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00:05 #S063 - Unintended Consequences (Part 2)
00:20 Welcome to the Breath of Life Television 00:22 Ministries broadcast with Pastor Debleaire Snell. 00:27 In today's episode, Pastor Snell will continue part 00:30 two of the powerful message titled Unintended Consequences. 00:37 Now, let's go deeper into the word of God. 00:41 Now, let me just pause to say, though, to those in these UN 00:43 United States, I need to realize that Egypt's 00:46 power as a 00:50 Egypt's time as a dominating power 00:54 did not end when Moses showed up. 00:58 It ended when Pharaoh divided the people based on race. 01:04 Because I need you to get that Racism is not just 01:06 a social attack against blacks. 01:09 Racism is a spiritual attack against all of God's people, 01:14 so that whenever somebody creates an us 01:16 versus them, that we've got to keep it under control. 01:21 They dilute their own power and basically 01:24 they see authority to other nations. 01:27 I y'all hear me today friends 01:30 that need somebody to understand this critical truth, 01:32 especially as we move down the path 01:34 to social justice and inequity. 01:37 Because I need somebody to understand this immovable truth 01:41 that for every step forward, 01:46 there's going to be a harsh push backwards. 01:50 And if you do not embrace this principle, 01:54 you will begin to become jaded, you will become apathetic, 01:58 you will say stupid stuff like, That's why 02:00 I don't vote, 02:09 because you don't understand 02:10 that the wheels of justice are slow, 02:15 but they are certain and righteousness is not always. 02:18 Our justice is not always quick, but it is inevitable. 02:23 Y'all hear me today, friends, 02:27 I need you to understand that just in our time 02:28 that as soon as we celebrate the right prosecution 02:32 of a Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd, 02:36 guess what? 02:37 We are the three thrown right back into grief 02:39 as someone like Derek Anderson is shot in the back of the head 02:42 while retreating, 02:43 or a family like the Perkins family deals with the loss 02:48 that they've suffered here in Decatur. 02:49 It is that type of backlash that makes some say 02:52 evil always wins. 02:55 You see, just 02:56 after a just and fair election in 2020, 02:59 there was a backlash 03:00 so that restrictive voter policies 03:03 were implemented throughout 03:04 the state of Georgia, a state that was red, that turned blue. 03:08 Those same laws 03:09 were implemented here in Alabama and in the state of Arizona. 03:14 And it is the backlash that makes us say 03:15 evil is going to always win. 03:17 But I need somebody to know that it is an old playbook 03:21 where there's going to always be a pushback 03:23 over perceived progress of a people. 03:26 But I need you to know the backlash 03:28 is not a time to give up. 03:29 It is a time for minority communities and white 03:33 allies to band together because it is the proof 03:37 that things are about to move forward. 03:39 Are y'all hearing the pastor today? 03:41 Do you realize? 03:42 Friends, after the end of the Civil War, 03:44 there was still a backlash to reconstruction 03:48 so that even after the 13th Amendment 03:50 outlawed the practice of slavery, 03:52 there was an exemption that applied only to some 03:56 so that there was a policy that allowed what they call 03:59 prisoner leasing so that they were able to lease 04:03 free labor from black slaves that were wrongly put in jail 04:08 so that the slavery practice could continue. 04:12 And it gave rise to black codes that only applied to people 04:14 that look like us. 04:16 I need you to know that even after 12 years 04:19 of legislative promises that were made 04:21 during the Reconstruction era, there was a backlash 04:25 as the principles of Jim Crow 04:27 were put in place to govern the South 04:29 and to nullify the principles 04:31 that failed during Reconstruction. 04:33 Do you realize in 1965 the voting rights was 04:37 put in place for states 04:39 that had a history of discriminating discriminatory 04:42 practices and intimidation of African-Americans at the polls? 04:47 But do you realize in 2013, the Supreme Court in Shelby 04:50 versus Holder 04:51 removed that requirement allowing all Southern states 04:55 to implement voting laws designed to target communities 04:58 of color without federal approval or oversight. 05:02 It literally gutted the act that was put forth in 1965. 05:07 Do you realize that even in 1964, 05:08 it put an official outward end to the practices of Jim Crow, 05:13 But all federal did was move and pivot, and he began 05:18 the practice of mass incarceration 05:20 through murder, drug felonies. 05:21 They were able to fill our prisons 05:23 with a multitude of young, black and brown lives 05:28 so that they could keep in place 05:29 that system that was already torn down. 05:32 And what I'm simply saying to somebody today, 05:35 to all of our white allies and people of color, 05:37 that this is not the time to give up hope. 05:41 This is not the time to become jaded. 05:43 This is not the time to say it won't ever change, 05:47 because whenever Ferro pivots, 05:51 it's because 05:52 he's threatening and it's because he's losing ground. 05:56 It's because he knows he can't hold. 05:58 And I need you to know that what God has for us, 06:03 it just is for us. 06:04 Do I have a witness that knows that no weapon 06:09 formed against us is going to prosper? 06:12 And every tongue 06:14 that rises in judgment, God is going to come down. 06:19 And I need somebody to know that whenever there is a push back, 06:22 it is time for us to push up and get back to the polls 06:27 and get back to council meeting and get back to school 06:30 board meetings. 06:31 He's brought us too far to leave us 06:37 and we've got to hold on to God's 06:38 unchanging hand. 06:41 You hear me today, friends, 06:43 First thing this teaches us quickly 06:47 is that there is never 06:47 a bad time to grow, 06:53 not want to stay too long. 06:53 But I got to make a point of it 06:55 because you notice what the Bible says 06:56 that in there in verse 06:57 70 says that even in these 70 years of laxity, 07:00 they were growing pretty good. 07:04 But the Bible says that 07:06 when they afflicted them, 07:11 they started to grow 07:12 even more in number. 07:16 I just want to say real quick, somebody, 07:17 because I need somebody to know there is never a bad time 07:21 for you to grow. 07:25 See, God is able to grow you young person, 07:27 no matter where you are in your life. 07:31 And somebody needs to hear this because there is some couple 07:33 there is some young person there, some older person, 07:35 there is some jaded person 07:37 that is waiting for the right circumstances to emerge in order 07:41 to be able 07:42 to grow into the person that God has called you to become. 07:46 But I need somebody to know. 07:47 What this is showing us 07:48 is that growth should never be circumstantial 07:52 because God can grow you whatever season or placement 07:55 you are in. 07:59 see, the children of Israel 08:01 were just a perceived threat before the affliction. 08:06 They became a show nuff threat after the affliction. 08:10 In other words, they didn't say, Let's 08:11 wait until slavery to start having kids. 08:16 They didn't say, Let's wait 08:17 until after the prejudice ends to have to develop. 08:22 They didn't say, Let's wait till everything is ideal 08:26 and perfect to begin the multiplication process. 08:30 I need you to know, though, that they grew under 08:32 the most insane circumstances. 08:35 Imagine 08:38 and what this is to my young brothers and sisters 08:43 is that when I look at how our people 08:44 grew under affliction, 08:48 when I look 08:49 at what they grew through, 08:53 it shows that YOLO privileged 08:55 video game playing self, 08:59 you ain't got no reason to not grow in your time. 09:03 all y'all, y'all mighty quiet. 09:05 Some of y'all ain't never rode the bus. 09:07 You ain't never walked to school You ain't never, 09:11 ain't no value, no sausages You ain't never ate sardines 09:16 You ain't never use our clothes Like come on and say, hey, 09:18 y'all know you ain't never been without a cell phone. 09:23 You ain't never been without Internet. 09:25 You ain't got no reason to not grow. 09:30 It is an unpardonable sin 09:34 for you to stand on the backs of slaves 09:39 and come to an HBCU and snuck out of school. 09:47 I stopped going to class 09:49 cause old man broke up with you. 09:54 After all we've gone through is the people 09:57 that made you the no man. 09:58 That God will grow you even in the most inhuman circumstances. 10:01 It's crazy 10:02 because, like, man, one of the things 10:02 that they talk about 10:03 during the slavery time, there was unintended consequence 10:08 that when the slaves would cook collard greens for the master, 10:11 what would happen is that the master 10:13 would take all the best portion 10:14 in the fat portion of the greens and put it on their plate. 10:19 But they would leave 10:20 what they call pot liquor in the pots for the slaves. 10:24 Not now. 10:25 Somebody don't know why it's out because in the pot liquor, 10:29 that's where all the minerals were. 10:32 That's where all the vitamins 10:33 were, that's where all the strength was. 10:38 So they are wondering why they keep getting stronger. 10:42 It's because the devil has a way 10:45 of sending an unintended consequence 10:49 that God reshapes and makes it work out for our good. 10:54 Y'all hear me today, friends. 10:58 So they grew 10:59 even when things were hard. 11:03 It's I just want to say to somebody, 11:04 you've got to stop waiting for circumstances to change 11:11 when sometimes the circumstance is the catalyst 11:13 for the change. 11:18 See, you got to stop saying, 11:19 when the pandemic is truly over, then I'll work on my marriage. 11:23 When the recession ends, then I'll start saving money. 11:27 And and when I get more money, then I'll start investing. 11:30 And when I get older, then I'll be more spiritual. 11:33 When I get a better job, then I'll have a better attitude. 11:38 Now, you can't wait for the circumstance to change 11:41 before you grow. 11:42 You got to grow right where you're planted. 11:45 And one of the things I've learned about people 11:46 that grow permanently is that there are folks that decide I'm 11:50 going to go presently wherever I am, I'm going to get rooted 11:56 and I'm going to let God do a work in my life. 12:01 I hear me today 12:04 and this crazy thing, 12:05 Malcolm, you would think that the infant 12:06 mortality rate would be so great 12:08 in these circumstances that they could not grow. 12:11 But guess what? 12:12 The women were still fertile in slavery. 12:15 The men were still potent in slavery. 12:17 They didn't need to wait to everything 12:19 got better in order for them to grow. 12:21 They were able to multiply right where they are. 12:23 And I just want to speak a word of faith to somebody today 12:26 that even though your circumstance is not pleasant, 12:29 it is uncomfortable. 12:30 I need you to know 12:31 that there is still fertility 12:33 in your soul and there is still potency in your mind. 12:37 And if you come together under God, God is able to make you 12:40 grow even in the most difficult circumstances of your life. 12:45 It's funny. 12:46 It's just kind of like this. 12:47 Like one of the things you ever notice 12:49 about the growth of a palm tree? 12:51 Myrtle You'll notice that palm trees 12:54 only grow in stormy areas. 13:01 They only grow in places where the wind is strong. 13:03 Y'all, y'all not hear me today? 13:05 I'm excited all by myself 13:07 that you know, that that palm trees don't grow 13:10 where the weather is docile Palm trees only 13:13 grow when the weather gets upset every now and then. 13:17 And one of the things I've learned 13:18 is that the way the palm trees grow 13:20 is that when the wind pushes it to one side or the next, 13:25 the pushing process also is a stretching process 13:29 that develops the trunk of the tree 13:31 so that without the stone it can't reach its full stature. 13:37 So the storm takes its breaks and gap, 13:39 but the storm is just growing gap. 13:42 And do I have any, by the way, palm tree face 13:47 that says it's 13:47 pushing me, but it ain't gonna break me. 13:52 God is just stretching me 13:54 so I can reach my full stature in the faith. 13:59 Are you are hearing me today. 14:03 So listen, listen. 14:03 I'm almost done. 14:04 Watch this. So. 14:06 So not only is there never a bad time to grow, 14:11 but sometimes bad times 14:12 create the growth. 14:20 Now you talk about some unintended consequences. 14:23 The word fears is not friends, 14:24 that the more God 14:29 may wrap my mind around it, 14:30 the more they afflicted them, 14:36 the more they multiplied and grew. 14:40 And it's crazy because what Pharaoh 14:42 didn't realize is that the growth he feared 14:48 was engineered by the circumstances. 14:50 He invoked. 14:56 Now, what historians, sociologists tell us 14:59 is that in most cases, oppressed people 15:03 grow faster than the people that are oppressing them. 15:08 But understand that there is a sociological reason 15:10 that feeds into this particular result, 15:13 because you realize that when people are oppressed 15:16 and their burdens heavy and their afflictions are many 15:20 and their burdens are great, 15:21 I need you to know that it creates a particular condition 15:25 or a particular environment that is conducive to growth. 15:29 You are not here in the past of the day. 15:30 In other words, they would try to discourage the women 15:33 with their hearts. 15:34 This they would try to break the men with their burdens. 15:38 But there was something about when a burdened man 15:40 came home to a burdened woman, Y'all not hear me. 15:44 There is something about when a stress man 15:46 came home to a stressed woman. 15:47 Y'all still missing it. 15:49 There was something about when a tired man came home 15:52 to a tired woman and they were both overwhelmed. 15:56 There was something about the outward oppression 15:59 that pushed them to go. 16:02 in other words, it was the outward attack 16:04 that made them get so close 16:08 that made them create intimacy. 16:10 So much so that multiplication was the result 16:17 so that oppressed people are going to seek community, 16:21 they're going to seek relief from their burdens 16:22 so that poor or oppressed people of any hue 16:27 are going to always have larger families, 16:29 they're going to have greater community 16:32 and they're going to be more religious. 16:36 Okay. 16:38 I'm all by myself. 16:39 Because, see, when you read the next two chapters, 16:44 the greater the affliction became. 16:49 They got to a place 16:51 where they have forgotten about Cain, 16:54 they have forgotten about God. 16:58 They they have forgotten about Jehovah. 17:00 But you know what the affliction did? 17:02 Not only did it draw them close to one another, 17:06 it helped remind them where help came from. 17:09 So they begin to call, 17:12 the name of the Lord. 17:17 Ooh, let me pause and say 17:18 this is some couple deaths in affliction. 17:22 You see, the affliction shouldn't be driving 17:23 you a part, 17:28 okay? 17:29 No, the affliction ought to be driving you together. 17:34 Can we run around here? 17:35 See how COVID destroyed our marriage? 17:39 It didn't destroy it. 17:40 It just revealed it. 17:46 It just took away 17:47 your hiding place. 17:52 Couldn't run the work. 17:52 Come on, man. It. 17:54 No, no shame. 17:55 In a moment 18:00 What I'm saying to somebody today is. 18:01 Is see this thing I've learned pastoring. 18:06 So there are times when we look at a couple 18:07 that looks happily married and we assume that they've 18:10 had superior circumstances, 18:15 that everything just worked out in their favor, 18:16 that they took it all the breaks. 18:19 But man, I've seen enough people that have been married 30 18:22 and 40 and 50 years 18:24 so that the same circumstances that you say are the reason 18:27 we had to get a divorce. 18:28 Those folks that have been married 18:29 50 years will testify that we didn't walk down that same road. 18:34 We didn't been through that same horror. 18:36 We didn't walk in that same hell. 18:38 And yet we are still standing by the grace of God 18:46 so that when 18:47 you go through, don't let it pull you apart. 18:49 No. When the fire of affliction is touching your home, 18:53 let that man grab a hold of his woman. 18:56 Let them get before the throne 18:57 and let them out of the affliction. 18:59 Well, damn. 19:00 And unity instead of divide them 19:03 permanently. 19:08 See, friends, 19:09 let me just be clear, all right? 19:12 I'm not pro trial 19:16 when I'm going through it, 19:22 but anybody ever been thankful 19:23 that you did go through it? 19:31 Because there is some stuff that you get in adversity 19:37 that you can't get nowhere else in the world? 19:39 I wish there was a character appeal. 19:44 I wish there was a patience elixir. 19:47 I wish there was man, 19:49 a a spiritual formula that I could order from Amazon. 19:55 But the reason that God does not allow us to bypass 19:57 the furnace of affliction 19:59 is because we get something in adversity that we can get 20:02 nowhere else in the world. 20:05 I say, let me let me show it to you this way. 20:06 See, I need somebody understand that there is a reason 20:09 that that God again, He doesn't cause every trouble. 20:11 But guess what are some times where God permits it to happen? 20:16 Because there is something that is happening inside of you, 20:19 because the God is trying to create some people 20:21 that bend, 20:26 but they don't break. 20:30 So. So right now I got the message right 20:32 and I'm going to drop these eights on this sacred floor. 20:38 I see some of y'all cringing already. 20:40 The kingdom is going to be glorified. 20:42 Stay with me for just a moment. 20:44 So if I drop this egg, what's going to happen 20:48 It's going break. 20:50 Now, you're probably saying, Pastor, 20:51 why are you dropping these AIDS? 20:53 That's some good 20:54 bread aids that I can be used for something 20:59 that needs, you know, all these AIDS break. 21:15 In other words, you had three eggs that broke, 21:19 you got one that cracked, but it didn't break. 21:23 The reason this one didn't break 21:27 is because it's a boiled egg. 21:30 The reason it didn't break 21:32 is because it went through some heat. 21:37 It went through the fire 21:41 and the fire didn't burn it. 21:45 The fire developed it, 21:47 The fire completed it. 21:50 So guess what? 21:51 The outward shell may break, 21:55 but it just reveals a formed inside. 21:59 Some of y'all didn't get it because in this world, 22:02 this Outward Sail is going to be destroyed. 22:06 This outward sail is going to crack. 22:08 But because I've been through the fire, 22:12 the inside has been done, 22:14 the inside has been complete. 22:17 And so the body may die, but the spirit is gone. 22:22 They have the so is eternal 22:26 because it's been to the fire. 22:28 And is there anybody Right. 22:29 So that when you go through the fire, you won't be burned. 22:35 The fire was consumed. 22:37 The fire is just go transform you 22:39 so that when this body graze and it grows old 22:46 and it wrinkles and it wealth and it goes down to the grave, 22:50 that's not the end of our story 22:52 because you've been through the fire. 22:55 There is something on the inside 22:57 that has timeless propensities that can't be killed. 23:03 It can't die. It can just rest 23:08 and have something rest. 23:10 That means this. 23:10 Go get up again. 23:13 Anybody thankful that he's coming again 23:18 and that those who are resting will one day be raised 23:21 and that which was developed in the fire is going 23:26 live eternally in glory. 23:28 If you're thankful for the fire, put your hands together 23:31 and praise him and glorify him 23:36 and acknowledge 23:38 that God doesn't keep us from the fire, 23:42 but God develops us in the fire. 23:49 And I need somebody to know that we serve the God 23:50 of unintended consequences, if not pleasant. 23:54 Now, it's not joyful now, but God is going to take 24:00 what the enemy of our souls meant for evil. 24:04 He's go re frame the purpose up 24:08 and he's going to develop something inside of you 24:12 that has eternal value. 24:15 And so the outside may crack, 24:17 but praise him if the inside is being completed. 24:44 What's good family? 24:46 the ExcuseLess 24:47 revolution is underway. 24:49 We've been having a good time testifying, 24:52 praying and receiving the word of the Lord. 24:55 But I want you to know that the revolution is not over yet. 25:00 The Bible says, I wish above all things that thou me is 25:02 prosper and be in help, even as not so prosperous. 25:08 The next leg of the journey revolves around our fitness 25:11 and our health. 25:12 I invite you to join me starting on May the fifth 25:17 for an online 30 day fitness campaign. 25:20 Under the theme, it's useless. 25:22 I want you to join me each week, Sunday through Friday, 25:25 Sunday at 8 a.m., Monday through Friday at 6 a.m.. 25:29 When you join us online, 25:30 you're going to receive a spiritual word 25:33 being our coaches are going to lead us 25:37 in a 25 minute online workout 25:41 and then we'll conclude the day with my help. 25:43 Avengers, Some amazing chefs are going to give us some tools 25:47 on how to make tasty and affordable and healthy meals 25:52 that help push us forward over the course of this 30 days. 25:55 You can be a part of a weight loss challenge, 25:57 and each and every week 25:58 there's going to be a different challenge 26:00 that allows us to build community around our fitness 26:04 and our health. 26:06 For too long, we've been making some excuses 26:08 about why we're not eating well about why we're not in shape, 26:12 about why we're not in perfect health. 26:14 I need you to know it's time to cancel those excuses. 26:17 But when you join this leg of the journey, 26:19 those aches and pains are going to go away. 26:21 You're going to feel better as we continue the journey 26:26 toward becoming ExcusesLess. 26:37 What's good family. 26:39 Breath of life is going to be coming to the West Coast. 26:43 We're excited that from July the 14th to July the 27th, 26:48 we're going to be hosting our third annual Hope 26:50 rally under the theme Almost Home. 26:54 We're going to be meeting for those two weeks 26:55 in Long Beach, California. 26:57 We're going to be meeting each night 26:59 except for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM. 27:04 It's an in-person meeting only, so you can't catch it online. 27:08 You've got to be in the house. 27:09 We're going to be joined in musical partnership 27:12 by gospel recording artist Smokey Norful. 27:16 Jonathan Nelson and Donnie McClurkin. 27:20 Each night, dinner is going to be served 27:22 and there's going to be 27:23 special programing for you and for your little ones. 27:27 It's going to be a high time in Zion 27:29 where we're going to be preaching 27:30 the good news of Jesus Christ, and we're going to be reminded 27:34 that this world is not our home. 27:38 Again, I look forward to seeing you in Long Beach, 27:39 California, from July the 14th to the 27th. 27:44 Make sure that you're planning to be there 27:46 and you bring somebody with you. 27:48 If you want more information, go to our website 27:50 at www.breathoflife.tv 27:55 God bless. 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