JONATHAN SHUTTLESWORTH, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2026

Summary

Real America’s Voice – Jonathan Shuttlesworth (February 8, 2026)

Main Theme or Purpose

This episode of Real America’s Voice features Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth delivering an impassioned message on the biblical law of “sowing and reaping,” personal responsibility, and the transformative power of faith. The episode weaves in compelling testimonies of healing and provision, a theological deep dive into Christian doctrines—particularly regarding Jesus’ divinity and the authenticity of Scripture—and Shuttlesworth’s candid commentary on faith, culture, and practical Christian living. The tone alternates between direct biblical exposition, motivational encouragement, and charismatic storytelling, all delivered in a signature, unfiltered style.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Testimonies of Healing & Provision

• Tristan’s Healing and Provision Testimony ([02:12]-[04:24]):

  • Tristan shares a harrowing post-surgery experience, suffering hallucinations and demonic oppression due to an allergic drug reaction.
  • “That night, my brain broke. Like, I was hearing screaming demonic voices that would not stop. It was terrifying. ... Then the day after that, there was a Jonathan Shuttlesworth sermon that popped up on YouTube. And I listened to that, and it's the only thing that stopped all the screaming demonic voices.” ([02:37])
  • Encounters spiritual breakthrough listening to a sermon, describing the experience as “warm honey washed over my mind.”
  • Relates a separate story of financial and creative provision after Pastor Jonathan’s prayer, leading to success in his media project.
  • “Now I'm completely healed. The Lord's opened major doors of provision. There's only good things ahead.” ([04:20])

• Kylie’s Testimony of Physical Healing ([15:37]-[17:18]):

  • Survived a major car accident resulting in severe injuries and reduced mobility, with bleak medical prognosis.
  • Reports miraculous restoration of movement after being prayed for at Pastor Jonathan’s event: “I’ve never experienced anything like that. ... I started moving my head around, and I heard it pop ... and I could... I could do anything now.” ([16:37])

2. The Principle of Sowing and Reaping

• Biblical Foundation ([04:53]-[09:00]):
  • Pastor Jonathan grounds much of his message in Galatians 6:7-8 and Deuteronomy 30.
  • Stresses the law of sowing and reaping over the concept of karma: “God has a law called the law. ... Sowing and reaping. ... If you went to traditional church, then they just call it karma ... but God has a law.” ([05:30])
  • Counters common theologies explaining bad outcomes as God’s arbitrary will, emphasizing instead human choices and responsibility.
  • “Any faith that puts the responsibility all on God is a counterfeit and fake faith. The Bible is not a promise book. The Bible is a covenant book.” ([08:28])

3. God’s Sovereignty vs. Human Responsibility

• Pushes back on the notion that “God is in control” of every tragedy:
  • “You believe a really stupid thing because everybody that gets stabbed to death today in America, you think God is in control of that. That's what makes people not like God.” ([06:52])
  • Argues for the distinction between God, the devil, and human agency: “The devil is the destroyer and Jesus is the one who frees from oppression. They don't do each other's job.” ([06:34])
  • Highlights biblical covenants as conditional: “If you will, then I will.” ([08:09])
• Teaches that the earth was given to humanity, referencing leasing as analogy ([09:48]).
• Distinguishes between Adam’s lost dominion and Christ’s restoration ([11:23]).
• Rejects theological relativism comparing Jesus to other religious figures, stressing the uniqueness of the virgin birth and resurrection ([12:44]-[15:00]).

4. Authority and Power in Scripture

• Passionate defense of the Bible’s incorruptibility and prophecy fulfillment:
  • “America, the Bible doesn't need to be conformed to America. America needs to be brought up to the standard of God's word.” ([18:13])
  • Shares the story of apologist Wesley Huff confronting Bible skeptics, emphasizing the reliability of scripture: “God went out of his way to preserve this book.” ([19:04])
• Criticizes the watering-down of theological doctrine: “When you start digging, you're going to find out that everything in that book is true.” ([21:27])

5. Practical Christian Living and Mindset

• Encouragement to base one’s life on the Bible: “You're not a fool to base your life on it. You're a fool to base your life against it.” ([22:41])
• Exhorts believers to expect a victorious year rooted in faith: “I'm going to have the best year I've ever had because I'm connected to Christ and I'm a doer of His Word.” ([23:41])
• Teaches the importance of giving God the “first”—in time, money, and decisions ([27:15]).
• Stresses personal freedom and responsibility, both spiritually and in leadership: “I'm not in charge to sort out everybody's life. ... We're raising champions here that can take the back and think and make decisions.” ([30:14])

6. Faith, Self-Mastery, and Blessing

• Discusses mastery over one’s lower nature (“the flesh”): “Man was not created to be a slave to something. ... You're not a slave to anything. I don't have to have coffee to wake up. ... I have peace that passes all the things the world's trying to get through alcohol and vape pens and everything else.” ([24:41])
• Reframes the law of sowing and reaping to include positive fruit, not just consequence for bad actions: “You also have an option to do things like you're doing right now. ... a multitude of benefits just for going to church.” ([27:14])

7. Memorable Moment: “Mind Your Own Business … in Jesus Name”

• Highlights 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12: living a quiet life and minding your own business.
  • “So now when you tell somebody mind your own business, you can actually throw it in Jesus name at the end because it's a scripture. ... I'm not in charge to sort out everybody's life.” ([29:50])

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “That night, my brain broke. Like, I was hearing screaming demonic voices that would not stop. It was terrifying. ... The only thing that stopped all the screaming demonic voices...was a Jonathan Shuttlesworth sermon.” – Tristan ([02:36])
• “Any faith that puts the responsibility all on God is a counterfeit and fake faith. The Bible is not a promise book. The Bible is a covenant book.” – Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth ([08:28])
• “He undoes the power of the devil and brings life.” – Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth ([14:57])
• “The same power that brought Christ up from the dead is contained in his word.” ([17:31])
• “America, the Bible doesn't need to be conformed to America. America needs to be brought up to the standard of God's word.” ([18:13])
• “You're not a fool to base your life on it. You're a fool to base your life against it.” ([22:41])
• “I'm going to have the best year I've ever had because I'm connected to Christ and I'm a doer of His Word.” ([23:41])
• “So now when you tell somebody mind your own business, you can actually throw it in Jesus name at the end because it's a scripture.” ([29:50])
• “We're raising champions here that can take the back and think and make decisions.” ([30:14])

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Tristan’s Healing & Provision Testimony: [02:12]–[04:24]
• Kylie’s Accident Recovery Testimony: [15:37]–[17:18]
• Law of Sowing and Reaping Explained: [04:53]–[09:00]
• Adam, Jesus, and Dominion: [09:48]–[15:00]
• Authenticity and Power of the Bible: [17:31]–[22:41]
• Positive Side of Sowing and Reaping: [26:04]–[27:14]
• “Mind Your Own Business … in Jesus Name”: [29:32]–[30:35]

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Conclusion

This episode is a powerful blend of personal stories and robust theological teaching, all conveyed in Jonathan Shuttlesworth’s bold, humor-laced style. The dual focus on the reality of spiritual victory and the necessity of personal responsibility resonates through testimonies of miraculous healing and practical wisdom for modern believers. Using vivid imagery, cultural references, and scriptural exposition, the episode challenges listeners to expect more from their faith, embrace the discipline of sowing and reaping, cling to the authority of Scripture, and, ultimately, to live empowered, purposeful lives anchored in Christian belief.

Transcript

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[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

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[Tristan (Testimony Speaker)]

My name is Tristan so last March I had surgery for A tor. Bicep tendon. Had surgery. Surgery went good. They drilled into my bone to reattach my bicep tendon, and they put me on arthritis drug, those drugs for a month. I was having an allergic reaction to it, but I didn't know that I was. So I was hallucinating. I would see, like, my pen spinning out of the core of my vision. Then I would look, and it was just stationary. So after about a month, I called my doctor. I was like, this doesn't seem right. Like, can I stop taking these drugs? He's like, oh, yeah. Like, you didn't even need those in the first place. I stopped taking the drugs cold turkey. And that night, my brain broke. Like, I was hearing screaming demonic voices that would not stop. It was terrifying. I. I don't know how to explain it. I actually ended up in the emergency room twice because of that, because my blood pressure was at 157, and they gave me the highest dose of anxiety medication. And I was taking those, and they still weren't doing anything. I just had this cold pit in my heart that wouldn't go. It was terrifying. I thought I was gonna die. And then the day after that, there was a Jonathan Shuttlesworth sermon that popped up on YouTube. And I listened to that, and it's the only thing that stopped all the screaming demonic voices. And I was able to sleep for the first time in days. I slept through the whole night listening to that sermon on repeat 24 7. And I listened to it for about three days straight. And on the third night, I. I just remember. It's like I felt the presence of the Lord, and it just broke off me. It's like warm honey washed over my mind. And there was just a shift in the spirit. And ever since that day, moving forward, everything just got cleared up. Like, the voices stopped. I was able to start sleeping well again. I have a second testimony that's completely unrelated. So Jonathan was in Oklahoma last year, and I went there, and I worked in media for about 10 years, and I had a project that I was trying to look for financing and funding for. And I brought a poster. I made three posters, and I brought one of them to Pastor Jonathan, and he just prayed over me. He asked the Lord to open doors for provision for this project for favor. About a month after that, the Lord lined me up with investors and a team. And now I have a team of artists. We're working on a project, pitching studios. We got an agent last week, so in May of next year, we'll be pitching to Lionsgate, Dreamworks, Sony, and we'll be bringing a film pitch studios. So now I'm completely healed. The Lord's opened major doors of provision. There's only good things ahead.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

We are raising up a family in this church. We're raising up a family in Pittsburgh, we're raising up a family in Texas.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

That don't just know about God, they know God. They've handled his power. They've seen his power flow through him. You're coming out of here today carrying fresh fire, fresh anointing, never to take another backwards step.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

I want you, if you have your Bibles, to turn to Deuteronomy, chapter 30. While you're turning to Deuteronomy 30, put the Scripture up that I started with in the 8:00am service. Deuteronomy 6. 8. In the Amplified Classic, Deuteronomy 6. 8. Sorry, Galatians 6. 8. I'll do 7. Just for context and just to add to it. Don't be deceived and deluded and misled. God will not allow himself to be sneered at, scorned, disdained or mocked by mere pretensions or professions or by his precepts being set aside, he inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God. For whatever a man sows that, and that only is what he will reap. And so if you went to traditional church, I mean, even if you didn't go to church, then they just call it karma. But people tell you that if you do bad things, bad things are going to come back. You had a co worker that does lousy things. They say karma is going to get them. Well, karma, I don't know what that is, but God has a law called the law. I want you to say it with me. Say the law, sowing and reaping. And so if they will deal with that at all in church, they just deal with the next. Most don't deal with it. Most is first of all, you see the last line there. For whatever a man sows that and that only is what he will reap. I have a book somewhere that you can buy. I think you can buy it on Amazon. It's called Decisions determine Destiny. I wrote it to fly in the face of the teaching that like. Well, we don't understand why God has some people go through really terrible things and then other people he helps as if God's up in heaven stamping prayer. Requests denied or accepted. When you read the Bible, you're going to find that life is a result of choices that you make. The Bible is a book about Decisions. And the Bible is a book about choices. God in fact, go to Galatians 6, 8. I'll prove my case, even though I don't think anybody's doubting me. For he who sows to his own flesh lower nature and sensuality will reap from the flesh, decay and ruin and destruction. And so most don't teach about seed, time and harvest, or the law of sowing and reaping. It's God's sovereign. We don't understand why he makes some kids poor and other kids rich. And we don't understand as if God, you know, the way people teach nowadays, I'd like to ask them what the devil does. Because it's God making people sick. It's God making people. Well, the Bible says there's two main characters. There's the thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy. Then there's Christ that came not just so that we want to be stolen from, killed and destroyed so that we might have and have it how life and life more abundantly. So the devil is the destroyer and Jesus is the one who frees from oppression. They don't do each other's job. Jesus never kills and destroys and Satan never saves and gives life more abundantly. And so if most don't teach on it, they teach us this sovereign. And I know it's going to hit people the wrong way. I probably should find a more clever way to get it across. But I don't feel like it. I'll just say it straight. You know, when people say God's in control, I just believe God's in control. Then you believe a really stupid thing because everybody that gets stabbed to death today in America, you think God is in control of that. That's what makes people not like God. Because if God's in control, then every kid that's at UPMC or Baylor Medical center in Texas that has leukemia, God is in control of that. That's why then a priest will come or a minister that believes like that and they'll come and talk to the family and say, you know, we don't understand his ways, but we have to trust his hand. And anybody with an IQ north of 85 is going to go, if God is putting cancer in this four year old's blood, then I don't want anything to do with him. And that's why most people don't want anything to do God because he's picking what, six year olds to have hit by a car today. And we don't understand, but his ways are higher than our ways. Where? That's not true. There was no death in the Garden of Eden before sin came. Sin brought death. But Christ shed his blood to not just atone for sin, to break the law of sin and death. The devil is a bad devil, but God is a good God who sent his son to give you life and have it more abundantly. So most won't teach on the law of seedtime and harvest because you know if you start understanding the law of seedtime and harvest there starts to be a lot less oh God, where are you? And a lot more. What does the Bible tell me I need to do? The Bible is a book of personal responsibility. The Bible is not a covenant book. The Bible is not a promise book. It's a covenant book. If you read it as a promise book, you're going to be. I don't understand. The Bible says the blessing of the Lord makes a man rich. I'm still not rich. The Bible says that God will heal me. I'm still not healed. Any faith that puts the responsibility all on God is a counterfeit and fake faith. The Bible is not a promise book. The Bible is a covenant book. Covenant is a well agreed up to condition between two parties. One has his part to play and the other has his part to play. That's why when you read the Bible there's almost no unilateral I'm going to do this whether you want me to or not. I'm going to take you to heaven whether you want to live a holy life or not. I'm going to heal you no matter what you do. No. The Bible reads like this. If you will, then I will. Are any among you sick? They should call on the elders of the church and be anointed with oil. And their prayer offered in faith will save the sick and the Lord will raise them up. There's always something for you to do. I want to go with this further about the God putting things in your hand. The Bible says in the book of Psalms the heavens belong to who? The Lord. But the earth he has given to. So God owns the earth but he gave it to man. If you have property, does anybody have property that they lease out? Okay, if you have property that you lease out, when you lease it out, you own it. But once that guy signs the lease to live in that house, are you allowed to just go in whenever you want because it's your house, Say, well, it's my house, I'll do what I want. No, as long as it's ceded to that guy and he leases it He. As long as he's in there, you don't have a right to go in without his permission. That's illegal. So God created the world, but he gave it to who and what man, specifically did he give it to? Adam. Then when Adam decided to obey Satan, what happened? Let me see. Romans 6:16. Romans 6:16. Do you not know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slave of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? Let me see. NLT Romans 6:16. Don't you realize that you become the slave of whatever? Or the amplified classic said, whoever you choose to obey. When Adam obeyed the devil and took that fruit, the Bible says you are the servant of whom you obey. He transferred his dominion to the devil when he obeyed him. That's a scriptural law. So that's why Adam is the first Adam and then Jesus is called the second. What, Adam? Because Adam had no earthly father. That's what we just celebrated at Christmas time. There's always some moron preacher at Christmas time that feels the need to say whether he was born of a virgin or not is not important. Yeah, it's not important if you're not concerned about whether you go to hell or not. Because the stain of sin is passed from the father. A child gets its blood from the father. And so the reason Jesus had no earthly father was if he did, he'd have been no different than Elijah or Moses or Muhammad or Buddha. He could have taught good things, he could have done good things. But there needed to be somebody that came with holy blood that could break the power of the devil and take that dominion back from the devil. For the children of God. Can you say Amen? That's why when God told Mary that she'd become fruitful and bear a child, that she said, yeah, but I don't. I've never had sex with a man. And the angel said, exactly. Because the thing that is conceived in you will be holy. The spirit of God will overshadow you. The power of God will overshadow you, and you will become fruitful. So Jesus was born of a virgin. And in so doing, I'm telling you all because we have a young. A church that's starting to skew younger and younger. When you go to high school or college and they make it like, whether you like Jesus or Muhammad or Buddha or Shiva, they're all the same, you know, it's just different paths. No, they're not. That's why every religion can take you to the tomb of their founder, and only Christianity can take you to an empty tomb. Because he was more than a teacher. He was more than a prophet. He was more than an evangelist and an apostle. He's the Son of God made flesh. His blood was holy.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

He was born of a virgin.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

He was tempted in all points, like.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

We are, yet he never sinned.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

He went to the cross and shed his blood.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

That in shedding his blood, he would.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Undo the power of the devil and bring life.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

They buried him in the tomb, but three days later, God gave him power to raise his body back up again. And on the third day, he arose alive, victorious over sin, victorious over death, victorious over the devil. And he never died again. He ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of the Father, where he lives evermore to make intercession. He's not a man. He's the Son of God made flesh. He redeemed us by his holy blood that anybody that calls on the name.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Of the Lord shall be saved.

[Kylie (Testimony Speaker)]

I'm Kylie, and two months ago, I was in a really bad car accident where quite literally almost died. I had a brain bleed, liver laceration fractured my shoulder, and I broke my neck in three spots. And I had to have a spinal fusion from C5 to C7. And so they put, like, metal plates and stuff in my neck to like, keep it, I guess, in place. And so I haven't been able to, like, look down or touch my cheek to my shoulder on either side, or, like, I haven't had full range of motion at all, really. And the doctors told me that was something that I may never get back just because of, like, what they had to do. And they also told me that in the future I would be really, really prone to having to have, like, another surgery. I have, like, arthritis and stuff in my neck. I've just been believing that that's not the case, because who wants that? But. And then when we came to the conference on Sunday, Pastor Jonathan was like, I'm gonna lay hands on everybody. And so when he did and he laid hands on me, I, like, have never experienced anything like that. I, like, gasped really loud, and then just, like, fell. And when I fell, I started moving my head around because, like, obviously that's what I was believing for, like, so hard. And so I started moving my head around, and I heard it pop. And I was like, that's new. And then I, like, tried to do everything that I couldn't do before, and I could. And I did not know what to do. So praise God. Cause that was. Yeah, yeah. But I can like do this and this and look down and I've not been able to do that in two months or like jump or anything. Like, my ankle is sprained and my shoulder is all messed up and I can do anything now.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

So, yeah, that's what Jesus did. That's the gospel in three and a half minutes. And it's pretty awesome like you saw happen in Houston, especially those that were there alive, that.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

That.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Let me see. Romans 1:16. Romans 1:16. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for it. The gospel is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes the Jew first and also to the Gentiles. So think of this. The same power that brought Christ up from the dead is contained in his word. And when any man or woman preaches it, if you preach them, that's why the devil tries to get people in seminaries that are all backslidden and get you to deny the virgin birth and start messing around with what the Bible says. And I know it says that, but I think we need to bring it up to date. America, the Bible doesn't need to be conformed to America. America needs to be brought up to the standard of God's word. The power is in the Bible. The power is in the unadulterated Bible. Billy Graham would just stand up in a stadium and read John 3:16 and tell what John 3:16 plainly said. And the stadium I was there at Three Rivers Stadium would weep as they heard. The power that's in the Bible. God's word. Let me tell you this while I'm getting wound up, anytime you hear people say that everything in this world is fallen and everything has been corrupted by sin, it's not true. Because there's still one thing that is incorruptible. It's never been corrupted and it never will be corrupted. By the way, while I'm on the subject, anytime you hear somebody start saying, well, yes, you have a Bible, but it's been altered and translated so many times that it's not even in its right shape, you are listening to a devil talking because God went out of his way to preserve this book. In fact, every time when it started to look like, when people would rise up and say, there's no way Isaiah is real. His prophecies are so accurate that they were written in 700 AD. Then comes some shepherds in the Middle east throwing some rocks in a cave, and they hear it hit a pot and they find the ancient original Isaiah Scrolls that validate that the Bible is what it says it is. It's not a book of good sayings. The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. I like that guy, Wesley Huff, that apologist from Canada. There were two guys doing a podcast and they both were non believers. And the one guy started going to church and so when his co host started saying that the Bible's not true, all that stuff they tell you when you go to college, he said, well, I know this guy that I've met and I would like to just hear what he has to say about it. So he brings Wesley Huff on. How many of you saw it before he went on Joe Rogan? Got viewed tens of millions of times. This guy's spouting off all this crap, like most of you have heard, that this has been altered so many times and the real books that are supposed to be in here aren't even in here. And so he brings this guy in, Wesley Huff, spur of the moment, with a white earpod in. And so he says, he said, well, the text actually says this and it's been translated wrong. He said it has. Hold on a second. And Wesley Huff reaches back and pulls the actual text from his library because he works at a university in Toronto that has original text. And he goes, I'll send you the PDF so you can read it yourself. He said, it doesn't say what you said. It says exactly the way it's translated. And then the guy gets made to look such a fool that he. I think for the first time in world history, a host left his own podcast after about 15 minutes. The guy that was mocking the Bible, that was the host of the podcast, just grabbed his stuff and got up and left because he was humiliated. See, your high school teacher sounds smart. Or your college teacher, you could pull out people that have credentials that dwarf theirs. Double earned PhDs, triple earned PhDs. Let me tell you something. We are not putting our faith then. Well, I know it's not true, but my grandma taught it and I just want to believe it. I'm a preacher's kid. I made up my mind when I was about 10. If this is some garbage that we're just propagating because it's part of American culture or European culture, I'm not spending my life doing it. When you start digging, you're going to find out that everything in that book is true. The prophecies that Jesus fulfilled. If you would take the time and read Psalm 22. They pierced my hands and feet thousands of years before Jesus died. The prophecies that Christ fulfilled were impossible for anybody to fulfill. My enemies pierced my hands and feet. Who gets in a fight at a bar in the Strip district and has somebody stab them in the hands or stab them in the foot? Nobody gets their hands pierced or their feet pierced. Then it starts talking about him being hung on a tree. The crucifixion was prophesied. The resurrection was prophesied. His coming back again is prophesied. Everything the Bible said has come to pass with complete and total accuracy.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

You're not a fool to base your life on it.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

You're a fool to base your life against it. The Bible says, he that hears my word and doesn't do it is like a fool that builds his life on the sand. But he I'm not talking to those people today.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

I'm talking to people that made up.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Their mind to be in the house of God. And the Bible says, you're not wasting your time.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

The man that hears my word and.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Doeth it is like a wise man that builds his house on the rock. The wind still comes, the waves still come. Just like if you live in the world, it doesn't exempt you from storms. But what happens is your. Your house, your life is so rooted.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

In the bedrock foundation of the Word of God that the same way God's word can never be shaken, the man that aligns himself with the Bible can never be put to shame.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

That's where you're going.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

You have a reason to expect the best.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

2026.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

Say it so the devil can hear.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

I'm going to have the best year I've ever had because I'm connected to Christ and I'm a doer of His Word.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

Now let's lift both hands and begin.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

To thank God out of our mouth that things are going to be different. Whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

Hallelujah.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

I said hallelujah. The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever. So if you get. If people do preach on or teach on the law of seed, time and harvest. Galatians 6, 8. They'll teach on the first part. He that sows unto the flesh. Let me see. Amplified classic. For he who sows to his own flesh. Lower nature, sensuality. Everybody say lower nature. Bible calls it your lower nature that wants to drink and party and smoke up. And I'm stressed out. See, like, there's not nothing in the Bible talks about vaping. There's nothing. The Bible talks about smoking cigarettes. But man was not created to be a slave to something. When I get there, I just need something to calm my nerves. No, your nerves aren't to master you. Stress isn't to master you. God put man in dominion, Sin took dominion. Christ not only saved you from your sin, he restored dominion back to man. Old Pentecostals used to say, let nothing master you, but the master. You're not a slave to anything. I don't have to have coffee to wake up. I have it if I want, but I don't have to. I don't have to have a drink to go to bed to calm my nerves. My nerves are dangerously calm. Can you say amen? Because I have peace that passes all the things the world's trying to get through alcohol and vape pens and everything else. I have it by the Holy Ghost. You have it by the Holy Ghost. It's not a gift for preachers. It's a gift for all who believe. And I'm talking to people that made.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

Up their mind that they're going to be in the house of God today because they believe. And I want you to know there is a blessing for believing God.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

So if they do deal, if they do deal with. With any of the parts of it, then they'll deal with just the negative. Well, Bible says you reap what you sow. She was smoking her whole life and she got lung cancer. Reap what you sow. She was always causing trouble at work for other people. She ended up getting fired. Reap what you sow. That's true. If you drink long enough, you're likely going to have liver problems. If you smoke long enough, you're probably going to have lung problems. If you have sex with enough partners, you're going to get blood disease. Because the Bible says if you sow to your own flesh, your lower nature, you will from the flesh reap. You will not. You might. God will not be mocked. You will reap decay, ruin and destruction. But there's a second part. Everybody say there's a second part. And if you preach this part, you get labeled a faith preacher. What a terrible insult. Oh, you're one of those faith people. You're one of those prosperity people. Yep. You can also throw in healing. You can throw in joy, you can throw in peace.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth (Co-Speaker)]

You can throw in righteousness.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

You can throw in gentleness. You can throw in self control. It's not insulting to me to have things that are fruit of the spirit. Because the Bible teaches that the same way you can sow to your lower nature and reap destruction, you also have an option to do things like you're doing right now. I believe I've taken a whole Sunday before and shown you in the Bible the multitude of benefits just for going to church. That because God has something that's called in theology the law of first things. He wants your firstborn child, he wants your firstborn cattle, your firstborn everything in your house. He wants the first 10% of what comes in. And he wants the first hours of a new week. Sunday is not the last day of the week. It's the first day of the week. You, whether you knew it or not, made a decision to honor the law of first things. Today. You could have been anywhere else. You could be across at Primani's or Wendy's. You could have said, I'm tired. You could have said that. What? When did the Steelers play? One o'. Clock. Steelers are playing at one. And I'm. I'm responsible this week to get the chips and dip ready. So I need to take the entire five hours this morning to prepare Buffalo Ranch, that's pre made from giant eagle and chips. You could have said whatever you wanted. And see, that's the thing you're going to find out about God. God's not controlling. That's why I'm like that as a pastor. I try to be like God. You've never got a text from me. I don't think you should date him. I don't think she's right for you. I don't think you should go to that school. There's a guy that's on staff here at the church. He said his dad was shocked because he said he was going to come to Bible school, but then he got an offer to coach football and he said he told his dad, I already told the pastor, I'm going to go to Bible school. I'm going to ask him if I can coach instead and if he'll let me out. And his dad said, he's not going to let you out. He's going to tell you that you made a decision to go to Bible school and you need to honor your word. And he said his dad was shocked when I told him what I told him. I said, yeah, go coach football. You know, anything you feel like doing, do it. If you're looking for me to talk you into anything or out of anything, you got the wrong pastor. There's a verse that the Bible says, can you guys find it for me. Let me use my little assistant chatgpt. Because if there's one verse I've mastered, it's this one. Where does the Bible say in the New Testament that we're to live a quiet life, work with our own hands, and mind our own business?

[Podcast Host]

Absolutely. That's found in 1st Thessalonians 4, 11:12 New Living Translation make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live and you will not need to depend on others.

[Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

So now when you tell somebody mind your own business, you can actually throw it in Jesus name at the end because it's a scripture. You can start responding to people like that on Facebook. Mind your own business in Jesus name. Oh yeah, Jesus said what I say to one. I said, oh, I don't have private counseling with people. Everything I have to say to you, I'm saying from the pulpit and you can interpret it by the Holy Ghost however you want. I'm not in charge to sort out everybody's life. Tell you whether I think you should buy a home, whether you shouldn't buy a home. We're not raising infants. We're raising champions here that can take the back and think and make decisions.

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