Happy Saturday to each of you… We pray that everyone has a blessed and wonderful weekend. I have enclosed day number 34 of Pecking orders directly from Bishop T.D. Jakes.
Much Love to each of you, and please keep pecking.. (P.E.C.K..)
If you haven’t discovered it by now, PECKING will quickly introduce you to new things and people. But, as you risk doing or experiencing something new, you must accept that fear is normal! Nervousness and anxiety is a part of the nature of crossing a fresh threshold into the exhilaration of a new experience. You will always face new experiences with a degree of angst. But, take COURAGE. Feel the fear…but do the new thing anyway!
RECAP – OF THE ENTIRE 30-DAYS ENCLOSED OF PECKING ORDERS…22 more days to go… Yes Lord!
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Just praising God that we have made it this far by faith. Today in America is election day, and I’m just happy for the freedom to be able to exercise that right to choose. It does not matter whom you choose, just make sure you make the choice that’s right for you by picking the most qualified candidate you feel that can meet your needs and get the job done here in America.
Also, today marks 30 days of our Pecking Orders directly from Bishop T.D. Jakes, and I’m excited about what these next 22 days is going to bring positive change to our lives. I have enclosed the previous 29 Pecking Orders from Bishop T.D. Jakes for your review and refresher just in case if you missed any of them.
God bless you all, and remember to keep pecking until you find your way out!!! ~ Minister Evelyn
**In this new season, God will EXPOSE you to brand new things and people. However, don’t get caught up in looking at the outside of a person, relationship or situation! These things do not always reflect what is on the inside. Jesus said about the Pharisees that outside they were clean, but inside they were full of dead men’s bones (Matthew 23:27). Ask God for His wisdom and KNOWLEDGE as you navigate new territory and people!
WTAL – 52 Days of Pecking Orders – Day 29
**In following Naomi, Ruth was EXPOSED to a myriad of new things, including gleaning remnants from the side of a field. While she was experiencing something less than desirable, but altogether new, she was completely unaware of the other method in which God EXPOSED her. Little did she know Boaz, her future husband, was watching her. She was POSITIONED for the redemption of her family line. God will EXPOSE you and POSITION you for His purpose.
EXPOSURE to more opportunities and people will quickly teach you not to get wrapped up in how things appear. Some details simply cannot be ascertained until you experience the fullness of the entire situation. A particular opportunity may look perfect on paper while your previous experiences instruct you to use caution and not take something at face value. As you head toward the fulfillment of your goals, heed the caution your previous experiences and EXPOSURE suggest. Your newfound knowledge and wisdom will prevent you from making mistakes based on impulsive and emotional decisions.
Fullness of life requires a dedication to experiencing and being EXPOSED to new things. Imagine remaining where you are and doing the same thing you’ve always done for the rest of your life! If not for the sake of your future, go to new places and try new things just for the sake of getting out of your own comfort zone and living the full life God has ordained for you!
Like inmates in a prison yard, so many of us stay within the limits of the cities or neighborhoods we’ve grown up in, never venturing outside of them for the slightest amount of time. God has given you freedom–freedom to be EXPOSED to all of His creation and not just your particular street in your particular part of town. Take steps now toward EXPOSING yourself to more. Go to museums, theaters, orchestral performances, cultural festivals or anything you’ve never experienced in your own city as this will ignite a desire in you to see what lies beyond the “prison” walls of where you’ve always been. A whole new world of discoveries awaits…
One difference between Successful people and unsuccessful people is EXPOSURE! Successful people read and study new things, go new places… always preparing for the next move by accumulating new knowledge and experiences. These very experiences uniquely equip them to handle the vagueness of the future while they move toward their goals. Make a list of the different things you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t yet availed yourself of the opportunity. You’ll often find it’s your lack of COURAGE that’s prevented you from doing them. Take action on the easiest one and accomplish it. As you’re EXPOSED to more, you will desire more!
With the estimated 7 billion people on the planet and the ability to be on the other side of the world in less than a day, it would be incorrect in saying there’s nothing new to discover. Sadly, many of us think just that! God’s EXPOSURE requires us to leave behind what’s comfortable to embark upon the uncertainty of the unfamiliar. As you move toward your goal, you will encounter the unknown. God uses EXPOSURE as the practice arena for the newness and uncertainty you will experience in your future. It’s best to learn the lesson of being comfortable in uncertainty now, than having to learn it later.
So many of us remain trapped in the shell of the familiar, never venturing out to see different locations, eat new foods or even hear music we’re not accustomed to. Then, we wonder why we never progress further in life. EXPOSURE is a choice! Do you choose to hold on to the familiarity of what you’ve always experienced, or will you take a chance on something new and vibrant? This may cause you to be nervous, but it greatly enriches your life experience. God has more for you than your current surroundings! Take COURAGE and step out on faith to see and experience more!
The favor that God has placed on your life will cause you to be liked by people you can’t even imagine. They will be intelligent, influential and have wisdom to share with you on your journey. This requires that you EXPOSE yourself to more than just your familiar surroundings. These new “things” and new people God is sending your way may operate on a higher level than what you are accustomed to. Get comfortable trying new things and going new places. You’ll be glad you did! Keep pecking…
As you continue to go forth with your Pecking Orders, I encourage you to broaden your interests, people and hobbies…. they broaden your perspective and outlook. Don’t just build spiritually, but build on the foundation of your spiritual life. It could be as simple as reading different magazines or newspapers, or going to places that are different from where you normally go. Get outside of your political belief system, gender or race. Broader views are a great repellant to ignorance. A complete world-view leads to a richer, fuller life.
BEFORE you can fully lead, you must withstand controversy and conflict.
a. Leaders tend to be controversial.
b. Leaders’ decisions create conflict.
c. Leaders are persons of commitment.
d. Leaders are guided by their character.
Be COURAGEOUS and accept the leadership responsibility of being controversial. You are not POSITIONED to make everyone like you! That’s God’s job. It’s called FAVOR…and…It ain’t fair!
Some things need to be put back where they belong. Translated: some relationships simply need to be severed! Others may require some closure for you to move on. Still, others need to be put back in their proper place. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed” (Amos 3:3)? Pray this prayer with me: Holy Spirit, please clean out my heart, make over my soul, and allow me to get rid of the accumulated things and people that diminish me as an individual, as an employee, or as a visionary. In Jesus name, Amen!
As God POSITIONS you for the future, you will begin noticing the importance of breaking old cycles. Breaking the cycle of repeated mistakes requires making a decision to move on with your life, but it won’t happen overnight and neither will it be easy. Find a way to move out of the past, move ahead, free from all encumbrances that threaten to leave you attached to your yesterday. Do not let the dead weight of old cycles impede your progress! PECK….
BEFORE you can see the beauty of the surroundings in which God has POSITIONED you, you must remove the clutter! God is a God of order! “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33). Though confusion does not stop God from working, it does stop YOU! The removal of unneeded items can reveal the beauty, functionality and lovely features of God’s creation, your possessions, and even your spirit. It’s time to clean house…physically, spiritually and mentally!
When faced with significant opportunities, you might become fearful of bringing your past into your present. Take COURAGE in God POSITIONING you; God EXPOSING you; and God granting you His KNOWLEDGE! He would not have prepared you and brought you this far if He planned on destroying you or allowing new opportunities to overwhelm you. He’s given you your PECKING ORDERS because He knows you can handle them and carry them out! Continue pecking your way out!!!
In this new season, God will EXPOSE you to brand new things and people. However, do not get caught up in looking at the outside of a person, relationship or situation! These things do not always reflect what is on the inside. Jesus said about the Pharisees that “outside” they were clean, but “inside” they were full of dead men’s bones (Matthew 23:27). Ask God for His wisdom and KNOWLEDGE as you navigate new territory and people!
You’ve got to get involved! Make the decision! Before anything will change, you must decide YOU want to change! You must decide to yield to God’s will and allow Him to POSITION you where you need to be before the next shifting occurs! But, change is not easy. It requires COURAGE! In the terrifying, soul-tingling feelings of the vertigo of change, we learn the value of faith and the fuel of prayer.
Don’t stop PECKING! Instead of feeling battered, choose to have the faith that you can rebuild your life! Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) gives us a reminder that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Do not yield power over your life to others in the process of releasing the trauma of your past. “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old” (Isaiah 43:18 KJV). Tenaciously gather what power is within your reach and rebuild your life, no matter how battered you might feel by circumstances. Get ready for POSITIONING, EXPOSURE, COURAGE and KNOWLEDGE!
Anger is rarely the first emotion. Fear usually strikes first, preying on what we don’t know. Therefore, the solution requires KNOWLEDGE! As you continue forward, decide to work for a solution instead of being angry. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond to situations and issues. “Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires” (James 1:20 NIV). You have a choice to make. You can stand with angry fists raised, or you can assume responsibility for your response and refuse to be a victim of your own anger.
Blame is a learned behavior that you can unlearn, but it takes COURAGE to move on from the familiarity of past mistakes and methods! Develop a strategy that focuses on where you’re going and what God is saying will happen. Philippians 3:13-14 describes the outlook we should have: “I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Instead of spending energy on blame, move into the future and begin visualizing what success and victory look like.
Keep pecking…
During singlehood, before you make a rash and irrational decision, see your loneliness as a gift and solitude as your time of preparation for a good relationship. It’s all about POSITIONING! During her time of preparation, Esther did everything she was taught to do in order to win the eye, admiration and affection of a man she had NEVER met! God positioned her right where she needed to be to win Xerxes’ heart and save her people! Singlehood is not a death sentence. It’s a time of preparation and POSITIONING!
Preparation: 1 Peter 3:15 ESV ”But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect”
Positioning: Esther 2:16 (NIV) ”She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.”
Always have the COURAGE to force the hard questions! It’s the issues you never thought to ask about that can wreak havoc on your life! Throughout the Bible, you see people like Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus and Paul not shying away from the difficult questions their situations posed to them. Each of them did one key thing: they sought God! In James 1:5, God promises wisdom to all who ask Him for it! Take COURAGE in God’s wisdom! Never be afraid of the hard questions.
KNOWLEDGE insists and affirms that no question is too stupid to ask. The step you must always remember as you go forward is “Research.” Your choices are no stronger than the facts you have. This requires information! “My people are destroyed from lack of KNOWLEDGE” (Hosea 4:6 NIV). Chicks, get the information! Never attempt to silence the voice within you that continues to question!
As God POSITIONS you for His plans and exposes you to new things, have the COURAGE to listen to your heart and not just your mind. God gave you an inner voice for a reason, and He is not insulted when you listen to it. Your decisions will require Godly discernment! Much of the anxiety and regret that come from the weight of your decisions can be alleviated or avoided if you assemble all of your information and have the right KNOWLEDGE.
P-E-C-K!
In making important decisions, you must realize that
bad choices can cause you to face a setback!You can’t afford this,
so make every move count because they affect your POSITION.This requires several things…
• Research—gathering information and collecting data
• Roadwork—removing obstacles and clearing the path
• Rewards—listing choices and imagining their consequences or benefits
• Revelation—narrowing my options and making my selection
• Rear View—looking back and adjusting as necessary to stay on course.
Following these guidelines helps me move confidently into the future with no regrets. What’s your next move? Keep pecking…
BEFORE you take any great step, or make ANY decision, your focus must not be on just your immediate plans to build or establish. Take time to focus on the far more difficult processes that will follow and the long-term consequences of your decision. In Luke 14:28, Jesus says no man builds a tower without, first, counting up the costs! God wants you to have KNOWLEDGE! Following this wisdom ensures you are not one of the people who learn this lesson by experiencing pain and regret that could have easily been avoided by simply having the information.
WTAL 52 Days of Pecking Orders – Day 4
So now that you know where you stand and you’re working on your plan…Step 3
3. Celebrate your small successes
I don’t mean go on a shopping spree either!! But do congratulate yourself. You are pecking your way out!
You need the rewarded feeling of regaining control of your name. Don’t wait till you’re out to celebrate your progress.
Yesterday we assessed the damage of exactly where our credit really is. Now, let’s work on a plan to improve your credit and eliminate outstanding debt…Step 2
2. Set Up A Plan
The old adage says: “How do you eat an elephant? …One bite at a time.” No matter how small the bites…lets ! To clean up your credit, keep a log for each credit bureau to track your disputes, letters written to creditors and any items you pay off or settle. When it comes to eliminating debt, setup a budget to know exactly “where art thou”and track your income and monthly expenses. Attack the highest interest rates first to reduce your outstanding credit balances.
Keep pecking!
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WTAL 52 Days of Pecking Orders – Day 2
By T.D. Jakes Ministries ჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ჱܓƸӜƷ ჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ჱܓƸӜƷჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ჱܓƸӜƷ ჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ჱܓƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨.
WTAL 52 Days of Pecking Orders – Day 2
The restoration of your credit is the redemption of your name. No matter how long it takes, don’t let the enemy steal your name. The Bible says a good name is better than precious ointment and more desirable than great riches (Eccl 7:1; Prov 22:1).
Most people, once a credit score is diminished, accept it as if it were a terminal disease. This isn’t a sickn
ess unto death!! The truth is actually simple. Bad choices are often the reason we got in trouble. So, good choices will get you out! Take control of your destiny by plotting your way to repairing the damage. Step 1…
1. Asses the Damage
Go online and get . Stop running from reality. You can’t ignore the facts. Dispute any known discrepancies listed on the report! The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires the credit bureaus to provide you a free copy of your credit report annually. Get yours at http://www.annualcreditreport.com/
I’ll post step 2 tomorrow…Alright chicks lets get to pecking!!
Lord, we start this journey and consecrate ourselves over the next 52 days. Lord, I’m asking you to break curses, remove restrictions, tear down barriers, heal discrepancies, work out credit reports, and open up unbelievable favor. Send the kind of FAVOR that will remind them of this defining moment.
In the spirit Lord, I see doors flying open like at a grocery store…doors opening before they can even touch them. Let doors fly wide open.
Make ways for your people as we align ourselves with your word. Meet us in the spirit, Lord. Change lives, give increase and create new positions. I speak promotion. I speak entrepreneurs.
I speak a new generation of evangelists, prophets and bible scholars. Let your gifts flourish right now, in Jesus name…Amen.
“At Woman Thou Art Loosed, I preached a message titled “The Pecking Order”. If you missed it, get your hands on a copy or download the MP3 from our site. During the conference God also moved me to share one of my breakthrough scriptures — Luke 2:52 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”
For the next 52 Days, beginning tomorrow, we’re going to meet in the Spirit via social media. I’m going to be giving you “Pecking Orders” to help unlock FAVOR and POTENTIAL in your life and coach you into your destiny. Some of these orders will be spiritual…others will be natural, concerning issues like credit, debt, and leadership.
I’m challenging you to have 52 days of undistracted devotion with God. Get up early and give God the first fruits of your day. Have private devotion time. Meditate over Luke 2:52 and pray “Lord, Make me increase in wisdom and stature and favor…” Then, read your pecking orders for the day and believe God for a shift in your life. I want to pray for you as we embark on this journey!”
Happy Monday to you all.. I often listen to a lot Marvin Sapp’s motivational music, and one of my favorite songs he recorded entitled “My Testimony“… I’m so glad I made it!” Yes indeed, I’m so glad that we all made it to see this beautiful day that the Lord has made, and we shall rejoice and be glad in it..
We are truly thankful today for Jesus, and all of his wonderful creations. We are truly thankful for the people he has sent to impart knowledge into our lives. I must stop right here and right now and say Thank you to our Bishop T.D. Jakes… These past few weeks have been so phenomenal and life changing for hundreds of thousands (+) that got the chance to either attend (#WTAL) Women Thou Art Loosed Conference live, via the Internet with all access , or the opportunity to view some of our notes we were posting on the different social networking sites… Our souls were truly blessed, and the good part is, that it did not stop there… He decided to give us 52 more days of Pecking Orders which I have labeled as “goodness” that I truly believe will follow you for the rest of your life.. We must say that this WTAL experience was way more than an ordinary ride…It was a life changing experience that allowing you to develop a deeper relationship with God, and in turn we are developing our character, enhancing our wisdom and extending our internal knowledge. I pause to show my gratitude of thanks and want him to know how much we appreciate him to take the time to give us a plan and information to make our lives and future better.. Just when the devil had you thinking on the side of your mind that no one cares, here comes along the Man-of-God to prove some of us wrong.. There are people that do care, and just want to see you do good… Stick with those type of people that uplift your spirit.. We are aware that “LOVE comes in all forms, and sometimes every aspect of love has to used to get through to some of us.. Sometimes we need that tough love, and other times we just need a refresher to remind us how great we all can be, especially when we put our trust in the all mighty God, Jesus!!!!
In this new season, God will EXPOSE you to brand new things and people. However, do not get caught up in looking at the outside of a person, relationship or situation! These things do not always reflect what is on the inside. Jesus said about the Pharisees that “outside” they were clean, but “inside” they were full of dead men’s bones (Matthew 23:27). Ask God for His wisdom and KNOWLEDGE as you navigate new territory and people!
This is an awesome ministry to sow into.. Bishop tell us all the time,to “bless those that are feeding you good spiritual food”.. It’s just another way to say thank you, I love what you do and I appreciate you… Yes we do!!!! I pray that God continues to bless us to get in a position so we can be a blessing to someone else… Never hold on to what you can share and make multiply… My Dad, which was my Pastor for many years taught us that you cannot afford not to give.. You must always give and plant seeds to grow a harvest.. I truly believe that it costs more in the long run when you don’t give unto God.. When we cheat God, we are only cheating ourselves.. Try him at his word and help do your part that this precious Gospel continues to get shared throughout the universe.. ~ Minister Ev
Personal Sermon notes taken by: Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas… Notes are verbatim, uncut and unedited… I just wanted to share with the world what I just heard.. A powerful word from the Lord.. Be sure to pick up this DVD or podcast to listen to it over and over again.. It’s changing my life as I type, listen and process it all and take it in.. I’m in overload!!!! PREACH BISHOP!!!!
Sermon Title: “It’s only a test…….Change your default settings”
Scripture reading: Hebrews 12:11-17 King James Version (KJV)
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. ~ @BishopJakes
”There is nothing as powerful as a changed mind” Bishop T.D. Jakes… ” Throw off every care…Prepare for a breakthrough”
“It’s only a test…….Change your default settings”
(I Did not catch the sermon title: but he is preaching about Cause and Consequences and whom God loves he chastises… # powerful!!!! – I’m listening now!!! ) ~Minister Evelyn
“Corrections can be painful and embarrassing” He said his mother had it bad correcting them in the public… Right there in the middle of the grocery store… NO matter where you showed off, in front of your friends… Then your friends would imitate you for 3 days how you looked when you mother was chastising you…. (lol)… He said he use to mumble things as he walk away, really low under his breath.. Had is mother heard him, he would have been experiencing a 2nd death.. He did not appreciate the methodology until he had to visit some friends in prison… When you see what it prevented from happening, you get glad about what they did… Whom God loves he chastens… Don’t walk around mad because you got corrected.. Get is together… Yes, that is lame….. Don’t let your brokenness get you off of your path.. Let is heal you.. You have to announce to yourself that it’s over.. I’ve been lame, I’ve been hurt.. But LET IT GO!!!!! –
He’s now talking about the attitude… Life will tempt you to become bitter.. You can become cynical…Even your troubles will make you better or make you bitter.. You have to look at what you are thinking.. Why do you have that attitude? Christians have a very unique way of talking about you.. We just say.. Hmmm… Why does a person as big as you, act so small. Do let it be contaminated by the things that are so small… Things of the heart can go undetected until you live with them.. Have you ever met anyone and you thought they were a nice person? You just don’t want to blow their cover.. Just because they go to church.. It just look good.. The things you do with your body and say with your mouth.. You allow your body to control you.. 50 years old acting like you are 21…etc… Anointed and filled to the brim with fornication… People had to watch you at all times, because your flesh is filled with the wrong decision… Sad memories of missed opportunities because you did not know how to deal with your own flesh… Have to learn how to budget power.. It will corrupt you depending on how you use it.. Stop asking God for more power, if you cant’ budget the power you have.. Money have to be budgeted.. Anytime you mismanage money, you will become broke.. You have to become selective how you use it..
You have to manage sex the same way you have to budget your money…Whatever you see, you get.. You handle your body like you hand your money… .You sleep with who you want, like you buy what you want… Look at your neighbor and say are you over budget.. What will you NOT do? What will you NOT say? It’s quiet this morning.. Due the sensitivity of this sermon (lol)…. Everybody is checking their books… When it talks about fornicators, it illustrates it with a guy named Esau.. Iv’e been meditating about Esau all week.. You don’t hear that name often.. You hear about Jacob… It should have been the the God of Isaac, The Abraham, and Esau… but he Esau lost it all because he was hungry.. He came back and his brother Jacob had a bowel of porridge.. Jacob made a deal with Esau.. I would say he tricked him.. but I’m just gone say he was stupid…. If I say I will trade you that Royals Royce for a handkerchief… If you do it, you are just stupid.. Esau traded his birth rights over a permananent decision over a temporary situations… I want to warn you about making temporary decision on permanent issue… When you consider you are giving away your future.. For the next 30 minutes you are giving away the next 30 years… In one way or another, all of us have done something stupid… I have done something so stupid… I graduated from Stupid University with honors… I appall myself, and say how could you do something so STUPID… What’s disturbing me in the text… Misery love company… It is very difficult to live a long life and not do something stupid.. We talk about other peoples stupidity, but we don’t remember our stupidity… Go and look at your pictures so you can remember… Esau did something stupid, but we all have and have to live with the consequences of our own stupidity… It was not that the stupidity bothered him but the permanent decision he made which made him loose his future… What he could not change because what he did in his life.. He was caught in a system of stupidity that he could not change… You repeat the same mistake over and over again.. Some of us get stuck on stupid and we keep going after the same kind of person or the same.. We keep living beyond our means… The frustration to change.. The desire to change and not be able to do it.. He lost his inheritance and forfeited his inheritance over a bowl of soup…. All of us know people that are stuck in a pattern.. You can go back and look at dumb the 4th, dumb the 3rd’s.. dumb-the-dumb-dumb, dumb!!!!… What’s really funny is the person that goes back and keep marrying the same person or the same kind of person..
Repentance mean metanoia – It means to change.. He sought a change of intelligence with a lot of emotions… He sought repentance with many tears.. An emotional intelligence does not seek people to change.. I’m a sucker for some tears, and assume people are like me.. If I love you, I will draw your name on the refrigerator.. Then if I got to crying and got really mad, you are in trouble… My tears run north and south and my nose get wide like a rhinoceros and my lips get to shivering.. I’m amazed by people that can cry and be lying at the same time and be lying through their teeth… Just be lying!!!!!! (wow)….
Esau sought a change of mind which was in a pivotal direction… It is not a near notion or possibility.. It becomes so radical that it effects behavior.. This is not something that you will have to do often.. These are those big directional change…
Can I go deeper with this….. Maybe this will help you to see what I am saying.. If you go on the computer, it has default setting.. The default sets in the computer some principals and ideas.. If you default it will automatically take you back to the default setting.. It’s more than changing the fonts… It’s nothing more powerful than a changed mind… All we did was change the font.. Whatever we type in, we change the fonts.. It really has not change because when it comes back up, it goes back to default… There situation has not changed… When they are around church people they change.. When they get around certain people they change… Then when they go home, they go back to default.. .The problem is, when you got back to yourself, you go back to that same old pattern.. You keep praying about it, but it still keep happening to me.. I’m breaking into someone’s pray saying: Lord, why do I keep going throught the same thing… There is no problem with your sentence, there is a problem with your default because you have not changed your mind… You changed everything else, but you did not change your mind.. There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.. Whether you do it in one step or 12 twelve steps, you still change… When you get sick and tired, you completely change… There are some women in the church that use to be easy… Mack daddy would roll up on you and you would fall for it… But when you changed your mind!!!! There is nothing more powerful than a person with a changed mind… Tell your neighbor that you changed your mind… NOTHING IS AS POWERFUL AS A CHANGED MIND!!!!!! Donna, come here… Can I ask you a question… How much do you weigh? She replied: 112 pound.. I’m just a little shy… I’m about 3 times as bigger than her… So I say.. You will get up when I say… You will do what I do… I have the resources and I have the name.. He gives an illustration of he bullying her, but all of that changes when she changes her attitude.. I don’t care how little you are, there is nothing greater until you change your mind.. I changed my default settings… I’m not going to fall back into the person I was.. I changed my setting… I’m getting ready to change some defaults.. How many people are going to start changing so they can have a new normal.. That’s what repentance is:” A NEW NORMAL. I am about to have a new normal.. I’m going to stop falling back in the same old default settings. If I have to go by myself, I will go because I am changing my default setting.. The only way to get off of welfare and higher your education is to change your default setting.. I dare you to go into your phone booth like Clark Kent, and come out changed… I will not let you abuse me.. I will not let you talk down to me because I have changed my settings…
Let me tell you what’s better than emotions… It’s a decision… I dare you to make a decision.. If you make the decision, it might not have any emotions in it at all.. The Prodigal son was about to eat with the pigs until he came to himself… The pigs, the disgrace could not hold him…. Look at someone and say I changed my mind.. It’s my prerogative to change my mind!!!!!
Once you change the default settings and you have a new normal.. There may be new moments and new occurrences where you find yourself typing in your old fonts, the devil will come along and say that you have not been changed… It’s not that you will not mess up and do what you use to do, it’s just that it’s not your normal… You will not go back to where you use to be.. Both the sheep and the pig can go back to their default.. The pig likes to be in their mess but the sheep knows it don’t’ belong in it.. The sheep will cry and yell because it knows it don’t’ belong in the mud… Once you change your default settings, life will make you worry something.. But Faith will drive you back.. Do you know that God has brought you too far to leave you… Faith did not bring you this far to leave you.. It’s not that…
The battle ground between right and wrong and derogatory is fighting for your settings… Whatever a man does, so is he.. If you don’t change your mind…. I used that illustration about the small woman, because when she changed her mind, her man could no longer hold her captive… Understand that about being able to read, ignorance.. There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.. The devil does not mind if you come to church, if you preach, or shout all over the church.. THE DEVIL ONLY MINDS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND!!!!!! Culture change our defaults.. Our circumstances all around us.. Culture is nothing over CHRIST… Culture is nothing but things that have been implanted in you… Are you willing to change your mind, or will you be in prison in your mind because you don’t want to change.. Esau was unsuccessful because he was not willing to change his mind… I use to be the kind of person that you could treat me any kind of way… I use to laugh when they use to tickle me… So I decided that I was not going to be ticklish.. I decided I would not longer respond to the tickling with laughter, but I no longer responded the way I use to respond… At 55 years old, I am no longer ticklish because I used mind over matter… When I learned the principal; that when you make up your mind to change, you can change.. Esau died in mediocre see and died like a fool because he refused to changed.. You don’t have to be an alcoholic, or there is something in your life you don’t like, you have the power within your mind to change it… If you repent, the Lord said, I will open up a window of heaven and pour you out a blessing, or you will die because you refused to change your mind…
This is a game changer… The alter for us is the place where we change default settings and develop a new normal and break all systems and develop a change.. I know there are saints with sinners problems… I know people that are stuck in bad choices, but they really want to change… Something went off in their head, repent… metanoia. I change the way I think, I can change the way I live.. This type of change is only achievable where there is the conviction of the Holy Spirit.. It gives you the power to change… I don’t’ want anyone to come to the alter if you don’t plan on changing your setting.. I don’t care who you are.. I want you to change your setting… There is nothing more powerful as a changed mind… The only thing we care about is people that have been stuck… I will not die in the wilderness of my desperately.. There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.. This is not about people, this is about your life.. .You are coming to to alter because you are about to change your default settings… You will not stay the same.. The enemy may come with the same old tickling sensation, but I will not respond the same.. God gave us free will… God wants you to be in agreement with him… The question is will though be made whole.. You can keep running to church until you run out of gas, but you will never change until you change your mind… At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and suddenly there was a noise and a shaking, and things changes… Some of it may be envious, jealously.. Whatever it is, you must change… Today I decide that I am going to change my settings.. Come right now… Don’t be no under cover agent and stay like you are.. You have to make a change.. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? I feel the anointing all around the alter.. The glory of the Lord is already moving.. The spirit of the living God is moving.. Devil, you should have killed me while you had the chance.. We make an announcement that we shall be restored.. I declare a brand new normal. A brand new attitude.. I break down every yoke and imagination… Loose God’s woman, Loose God’s man, Loose God’s child and let them go… Praise them with your new self.. Praise him with convicted self.. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.. .Give him your best praise!!!! You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.. Nobody can hold you in when you decide to GET UP!!!!! LISTEN, I will not glamorize this moment.. You will be challenged.. The enemy will not go away because you came to the alter.. They will get discouraged if you don’t’ act the way you use to act… When yo have a stronghold in your life, you will have to fight but you wont’s have to fight that hard because you have a new normal will be terrorized by that thing that messed up your life.. If you never get anything that I preached, you need to hear this again and again until all of your settings have leveled out… Then your situation will not be that difficult… Resist the enemy and he will flee!!!! I don’t know why I feel like this but this is a breakthrough Sunday!!! We’ve had greater services but this is a breakthrough service… Somebody got a breakthrough.. There is nothing as powerful as a change mind.. THERE IS NOTHING AS POWERFUL AS A CHANGED MIND!!!! THERE IS NOTHING AS POWERFUL AS A CHANGED MIND!!!! IF YOU JUST CHANGED YOUR MIND, GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE!!! ~ Bishop T.D. Jake’s Ministries
Sermon notes taken by: Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas… Notes are verbatim, uncut and unedited…Get the full sermon at The Potter’s House Store….
