Live from Miami | Street Preachers Podcast Tour | Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake

Summary

Street Preachers Podcast: Live from Miami — Repentance & Pursuit of Holiness

Hosts: Philip Anthony Mitchell & Tim Timberlake
Episode Title: Live from Miami | Street Preachers Podcast Tour
Date: December 30, 2025
Location: Miami, FL

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Overview:

This powerful, in-person episode of Street Preachers continues the raw, unfiltered conversation on repentance and holiness. Building on a previous episode’s introduction of these themes, Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake, alongside Miami's Street Team, challenge listeners to confront sin, break the false images they've built, and pursue genuine transformation through intimacy with God. With candid testimony, biblical exposition, and fervent calls to action, the episode seeks to stir personal and community revival.

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Key Topics & Insights

1. Why Talk About Repentance and Holiness? (00:25–06:12)

• Repentance – A deeply neglected but critical aspect of the Christian life.
  • Tim Timberlake: “It’s not a sexy topic … but it leads us back to the feet and the heart of Jesus.” (00:36)
• Holiness – Not about perfection, but reflecting God.
  • Tim Timberlake: “When we read this text, we believe … God is talking to us about perfection, when in fact he is talking to us about reflection.” (03:41)

2. Reflecting the Father (04:01–06:01)

• Holiness is not about striving, but about reflecting God’s character, much like children naturally reflect their parents.
  • Tim Timberlake: “When you understand who you reflect, you … don’t have to remind yourself of who you are.” (05:03)
• The soul-searching challenge:
  • Philip Anthony Mitchell: “Who do you look like?” (05:21)

3. Sin’s Pervasiveness & Destructive Power (06:12–08:27)

• Sin is the root of human pain and brokenness – not just “bad behavior,” but a force that sabotages relationships and individual well-being.
  • Mitchell: “Everything you hate about life, the origin of that is sin.” (06:15)
  • Mitchell: “We treat it like a pet… and we play around with it.” (07:18)
• Hating sin is wisdom – God’s call to holiness is an invitation to wholeness.

4. Holiness Is Not Legalism or Perfectionism (08:27–09:15)

• God’s standards measure the heart, not outward performance; “not sinning for a day” is not the point.
• Holiness involves a daily desire to pursue God, not merely avoiding mistakes.

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4. The Pain of Disobedience and Power of Obedience (09:15–14:28)

• Candid Testimony: Mitchell shares personal stories of testing God’s word with disobedience, resulting in pain, regret, and lost opportunities.
  • Mitchell: “I know what it is to test God’s word with disobedience and come out on the other side a loser.” (09:15)
• God’s commandments are for human flourishing, not restriction.
  • Mitchell: “He’s not giving us commandments because he’s trying to rob you of something. He’s trying to lead you into the best life possible.” (10:27)
• The story of Adam, Eve, and the Garden is reframed: The choice is about freedom to love, not control, and obedience leads to blessing.

5. Real-Life Impact: Marriage and Holiness (13:49–15:39)

• Mitchell’s struggle with pornography and victory through pursuing holiness.
  • Mitchell: “This is me two years into my marriage and Lena catching pornography on the computer… understanding the pursuit of holiness and how it would transform my marriage.” (14:04)
  • Mitchell (to Lena): “That boy ain’t bound by pornography no more.” (14:28)
• Quote: “Holiness can change your marriage tonight. There are people in here who have businesses. Holiness can change your business. It could change your ministry.” (15:32)

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6. Holiness Defined: Beyond Appearance (17:39–19:12)

• Holiness isn’t about outward religious performance or dress.
  • Mitchell: “Holiness is not outside clothing … men look at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.” (17:57)
• Biblical holiness: “to be set apart, consecrated, different.”

7. How Do We Pursue Holiness? Practical Handles (19:12–22:02)

• Belong (Community): You cannot pursue holiness in isolation.
  • Tim Timberlake: “It’s very difficult to be holy … when I don’t have an image I’m mimicking. So I belong.” (20:03)
• Reflect: Stewarding the image of God – not your own.
  • Tim Timberlake: “When I am operating in holiness, I am stewarding the image of God well.” (20:38)
• Obey: Holiness demands obedience, not just knowledge.
  • Tim Timberlake: “God won’t advance you beyond your last act of disobedience.” (21:10)

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8. The Barriers to Obedience (22:02–26:42)

• Many want to obey but are afraid of losing control; fear and lack of trust in God’s goodness are common.
  • Mitchell: “You have to trust God even when you can’t trace Him. I know it’s difficult to forgive… but on the other side of that is God’s goodness, His mercy, His healing power.” (24:54)
• Holding On to Hurt: Unforgiveness is a major roadblock.
  • Mitchell: “Some of you, you’re waiting to be healed, but your healing will come on the other side of obedience.” (25:49)
• Mitchell: “Your prayers become more effective when you turn away from sin.” (27:16)

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9. Image, Identity, and Authenticity — Especially in a Place Like Miami (28:22–35:26)

• The danger of loving your own image above God’s.
  • Tim Timberlake: “My shortcomings came when I loved my image more than his.” (28:28)
• Miami as a location is called out for its culture of surface-level affluence and pretense:
  • Mitchell: “There’s everything that looks good on the outside in Miami… but on the inside, unfulfilled, unhappy.” (32:44)
• Real happiness and fulfillment come not from material things, but from possessing the character of Christ (the Beatitudes).

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Mitchell: “How long you gonna keep hopping off polls and strip clubs on Saturday and shouting in VU on Sunday?” (34:41)
• Mitchell: “Could buy what you want, but can’t buy peace. Could buy what you want, but can’t buy fulfillment.” (35:01)

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10. God's Response: Not Condemnation, but Invitation (35:26–38:51)

• God calls out—like He did with Adam—not to shame, but to invite return and restoration.
  • Mitchell: “Run to me and not away from me. He’s saying to someone tonight who feels unworthy: Run to me.” (36:07)
• God already knows your struggles and brokenness and still calls you.

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11. Call to Repentance and Transformation (38:51–41:11)

• The practical challenge: move from double lives to genuine repentance.
  • Mitchell: “You think you came for a podcast. You came for a moment of repentance.” (38:07)
• Tim Timberlake: “If Jesus came to give us life … then sin are the scissors that cut the umbilical cord.” (39:05)
• Prayer and invitation for everyone in the room to return to God.

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12. Extended Worship, Surrender, and Prayer (41:11–52:47)

• Massive, communal moment of worship, repeated calls for those present and listening to surrender, repent, and seek genuine transformation.
• Words of encouragement for lasting change:
  • Philip Anthony Mitchell (prayer): “May we not leave this room the same … revive us, Father. Awaken us.” (53:33)
  • “Help us to be holy that our friends and our family will come to know the God of the Bible.” (54:05)

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Notable Quotes

• “When we read this text, we believe … God is talking to us about perfection, when in fact he is talking to us about reflection.”
  — Tim Timberlake (03:41)

• “Everything you hate about life, the origin of that is sin.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell (06:15)

• “I know what it is to test God’s word with disobedience and come out on the other side a loser.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell (09:15)

• “Holiness can change your marriage tonight. Holiness can change your business. It could change your ministry.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell (15:32)

• “You think the man in a flowing robe, and he got bells swinging, he's holy, but he's banging boys ... men look at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell & Tim Timberlake (17:46–17:59)

• “God won’t advance you beyond your last act of disobedience.”
  — Tim Timberlake (21:10)

• “My shortcomings came when I loved my image more than his.”
  — Tim Timberlake (28:29)

• “Could buy what you want, but can’t buy peace. Could buy what you want, but can’t buy fulfillment.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell (35:01)

• “Run to me and not away from me.”
  — Philip Anthony Mitchell (36:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:25] Intro — Why talk about repentance and holiness?
• [04:01] Holiness as reflection, not perfection.
• [06:12] Sin and its destructive power.
• [09:15] The pain of disobedience—personal testimony.
• [13:49] Holiness changing marriage: honest story on battling pornography.
• [17:39] What holiness is (and is not).
• [19:12] Practical “handles” for holiness: belong, reflect, obey.
• [22:02] Barriers to obedience: fear, lack of trust, control.
• [28:22] Loving our image more than God’s image.
• [32:23] The false images and veneer of success—exposing Miami’s culture.
• [35:26] God’s invitation: return, don’t hide.
• [38:51] Call to repentance and surrender.
• [41:11] Worship, extended communal prayer.
• [53:33+] Benedicition: lasting transformation and call to a holy life.

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Tone & Language

Unapologetically authentic, direct, and charged with spiritual urgency. Language ranges from relatable street-level references to vulnerable personal confession and high-energy calls to repentance. Both hosts combine scriptural exposition, personal transparency, and community challenge, inviting listeners into the raw process of transformation.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is more than a teaching—it's a moment of collective self-examination and a call to real change. Whether you’re struggling with hidden sin, exhausted by trying to keep up appearances, or hungry for a deeper, truer encounter with God, these “street preachers” urge you to respond—not just with emotion, but with surrender and new resolve.

Faith, hope, and transformation aren’t out of reach. They’re on the other side of repentance, honest reflection, community, and obedience—right where you are, starting today.

Transcript

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You're listening to the Street Preachers Podcast with Tim Timberlake and Philip Anthony Mitchell.

[Tim Timberlake]

This episode is powered by Overflow Co and the Museum of the Bible Street Team. What's going on? We are here in Miami, Florida. I want. Is our Miami street team in the room.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Make some noise right now.

[Tim Timberlake]

We've been on a little bit of a journey, and God has been doing some pretty incredible things. And we've seen God move in every city in every episode, and we believe this episode is special. And our last episode, we began to break open a text and we began to break open a topic that you and I believe in. And we started it, but we didn't finish it. We're going to finish what the Holy Spirit has placed on our spirits tonight. And we began on the last episode talking about repentance. And it's not a sexy topic. It's not attractive. It's not something that people build conferences around. It's not something people shout and cry over. When you hear repentance, you don't think, oh, wow, we're about to have church in here tonight. But it is such a necessity for us. It leads us back to the feet and the heart of Jesus. We're also going to touch on holiness, what it means to live a holy life. Break down some of the stigmas, some of the religion that some of you may be carrying in this moment, because you know church, but you don't know the kingdom. And some of us know legalism and we know perfectionism, and we have our checklists of things to do, but we don't know intimacy with the Father. And so we have standards that are unrealistic to our humanity that God does not quantify or qualify as his standards. We look at not sinning for a day as successful. When God looks at the purity of your heart, and he defines that when it is intimate with him as success. And tonight we're going to look at that through the text and I want us to turn our attention to First Peter. And in First Peter, he begins to break open for us a revelation that is important for us to understand. Let's start at verse number 13. Therefore, prepare your minds for action. Keep sober in spirit. Set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lust which were yours in your ignorance. But like the Holy One who called you, be wholly yourselves also in all of your behavior, because it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. And sometimes we Read this text. And we believe that God, through his son who wrote this, is talking to us about perfection, when in fact he is talking to us about reflection.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

My father.

[Tim Timberlake]

He died the day after my 18th birthday. And now in my 40s, I look in the mirror and I see him. I open my mouth and I speak and I hear him. And there are things that he carried that I now reflect. There are things that he possessed as characteristics that I now possess. And so when scripture is talking about holiness, it is simply asking you the question, do you reflect your father? Because Scripture says you shall be holy. For I am holy. When I woke up this morning, bro, I didn't have to remind myself that my last name was Timberlake. Yep, I know what my last name is because it has been passed down to me.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

From your father. From my father? Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on. When you understand who you reflect, you.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Don'T have to remind yourself of who you are, because you are the reflection of your father. So right here, from the very beginning.

[Tim Timberlake]

I want to ask you a soul punching question.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Who do you look like?

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Because some of us reflect our practices, but we don't reflect our intimacy with our Father. Some of us reflect the standards given to us by culture and society, but we don't reflect the image given to us by our Father. Do you know where most of us fall and stumble in this area of holiness?

[Worship Leader / Choir]

We.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

We consume and we take on an image that God never gave us.

[Tim Timberlake]

So, bro, let's break this text open. Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I think it's important for us, Tim, to also talk about the fact that this topic is definitely not attractive.

[Tim Timberlake]

All right?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Nobody's going to throw a towel at us and say preach. You know, it's not going to. They're not laying nothing on the altar. I know you don't want to hear this, right? But the reality of the matter, every single person in this room under the sound of my voice, including the person with the microphone, we all have been infected by the same thing. We all have been infected by sin. It has infected your intellect, it has infected your emotions, has infected your vision, has infected your feelings, has infected everything and everything you hate about life. The origin of that is sin.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Everything that's ever made you cry, every.

Betrayal you've ever gone through, every divorce.

That we can testify we've survived in this room, every relationship that has been broken, every friend that has walked out, every person that said, I was raised without my mother or my father, everything.

That has brought pain to your life.

The origin of that is sin is why we encourage People to hate sin because it is the bane of all human existence. And yet we treat it like a.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Pet.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We keep it on a leash and we play around with it in which we don't understand the destructive power of sin. It is the thing that has ruined more relationships in your life than anything else. If you have walked out of a painful relationship, someone you've been on the other side of, another sinner.

[Tim Timberlake]

And when.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You understand the destructive power of sin and that everything that hurt brings you.

Hurt and tears and pain and frustration, when you understand that, then you understand the wisdom of God in calling us to be holy. The wisdom of God in calling us to be holy is because as we are holy, he actually leads us into human flourishing. He leads us into living lives that ultimately allows us to flourish in our personal lives and in the context of our relationships.

[Tim Timberlake]

So what?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

God is calling us to holiness. He's not calling us to legalism, he's not calling us to man made doctrines. He's not calling us to a life in which we never make a mistake. He's calling us to rise up every single morning, say, lord, on this day, I want to pursue you. I want to pursue your ways, I want to pursue your word, I want to pursue your will.

I'm waking up each morning desiring to be like my father, right? And I am a proponent and an advocate for holiness not because I am perfect. And Tim is an advocate for holiness not because he is perfect. But I have learned over my lifetime a few valuable lessons that I just want to remind you of. Hear me my burden and Tim's burden to pull you into holiness tonight, for hundreds of you, maybe a thousand of you, to walk out this room waking up in the morning desiring to be holy. We're not salivating over ain't nobody getting up in the morning salivating over holiness, right?

But I'm a proponent for holiness because I know what it is to test God's word with disobedience and come out on the other side a loser. You know what it is to test God's word with disobedience and come out on the other side of a. I know what it is, Tim, to test God's word with disobedience, only to learn he was serious about what he said and that every time we go against his word, his wisdom and his ways, we are the ones that come out broken, bloodied, bruised, crying. A lot of us are shedding tears and we just will not transform our. We will not transform, we will not train, we will not change. And I know what it is to test God's word with disobedience and realize God is actually ser about what he said. And so? And so first, I'm a proponent for holiness, Tim, because I know the pain of disobedience. I know I'm not the only one in this room that knows the pain of disobedience. Who's carrying scars on your back and seasons of regret. When you said man, had I only listened to God in this area right here, I could have circumvented that pain. I would have not lost time. I could have still had that relationship, could have still had that job, would have not lost that business. There is in this room testimonies of catastrophic loss, devastation, pain, and hardship. Not because God is not good, but because we were disobedient, because we thought that our way was better than his way. We thought that we was wiser than him and that we were smarter than him. And I've learned that when God gives us commandments, he's not giving us commandments because he's trying to rob you of something. He's given us commandments because he's trying to lead you into the best life possible. See, this is how Eve got deceived. Pay attention to the text. Like, the Lord gives them a garden. He says, you can have everything in this garden that you desire, right? This one thing right here in the middle. Don't touch it. And some people will ask the question, like, well, why would God put something in the garden? Why put that temptation there? You know why he put that tree in the garden and told not to touch it? Because you can't force nobody to love you and make them a robot. You have to give them a ch. Choice to not choose you, right? So here comes the enemy. Talks to Eve the same way he talks to you. Did God really say just try to get you to doubt God's word? I mean, he. He says, love your wife as Christ loved the church. I'm gonna try it a different way. He says, submit to your husband. I'm gonna try it a different way. He says, forgive. I'm gonna try it a different way.

He says, be generous.

I'm gonna try it a different way. He says, stay in community. I'm gonna try. And that's all the devil keeps tempting us to do, to try it a different way, right? And instead of Eve being focused on everything that God gave her for human flourishing, she focused on the one thing.

That was a restriction.

To think that God is limited, God is cruel. God is not Kind. And that's the same thing that happens to us. We have all of these things in our mind that makes us think that we're going to go around these commandments and come out with a life better than the one God has planned for us. And then we bite of the devil's deceit. And then pain teaches us. Oh, snap. I shouldn't have touched that tree. See, and this is the beauty of pursuing holiness. That as you pursue holiness, you conform yourself to what God has called you to do. And what comes on the other side of this watch. This is favor, is prospering, is human flourishing. It is the best life possible, I assure you. A marriage could change tonight if a husband just decides to be holy. I'm telling you right here in this room. Can I blow up the room? There's a husband in the room right now. And your wife is not good enough for you. So you have all these other lovers on your phone and that pornography got you so bound, you can't even enjoy the woman that God gave you, right? And then all you see in her is all the things you don't like. And then your heart starts to rise with resentment. And every time you see her, you're mad and you're angry. When really she's not that bad, is that you're so full of sinfulness you can't really see her for who she is. That maybe if you pursue holiness and curb your flesh to say, God, I will run from this sin in pursuit of holiness, you might turn to her the next morning and see the beauty of.

Of what God has given you.

I know you're in the room.

I know you in the room.

Where Lena at? Can I. Can I testify?

Are you sure? My wife's sitting right there. Can I.

This is. This is me two years into my marriage and Lena catching pornography on the computer and her having to confront me and me understanding the pursuit of holiness and how it would transform my marriage. This is me looking at her right now and feeling totally satisfied with that package I got sitting over there.

I'm clocking the devil's tee. I'm clocking the devil's tee right here in front of everybody. That boy ain't bound by pornography no more.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

I'm clocking the devil's tee.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

This is me looking at that blazing beauty and loving her toes and her fingers and her thighs and her complexion and her curly hair and her lips and being fully satisfied with her and enjoying the woman that God gave me. Y' all fake. Where all the real men in this Room. Where all the ladies at? This is me checking her toes when.

She comes back from the nail shop. True.

I checked. Did they.

Is the. Is the nail straight?

Is the color nice? I hold her feet. I smell it.

It smells. This is a true story. If I'm. If I'm lying, God can strike me dead right now. This is me being infatuated with a woman that I used to look at with disgust. Because I love sin more than holiness. Repeat. So holiness can change your marriage tonight. There are people in here who have businesses. Holiness can change your business. It could change your ministry. You got people jealous of Tim Timberlake's ministry and jealous of Pam's ministry. Jealous of celebration, jealous of 2019, jealous of all this stuff, which is sin. Like, but you don't want to pay the price. Like, can we stop all the nonsense Y' all think this is. This is what we want. We want glory and we want lights and stages and all that stuff. No, like, there's a price being paid in private and what. And what follows? Holiness is favor. You get. Employees get a better boss who's in pursuit of holiness. Spouses get a better spouse who's in pursuit of holiness. Friends get a better friends who's in pursuit of holiness. We learn how to forgive. We learn how to love. We learn how to turn away from sin. We learn how to apologize. We learn how to wring out our own sin and deal with our own self first. I'm telling you, you can walk out of here a better man, a better woman, if you make a conscious decision tonight. You know what? After tonight, I'm going to be a person in pursuit of holiness. Now, let's define that. Tim and I want you to talk about this definition. Holiness is not outside clothing. No, like, yo, dumb ninjas ain't holy. Like, they up there in fitted hats and jeans and sneakers. Look at them. They look like two ninjas ain't got no business. And you.

[Tim Timberlake]

You.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You think the man in a flowing robe, and he got bells swinging. He's. He's holy, but he's banging boys. Yeah, right.

[Tim Timberlake]

He's.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He's banging boys.

[Tim Timberlake]

But his.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

His garments make him look holy because men look at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. You got divas and pulpits and they got big Instagram followings and platforms and they can preach and they walk with accents and they. You think they holy because of their accent and they following, but their heart is wicked and dark. So holiness has nothing to do with outward appearance. I'm not less holy because I Got on a hoodie and J's the word holy in the original language, Hebrew and Greek, means to be set apart. It means to be consecrated. It means to be different. Like, God is supremely holy because he is set apart from humanity. I am holy. When I make a decision to be set apart, I will not be like.

Everything I see in the world. That's why Peter said, don't be conformed to.

So holiness is not. It's not how I talk. It's not outside garments.

It's the decision I make in my heart. To be consecrated, to be set apart, to be like my father. Now, Tim, since we're talking about your father, he's in glory. What are some practical handles? Disciplines. Like, we up here freestyling. Just want y' all to know, like, Tim and I don't plan our episodes. I want you to just ask. I want to ask you what are, like, practical things people can do? Like, they can do this, this, this, this. To put them on a path to being holy.

[Tim Timberlake]

The first thing, when I'm on a path of being holy, I belong.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So you're talking about community.

[Tim Timberlake]

Community.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

So it's hard to be holy in isolation.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's. It's very difficult to be holy. Yeah. When I don't have an image, I'm mimicking. Yeah. So I belong. The second thing that I do, I reflect. You said something so powerful.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

What's that?

[Tim Timberlake]

You kind of skate past it. You talked about Eve. Eve, okay. In the garden. Yeah. Right. And so when God is talking about holiness, it is an effort to get us back to the Garden of Eden. Because the Garden of Eden, he says, let us make man in our image. Image.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yes.

[Tim Timberlake]

What is holiness? The reflection of God. So when I am operating in holiness, I am stewarding the image of God. Well, so I belong. I reflect and I obey. You obey. We don't want obedience.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Why? Why is that?

[Tim Timberlake]

Because obedience moves us out of our comfort and convenience, and it breaks our flesh. And we don't like to tell ourselves, no, work that a little bit. We don't want discipline.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

Work that. We don't want boundaries. We don't want out of bounds. We don't want to believe that the scripture is divinely inspired by God. We want to pick and choose what we believe. Because surely a loving God wouldn't tell us. No, surely a loving God wouldn't tell us we have to be faithful to one woman and one man. Surely a loving God would tell us that we shouldn't eat too much because that's gluttonous. Surely a loving God wouldn't tell us we can't do the things our flesh desires. We don't want obedience. But in order for us to live a holy life and in order for us to reflect God, we. Obedient to be obedient. And here's the reality. God won't advance you beyond your last act of disobedience. And some of you are praying and asking God for more. And God is waiting on you to obey your instruction. And you're like, God, I'm waiting on you. And God is like, no, I'm waiting on you now.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I. I want to. I want to add something there about. About obedience. I want to. I want to stick in something there about obedience. Okay. I want to. I want to pause to just acknowledge people who. You have a desire to obey, but you don't do it. I. I want to acknowledge you because I want to say there are people in the room who are not categorically evil.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And there are people here who don't obey, Tim. I think because there's fear. They. They afraid that if they obey, what, they might lose it. Really. Some of that is lack of control. They feel like if I obey, I lose control of the narrative. I lose control of the story. And some people are afraid to. To lose control. And there are people who don't want to obey because they don't trust what's on the other side of obedience. Like, God may be saying, leave that job and start so and so. They don't want to do that because they're afraid or, you know, move to Miami to be a part of VU or. And they don't want to do that because they're afraid. Yo, pause. Tim and I gotta shout out one of our closest friends, one of our brothers. He is one of the greatest leaders in the country and one of the.

Greatest voices in the country. Y', all, help me give up. Help me honor my brother. Pastor Rich Wilkerson.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Yes, he is.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Come on. He can't hear you.

Right?

And if you live in Miami and you don't have a home church, we want to encourage you to come back.

On Sunday to the vu.

[Tim Timberlake]

Okay?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

There is a revival happening at VU Church. And don't let culture lie to you.

VU Church is being led by great.

Men of God, I'm telling you right now, by a man who has character.

And integrity and a man who God has anointed to lead a ministry in a very difficult city. See, let me. Let me just take a pause for everybody, like, to hate on my brother. Rich, but there's favor all over his life. The devil ain't the one giving him that favor. It's favor.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Favor follows hearts that are totally turned towards God. This is why you got to be more impressed with character than talent and more impressed with fruit than platforms. I don't care about people's talents. I don't care about your platform. We checking for fruit, And there's a lot of fruit sitting right over there on the front row. So we are. We acknowledging for just a moment, 10 people in the room who are not categorically evil.

[Tim Timberlake]

They.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

They want to obey, but they struggle. They are afraid of what's happening on the other side of obedience. They are afraid to let go control. And I just want to say to you, who really has a desire but you struggle? Listen, you have to trust God even when you can't trace Him. And I know it's difficult to forgive because it's there and it's difficult to give and it's there, and it's difficult to love and it's there, and it's difficult to. I know all that's there. But on the other side of that is God's goodness, his mercy, his healing power. Some of you waiting to be healed, but God is waiting for you to obey. Oh, Jesus helps us. Dang. I got to address this. There are people in this room who have been abused by someone and abandoned by someone. And you're waiting for that person to come back and give you an apology.

You.

You think you're punishing them by not letting them go. They're not coming back. Some of them. Some of you are holding on to people who are buried in a box somewhere. And you don't understand. Forgiveness is not only for the perpetrators, not just. It's not saying that. I mean, they don't deserve it, but it's for your own peace. Some of you, you're waiting to be healed, but your healing will come on the other side of obedience. Maybe there's somebody in the room. Tonight, you will let somebody go. Tonight, you will leave them right here on the altar. You leave them right there in chair. You will say to that abuser, I will not carry you out of this room. You will say to the person that has sexually assaulted you, I will not carry you out of this room. Some of you need to just let the person go who betrayed you. I will not carry out this room. The point is, when you learn to obey God, freedom is on the other side of obedience. Healing is on the other side of obedience.

Favor is on the other side of obedience. Elevation is on the other side of obedience. Promotion is on the other side of obedience. Clarity is on the other side of obedience. I mean, you're in sin and wondering.

Why God can't hear your prayer. This is American Christianity.

Like, the Lord won't hear me. How could he when His Word says.

If you regard sin in your heart, he will not listen to your prayers. Some of you, your prayers is hindered because you won't obey.

Your prayers become more effective when you turn away from sin. And what's on the other side of.

Obedience is a better life. I know you're afraid, but just obey and test His Word. You've tested His Word with disobedience. Why don't you test his word with obedience? Let me repeat that one more time. You've tested God with disobedience. You've seen the gravel that has given you. Why don't you make a decision after tonight? You're going to test God with obedience. If he said it, I'm going to do it. If I read it, I'm going to attempt it. If I feel it in my spirit, I'm going to obey, even if I don't understand. Because he does not owe you an explanation. The reason to obey is I am the Lord. Test him with obedience and see what he does on the other side of obedience. Tim, you can testify what God has done in your life. On the other side of obedience. Encourage somebody who's struggling right now to. To obey.

[Tim Timberlake]

My shortcomings came when I loved my image more than his.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Repeat that, Tim.

[Tim Timberlake]

My shortcomings came when I loved my image more than his.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And your facade.

[Tim Timberlake]

The veneer.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

The veneer.

[Tim Timberlake]

The image I created for myself, the identity I created for myself, the influence I created for myself. Anything that I have created separate from the presence of God is a prophecy that it won't be in my future. Right. And so that's why one of the main indications that Adam and Eve had sinned is when they tried to change their image. What do they do? They tried to hide themselves. They tried to change their image. And God asked them a question. Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you were naked? They changed their image because they believed more in the image they had created than the image God had made them in. And you fall, and you sin. And we fall. And we sin when we believe more in our image than we do the image that God created us in. And so what holiness is, is. Is receiving the image God designed for you to steward for the Rest of your life when you acknowledge that his image looks better than yours. But here's the truth. Some of us love our image, especially here in Miami.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You going to get stoned when you leave the building tonight, Tim? Listen, look.

They lining up to stone you.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Look, it's all right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We got more than Bibles, though.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

We got more than bibles.

[Tim Timberlake]

But we love when they get home. We love. We love our image. You know how I know we love our image?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You said especially in Miami.

[Tim Timberlake]

Miami.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Let's just talk facts.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Let's talk about my Miami.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Let's just talk facts.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Be careful, Tim. Be careful.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Just talk facts.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Be careful.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

We won't even talk about outward body image. Let's talk about what you put in your body.

[Tim Timberlake]

Okay? Let's just talk about water for a moment, okay? We spend $1.8 billion on water, making.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Sure it's purified, Making sure all of the qualities of the water are pure. Pure. And all of the electrolytes are electrolyting. And we go out of our way to make sure that what we put in this body is pure. But we contaminate what we put in our spirit and our soul because we believe that our image is okay to live the rest of our lives with. And holiness reminds us that your image won't do. Your image will lead you to hell. Your image will lead you to imperfection. Your image will lead you to become more like yourself when you didn't make you. And so you're trying to become someone that you don't have the power or the authority to make. Let me remind you what his word says. Let us make man in our image. And so when you operate out of holiness, you are stripping yourself of the responsibility to steward the image God has placed on you. And you place a mask on, and you act like the mask is authentic when it is not.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Why is that big in Miami, though, Tim?

[Tim Timberlake]

I'll tell you why. Because we define veneer as success.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

But why is that big in Miami? There's money in Miami. That's right.

[Tim Timberlake]

Affluence in Miami.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Fame in Miami. There's veneer in Miami. There's. There's everything that looks good on the outside in Miami. Yeah, like the house is dope. 401k is doing good. Market is good. Got the bag?

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah. And the boat.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Got the crib, Got the girl, Got the status. But on the inside, unfulfilled, Unhappy. He said, no, no, no. I'm pursuing happiness. All my stuff, you know. You found happiness wrong. You want to know what happiness is? The beatitudes Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the peacekeepers. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. All them beatitudes. That's not a checklist if you read them very slow. It is the character of Christ. We want to tell you right here in Miami with all of your fake phony front and veneers we know on the other side of that phoniness is all of your unfulfillment, your brokenness, your insecurities that are crippling you. You're being driven by your insecurities, driven by greed and materialism, driven by trying to keep up an image that is crushing you. I'm from New York. I'm going to tell you, it's hard to be fake. It's. It's wearying to be phony. It's full of that in this room, full of that in Miami. And, and my question for you. Are you not tired? How long are you going to do church and. And live a. A duplicitous life? How long you gonna keep hopping off of, like, polls and strip clubs on Saturday and shouting in vu on Sunday? How. How long you're gonna live up? How long you're gonna keep doing that and wondering why you got everything on.

The outside that look like the trappings.

Of success, but you are. You are dark and miserable in the inside. Win and trade my place for your place for nothing. Could buy what you want, but can't buy peace. Could buy what you want, but can't buy fulfillment.

Can get all the plastic surgery you.

Want, but can't transform your heart. But here comes hope and Tim about to minister to us. But here comes hope in the garden after they sinned, after they broke the image that God gave them and they ran and try to close themselves with figs. Listen. Listen. Listen to the question God asked. Adam.

Adam, where are you, Adam, where are you, Adam? There is no ambiguity with sovereignty. The Lord ain't asking Adam where you are because his hiding spot was so dope that God could not find him. No ambiguity with sovereignty. No, he's asking, Adam, because even in your brokenness, why are you running in the wrong direction?

Adam.

I see your insecurity.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Adam.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I see your brokenness. Adam, I see your insecurity. Eve, I see your lack of love for yourself. Eve, I see your sin. I see your sinful nature. I see your rebellion. I see your disobedience. Run to me and not away from me. He's saying to someone tonight who feels unworthy. Run to me and not you trying to hide stuff. I already know. I already know you're on the poll on Saturday.

I know you watch pornography.

I know you jerk off at night. I know you hate your wife. We I already.

He already knows.

And for some of you who think, man, I can't really turn to him tonight.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Really.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

The Lord wasn't surprised when he called you. Nothing in your life caught him by surprise.

He knew that. He knew exactly what he was getting when he called you. He knew exactly what he was getting when he called you. He already know you are knucklehead. He already know you will struggle with pornography. He already know you will battle with lust. He already knew you were battle with great insecurity. Everything he over. Listen, there's nothing you're hiding from him. Adam. There's a lot of you in here. Adam, where are you? How long you gonna keep running in the opposite direction? Y' all bring down these house lights for me if you can. Just bring them down. They're killing me. Just bring them down. There's eaves in this room. How long you're gonna keep running in the opposite direction? You think you came for a podcast. You came for freedom.

You think you came for a podcast. You came for wholeness. You think you came for a podcast.

You came for transformation.

You think you came for a podcast.

You came for a moment of repentance.

You think you came for a podcast.

You came that maybe tonight, right here. It took two street preachers and the.

Power of the Holy Spirit and the truth of God's word to put you in a different direction. That by tomorrow morning when you wake up, you wake up with a new desire to be a holy man and a holy woman. You wake up with a new desire to be a brand new man and a brand new woman. And set you on a course towards human flourishing and favor and wholeness and healing and open doors.

[Tim Timberlake]

And that freedom is here. Scripture says that Jesus came to give us life. If Jesus came to give us life.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Somebody, everybody stand to your feet.

[Tim Timberlake]

If Jesus came to give us life. Come on, then. Sin are the scissors that cut the umbilical cord. And tonight, in this moment, if you know you need to return back to the heart of the Father so that you can receive his image through repentance. I want you to lift your hands right now. Lift them high.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallelujah, God, you're worthy.

Hallelujah, God.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah, God, you're worthy. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, repent. Come on, repent. Don't stare at Us. There's no idols on the stage. Repent. Repent. Repent. Before Tim prays. Repent. Tell God you're sorry. Ask God to forgive you. Tell him what's going on on the inside. He already knows. He can see it. Repent. Repent. Something is gonna break in this house tonight. Something is gonna shift in you tonight.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on. Begin to cry out. Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Repent. This ain't no show. Your whole life could be transformed right here in this moment. But you said, God, I will not run from you another day. I will run towards you.

Yes.

With humility, with repentance, with honesty. Lord, I'm tired and I'm sorry. I've been disobedient in this area for too long. I've been living a double life for too long. I've been hearing sermons and not applying them for too long. I've been playing church for too long. I've been being fake for too long. I am tired. Pray for somebody you know. Maybe it's your husband who's not here. You pray for them. It's your wife who's not here. You pray for them. There's faith in the room.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so right now, in the name of Jesus, we ask that you would break them down. Mirror that we've made.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Let us no longer see the image.

[Tim Timberlake]

We have created for ourselves. But may we see the image you have placed on us.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

May we no longer be rebellious sons and daughter. May we be righteous sons and daughters. May we no longer be prodigals, but God, as you call us home and as the door is open, may we run through that open door right now. May we no longer run from the life you desire for us to live through holiness, but God allow us to steward holiness. Well. So with open hearts and hands lifted, I want you to repeat this loud after me. Lord Jesus, I repent from my sin, from my selfishness, from my sickness. And I ask that you would forgive me. As I turn from those things and I run back to you, I acknowledge that I am in dire need of what only you can give to me. That is your grace, your mercy and your love. And tonight. Yes, I confess. Yes. That you are my Lord.

[Choir / Congregation]

Yes.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

And I believe within my heart of hearts that you are my master.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yes, God. And my Savior. Yes, God.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

In Jesus name.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yes, God. I pray. Yes, God.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Amen.

[Choir / Congregation]

Yes.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Amen.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

If you receive that, give him praise in this place right now.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

If you receive it, give it praise in this house. Shout like you receive it.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallelujah, God praise him in this place.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

He loves us. She loves us.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Come on, if you need to Drop to your knees Drop to your knees. Come on, get me out.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Oh, how Jesus us so we are his portion he is.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Come, there's room I don't care if you have the.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Knee on the highways there's room. Heaven be served Like a passion kiss and my heart Come on, press in.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Make whatever you want make whatever you want.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

He loves us oh, how he loves us oh, how he loves us oh, how he loves he loves us he loves us he loves us oh, how he loves us oh, how he loves us oh, how he love.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

So we.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

See the will come to the altar the Father. The precious blood of Jesus Christ will come to the altar the father.

[Choir / Congregation]

Open.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Wife Forgiveness was bought with the precious blood oh, what a savior Isn't he wonderful? Sing hallelujah. Christ is risen Come on.

[Street Team Member / Worship Leader]

Lord, what a savior oh, what a.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Savior is Ricky wonderful. Sing hallelujah. Christ is risen oh, what a savior oh, what a savior this is the one. Sing hallelujah. Christ is risen Bow down before him for he is Lord of all Sing hallelujah. Christ is risen. And bow down before him for oh, he is Lord of all Sing hallelujah. Christ is. Oh, what a savior is it Be wonderful. Sing hallelujah Christ is risen.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And bow.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Down before him for he is Lord Sing hallelujah. Christ is risen I I surrender I surrender I want to know I want to know you more I want to know you more so I surrender.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Lord.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I surrender I wanna know you more I wanna know you I surrender.

[Tim Timberlake]

I.

[Choir / Congregation]

Surrender.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I want to know you more I want to know you more oh, I surrender. I want to know youw I surrender I give it all I surrender I want to know you more I want to know you Come on, sing I surrender.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Make that your prayer. Come on, church, sing. Make that your prayer. Come on, we talking to the risen Savior. Sing I surrender.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I surrender Hallelujah. I want to know you more I want to know you more Surrender.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Everything.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I surrender I lay down I want to know you Come on, one more time, everybody.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Lift up your voice as loud as you can. Sing I surrender. Come on, lift up your voice. Come on, lift up your voice. Say I surrender make it your prayer.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

Surrender Lift up your voice I want to know you Lord I want to know you I surrender I surrender Surrender oh, I surrender I want to know.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You Come on, sing, church. Make it your prayer. Don't stand there being prideful and arrogant. Sing to him. Make it personal.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I want to know you more. I want to know.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Come on. I surrender. I surrender.

I surrender.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I surrender. Know you more I want to know you more. I surrender. I surrender. I want to know you.

[Choir / Congregation]

Hallelujah.

[Worship Leader / Choir]

I want to know Hallelujah.

[Choir / Congregation]

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Father, you hear our voices in this moment as we cry and out to you. And I pray, Lord, that you will pour out your spirit on your children. For you see those who are serious in this moment. And I pray, Father, that you would transform their lives. I pray for those who are full of tears and those who are burdened that they would never be the same again. I pray, Father, that you would strip them of every bit of pride and arrogance and the things that have robbed them of an authentic relationship with you. Father, may they never be the same again. I curse the work of the enemy. And I thank you, God, that they will no longer be robbed of an authentic relationship with you. I curse. Curse the false gods, those false gods that rob you of your glory. In the name of Jesus. I pray that your people will never be the same. As we lift our hands, God, may false burdens fall off and all thoughts of idolism, Father, may it fall off. We thank you that the spirit of God is alive and well in this room and you are enough. I pray that we will remember that today where our lives were transformed. Revive us, Father. Awaken us. May we not leave this room the same and the last few minutes still do. A miracle. It's not too late. As they open their minds and they open up their mouths to celebrate you, to call on you, to give you the glory. May they be transformed. Father, heal the brokenhearted and even the backslider draw them to you. For you are married to the backslider. And we thank you, God, that you see them and you know them by name. I pray that in this moment it won't matter who's looking, it won't matter who's around. But may they seek God in this moment. Father, we prayed and we asked of you to show up. And you are here. You are present. And we thank you, God. God, we don't want to be arrogant and leave the same way so we aren't looking around and spectating us. We're taking this moment to fall in love all over again. Thank you for holding us. Thank you for keeping us. Thank you for wrapping your arms around us. Send down your fire that we will be burned and transformed. Father, transform our lives will be couldn't get in other places. We thank you that tonight will be Our moment of deliverance saturate us, change us, renew us, strengthen us. Father, we depend on you. Help us, God, in this moment that we will experience the God of the Bible. Everything, Father, that tries to take your place, we curse it in the name of Jesus. Help us, God, to be holy. Help us to be holy that our friends and our family will come to know the God of the Bible, that it won't. We won't be selfish and just worry about ourselves, but we would care about our generation and those who we have to pass the mantle to. We thank you, Father, that we'll live a life that's holy and submitted unto you. God, help us in private that you would trust us, us in public. God, we desire to be in relationship with you. We desire to know you. We desire, Father, to be with you, to walk with you, hold our hand, minister to us. And when we fall short, we won't stay there. Help us, God, to jump up and quickly repent. In the name of Jesus, transform the hearts and minds of your children. Children in this moment. And we will forever give you the glory. We will forever give you the praise. We will forever give you the honor. I pray that we won't get tired of you in this moment. You are enough. We enjoy the presence of the Lord. It is an honor every time you show up. And so, Father, we acknowledge you. We acknowledge you. We acknowledge you. We acknowledge you. For you are worthy of all of our praise and all of our glory. Father, we adore you. Help us to be transformed and not just having a moment, but be transformed after today and the next day and the next day. Father, we thank you, God, that we didn't travel and sit in your presence for nothing. We thank you that you showed up for us. You showed up for us and we won't take this moment for granted. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Amen.

Now, if you receive that, give God praise right where you are.

Come on.

If you receive it, give him praise.

Come on.

Act like you receive something tonight. Hallelujah. Come on, put your hands together and give Jesus praise in this house.

If you're watching this podcast live right now, we bless you from the city of Miami, where we believe revival has broke out in this room where husbands are going back. Better wives are going back, better bosses are going back. Better free men and free women are.

Going to walk out of this room tonight in Jesus name and right where we are. We want you to know that the power of God is not handcuffed by a camera. Right where you are. You can repent. You can lean into God. You can stop running and turn back.

To the Father and pursue a life of holiness. And if you do obey him, on the other side of that would be a brand new man, brand new woman. Favor, open doors, a life of flourishing right where you are to all of our street team, we want to thank you for watching this episode of the Street Preachers Podcast. If it's been a blessing to you, do us a favor like subscribe Share Bless somebody with this episode. This is our final episode episode of our very first season.

We land a plane here in Miami.

We want to thank you for your love and support during this first season of the Street Preachers Podcast, for your prayers and for your faithfulness. Tim and I just started this podcast by faith and we don't know where God is going to take it. We just thank you that you're on this journey with us and on behalf of my covenant brother back there. We like salt and pepper. I want you to know that we love you, we pray for you and we'll see you in season two of the Street Preachers Podcast.

God bless you. Come on, put your hands together.

[Tim Timberlake]

We pray you are blessed by this content and this episode. We want to thank our street team for following us on this journey. When I ask that you continue to share like subscribe as we endeavor to continue to bring you the Word of God.