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00:05 #S062 - Rolling Stones (Part 2)
00:20 Welcome to the Breath of Life. 00:21 Television Ministries broadcast with Pastor Debleaire Snell. 00:25 Now in today's episode, Pastor Snell will continue 00:29 part two of the powerful message titled 00:33 Rolling Stones. 00:35 Now let's go deeper 00:38 into the word of God. 00:41 It's amazing because one of the things 00:42 that you'll notice I was talking to a young person 00:44 about what they learned in black history 00:46 and who they learned about, you know, who 00:48 they learned about in school. 00:50 They learned about the artist formerly known as Prince. 00:56 Now again, I throw out no shade on Prince, 00:59 but we got more history. 01:01 Oh, we all that today than those that just sing and play. 01:04 But are hearing the pastor today. Friends. 01:08 I need you to understand that you've got some stones. 01:11 In other words, Prince, no shade on Sir Isaac Newton or. 01:15 Or Albert Einstein. 01:17 But I need you to know, they still have not been able 01:19 to figure out the geologic geometrical principles 01:24 that allowed the period bits in the continent of Africa 01:28 to be built in a way that was well ahead of its time. 01:32 I said, We've got some stones today. 01:35 Instead of just celebrating the great talent of Beyonce, say 01:39 maybe we ought to celebrate the gift of a James West 01:43 that was the inventor of the microphone. 01:45 I said, we got some stones in our community. 01:49 In other words, I need you to know 01:50 that every time you stop 01:52 at a red light, our goal when it turns green. 01:54 That light was invented by a brother named Garrett, a morgan 01:59 that was able to add order to the chaotic system 02:02 of road travel in the United States. 02:04 You realize that every time you go in your cabinet 02:07 and get some cooking oil or you're able 02:09 to print out something with ink on your printer, 02:12 it is because of a genius implanted. 02:13 And Dr. George Washington Carver. 02:17 Do you realize that every time you look at a clock 02:19 or your watch, it is the genius of Dr. 02:21 Benjamin Banneker. 02:22 Whenever you're in the hospital and they ask 02:25 if you stand in need of blood, 02:27 it was because of the scientific expertize of Dr. 02:31 Charles Drew, who was the father of blood plasma medicine. 02:36 Whenever you go to the Apple store 02:39 and you see the new Apple Vision Pro, I need you to be reminded 02:42 that the creator of 3-D viewing glasses was a black man 02:46 named Dr. Kenneth Dunkley. 02:48 Do you realize that 02:49 the graphic design lingo on most visual arts language 02:54 like JPEG, quick time in P, in G was a black man named Dr. 02:58 John Henry Thompson. 03:00 The next time you have a bite of Lay's potato chips, 03:06 I need you to know you've got some stones. 03:08 Because that was a brother named George Crumb. 03:10 We all know that today, a church 03:12 that was able to put it together. 03:14 Do you realize that the world's fastest computer 03:18 was from a Nigerian brother named Dr. 03:19 Philip Gwalior, who was able to create 65,000 processors 03:25 to be able to compute 3.1 billion calculations per second. 03:30 I need you to know you've got some stones in your history. 03:33 I need you to know that the electrical resistor 03:36 was created by a brother named Dr. 03:38 Otis Boynton, 03:39 which keeps every electrical gadget from exploding. 03:43 Ah, catching fire while you have it 03:46 next to your head or in your hand. 03:48 I need somebody to know that Dr. 03:50 Mark Dean was the first product 03:53 who was able to create a one gigahertz chip 03:56 and was able to change the face 03:57 of how storage was able to be kept on devices. 04:01 And we remember Sister Valerie Thomas, a black woman 04:05 who created the illusion transmitter in the story, 04:08 Hidden Figers. 04:09 And I guess what I simply want to say to our 04:12 people is stop believing the narrative that all we can do 04:16 is run and jump and sing and dance and play ball. 04:24 I need you to know that God has put wisdom 04:27 and intellect and discipline 04:30 and ingenuity and creativity. 04:34 Our history is not secondary. 04:36 It's not just black history. 04:39 It's American history. 04:41 We are not just savages. 04:43 We are not an underclass. 04:46 We've got something to contribute. 04:49 But you've got to have some stone 04:54 that says nothing is impossible if you continue to believe. 05:00 Can the. 05:00 Church say men today 05:03 see through a thing. That happens? 05:04 Friends, if you don't have any stones, is 05:07 you won't ever realize how far you've come. 05:11 So so one of the things you'll notice 05:13 when you read this carefully 05:14 is that Joshua actually sets up two sets of stones. 05:19 The first set of stones 05:20 he sets up right there at the Jordan River. 05:24 In other words, the reason he set them up 05:27 at the Jordan River also church is that this story. 05:30 Was supposed to be told constantly. 05:34 So that whenever somebody went by the river to draw water 05:39 or to catch some fish or to wash some clothes, 05:44 and they saw 05:45 this odd collection of stones that was somewhere out of place. 05:49 And a young person asked that older person 05:51 that walk them by the river, what mean the stones? 05:56 It was to be supposed to be an opportunity 06:00 for them to boast in the things that the Lord has done. 06:03 In other words, that testimony was never supposed to have 06:06 an expiration date. 06:09 And can I suggest to somebody today, 06:11 never let your testimony go stale, 06:15 never let your testimony expire. 06:19 I need you to understand that 06:20 even though you've heard it a thousand different times 06:24 are said it a thousand different times, at some point, 06:27 there's going to be somebody that needs to hear 06:31 what God has done for you. 06:33 It's crazy. 06:34 I remember with my grandmother, 06:35 Mary Lee, before she took her arrest, 06:37 I remember when I would go around, 06:39 she would sit around and talk about how she raised her kids 06:42 and and how she raised six kids as a single woman. 06:45 And she talked about the doors God open and the ways 06:49 God had made. 06:50 And as a kid, 06:51 you thought it was just older people talking in circles. 06:55 But what she was trying to do was deepen 06:57 a spiritual impression 07:00 because she knew there would be a generation 07:03 that did not understand struggle in the. 07:05 Way she. Did. 07:07 And if there was no stones passed down, 07:11 then we wouldn't know what to do when struggle came upon 07:14 our lives. You are hearing me today, friends. 07:17 I see the reason you've got to maintain. 07:19 Hold of your stones, especially as a people. 07:23 Is that when you don't have stones, 07:26 you allow yourself to be overcome by every present 07:30 cultural or national adversity that comes upon us as a people. 07:34 So I need us to know that in Ecclesiastes these 07:37 the Bible lets us know that there ain't nothing new 07:42 under the sun, 07:45 so that there is a cyclical nature to history, he says. 07:48 What has been 07:52 is going to happen again. 07:53 Okay, 07:55 so that before there was a michael Brown, 07:58 there was an Emmett Till, 08:01 before there was a Trayvon Martin, 08:03 there was a Medgar Evers. 08:06 Before there was a Louis Castillo, there was a George 08:09 Winstanley before there was a Freddie Gray's. 08:13 There was a Rodney King. 08:15 Because there is nothing new under the sun. 08:17 Are you hearing me what I'm saying? 08:19 CHURCH In other words, the only thing that's new 08:22 is that certain things are being caught on tape. 08:25 Y'all hear what I'm saying? 08:26 CHURCH And see if you don't have any stones, 08:30 you will begin to see the civil rights movement 08:32 as a legislative one and not a spiritual one. 08:39 See what we celebrate 08:40 are the boycotts and the sit ins and the marches. 08:45 But what never makes the history book are the prayer meetings 08:49 where all the Saints sat in upper rooms and in basements, 08:54 and they called on the name of the Lord, 08:57 and it was the hand of God that brought freedoms 09:01 and liberties to an oppressed people. 09:04 And that's why you don't credit 09:06 just the vessels that came and died, 09:09 because it was the hand of God that brought deliverance 09:13 to us as a people. 09:14 Are y'all hear me today, friends, 09:16 I need you to know that you've got to have some stones 09:19 to understand that it was the same God 09:21 that brought about justice 09:22 during the Brown versus the board versus the board. 09:26 Brown versus board. 09:27 And the issue of education that it was the hand of God 09:32 that brought about the voting acts right of 1965, 09:36 that it was the hand of God that offered 09:38 the Federal Protection Act of 1964, 09:42 that it was the hand of God that toppled slavery. 09:45 It was the hand of God that overthrew reconstruction. 09:49 It is the God that outlawed the Jim Crow. 09:52 It was the hand of God that overwhelmed redlining. 09:56 It was the hand of God that raised up conscientious 09:58 white brothers to stand with us in Selma 10:02 and Birmingham and Montgomery and the height of the civil 10:06 rights movement. 10:07 And what I'm saying is that if you don't have any stones 10:12 about where God has brought us from, 10:14 if you don't remember how he delivered us 10:17 from George Wallace, you wilt in the presence of Donald Trump. 10:20 But because God 10:24 has been 10:25 with us, if you have no stones, 10:29 you won't realize how far God has brought us from 10:34 something that happens. 10:35 Friends, and I'm moving quickly. 10:37 If you don't have stones. 10:39 You will. 10:40 Wilt under the presence of current adversity. 10:45 Joshua Chapter four, verse 19 I'm almost done. 10:49 John Testament four and verse 19 When you get there, say Amen. 10:52 Pastor 10:54 Joshua four verse 19, 10:55 he says, Now 10:56 the people came up 10:57 from the what, Jordan on the 10th day of the first month, 11:02 and they camp at Gil Gal on the east border of what 11:07 and those 12 stones which they took out of the Jordan 11:12 Joshua set up at Gil Camp. 11:16 Okay. 11:18 And this is the crux of the whole thing 11:19 because this is a crazy thing. 11:20 Like you realize you would think that the most believing 11:23 people in the. 11:24 World would have been the children of Israel. 11:32 They saw God opened up a Red Sea 11:37 and make it as 11:38 dry as cement for them to walk across. 11:42 They were there when they saw God with them in a cloud by day. 11:47 But to see clouds that day. 11:48 But the cloud would turn into a pillar of fire. 11:51 At nighttime they would sing God seeing manna 11:55 from heaven, so much so that they never missed a meal 11:59 they would sing Gossip, God, sin waters from what do you notice 12:02 that in 40 years the Bible says that the souls of their sandals 12:07 never walk out? 12:11 But one of the things 12:12 that you've got to understand is that no miracle, 12:16 no matter how powerful, no matter how evident, 12:20 no matter how clear, remains fresh in your mind forever. 12:26 See, after a while, memory is going to begin to fade. 12:29 At some point you might begin to reinterpret the miracle 12:34 so as to suggest that maybe you were just lucky 12:36 or things worked out, or somehow your cousin just happened 12:39 to come through for you 12:42 and see what needs to happen 12:45 is you've got to have some stones with you 12:49 because if you don't have stones, 12:50 you will under the presence of every current adversity. 12:54 So notice what the Bible says. 12:56 Now there are some stones that the Bible says 12:59 that were left at the Jordan forever. 13:02 But then there were another set of stones that commentators say 13:06 that Joshua either put on carts and were rolled 13:09 to the land of Gil Gale or the large boulders 13:13 that were the foundations that the men had to roll. 13:18 The Stones 13:20 took Gil down, 13:22 which is near the camp of Jericho. 13:26 Okay, out and us. 13:28 So there were some stones behind them, 13:34 but then they had to carry some stones with them. 13:38 But in other words, notice 13:41 that that Gil Gale is about seven miles from the Jordan, 13:45 but it's only about a half mile from Jericho. 13:49 So he has them erect the stones right in 13:53 front of their next biggest obstacle, which is Jericho. 13:59 So they can't look 14:01 at Jericho without seeing the stones, 14:06 so that every time they look at Jericho, 14:10 they have to pass by the stones, which was a memorial 14:15 of what God did at the Jordan River. 14:18 And the reason God set it up that way is that if they looked 14:20 at Jericho without seeing the stones 14:25 and they saw the scale of Jericho 14:28 and the strength of its walls and the aggression 14:31 of the archers, then they would be tempted 14:34 to go back to the other side of the Jordan. 14:37 And so God says, Make sure you don't let them see 14:40 Jericho without being able to see the stones 14:45 as a reminder of what I have done for them 14:48 and what I'm saying to somebody today. 14:50 Friends of mine, is not 14:52 only do you need to have stones in the past, 14:55 you need to have some Rolling Stones, 14:59 you need to have some mobile stones, 15:01 you need to have some things that you keep with you 15:05 as a reminder that you serve the God that makes away 15:08 are you are hear me today, friends, you got to have stones 15:14 that you tell the next generation 15:16 about so that they know 15:20 God can come through. 15:23 It's I remember. 15:24 Probably, you know, a few years ago 15:25 we were doing a little spring cleaning in the garage. 15:27 You and the kids and I, we were moving some. 15:30 Boxes in the garage, 15:31 and I opened up a box and you know how like sometimes 15:34 when you move a bunch. 15:35 Like there are certain boxes, you just stop opening, 15:39 you just start. 15:40 Moving them from one cause it to the next. 15:43 And so it's crazy. 15:44 John Because when I opened up this box. 15:46 You just see what's in it. 15:48 And it's crazy because I didn't realize that, 15:49 you know, how 15:50 there's this certain point 15:50 in the movie 15:51 you try and be real organized and delicate, 15:52 but when you get to 15:54 the end of the movie, you just start dumping stuff. In boxes 15:56 and didn't realize it in this box. 15:58 There was just a bunch of stones 16:02 that I unfortunately had let stay sealed up in the garage. 16:05 And it's crazy 16:06 because as I'm looking at board minutes from previous churches, 16:09 I begin to remember about the times 16:11 where it got so hard that I wanted to quit 16:13 and do something else. I imagine if it weren't for God. 16:16 I'd be selling insurance. All about here. 16:17 The Pastor Day. 16:19 And as I begin to look at those board minutes, 16:21 I begin to remember that 16:22 I have some stones, I begin to look at some of the ultrasounds. 16:26 So some of their oldest siblings that did not make it. 16:29 And when I begin to look upon them, 16:29 my eyes welled up with tears 16:31 because it was a reminder that I had some stones. 16:34 I begin to look at some bills 16:35 from when we got our first house, and I wasn't sure 16:37 if we were going to be able to get the house. 16:39 And I remember that we had some stones. 16:41 I remember 16:42 we were able to close on the house, 16:44 even though I didn't have great credit. 16:45 And it was a reminder that even 16:46 when you got bad credit, we got a good God. 16:48 It was a reminder that we have some stones. 16:51 And it's crazy 16:52 because we there in the garage and before I know it, 16:55 my eyes are beginning to well up with tears. 16:56 I got both our arms up in the air. 16:59 I'm hugging them tightly. 17:00 And then like Daddy was in that box 17:03 and it was simply an opportunity for me to open up my mouth 17:06 and begin telling them the story of how God preserved us. 17:10 But I needed them to know that it was not 17:12 just about what God did for us, 17:14 but that the same God that supplied for us, 17:17 the same God that kept us, the same God that protected us 17:22 is the same God that will sojourn with you 17:26 through every difficult day you shall ever face in your life 17:31 and see friends of mine. 17:33 We are this middle class, bluesy church 17:38 that tries to give kids what we did not have. 17:44 And the reason they don't know how to handle a problem 17:48 is you make them think you ain't never had no problems. 17:51 And so they don't know how to pray. 17:54 They don't know how to trust God. 17:56 They want to get on some weed. 17:58 They want to get on an app because mama and daddy, 18:02 they never. 18:02 Pass down the stones. 18:08 So you think 18:09 they'll think less of you if they know you had struggle, 18:14 but they'll finally know that's a human and you're real 18:18 and that God is able, when you pass down 18:21 the stones. 18:25 Last thing when you have stones 18:28 like this part, it makes you appraise 18:31 mobile. So 18:37 when they bring these stones 18:39 out of the dry, 18:43 hard surface of the Jordan River 18:46 and bring them all the way into the Promised Land, remember, 18:51 the Promised Land was a fertile, 18:54 lush, green terrain. 18:57 It was the land flowing 19:01 with milk and honey, so that this is not the arid, 19:07 dry, rocky terrain of the desert and the wilderness. 19:12 So understand that these rocks or stones 19:16 would be out of place in the green 19:19 hills of Jordan. 19:23 In other words, these stones don't fit the ambiance. 19:27 The stones don't fit the atmosphere. 19:31 The stones seem out of place, date it. 19:35 And the reason God wanted these stones 19:38 to not be able to blend in, 19:41 He wanted them to stand out 19:44 so that when somebody came by and saw the stones 19:49 and they're like, Why are these stones here? 19:52 They don't blend in with the ambiance. 19:54 They don't match the atmosphere. 19:56 How did the Stones get here? 19:59 It was simply an opportunity for somebody 20:02 from the land of Israel to begin making their boast in the Lord 20:09 about the great things that the Lord has done. 20:12 See if He left the stones by the jaw and then the stones 20:15 would have made sense. 20:17 They would not have always stood out 20:19 to those who did not believe, but they're in Gale. 20:22 Gale the stones are literally and obstruction. 20:26 They don't match. 20:27 In other words, they are simply out of place. 20:31 But God wanted them to praise him 20:35 and environments 20:36 where praise doesn't normally go. 20:41 They want him to give him glory 20:44 in places where he doesn't normally get glory. 20:47 In other words, sometimes your praise needs to be out of place. 20:51 Oh yeah. To see. 20:53 Some of us will only praise him 20:56 in a house of worship where there is agreement. 21:00 And all of us believe the same thing. 21:04 But how many of us know that sometimes God wants your stones 21:08 to travel and be in a place where it doesn't belong 21:13 so that you can tell the story of the great things 21:16 that God has done. 21:17 You see, some of us will only praise Him in church 21:21 because we're ashamed to talk about him 21:24 outside of the four walls of the building. 21:27 But do I have at least seven saints that can say, like Paul, 21:31 that I'm not as ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus, 21:34 for it is the power of God unto salvation. 21:38 So guess what? 21:39 I'm gonna bring my stone to my job, 21:43 and I'm going to tell the story 21:45 of how God makes a way out of no way. 21:49 I'm going to bring my stones to the gym 21:52 and I'm going to witness about his love and kindness. 21:55 I'm going to bring my stones to the family reunion. 21:58 And even if they don't believe 21:59 I'm going to make my boss in the Lord, 22:02 do I have some folk who are not a saint 22:05 who won't just praise him by the Jordan, 22:08 but you'll praise him in Jericho. 22:10 You praise him at Gil Gail. 22:12 You praise him among the heathen, 22:15 You praise him among the unbeliever. 22:17 You tell those 22:18 who don't know you or tell those that have never heard 22:22 you will tell those that don't believe you. 22:24 Don't care what they think about you. 22:27 You don't care how they look at you. 22:29 Because when I think 22:32 of the goodness of Jesus. 22:34 And all He's done for me, 22:39 my soul cries Hallelujah. 22:43 Thank God for saving us wretch like me. 22:48 If you've got stones, give him a praise. 22:52 If he's made away, give him a praise. 22:56 If he's kept you 22:58 Give him a praise 23:00 If he sustains you, give him a praise. 23:05 If he's forgiven. 23:06 You, you ought to give him a praise. 23:10 Let everything 23:13 I said Let every thing 23:16 I said live every thing 23:19 that has breath 23:22 praise Ye 23:27 the name 23:30 of the Lord. 23:34 Hallelujah to the Lamb. 24:03 What's good family? 24:05 The ExcuseLess revolution is underway. 24:08 We've been having a good time. 24:09 Testify, pray and receiving the Word of the Lord. 24:14 But I want you to know that the revolution is not over yet. 24:18 The Bible says, I wish above all things, that thou me is 24:21 prosper and be in help even as not so prosperous. 24:26 The next leg of the journey revolves around our fitness 24:29 and our health. 24:31 I invite you to join me starting on May the fifth 24:35 for an online 30 day fitness campaign. 24:38 Under the theme, ExcuseLess. 24:41 I want you to join me each week, Sunday through Friday, 24:44 Sunday at 8 a.m., Monday through Friday at 6 a.m.. 24:47 When you join us online, 24:49 you're going to receive a spiritual work being 24:52 our coaches are going to lead us in a 25 minute online workout. 24:59 And then we'll conclude the day. 25:00 With my health Avengers, some amazing chefs 25:04 are going to give us some tools on how to make tasty 25:08 and affordable and healthy meals that help push us forward. 25:12 Over the course of this 30 days, 25:13 you can be a part of a weight loss challenge, 25:16 and each and every week 25:17 there's going to be a different challenge 25:19 that allows us to build community around our fitness 25:23 and our help. 25:24 For too long, we've been making some excuses 25:27 about why we're not eating well, about 25:28 why we're not in shape, about why we're not in perfect health. 25:33 I need you to know it's time to cancel those excuses. 25:36 But when you join this leg of the journey, 25:37 those aches and pains are going to go away. 25:40 You're going to feel better. 25:41 As we continue the journey toward becoming 25:45 ExcusesLess. 25:48 Calling all leaders, visionaries, dreamers, content 25:52 creators. 25:53 We're inviting you to the 2024 25:57 vision and Dreamers conference hosted by Breath of Life. 26:00 The theme for this year is A Future. 26:03 We want you to know that this year's conference is not 26:05 about spreadsheets, budgets or accounting. 26:09 We're going to be talking 26:10 about the process your soul goes through 26:13 whenever you are developing or implementing a vision. 26:16 We're going to be equipping you with the tools 26:17 to develop a vision ethic. 26:20 We're going to be talking about 26:21 things like your frustrations, how to manage your fears, 26:25 dealing with criticism or enduring seasons of waiting. 26:29 Join us at the Oakwood University Church 26:32 May 17 through 19. 26:35 We're going to kick it off Friday night 26:36 with a Vespers, a vision talk and a mixer. 26:41 Join us Saturday morning at 11, where I'm going to give a word 26:43 just for you. 26:45 We'll be joined in partnership by gospel recording artist 26:49 Myron Butler. 26:50 And Levi, we're going to have lunch together. 26:52 And then that afternoon 26:54 there are going to be a number of plenary sessions 26:57 and breakout sessions and will conclude Sunday morning 27:00 with our vision brunch. 27:01 We have an amazing lineup of speakers and presenters. 27:05 Movie producer 27:07 Devon Franklin, YouTube influencers, the Onyx Family 27:12 and Grammy Award winning Kelvin Wooten and many, many more. 27:16 I want to invite you to go to our website and register 27:18 right now at www.breathoflife.tv. 27:23 Registration costs is $150, but I want you to know that 27:26 what you're going to 27:27 receive is going to be way more than what you actually give. 27:31 I believe 27:32 that God has put a huge vision or dream inside of you, 27:36 and we don't want to allow excuses to smother it. 27:40 I want to invite you to join us on the revolution 27:43 as we continue the journey of becoming ExcusesLess 28:05 (Breath Of Life Music) |
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