Live from Raleigh-Durham | Street Preachers Podcast Tour | Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake

Summary

Street Preachers Podcast: Live from Raleigh-Durham

Hosts: Philip Anthony Mitchell & Tim Timberlake
Date: November 18, 2025
Theme: The Transformative Power of Prayer, Redemption, and Intimacy with God

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Overview

Recorded live in Creedmoor, North Carolina, this emotionally charged episode brings Philip Anthony Mitchell and Tim Timberlake back to a formative spiritual home. The duo dives into their personal journeys from darkness to redemption, centering on the healing, anchoring role of prayer. With transparency and urgency, they address issues of shame, sin, intimacy with God, and the relevance of honest, persistent prayer in the Christian life. The episode crescendos in a moving call to repentance and salvation, drawing listeners and a live audience into moments of breakthrough and new beginnings.

Tone: Raw, honest, encouraging, challenging, and deeply pastoral.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Significance of Creedmoor & Personal Journeys

[00:41–07:52]

• Legacy: The venue is deeply special; Christian Faith Center was planted by Tim’s parents, D. Mac and Brenda Timberlake.
  • Tim: “This is the church my parents are planted.” [00:46]
• Mitchell’s Background: From Queens, legal trouble led him to Durham, where he spent 10 years caught in drugs and crime.
  • Philip: “For all of 10 years, we terrorized the Durham area. Selling drugs, abusing women. ... I was empty and I was suicidal.” [01:07]
• Turning Point: A near-suicide is interrupted by a friend's presence; a subsequent experience with gospel music leads him to a crisis of soul and a transformational encounter with God—alone, on the bathroom floor.
  • Philip: “The ministry of presence ... Her presence talked me off the ledge that night.” [02:28]
  • “I crawled into a bathroom on my hands and knees, and I started yelling at God ... and God met me that day.” [03:11]
• Marriage and New Life: Out of this spiritual awakening, he and his girlfriend marry quickly, prioritizing holiness over circumstance.
  • “We didn’t wait until we had money. Holiness was a priority.” [07:13]
• Tim’s Story: Despite being a pastor’s kid, Tim caused “so much hell” for his family, nearly sent to military school, but the relentless love and prayers of his mother and wife brought him back.
  • “They loved me through my disobedience, through my ignorance ... and that love and prayer bought me back into the kingdom.” [09:11]

2. Embracing Redemption & Delivering the Gospel

[09:56–13:55]

• Mitchell’s Return: This is his first time ministering since leaving decades ago, and he speaks directly to those weighed by shame and past mistakes.
  • “God knows how to bring beauty out of your ashes ... your shame into a testimony.” [10:04]
• Direct Gospel Presentation: The hosts remind listeners that morality and good works can’t save; only turning to Christ can.
  • “You’re not tough enough to die apart from Christ ... if you die in your sin ... you will be separated from God for all eternity. But the Father ... sent his Son.” [11:45]
  • “Tonight might be the last time you hear the gospel ... You need to repent before you walk out of this room.” [12:10]

3. Scripture Unpacked: Philippians 4 & The Nature of Peace

[13:55–18:02]

• Key Text: Philippians 4:4–7 – “Rejoice in the Lord always ... Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God.”
• Insight: True peace comes not from understanding but from surrender.
  • Tim: “God told me, I’ll give you peace when you give up the right to understand. Understanding is a luxury. Peace is a promise.” [15:31]
• Obedience: “You’re not waiting on me. I’m waiting on you ... to be obedient, to take the first step.” [16:08]
• Anxiety Defined: “A lot of times anxiety is experiencing failure in advance.” [17:09]
• Affirmation: “There is nothing you have done that is stronger than the blood of Jesus Christ.” [17:37]

4. Prayer: The Highest Privilege and Essential Habit

[18:02–23:48]

• Necessity of Prayer: “There is no activity you will engage in this life that’s higher than prayer.” [18:38]
• Prayerlessness: Communicates pride and self-reliance; prayer demonstrates dependence and humility.
  • “When we have a prayerless life, we communicate to God that we are prideful ... But when we are prayerful, we communicate ... we are dependent.” [19:08–19:23]
• Vices & Advising a New Habit: Mitchell addresses men specifically, urging to make prayer their default vice when under stress or temptation.
  • “Turn prayer into your vice ... turn every worry into a prayer.” [21:05]
  • “You’ll be anxious for nothing ... you keep running to the Father.” [22:09]

5. Honesty, Brokenness, and the "Secret Place"

[23:48–31:09]

• Authenticity in Prayer: Don’t sanitize or dress up your prayers for God, who knows your heart before you speak.
  • “Don’t sanitize your prayers. ... He already knows what you’re coming in there for.” [28:10]
• "Secret Place": God calls us to private, honest communion—where is that place for you?
  • Philip: “For me, that was a bathroom. Where is that for you?” [30:32]
• God’s Invitation: “The Almighty God wants to talk to us.” [31:21]

6. God’s Accessibility Despite Our Wretchedness

[31:33–36:12]

• God’s Grace: Even in deep sin, God listens to the humble, repentant heart.
  • “Paul said, oh, what a wretched man that I am. ... But the prayer of repentance, he will listen.” [33:39]
  • Tim: “When you put more emphasis on the memory of your past than the power of his presence, you miss an opportunity to receive his grace.” [34:02]
• Universal Need: All are “wretched”—by sin or hidden pride—and must bow in humility to receive God’s grace.

7. Making Prayer a Lifestyle: Practical Encouragement & The Lord’s Prayer

[36:19–46:16]

• Prayer Everywhere: Make prayer like breathing—ongoing, informal, woven into daily routines.
  • “You don’t have to get to a certain place ... As you’re washing dishes by the kitchen sink ... cutting grass ... take my trash can down to the corner ... I’m talking to the Lord.” [37:39]
• Lord’s Prayer as a Model: Not a formula, but a template for honest, comprehensive conversation—adoration, surrender, supplication, confession, and forgiveness.
  • "Pray then like this. Our Father who is in heaven ... your kingdom come, your will be done ... give us this day, our daily bread ... forgive us our debts ... as we forgive our debtors." [38:45–41:33]
• Confession and Freedom: Bring real struggles—lust, pride, anger—to God’s presence for true release.
  • “There’s so much sin in this room ... it will amaze you how freeing it is to go before God and just tell him what’s in you.” [44:32]
• The Invitation: Even when we are hiding in shame like Adam, God calls us to run toward Him, not away.

8. Altar Call and Mass Prayer for Salvation & Intimacy

[46:22–66:58]

• Compassionate Plea: Multiple invitations for repentance, urging those far from God to respond.
  • “If I’m talking to you, say, preacher, pray for me. ... This is the moment for salvation, when everything changes for you.” [52:46]
• Visual Impact: Audience members come forward for salvation, with real-time affirmation and comfort.
  • “Real men cry.” [57:19]
• Prayer Over New Believers: Assurance of forgiveness, identity in Christ, encouragement for next steps (find a church, community, keep praying).
  • “Today is the beginning of the rest of your life ... According to this word ... all of your sins, past, present, watch ... and future have been forgiven.” [61:32]
• Follow-up Resource: Free prayer resource offered via QR code or website.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Philip Anthony Mitchell (on his conversion):
  “I crawled into a bathroom on my hands and knees, and I started yelling at God ... and God met me that day in North Carolina in the bathroom, and he saved me...” [03:11]

• Tim Timberlake (on God's peace):
  “God told me, I’ll give you peace when you give up the right to understand. Understanding is a luxury. Peace is a promise.” [15:31]

• Philip Anthony Mitchell (on prayer as a vice):
  “Turn prayer into your vice ... If every single thing that troubles your heart, you run to the Father ... you’re going to find intimacy, strength, healing, answers.” [21:05–22:09]

• On Authenticity:
  “Don’t sanitize your prayers ... you would do better just being honest.” [28:10]

• Tim Timberlake (on God’s willingness):
  “The Almighty God wants to talk to us.” [31:21]

• Philip Anthony Mitchell (on brokenness):
  “I have a ferocious prayer life ... not because I’m super disciplined. I got a ferocious prayer life because I’m super broken.” [24:19]

• Tim Timberlake (on grace vs. past):
  “When you put more emphasis on the memory of your past than the power of his presence, you miss an opportunity to receive his grace.” [34:02]

• Group Salvation Moment:
  “Real men cry. ... I pray you would rob them right now, God, of their sins and pardon them ... They have escaped hell and heaven is their new destination.” [57:20]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:41 – Why Creedmoor matters to Tim & Mitchell; introduction of personal histories
• 02:28 – Philip’s near-suicide and transformative encounter in prayer
• 07:13 – “Holiness was a priority” — the marriage story
• 09:11 – Tim describes the prayers of his mother & wife saving him
• 11:45 – The Gospel articulated directly to audience
• 13:55 – Philippians 4:4–7 and “peace that surpasses understanding”
• 18:38 – “Prayer is the highest activity ...”
• 21:05 – “Turn prayer into your vice … turn every worry into a prayer.”
• 28:10 – “Don’t sanitize your prayers …”
• 30:32 – The “secret place” of prayer
• 31:21 – “The Almighty God wants to talk to us.”
• 34:02 – “When you put more emphasis on the memory of your past …”
• 36:19 – Making prayer habitual, Lord’s Prayer teaching
• 44:23 – Romans 7, the reality of ongoing wrestling with sin
• 46:22 – Pastoral invitation to run toward God with failures
• 52:46 – Altar call with heartfelt plea
• 57:19 – Comfort for men: “Real men cry.”
• 61:32 – Assurances to new believers; “brand new man/woman”
• 65:00+ – Prayer resource and book giveaway

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Closing Exhortation

Throughout, Mitchell and Timberlake call for personal honesty, communal support, and a relentless pursuit of God’s presence as the source of real healing and power. The live altar response and recurring affirmation — “Real men cry” — reinforce the message that brokenness can be a bridge to intimacy with God.

Final encouragement:
“You just talk to him all the time about everything. In the shower and the bathroom and the drive ... Everything you need, you’re going to find there.” [47:28]

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Resources Mentioned

• Free Prayer Resource: Via QR code or philipanthonymitchell.com
• Book: "The Bumpy Road to Better" by Tim Timberlake

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For Listeners

This episode is for anyone wrestling with past shame, feeling distant from God, or looking to cultivate a life of meaningful, honest prayer. The message: God is waiting in your secret place, ready to meet you and bring freedom, peace, and newness of life.

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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 Member]

What's going on, street team? We are here in the Raleigh Durham area in Creedmoor, North Carolina, where my.

Raleigh Durham street team at. Make some.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

No.

[Tim Timberlake]

Oh, man.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

This is.

[Street Team Member]

This is special. This is a special house to me.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's a special house to those that know me. This is a special area for us.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Phil, why is this house special to you?

This is.

[Tim Timberlake]

This is the church my parents are lented.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

This is.

[Tim Timberlake]

This is the Christian Faith center planted.

[Street Team Member]

By D. Mac and Brenda Timberlake.

And I'm home, dog.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Oh, it feels good.

[Street Team Member]

But it's also special for you and for Lena.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It is. We good, bro. Thank you, G. Thank you, man. Thank you, G. It is. It is special for Lena and I. It is special for Lena and I because I'm from Queens, New York. I think people who follow us know that story. And. Yo, Shout out nyc, right? Like. And legal trouble. Legal trouble forced me out of New York City. And I ended up here in the Raleigh Durham area. And I ran into some dudes when I got here that were far more ruthless than I was. And for all of 10 years, all of 10 years, we terrorized the Durham area. Selling drugs, abusing women. We ran two clubs, one downtown, one in the country. My goddaughter's in here. And so she could testify, you know, her mother's in here. I mean, she used to be in the streets with us. I ain't gonna call her name, but I put her business in the street. She right over there.

She.

Her too. Came out of these streets. And originally from the Maryland area, but I was here 10 years. I was here 10 years and I was dating my girlfriend at the time. And I remember I was. I got to a point, after 10 years, I was empty and I was suicidal. And the first attempt, I was in the apartment by myself, a shotgun and a bottle of Hennessy. And I used to have locks like you. You know what I'm saying? Them joints is dope, too, Tim. Thank you. Thank you. And out of patience. I used to have locks in those days. And the woman who twisted my locks came to visit my apartment that night to check on me. And by God's grace, the door was unlocked. And she came into the apartment and she saw me sitting there on the floor, and she sat down next to me and she held my hand and she didn't say a word, you know, because sometimes people just need the ministry of presence, right? And her presence talked me off the ledge that night. But a few months after that, my girlfriend at the time got into a car accident, and she came home to our apartment. We was living together. Everything was wrong. And she came into the house and she put on gospel music. And it was the first time in my life I had ever heard gospel music. And as she was walking back and forth to him, just lifting her hands, and she was praising the Lord. And this thought came to my mind. I thought to myself, whatever that is, I see I need that. And right here in the Durham, Raleigh, Creedmore area, I crawled into a bathroom on my hands and knees, and I started yelling at God, right? I started yelling at the God, the God I heard my parents praying to, but I did not believe in for myself. And God met me that day in North Carolina in the bathroom, and he saved me in that bathroom. And, Lena, how. How graphic can I get here? I mean, can we look. Can we put a little bit of our business in the street? I mean, it's giving transparency.

It's giving.

[Tim Timberlake]

It is giving transparency.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah. And I knew something had happened to me because that night I went into our room for us to do what we did as sinners. And for the first time in my life, I felt convicted of sin. And I knew that I had passed from death to life.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right? And. And.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And I would go back to that.

Bathroom, and I would kneel down over that toilet, and I would talk to the God who saved me in that bathroom. And every day, I would go back to that bathroom. And we didn't have a church home. I didn't own a Bible, but I just felt like I can meet him there, right? Jesus would call this a secret place, all right? He taught this in the Sermon on the Mount. And I would keep going back to that bathroom, and I would talk to him there. And then I would notice God would start to answer my prayers.

[Tim Timberlake]

I would.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I would pray about things specifically, and I would see those things manifest in my life. And I realized God existed and that he listened to the cries of his children. So prayer for me began right here in the state of North Carolina. That was my journey into prayer. But you, too. Yeah. Got a story. Because your parents are legendary in the body of Christ. Your mom is sitting right here.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right there, right on the front row.

[Street Team Member]

Hey, Brenda Timberlake.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It's Brenda Timberlake, who is a legend.

In the body of Christ.

But yet you were in these streets.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah. And two women saved my life. One of them is here, the other one is on the other side of this camera watching right now. That's my wife Jen, and my mom. I remember I was. I was pulling in today, and I remember.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Can I add one more thing?

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I don't want to leave this out.

People, I think people like, well, what.

Happened to your girlfriend?

We wanted to be holy.

Yeah. And we already had an apartment together, so we got married in a pastor's office to honor God. Yes. We didn't have money for a wedding. We didn't have.

We didn't wait until we had money. Holiness was a priority.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on, say it again.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We didn't wait until we had money. Holiness was a priority. So we got married immediately in a pastor's office.

And like, six months later, God moved.

On the hearts of a local church.

To provide for us a wedding.

Just side note, when you honor God.

He'll honor you. And so that girlfriend is my wife today, and she's sitting right there. Ms. Lena Mitchell.

Giving 21 years.

[Tim Timberlake]

21 years.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah, that's giving 21 years.

[Tim Timberlake]

We were pulling up today, and I was just thinking about how much has changed in my life because of the prayers of those two women in my life and how much would have been different for me. I remember causing so much hell for my parents. My dad called my uncles, who was sitting right here on the front row, and they came over to take me to military school. I was gone. And you know the frightening thing about it? They were smiling when they came. And my mom told my dad, just let me talk to him. Just let me talk to him. And she talked to me, and I can't say in the microphone what she said because it wasn't that spiritual. But to summarize in a PG13 way, she said, son, if you don't straighten up, this is it. And I remember looking at her and looking at the pain in her eyes, looking at my father, looking at the pain in his eyes. And I remember they loved me through my disobedience, through my ignorance, through my terrible decisions, my mistakes. They loved me and they prayed for me. And that love and prayer bought me back into the kingdom.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Jesus.

[Tim Timberlake]

And this same area that I caused hell in is the same area. I believe God is using this incredible podcast to bring people closer to the heart of the Father. And so it feels good to be home.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

This is.

[Tim Timberlake]

This is. I think we talked about this, but isn't this your first time ministering here?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yes.

[Tim Timberlake]

Since you left.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yes, it is.

[Street Team Member]

I think, rdu, we got to do something.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Something back here again. It's incredible. When I left here, I left here broken. I was a new believer of my wife. I had made some mistakes, I had hurt some people. And my wife and I, we went off to Bible college in Columbus, Ohio and had not been back to minister here since. And I just want to encourage somebody who's listening right now who's been through shame, who's made mistakes, you've been through a tough season. You know, God knows how to bring beauty out of your ashes, right? He knows how to redeem a life and a story and God knows how to turn your shame into a testimony. And, and so yeah, this is the first time I get to minister the gospel since I left North Carolina. And I thank God that he didn't throw me away, you know, that he's the God of a second chance and a third chance. And for somebody in this room, a 25th chance. And for somebody in this room, a last chance. Because the Spirit would not strive with people always. And maybe there's somebody sitting in this room, you're hard headed, there's somebody dragged you here that you're not here by accident, right? And tonight might be the last time you hear the gospel presented to you. So here is the gospel, you rebellious person, you were born a sinner and you've committed sins. And the wages of sin is death. And that good behavior will not get you into heaven and morality will not get you into heaven and church attendance will not get you into heaven. And I know you think you're tough right now, but you're not tough enough to die apart from Christ. You're not ready to face eternity separated from God. And because you are a sinner like I am, if you die in your sin, whoever you are, the scripture promises you will be separated from God for all eternity. But the Father, not wanting you to perish, sent his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ into the earth, lived a perfect.

Life that you could not live and.

Died a sacrificial death that you were supposed to die. And from the cross he exchanges his perfect righteousness for your unrighteousness. And if you would just turn and place your faith in Christ and surrender your life to him, he might bring you to Himself like he did for me in the bathroom. And you can walk out of here today a saved Ed man and a saved woman. Your name recorded in the Lamb's book of life. And this might be the last time you hear that message is when the scripture says, in the day you hear God calling you harden not your heart. So I don't even know who you Are but you in here. I feel it in my spirit. You will not die and say, God, I did not know. You've heard the gospel again, and maybe for the last time. You need to repent before you walk out of this room. Some husband, some hard headed woman. Tonight is the night of repentance for you. And if you think I'm talking to you, come see me when this is over and we'll pray for you right here together. Whoever you are, you don't got to be ashamed. Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And so we want to unpack a couple of verses. And both me and Phil, we believe that it's malpractice to open up the word of God without giving context to the word of God. And so as we march through these passages, we want to give you context to what these passages mean and how we can apply them to our lives. And so the first passage that I want to lead you to, and then.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Phil is going to lead you to.

[Tim Timberlake]

Another passage is found in Philippians chapter four. And I want to read to you, starting at verse number four. Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice. Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, everyone say everything. Everything.

[Street Team Member]

In everything.

[Tim Timberlake]

By prayer and pleading, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and minds in Christ Jesus. And for a moment, before we get to verse number six, verse number seven jumped off the page to me when I was praying one day and I was asking God for peace. And I was praying and I was asking God for peace. And God told me, I'll give you peace when you give up the right to understand. Understanding is a luxury. Peace is a promise.

[Street Team Member]

When I give up the right to.

[Tim Timberlake]

Understand, God gives me peace. See, some of us want to understand before we obedient.

[Street Team Member]

Some of us want the full picture.

[Tim Timberlake]

Before we take the first step.

[Street Team Member]

And some of us in this moment, whether we're in this room or whether we're leaning in via the podcast audio or the video, you are asking God. God, I am. I'm needing you. I'm. I'm wanting you. I'm waiting on you.

[Tim Timberlake]

And God is like. Like.

[Street Team Member]

You're not waiting on me. I'm waiting on you. I'm waiting on you to be obedient. I'm waiting on you to take the first step. I'm waiting on you to get on your knees, humble yourself, get before me and seek my face. So that I can reveal my heart to you. Some of us are so busy looking at God's hands that we refuse to look in God's heart. And when we read this scripture, it.

[Tim Timberlake]

Tells us the peace of God, which.

[Street Team Member]

Surpasses all understanding or comprehension, will guard.

[Tim Timberlake]

Your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Verse number six is where I want to land. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything. By prayer and pleading with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Anxiety. A lot of times anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. When I already assume I'm going to fail at something, I don't even pray about it.

[Street Team Member]

And that's where a lot of us find ourselves, right here in this moment. We've walked away from prayer.

[Tim Timberlake]

We walked away from our relationship with God.

[Street Team Member]

We walked away from the intensity that we once had when we first got saved. Because we already think one of two things. We're going to fail at it or we are failures. My brother said this at the beginning of tonight. There is nothing that you have done.

[Tim Timberlake]

That is stronger than the blood of Jesus Christ.

[Street Team Member]

You're not a failure. You are a creation by the most High God. He sees Himself in you. He says, let us make mankind in our image. Let us make them after our own likeness. And I'm telling you, you are not a failure. So continue to seek the heart of.

[Tim Timberlake]

The Father and don't just look for what he has in his hands.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I want to add something to that. I know some of you think it is not attractive to come to a podcast recording to hear two dudes talk about prayer. And I know there are some people in the room you think this is not important, but this is what the Holy Spirit gave us to talk to you about tonight. And every time Tim and I sit in rooms like this all across the country, we pray and ask the Father what we would deliver to the people. There is a reason that you're in the room tonight, and there's a reason the Lord wanted you to hear about prayer. This is critically important.

And I want to say to you that prayer is the highest activity you.

Will ever engage in in this life.

There is no activity you will engage.

In this life that's higher than prayer.

It is the access that a holy God gave to human beings on earth to communicate to him and to lay.

Burdens and his feet and to make supplications and to ask him for our needs.

So prayer is critically important. It's also important because there is a lot of us who are trying to do Christianity without prayer, and we're trying to do ministry without prayer. And I dare say we're trying to.

Do life without prayer, right?

When we have a prayerless life, we communicate to God that we are prideful and that we are arrogant and that we can figure this thing out without Him.

Right?

But when we are prayerful, we communicate to God that we are dependent, that we recognize his power. And this is not to condemn somebody, but this is that today you will leave this room tonight saying, I need to learn how to commune more with God. Right? We want to use this night to encourage you to commune more with God. And oftentimes we won't go because we think we have the answers. Or we won't go because we feel insecure, or we won't go because we feel like God won't listen. And there are some reasons he won't listen. But we want to use this night to encourage you to pray. Because even right now in our nation, if there's anything we need right now, more than anything, we need to pray, right? There are problems in homes in this room, problems in marriages in this room. There are financial troubles in this room. There are great burdens in this room. There are issues and challenges in this room. And some of these things are not going to be fixed in your own strength. There are problems in our nation that a politician is not going to fix, a man is not going to fix. We need to learn to pray and to cry out to God. And there are people in this room, you feel far away from God. You feel distant. And it is prayer that will bring you back into a place of intimacy with God. And so we just want to use this night to encourage you to draw near to God in intimacy. It is the most satisfying thing for your soul. I want to say something to some of you, especially some of the brothers in this room.

Listen to me carefully.

There are a lot of vices in this room, and I don't condemn you for that.

Right?

A lot of us, we have vices in this room.

When.

When heaviness emerge, we run to that vice. For some of us, it's pornography. For some of us, it's a bottle. For some of us, it's a blunt. For some of us, it's the club. For some of us is whatever. We get stressed out and we run to that vice. And it's a place of comfort and a place of familiarity. But I'm going to tell you what you already know. It leaves you empty. It only satisfies for a moment. It would never fully make the soul content. But there is a great advice that I had to learn. And what I learned was to turn prayer into advice. Okay, let me. Let me say that to you, especially to all the men in the room. I want to encourage you, hear me, to turn prayer into your vice. This is the text that Tim is dealing with right now. When Paul says, be anxious about nothing, we could translate that to say, turn every worry into a prayer. Financial worry. Pray. Marital worry. Pray Doctors report.

[Tim Timberlake]

Pray.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Issues at the job. Pray Relational struggles. Pray problems with your boyfriend. Pray problems in your own mind. Prays. Problems in your heart. Pray problems with people in your church. Pray you got great needs. Pray. Struggling with lust. Pray. Battling masturbation. Pray. Feeling ashamed. Pray. Feeling embarrassed. Pray. Crippling insecurities. Pray. If every single thing that troubles your heart, you run to the Father about that, you turn prayer into your new vice. If everything that troubles your heart, you run to the Father about that. That is, you'll be anxious for nothing like what Tim just read. And you keep running to the Father with every single problem, you keep running to him. You know what's going to happen. You're going to look up, you're going to realize you have intimacy. You're going to find strength there. You're going to find healing there. You're going to find answers there. You're going to find comfort there. There are too many of us. Listen to me. Trying to. You're trying to do life in your own strength. Your shoulders are not strong enough to carry the burdens that you're trying to carry. This is why the Lord said in First Peter, he said, cast all your cares upon me. He didn't say some, he didn't say a few. He said, cast all your cares upon me. Throw them off watch. Because I care for you. So I want to encourage you, Tim, and I want to encourage you tonight.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Don't see prayer as just a last option. Don't see it as something you do when everything else has failed. We want to encourage you to keep leaning into God and turn every anxiety, every worry into a prayer.

You practice this?

[Tim Timberlake]

I try to. On a daily basis.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah. I practice this.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah. On a daily basis.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I. I tell people all around the.

Country I would rather be in a prayer class than on a platform. I enjoy spending time with God, you know, And I have a ferocious prayer life.

Not because I'm super disciplined. I got a ferocious prayer life because I'm super broken.

Yeah. Right. And. And.

And I keep carrying my broken heart into the presence of God.

Right.

[Tim Timberlake]

And.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And when you learn to like like let. Can we just be honest? Like, life is a conveyor belt of pain.

Yeah.

Disappointment, hardship, sorrows and challenges. We could take a survey right now. If you're in the room right now and you're going through something that's either uncomfortable, difficult, painful, frustrating, or has brought.

Tears to your eyes, lift your right.

And you will have your hands lifted until God comes to get you.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Watch.

News flash. The Lord will never create for you a life that makes him unnecessary.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah, yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Repeat. The Lord will never create for you a life that makes him unnecessary. So it doesn't matter. You will get the job. And look left and there's a problem right there. You'll get the husband you want and look right, there's a problem right next to you in the bed at night. You will accomplish your vision board and God will still leave just a little bit of trouble in your life and a little bit of suffering up. Just enough to bring you back to your knees. Because if he exonerated you from all problems, you will run away from him. This is why immature people can't handle blessings. Because as soon as you get it, you forget who gave it to you. So he always leaves just a little bit of trouble in your life or a little bit of trouble in you. And what do we do with that anxiety? We keep bringing it to him in prayer. And what he does through that, he keeps you on your knees and in his presence. And in the process he's developing intimacy with you.

That makes sense.

[Tim Timberlake]

Makes perfect sense. Phenomenal preacher.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You see like that alarm just went off on my phone.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

An alarm need to go off in.

This room.

That there's too much dependency in the room.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Too much self reliance. And I'm telling you tonight, man, I pray that we would break self reliance and we'll break dependency. And every time, Listen to me.

This will change your life. Every time your heart is heavy, worried.

Or troubled, run to the father. Run to him. This morning, Lena and I are dealing with a major problem happening right now back in Atlanta. And I got up this morning, was like 350 or something and I went downstairs in my prayer room and I was feeling so much hurt and pain and just frustration because I got to lead through a very difficult thing happening right now. And I didn't know what to say. And I remember I sat with my.

Back on the wall, took my blanket.

I put over my head. I had my bible out and a roll of toilet paper because I always used that in my prayer time. And I didn't know what to say.

I didn't have. I was sore. I didn't know what to say to.

The Lord because the circumstance was so difficult. And I just sat there and I wept. And I was reminded that even my tears are like liquid prayers. And that God, he can read those tears.

He could. And I can feel his presence right.

There with me in the prayer room. Temp.

It's like he's sitting right there with.

Me, and it's like he's reading my liquid prayers.

[Tim Timberlake]

And.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

And sometimes even if all you can.

Muster is, lord, help, yes, or Lord, I'm hurting, he's right there and he will listen.

Which leads me to something else.

I want to encourage people like, don't sanitize your prayers. I feel like somebody needs to hear that tonight.

There are people in this room. You go into God's presence and you try to sanitize your prayers. You try to package it real pretty, and you're trying to use perfect speech, and you try to come to him with a sermon. And I just want to tell you, he already knows what you're coming in.

There for.

And you would do better just being honest.

Can we.

Can I show them that in the word of God.

[Tim Timberlake]

Let's go there.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Y' all got a Bible? Can we go to Matthew, chapter six?

And can we look at verse five? Can I.

Can we work this.

Tim, can we work this real quick?

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It's the Sermon on the Mount. It's the most famous sermon that Jesus.

Ever preached, his most famous sermon ever recorded. And on the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord said in Matthew, chapter 6, verse 5. He said, and when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners that they might be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward in full. Listen to me.

I want to show you two things right here. We're going to work this real quick.

The Lord says, and when you pray, he didn't say if you pray with.

And so the presupposition of the text is that he assumes you will pray.

Yes.

So the Lord puts a demand on every follower of Christ to have a prayer life. He didn't say if you would pray. He said when you would pray. So he puts a demand on us to do that. And he says, don't pray like these hypocrites who like to pray with lofty speech so they could be heard. And when we try to pray like that, the only reward we get is for people to Say, wow, she know how to pray. But the Lord was not listening. Right. So we don't need to sanitize our prayers and try to come to God with the theological thesis. Just talk to him honestly about what's going on in your heart. And then he says, when you pray, go into your room and shut the door. For me, that was a bathroom. Where is that for you?

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Like he says, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father, who's in secret. And the Father who sees in secret, he will reward you openly. You see, the secret of prayer is praying in secret. And my thing for you. Where is that secret place for you? For me, it started in the bathroom. Where is that for you now, Tim?

[Tim Timberlake]

At my table.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

At your table.

It can be in a park. For my wife. It's a prayer walk.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It can be a park, it can be a car. It can be your cubicle at your job. A closet. Right. But the Lord wants us to regularly commune with him and find time to just be alone with him and just be honest about the things that's going.

On in our heart.

[Tim Timberlake]

That's so good, man. When you read that, I'm reminded that prayer isn't just an escape. Prayer is access to engagement.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah.

[Tim Timberlake]

And God invites us into his personal space. I want us to think about that for a second. The Almighty God wants to talk to us.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Say that again to them, Tim.

[Tim Timberlake]

The Almighty God wants to speak to us now. In Romans Paul, he says this. O wretched man, that I am.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Who.

[Tim Timberlake]

Can deliver me, and you are wretched. I know you may not think it, but you are. If you came with your spouse, they know it, Who can deliver me. But thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. And that Lord wants to speak to me. He wants to commune and fellowship and love on me, this wretched man. I don't know your sin. I don't know your hangups. I don't know your hiccups, but you got some. And God wants to commune with you.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Did y. Did y' all hear what Tim just said? Just stay right there, Tim, for a second. I want you to work that because. I want you to work that because I feel in my spirit. I want you to stay right there for a second. I feel in my spirit there are people in this room, and I feel it on this side. There are people in this room. Their lives are so ratchet. They think God wouldn't have anything to do with them if they came before him in humility and repentance. It's like if I go before him in humility and repentance, he wouldn't listen to me. But Paul said, oh, what a wretched man that I am. And you are a wretched man.

Was.

And I was a wretched man. And there are people in here who.

Are living foul lives that think God won't listen.

But the prayer of repentance, he will listen. And if they're going in humility, he will listen right. Talk to somebody in the room, Tim, who feels.

And I feel this in my spirit.

People who feel my. My life is such a way that.

That God wouldn't listen to me if.

I talk to him. He wants nothing to do with me.

I've sinned too much.

I've. I've gone too far.

Yo Address that right here. Address that.

[Tim Timberlake]

When you put more emphasis on the memory of your past than the power of his presence, you miss an opportunity to receive his grace. He read something so powerful that we.

[Street Team Member]

Need to look at.

[Tim Timberlake]

Pray then in this way. Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name. His name is greater than the name of your sin. His name is greater than the name of your sickness.

[Street Team Member]

His name is greater than the name of your pain. His name is the greatest name. And scripture says at the very mention of that name, every knee, whether you believe in him, whether you believe in another false God, whether you have other idols, every knee shall bow and every tongue shall proclaim that Jesus Christ is lord. So I say all that to say, you can bow in prayer willingly, or you can bow forcefully at the seat of judgment. One way you are going to pray my prayer is that you do it on this side instead of the next. All of us have something that we are dealing with that we are constantly either carrying or casting, but we cannot do both. And it is prideful of us to think that the issues we are carrying are more powerful than the Savior that can lift those things off of us. And so the reality is, is at some point in your life, regardless of how holy you think you are, regardless of how righteous you think you are, you are a wretched man and a wretched woman. And you're either wretched because of the sin you know or you're wretched because of the pride you want to dress. And it is not until we bow on our knees in humility that we pray and we humble ourselves.

[Tim Timberlake]

We seek his face. Then we hear from heaven.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He'll listen.

[Tim Timberlake]

He hears.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Yeah, he'll listen. He'll listen. And that's why I love being there. I love being in his presence. And I want to. I want to talk to somebody who. Who Tim is addressing. There is nothing you're going to find on this side of heaven that's going to be more satisfying in the presence of God. I'm telling you, you will keep hopping out of beds and be empty.

[Tim Timberlake]

Come on.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You'll keep hopping from bottle to bottle and be empty.

I'm telling you, when some of you learn to just sit in God's presence and just sit at his feet, you will find a comfort and a peace you would not even known existed. There was something powerful about just sitting in God's presence. Even. Even if sometimes you don't know what to say. We want to encourage you to just keep going back there and just keep sitting with the Father and keep spending time with Him. And I know some of you say, man, my life is so busy. I got work and I have to clean the dishes, and I got to get the kids to school, and I don't have time to pray. Listen, you don't have to get to a certain place. You can drop kids off and be praying on the way back to the house. You could be spending time with the Father. As you're washing dishes by the kitchen sink. You could be cutting grass and talking to the Father. Y' all think this is crazy. I'll take my trash can down to the corner, and on the way back, I'll look up at the sky and.

I'm talking to the Lord.

Paul said we should pray without ceasing. So prayer becomes like breathing. It becomes something we do consciously and unconsciously, where we just have this ongoing dialogue that we got going on with the Father. And there's a beautiful thing for us to keep just running back to his presence and find comfort there. And there's some of you who were here at the altar. I know you feel wary and tired. You feel frustrated, you know, and we want to encourage you to run back to that well of God's presence and keep going there.

You know, there's a prayer right here.

That the Lord gave us. You call it the Lord's Prayer.

You know, I'm sure some of you probably memorized it.

I mean, he didn't give it to.

Us as, like, a magic prescription, right? But he said, pray then like this.

So he teaches you how to pray.

If you don't know how to. He said, pray then like this.

He said, don't pray like hypocrites. Don't pray like Pharisees. Don't pray like people. Who wants to be heard? Don't pray with empty motives. Don't sanitize your prayers.

He said, pray then like this. Our Father who is in heaven. Our Father who's in heaven, say, my father wasn't there. I don't know what that feels like. We know, we know. We know that your father was not present.

We know it's hard for you to.

Identify with God as a father. We know. But I want you to hear that he is a loving father.

He has your best interests at heart. He knows the end from the beginning. He has all power. Like, it just makes sense to carry.

Every single burden to him, every worry, every frustration. He is above you.

He's not limited. And then he tells us, your kingdom come, your will be done. That did is spend some time praying about the things that matter to him. I know this is difficult for me to say to you in America because when we go into God's presence, we want his hand more than his face. So we're always begging him for stuff all the time. But something will will change in you when you start caring about the things he cares about. This is you saying, man like you, you're looking around the society. You're thumbing through social media, you're thumbing through tick tock. You're seeing the brokenness of everything around us and say, lord, we need you. You're praying for lost loved ones. You're praying for people who are far away from God. You're praying for people who are not saved in your family. You're praying for people who has your last name who are headed to hell. You're praying for his kingdom to come. You will, Lord. I'm praying about the things you care about. I'm praying for souls. I'm praying for churches, I'm praying for missionaries. I'm praying for the gospel to spread. If you be about his business, you see how he takes care of yours.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is heaven. Then he says, give us this day our daily bread. This is the Lord teaching you to keep asking him for all of your needs. Like, just keep asking him for all of your needs.

That's what he's teaching us, right?

And notice the bread is daily.

You got to keep coming back today and then again tomorrow and then the day after that.

You got to keep coming back. Like that persistent widow said, well, he hasn't answered my prayers yet.

Yet.

And just keep coming back for that daily bread. You can't go back to yesterday's mana.

Keep coming back for that daily bread, like every day.

Just let them just feel you. Even if it's hear your voice, just to say, lord, man, just thank you.

Just keep coming back to that daily bread every day. And here is the part that I love, but you don't.

Forgive us our debts.

I know you're not going to like what I'm about to tell you as we forgive our debtors. You're not going to like this. This is the part of your prayer life when the Lord teaches you to stop carrying all that sin in your heart, right? But like a. Like a wag, just like you got to be in his presence and start wringing out that sin in his presence. This is you going to his presence. Say, lord, I'm an extremely lustful man and I need you to work this out of my heart.

This is you going to his presence.

Say, lord, I've been battling pornography and masturbation, and you're wringing that out of your heart.

This is you going into his presence. Say, lord, man, I'm a very prideful person.

I'm arrogant, I'm jealous and covetous all.

The time and just wringing this out of your heart. This is you saying, man, I hate my husband.

And you're wringing that out of your heart.

This is you dealing with the person.

Who molested you, the person who violated you.

This is you dealing with your enemies and your betrayers. This is you going before God and seeing all that junk that is in you that is ugly and looks nothing.

Like him and saying, lord, wring this.

Out of my heart. This is men in this room saying, lord, help me to be a better husband. This is women saying, teach me to be a better wife. Teach me to be a better parent. This is the part of your prayer where you. You stop running from the things that you know are in there that are offensive to him. Lord, I'm lazy.

Lord, I am angry all the time. Lord, I'm not a good mother for like.

This is you going in there and.

Dealing with the sins of your heart and letting go and letting yourself go. You know what?

You get on the other side of that freedom?

Release. You grow in. In holiness and peace and righteousness. This is. This is the part of prayer where you say, I'm sick of me. Has anybody ever been sick of yourself? Anybody? I was like, man, why do I keep. Why do I keep doing this right?

And before I see. Don't cry, brother. And before you condemn yourself, that's why we have the back half of Romans.

Chapter 7.

Where the great apostle Paul said the thing I want to do, I don't do. And the thing I should not be.

Doing, I keep doing.

And he, he describes this wrestle that he has with sin. He doesn't name what the sin is, but Paul, the great apostle, the one you think is God, and he's just a man like you, describes this wrestle he has with sin. And like Tim taught us, who was the deliverance from that thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, keeps running back.

To the Lord, wringing out his heart in God's presence.

And there's so much freedom in doing that. And there's so much freedom and being.

Honest with God about the sin.

It's so much sin in this room.

Say, oh, my gosh, how can you talk to us like that?

This is love. There's so much sin in this room. There's so much sin in this room. And it will amaze you how freeing it is to go before God and just tell him what's in you. Like, you know, it's like we be hiding from the person that sees all this is like Adam, you sin against God and you go hiding. Like, you Adam thought his hiding spot was so dope, like God couldn't find him. And when he shouts to Adam, adam, where are you?

Where are you, Adam? The Lord is not saying that because he can't find him. He's saying that to give him a revelation. It's ridiculous for you to run from me when I know everything. Instead, come in the other direction, Adam, and run towards me. In your sin, in your sin and in your failures and in your problems. Come to me, all of you who are weary and heavy burden, and I, Jesus, will give you rest. Come in here. Keep running in this direction we fall, and you go that way. You sin and you go that way. You make mistakes and you go that way. And there's so much people, you go the opposite way. No, make a U turn and run to the Father.

Keep.

Keep running to him in. In your shame, in your rebellion, in your sin and your hardship, and all the deeds you're doing in adult man. Run to him and let him minister to your heart and let them take.

Those burdens off of your shoulders and let them deal with the ugliness of your sin.

[Tim Timberlake]

I feel this strong in my spirit, Phil. I feel like for our listeners and our viewers, and we're going to deal with this once we stop the recording. Let's land the plane with you praying a prayer of salvation, walking with our street team closer to the feet of Jesus.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

There is nothing you're going to Enjoy in this life more than intimacy with God. And there's so many problems in this room and so many hardships in this room and so much sin in this room. And the best place man to be with all of that is just in his presence. To just keep talking to him about everything you're going through and keep running to the Father and make prayer like breathing. You just talk to him all the time about everything. In the shower and the bathroom and the drive on the way to work in the cubicle. When things are good, we're thanking him. And when things are hard, running to him and is there in his presence, in that secret place, you will find comfort, you'll find peace, you'll find strength, you'll find answers, you'll find guidance.

For some of you, you'll find affirmations.

Since you're looking for that. Parents that won't give it to you and a boss that won't give it to you in the next bed you hop out of, still searching for affirmation, you'll find that in his presence. Everything you need, you're going to find there. And so I. I want to pray over us. I feel like you think Tim and I have been talking too much. I want to. I want to pray over us. A special prayer of intimacy. And then I want to pray for the person in the room who you. You crept up in here, but you're far away from God. I was talking to you in the beginning. So eternal God and ever wise Father. Our Father who art in heaven.

[Tim Timberlake]

And.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallowed be your name. We worship you and we glorify you. We honor you, God. I want to pray right now over every son and daughter in this room. The overwhelming amount of heavy burdens and trials and tribulations in this room.

I want to pray right now in.

The name of your son, for a.

Supernatural, irresistible.

Hunger to come upon them for your presence.

I want to pray. You would teach them to make prayer their new vice. I want to pray. In times of joy, they will come into your presence. And in times of hardship, they will come into your presence. I want to pray that you would woo them, Father, closer to you. I want to pray, God, you would teach them how to come in and talk to you in humility and intimacy. I want to pray, God, Lord, that you would give out the invitation right now for some man, some woman that's far away. They feel like their prayer life is dry. They feel like their spirituality is dry. Would you draw them near to yourself right now? Would you remind them that they're loved right now, would you remind them that they have not out sinned? Your grace, there's some young woman in the room, some brother in the room, God, that's been scratching their head and trying to figure out life. Would you draw them to yourself right now.

Father?

Would you pour out in this room, God, a spirit of prayer.

A spirit.

Of repentance, a spirit of intimacy, a spirit of desire for you? Would you teach us, God, how to pray and how to listen and how to pray your word back to you? And, Father, would you take the seed that Tim and I have sown tonight and would you sink it deep into the hearts of every person under the sound of my voice and every person watching right now across this camera, all of our street team, Father, what marriages need more than anything is people who.

Are going to pray.

What churches need more than anything right now.

People are going to pray.

What our country needs right now are believers who are going to pray. And I just pray for a mighty.

Outpouring of intercession to come upon us right now. And now, Father, I want to pray for the person who I spoke to.

In the beginning, that man, that woman.

That is far away from you.

[Tim Timberlake]

That.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You would draw them to yourself right now. Okay?

If you're in the room, heads are bowed and eyes are closed, and you are that person I was talking to in the beginning, you already know who you are. You're far away from God. Maybe somebody drags you to church every now and then, that you're sitting in this room right now listening to two brothers that was once far away from God. And I know you think you're close, but you're not. Some of you, you're religious and you're not really. Saved you. Today is the day of salvation right now. And we've never even done this in any other city, but it needs to be done right now. My sister, my brother, I'm talking to you. The Lord is calling you. He has a plan and purpose for your life. You are not prepared for your sin if you die. And the Lord is calling you right now, you are a sinner. He will forgive you for your sins. He will wash you and cleanse you. He will make you his son. He will make you his daughter. He will put your name in the book of life. Today could be the beginning of the rest of your life. I'm talking to you. I'm gonna count the three. And if I'm talking to you, you say, yo, Philip, pray for me. Tim, pray for me. That's me. I've been Going to church, but I'm not saved. I. I was mad, but I'm not saved. Somebody dragged me in here. If I'm talking to you, say, preacher, pray for me on the count of three. I'mma count to three. And I just want you to lift your hand so we can see who we talking to. 1. You are a sinner, but God is calling you out of that dark life. 2. This is the moment for salvation, when everything changes for you. 3. Put your hand up right now so we see what we talk about. I see that hand. I see those hands. I see those hands. All around the room. I see those hands.

I see those hands. I see those hands. I see those hands. Lord Jesus, I see those hands. What we going to do, Tim? I see those hands. I see those hands. Y' all feel like. You feel. You feel brave?

[Tim Timberlake]

Don't even ask him today.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Feel it.

[Street Team Member]

You just come down here to the altar.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Let us pray.

[Tim Timberlake]

You feel brave?

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Come. Yeah.

Get out of your seat. Tell the person next to you, get out of my. Get out of the way. Just come down here. Come.

Yeah. Come close.

And if. If you're not walking, celebrate what the Lord is doing in these lives. When you get up here, don't look at us. We just men. Please don't. Don't look at us. We just. We're just men.

Don't. Don't. Don't look at us.

Just.

Just come close.

Get as close as you can. And just. When you get close, just bow your head. Don't look at us. We're just men. There's no celebrities in the room.

The only celebrity in the room is above you. Just come close.

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Just come close. Yeah. Keep coming. Yeah. Keep coming. There you go. Keep coming. I see you, my sister. I see you, my brother. It's okay.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's all right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

The Lord knows. It's okay.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's all right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Would you just, like, stretch your hand towards these.

Father, we pray for these men and women at this altar. No magic prayer or pixie dust. We can't save anybody. Only you can do that. He sees these tears. That's called repentance, Father. You know, those who are sincere, Tim. And I can't save only youy. I pray right now, God, that yout would save these men and these women. You would fill them with youh spirit, According to Ephesians 1:13. You would seal their names in the Lamb's Book of Life. That's okay, brother. Exhale.

[Tim Timberlake]

I pray.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You would rob them right now of.

Their unrighteousness and fill Them up, God, with the righteousness of Christ. That's okay, brother.

I pray they would know, Father, that their sins are being forgiven as far as the east is from the west. Yes, cry. Real men can cry.

It's okay. Cry.

Real men cry.

[Tim Timberlake]

It's all right.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm right here with you.

I won't let you go.

Real men cry, Father, we pray, God, you would rob them right now, God, of their sins and pardon them. God of every sin and every mistake they've ever made past, present and future. We pray you would draw them to yourself, even right now. Cry, sisters.

Okay?

Cry. Draw them to yourself right now. Give them a sense of assurance that they are passing from death to life. I see those hands that are shaking. Touch that girl right there, Tim. Give them a sense of assurance. Right now. They're passing from death to life. They have escaped hell and heaven is their new destination. We thank you, God, that these are now your new sons and daughters. Teach them your word and teach them your ways. Order their footsteps down the paths that lead to righteousness. Remove from their lives people that will bring them back, Father, where they came from. Separate them from everything that will hinder them from moving forward.

[Street Team Member]

Help them to know right now that.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

They are perfectly loved and perfectly affirmed by you. Let them feel peace right now in their soul. Peace, brother. I got you right here. Let them feel peace right now. I got you, brother. I got you. Let them. I got you. Cry.

It's okay.

Real men cry. Let them feel peace right now in their soul. We thank you, Lord, for these who have responded to the gospel. We you thank. Thank you, Lord, that the devil just lost some like Lauren Hill. And, Lord, you said, when one sinner repents, all of heaven rejoice.

[Street Team Member]

So, Father, right now, we rejoice in this room. Come on, everybody. Stand to your feet. Help us rejoice. Come on, celebrate them right now. Father, we celebrate. Come on, let them hear you. Celebrate. Father, we celebrate these new souls that have come into the kingdom. Somebody open up your mouth. Come on, celebrate these new souls.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallelujah. You.

[Street Team Member]

Come on, clap. Come on, clap. Celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallelujah.

[Street Team Member]

Celebrate.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Hallelujah. Jesus.

[Street Team Member]

Celebrate.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

It's okay, brother.

[Street Team Member]

Celebrate.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Come on, clap your hands, people.

[Street Team Member]

Celebrate.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Come here, sister. Hallelujah.

[Street Team Member]

Come on. The devil just lost some. We should celebrate that. The kingdom just got bigger. You remember where you was when you got saved? Come on, celebrate them.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Everybody just ought to listen to me.

You don't gotta look at me, but just listen. It's your choice. You can look or you cannot.

[Tim Timberlake]

Look.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

He's catching those tears. How old are you, bro? 41. You about to. You're a brand new man now.

How old are you? 19. Everybody, this altar.

Listen to me carefully. I need y' all to help me listen. Welcome to the family of God.

Come on. We can do better than that. Welcome your brothers and sisters to the family of God.

All right, now. Now, I do want you to look at me. Eye contact.

Today.

Right here, bro. Today I see those tears. Look at me. Today is the beginning of the rest of your life. Yeah. According to this word, the word of God, you have passed from death to life.

And all of your sins, past, present, watch. This word and future have been forgiven. They have been separated for you as far as the east from the west. The scripture says if anyone is in Christ, they are.

He's catching those tears. A new creation.

You are a brand new man.

I'm talking to you.

You are a brand new man. And you are a brand new woman.

The old is gone and the new has come.

You understand me? I'm talking to you. After today, the enemy will remind you of your past. And he will try to make you feel condemned. He is the accuser.

And watch.

And you gotta pass. You can't erase it. So you gotta do what Paul said in Philippians.

You got to keep forgetting now and keep running forward into the unknown future.

Of everything God has for you in this life and the known future he has for you in the life to come. If you live in this city or you live in a different city, we encourage you to find a Bible teaching church where you could be taught the word of God and where you can have community. Because you cannot walk this walk by yourself. You need brothers and sisters with you. Who's going to walk this walk with you? You understand me?

And listen to me carefully.

And after today, watch.

You will mess up again. And you will. You will make mistakes. But this time, you just tell your father, forgive me. You get up and you keep moving forward.

What you did right here, happened for.

Me in a bathroom right here in the city. I would have never imagined. I'll be where I am right now, talking to you. You have no idea what's on the other side of a.

Yes.

Your name has been recorded in heave.

Even if you feel like you don't.

Deserve it, your name has been recorded. You are his son. And you are his daughter. Everything has changed now. You believe that I'm talking to you. What's your name? Ashley. How old are you? 31. You believe that? What's your name? Jules. You believe that?

Brand new man.

Brand new man. Brand new man. Brand new man. How you feel now? You feel great? You feel new? Feel new. I have a gift for all of you at the altar. And everybody in the room, do they have that QR code? A QR code is going to come up on the screen and, and, and there's a prayer resource that we created for you. If you scan that QR code with your phone, we will send you a link. And at that link, there is a. A free resource that was written for you that teaches you what prayer is, how to pray. It'll teach you different types of prayers and it'll teach you why some prayers are not answered. They said move, Tim. They said your locks are in the way. They said we in the way, Tim. It's a free resource. You could get that free resource right there. Okay. The link how to pray.

And if you have issues with the.

QR code, you're struggling, you can go to.

You got everybody.

You got that? Is that working?

If it's not working, just go to. You could listen, when you get to your car, if it's not working, go.

To philip anthony mitchell.com, my full name.com philipanthy mitchell.com and you see a link that says on prayer and it's it available right there for you. Okay. It'll be a blessing to you also too.

Listen, this book right here is Changing Lives.

You need to get this book. The Bumpy Road to Better. And if you have one, Tim can sign it for you tonight since he's an accomplished author.

I haven't written anything except posts on social media.

But it's, it's a. It's a powerful book and Tim has been through a lot, has been through hell the last two years and he, he has a road map here, clinic on how to make a journey to a better place. It's a very powerful book.

And you want to give out one to somebody?

[Tim Timberlake]

Yeah, let's do that.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You want to bless a couple people?

[Tim Timberlake]

Let's do it.

[Street Team Member]

Who doesn't have it? I saw your hand first.

[Tim Timberlake]

I'm going give it to you. It's all right, Tim.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You. You feel generous? You should give all of these away.

[Tim Timberlake]

Absolutely.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

I'm taking money out of Tim's pocket.

You feel generous?

[Tim Timberlake]

Let's get.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Toss. Toss one in the audience tip.

[Tim Timberlake]

Right there.

[Street Team Member]

I'm not going to forget about y'. All.

[Tim Timberlake]

There you go.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

You think you could get one to the balcony, Tim? I think I could get one to the balcony.

[Tim Timberlake]

You think so.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Can I throw?

Can I think? Get one to the balcony.

[Street Team Member]

Hear the people say no.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

To the balcony.

Tim.

[Street Team Member]

No.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Tim.

[Tim Timberlake]

Frisbee. These books.

[Street Team Member]

Oh, the paper.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

Whoever caught that, throw that up there for them.

All right.

[Street Team Member]

Also, two more things.

[Tim Timberlake]

The first one is this. Can we think the museum of the Bible. For being partners.

[Street Team Member]

With these two crazy jokers, I encourage you go to their.

[Tim Timberlake]

Table, pick up the information that they have.

[Street Team Member]

Let's be supporters of that.

[Tim Timberlake]

Also, if you have not already got your street team merch, scan the QR code, get your merch. It'll be shipped to you. Phil, close us out, man.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

If you're watching us right now, we want to thank you for watching this episode of the Street Preachers podcast live from the Raleigh Durham area. Yeah. We have filmed this special episode in Creedmore at the home church of your favorite my brother, Till Cymbelic star. We honor his parents, Mac and Brenda Timberlake. And we just want to thank you, street team.

And do me a favor, if this episode has been a blessing to you, we want you to like, subscribe, share it with somebody.

[Tim Timberlake]

Okay.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell]

We want to encourage you to stay connected, street team.

We want to encourage you to pray and we can't wait to see you next week. Next week's episode we'll be coming to you live from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Thank you for watching this episode of Street Preachers podcast. We love you. We'll see you next week in Charlotte.

God bless you.

[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. Want to ask that you continue to share, like, subscribe as we endeavor to continue to bring you the word of God.