T.D. Jakes Sermons: Radical Faith

I prayed you didn't fix it here it is I release it turn it over I'm through with it I release it you must understand that release is important for radical Faith because as long as you are holding on to the problem God is not going to touch it this is the's touch greetings brothers and sisters I thank God for you and for the opportunity that he has given you and I to have this exchange this cross-pollination of ideas and Concepts that causes us to become more fruitful set aside some time to get into the word

and allow the word to get in you you know I've been teaching you know I've been teaching on faith food and I hope that you will ingest digest and appropriate those things that I'm going to share with you today your faith activates the Unseen if you want your hopes and dreams to come true you got to feed your faith and starve your doubts to death now take a look at this I want you to understand that everything that you're dealing with right now the issues that you're confronting right now have everything in the world to

do with where you are in your faith walk with God that doesn't mean that if you're going through trouble it's a sign you don't have faith so before you faint and collapse and fall out on the floor give me just a minute here to work through this I am saying that it might not be the lack of your faith that got you into it but it is the strength of your faith that's going to get you out of it are you hearing what I'm saying to you now when we begin to look at this particular

text there are several things that I want to pull out of this text without taking up a lot of time to completely exag the text because I'm not as interested in the story of Mary and Martha and Lazarus as I am pointing to the exit strategy that brought them out of their crisis was brought about by their faith so I'm just going to use their story as a backdrop to strengthen your understanding about faith and I'm going to give you about five points or so uh relative to Faith itself so that you can begin to

understand what is necessary for you to be able to come out more than a conqueror through him that ha loved D amen so the very fact that we have so much detail about Mary Martha and Lazarus is indicative of the fact that there are certain things that God wants us to know he does not start the story with Lazarus sickness he starts with Lazarus relationship Lazarus had a relationship with Jesus before things went wrong not only did they have a relationship with Jesus he had a relationship with Mary and Martha and they related to each

other prior to the crisis so Point number one I want to talk to you about relationship I see too many people who are trying to exercise in faith who do not have a relationship with God the only time they come to God is when they are in dire need and perilous circumstances and then they look to him to get him get them out of the crisis but they have not built the infrastructure of relationship up under their faith they are just using God because they're in trouble I'm always working with people who do business and

they'll ask me questions and in the process of Q&A there's always somebody who's got something you know an automatic pencil eraser or something that they want me to get behind and I got this automatic pencil eraser I thought that if you and I got together we could do business we can Market this and go all around the world I say oh wait a minute wait a minute my problem is not the Eraser is you I don't even know you and it scares me that you got this old and the only person you can look to

to help you get this going to somebody you just met where are all them people who knew you all your life who trust your character and understand what you're about people invest in things they can trust oh you you got to understand this you got to understand this I'm I'm headed somewhere because some of you are trying to get God to do things for you you're trying to get a God to move for you that you don't speak to you don't talk to you don't worship you don't serve you don't live for him you don't

seek him and then in the time of trouble you show up talking about do something for me and if he doesn't do it you got the nerve to have an attitude but Miracles begin with relationship and they sent for Jesus but he didn't come and Lazarus died sometimes while you're waiting on God stuff dies what do you do when you've done everything you knew how to do and you sent for God to come and he doesn't seem to know that the eviction notice is for the [Applause] seventh and all of a sudden bad has gotten

worse you going to a stage of release release release is a stage where you simply Let It [Applause] Go okay I've done all I know how to do it didn't work I prayed you didn't fix it here it is I release it turn it over I'm through with it I release it you must understand that release is important for radical Faith because as long as you are holding on to the problem God is not going to touch it as long as you think you can handle it you are not eligible to receive the radical Miracle

working power of God you find yourself in a position where you just release it turn it over to God say I've done all that I can do I've run out of money I've run out of resources I just release it over to you and that's what they did with lazarous they said we can't heal him we can't fix him we prayed about it he's gotten worse we release him okay and when they released him over into the hand of God they did it by burying him they buried him so we can't fix him we buried

him and we got a problem whenever you got a problem and you can't fix it you go into step three you roll a stone in front of it you you you have to roll a stone in front of it that's how you manage messes you can't fix you roll the stone in front of it you cover it up don't y'all look at me like that cuz I know y'all have covered up some stuff in your life too M roll the Shone in front of it said we can't fix it so we cover it up and

there's many many things in life that you've done all you know how to do believed as far as you knew how to believe and it's still stinking and when something starts stinking for survival sake you have to roll a stone in front of it just so you can go on for survival sake can't leave Lazarus sitting on the couch cuz Lazarus is stinking I get so tickled at them whenever they got some kind of problem with somebody the news media you know they always talking about who's a hypocrite oh and he was a hypoc quit

and I think so everybody in here is a hypocrite about something come on I want to look you in the eye when I say it everybody I'm talking about you too everybody in here is a hypocrite about [Applause] something you got some kind of contradiction in your life something in your life you don't want anybody to know about you teaching on health and fitness and every now and then you eat a ice cream conb I know I know you do I know you do I know you do every now and then you slip up Sir

yeah you know how you slip I don't do it till like late at night I can be holy all day eating lettuce and boiled ch CH and stuff all day I mean did good all day about midnight I'm telling the facts baby one day Serita told me she said baby we got mice I said mice in this house she said yeah I woke up it was crbs everywhere I said it was [Applause] y'all better set a trap or something in [Applause] here still to come on The Potter's touch Jesus could have literally F Lazarus out

of the Grave cuz he he said father I know that you hear me but for the benefit of all of these doubters and all of these haters that don't believe that I can do it I'm going to call laus out laus my mind may be distraught my body may be right with pain my enemies May surround me but God I still believe you if I can have my little prayer time with him in the morning I don't care what happens that day I walk out the door armed and dangerous for helping us reach others with

your gift of any size you'll receive radical Faith from the unbeaten series on CD just write us visit our website or call 1 1800 Bishop 2 and when your gift is $70 or more we'll give you all five unbeaten messages on DVD as well I know who I am I know where I am I know who's I am and I know when it's all over I'm going to get the victory however when your gift is $125 or more we'll also add the book Tree of Life Psalms offering hope and healing in the Hebrew scriptures along

with a beautiful Faith candle this time is not going to be like last time the fight is on Mary said if you would have been here my brother wouldn't not a [Applause] well Jesus was used to getting good treatments you know but when people are up under crisis and they're up under stress and and the stone is rolled in front of them they have a personality disorder Maza was hot too don't think moza wasn't hot too Maza yeah that's right girl tell him read it that's basically what she said if you would have been here

my brother would not have died but point four Martha got a revelation even now even now you got the power to raise him up again see that's what I'm talking about is radical faith that says yeah it's bad and he's stinking and it's in trouble and it's a mess but even oh somebody in here God wants to give you an even now Miracle you've done everything that you know how to do you've tried everything and everything's fail but it's not too late for God even now yes touch three people tell them I still believe God

I still believe him I still believe he going to do something with my daughter I still believe God's going to deliver me my son I still believe God's going to save my family I still believe God hallelujah where are the radical people in here Make some noise [Applause] radical radical radical I still believe that even now you have the power to raise him up again I still believe that the second half of my life is going to be better than the first half of my life I still believe that The Best Is Yet To Come

I still believe that my children are going to become everything God said they were going to become I still believe that I'm going to be the head and not the tail above and not Bene I [Applause] Still Still W my God I believe believe you if you're not going to believe God why come to church if all your God can do is stuff that you can conceive why serve him I have a god who's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all the challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here

and take it to the place out there cuz see I'm not going out there but the word I'm giving you you want to take it to the place where you gave up now let me tell you that's the hardest thing in the world to do because there is there is a watch this now think think think think think there is a peace in quitting come on there's the peace and quitting and just releasing just I quit I'm through I'm through you ain't going to never be nothing your daddy was nothing your granddaddy was nothing you

ain't going to never be nothing I ain't expect nothing out of you you ain't nothing now why do I say that cuz I don't want the pain of expectation and sometimes it feels good to quit then you don't want it no more so you start saying stuff that's just how Mary is no don't go in there and say nothing to your mama cuz you know how she is and you have resolved in your mind things are not going to get any better that's just how it is you come to church and get one of these

good heart [Applause] messages and and even though you shouting the message kind of bother you a little bit cuz you don't want to really put the message on that thing that you got buried cuz you don't want to stir that up again cuz you don't want to go through those feelings again and Jesus is say show me where you laid him down the stone that you roll over to close it you got to roll it back for Point number five restoration God can't restore it if you're not willing to roll it back and dare to

believe again they roll the stone back on the stinky stuff it takes some radical faith to roll the stone away on your issue but you will never get restoration until you are willing to confront the stinky stuff in your [Applause] life so here they are out here to confront the stinky stuff and they roll the stone away and by now he stinks and here comes Jesus this is what you want this is a real challenge of radical faith is to bring the word that you got in here and take it to the place over there

where you gave up and you are the only person who can do that you must direct this word to the place where you quit I can't do that for you I can come to the house but in order to get to the place you have to take this word by the hand and put it on the spot where you quit and that ain't easy CU you got to uncover that scab and confront that issue and say I need that word of God I'm 40 years old but I need to put that word on something that

happened when I was 12 and they brought Jesus down to the spot and Jesus comes down to the spot and he walks right over to Restoration cuz see what God wants to do is restore to you the years that the canker worm the Palmer worm and the locus at up God wants to give you back what life took from you thank you Lord hallelujah I came to tell you it's not over yet God is going to restore what you lost if you can get the courage to confront the stinky stuff God is going to give

it back to you [Applause] again here comes Jesus down to the tomb they roll the stone away and Jesus says come here first row he got all these people with him Jesus could have literally thought Lazarus out of the Grave cuz he he said father I know that you hear me but for the benefit of all of these dollars and all of these haters that don't believe that I can do it I'm going to call L [Applause] outus and they roll the stone away and Jesus starts calling Lazarus and there's nothing in the Tomb but

silence no noise in the Tomb Jesus doesn't go in the Tomb he doesn't throw oil in the Tomb he don't throw the Torah in the Tomb he just stands outside the mess and calls la they listen they listen see there is a part of faith that when you start moving in faith you have to have the kind of loud radical faith that stands up in the face of screaming silence see silence screams when you're waiting to hear something and you don't hear any good news at all and you're out there on a limb and everybody's

looking at you and there's a nervous energy in the room and there's a tenacity and everybody's about to laugh Lazarus nobody said nothing all of a sudden they he Mary look to the m and say did you hear something FES said it must have been a rock fail Sadducees well man I think I heard something all of a sudden they heard something I haven't seen anything but I heard something but I'm not walking by sight I'm walking by faith and I come to tell the devil I haven't seen anything yet but I hear our s

about the ra Lis up from the dead s yes here come l out the [Applause] to why you walking like that Bishop his hands was tied his feet was tied but he heard a noise calling in and he said I'm coming out I'm tied up but I'm coming out that's why I don't stop nobody from coming to church cuz some folk when they come to Jesus they may be tied up but they're coming out I want the devil to know I hear a noise start working his way out of the Tomb and I don't know

who I'm preaching to but something that you thought you lost something that you rolled a stone in front of something that you thought was gone the Lord sent me here to preach this message to you about radical faith when you leave here and you go to work and they ask you what did your pastor preach tell them Bishop [Applause] preach what does that mean eyes have not seen ears have not heard but God God's Got a Blessing coming your way if you believe it sh ass [Applause] sh where are the radical people where are the

radical people where are the r of people make some [Applause] [Music] noise yes yes yes yes [Applause] [Applause] yes hey I've got more for you in just a moment my mind may be distraught my body may be right with pain my enemies May surround me but God I still believe you if I can have my little prayer time with him in the morning I don't care what happens that day I walk out the door armed and dangerous for helping us reach others with your gift of any size you'll receive radical Faith from the unbeaten series

on CD just write us visit our website or call 1 1800 Bishop 2 and when your gift is $70 or more we'll give you all five unbeaten messages on DVD as well I know who I am I know where I am I know who's I am and I know when it's all over I'm going to get the victory however when your gift is $125 or more we'll also add the book Tree of Life Psalms offering hope and healing in the Hebrew scriptures along with a beautiful Faith candle this time is not going to be like

last time the fight is on when will I sleep good at night when life gets hard and tough and you feel like you're at the breaking point there's something about being at that point that instead of going under you go over when will my marriage have the love back your baby is coming the question is do you have the strength to back down and deliver when will I have real peace God said in times past I winked at it but I'm not winking at it right now you got you got to get right about that

because where I'm getting ready to take you this year you got to trim your Wick so you'll be get up and ready to go cut it back cut it out it's over when will my smile be real these are the questions that plague The Souls of men in silence and the answers to those questions they're in this message the message is it's all good it is all good even when it don't feel good radical faith I use the rational I try tried to exercise faith it didn't work I buried it now here comes God trying

to get me to believe again what hurt last time this is what separates the men from the boys all over this nation all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place where you gave up you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live I'm out of time but I am on a roll I want you to get this material I want you to get

this information I want you to get this level of Faith activated and moving in your life so that you can step flatfoot into your destiny I believe God for change I stand on his promise for you and I want you to stand on the word and fet yourself in the agreement and watch God move supernaturally in your life I've seen him do it not just for me but people all around me standing on the power what is about you that God wouldn't bless you I rebuke that Spirit of intimidation and insecurity stand on the promise

of God and watch God work in your life I'm praying for you I preach to you all night take care now love you this is the part touch