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Darren V.
We take things for granted until it's too
late.
A lot of times,
we'd look back in man I wish y'all,
I should coulda. Just let let's let's be
clear, you only get 1 life.
And because you only get 1 life
you know, you... A lot of times, the
foolish man
is...
Looks back and said I wish you, I
should, oh, I coulda.
And,
I don't know but you, but it's not
attractive to talk to
men or people
who are always telling you
moments of what happened
50 60 years ago. Now, I don't discredit
anyone's actions because we live, the life to
live upon the actions of other veterans and
servants and people who are leaders who made
sacrifices supposed us to live the today. But
they're quite the reality of it is that,
you know, I'm just talking from a believer
standpoint,
there should be,
some new activity happening every day every moment
because your blood is c to your veins
moment by moments second by second. So that
is an indication of how the life we
should be living. This should be new activity,
new power, new influence, new stores, new testimonials
happening every day. So, you know order when
you see a man
is good to be in a company of
kings. I love that because here's the deal.
You know, I love proverbs because Proverbs just
simply makes a plain simple, but it says
you wise or you foolish.
It either you wise are you foolish. It
says you rich or you poor, it says
that you evil all you righteous.
You know? And so it it it says
that you're lazy or your diligent.
And I love the fact that especially in
our culture where we have a world where
so many people
are trying to money the waters or trying
to live 1 way and they're trying to
blend in or... No. No. No. G say
I came to separate
mother daughter. I came to separate. I'm the
divider. I'm the equal and so in our
lives
we need to always be moving closer toward,
serving the kingdom or farther away. And so
today, I just wanna talk a little bit
about,
having a mindset
of deciding to serve God.
This is maybe not a popular topic in
today's culture, but that's bottom line. You know,
if you die, not knowing corn diseases, you
going straight the hell. Nobody talks about hell
like that and what, hell is real.
But we don't have to die. We don't
have to die the hell. You know, a
lot of times people are killing themselves is
striving for everything.
And, you know, the worst thing the worst
thing that happened to you is not to
for your divorce. The worst thing that happened
to take your worse fear. The worst thing
you happen. Is not for a love on
the die. The... And I'm not this discredit
all those things are real, but the worst
thing that happened is not to lose your
child. Worst thing that happened you is that
your dog run away or get hit through
the worst thing can happen to you is
that you die and go to hell, which
is an eternal damn nation.
So when we look at like that, anything
charlotte that, you can handle it.
You can make it. You you you can
adapt, you can adjust. You can overcome. And
god gives us that capacity. He is our
ever present hope. And so, you know, you
know, I always tell you guys this
we need to be cross walking and not
just cross talking.
I'm gonna say that again. I people just
cross talking. They're not die They're not sacrifice.
And it's surely not serve So they cross
talking, but cross walking is laying down your
life every day. Jesus said, if you're gonna
follow me, you must take up your car
draws and follow me.
You know? And, you know, these... The this
kinda talk right. This is where they leak
ross that these are 50 who are all
in. And so I would I would encourage
you today to ask yourself the question, are
you all in?
Or you just
passive,
common average,
moderate.
It's nothing about Jesus that was moderate. There's
nothing but him was passive.
Dude was a...
I always say like guess. He was very
lawful, but he broke all the rules.
The rules that man me. He broke... He
defied all the rules. And to me, that
is not a dude who's just sitting there
just passing, No...
I come to brain change. And so as
believers, we need to have the same mindset
And III even say but the same spirit
because the spirit... Your spirit alters your state
of your mind. And so I ask you
a question, what spirit do you serve? What
spirit do you yield to? Do you yield
to holy spirit?
Because if you yield the holy spirit, there's
are certain things you wouldn't be doing?
If you yield to holy spirit the spirit
of God,
you know, then there's certain things that are...
You're gonna... They're they're gonna cause you to
think different faith, different do different. The bible
puts it this way. Mind on the spirit
yielded to the spirit, thinking about the spirit,
focus on the spirit is gonna yield what.
Life and peace.
But if you decide to yield focus in
in and and put your mind on things
of are flesh
then that's gonna equate the death. It's just
1 of the other man. It's just it's
just 1 other. Mine on the spirit lightning
peace, mine on the flesh is death. And,
you know,
On with you, but I I wanna be
on frontline,
you know, holding that flag going going to
battle. I'm ready for battle.
You know, this this this is a call
of duty. This the real call of duty.
This the real call of duty. You know,
being in place being on the front line.
You know, it's making a step,
providing the standard of righteousness and god
for our families.
Is like, there's no more men in place.
There's more there's no more people who stand,
you know, God made Adam and eve,
not Adam and Steve. Just listen. You couldn't...
You you... 2 men can produce a child.
It's out of order.
And when you're out of ordering get out
of alignment. And you can just... Whatever example
you wanna use.
You know, it's 1 way. And so why
do we have at... We... Why do we
have Adam and Steve trying to hook up.
Because of the wounded of their soul.
Somebody had heard him rejected them did something
to them and opens up their soul.
To hurt to pay and you could just
take any example. I mean, it it could
be draws. We medicate
ourselves through pornography through sex through drugs through
partying through
success through
acquisition of anything. The lust of the eyes,
the lust of the flesh, the product life,
but it doesn't even matter. Those are ways
that you are medic
your pain. You're medic
the deficient see in your soul and the
answer is turning over to Christ.
You said, well, man, Pastor it down and
already knew Christ, but I'm still struggling with
pornography. I'm still struggling with lust of the
eyes. I'm still struggling with with with drugs.
I'm still struggling. First of all, let me
tell you. The fact that you're struggling with
it is a blessing.
I knew you never heard that way, but
your struggling poop that not been defeated. As
long as you are in the ring, you
have a potential to win, but when you
throw in the top hole, when you give
up now the the face over, Right? So
that's number 1. Number 2
is that just because you save, you came
into the room.
You came into the room, but doesn't mean
that you are perfect. Right? The there's always
something god's gonna allow you to have a
of a flaw or challenge like Paul said,
a thorn in the flesh. Why it keeps
you praying. It keeps your you. It keeps
you under humble. It keeps you looking to
him who's the offer the finish, the the
keeper of your faith. Right? And so what
is it that you're struggling with that... And
so it's a decision.
You know? Let's say you're struggling with the
lust of the eyes. You like the world
at women in a in a derogatory way
or in a way that's not face to
your wife. Or you said, I am married.
I can look me the way. No. It's
a it's a way that in your spirit,
you knows not right. Well, you need the...
You you need to make a covenant with
your eyes.
A covenant is a binding agreement that I
will see a covenant we understand covenants. You
know, covenants is when you make a decision.
I remember when I a kid watching Tv.
I will see the fans, cut their wrist
and they bind together, and they, you know,
and be blood brother blood covenant. Look, everything
is m... Let me say everything capital e
everything is about covenant.
Every covenants are equate to worship. And so
when you make a covenant, you make an
agreement is like, It's your word. Like you
say, word is bond, your word means if
I break my word, the covenant determines that
if I break my word, I'm default. And
now I'm susceptible to death.
And so this is why,
see, we we haven't... We don't talk lot
about covenants now. Those are... Let me put
it like this. The covenants are now everyday
contracts. The reason why I have to have
a contract with you because you wanna have
no word.
But there was a time where a man
didn't have to have a contract. He was
a word. He was a man of his
word. And so even with contracts, people break
their word in marriage, stepped out on their
husband on their wife whatever. Even when contracts,
people do shady business, they didn't keep their
word. And so now we have the legal
field because now people legal attorneys to help
people enforce their will with their lie and
say they will come do. So you need
to make a covenant with your eyes. You
need to make a covenant in your soul,
god for you I live for you I
die.
And you said darren I I I've done
that before. I'm digging it down to the
court. Well, you know, it's simply a decision.
You gonna have to cry to god. The
same god. See what you really wanna do?
You can make happen.
If you really really want to be free
from drugs, alcohol sex,
and and listen whatever it is. If you
really wanna be free, if you cry the
God from your soul he will never leave
you. He will never forsaken. He always makes
away. The issue is you ain't really serious.
You cannot not cry the god and him
leave you helpless listen and hopeless.
Not possible. That... Because he's a god that
wants to give you his love.
And so when you don't... What... This is
what I'm I'm simply illustrating in the scripture,
it says denying have form of god
denying the power of God. You deny God
the power to help you because you choose
to do your thing your way. How's that
working for you?
How's that been working for you? You find
yourself. So now we have people walking in
cycles where, you know, they do good for
3 months 3 3 years, and they come
back in the same cycle. They get caught
up again. It's called ini.
Sin ini of of different. Sin is when
you commit the at ini when it's a
pattern. It's in your jeans in your blood
lines, there's alt that have been record from
your great great great grandfather that somebody did
some or made a covenant
in agreement.
And therefore, now, you wonder why, man, just
feel like I'm a woman. Man, you doing
1? This... There there was there was something
that happened. There was a come... It was
all... Oh, I just feel like man, the
whole... You see the whole family go to
jail. The whole family strung on drugs. It's
just a it's a it's a sin of
ini.
And so you got to stop and say,
man, look, enough is enough. God, I come
to you every covenant
every vial that was made before me, it
stops now. I plead the blood of Jesus
over my life and over the life of
my children family. It starts with it starts
with me and it starts with me. Catch
that. It starts with me. The courage stops
with me, but it starts with me.
What starts me? The blessing.
The blessing starts with me.
This You can me You say he said,
I'm the 1. I'm that 1.
Whatever my mom, my dad and my grandfather?
I'm gonna get it. I'm that 1.
See, We have to if it listening, in
Our western culture, we've gotten so comfortable
yet it that that it's like the frog
in with beak, the science speaker, whereas,
you know, when you throw the frog in
the hot water, he just jumps right out.
But the enemy is
us. He's woo us because he's slowly warming
up the water and we're a frog and
we'd being seduced to front. And proud how
we being seduced? Well, what is marriage?
What is love? What is...
So you're telling me a child can choose
jim there, but he can't choose
whether he go in school not. They can't
choose other things. No. No. No. No. No.
We've being seduce. This a spirit. Right? And
social
to be deceived to be tricked. Now I
don't know what your your your joy is
or your alternative. See you gotta understand. This
is the age of Ai,
artificial intelligence. Listen, I use Ai in different
parts of my business just like I use
my cell phone, age So if you got
a problem with technology, then don't use your
cell phone.
Don't don't don't use your computer because there's
technology. What issue use it for the right
way. So but but and listen, Ai is
a tool.
Just like your cell phones are tool. Well,
as the same way with
sin.
Why would you want
artificial love?
The you could have real love.
Why would you want a fake
love
that's not real. That's not real... Bill when
you could have the real thing.
Why would your artificial love when you could
have real love, Bill God is giving you
an opportunity to be loved for real and
god. Let me take. Love is the antidote
that is it's the 1 thing that cares
everything.
Love is the 1 thing that cares everything.
Love is the antidote for fear.
In everything we're doing is because we either
have love
or we have fear. I, I'm put like
this. Love is motivating you and influence you
fear is motivating influencing me because the devil
is fear. God, god loves you so much,
Say, I am love.
That's the only way happened to find myself
he said, perfect love does what cast out
all fear. Well that's the devil. He's only
love and fear. You got...
You it's in love He.
I'm a ask those who are on on
the live call to much your phones, please.
Mute your phone please.
We broadcast on several platforms so if you
are on the phone, please mute your phone.
So But but look love and love and
and is is it's not love and hate.
No. It's love and fear. Listen fear is
the culprit for everything.
A man,
His wife action for the credit card. He
gets angry. He's not angry. He's afraid. She
gonna use that card to match that bad
boy. It's there.
So when when people are, are pride,
and they they gotta lift up themselves, they're
they're not private... They're fear
fear is the root. When you get don't
just the fruit of what they do go
to the root of who they are. The
root of all sin is fear.
The root of all success in blessing
increases love. That's why Guy said I wish
above all things that you approximate being hell.
Why? Because he love you.
You know? So I could I just wanted
to just dialogue with you all just for
a second and let you know that Let's
say what's the proof that you're walking in
his love, what's the proof that you look
that you're listening to his holy spirit? The
proof is... Guess, what? The proof is you
begin to serve.
Every
religion, every cult as soon as you join
that cult, or that religion, they put you
to work. Why?
I mean, the the, you know, you got
the guys on the bicycle with the white
shirts and the black pants, they they're they're
knocking on the. You got the jehovah's witness.
Every religion puts you to work. Why is
it that when we come to the kingdom
of a God, We don't get the work.
The proof of your love is servant.
The proof of your love James that you
say you have faith show me your words.
So my question to you as a man
as a woman as a person of god,
what kind of work... Show me your words?
Where do where do you produce? Show me
what you're working with. Show me the product.
Show let me see your time sheet.
Where do you serve? See if you don't
put that time in that o'clock on your
job, You know you don't get no pain.
Well, this the same thing with the kingdom.
We must be kingdom minded it so that
we can say, God. This is the work
I'm doing. Listen. Your work's don't save you.
Let's get that straight because sometimes we think,
oh I get this. No. No. No. No.
I do this because of my love for
you.
If You see, I do this because of...
What we're we're duplicating the love of the
father. Now I so loved the world he
did what he gave. Well, you so love
god you start giving and giving a serving?
Who can account for your work?
Do you put in the same amount of
time for the kingdom? How do as you
do for your work.
Do you even pray?
Do do do you eat what what to
do?
Do you do hear?
Yeah look, man, it's tight but it's right.
You know, we don't do these calls to
make you comfortable being, this a call the
duty. This a call rise up. This is
called for the warriors for the kingdom. This
this this just after for the week in
Faint park. In if if you just... If
if you just not notch them. You're not
even sure you if gonna get right or
you gonna get gone, I hope you will
get right?
Because this is this... If If listen,
it is time of reckoning. It's the day
of rec pants.
Everything is coming to a head right now.
And so you're gonna have to choose. You're
gonna be hot on you big old, because
she said if you're not... If you look
on, I'm a spit you out of my
mouth. I don't even wanna deal with you.
You know, it's bad to deal with people
you don't know what you're gonna get. You...
I'm asking you are you predictable?
Cannot I... Where are you... Okay. If your
service time is 10:00 on Sunday. I should
be able to say, I know a 10:00
where you're gonna be every sunday.
If you if you... See that's your problem
with our spouses.
We know it you get off at 5,
but we don't know where you're at.
You're not predictable. You're not dependable. You have
no worries. You are not obeying the covenant,
but you want the fruits to the covenant,
but you're not a covenant keeper.
God said my covenant, I will not break
with you.
You God is saying, I want you to
show for me, like, I show for you.
Every day. My mercy is new every day.
My grace is giving you every day, but
you can't show up from me every day.
You are double minded
lukewarm.
You you you wanna just show a Superman.
You don't wanna walk... There's clock kent every
day.
Listen there's a apollo and clock kent.
Clock.
But
man, I'm not even gonna get to that.
But listen, you just wanna show up suit,
man. I'm a leave it like that.
And so the bible... I miss p you.
The bible said serves
by loves, what power.
You served by Loves power.
So if you don't experience love God, you
don't have the capacity to serve.
She sit in myth matter of fact, the
Bible also says, work out your
salvation with fear in Truman.
See doing the work keeps you focus. Some
of us have to have work to keep
us focus. Especially as men. We gotta have
work because work keeps focus keeps us focus
on keeping our mind see your focus is
your minds that in a man is only
destroyed by broken focus. So when you're not
focused on something you set yourself through destruction.
And this is why it's hard to get
men to commit because see it in your
nature that and your... And your... You're not
you're not designed the lie to yourself. So
when I asked men to speak up on
a man call, that there's slow to speak.
When I ask... Men to commit to doing
something for the kingdom of god, not for
me. There's slow to speak because it's not
in your nature to lie to yourself. But
when you raise your hand, you make a
commitment,
you stand up... And you separate yourself from
the common the average in the unpredictable in
the Lukewarm
rise up.
You say doing that falcon. Yeah I'm sorry.
I'm a Saint fan. It's saying no, no.
They're saying that kind of rather. This is
rise up, stand up, speak up and move
out the
come to your place of power in your
position. You were born not to be stuck
in stagnant. You were not born to be
common in average,
stuck stagnant and stupid.
You were born for greatness. This is a
call to greatness. This is a call to
arms,
this 1 nothing becomes great by itself. This
is why we meet together. We talk together.
This is the... This is that. This that
call.
Rise up,
take your place.
There that you listen. There is a king
in you, and there's a fool you. Listen
to the king.
There's some place in your... I'm not gonna...
I'm Not gotta see it. I gotta say
it. Listen. There's some place. Genesis 01:26. It
said let us make man in our image.
And let them I'm have dominion authority. Right
down about Genesis 01:20 cents. There's some place
that you're supposed to be an authority. This
some place to you're supposed to be the
boss. There's some place you're supposed to be
ruling until you find that place of authority,
you will always struggle. You will always struggle.
Some financially, mentally social fit. There's some place
that you belong and if you don't... If
you don't... Number 1, if you don't have
the relationship guy He can't talk to you
and relate to you. And even if he
did, you won't understand it, but when he
get to know God, you spend time with
him, see some of us we know God,
we we we we we we came to
him. But then we won't go the next
step and spend time. You won't sacrifice
to... Because you distracted by Netflix and Tv
and and relationships and and and in the
in the parties and all that missing this.
I... Look, I never tell people what to
do. I don't tell you not the smoke.
I don't tell you not to drink. I
don't tell not the party. I don't tell
you not because I know if I tell
you what to do, I will have to
tell you what not to do.
If you
drink of this cup,
If you... It's like, if you hit this,
this this this Jesus, the the this commitment,
this covenant? Oh, no. No No. So you
can't spend time with God consistently and fail.
No can't happen.
So I... I don't spend time telling people
what to do because that's... I can't watch
you. I'm not... And you're not and I'm
in I'm not no babysitter set up. Well,
I tell you if you hit this
vein. This goal, you spend time with... This
god, Jesus God, y'all almighty l him. You
spend time with him. You can't be the
same.
You see who you eat with determines
everything.
You know, in business, I tell people, look,
there's always a meeting before the meeting, and
there's always a meeting after the meeting. The
question is all you invited any the of
meetings.
If you not invited the meetings, that means
they haven't recognize recognized your value, and you
haven't projected your value. Value means that the
balances says your gift makes room for you.
When they don't make room for you, that
means you haven't deter your... You haven't deserve
your value or show you... Value. So therefore,
they they don't value so they don't invite
you to 1 of the meetings. What meeting?
What meeting? If the general meeting is not
as important. It's the meeting before a meeting
after
that's what the kings meet. And so you
know that god is promoting you and elevating
when you serve kings.
Proverbs verse 22 and 29, it says, see
a man diligent in his business he should
shall stand before or serve kings and not
just mean men or of obscurity.
Why when you're serving kings it's societal god's
motion elevation.
Because kings have choices who they can use.
So when they choose to use... You, they
deserve your value.
And why am I saying that, you see
when you deserve the value of christ, you
serve him. You commit to him. Listen, My
mindset said now is that
even as a businessman, you know, there's are
so many opportunities to meet with so many
powerful people. And I decided that you know
what? If I don't get to me nobody,
Meet will father out in the morning.
And he will give me the strategy, so
I don't have to... Sue that that man,
need me.
I'm talking verizon up. Not just in the,
I'm talking of financial. If your money hasn't
changed, if you're in the same financial status
and nothing's changing who can something's wrong.
We need to be... We... We... The king
of God is expanding.
So if your money... The the mine's is
the same fuck... Listen, it is not the
thousand and chance. Sometimes God expands your influence.
Because influence is more powerful than money. See
influence when people like you favor you, listen
to you, it moved by you. And so
that's just his powerful, more powerful money.
The greatest gift God gives you his influence
when he calls men to be move by
you? Oh my god. You you can't know
you can't get no greater than that. See,
I don't need money. People say, look just
come get it. Well, I mean money for.
I got favor and influence. Right? And so
what I'm saying to jim is that, you
know, we're we're not hearing, you know, we're
we're not hearing the the the the core
message of the blood of Jesus.
In in hell. Let's not lose our foundation.
The brother of Jesus healed is saved it
delivers.
Sin you... The the he that sins will
die.
He said, well, man, I've been sitting and
And die. No. You die. He just don't
see if After the deception.
He told Adam Eve. Know, day you eat
this fruit you gonna die when they eat
the fruit note in the next day still
walking around. And what... No, they buy in
another room. See, some of y'all all making
the thank lord. Some of y'all making the
wrong sack.
You sacrifice and everything, but the right thing,
the wrong sacrifice.
And so therefore, you're not getting... You're not
reaping the the the the right harvest.
It can wrong sacrifice. You sacrifice everything and
everybody but gives what.
You're not sacrificing
to meet with your king.
And I get... We all have further issues.
You know you mature when you when you
could give you father.
When you could give others,
listen some people are putting this world not
because they're perfect, you they're put anywhere. Listen.
There's no coincidence. You didn't you could choose
your mom and your daddy whatever.
But at some point, you still tell talking
about what they did you on what did
did few 20, 30 years ago, grow up,
get healed, get hold
and God's love will cure all of that
that's what we're talking about. It's time to
write up, it's time to come come up.
God wants to use you.
And we need you on the front line.
This world is increasing in evil. What you're
gonna do.
So, Listen, I won't be quiet right now,
and
I hopes something head has blessed you and
caused you to increase and to challenge you.
This is... I'm... You gotta know sign on
your life. You gotta know your... My value
is to to make good leaders great. So
I know I'm not attracted to everybody. That's
for me as a as a consultant a
abyss man. I realized. I'm not... I'm calling
to the.
I'm calling to those who are a leader
that wanna go from good 3. So when
you know your people, you know your... Look,
you 5 with your tribe.
And so I hope I said something day
to kick you off the to upset you
to disturb, your common in your stagnant state
of mind list I'm moving forward I'm rising
up. It