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Hey, good people, this is Torre Roberts. Blessings to you and welcome to the ONE Podcast. I'm excited that you're here. ONE is a community of dynamic and vibrant thought leaders, preachers, teachers, and just a community of wonderful people all together. And we're excited to bring you this weekly podcast from our services from One in la. If you haven't been to one, I encourage you to check it out. You can go to one the Word one O N E online and find out all about the service times and all about the teachers and all the philanthropic things that we have going. I believe you're going to be blessed to be a part of it. And speaking of being blessed, we're getting ready to get into a teaching right now that I believe is going to bless you. So tune in, enjoy, and I'll be back with you at the end.

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This is the anniversary month Amen of one church. Amen. Amen. And the series is A sure Foundation. And every week this month there's going to be a message about what that sure foundation means. And this weekend is about the faith. The faith of the foundation and the foundation. A sure foundation basically is a support system that can support whatever is built on it. And, and, and you're sitting in the manifestation of Pastor Teray's faith. You missed it. You missed it. Over 20 years ago, God called him out of corporate America to quit his job and start a ministry. All he had was faith. None of you, some of you weren't even here. Some of you didn't even exist. Isn't it amazing that God will give you faith to build something that will bless somebody that doesn't even exist right now? See, see, see. Y' all are forgetting who we serve. We serve God. Do you understand how powerful God is? You are sitting in the manifestation of the power of God. That's not a pew, that's a seat power. So when we talk about faith, I don't want it to be some theological experience. I want it to be practical. So if you came here today, it's because God wants to use this as, as a, either like a charging station or a fill up station, whatever kind of vehicle you got. But whatever it is, he wants to fill you up. Why? Because when you are not in faith, you don't live at the level that's available to you. I need to get to my text. I need to get to my text. But I just got to say this. When you are not in faith, you walk into rooms like this. You, you, you go on dates like that. I'm Talking to somebody. But when you are in faith, you step into the meeting like this. So you all wanted to meet with me, so you wanted me to bless you with an audition for your project. Oh, oh. So you wanted to share some airspace with me, so you decided it was a good idea for you to go on a date with me. When you step in and faith, it changes everything. Your whole body language changes. I got to get that faith into. Into not only your mind, but in your body. Into every cell, into every atom in your being. Because when you walk in faith, you can't be stopped. So today, and as much as I'm trying not to preach. Cause this is really a teaching lesson about how to produce your life by faith. That's what I want to cover today. How to produce your life by faith. So let's go to the word. Let's just start with Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 1. And this is the new international version. And this is a foundation of faith. And then we're gonna go to a miraculous healing. That is my favorite text on faith. Okay? So Hebrews chapter one says. Excuse me. Chapter 11, verse one says this. Now, faith is being sure of what we hope for. Now, faith is being sure of what we hope for. Pause. How many of you are sure of at least one thing you're hoping for? At least one. See, I love this brother right here. Cause he got more than one. He's like, yo, I got more than one. Hold on. Hold on, y'. All. At least one. Let me see your hand again. How many are. Okay, so let's do a hope wave real quick. Hope wave. Okay. Okay. All right. You may be watching online. Go ahead and wave. All right. You might be in the bed. Wave. Okay? So you are sure of what you hope for. Watch this. And certain of what we do not see. Sure of what we hope for and certain that we do not see it. So everybody that just raised your hand because you're sure of what you're hoping for, would you also raise your hand? That the thing you're hoping for, you actually don't see it in your life yet. Come on. Who am I talking to? Who am I talking to? Go ahead, wave your hand. So you know what this is? If you don't actually see it, what does that mean? It means you're blind to it. Right? Now we work into my text. Let's go to verse six of Hebrews, chapter 11. And I want to read the message Bible first. It says this. The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith is the firm foundation. Say what? Under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. What we can't see is the foundation of our faith. Pause here for a moment. Let me read the new international version of Hebrews 11, verse 6, so you can really catch it. And without faith, it is impossible to please God. Without faith, it is impossible to please him, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek Him. So watch this. Watch this. Anyone that has faith, you gotta believe that he exists. And you have to believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently who earnestly seek him. Now, rewarder means re remunator, which basically means someone who will give you not only what is in the contract, but will give you more than what's in the contract. So you. You gotta believe that God not only exists, but he will give you more than your sacrifice if you diligently. Pause. What does diligently mean? What does earnestly mean? It means not casual. Okay. Lord, I don't want to say that. Okay. See, what happens is. What happens is if. If we allow too much casual behavior in our life, it will affect how we seek Him. Okay, let me. Let me make it even plainer. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Oh, Jesus. I don't want to say it. Okay. All right, Y' all are here. Amen. I'm gonna say what he told me to tell you. See? See, what happens is right now, somebody you text has left you on red. Someone that you're interested in, someone you spent time with. And because they haven't responded, you're wondering what's going on. And instead of being in faith, you're in fear. And you're establishing a pattern of behavior that whenever they text you back, you text them right back, even if it takes them days or weeks. So you're allowing yourself to let casualness into your life. And then you wonder why you can't receive what he had. Because you're allowing you, God's daughter or son, to be handled casually by somebody who does not know who you are and may not be interested to find out. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but you gotta let go of everything casual. If you don't know I'm a son or daughter of God, I am not gonna spend time chasing you. I ain't trying to convince you who I am. Am I saying too much? Uh, He's a rewarder of those who are not casual about him, those that are consistent about him, seeking him in everything that they do. Without faith, it's impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and must believe that He's a rewarder. Pause. Settle in that for a moment. It's okay to expect that you're going to receive something from Him. Okay, so it's so interesting that we're in September of 2025. I came to LA in September of 1996. Oh, boy. Some of y' all weren't even born, weren't even thought of. Who was born after 96. Who am I talking to? All right. Half the audience. Okay, all right. Y' all making me feel old. Glad I don't look as old as I am. Amen. But watch this. Watch this. Why did I come to la? Because I'm from the Bay Area. Yeah, yeah. Area. Ghost rhyme. No, that's wrong. Wrong, sir. Sorry, sorry. So sorry. So sorry. Okay, we back. All right. I came to LA from the Bay Area at 18 years old with one singular purpose, and that was to become successful in the entertainment business, specifically through the avenue of film production. When I was a teenager, I just. You know, my father died when I was nine years old of a heart attack when he was 36. And it was going to church and watching movies that became my therapy as a kid. And so that became such a powerful combination. I began to say, wow, God, I feel like you're calling me to the entertainment business. And I would watch movies and I would watch TV series, and I became fascinated by the business. At 18 years old, God allowed me to get into USC. I majored. As a matter of fact, I got rejected from the film school. Pause here for a moment. And I'm going to get to my other text. See, you're misinterpreting the rejection. You have frustration over the rejection. But God was like, no, that rejection is actually redirection. And that rejection actually works for your faith, not against it. Because if I had gotten into the film school 30 years ago, I wouldn't be standing before you now, because it would have put me on a path that would have led me away from the path that God had for me. God said, just because they rejected you doesn't mean I've rejected you. Don't let the film school be your God. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. Don't let the casting director be your God. Don't let the producer be your God. Don't let the manager be your God. Just because they don't see you doesn't mean that he doesn't see you. And guess what? Rejection builds character. Turn to your neighbor, say, I got a lot of character, because I've been through a lot of rejection. Come on, who am I talking to? Some of y' all starting to think that Noah's your actual name. Cause that's all you hear. But I'm here to tell you, all you need is that one. Faith. Yes, that's all you need. That one yes of faith. That's all you need. I came to la. I decided I was gonna manage. Major in business and minor in film. But that freshman year, I knew I needed an internship in the business to help me learn the business. See, sometimes we look at faith as just what we believe, but that belief has to show up in action. And the Bible also says to study, to show yourself. Approved. For some of you, it may not be your faith. It just may be your commitment to learning the area that he's called you to dominate. I had to. I had the faith for the business, but I had to learn the business. Part of learning is committing to a process. At 18 years old, I went in for an internship at the company that managed Will Smith and Jada and a bunch of other talent at the time. And when I sat down with the hiring manager, she said, why do you want to be in entertainment? Pause. You gotta know your why. What is your why? Why do you want it? Why do you believe God gave you this vision? Why are you having faith over it? What is your why? And in that moment, I said to her, my why? I said, I believe entertainment is one of the most powerful mediums in the world. And I believe that if I can be in it, I can use it to change people's hearts and minds for good. She said, oh, okay. And then she said, is there anything else you want us to know? And I said, yeah. I observed the Sabbath. So if you need me to work on the Sabbath, I'm not taking the internship. Pa. See, you do not have to compromise your way into a blessing that God has already ordained for you. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but no, no, as a matter of fact, you got to stand firm in what he's called you to believe, to be able to evaluate if that opportunity is from him or not. How would an opportunity from God require you or I to compromise our belief in Him? And to get. In order to get it, Turn to your neighbor, say, you ain't got to compromise. That hiring manager looked at me like I was crazy. You 18 years old. You don't know nobody in this business. Getting this internship can change your career. And you have the audacity to tell me what you not going to do and how you not going to work? I said yes. Why? Because I'm not here to please you. I'm here to please him. And God gave me a vision that I'm supposed to be in this business. And I'm looking for confirmation. Don't be afraid to get confirmation. And at the end of the internship interview, she said, okay, we're going to work around that. And so at 18 years old, I got into the business, and that was an unpaid internship. Turn to your neighbor, say, no money. No money. It was no money. Okay? But there was opportunity and there was experience and there was information and there were relationships. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. See, you're trying to say, well, they ain't gonna pay me. Well, you're not actually worth to get paid that right now. You will be one day. But why not go ahead and evaluate an opportunity not just by the paycheck, but by how much you're going to learn. Ooh, buddy. If I demanded, well, I'm 18 years old and I'm from Oakland, California. You need to pay me. They say, cool, but God said, take it. Do you know the way that I navigated that internship? Through service? The first day of the internship, nobody told me what to do. I go into the. To the interview internship, and they gave me no instruction. So I'm like, okay, I can sit here all day or I can find a way to be of service. So I went to every assistant at the time and said, do you have any papers that need to be filed? Do you have any scripts that need to be copied? Do you have any coffee orders from Starbucks that I can go get for you? Do you have any errands that you need me to run? Where did I learn being of service? I learned it being raised in the church. See, too often you're waiting to be served, but you gotta be in a hurry to be of service. Ah, you gotta carry a crown before you wear one. Some of you wanna be served, but you don't want to be of service if you got served. Faith, you gotta be of service. When you look at one church, how can you serve? Oh. Cause, see, you gotta understand that over the 30 years I've been here, I've always served in ministry, even though my career path has been entertainment. What contribution can you make? Where do you see A need in this house that God is calling you to help fulfill. Don't just come in and take. What do you have to give. And may I submit for your consideration. There is so much talent in this building. Turn to your neighbor and say, do you realize the talent you're sitting next to? Do you realize how much talent I got? Come on, now. Come on now. There's billions. There are ideas, There is service, there's talent, there's creativity. And. And what better place to incubate your gift? In the church. Why do I share this with you? Because God gave me a vision, but I had to follow what I saw and what I heard before I could actually see it manifest. Can I just be honest? Some of us were. We become like manifestation addicts. Well, if I don't see it, I won't believe it. Well, but there's some gifts, there's some blessings that might take you 20 years of belief. Oh, oh, oh. See, see, See, y' all just. Y' all looking at me and you say, oh, well, Devon, look where you are now. But that's not where I started. I came into LA, 18 years old, with a dream of running my own company. It took me 18 years to get the company. And here's the thing. It's not just about getting the company. It's about knowing enough to run the company. Well, it's not about just getting in the position that you are hoping for, but it's about having the competency to stay in it. Well, and it's interesting because when we go to the third scripture, that is one of my favorite scriptures of talking about faith, it reminds me so much of our journey. Matthew, chapter 9, verse 27. This is probably one of my favorite passages of scripture because it is powerful and it articulates what it means to produce your life by faith. Watch this. As Jesus went on from there. There meaning Jairus daughter's house. Jairus house. Jesus healed Jairus daughter. Jairus was a ruler at the synagogue in this time, and his daughter had died. And on the way to heal his daughter, the woman that we know is the issue of blood, who'd been bleeding for 12 years, touched the hem of Jesus garment. She got healed. Jesus went to the house of Jairus, raised his daughter from the dead. And we pick up the scripture as Jesus is leaving from there. Watch this. As Jesus went on from there, went on from Jairus house, two blind men followed him. Okay, some of y' all saying what y' all laughing about? I'm going to say it again. As Jesus went On from there, two blind men followed him. Two blind men who could not see him, still followed Him. How do you follow what you cannot see? It implies even though they couldn't see where he was, they could hear where he was. How do. How do two blind men who can't see him hear where he is? Because this implies the people around Jesus were talking about Jesus. So they had to follow what they heard in order to follow Him. I gotta pause right here because some of you are not talking enough about Jesus. For those that don't know who he is, to find where he is, you gotta talk about Him. Let him know. Let people know. Hey, it's because of Jesus. It ain't even me. It's all because of Jesus. Who am I talking to? Hey, I didn't even get here on my own. It's because of his grace and his mercy. Jesus. Come on, somebody. Don't be afraid to talk about Him. Now watch this, watch this, watch this. Two blind men followed him. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It says as Jesus went on from there. Okay, so Jesus is leaving Jairus House. It says as he went on from there, the two blind men began to follow Him. This implies that if they hadn't already had a plan, they would not have been able to go into action when the opportunity presented itself. Okay, okay. Let me say. Let me, let me, let me back it up. Okay, okay. So, so, so, so Jesus went on. Jesus went out from there, and the two blind men immediately followed Him. That means that they had to have had some sort of plan and they had to have a level of faith that informed their ability to immediately go into action. Pause here for a moment. They had to have a vision of. Of what life was like with vision. And they had to have had that conversation prior to Jesus getting into their environment. Why is this so important? Because you gotta prepare when the opportunity presents itself. You can't get ready then you gotta get ready before the opportunity. Your faith gets you up in the morning. You don't even have a job, but your faith gets you up. Why? Because you're preparing for the job. You got to live in such a way where before the opportunity presents itself, the way you prepare makes your friends think you're crazy. What you getting up at 6 o' clock in the morning for? You ain't got nowhere to go. Yes, I do. I'm getting ready because I got to get my mind right. I got to get my body tight. Come on, now. I got. I gotta get up. Why? Because I'm preparing myself for the opportunity. Why you read so much. We not in school no more? Because I'm trying to study to show myself approved before the opportunity presents itself. Prepare yourself. Now, here's what's interesting. These two blind men made a partnership. Can you imagine if they tried to partner with someone who didn't have the same vision? Can you imagine if they were wasting their time trying to convince another blind person about who Jesus was and what he could do? And while they're over here having that argument, Jesus passes by and they miss the opportunity. The text doesn't tell us how many blind men or women were there that day. The text highlights those that made a partnership where there was alignment. Evaluate your partnerships in this season. Are the people closest to you taking you to Jesus or taking you away from Jesus? Are the people closest to you producing fear or are they producing faith in your life? See, you have to understand, there were some people that when I told them that God called me to Hollywood and that that's what I was going to do, they said, you can do it. Hollywood is the devil's playground. It's Sodom and Gomorrah. You're gonna lose your faith. Pause. They were speaking on an experience they never had. So. So. So wait. You trying to tell me about what God isn't and isn't going to do in an environment that you've never been in? And then you gonna tell me that I'm being disobedient? Am I being disobedient to you or to him? Who am I talking to right now? Don't allow sin, somebody other than God himself to sit in the director's chair of your life. You don't have to submit what God called you to do to a vote. Your mama may not get it. Your father may not get it. Your auntie may not get it. Your uncle may not get it. Your pastor may not get it. But if God has called you to go get it, you better go get it. Come on, somebody. Ah, see, see, I understand. Listen, listen. I'm a middle child, and I always grew up looking for approval. Any middle children in the house? All right, we're gonna have a support group. Okay, I feel you. I'm not knocking anyone else. It's not a middle child. I'm just saying that's middle children, you know, y' all watching online, you know, but see, here's the thing. I desperately wanted people's approval. Anybody been there before? Where you. You want two people? Please. You don't want nobody to not like you. Come on. Come on. Who am I Talking to. Let's just do the nobody not like me wave. Come on. It's all right. We've all been there before. Well, I don't want nobody to like me. So then the temptation there is. I'm just going to play it safe, then I'm only going to do what I think they will approve. But when he's called you to do something, it is going to challenge their approval. I don't know who I'm talking to. And you know the crazy part? It's the same people back in in the bait that when I was a teenager were hating on me. Now they want to come to the premieres. Now they say, oh, we always believed in you. I'm like, yeah, right. Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and give you grace for that. Because if I listen to you, I'd be right where you are. No disrespect. Instead of where God wanted me to be. The two blind men formed a partnership. They had the same vision. Oh, Lord, I don't want to say that, Lord. My time is getting short. God. This is why you got to evaluate who you're in relationship with. Is the person you're dating taking you to God, taking you to faith, taking you to where he's called you to, taking you to vision or taking you away? How do you know, Lord? Y' all ain't gonna ask me to preach no more? I'm sorry, I just. How do you know? Because do you find yourself spending more time and energy in frustration about why that relationship's not working, then you are in faith about where you're going? I love you. I really do. I really do. I really want the best for you. This is why I'm telling you the truth. You gotta get the right partnerships, right? So what's interesting, the two blind men, it implies that maybe before Jesus left that house, that they had a conversation. Hey, you know what? Maybe one day, if Jesus passes by, we could get him to heal us. And that thought was so exciting that instead of being in frustration, they were in faith. Pause. When we talk about faith being the what we hope for. What you hope for has got to excite you. Hold on. When you start thinking about the visions God gives you, you gotta get excited. You mean God, you're going to do this, this and that? You mean you've called me, like, because I don't know about you, but sometimes when I close my eyes and I see the visions that God gives me, I say, God, now you crazy? And he said, yes, I am. And you, my son, so you gonna be crazy, too. You gotta get excited about what you're hoping for and let me submit for your consideration. Whatever he's called you to hope for, he's gonna do more than that. Okay, wait. Y' all missed it. I'm gonna talk to that section back there. He's gonna do more than that. That vision he gave you, you're excited about. It's gonna be that and more. Listen, I'm not just preaching, y'. All. I'm telling you what I know. The life that God is allowing me to live in this moment, it's more than what he even showed me. But how did I get to this place to receive it? I had to follow the strategy laid out by the blind men. Watch this. As Jesus went on from there, two blind men follow him, calling out, son of David, have mercy on us. What does that mean? It means deliver us from our pain. This blindness, this darkness, this living in darkness is causing us pain. And this is what we need. We want to be delivered from our pain. We want to be delivered from the source of our blindness. And pause here. When they say son of David, they are publicly acknowledging that he is Jesus, the Son of God. And that was a controversial thing to do at that time. So they said, we don't care what other people think. We want you to know that we know who you are and we believe what you can do. And we're not going to allow pain to stop us. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. Are you allowing your life to be produced by pain, or are you allowing it to be produced by faith? You gotta push through your pain in faith to get to Jesus. Have mercy on us. Now watch this. Verse 28. When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him. Pause. Y' all are missing this. They said, son of David, have mercy on us. Outside, when he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him. Jesus is outside, and it seems like he's ignoring them. Jesus changes from one environment to another environment. And the blind men are left standing outside, and they have a dilemma. Are we going to stand outside and say, well, Jesus just didn't want to bless us. Jesus just didn't want to heal us. Were they going to quit or were they going to say, wait a minute, we got this close. We got to keep on going until we actually get his attention? God sometimes will set up the circumstances to help you identify. How bad do you want it? I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but how bad do you Want what you're praying for? Will you pursue him? Will you be consistent? Will you be persistent? Will you allow the first bit of conflict to stop you in your tracks? Or will you push through the conflict? How many know what your favorite movie is? Okay, on the count of 1, 2, 3, just yell it out. 1, 2, 3. Okay. You know why you love that movie? Because the conflict. If there was no conflict in that movie, you wouldn't like it. But you love it because the conflict and how the hero makes it through the conflict. May I submit for your consideration that the hero within does not come out unless the hero goes to through conflict. So the conflict you're going through is not to destroy you, but it's to prepare you. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but you got to say, thank God that you've allowed this conflict to come into my story. Because the level of conflict I'm going through, that means that's the level of hero that's within. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but you gotta thank God for the conflict you're going through. Let's just put the devil in a state of confusion. Would you. Would you just praise God for the conflict you're in right now? Would you take the power back from the conflict? Would you just say, thank God that I'm going through it and I'm still here to talk about it. I'm still here to testify. Thank God that he thinks enough of me to allow me to go through difficulty. I'm going through the breaking, but I will not break. Who am I talking to now? Watch this. And we are done. The blind men came to him, and then Jesus said, do you believe that I'm able to do this? Hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait. If he answered their question, it means he heard them when they asked on the outside, some of y' all quitting too soon. You're allowing excuses to rob you of your destiny. You have to use your faith to override the excuses. I don't have the time to tell you how much conflict I went through and have gone through in my career. And I had a choice. Either I was going to stop or I was going to keep going. There were times when I took jobs and got passed over for promotions in opportunities and raises that I was supposed to get, I didn't get. And I could have every excuse to say, well, God is calling me out of the business. But every time I got to a place of wanting to quit, God would whisper in my ear, and say, not yet. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. Not yet. Not yet. It's not yet. It's not time to leave LA yet. Not yet. It's not time to stop believing. Not yet. No, it's not. These blind men had to have that. Okay. Not yet. No, I gotta. We gotta keep going. So they went inside and Jesus said, do you believe? Now, watch this on the outside. They said, son of David, have mercy on us as a team. Jesus didn't say, do y' all believe? No, no, no. He said, y' all may have came in here as a team, but you gotta believe for yourself. You gotta believe for yourself. You can't let your mama's faith be your faith. Your daddy's faith be your faith. Your best friend's faith be your faith. You gotta have the faith. Do you believe? Do you believe? No, no, no, no. Do you really believe? Do you believe? Do you really believe that he is able to do what he said he would do? Do you believe? Well, if you believe, why are you hanging your head down, man? I had a. I gotta get back to the text. I'll say this real quick. I had a meeting last night that could change the trajectory of my career. And prior to the meeting, I was talking to a friend of mine who was a mentor. And as we were talking, he stopped me mid conversation. He said, uh, that ain't gonna cut it because the way you talking is indicative. You don't believe you are actually what you are asking for. And if you don't believe you're it, how are you going to convince them that you are? I said, okay, okay. I said, I'm sorry. I believe. I believe. I believe. I believe. I believe. I had to get my belief up. I believe. I believe. I am. I am. I am. I am. I am. I am him. I am him. Come on, somebody. I had to go into that meeting believing that I was. Come on. I had to call things that are not as if they were. You gotta believe. And then what happens? They both answered individually. Yes, Lord, they replied. Verse 29. Then it says, he touched their eyes and said, according not to your. The number of your followers, not to how good you look, not to how much money is or isn't in your account, not to what family you grew up in, not to what neighborhood you're from. No, not to who they said you weren't. Not according to that, but according to your faith, be it unto to you. Now, pause, pause, pause. This is where it gets real difficult. Because so often we're wanting others to do for us what God wants us to do for us. Jesus is saying, hey, my power can only operate in your life at the level that you believe it can. So each one of them had to make a decision. How much faith do I got today? Do I have faith for both my eyes to come back? Do I have only faith for one eye to open? Or do I don't have enough faith for my sight to return at all? I gotta ask you a question. Do you really have faith? Because according to your faith, be it unto you. So watch this. He touches their eyes. According to your faith, be it unto you. And what happens? Both of them had their eyesight restored. And what's interesting is that when their eyes came back and they saw, Jesus said, hey, don't tell no one else about this. And they say, nah, nah, Jesus, we hear you, but sorry, we gotta let everybody know that we were once blind, but now we see because we made a decision to follow Jesus. And now we are never the same. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. But they could have stayed blind. But because they made the decision to allow their life to be produced by faith, they then had a testimony that could draw others to him. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but don't let this town get your testimony. You gotta keep living, you gotta keep going. Why? Because when you begin to see what you're hoping for, when it manifests, then you'll be able to talk to others about what only he could do. Y' all last thing I'm going to say, and then we're going to do the call. Once they were able to see, life opened up to them in ways they couldn't even imagine. Or pray for my story. I don't believe that God has more favor on me than he does on you. When I tell you what happens when you produce your life by faith, it allows you to live in a supernatural existence. Everybody loves these superhero movies and all that, but guess what? That's all fake. I'm sorry. No matter who your favorite superhero is, you cannot go put on a Black Panther suit and same people, you ain't gonna be able to happen. But what you can do is believe in the name of Jesus. What you can do is walk by faith. What you can do is unleash the power of faith in your life. Earlier this year. This is a funny story. Matter of fact, it was end of last year. I got a call from my buddy, Tyler Perry, and he was doing A new show for bet. And he was saying, you know, I really want to cast someone who's a man of God and. And also can act and all that. And so I said, oh, yeah, I got a list of other people for you. I got a list. And I sent him a whole list of people. He said, okay, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. About a month later, I'm prepping a movie in Toronto that I'm doing. I don't know if you guys know Mike Todd. Mike Todd. Relationship goals. Yeah. So I produced that into a movie. And so I'm in prep in Toronto at this time, and I get a call from my team. They're saying, hey, Tyler's doing this new show. You know, there's a role in there that's perfect for you. I said, what city? I said, oh, yeah, I remember. He told me about this. They said, he told you about it? Why didn't you put your name in the ring? I said, well, you know, I don't know. They said, how are we going to have more faith than you? I said, but I'm making this movie right now. I'm prepping a movie. I can't go act in a show and prep a movie at the same time. That's what they said. Says who? Oh, says who? So I hit up Tyler. I said, hey, man, you know, my team just told me about the show that you were telling me about. And I said, you know, I think I could, you know, if you're interested. I said, you know, I am a man of God, and I think I can act. You know, we'll see. And. And. And he. He says, okay, cool. This is great. He flies me to the audition. I don't even have to audition. He says, okay, we're just going to give you the part. And. And if. If you for some reason your performance isn't there, I'll get you there. All that I needed to do was have enough faith. And that's how God works. All you got to do is have enough the faith to get in position. And even if you aren't exactly where you need to be, once you show up, God will get you where you need to be. I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but when you let him produce your life up hurt, you gonna see things you ain't never thought possible before. Come on, somebody. Give God glory. Give God praise. Who am I talking to right now? Hey. And as you are standing, here's the beauty about God. God says, I'm going to do this and this and this I not only was able to produce the movie, I was able to go act in the show. The head of the studio said, we've never seen a producer produce a movie successfully and also act in a show successfully. I said, because you don't know the God that I serve. You guys gotta get the message. You serve a God that has equipped you with the same power that he's got. So I want to do two things. First thing, I want to do the altar call. And here's the call. Just like the two blind men, follow Jesus immediately, there is someone here in this audience. You've heard about Jesus, but you haven't made the decision to follow Jesus. Today is your opportunity. On the count of three, I'm asking you to come down to this altar. One, two, three. Come down to this altar. Come on. Come on. You've heard about Jesus. You've heard about Jesus, but now you're making the decision to follow Jesus. Who am I talking to right now? Come on, y'. All. Come on. Y' all go ahead and. And praise in advance. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you, my sister. God bless you, my brother. Come on. Come on. God bless you, my sister. Come on. Come on. Come on. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. Anyone else? Come on, the blind men immediately. Come on. Who else? Who else? Who else? We gotta go. Is there anyone else before we close this appeal that knows you gotta be down here and make a decision to follow Jesus? Is there anyone else? The blind men didn't know how long Jesus was going to be there, so they had to move quickly. I'm going to ask one last time before we close this part of the service and transition to communion, is there anybody else? Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Next part of the appeal, if you're standing in the audience and you know you gotta be more faithful, grab your neighbor's hand for me. You know, you got to get your faith up. I want you to raise their hand and you can crawl, you can go across the islands. You know, you're not going to get electrocuted. I promise. Now, what happens when you start to raise someone else? Faith up. What happens? Your faith rises. Amen. You didn't even have to lift your hand. All you had to do was lift their hand. Amen. I want to pray over you right now. Dear Heavenly Father, I pray for those that have come down to accept Jesus as their personal savior. I pray, dear Lord, that they would know this is the best decision they could ever make. I pray right now, dear Lord, for those in the audience, dear God, that have their hands raised. I pray that they would know that you are honoring their faith in ways they could not even imagine. I pray that they would stay consistent in following you and trusting that it will all manifest in time. I pray for those watching online that you would know that God has already gone before you to prepare the way and that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. If you don't see it, that means you got to continue to hope for it. This is our prayer. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Release your neighbor's hand and give God praise. Come on, you can do better than that.