Goat Talk

Summary

Change Church Podcast: Episode Summary – "Goat Talk"

Podcast Information:

• Title: Change Church Podcast
• Host: Pastor Dharius Daniels
• Episode: Goat Talk
• Release Date: January 19, 2025
• Description: Features engaging messages from Pastor Dharius Daniels, exploring biblical teachings and practical life applications. Visit www.lifechange.org for more information.

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Introduction: Embracing the Journey Until Easter

Timestamp: 00:02 – 01:36

Pastor Dharius Daniels opens the episode by highlighting the church's commitment to a Bible reading plan leading up to Easter, emphasizing community participation and spiritual growth.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor A (00:22): "We're studying Jesus. We are. And I'm teaching about him all the way to Easter and maybe even in beyond."
• Pastor B (01:36): "I feel like a woman in heels. Woo."

This segment sets the stage for a deep dive into spiritual disciplines, preparing the congregation for the messages ahead.

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Section 1: The Michael Jordan Metaphor – Striving for Excellence

Timestamp: 02:05 – 07:03

Pastor A introduces himself as an "unapologetic, unashamed Michael Jordan fan," using Jordan's illustrious career as a metaphor for striving towards greatness. He lists Jordan's achievements, underscoring the effort behind the success:

• Pastor A (02:06): "I'm talking about six time NBA champion Michael Jordan... Michael Jordan."
• Pastor B (03:07): "I even at 15, shaved my head like Mike."

Despite numerous attempts to emulate Jordan's style and work ethic, Pastor B admits, "I couldn't play like Mike" because he wasn't matching Jordan's off-court dedication.

Key Insight: The conversation underscores the principle that achieving excellence requires aligning both public actions and private disciplines. Emulating success isn't just about outward appearances but also about the underlying work ethic.

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Section 2: Private Discipline – The Heart of 'Goat Talk'

Timestamp: 07:03 – 16:46

Pastor A emphasizes the importance of private preparation, drawing parallels to Jesus' actions in Matthew 14:22. He introduces "Goat Talk" as a concept centered around silent, disciplined work that leads to public success.

Biblical Reference:

• Matthew 14:22-23 (00:22 - 01:36): Jesus sends disciples ahead and retreats to pray alone, modeling the balance between public ministry and private devotion.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor B (05:45): "Maybe for some of us, 2025 is plowing season."
• Pastor A (06:12): "I'm getting ready to put the work in because God has done what he's done in my life."

Key Points:

• Sowing and Reaping: Referencing Proverbs 20:4, the pastors discuss the necessity of diligent work without immediate visible results.
• Silent Progress: "Goats move in silence." The idea is to work diligently in private, enabling significant public achievements later.

Application: The pastors challenge listeners to commit to private disciplines—prayer, study, work—believing that such efforts will bear fruit in the fullness of time.

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Section 3: Jesus as the Ultimate 'GOAT' – Modeling Human Flourishing

Timestamp: 07:17 – 10:31

The conversation shifts to viewing Jesus as the quintessential "GOAT" (Greatest of All Time), not merely in human terms like Michael Jordan but in divine purpose.

Key Concepts:

• Embodiment of Purpose: "The goat of goats, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords... the fullness of the expression given by the church."
• Incarnation: Jesus' life on Earth demonstrates the intended way of human flourishing.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor B (07:20): "Of God's ultimate intention for humanity..."
• Pastor A (08:05): "It exposes us to something that Jesus did in private that actually enabled and empowered him to do what he did in public."

Application: By examining Jesus' retreat to pray after ministering to the crowd, the pastors illustrate how private spiritual disciplines empower public ministry and personal effectiveness.

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Section 4: Understanding Miracles – Beyond the Supernatural

Timestamp: 10:19 – 16:46

Pastor B delves into the nature of Jesus' miracles, specifically the feeding of the 5,000, highlighting the distinction between resourcefulness and mere resource addition.

Key Insights:

• Miracle of Extension: Instead of creating more resources, Jesus extends what is available, demonstrating resourcefulness.
• Application to Life: "Use what you do have" becomes a guiding principle, encouraging believers to leverage their existing resources creatively.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor B (08:32): "It's a miracle that shows us the different ways God works miraculously."
• Pastor A (10:17): "It's a miracle that shows us the different ways God works miracles."

Practical Takeaways:

• Emphasize innovation and creativity over seeking more resources.
• Trust in God's ability to multiply efforts through existing means.

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Section 5: Jesus' Example – Balancing Public Ministry and Private Prayer

Timestamp: 17:06 – 24:46

The pastors analyze Jesus' actions post-miracle, focusing on his commitment to private prayer despite public demands.

Key Points:

• Boundary Setting: Jesus dismisses the crowd to prioritize prayer, modeling discernment in commitments.
• Avoiding Burnout: By stepping back to recharge spiritually, Jesus prevents exhaustion and maintains his effectiveness.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor B (16:42): "The blessing, if you're not conscious and careful, will pull you away from the blesser."
• Pastor A (18:26): "If I give you what you want, you're going to get a worn down me."

Biblical Narratives:

• Matthew 14:22-33: Jesus walks on water; Peter attempts to do the same but begins to sink due to shifting focus.

Application: Listeners are encouraged to emulate Jesus' balance between public service and private spiritual renewal, ensuring sustained effectiveness without personal depletion.

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Section 6: The Power of Focus – Staying on the "Plow" Amidst Challenges

Timestamp: 22:18 – 28:53

Pastor B explores the metaphor of "putting your hands to the plow" from Jesus' teaching, emphasizing unwavering focus on one's mission despite distractions.

Key Concepts:

• Focus on the Mission: Maintaining attention on spiritual and personal goals amidst external pressures.
• Avoiding Distractions: Recognizing how distractions can lead to "sinking" in one's endeavors.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor B (22:18): "You keep putting your hands to the plow and taking your hands off the plow."
• Pastor A (24:37): "He heard 'come,' but he felt the wind and began to sink."

Practical Takeaways:

• Prioritize continuous effort and focus on long-term goals.
• Understand that setbacks can occur when focus shifts away from foundational practices.

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Section 7: Transformative Prayer – Moving Beyond Traditional Approaches

Timestamp: 28:46 – 38:16

Pastor A and B discuss the different ways prayer is approached—cultural, church, and king's way—and advocate for a transformative, relational prayer life.

Three Ways of Prayer:

1. Culture's Way: Treats God as a vending machine, focusing on personal desires without aligning with God's kingdom.
2. Church's Way: Views prayer as a religious duty, emphasizing volume over substance.
3. King's Way: A relational and faith-driven approach that seeks to advance God's purposes collectively.

Notable Quotes:

• Pastor A (29:27): "This is water walking prayer. I want to do that. That is goat talk."
• Pastor B (35:25): "It not only does that, it removes us from the snare or it frees us or shatters the snare of selfishness."

Key Elements of King's Way Prayer:

• Corporate Consciousness: Prioritizing collective needs over individual desires.
• Relational Focus: Building a relationship with God that aligns with His purposes.
• Faith and Scripture Grounded: Prayers are rooted in biblical teachings and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Biblical Examples:

• Acts 12: Church's earnest prayers lead to Peter's miraculous release from prison.
• Acts 16: Paul and Silas' prayers and praises result in a prison earthquake, freeing them and their fellow prisoners.

Application: Listeners are encouraged to adopt a King's Way approach to prayer, focusing on collective advancement of God's kingdom and relying on faith and scripture to guide their communication with God.

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Conclusion: Embracing 'Goat Talk' for a Transformed Life

Timestamp: 38:16 – End

Pastor A and B culminate the episode by reaffirming the importance of adopting the "Goat Talk" approach—private discipline, focused mission, and transformative prayer—for achieving enduring success and spiritual fulfillment.

Final Thoughts:

• Commitment to Private Work: Emphasizing that greatness stems from disciplined, private efforts.
• Relational Prayer: Advocating for a prayer life that aligns with God's purposes and fosters collective well-being.
• Faith in God's Multiplicative Power: Trusting that God can extend and multiply efforts beyond natural limitations.

Call to Action: Listeners are invited to commit to their personal and communal spiritual disciplines, embodying the principles of "Goat Talk" to witness transformative results in their lives and communities.

Closing Prayer: The episode closes with a prayer, invoking God's guidance and strength to embrace the principles discussed and to live out a faith-driven, purpose-oriented life.

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Final Quote:

• Pastor B (38:16): "Praying not to Jesus only, but like him, a corporate consciousness. Father, would you today give us a conviction for goat talk? In the name of Jesus."

This episode of Change Church Podcast masterfully intertwines biblical teachings with practical life applications, encouraging listeners to pursue excellence through disciplined private efforts and transformative, purposeful prayer. "Goat Talk" serves as a compelling guide for those seeking to elevate their spiritual and personal lives in alignment with God's kingdom.

Transcript

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So from now at least until Easter, we all in on this. We got a Bible reading plan.

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I don't know how many are reading it, but I don't know how many reading it. That's between you and God. But 10,656 of you downloaded it, and.

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So we're grateful for that.

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Amen.

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And we're studying Jesus. We are. And I'm teaching about him all the way to Easter and maybe even in beyond. So let's go to part. Let's go to. We're in part three of this series. I want to go to Matthew, chapter 14, verse 22. It says this immediately. Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side. And while he dismissed the crowd, and after he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Y'all know I don't wear these suits. My feet is hurting right now.

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After he had. I should have brought my flats. I feel like a woman in heels. Whoo. Every king Sunday, I put on a suit. But my God today. Amen. Pray for the preacher. All right, verse 23. After he had dismissed them, he went.

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Up on a mountainside by himself to pray. After he dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. I'll stop the reading of scripture there. I want to talk from this subject in our time together family. I want to talk from the subject. Goat talk. Goat talk. Clap your hands, 11:45. Go talk.

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Many of you who are part of.

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This spiritual family know, and you know, because I've repeated it regularly, that I am an unapologetic, unashamed Michael Jordan fan. Talking about Michael Jeffrey Jordan. I'm talking about six time NBA champion Michael Jordan. I'm talking about six time finals MVP Michael Jordan. I'm talking about 10 time scoring title champion Michael Jordan. I'm talking about five time regular season MVP Michael Jordan. I'm talking About 14 time allstar Michael Jordan.

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I'm talking about one time defensive player of the year.

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Michael Jordan. I not only liked Mike Green growing.

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Up, but playing basketball in junior high, high school, and even in college. I didn't just like Mike, I wanted to be like Mike.

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I tried to wear my shorts like Mike. I tried to run like Mike.

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I even at 15, shaved my head like Mike.

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I stuck my tongue out like Mike.

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And even though I tried to run like Mike and look like Mike and.

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Shoot my free throws like Mike and.

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Wear my shorts like Mike and wear my socks like Mike, there is one thing I couldn't do like Mike. I couldn't play like Mike. And there are a number of reasons I couldn't play like Mike. And I won't go through the list of them, but I will lift up one reason that I think is incredibly important and uniquely pertinent and relevant for all of us in this room. I could not do what Mike did on the court because I wasn't doing what Mike did off the court. I couldn't do what Mike did in public because I wouldn't do what Mike did in private. I couldn't get results like Mike got because I wouldn't put in the work like Mike did. And isn't that like life, Operating under the illusion that you can get somebody's results without putting in their work? Whoo. That is in fact, an unconscious and unintentional under emphasizing of the law of sowing and reaping. The sage named Solomon put it this way. In Proverbs chapter 20, verse 4, he says sluggards do not plow in season. So at harvest they're looking, but they're finding nothing. They're finding nothing because they didn't plant anything. Did you hear what I just said? They're trying to step into harvest season when they never stopped in plowing season. I can't expect to reap if I'm not willing to sow. And maybe for some of us, 2025 is not harvest season. Maybe for some of us, 2025 is plowing season. Maybe some. For some of us, 2025 isn't the time to go outside. Maybe 2025 is the time to go inside and put in the work. Cuz goats move in silence. And if you're willing to plow in private, then you'll be able to reap in public. And am I talking to anybody who's making a decision even as you sit in this sacred space that this is the year I'm getting ready to plow? I'm getting ready to put the work in because God has done what he's.

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Done in my life.

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And I've been half plowing. I've been kind of plowing. And if you've been able to become this and accomplish this with half plowing and partially plowing, what can God do if you put your hands to the plow and don't look back, this is some of our season to go inside in private, and then at the year, at the end of the year, pop out in public and say, look what plowing has done. I put the work in in private. Now I'm popping Out in. And as it is with Michael Jordan or LeBron James, whoever your goat is in the game of basketball, so it is in the game of life.

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Because the goat in life is not James or Jordan.

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The goat of goats, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the prototype.

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Of God's ultimate intention for humanity, the.

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Manifestation of human flourishing, the one that.

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God sent to us to show us.

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Not just how to be like him, but how to be human as he intended. The one that is the embodiment and the fullness of the expression given by the church. Father Maximus Confessor who said, Christianity is a completely different way of being human. God in the Incarnation became a man to show us what being a man or a woman was intended to be like. For from the beginning.

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It'S Jesus. And the text here shows us something very similar with the goat in the.

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Game of basketball to the goat in the game of life.

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It exposes us to something that Jesus did in private that actually enabled and empowered him to do what he did in public. This text here in Matthew, this story comes on the heels. Here's some context.

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This story comes on the heels of.

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Jesus performing one of his most famous miracles. It is a miracle of the two.

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Fish and the five loaves of bread.

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It's a miracle that demonstrates how if.

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You take your not enough and you.

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Put it in the hands of Jesus.

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Jesus can take your not enough and show you how to make your not enough more than enough. It's a miracle that shows you that your greatest asset is not your resources.

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Come here.

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Your greatest asset is your resourcefulness. Did you hear what I just said? Some people would have looked at the two fish and the five loaves and said, I can't feed 5,000 men, not counting women and children with this. But somebody else named Jesus looks at the same two fish and five loaves and says, just because I don't have the resources doesn't mean I don't have the resourcefulness. So I'm going to use my abundance in one area to make up for the lack in another area. Because just because you have lack in one area doesn't mean you've got to get more of what you lack to get more of what you lack. God says, I'll use more of what you do have. And if you know how to leverage what you do have, I'll show you how to leverage what you do have and how to use what you do have to get what you don't have. You don't have help, but you got hustle. Hustle. You don't have individuals, but you got innovation. Come on. You don't have company, but you got creativity. So instead of focusing on what you don't have, ask God to show you how to use what you do have. And he'll take where you got abundance and show you how to use where you got abundance. Y'all better come get me in here to make up for the lack. It's a different kind of miracle.

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It's a miracle that shows us the.

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Different ways God works miraculously. This isn't a miracle of creation because he didn't create more fish and more Wonder Bread.

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Huh?

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He didn't call more catfish from the sea. It's not a miracle of creation, not.

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A miracle of addition.

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It's not a miracle of multiplication per se. It's a miracle of extension. It's God saying, I'm a work a miracle and give you more without giving you more. I'm a work a miracle. By giving supernatural sustainability to what you have, I'm going to make what you have last. And do I have anybody at the 11:45? When you look back over your life, you can see where God works some miracles. Come on here. Of extension. It wasn't a little. It wasn't a literal two fish and five loaves. But you've had some seasons and some situations where you say, God, how am I gonna do that when all I got is this? And God's like, if you give me the dis, I'm gonna show you how to do that. Do I have anybody in the room? Anybody in additional seating? When you look back over your life, God did some this with some that. And that's why when you come into change Church, you got to clap your hands. That's why when you come into change Church, you got to lift your voice because the person sitting next to you doesn't know how God took your this and how he did some that with. So he performed this miracle with two fish and five loaves.

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And I want to show you something.

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The text says, y'all got 15 minutes. Well, I got 13 and 16 seconds, so don't hold your Amens. Get them up. The text says something significant here.

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It says the first word in verse 22 is immediately after they were fed.

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He said immediately. Now, I want to know, can you handle where this text is about to take us? Some people in the back, like, I don't know. I don't. I need to see first. I need to give me. Okay, the text says immediately.

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Okay, let's. I want you to look at It Jesus asked the disciples.

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Jesus recommended to the disciples. Jesus suggested to the disciples. Text says he made them get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side.

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So he made them leave. See that?

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Is that in the text? Am I twisting the scripture?

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All right, here it is.

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While he dismissed the crowd. Do you see that? Okay. He said, y'all get in the boat and go to the other side. And then he dismissed the crowd.

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And watch this.

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After he dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Can you handle where this text is getting ready to take us? Are you sure? Jesus models for us how not to be imprisoned to the emotion that leads to over commitment. Jesus himself here models the importance of discerning when you've done enough. See y'all see, I knew, I knew it. I knew it. That's why I asked, were you ready? Right? Cause this third way preaching right here, here it is. He models when you've done enough. He said, now listen, I have spent all day teaching you. I have taught you all day. You weren't prepared to be here all day. That's why you were hungry. And when you got hungry physically, the disciples wanted to send you away to make you fend for food yourself. I said, I'm not going to do you like that. So I fed you spiritually and I just fed you naturally.

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Now go on home.

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See? See? And many people become exhausted. They become resentful, they become bitter, they become unwilling to use their gifts in the future because they over committed in the past, because they did not have enough discernment to say now at this point, I've done enough. Come on. Here you have a God that has limitless supply. Jesus does not have the limitations that we have, but he models for us the importance of limitations. Because he says, I cannot let what I have produced pull me away from doing the thing that produced it. It's in the text. He made the disciples get in the boat while he dismissed the crowd. And after he dismissed them, he went on a mountainside by him to pray. You see, you can be doing something in public, in private, that produces something in public. And now the management of the thing in public takes you away from the thing you were doing in private to produce it. Every creative should be listening to me. Every intrapreneur should be listening to me. Every entrepreneur should be listening to me. Because there were some things that you did in private that produced what you managing in public. And now managing the thing that you produce is pulling you away from being in the head space. You need to be in to produce it. So your creativity produced it. Now trying to manage what your creativity produced has pulled you out of your creative space. I'm on it and I'm not taking it back.

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The blessing, if you're not conscious and.

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Careful will pull you away from the blesser. Managing will pull you away from birthing.

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There was a certain place you were in that allowed you to birth it.

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Where the ideas were flowing freely and you got in a divine and spiritual flow state.

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Come on here.

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When God redeems. See, when you're in flow state naturally you get good ideas. When you're in flow state spiritually you get God ideas.

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Woo.

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God ideas are barrier breaking ideas. God ideas are mind blowing ideas. God ideas are culture shifting ideas. God ideas don't just affect you. God ideas can set you up generationally.

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But Jesus model, he models not allowing emotion to have you in prison to over commitment. He didn't wait for them to dismiss themselves. Because some people don't know when enough is enough. I'm gonna just try this again at the 1:30.

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I don't know. Did you hear what I just said?

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He dismissed them. He took responsibility to set a boundary. I got to pray. You want me to be with you. But the best version of me is when I pray.

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So if I stay, I love you enough not to give you what you want. I love you enough to give you what you need. And if I give you what you want, you're going to get a worn down me. You're going to get an irritable me. You're going to get not the best version of me. But if you let me pull away and you let me go to the mountain mountainside and pray, then the version of me that you get is the version of me that you need.

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But you've got to know how to dismiss without feeling like you've dissed. Because some people take what you do for you as a person personally.

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This isn't personal.

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I have to do this for me as a person. I got to, in the words of.

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Dr. Jazz, I got to go apart.

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So I don't fall apart.

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Come on. Am I making sense?

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All right, let's go. I got six minutes and five seconds. Here it is.

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After he dismissed the crowd.

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Watch this. The Bible says he goes on a mountainside to pray and later that night he's there alone. Do you see that? He goes on a mountainside to pray and later that night he was there alone. At some point I'm gonna have to do a series on mountains huh? Cause we talked about mountains last week. The Sermon on the Mount. Here it is. Here it is. He was there alone. Then the verse says, shortly before dawn, he went out to them walking on the lake. All right, so he send them away. Then later that night, he's away. I mean, he's alone. And then shortly before dawn, he's walking on the lake. Now he sends the disciples ahead of him because when he dismisses the crowd, it's evening, he goes to pray. And the text says he's praying from the evening into the night. And then the next thing we hear from him, boy, I don't have time.

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I mean, he literally, he disappears.

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And then he pops out. The next thing we hear from him is he's meeting the disciples on the water. But he dismissed them in the evening. He meets them right before dawn. That's a period of several hours that they had having a head start on the sea. Jesus, they had a hit. They're ahead of him for several hours. They're in front of him for several hours.

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They're making more progress than him for seven hours. They seem to be moving faster than him for seven hours. But shortly before dawn, he catches up. While they were rowing, he was praying and come on here. And his acceleration is a metaphor for evolution. Because when you become a different version of yourself, even though people have a several hour head start or a several week head start, or a several month head start or a several year head start, your evolution produces acceleration. And the next thing you know, you're going further, faster, even though they started sooner. Just because they are ahead of you doesn't mean they'll get there before you. If you will experience an evolution, God will give you acceleration. And I feel like there's somebody in the room that's believing for some acceleration.

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So when they saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified and they said, it's a ghost. And they cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them, take courage. It's I don't be afraid. And Peter said, lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water. And Jesus said, come. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on water, and came toward Jesus. I got to get to my point, but I just got to share this with you. Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water. Come. Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water. Come. If it's you, tell me to come to you on the water. Come. If it's you, tell me to come to you on the water.

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Nine words.

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Come one. All you need is one word.

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You want nine, but you got to be willing to move on one. You want more detail, but you've got to be willing to move on one. You want him to tell you everything that's going to happen before you get out of the boat. But you must be willing to move on one. Tario, we done? We got one minute.

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Here it is.

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But text says verse 30. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid. When he saw the wind, he was afraid. When he saw the wind, he was afraid. You can't see wind.

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You can feel wind, or you can see the impact of wind on something else. So he allowed what he felt and.

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What he saw to override what he heard.

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He heard come.

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But he felt wind.

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And when he saw the wind, he was afraid and began to sink. Now, every visionary listen to me here, because this is key. He saw the wind. Every visionary listen to me. He didn't lose vision because he could still see, but he started to sink because he lost focus. As long as his eyes were on Jesus, he stayed on top of the water. But he began to sink when he lost focus. And sometimes we can't get closer to the vision we see. Not because we don't have a vision. It's because the wind keeps taking your focus. You keep putting your hands to the plow and taking your hands off the plow. You put your hands to the plow and the wind blow and you take your hands off the plow. Here's what's interesting. Peter begins to sink and he cries out, lord, save me. So here's the thing. Jesus is walking on water. Peter's walking on water. Y'all see that? Peter experiences wind. He begins to sink. Jesus is experiencing the same wind on the same water. And when he's helping Peter, he's carrying more weight than Peter, and he doesn't sink. See, sometimes we blaming wind, water and weight for sinking. When somebody is experiencing the same wind, walking in the same water and carrying more weight, and they winning. Watch what happens here. He says, lord, save me. And I saw something and I'm out of here. This is our time. I saw something. It's taking me three weeks to finish this sermon. Here it is. Here it is. I saw this. Peter tries to do what Jesus did in public, walk on water without doing what Jesus did in private. Pray. He tried to walk like the goat, but he wasn't talking like the goat. Because if I'm going to walk like the goat, I've got to talk like the goat. And prayer is goat talk. Did you hear what I just said? If it took Jesus engaging in the spiritual discipline of prayer to do what he did, it is illogical for us to expect to do what he did and do what he said. If I'm not doing the same thing. Now watch this. I can take you to Luke 11. If you've ever heard of the Lord's prayer or the model prayer, Our Father, which are in heaven, here's what you need to know. I'm done. Tara. Here's what you need to know. That prayer dashaunt is in response to a question. Now, I don't have time to bother this, but I love the Bible. It is the richest. It is rich. The Bible says unsearchable riches. This is for everybody. That I did a teacher. I need to redo it years ago called how to manage a mentor. Because we don't get the Lord's prayer unless the students of the rabbi ask him teach us how to pray. Y'all missed it. It's like I'm seeing you do stuff, and I need you to show me how you do it, because I've been trying to do it, but when I do it, I can't walk on water. When I pray, dead people don't get up.

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I pray, but my prayer doesn't yield those kind of results.

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So they say, teach me how to do something I think I already know how to do, because the way I'm doing it isn't getting the results you promise we done. So what we need to learn is not just to pray to Jesus, but to pray like Jesus. My mama taught me how to pray.

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Good.

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Let's just put it through the filter of what Jesus. I learned how to pray in church.

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Good.

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This is because there are three ways I've been teaching this in this series. Three ways you can do anything. Culture's way, church's way, king's way, world's way, way of religion, way of the rabbi, culture's way to prayer. This is an approach to prayer that treats God as a vending machine and not a vicarious savior. It uses prayer as a form of crisis management in an attempt to fulfill personal desires and ambitions without consideration of God's kingdom agenda. And this kind of prayer doesn't get you walking on water. James, the brother of John, said this. You desire, but you do not have. So you kill. You murder people's reputation. Y'all missed it. You know, you don't kill literally, but you kill people's name. You kill People's joy. You, you kill and you still can't get what you want. So you quarrelling and you fighting, you beefing and you still can't get what you want.

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He says you do not have not because you do not ask.

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You don't ask God. And he says when you do ask, you don't receive because you acts with wrong motives that you may spend it on your pleasures. I'm praying, but am I praying that way? Because that don't get me walking on water. Then you got church's way. This way views and treats prayer as a religious duty as opposed to personal delight. It's inundated with superficial sentences, religious rhetoric and vain babbling. It confuses volume with power. Just because it's loud doesn't mean it's strong.

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It's just loud.

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Watch what he says. And conflates the length of a prayer with the strength of a prayer. Come on now. We just came through Christmas and you was hoping a certain person didn't pray. You're like, lord, I just want them to pray over these mashed potatoes. Just, just bless the chicken, Jesus, just.

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I just want them to bless the chicken.

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It conflates the length of the prayer with strength of the prayer. It may include praying to Jesus, but it's not praying like Jesus. I did this teaching in New Jersey on Friday night from John 9, where there's the blind man at the pool of Salon and DeShawn. The disciples asked the question, who sinned? This man or his parents? That he was born blind? They didn't ask if he sinned. They say who sinned. So there was an assumption that suffering was connected to sin because that was. Watch this. A historic interpretation of Exodus 20, verse 5 that was passed down, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation. But the interpretation is based on an incomplete reading of the sentence. It says down to those that hate you. I'm like, well, do you hate him?

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No.

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Well, that verse ain't talking to you. But that is. Here's what you've inherited. You've inherited not just information from generation to generation, you've inherited interpretations and you don't know it. So you've inherited what you think that verse means. And many of us have inherited prayer practices when what you should have inherited is the priority of prayer. But you've modeled the practice of prayer. And so now you are living in the conversational reality of somebody else relationship. Their relationship was here now. Heavenly fathers once more and again I come to you humble about body Bent they meant that you don't. That's not the way you talk. It doesn't even resonate with you the same way. So you may be praying, but if you're praying that way, it'll help you. You just won't walk on water. Number third way is the King's way. This is oral, mental or written communication with God the Father in the name of Jesus the Son, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. It's relational, not ritualistic. It focuses on advancing God's purposes rather than merely fulfilling personal desires. It is prayer that is rooted in faith. It is grounded in scripture and empowered by the Holy Spirit. When I say empowered by the Holy Spirit, that doesn't mean gloss a Leia. It's. It can mean glasalea, but it is when the Spirit places burdens on your heart regarding what to pray for. It's not just praying to Jesus, is praying like him. This is water walking prayer. I want to do that. That is goat talk. And there are three traits of this kind of prayer. I can only give you one today. This kind of prayer has what I call a corporate consciousness. This is awareness that the purpose of prayer isn't just to fulfill personal needs, but to advance God's purposes for his people collectively. It's an awareness that if I will prioritize the we, God will take care of the me. This kind of prayer breaks the hold of hyper independence. It's me against the world that show up in your prayer life. Corporate consciousness requires you to think of others more than yourself. It also reframes your pain because when you start praying about other people problems, you realize it's not as bad for.

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Me as I kind of doing all right. Amen.

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It not only does that, it removes us from the snare or it frees us or shatters the snare of selfishness. Listen to this. Selfishness is self sabotage. It doesn't mean you don't think about yourself. It means you've made yourself your God. It means you're operating under the illusion that your fulfillment is attached to what you consume. It's an excessive focus on one's own needs, desires and interests at the expense of others. And Jesus say that right there. Kill everything. Get married. Watch it, kill it, kill it. Start a business. Watch it, kill it. It sabotages everything. Watch it run real friends off. And then number three. This kind of prayer moves you into multiple multiplied results. These are when outcomes exceed what could be accomplished in individually praying with a corporate consciousness is without. This is spiritually settling. Because all throughout Scripture we see corporate prayer brings multiplied results. If any two of you on Earth touch any, touch and agree about anything, it'll be done for them. For where there are two or three gathered in my name, I'm with them. Y'all see this? In Acts chapter 12, Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying for him. And while they were in the prayer meeting, while they were at Awakening, all together praying, there, Peter that was imprisoned to insecurity, imprisoned to addictions in prison, to dysfunctional behavior, was knocking on the door. God answered the prayer so fast, when the woman opened the door, she looked at Peter, thought it was a ghost, closed the door. And in Acts 16, at midnight, Paul and Silas were in prison. And they prayed and sang praises unto God. And the prisoners heard them. And there was an earthquake. So that the foundations of the prisons were shaken. And all at once, doors flew open and chains came loose. Doors flew open, chains came loose.

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Doors are flying open Chains are coming.

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Loose Doors are flying open, Chains are falling loose.

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Doors flying open, chains.

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Falling loose. Praying not to Jesus only, but like him, a corporate consciousness. Father, would you today give us a conviction for goat talk? In the name of Jesus. We gotta go. Man of God, come here. Yes, sir.