We've been dragged to church by our mother and our grandmother for the last 30 years But we're just here we do it, but we're not in My daughter was not saved and I knew it My wife used to say to me. Oh leave her. She's good. She's gonna. I'm like, no This girl is does not know Jesus. So by the time she was 14 Now i'm confronting her like wow And I don't mean badly. I mean we love I mean there's no one amazing our relationship But I went after her I pursued her like the father pursued me And I told her you don't know the lord She would weep and she would cry to whatever I've been coming to church. I was born in your family, of course I worship I wave my hands. I jump at the right time But in her heart She was not a disciple. She had a different plan. She was waiting until She was 18 19 and she would go to college in san diego And then she would just believe on the side bless a little heart But really fulfill her dreams And then one day When she was about 16 I made a decision, right? It's a make or break time It's a make or break time in my relationship So much so that I was willing to sacrifice everything if this went wrong. I would maybe lose my relationship with my daughter And I confronted her and I and we got to that point where we were sitting on my bed for a couple of hours And I asked her what is it That's holding you back She said my dreams I have seen the way the lord has worked in your life mom dad How you've suffered for jesus how you've given up your life you gave up your money you gave up being in whatever country You've suffered people have said things against you lied to you and I don't want to go through that I do not want to make that kind of sacrifice And I said honey, I understand She said I have dreams. I've had dreams as a little girl I want a big beautiful house any of you've seen father of the bride You remember that big beautiful house full of roses and everything She wanted a house like that a beautiful husband and a beautiful kids with no one hassling her And she came to that point Together where she put her dreams in her hand And she said lord, I give you my dreams And I trust that your dream is better for me I'm I choose to become your disciple and within that week over that week She really came to jesus at an encounter weekend and laid her life down. She cried for a week She came to jesus She became his disciple. She denied her future. She denied Anything and everything for the sake of jesus and i'm so grateful these days. She's posturing a church with her husband beautiful church a wonderful church I'm not saying that all of your kids are meant to be pastors No, I am saying all of your kids are meant to be pastors All I'm saying is is that don't quit on your kids. Don't Quit on your family Pursue your children, but if you're not a disciple, they will not follow you You cannot ask your children to be that which you're not willing to do yourself. Okay If you're not praying if you're not in the family if you're not modeling it Don't let your kids say my parents live two lives one at church and one at home. Don't let them say that So if we want to go to the next level if if hungry gen And god has set hungry gen up to go to the next level by the way, this church is ready to go This church is ready to impact his city. Okay, that's the difference so number four Are we late? Are we good born to serve god? We got at least another hour, right? Just kidding Born to serve god you have been born to serve god But have you been born and birthed into the ministry of jesus? You say yeah, well, I kind of do parking duties Well, okay, I love you I play the guitar. Okay good But there's more God has higher things for me. Those are good things that we do those things But god has called you to be a priest And a king To rule under the gods authority impact your city. Let's read a scripture in revelation chapter five verse nine This is about us now and in the future They sang a new song saying you are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals They speak in about jesus because what did jesus do? He was slain and with your blood you purchased for god people from every tribe and language and people and nation You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our god and they will reign on the earth Wow, so much there you can preach a year on this God has purchased you Many of you have an argument about that God jesus laid his life down for you. It's sealed He's purchased you. You are now Owned you belong to god. You cannot bargain with god about your life You can't negotiate about where you go who you live with what job you do All of all of your future it all belongs to god now if you have an argument about that You're going to be stuck In in your relationship with the lord, you will not be able to move on To the next level until that argument that stronghold in your mind and in your heart and in your will is broken Okay, he says you god has called you and made you a kingdom and priests In another translation that is he's made you to be a king and a priest A king is a ruler He's the salt He's the light He impacts he changes things around him. He sets the culture Okay, a king has authority Over the dark world we are the representation of the son of god on earth, right? You've made them to be a kingdom and priests. So priests serve at the altar of god They serve in the house of the lord So that others can be blessed To serve god and they will reign on the earth. So now I want to talk to you about being a priest God Saved us to be priestly families And I want you parents to think about your family Is your family a priestly family? Now you raise up sons and daughters Priestly sons and daughters, right? What does that look like? I fought for my children. They're both pastors right now They're both are very very fruitful It was hard. It was a battle We came against demonic forces We came against everything from when they were born There were prophetic words over their life, but from the time they were born the enemy tried to steal them out They wanted to do other things And I want to say to you parents who have young children Some of you may be here, but I've heard people say this Oh, I don't know if I want to force my children to come to church And I say what? Are you seriously saying that to me? Well, she's 13 and 14 and I want to I want to be an american I want to be western in my my thinking Not biblical I want them to think through their future and kind of figure life out I'm like, are you serious? You're telling me a 13 year old knows what they're doing You're 14 year old. You're 18 year old. You're 22 year old really knows what they're doing in this life They can figure life out That's why they're all in pornography That's why we're in this gender world right now Come on. Let's just be real. This is why we have a problem because the parents have gone. Sure My kids I don't want to go to church. You will go to church As long as you're under my house And I feed you and I pay for you until that day when you can leave But until that day you get to church. It's non-negotiable You parents your kids need leadership. There's no leadership in the world. It's demonic leadership You need to lead your kids and it's a battle Your kids are being fought over by the enemy and you need to win Don't get you Fathers You need to be a father sometimes the mama. Oh, she's okay. She's okay. No You fight for your children you become a priestly family You not only raise sons and daughters spiritual sons and daughters in the faith But now you teach them to become fathers and mothers in the faith You know what's missing in the church today the number one thing Fathers and mothers in in the church spiritual fathers and mothers leaders to lead this generation But I know many of you are applauding but Are you a father and a mother? in this church Are you a father and a mother? Are you raising do you have fruit? Do you have disciples? You see that's what a father and a mother does they bear fruit They raise them to multiply to become all that Jesus is We're not just facilitators We're not just enablers. We are world changers And it starts in our house and we got to go for it and I want to encourage you. It's not too late It's not too late. And so when I look in the church past the vlad and number one thing that I grieve over In america There are very few men Very few men Who want to serve the lord jesus christ That if it wasn't for the women Our churches in america would not exist I'm telling you that may be hard for some of you guys in my church Most of the young people that we have we asked them Tell me about your father. I was praying for a young man the other day Tell me about your father. He said which one I said how many have you had he said five I said, how did you come here my mother my mother broken? You know what We need men To rise up Become leaders to take that place in the house of god in the kingdom of god to become real kings To lead their wives to lead their children To mobilize their life around the purposes of god not empty dreams that are just going to end up Eternal dreams. Let me finish quickly on the fifth one quick The final thing we're we're meant to Mobilize our life around is that we need to be born. We are born to bear fruit Born to bear fruit You are part of the vine you're a branch a branch exists to bear fruit To lay your life down You were born to lay your life down Love No one has greater love than that that they lay down their life so that they can bear fruit fruit that will last Eternal fruit In provibs 11 verse 30 it says the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life And he who wins souls is extremely smart the fruit your fruit Is a tree of life is eternal And If you are involved in being fruitful and caring and loving and Modeling your life after the purposes of god that we have the same mind the same attitude as jesus christ As he laid down his life for his friends. So we too are called to lay down our life Asking someone to jesus to church sometimes seems like the biggest sacrifice Being willing to be a cell leader a small group leader to take care of people to open up your home to be a blessing Sometimes it's such a sacrifice. We have such arguments So many arguments I can't do this for jesus. I'm busy Why don't you do it? I'm so I'm busy buster I have three jobs. I have a kid. I have a life. I have sports That's the argument. You got to cancel that. Let's stand. I'm going to read one more scripture to you as you're standing Then I'm going to ask pastor vlad and denise to come up Being fruitful jesus said this in matthew 28 All authority is in heaven is given to me. Therefore Go and make disciples and teach them to obey Everything that I have formed in you form them In others so that they may form them In others So jesus is looking for disciples who multiply Disciples. I believe scripture teaches you are not a real disciple Unless you're multiplying yourself What does a branch do bears fruit? What is fruit to eat? now It has seeds when it falls on the ground. It's meant to multiply Of its own kind. We are branches. 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