Breath of Life

Get On the Water

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Participants: Carlton P. Byrd

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00:15 Breatyh of Life theme music
00:20 PB: This is Dr. Carlton Byrd, speaker-director for Breath of Life.
00:23 I'm in the sanctuary of the Oakwood University Church here in
00:26 Huntsville, Alabama. Now, I'm always here, but this evening is special,
00:29 because I'm speaking this evening during Oakwood University
00:33 Homecoming Weekend 2016. And the people that are in the
00:37 studio audience are alumni of Oakwood University.
00:41 And they're grateful to be here. We have a message for them,
00:44 but we also have a message for you. And because we all love the Lord,
00:47 I want to ask everyone right now to put your hands together
00:49 and let's give God praise all over this building today.
00:54 [Aud. reaction] PB: Amen. If you will, take your Bibles
01:00 and turn with me to the book of Matthew. Matthew chapter 14
01:03 is where we want to go this evening. Matthew chapter 14,
01:06 and we're going to verse number 22. Matthew chapter 14
01:10 and we are going to verse number 22. Matthew 14:22.
01:15 If you have it , let me hear you say amen.
01:17 Aud.: Amen. PB: All right, if you don't have it say hold on.
01:20 [Aud. reaction] PB: All right, we've got a lot of
01:21 "hold ons" there, so we'll hold on. Matthew, chapter 14,
01:24 verse number 22. The Word of God says to us tonight,
01:28 Matthew chapter 14, verse 22, I'm reading: "And straightway
01:31 Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship,
01:36 and to go before him unto the other side, while he
01:39 sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the
01:41 multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray:
01:45 and when the evening was come, he was there alone."
01:47 Everybody say alone. Aud.: Alone.
01:50 PB: "But the ship was now in the midst of the sea,
01:52 tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
01:55 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went
01:58 unto them, walking on the sea. And when the
02:01 disciples saw him walking on the sea, they
02:03 were troubled, saying, It is a" what, everybody?
02:05 Aud.: Spirit. PB: It is a what, everybody?
02:07 Aud.: Spirit. PB: "And they cried out for fear.
02:09 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying,
02:12 Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
02:17 And Peter answered him and said, Lord,
02:19 if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
02:25 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down
02:28 out of the ship, he walked on the water,
02:30 to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous,
02:33 he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried,
02:36 saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched
02:41 forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him,
02:44 O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
02:49 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
02:53 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him,
02:56 saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God."
03:04 We challenge you in this, the final message during
03:06 our Homecoming weekend: Get on the water. Get on the water.
03:13 God, right now in this place move by Your Spirit.
03:17 Speak through this servant, I pray, and God,
03:20 we give You the praise in advance for what You're
03:21 going to do. Give me clarity of mind and give Your
03:25 people receptivity of heart. It's in the name of
03:28 Jesus we pray. Let all those who love Him say amen.
03:31 Aud.: Amen. PB: Amen. Get on the water.
03:34 You know the story. Can't take too much time.
03:37 Jesus has just fed 5,000 men plus women and children.
03:41 He fed them with two fish and five loaves of bread.
03:46 After feeding the 5,000, Jesus sends the disciples
03:50 ahead of Him in a boat. He then dismisses the 5,000
03:56 and goes up alone in a mountain to pray.
04:00 Somebody knows that sometimes you have to talk
04:03 with the Lord by yourself. You have to have a
04:06 little talk with Jesus to make it right. But this
04:10 talk sometimes has to be alone, in your secret closet.
04:13 I wish I had a witness in this place. The disciples
04:16 have been in their boat for about seven or eight hours
04:19 on a journey that should have taken two or three hours,
04:22 and it's now probably about three in the morning,
04:26 and they're battling a storm with winds and waves.
04:29 They're tired after battling waves all night,
04:33 fearful for their lives, and then they think
04:35 they see a ghost that's walking on the water.
04:39 But it's not a ghost, it's Jesus. Jesus,
04:44 an ever-present help in time of trouble. Jesus.
04:49 He may not come when you want Him, but He's
04:53 always right on time. Jesus. He says, "ego eimi,"
04:57 which means "It is I. Be not afraid." Jesus.
05:01 Ironically, these words "ego eimi" are the same
05:05 words that God used to declare His name to Moses
05:08 at the burning bush, when He said "I am." So what
05:11 Jesus is really saying in the text, ego eimi,
05:14 "ain't no need to worry, but I am that I am is here."
05:20 Are you hearing what I'm saying? Now, remember,
05:23 Jesus is omniscient, which means He's an all-knowing God.
05:27 And it was Jesus who sent the disciplines to the water,
05:30 in the boat, in the first place. Which means,
05:33 Jesus knew they would be at the sea for a while.
05:37 Jesus knew a storm was coming. Jesus knew they
05:42 were going to be battling the waters all night long.
05:45 So why, then, if Jesus knew this would He be
05:48 sending them into a situation that He knew
05:50 would be difficult? I've learned that there
05:53 are times in our lives when the Lord will
05:56 send us into storms so He can grow our faith.
06:01 Grow out trust. Grow our confidence,
06:05 so we can step out in faith, in what God is
06:09 calling us to do. Just because you have a
06:12 relationship with God doesn't mean you won't
06:14 have trouble. Just because you have a relationship
06:18 with God doesn't mean you won't have trials.
06:20 The Bible says that those that live godly lives
06:24 will suffer persecution. I believe I've got a
06:26 witness in this place this evening, that knows
06:29 you can believe God and still go through trouble.
06:33 [Aud. reaction] PB: Just because you're in a
06:35 relationship with God doesn't mean you won't
06:37 go through anything. You can go to church and
06:40 still get cancer. You can return tithe and
06:44 offering and still lose your house.
06:47 You can go to Oakwood and still go to hell.
06:49 Are you hearing what I'm saying?
06:51 [Aud. reaction] PB: Bad stuff happens
06:53 to good people. Trouble will come in spite of
06:57 your relationship with the Lord. The rain falls
06:59 on the just and the unjust. But I still have to
07:03 have faith in God. I still have to believe in God,
07:07 who can do things I can't do. Who can reach things
07:10 I can't reach. Who can move things I can't move.
07:15 Who can give me things I can't give myself.
07:18 Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
07:20 the evidence of things not seen. Without faith
07:24 it is impossible to please God. You'd better
07:27 know and be reminded this evening, you have to
07:29 go through something where your faith is tried.
07:31 You see, you can't have a testimony without a test.
07:34 The problem is too many of us are not testifying
07:36 but test-to-lyin'. I wish I had a witness in this place.
07:38 [Aud. reaction] PB: Faith is proven not in abundance.
07:44 Faith is proven in tough times; dark days.
07:49 Faith is proven when the lights are off,
07:53 when the car note is due and you don't
07:55 have a dollar to your name. God can't let you
07:58 go through life easily because that won't build
08:00 your faith. Sometimes God sends us into storms,
08:05 and sometimes people create their own storms
08:08 and then get mad when it rains. [Aud. reaction]
08:11 PB: God sent the disciples into the boat.
08:15 God sent the disciples into the water.
08:18 Jesus is walking on water. But while the
08:22 other disciples don't recognize Jesus,
08:25 Peter does. Peter wants to go to Jesus
08:28 because he knows that no matter how dark
08:31 the night, no matter how high the waves,
08:34 no matter how much the wind might blow or
08:37 wet the water, Peter knew that it was safer
08:40 out of the ship in a storm with Jesus than
08:43 being in a ship in a storm without Jesus.
08:46 Do I have a witness in this place?
08:48 [Aud. reaction] PB: I can hear the disciples
08:50 saying Peter, you don't get it.
08:53 You can't walk on water. It's impossible.
08:58 You're going to look foolish.
09:00 You're going to get wet.
09:02 You're going to drown.
09:04 It's dangerous. The boat is the safest place to be.
09:10 But Jesus says one word to Peter in the text.
09:14 Jesus says "Come." But the rules of normalcy
09:19 say you should do the very opposite.
09:22 The laws of storm and rain say stay in the boat.
09:29 But when you hear Jesus' voice. When you know
09:33 that still small voice, you've got to listen,
09:37 because His thoughts are not our thoughts;
09:39 His ways are not our ways. Peter shows his faith,
09:45 gets out of the boat, puts his life at risk,
09:48 holds out his hand to Jesus, and then he begins
09:51 to walk on water. Now, we all know the story,
09:56 and we recite this narrative and then we condemn
10:01 Peter because he takes his eyes off Jesus and
10:06 he begins to sink. That Peter had a lapse of faith,
10:11 which is why he begins to fall. Even the Bible says
10:14 that Jesus said to him O ye of little faith.
10:19 But while we condemn Peter, let's give Peter a
10:26 little credit. Because at least Peter got out
10:31 of the boat. The rest of the disciples stayed
10:35 in the boat. A little faith is better than no faith.
10:39 If Peter had little faith, then the other disciples
10:43 had no faith at all, because if you remain in the
10:47 boat you'll never know what it's like to walk on water.
10:52 Being safe is easy. It's not hard work. Do what
10:57 everybody else is doing. Do what we've always done.
11:02 But change is never easy. Change is hard.
11:07 At least Peter got up out of the boat,
11:09 which is more than the other disciples did.
11:12 How many of us stay in the boat without ever
11:16 exercising faith and walking in the fullness
11:19 of what God has for our lives? We're creatures
11:22 of habit, and when we do things a certain we're
11:25 comfortable with doing it that way. You see,
11:28 we put the toilet paper roll on a certain way.
11:32 Some over; some under. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
11:37 [Aud. reaction] PB: Change is a hard thing.
11:40 We drive to work a certain way. Some use the streets;
11:45 some use the Interstate. Change is a hard thing.
11:50 We make eggs a certain way. Some scrambled,
11:54 some fried, some sunny side up. But change is
11:59 hard thing. We s tart church at a certain time:
12:03 9:15; 11:00. But if we change it, we've got a
12:08 problem because change is a hard thing.
12:11 We do what we're used to doing because change
12:14 is not easy. But the reality is we're living in
12:17 a changing world. You see, we've gone from black
12:20 boards to chalk boards. White boards to smart boards.
12:26 We've gone from record albums to eight-track tapes
12:31 to cassette tapes, to CDs, to MP3s, and now downloads.
12:36 We've gone from film strips to VHS tapes to DVDs
12:42 to download streaming. We've gone from the rotary
12:44 phone to the touch tone phone to the cell phone
12:49 and now we have the smart phone. We live in a
12:53 changing world. Gone are the days when aides were
12:59 teachers' assistants. That gay meant happy.
13:04 Straight meant not curved or bent. A pot was
13:09 something you cooked in. Coke was a cold drink.
13:14 Weed was an unwanted plant you pulled out of
13:18 your garden. Snakes were reptiles that crawled
13:21 on the ground. Decisions were made by eeny meeny
13:25 miney moe. And the only race issues were who
13:29 ran faster. We live in a changing world.
13:34 How many of us frown upon new ideas;
13:37 new methods simply because we have not
13:40 done it that way. Lunacy is defined as
13:43 doing the same things over and over again
13:46 and then you expect a different result;
13:49 but you'll never see new oceans until you
13:51 have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
13:54 It's all right to be cautious, but a turtle
13:56 never gets anywhere until he sticks his head out.
14:00 The great Helen Keller was asked "What's worse
14:02 than being born blind?" She said,
14:05 "Having sight with no vision." [Aud. reaction]
14:09 PB: Don't be afraid to go out on a limb.
14:12 Don't be afraid to stick your head out.
14:14 Don't be afraid to try something different.
14:17 Don't be afraid to get out of the boat.
14:20 Don't be afraid to get on the water.
14:23 Pastor Byrd, where are you going with
14:25 all of this? We're here for alumni weekend.
14:28 What does Peter getting out of the boat and
14:31 walking on water have to do with Oakwood
14:33 celebrating 120 years and the alumni
14:35 association celebrating 90 years?
14:38 Our world has changed, and Oakwood,
14:43 our churches, our schools, our conferences,
14:49 our ministries, still have a message.
14:54 Still have a mandate. Still have a mission
14:58 to take the gospel to the entire world
15:01 to expedite the coming of Jesus Christ.
15:04 We can no longer play it safe. We can no
15:09 longer be cautious. Students aren't just
15:13 going to our schools anymore. People aren't
15:16 going to just walk in and join our churches.
15:19 We've got to be radical; we've got to sound
15:21 the loud cry; we've got to be willing to get
15:25 up out of the boat and walk on water because
15:28 Jesus is soon to come. Think about it,
15:31 friends of mine, we live in a world where with
15:33 all of this security, with all of our intelligence,
15:36 with all of our technology, with all of our cameras,
15:39 terrorists can still bomb and plant a bomb
15:42 in Brussels and kill 31 people and wound hundreds
15:46 of others. We live in a world--I was just there
15:48 last week--in 2016, in a country that is supposed
15:52 to be the most advanced in the world.
15:54 But we still have residents who live in a city
15:56 who can't drink water, because a few people in
15:59 leadership are unwilling to spend the necessary
16:02 money to look out for the least, the lost, the last,
16:04 the unlucky and the left out. We live in a country
16:08 that's engaged right now in a presidential election
16:12 where the forerunner for a political party is
16:14 talking about building a wall to keep certain
16:17 people out of the country and banning others
16:19 from entering the country. Now, what's funny is,
16:22 his party members call him a loose cannon.
16:25 They say he's lost his mind. But in the meantime,
16:30 he keeps winning primaries, state after state
16:35 and state, which means somebody must like what
16:39 he's saying because they keep voting for him.
16:43 Are you hearing what I'm saying? [Aud. reaction]
16:45 PB: We've got to get out of the boat. If the enemies
16:49 of God are rising up, then the people of God must rise up.
16:55 Times have changed. Attitudes are different.
17:00 Philosophies are not the same. Respect levels
17:04 are not what they used to be 30, 40 and 20 and
17:06 10 years ago. Regard for human life is not
17:09 what it used to be. God's got to do a new thing,
17:12 and doing a new thing, friends, means change.
17:15 A change in our thinking and our ideas and
17:17 our methods, because if you don't change
17:18 direction you may end up where you're heading.
17:21 Now, let me be clear. The world may be changing
17:27 but God is still the same. [Aud. reaction]
17:32 PB: God's truths are still the same.
17:36 I tell the young people in this church, listen:
17:39 the Sabbath is still the Sabbath.
17:40 When a person dies, they don't go to heaven,
17:42 their body returns to dust, their spirit
17:45 returns to God and the soul ceases to exist.
17:48 God's principles are the same.
17:50 God's message of salvation is the same.
17:52 God says I am the Lord; I change not.
17:55 But God does use different methods to save us.
17:58 You see, in Noah's day in order to be saved
18:00 the people had to get in the ark. In Moses'
18:02 day they had to put blood on the doorposts.
18:05 But in our day all we've got to do is accept
18:08 Jesus as our personal Savior. If we confess
18:10 our sins He is faithful and just to forgive
18:13 us of our sins and cleans us from all unrighteousness.
18:16 But are we so caught up in our past that we're not
18:19 ready to take God's message in the future?
18:21 Are we so enslaved in the way that it used
18:25 to be that we can't be liberated by the way
18:27 it ought to be. Are we so trapped by our traditions,
18:30 our customs and practices that we're paralyzed by
18:32 the need for seeker-sensitive ministry and education
18:35 in our postmodern world? Somebody said that sacred
18:39 cows make good hamburgers. [Aud. reaction]
18:43 PB: But I'm not into making good hamburgers;
18:48 I'm into veggie burgers. Come on, say amen.
18:52 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm into Ready Burger.
18:54 I'm into making disciples of God's kingdom.
18:58 And so this evening my cry to my church,
19:00 to Oakwood's alumni tonight is where are we?
19:05 What are we doing? Where are we going?
19:11 Are we willing to constantly grow and
19:13 continually change for God's glory?
19:16 Are we willing to passionately take God's
19:18 timeless method to our ever-changing culture?
19:20 Are we willing to get out of the boat and
19:24 walk on water? Or we do, we just want to
19:27 do eight-track ministry in a digital society.
19:30 We have a great history, a great heritage,
19:34 a great past, a great legacy. But if we're
19:38 not careful, we can become so caught up in
19:40 our greatness that we forget God's greatness
19:42 that He wants to work in us. You see,
19:45 there's always a danger in looking back
19:47 all the time. Living in the past and not
19:49 embracing the future. Too many schools,
19:51 too many churches, too many institutions
19:53 have allowed themselves to become shells
19:55 of what they formerly were. Too many churches,
19:59 too many of our church schools, want to go
20:02 on living in the past instead of thriving
20:03 in the future. The story is told of
20:05 two Buddhist monks who were walking in a thunderstorm.
20:08 They walked upon a stream of water and a beautiful
20:10 lady stood there wanting to cross to the other
20:13 side of the stream. She, however, was afraid of
20:15 the river current, so one of the monks asked her,
20:18 "Can I help you?" The woman replied,
20:22 "I need to cross this stream."
20:25 So the monk picked the young woman up,
20:27 put her on his shoulder, carried her through
20:30 the rushing waters and put her down on the other side.
20:33 He and his companion monk then went on to the monastery.
20:37 Later that night, the monk's companion said to him,
20:40 "I have a bone to pick with you. I have taught with you.
20:44 As Buddhist monks, we have taken vows not to
20:48 look on a woman, much less touch her body.
20:52 But back there at the river, you did both."
20:57 The other monk then said, "My brother,
20:59 I put that woman down on the other side of the river,
21:01 but you're still carrying her in your mind."
21:05 [Aud. reaction] PB: How easy is it for us
21:09 to become obsessed with our past at the expense
21:13 of our future. Let me make this practical,
21:17 because somebody's still not getting it.
21:18 There was a period of time where just after
21:22 I had the privilege of becoming the new
21:24 speaker-director of Breath of Life,
21:26 that it seemed like I was preaching,
21:27 traveling and doing workshops daily.
21:31 Everywhere I was in another city.
21:34 But praise God, I got frequent flying miles,
21:36 I'm diamond status now. Come on, say amen!
21:39 [Aud. reaction] PB: But I remember one
21:41 Sabbath afternoon leaving Atlanta Georgia,
21:44 right after preaching and catching a flight to
21:46 Omaha, Nebraska. When I got to Omaha,
21:48 I had to get a rental car and drive
21:50 40 miles to Lincoln. I had to go to Lincoln
21:53 because I had to do a worship for pastors at
21:55 Union College early Sunday morning.
21:58 I would present all day Sunday morning at Union College,
22:00 three sessions, morning, noon and night. I was tired,
22:03 I was worn out. I got back to the hotel that
22:06 Sunday night in Lincoln, opened my hotel room door.
22:09 I put my hotel key in my pants back pocket.
22:13 I take my suit off. I take a shower. I call my wife, Danielle.
22:19 I go to sleep, but I can't sleep too hard because
22:23 I don't want to oversleep Sunday night,
22:24 because I have to wake up early Monday
22:26 morning to catch the flight to Los Angeles
22:28 to preach Monday evening for workers' meetings
22:30 for the Southern California Conference.
22:33 I have to wake up early the next day,
22:34 Monday morning, in Lincoln because I have
22:37 to drive 40 miles back to Omaha, turn the
22:40 rental car in, and catch a flight to L.A.
22:43 I wake up early Monday morning. I take another
22:47 shower because cleanliness is next to godliness.
22:50 [Aud. reaction] PB: I put my suit back on.
22:54 I put a different shirt and bowtie on,
22:57 but I have my good ol' faithful black suit.
23:01 Nobody knows it's the same suit, because I
23:03 have on a different bowtie. You see,
23:05 men can do that but women can't.
23:07 Are you hearing what I'm saying?
23:09 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm rushing.
23:11 I make it through security. I can't miss my
23:16 flight because I've got to preach in L.A.
23:18 Monday night. I'm tired. My body's out of whack.
23:21 I'm sleeping in hotels, I'm sleeping on airplanes,
23:24 and I'm sleeping and I'm tired. All these
23:26 different time zones and changes are killing me.
23:29 When I get to L.A., I make my way down to
23:33 baggage claim. I see a man with a sign,
23:36 and it says "Dr. Carlton P. Byrd." I'm feeling important.
23:43 I've got my suit on. I've got my bowtie on.
23:48 My shoes are shined. My hair is in place,
23:53 because you can feel bad but you can't look bad.
23:56 Do I have a witness in this place? They take my bags;
24:00 I follow them to the car they're driving for me.
24:03 It's an SUV Escalade. Black, tinted windows.
24:08 They open the door for me; they offer me a
24:11 bottled water to drink. I take it,
24:13 but if it had not been bottled,
24:14 I wouldn't have taken it. Come on, say amen.
24:17 [Aud. reaction] PB: When I get in the car,
24:19 the assistant to the president says "How are
24:22 you doing, Dr. Byrd?" I say, "I'm fine,
24:24 but I'm hungry. I've been traveling.
24:26 I've been preaching. I've been rushing.
24:28 I've been traveling from one city to the next.
24:30 I really didn't get a good night's rest last night.
24:33 I'm hungry, I need to eat something." The man says,
24:36 "Pastor it's 4 p.m. Service starts at 7.
24:39 It's a weekday, and L.A. traffic is horrible.
24:43 We can't stop at a restaurant and get something to eat,
24:46 but tell you what. We'll go by the hotel where you're
24:49 staying, and we have a fruit basket in your room for you.
24:54 We have juice in your room, so we'll take you to
24:59 the hotel first. Go up to your room, freshen up,
25:02 eat from your fruit basket, and then that will
25:06 hold you until after service." I said to myself,
25:09 "Thank You, Jesus, because I'm going to the hotel first,
25:12 and if the fruit tray isn't good I'm ordering room service."
25:15 Do I have a witness in this place? [Aud. reaction]
25:17 PB: We pull up to the hotel. They open my door for me;
25:21 they help me out; they get my bags. I get out of the car
25:24 and stop by the front desk. Get my room key.
25:27 I put it in my front pocket. They have a suite for me.
25:32 They're treating me like a king. I'm on my way
25:36 up the elevator. I'm hungry, I'm starving,
25:38 but I'm excited because I know I have about
25:40 30 minutes to freshen up, eat that fruit basket
25:43 on the other side of the door. I get to the
25:46 seventh floor. I go down to the hall to my room.
25:49 There I am, standing at my room door.
25:53 I'm exhausted, I'm hungry, but I'm excited that
25:57 there's a fruit basket on the other side of that door.
25:59 Hallelujah! I take out my key, in my back pocket.
26:04 I put it in the door. It beeps. It turns red.
26:12 I said, don't tell me this key's not working.
26:15 I try it again. I put the key in. It beeps.
26:19 It turns red. I go down the hall; back to the elevator.
26:24 I'm going downstairs, back to the lobby. On the
26:27 way down it seems as if the elevator is stopping
26:30 at every floor. Has anybody ever had that?
26:34 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm hungry. I'm tired.
26:37 I'm mad. And for one minute I lose--just one
26:40 minute--I lose my religion. I'm thinking about
26:42 all the stuff I'm going to say to the man at
26:44 the front desk who gave me the wrong key.
26:46 Some of you all know what I'm talking about,
26:48 when you're hungry and sleepy, you can get
26:50 bad religion. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
26:52 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm on my way down the elevator;
26:54 I've got some choice words for that brother.
26:56 I'm preparing my speech. Don't you know who I am?!
26:58 I'm Dr. Carlton P. Byrd, of Breath of Life.
27:01 Like he really cares. [Aud. reaction]
27:04 PB: You've given me the wrong key.
27:05 But back on my way down the elevator,
27:08 something hits me. Before I get back to
27:13 the front desk, something says look at your key.
27:18 I look at my key and I realize that I was using
27:24 the hotel key from Lincoln, Nebraska.
27:29 Which means I'm trying to open up today's
27:32 door with yesterday's key. I wish I had a
27:37 witness in this place. [Aud. reaction]
27:39 PB: And the problem with a lot of our
27:42 churches and ministries is this:
27:43 We're trying to get today's blessings
27:47 with yesterday's key. But God said
27:52 I'm going to do a new thing.
27:54 I will do a new thing. God wants to
27:58 do something new in the life of the church.
28:01 New in the life of Oakwood. You see,
28:03 folk are tired of revelation without relevance.
28:06 Folk are tired of Christianity without Christ-likeness.
28:11 Folk are tired of seeing emphasis placed on --
28:14 >: Thank you for joining us for another exciting
28:15 Breath of Life television broadcast.
28:18 Tune in next week at the same time,
28:20 as Dr. Byrd will deliver another
28:22 dynamic message from the Lord,
28:23 just for you. Until next time, may God bless you.
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