CCOG Sunday Morning Service 10-19-25 : When There’s No Bread, Become The Baker

What do you do when the bakery has no bread and the sanctuary has no praise? We trace a bold line from Ruth 1’s famine to the modern church, where it’s tempting to chase bright lights and quick relief in our Moab moments. Instead of bailing when it feels dry, we make a different choice: become the bakers. With humor, grit, and Scripture, we walk through a vivid, step-by-step “bread” framework for spiritual life that actually feeds people.

We start by proofing the yeast—getting honest about whether our faith is active or dormant. Real disciples do, not just say. Then we prepare the dough, which means becoming a separate people who pull away from the bowl: dropping sin and needless weight, letting our speech, habits, and desires be made new. From there, the knead stretches us to carry more—more responsibility, compassion, and mission—because un-stretched lives can’t hold what God wants to pour in.

Growth happens covered. In the first rise, we enter the secret place, where hidden prayer doubles what looks small. When life punches down pride through trial and persecution, we don’t quit; we return to the secret place for a second rise. Finally, we face the oven. We go low in humility, endure the heat, and let God finish us so we’re useful. The result is not hype but bread: a steady, nourishing witness that serves families, neighbors, and a hungry city.

If you’ve felt stretched, punched, or tired of chasing spectacle, this message will help you re-center on praise, prayer, endurance, and service. Bring your spoon and fork, pull up to the table, and let’s bake. If this speaks to you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review to help others find the word they need today.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome, Platforms, And Support Info
• 1:05 Call To Praise Through Affliction
• 5:57 Ruth 1 Setup: Names And Meanings
• 9:10 Bethlehem’s Famine And Chasing Spectacle
• 13:25 Moab’s Pending Judgment Explained
• 18:20 Backsliding By Neglect And Holding Fast
• 22:55 Why People Leave Churches For “Bread”
• 28:35 Bring Your Spoon And Fork: Be Fed
• 33:30 No Bread In The Bakery: Where Are The Prophets
• 39:15 Armor Of God And Staying Under Cover
• 44:20 Learning To Bake Bread: Spiritual Steps
• 48:18 Step 1: Proof The Yeast Be Active
• 52:40 Step 2: Prepare The Dough Be Separate
• 57:10 Step 3: Knead And Be Stretched
• 1:01:40 First Rise In The Secret Place

Transcript

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I said Jesus gave me this new light.

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Seems like over the last little bit. Affliction. Affliction has hit homes, lives, bodies. But we're not going to give place to that. We're going to praise. The harder it gets, the more we'll pray. The more we suffer. We can't retreat. We cannot go backwards. We must press ahead. We must push through this. We must praise our way out of the trouble that we're in. Because the enemy's not going to let up. He's not going to let up. He's going to turn the heat up hotter. When the three Hebrew boys said, Our God who is able to deliver us out of your hand. But even if he doesn't, just turn the heat up hotter. All they had to do was say, okay, King, we'll bow. All you gotta do is give in to your pain and into your suffering. And it may ease up. But I'm looking for some people who'll say, even if he doesn't. I know he's alive! I know he lives in me. I know he's my Savior! I know he's my soon coming king! But even if he doesn't power! Hallelujah! Give him a hand up. It's over. And I'm preaching. You got somewhere to be, go now. Turn the monitors up. I don't know about a preacher, don't need monitors. Praise God. It's good to see you. Let's be praying. For Sister Kat, Sister D. They've been sick. Pray for them. The Lord touch them. The Lord move for them. I like what I feel today. I'm not fooled by a feeling, but I like what I feel. Stand to your feet. Let me read five verses of scripture to you. I'm not going to preach Ruth the way you've heard Ruth preach. Matter of fact, we ain't even going to talk about her. We're not going to talk about her or her sister-in-law. But we are going to talk about her family that got out, her family that she married into that got out of the will of God. How many of you know getting out of the will of God is a dangerous, dangerous thing to do? It'll take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay. And it'll do more damage than you ever thought could be done. Ruth chapter 1. Verse 1. Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the name of his two sons was Malon and Kileon. Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they came into the country of Moab. I'm going to stop right there for just a moment. And continued there. Let's pray. Can we, Father, thank you for your word? Thank you for your church. Thank you for your people. I pray, Lord, the words you would have to be spoken would be. And I pray, Lord, that the power of your spirit would rule and reign everything that is done. And Father, we'll never fail to thank you and praise you and honor you for it all. And it's in Jesus' name we pray. And everybody said, Amen. You can be seated. There's a reason these names were mentioned. And as I've told you before, names mean everything in the Bible. The first thing I you go back to verse one with me, if you will, and we'll we'll we'll go through this together. In verse number one, it tells us there was a famine in the land. So you need to understand a little something right there. But before we do, let me share this with you. The name Bethlehem, if you've you've been with me long enough, then you know the name Bethlehem means house of bread. But there is also a tag at the end of Bethlehem that is called Judah. And Judah means praise. So Bethlehem Judah means the house of bread and praise. I don't know about uh any Pentecostals in the room, but there's nothing better than the word of God and a little bit of praise. Amen. There's nothing better than hearing preaching and praising. Amen. And that ought to be who we are. We ought to be a people of preaching and a people of praising. So, so Bethlehem, Judah, the house of bread and the house of praise or the house of worship. There was a famine there. What does that famine tell me? That famine tells me that in the house of bread there was no bread, and in the house of praise there was no praise. What do you do when there's no bread in the bakery? What do you do when there's no praise in the house of God? What do you do? Amen. Do you pack your bags and leave and say, I'm never coming back? Unfortunately, that is a generation we're living in. You let one week or one month or a few weeks or a few months go by and everybody's ready to pack up their bags and hit the next show down the road. Amen. There's no more roots being established. There's no more, amen, saying, I'm gonna be like that tree planted by the water. I know churches will have their ups and churches will have their downs. I know that it's not gonna be a Super Bowl every Sunday. I know that he's not gonna hit a grand slam every time he gets in the pulpit. Amen. I get it, but no, we got people chasing a shout and chasing a song and chasing a famous preacher or a famous worship leader. We got people chasing this and chasing that. I got news for you that's called being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. We got people being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. The name Moab. They left the house of bread and the house of praise to go to a place called Moab, which means God's pending judgment. Hold on. Pending means it's not come yet, but it's a coming. Judgment is coming. That's what Moab meant. But let me tell you the difference between Bethlehem Judah and Moab. Amen. Bethlehem Judah was in a famine. There wasn't a whole lot of preaching and a whole lot of praising going on. But guess what was going on in Moab? Amen. There were bright lights. Amen. There was loud music. There was a lot of fun things going on in Moab. There was a lot of things in Moab drawing their attention. Amen. Getting the attention of the people and drawing the people into Moab. Amen. So they got their eyes. They knew what the name Moab meant, but they knew, Amen, that judgment hadn't come yet. If we could slip in and slip out and partake in the good, have us a party, eat and drink, have us a good old time. We'll get out of there before judgment comes. Amen. I want to tell you right now, before you leave Bethlehem, Judah, and head to Moab, you better be ready for what's coming on the other side of your disobedience. Moab means pending judgment. Elimelech. Elimelech means my God is king. Naomi means pleasant or delight. Malon, which was Elimelech and Naomi's son, one of their sons, Malon, means sickness, weakness or infirmity. Kilion, the other son, means pining or failing or wasting away. Amen. Pining or failing or wasting away. Amen. Malon means sickness or weakness or infirmity. The enemy is trying to bring a spirit of Malon upon the people of God. Amen. With sickness and weakness and infirmity. Listen to me, people of God. If you don't hear anything I say today, I want you to hear me now. There is a devil on the loose. He is after you. Old timers used to tell me, honey, you don't backslide overnight. You miss a Sunday. And it's easier to miss another one. I'm preaching to you today. You don't read your Bible. And it's easier not to read your Bible the next day. You don't pray. And it's easier not to pray the next day. And before you know it, a spirit of Killion has come upon you. A spirit of pining. A spirit of failing. A spirit of wasting away. Letting go of what you have. You see what I've got, it's worth holding on to. What I've got, it's worth holding on. I'm not letting go. I'm not letting go. I'm gonna hold on for. I need to know is there anybody in the room that'll say, Pastor, I'm gonna hold on. I'm gonna hold on for dear life for what I've got. Amen. So now you know the meaning of everybody's names. Naomi, her husband Elimelech, and their two sons, Malon and Killion. Could you get me some lights up here? I can't see my hand in front of my face. We ain't there yet, folks. Turn me some lights on. I was looking for the fog to come up from somewhere. Steve Wynn, we're just gonna start announcing names. Run through the fog like we in high school again. No, yeah. When I die, I'll haunt you. You plug up them fog machines and turn these lights off, I'll haunt you the days of your life.

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Amen.

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Praise God. Her husband and their two sons. They left home. They moved to Moab because there was a famine in Bethlehem, Judah. I got a funny feeling. Now I'm just speculating here. I I don't know if this is true or not, but I got a funny feeling that Naomi was not on team leave. I have a funny feeling that Naomi was on team, let's stick it out. Let's stick around and see what happens. This famine's not been going on long. It may end soon. And furthermore, if we pack up and leave, amen, who's gonna stay and pray? Who's gonna seek God on behalf of Bethlehem Judah? Who is my God? You know what? I'm tired of blaming a new generation. Let me tell you something about a new generation. I believe there is a generation rising that is saying, I'm tired of the weak daddy anemic stuff my mama and daddy gave me.

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I want something real. I want something I know will get me through.

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We blame this younger generation. And if we blame them, it's a learned way. Oh, we've called it camp meeting crusades, conference this, conference that, camp meeting this, camp meeting that, crusade this, crusade that, while people are dying, going to hell. We're hoarding it up in the four walls of our building and calling it church. I'm here to tell you, there's a generation on the move that's gathering the ingredients and turning on the ovens. Consider the reason they left the house of bread was because there was no bread. Bread was a part of temple practices. You with me? I've been gone three weeks. There's there's something got a hold of me. I'm gonna I might start calling you out. Go pee before church. Are we live? Go pee before church. I'm tired of movement. I'm tired of distraction. Just because something gets hot, you think you're gonna step out in the lobby. Holy Ghost is in the lobby. Mom and dad, let them go to the bathroom before church. We don't need to be up and moving around all the time. Man, this is we're talking about souls hanging in the balance. We got people dying lost. Man, this is not the playground. This is the battlefield. You don't play on the battlefield. You don't make TikToks on the battlefield. You don't get your cell phone out on the battlefield. You don't play, you don't search Facebook on the battlefield. Well you do, but you're gonna lose. You're gonna lose the boar. Amen. My God, I might leave three more weeks and come back. I don't know. Hallelujah. Let me tell you a little bit about where they're going. Amen. I done told you Moab means God's pending judgment. The nation of Moab was a cousin to Israel through their relationship. It was particularly friendly, but but something happened because Moab was full of pagans. I'm not gonna go there today, but I could. During the eighth century, Moab came to Assyria, Israel's enemy, and was going to destroy their friends, the Israelites. And thus Moab, because they were coming against Israel. Moab, because they came against Israel, had a pending judgment tagged to them. You better be careful who you come against. You better be careful who you come against. Amen. First, I'm going. Naomi and her family have something in common with people who try to leave Bethlehem, Judah, or churches today. Can I say that? That's one of you. Can I say that? Naomi and her family, let me rephrase that. Elimelech and his family, because he's the man of the house and he needs to make man decisions. Elimelech and his family have something in common with the people who leave churches today. They left that place and went somewhere else to try to find bread. Hold on. I've been torn right here for years. I've said for years the only reason somebody should ever leave a church is if there's no bread in the house of bread. And if you're not being fed over a prolonged period of time, then yes, you need to go be fed. But let me say this. You don't get to leave when you don't even pull up to the table. Hey Sherry, will you run back to the kitchen and get me a spoon and fork? A real one. Do we have real ones? Plastic will do. Plastic will do. We go here there and everywhere. And we say, well, brother, I'm not being fed. That ain't nobody saying you. In a month. If you don't eat in a month, you're gonna lose some weight. Planning. And wasting away. That was Kellyon's name. Remember? If you don't eat, you're gonna become sick with an infirmity. And that's fast. I did. I can't watch it, wait to watch the cameras after church. So I'm not so sure, Brother Tim, we shouldn't come to the house of God with a spoon and fork. To pull up to the table to eat. So if it's a problem, let me go ahead and say this too. Are we live? Good. There are people pastoring churches that have no business pastoring churches. Hallelujah. Pass the fork. Amen. We need places, amen, where when you open the word of God, whether it be Sunday school, YPE, or evangelistic emphases on Sunday morning, there needs to be a meal on the table. And if you're gonna grow in this, you gotta pull up to the table ready to eat. Probably shouldn't carry around a fork, should I? You know why people are flocking to bars? You know why people are flocking to bars? I need help today. They're going to bars, they're going to all these other places, they're going to places where they can try to find something that will keep them and something that will sustain them. Amen. They're going places, they're going places to get something that will fill a void. You know why they're calling psychics? Because they're needing prophets. And the prophets are quiet because they're waiting on something to move on them. My God, if there's one thing in the Pentecostal church we could stop doing, is waiting on something to move on us. Because when He saved me, sanctified me, filled me in the Holy Ghost, He instantaneously moved on me. I got a word everywhere I go. I got a word for everybody I see.

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You gotta have a word in you. Do you have a word?

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They're going to clubs and bars and circuits. Because the church. There's no bread. There's no bread in the bakery. There's no bread. Bread was a part of temple practices. The show bread in the temple represented the presence of God. Did you know that? Bread in the temple signified his presence. So now we blamed it on a generation that I'm not blaming it on anymore. We have a generation that's rising up. And if we did have a failing generation, it's because we led them to failure. Therefore, allow me to say we have a grown-tail adult generation who don't know how to get in touch with God. Amen. They know how to do a lot of other things, but getting in touch with God is not one of them. And this generation does what they see. You want bread? Bake some bread. You want bread? Bake some. Quit coming up in here waiting on somebody to tickle your fancy. Quit coming in here waiting on somebody else to move you. Don't answer. Don't answer. Have you prayed since Wednesday? Have you read your Bible since Wednesday? I'll just get it at church Sunday. You're going to die. A slow, cold, cruel, agonizing death. If all you do is come up in here waiting on the right preacher to say the right thing, or the right singer to sing the right song, or the right person to be moved on to come lay hands on you, you're going to die death. It is time, Ephesians 6, that we put on the whole armor of God. And when we've done all we know to do, stand with their loins girded about truth, with the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith, and the sword of the s my God, put on the armor of God. Put on the armor of God. Amen. So Elimelech says, Well, that's a dead service. So we're gonna leave. We're gonna move. You go right ahead. You go right ahead. And get out from under the provision. You go right ahead and get out from under the umbrella. You go right ahead. You go right ahead and see what happens. I've seen it happen. I've seen it happen. I've seen them walk out the door and never come back. And you know what else I've seen happen? That's backslid within three months. And I'm not saying this is the, but I'm preaching to this place right here today. I ain't preaching to other places. Preaching to you, preaching to me. Amen. There have been times, Sister Tab, that it would have been easy to call the state overseer and say, I'm done in Kwood. He would have had me a place to go by the weekend because that's how that goes. But you see, I don't go to camp meeting, amen, to find a political move somewhere. I don't go to camp meeting to rub elbows with somebody who thinks there's somebody. I don't go to camp meeting to see which church is vacant and to see which pastor is test-driving another church. It ain't like that to me. I know where God is placement. Normally a prophet is without honor in his own hometown. But I also believe that God will put us exactly where he wants us. And I know that I know that I know that I know that God has a work right here in this valley to do great things in this last day. Do you want to be a part of it if you do give God praise in the house of God? So I left. Elimelech said, I'm leaving, we're leaving, we're out of here. We're gone. Man, we have adults ain't blaming the kids anymore. We got adults who don't know how to gather the ingredients. They don't know how to mix the flour, the water, the salt, and the yeast. They don't even know how to breathe the oven. So here's what I did, Serena. I study him, Brother Brock. You know what I thought? I'm gonna go find out how to make bread. So I did. And I gotta preach to. Anybody have been preached to? Anybody who preached been preached on? For those of you that mind already, have your feelings a little hurt this morning? I'm preaching on me. This gotta preach to me before I get to preach it to you. And I didn't get mad to go home. Well, yeah, I did, but I'm like I'm like the brother said. I won't name any names. I'm mad, but I'll be back. Brother William met me at the door one time. He shook my hand. I know he was halfway teasing. I hope. I'm not even gonna look at him. He shook my hand at the door and said, I'm mad, but I'll be back. I didn't know whether to shout or cry. So I cried and shouted all together. Amen. So this got preached to me before it got preached to you. So I went to find how to bake bread, and I got a sermon preached to me right there on the spot. And now I'm gonna preach it to you. Step one. Ready? Step one. I'm not making this up. I couldn't make this up. I don't know how to make this up. So this is straight from Google and God. Excuse me, Brock, the Google and God. And God. Step number one. Proof the yeast. Proof the yeast. Sometimes you have to be proven. In a large bowl or a stand mixer, add the yeast, water, and a pinch of sugar. Hallelujah, just a pinch, because we ain't sugarcoating nothing, right? Amen. Allow it to rest five to ten minutes until foaming or it becomes bubbly. Hold on, it's getting better, I promise. This is called proofing the yeast. It means, this is part of the recipe, to make sure it's active. If it doesn't puff up and it doesn't become bubbly, guess what? It's worthless, it's inactive, and it's no good, and you need to start over with some more yeast.

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I came to tell somebody today, you gotta be active, you gotta be bubbling, you gotta be ready, you gotta be active to do the job.

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Somebody turn to Acts one and one in a version I know. Bible races, you lost Brother Jamie. Of all that Jesus. Somebody say all that Jesus. Look here. To what? To what? That means Acts one and one says we're gonna talk about things that Jesus would do. Not say. Not trash talking. Not just saying things, but Jesus did things. Acts chapter one, verse number one gives me all I need to know about the book of Acts. Everything Jesus would do. He's looking for a church that will do. Not just say, not just pretend. Not just act like, but to do all the things Jesus began to do. So you gotta proof the yeast. And if it is inactive, it's no good, and you need to start over with fresh yeast. When the salt has lost its savor, it's good for nothing but to be trampled under the foot of man. We gotta be salty and we gotta be active. How many can say with a clear conscience, don't answer my questions today. I'll tell you when to answer. This is not one of them. How many of you are confident in saying I've been proofed? My yeast is active. That means when the yeast and the water and the salt and the sugar make a connection, something starts happening. Something starts moving. James said, Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only. Deceiving yourselves. Step two, after you proof the yeast, oh, I'm having fun. Active. Think of the word active when we talk about uh proofing the yeast. Number two, prepare the dough. Add the remaining sugar, salt, oil, and three cups of flour. Mix to combine. Add another cup of flour and mix to combine. With the mixer running, add more flour, half a cup at a time, until the dough, my God, begins to pull away and separate from the bowl. We are of the bowl, we are in the bowl, but we're not of the bowl. I told you, preached it right to me right now there this week. Amen. And then I started thinking after we're active, we need to be different. Our conversation will be different, our attitude will be different, our way of thinking will be different. Why? Because we pull away from the bowl when everything gets in there and mixes together and becomes activated, then it pulls away from the bowl. Paul and Peter had a couple things to say about that. Paul said, Come out from among the bowl and be a separate people. Amen. Amen. He also said, let us lay aside every inactive ingredient and every inactive yeast that does so easily beset itself. Let us lay aside every weight and every sin. Listen to me, children of God. If it is a sin, get it out of your life. If it's a weight, get it out of your life. It don't belong. Pull away from the bowl. When everything is the way everything is supposed to be, you'll pull away from the bowl. So you'll be active, you'll be different. Step three. The dough. Mix the dough for five minutes on medium speed. The dough should become smooth, you ready? And elastic.

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You'll be able to stretch it. You'll be able to pull on it. You'll be stretched.

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You'll be stretched. For three months, I've been hearing and I've been praying over people the prayer of Jabez. Enlarge our territory. Stretch us. Stretch us. A rubber band is no good until it's stretched. If you put a loose rubber band around a pencil, is it going to be worth anything? No, but if you get about a hundred pencils and pull that rubber band around it and you have to stretch it out, it begins to hold it tight because it's been stretched. And when it becomes stretched, it becomes useful. You are not useful until you become stretched. And I'm praying today that God broaden our territory, that God broaden your territory, that God broaden my territory, that God enlarge our coast. Give us more land. Possess the land. Take the land. It's yours. Your family, your children, your spouses, your parents, everybody in your life will be saved because the land has been given to you. Because God has stretched it out. Tammy Jean, where does Aaron and Corey live? Both of them in Harlan? Everett's in Harlan. Wonder why she goes to Peru when her boys are here in Harlan need to be saved. Because God's given her land to do over there what's going to happen at home. Sometimes you got to broaden your coasts before God can do what needs to be done in your backyard. God's going to see how faithful you'll be and how far you'll go. And we got a sister over here that goes to the jungles of Peru to see her boy saved. How far are you willing to go? How far you willing to be stretched? Listen to me, I'm not just making this up. I know God gave this to me. You've got to be active, you gotta be different, you gotta be stretched. Amen. You gotta be active, you gotta be different, you gotta be stretched. Next, it's called the first rise. Grease the bowl with oil. Amen. Grease the bowl with oil or cooking spray and place it, place the dough inside. Cover the dish with a towel or plastic wrap and allow it to rise in a warm place until it's doubled in size. Amen. Job got a double blessing and Elisha got a double portion. Why? Because they were covered in the secret place. Psalm 91 and 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. You gotta go in your prayer closet. You gotta go in that secret place. You gotta cover yourself in prayer. And guess what happens? It begins to double. It begins to double in size. Because you've gone to the secret place. You've gone to your prayer closet. Remember me telling you about the little boy that got on the elevator? He got on the elevator, and he said, I went to this little room and the door closed. And the upstairs came down. He didn't realize. He went up. He thought it came down. That's what happens when you go in that room and you shut the door. The upstairs will come down.

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And when that door opens, the upstairs has come down. And it's yours for the taking. Go into your prayer closet.

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Shut the door.

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Pray to God in secret. And the God who sees and hears in secret, he'll reward you openly. You got to be active. You got to be different. You got to be stretched. And you got to go to the secret place. Next, I'm about to close. Next. Punch the dough down. Did you hear me? Punch the dough down really well to remove air bubbles. He thinks he's all that in a bag of chips. I can tell you right now, we ain't all that. But we might be a bag of chips. Cause when I opened that bag of Grippos last week, I got mad in a hornet. You know why? It's full hot air. So we ain't all that, but I can tell you right now, they some bags of chips sitting up in here. Starting in the pulpit. Drew, you a bag of chips. It's all right, Drew. I am too, brother. Takes one to know one, right? We full of hot air. Nobody? Nobody wants to admit that you're a bag of chips. I don't care what kind of bag you are, you can be a bag of Doritos for all I care. What kind of chips you want to be? So she's full of hot air and she stinks. Anybody? Anybody else want to go there today? What kind of bag of chips are you? Cheetos. Full of hot air and messy. Leaving a stain everywhere it goes. Come on. That ain't Marlborough hands, that's Cheeto hands. Right? So touch the dough down to release the air bubbles. You know how we're gonna get rid of that? Hot air? Persecution. Persecution. Let me just read you what the Bible says. Can I? Come on, Tyler. I'm getting long-winded. I preached at Oak Grove the other night, the other day, other night. Three weeks ago. First thing I said, Brother Josh, was, now I'm not a long-winded preacher. I had a gentleman come to me after church and shake my hand. He said, That's good preaching, preacher, but you a liar. I said, How'd a lie? He said, You long-winded. I got in the car. I said, Jacey, I didn't ask Leanne or Leah Kate. I asked Jacey because he feels sorry for me. I said, son, how long did Dad preach? He went, about an hour, Dad. Did I really? So the next night I preached an hour and ten minutes. Let me give you something about being punched in the gut. Anybody ever been punched right in the gut? Come on. Doctor said this, banker said that. Anybody ever been punched? Police deliver you a piece of paper? Anybody ever been punched right in the gut? Come on. Gotcha layoff letter? Anybody ever been punched in the gut? The doctor gave you a prognosis that you wasn't expecting to hear. That's called punching the dough. Anybody? I believe everybody in this room would say, I've been punched in the gut. You know why? It's for our good. Rejoice. Rejoice when you fall into diversity. Rejoice when you're persecuted and men speak evil falsely. Rejoice. I'm looking for somebody that will rejoice in our tribulation.

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Let me give you a scripture.

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Second Corinthians 4, 8, and 9. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. Let me read that again. Listen to me. We are troubled. Somebody say, I've been troubled. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. We are perplexed. Somebody say, I've been perplexed. But I'm not in despair. My God, I'm about to shout by myself. Persecuted. Somebody been persecuted, but not forsaken. I've not been forsaken. He's with me all the way. Cast down but not destroyed. Hey devil, I've been troubled but not distressed. I've been perplexed but not in despair. I've been persecuted, but I've not been forsaken. I've been cast down, but I'm not destroyed. Amen. Active, different, stretched, secret place, persecuted. Next is called, you ready? Man, I about lost it on this and the second rise. After they punch the dough down and the bubbles, the hot air that we've all full of leaves, you put it back in the secret place.

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When I've been sucker punched by the devil, you know where we're supposed to go? Back to the secret place. And it's in the secret place that you'll rise again.

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But if after you've been punched, and there's some of you in this room, you feel like you've been punched over and over and over and over and over and over. Listen to me, sister. Listen to me, brother.

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Go back to the secret place.

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I listened to Jensen Franklin preach a message the other day because Leanne's been putting it on there on our TV, and she says, Don't turn it off. I want the word of God in our home all day, every day. So she turns it on the YouTube channel and it plays the preacher all day long. Even while we're gone, it plays. Somebody breaks in our house, I hope they get saved. And he started talking about the secret place. This was after I read about the secret place. He started talking about the secret place. And he said, There's gonna be times you go in the secret place and you're not gonna feel that he's in there. And there's gonna be times you pray the prayer and you're gonna feel like it's hit brass. Anybody ever been there? And the preacher said on that video, he said, keep showing up and keep praying the prayer. Because sometimes God's just waiting on people to show up. Show up. After you've been gut punched, go to the secret place because there's a second rise coming. I'm prophesying to somebody today. Preacher, if you're prophesying, y'all know who it is. I do know who it is. It's every blessed one of us. I'm prophesying to everybody in this room, there's a second rise coming. There's a second rise coming. And it's gonna double in size. It's gonna double in size. Anybody been waiting on that? Anybody been waiting on the double in size? Go to the secret place. Go to the secret place. Even when you've been gut punched, even when the doctor said cancer, even when the lawyer said divorce, even when the banker said bankruptcy, go to the secret place, go to the secret place, you're gonna rise again, you're gonna rise again, and you're gonna double in size. We ain't even done, Steve. Because after the second rise, we've not even been put in the oven yet. Some of you sit there thinking, oh God, I can't do that. I've already been punched. I've already been persecuted.

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I've already been stretched. If I've ever preached to a people, I believe I'm preaching to a people today. You feel stretched, you feel punched, you feel persecuted, you feel like you've been needed, but you're still raw.

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It's not the finished product, and the only way the product can be finished is to be put in the oven by a generation that don't even know how to preheat one. They're being put in one. So now, now, now you are a prime candidate to be baked. You're a prime candidate to be put through and tried in the fire. Adjust the oven racks. Yellow. Put them to the lower position. Put them to the lower position. Put them to the lower position. Because I'm going to tell you, when you start going through the fire, you better get down into the lower position. You're put into an oven that has been heating and heating and heating three hundred and fifty degrees, and you gotta stay in there for thirty three minutes. It is no coincidence that Jesus lived on this earth thirty-three years. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trier trial which has tried you as though some strange thing is happening to you. But rejoice. I said, rejoice, in so much as you are partakers in Christ's suffering. This ain't got nothing to do with your suffering. You're suffering with him. I know it's been painful on me. I know it's been painful on my family. This ain't got nothing to do with me and my family. This is called suffering with him. So we must rejoice. Rejoice. Then finally, after you're baked, you're ready to be served. Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Because now, Brother Steve, you can tell them what you've been through and how God brought you through. You can tell them it's about being active, it's about being different, it's called the secret place, it's called being stretched, it's called the second rise, it's called being punched and kneed, it's called being baked, it's called being ready to serve. I am ready to serve today. Would you stand? I'll finish this next Sunday. I'll finish this the next Sunday. Brother Rome and Brother Jason today. Brother Rome is preaching uh Middlesbrough Winchester Avenue's 90th homecoming service today. 90 years on Winchester Avenue. The Church of God has been in Middlesbrough. Brother Rome's sister highly had the privilege of pastoring there for a few years. They invited him back to preach their 90th year homecoming. And Brother Jason is preaching today. I think it's Lynch's 90th year homecoming as well. I think. But he's up there, Lynch. Preaching the 90th year homecoming up there. Should the Lord tarry? Aren't you excited? Should the Lord tarry to 2026? Man, we're gonna do 100 years up in here like it's a party all year long. Be ready. I don't know what we're gonna do. 100 years of soul saving Pentecostal fire. Amen. Praise the Lord. Don't forget there will be no service here Wednesday night. We will be at Lance Church of God. Why are you doing that? Because I'm staying away from you another day. So you're going with me, Lynch. Merry Christmas. How do you get there? Just turn and drive until you don't go up Big Black Mountain. You're going too far. If you go to Big Black Mountain, it's on the left. Lance Church of God. You'll see it right over there on the left. Come be with us. I think it's a 6 30. Not really sure, but I think. But I believe I've never been more sure. It's what 6. Well, I probably need to tell this much 5 30. You'll get that in a minute. About 30 minutes from now. So I've never felt more of a prophetic unction than I did today. Because I believe that we've got to offer the bread when they come into our bakery. This is our bakery. And we've got to have the bread to offer them the bread. And I just came to encourage you today. When all else fails, brothers and sisters, go to the secret place. Go to the secret place. There's safety in the secret place. You need to have a place where you go pray. Go to the secret place. My place is right here of the mornings before I go to work. I've had people say, Can I come to? I don't know. You can't. It's me and God. I don't want anybody else. Just me and the Lord. Well, me and the Lord and Becca. She showed up one day and scared me, and I scared her. She forgot something, had to run here and get it on her way to school, and I was ready to fight her, and she's ready to knock my kneecaps off. No, find you a place. Because you're going to go through the fire. You're going to be punched. You're going to be stretched. You gotta be ready. Gotta be ready. Because when that one soul walks down that aisle, it's worth every punching, every stretching, every amount of heat, it's worth it.

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Do you believe God's? I'm gonna let it shine. I'm gonna let it shine.

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